The chrysalis . James G. Woodward The aim and object of publishing the little book ofpoems entitled The Chrysalis, I deem most worthy;and judging from the contents T believe, whereverthe volume goes, it will bless mankind. James G. Woodward, Mayor of Atlanta, Rev. Dr. Gary B. Wilmer INTRODUCTORY The primary piui^ose of this little book is, through its sale,to raise a fund wherewith the author may start life anew afterhis release from the Atlanta Federal Prison. I am informed that with him ^writing is rather a diver-sion; that he has never been schooled in writing, and hasnot received so m
The chrysalis . James G. Woodward The aim and object of publishing the little book ofpoems entitled The Chrysalis, I deem most worthy;and judging from the contents T believe, whereverthe volume goes, it will bless mankind. James G. Woodward, Mayor of Atlanta, Rev. Dr. Gary B. Wilmer INTRODUCTORY The primary piui^ose of this little book is, through its sale,to raise a fund wherewith the author may start life anew afterhis release from the Atlanta Federal Prison. I am informed that with him ^writing is rather a diver-sion; that he has never been schooled in writing, and hasnot received so much as a penny for his work in that line ofendeavor. His serious work while pencilling the matter hereincontained was doing penal servitude, cutting stone in the stonesheds of the Federal Prison. Perhaps 1 may be pardoned for relating a personal incidentexplaining how I happened to become acquainted Avith writing and interested in the writer. A little morethan a year ago, in the spring of 1914, I had been thinking ofmy Easter sermon. Easter, as the Festival of our Lords Eesurrection, werightly regard as a joyous occasion. But as the brightest lightcasts the darkest shadow, whenever an obstacle intervenes, sohere. The Eesurrection of our Lord has
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