John Oxenham

'All's Well!' John Oxenham

Book Excerpt"_--Heedless and careless, still the world wags on, And leaves me broken ... Oh, my son! my son!_"Yet--think of this!--Yea, rather think on this!--He died as few men get the chance to die, --Fighting to save a world's morality. He died the noblest death a man may die, Fighting for God, and Right, and Liberty;--And such a death is Immortality."_He died unnoticed in the muddy trench._"Nay, --God was with him, and he did not blench; Filled him with holy fires that nought could quench, And when He saw his work below was done, He gently called to him, --"_My son! My son!I need thee for a greater work than this. Thy faith, thy zeal, thy fine activitiesAre worthy of My larger liberties;_"----Then drew him with the hand of welcoming grace, And, side by side, they climbed the heavenly ways. LORD, SAVE THEIR SOULS ALIVE!Lord, save their souls alive!And--for the rest, --We leave it al