PAN ARAB UNION FOR PEACE
                      NEWSLETTER
CHRISTMAS issue                                  December 17, 1997
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             Dedicated to the Spirit of Christmas
                          and Abu Ben Adhem
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                          ABU BEN ADHEM
                   by James Henry Leigh Hunt
                            (1784-1859)


          ABU BEN ADHEM (MAY HIS TRIBE INCREASE!)
          Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
          And saw within the moonlight in his room,
          Making it rich and like a lily in bloom
          An angel writing in a book of gold.

          Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold;
          And to the presence in the room he said,
          "What writest thou?"  The vision raised its head,
          And, with a look made of all sweet accord,
          Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."

          "And is mine one?" said Abu, "Nay, not so,"
          Replied the angel.  Abu spoke more low,
          But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
          Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."

          The angel wrote, and vanished.  The next night
          It came again, with a great wakening light,
          And showed the names whom love of God had blessed;
          And, lo!  Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

Author's Note:  The above selection is written in imitation 
                of an oriental fable.

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". . .and suddenly there was with the Angel
      a multitude of the heavenly host,
      praising GOD and saying:   GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
                                 AND PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH"

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S,  M Y   A N G E L S!!!!

JMT/"MARVELOUS MOM"/(codename: GRACE UNLIMITED)