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To My Soldier Son

They tell me I am brave---

I smile and wear my pin

With a little star on a field of blue—

But something died within—

When I smiled as I waved goodbye,

When I folded your clothes away—

They cannot know I could not cry,

So—I am brave, they say.

n Ellen Lown Hatfield.

From the Mail Bag

Albion, Ill. Jan. 24, 1944

Albion Journal-Register

Albion, Illinois,

Dear Sirs:

Several people have asked to see this song which I composed and sang at Samaria Baptist church at the Flag dedication service there. If you think it worth while please may I see it in print.

The song is entitled “Some Day” and sung to the tune of a song of the same name written by Charles Edward Pollock.

The time has come to leave you,

I’m IA now you know.

I’ve been called to fight for freedom,

With my comrades now and so

A longing has come o’er me

To fight for Uncle Sam

And if I fail to come back

I’ll meet you in that land.

When this cruel war is over,

I shall joyfully behold

The friends of my devotion

On a throne of shining gold.

We will all be IA then,

We all shall then be free men.

I’ll see my precious savior

When I reach that heavenly home.

Some day in yonder city,

No uniform in sight,

No more shall come the shadows,

I shall wear a robe of white.

And I shall rest forever

With my friends and leave them never,

I’ll never be war-torn then

When I reach my heavenly home.

Respectfully,

--Bessie Burkett

God does have plans for his children.

He stops us with a Fence,

But he has prepared a gate for us to lead us higher

And to better things than we had dreamed for

Ourselves, there is an open gate, look for it: He

Hath fenced up my way—Job 19:8

TIPS FOR WAR WIVES

While Major General George S. Patton is making life miserable for the Axis in North Africa, his wife, a home-front veteran of three wars in which her husband has fought, is doing her bit by helping other war wives to carry on. These are some of whose husbands are in the armed the things she urges for women forces:

“Write cheerful letters to your fighting men.

“Never listen to rumors and never, never repeat one.

“If you are in a lucky family which has a man home on leave, make it a holiday, not a family problem study.

“Get yourself a regular job of war-work outside the home—even if it’s only for two hours a week. You’ll feel that you are doing something active to win the war.

“And if you can’t see your way clear, try praying. Keep a brave face and a brave heart, and pray without ceasing.’—Your Life Magazine

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