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82 proudly the service stars. Ah! One of them golden.

"Peace. Peace has her price and we've paid it. Back of that star is a cross in Flanders.

"Peace for a war-stricken world bought with those stars and those crosses.

"Peace. More. 'Tis an armistice. We've laid down our arms and pray God they never are lifted.

"Peace. Shake out the folds of the flag and tell over the story of the Armistice. Count the stars of gold and the crosses in Flanders. Teach that the glory of war is a lie and that Peace has come out of Gethsemane, purchased with price and with crosses.

"Armistice, Armistice, Joy that is hallowed by suffering.

"Peace and the promise of resurrection."

ARMISTICE DAY 1918—1928

BY NANCY BYRD TURNER

day the guns fell silent at a word,

And instant bells awoke, and every hill

Rang high with song, till heaven itself was stirred:

Only the dead lay still,