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f, _ 5] A Go iin 7 - Sa ah \ / ~~ Sow - ig di < if re WEA CF i & i. ~~ - = . A : | dinye tke Fublie Library, k: ; } mas. x Winaeuka, Til. | WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. XIII, NO. 42 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS NETe NN a RTT 2 LRAT © Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till, ringing, singing on it way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, A chant sublime Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South, And with the-seund co eta grams " 5 "The carols drowned EEN SE, A Of peace 'on eafth, goodwill, to: ment It was as if an earth-quake rent The hearth-stones of a continent, And made forlorn The households born Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" -- Tv SE p-- Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God 1s not dead; nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, iF With peace on earth, good-will to men!" -- Longfellow: RTE -- RN RS = Cel