The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-24
THERE coMETH A TIME.

THERE cOMETH A TIME.
There cometh time when the fallen,
God pity them now ia their PAIN,
Shall climb round by round up the ladder
To the hilltop OF virtue again.
When repentance shall wipe out the errors
When the white door Of honor shall open
For the erring ones to pass through
There cometh time when compassion
shall enter the palace Of Scorn:
When the sun of true brotherhood rising
A new, fairer life will be born:
When the strong souls shall comfort tbs
weak
When man shall not struggle unaided
For the truth and the knowledge they seek
There cometh q time, 1uy brothersl
See We not it is gliding the sky?
When the good in mems souls shall wax
stronger
And much Of the evil shall die.
When gentleness one to another
Shall diSplace the hard chilling. reserve;
When good is what all men shall strive for,
And none from that purpose shall Swerve.
Carrie Renfrew, in Women's Tribune
Help Each Other
The more the above caption is cam
didly considered, the more readily the
principle it contains can be applied to
the members of this reform move
ment. If it be true that a kind prov
idence always ''helps those who help
themselves, may it not also be true
that reform organization will thrive
by it's members helping one another?
Bound by common interests, working
for common good and submitting to
common fate, is there any reason
why we should not stand together for
each others welfareP Suppose for
single moment that each of the one
and quarter million men who stood
together at the last election would
stand together in all other
matters of life equally as unselfsh-
" and fraternally during the
next two years. can any one predict
the results? These men, with their
families, represent fully 100000
people, or more than one-tenth of the
entire population of the nation.
These are all reading, thinking, &C
tive men, with strong convictions,
based upon careful study. Some may
be cranks. but none are fools. Doubt.
less there was more real intelligence
behind the ballots of the reform vote
at the recent election than there was
behind the vote of either one of the
old parties, despite their greater
number. Now. if this intelligence
could be still further united in aid
ing each other in business affairs, the
objects of the movement could be
much more easily attained.
Reformers are generally poor, for
the reason that poverty and want
lead the thoughtful to consider the
cause of their distressed condition.
But as it now stands, if by chance
well-to-do person joins the ranks Of
reform, his wealth must be given
over to the cause or many will de-
clare that his heart is not in the
movement. In other words, poverty
and want seems to be the necessary
qualifications for modern reformer
Now, this is all wrong. If the re-
form movement ever succeeds it will
come through one of two channels:
1st, by such extreme poverty among
the people as will bring about con-
dition, the results of which will rival
the horrors of the French revolution;
or, I'd. by such an intelligent, united,
and manly course as will enlist the
interests and efforts of the ordinary
business men of the nation The
entire future of the reform movement
lies in the result of propaganda
among the common business men of
the country We have captured
the country already. Future con-
quests are to be made in the towns,
villages, and cities -National Watch
man.