"THE COVENANT "

Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 2

"THE COVENANT "

RUDYARD KIPLING'S POEM

As an aid to its advocacy of thfe cause ol bister the League of -British Covenanters is now publishing a weekiy paper, l> The Covenanter."., In the first number, copies of which are- to hand by the English mail pride o! place is given to. Mr. Rudyard KipI ng's poem "The Covenant." We thought we ranked above the chance of ill, Others mignt fail, not Aye, for we - wene wise, Merchants in freedom.* So of our freewill . We let our servants drug- our strength with lies. The pleasure and the poison had its way •On us as.., on the ■''meanest till we .•. learned That he who lives will steal, who steals will slay, '...-■ Neither God's judgment nor maYs heart was turned . Yet there. remains His, mercy— to be ' sought Thr.ouqh wrath and peril while we cleanse the wrong By that last right which our forefathers claimed ■ When their Law failed thcrn and Its stewards were bought. This is" our cause. God help us, and i make strong " , _ Our wills to moct Him later, unash-: a mod.