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James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.

April 15

Father Damien

By Father John Banister Tabb (1845–1909)

Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who devoted his life to the lepers in the government hospital on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. He fell a victim to the disease as he anticipated on April 15, 1889.

O GOD, the cleanest offering

Of tainted earth below,

Unblushing to thy feet we bring—

“A leper white as snow!”