Today I am sharing a little piece of normal, everyday history. That is, a one-of-a-kind handstitched copy of the message from the throne that King George VI delivered in his 1939 Christmas broadcast to the British Empire.
The text reads, "I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be better than light, and safer than a known way."
This poem was written by Minnie Louise Haskins in 1908 but became known to the public in 1939 after King George VI quoted it. Princess Elizabeth, 13 at the time, discovered the poem and presented it to her father for his use.
The poem went on to become inspirational and was widely circulated at the beginning of the Second World War.
The poem was popular enough with the Queen Mother to have taken comfort from it throughout her life and she even had it engraved on stone plaques for the gates of the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The poem even appears in the final minutes of the 1940 MGM movie The Mortal Storm.
The poem even appears in the final minutes of the 1940 MGM movie The Mortal Storm.
The inspiration for this post is a framed cross stitch that was available in my eBay store. Unfortunately, it has been sold but you can check out some other great Royal Family-themed items by clicking right here.
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Brenda
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