National vaudeville artists fund (1925)

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the (greatest of These Is Charity'^’* ^ND so another year arrives With fruitful promise, fine deeds, too, ,By those who lend their helpful lives To work that God would have them do. The N. V. A. has cut a path I Full straight through clouds that once hung low; Replaced with love the wornout wrath. And greets as friend who once was foe. And hearts that e’en were strangers quite Now beat in unison — have grasped The thought that life means godly might When hands in faith and love are clasped. To kindness add the tender weight Of charity — and oh, rejoice ’Twas will, and not the whim of fate. Made N. V. A. announce its choice. ’Twas Christ who taught this brotherhood; In charity he gave His All, And sealed it with His precious blood. So, it were well to heed His Call. And thus in sorrow, laughter, joy. This band of spirits lovingly Will always for the weak employ The gentle hand of charity. They ask no praise, they seek no fame — They only tend the seed that’s sown — In doing in His Holy Name — In caring for their very own. Roland Burke Hennessy. 1925.