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Angels' Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed is a collection of poems published in 1918 by the Canadian poetess Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, who wrote this in her foreword:

The Verses and Writings in this Book have been given to me by inspiration from the Spiritual World, and come instantaneously in different ways -- sometimes my hand is guided rapidly in the writing -- sometimes a great light seems to shine around me and I hear strains of music and Voices, as of Angel Choirs, singing the words, which I write down; and other times the Visions appear before me, and I hear the Voices.

One of the poems she received in this way was "Zeppelin Raids":

ZEPPELIN RAIDS

A little home in England

   Held so much peace and joy,

For a mother's love did ever guard

   Her bright-eyed winsome boy--

A little lad, whose four short years

   Were spent upon this earth,

In baby prattle, fond and sweet,

   And wide-eyed childish mirth.

And as each night he prayed

   To Lord God on His Throne,

He would clasp his dimpled fingers,

   And whisper, "Jesus, bless my home!

And dear Jesus, bless my Daddy,

   He's a soldier-man far away,

He's gone to fight for Mother,

   And he told me to always pray

And ask You to bless every one,

   And all the people across the sea--

'Cause Daddy says they've little girls,

   And little boys just like!"

But as the child was praying,

   And the Angels stood listening by--

A Zeppelin stealthily glided

   Through the calm, clear English sky,

And hurled a treacherous bomb--

   Which crushed the child's fair head--

And in the stricken mother's arms

   Her beautiful boy lay dead!

And she would sit and gaze for hours,

   In agony dumb and wild,

And kiss a lock of his golden hair--

   All that she had of her child!

Another home in England,

   With its climbing roses sweet,

And its rooms which echoed always

   With the tramp of children's feet.

A hearthfire blazing cheerily,

   And a mother kind and fair,

Who would gather her children around her,

   And offer to God a prayer.

For the Husband who was fighting

   For his Country, that no more

Should Germany ever threaten

   His own loved British shore.

And the Zeppelin stealthily glided

   Through the calm, peaceful air,

And dropped a bomb on the little home--

   And killed the mother at prayer!

The children screamed in terror,

   And the neighbors came at their cry--

But the mother's body was shattered--

   She had gone to God on high!

And every day the Children

   Would wander far and wide,

And call in grief for their Mother--

   They longed to be at her side!

And in letters which they wrote daily,

   They childishly would say--

"Dear God, won't you give us our Mother?

   She was killed--so you took her away!"

And they would gaze up at the cloudless sky,

   And whisper, "Mother might be there today!

She'd come, if she knew how lonesome we are,

   With no one to kiss our tears away!"

A Hospital of wounded,

   Where the sick and dying lay,

Who turned and twisted in their pain,

   And suffered from day to day.

And the Zeppelin stealthily glided

   Through the calm, peaceful sky,

And dropped great bombs on the helpless--

   Ere they could utter a cry!

The tortured mangled bodies

   Lay quivering in their pain--

Till the Angels took their Spirits

   To God's Land--where Love does reign!

And the Zeppelin stealthily hurried

   From the just British ire,

And returned unto their [sic] Fatherland--

   Where they plotted new murders dire.

And they were hailed as heroes

   And was given an Iron Cross,

And thirsted new laurels to seek!

But God has His Day of Reckoning,

   Each deed appears on Life's Book--

The Iron Cross will not avail them,

   When on the Great Judge they look!

For the poor helpless ones murdered,

   With no chance their lives to save,

Shall stand and accuse them at the Throne--

   In the Judgment beyond the Grave!

The Netherlands Institute of Marketing (NIMA) is a marketing platform for professional marketers in Europe. NIMA stimulates marketers and offers ways to develop and professionalize the field of marketing. In order to achieve this, the NIMA Association organizes events and seminars for its 3.000 members and NIMA-Exams offers exams in Marketing, Sales, Communication and Market Research.

NIMA Association

The NIMA Association has 3.000 members and organizes around a hundred events a year for various marketing-expert-groups. Besides that, NIMA organizes congresses and seminars or participates in them. Every year we organize the NIMA Marketing Award. For an overview of the broad variety of events see the calendar.

NIMA-Exams

The NIMA-Exams offer a wide range of exams in Marketing, Sales, Communication and Market Research. Annually, approximately 10.000 candidates a year take NIMA Exams. NIMA cooperates with training institutes that offer preparatory courses for the exams.

NIMA Top Brands

The Top Brands of NIMA include Registered Marketers (around 100 top-marketers, using the official title RM) and the Top Marketing Club (top marketing organizations participate in this club).

The Registered Marketers organize five (exclusive) events a year for their members. Annually, about 10 new Registered Marketers are appointed and receive their official certificate at the Societal Event.

The Top Marketing Club gathers 3 times a year to discuss best practices in marketing.

Membership and membership fees

   * Individual
   * Teachers
   * Candidates (Young Marketers)
   * Students
   * Corporate (depending on company size)

Membership benefits

   * Possibility to participate in the NIMA events, such as inspiring seminars and company visits organised by the NIMA Groups and Regions.
   * Through participation members keep their marketing knowledge up-to-date, exchange experiences with other members and get acquainted with other marketers.
   * Members receive a marketing magazine (Tijdschrift voor Marketing) 11 times a year, including news about NIMA.

Main Management

Mrs. Petra Claessen, Managing Director. Mr. Alfred Levi, Chairman of the Board.

Partner for international education and examination'''

Education & Training Centre of the Netherlands (ETCN) specializes in international educational programs in Central and Eastern Europe. ETCN is the main partner of NIMA in these regions. Based on years of experience ETCN developed, in close cooperation with NIMA, international NIMA-A and NIMA-B programs. The educational programs of ETCN distinguish themselves with tailor made educational programs for Central and Eastern Europe and with a competence based practical approach. The slogan of ETCN is “Put Knowledge into Practice” and that is exactly what we do in our NIMA programs.

The in close cooperation with NIMA offered programs:

   * Are completed with an international accredited and recognized NIMA/EMC diploma
   * Make use of local trainers who work in the field in which they teach
   * Offer lectures and materials in the local language
   * Are supported by detailed high quality educational materials based on the system of competence based education
   * Have an individual approach with coaching

NIMA programs have been running successful apart of Netherlands in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Armenia etc. Number of countries hosting NIMA rapidly grows.

Learn more at: www.nima.nl - Netherlands Institute of Marketintg (NIMA) official web-site www.etcn.nl - Education and Training Centre of the Netherlands (ETCN) - NIMA's partner overseas www.eccd.com.ua - European Centre for Competence Development (ECCD) - ETCN subsidiary in Eastern Europe

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