Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-06-22
DREAMS AND PROPHECIES.

L From this time on let every person
man or woman consider this periot
for doing good. 1t is high time to cas-
aside those follies which do Tot benef
any one and prove source Of great an
noyance to all. Let us avoid tha
person who is always ready to rur
down and berate the individual or in
individuals who, through honest anf
Legitimate channels, strive to place be
fore the people those things which ar,
grand, noble and becoming Of gentle
men. All through ones worldly exis,
tence many disparaging things presen'
themself. Knowing and realizing Chi.
to be true we should march on With 8
firm and steady tread and clear the
woods, as it were, making for ourselves
an open pathway.
The one thing that impresses the
majority of the human family is to see
a person who tends strictly to his own
business affairs Show us the man
who has ample Time to ferret out the
domestic affairs of his neighbors, never
once speaking encouragingly of his
race or of their attainments and we
will show you man who is as pest
in a community.
The Negro race in the United States
numbers nearly s,0OO,0Oo. What a
tower of strength to this common
wealth. What a power to assert its in
huence for the intellectual, moral and
religious good Of all Who cannot
point with pride to this race of people?
Was there ever a race of people who
endured the privation and labored SO
faithfully during period Of two hun
dred and forty-three years? Every
Negro eshould be proud of his birth
right. Time will solve the race preju-
dice question and place the Negro on
ment of Gods promise, belongs.
Kind words and loving deeds loom up
in good character as brilliant as the
SUMS rays on a asummer morning. How
pleasaQt it is to see such a character.
Who ddes not feel inspired and jubilant
at being piaced in the midst Of such a
can be [0sel lhe mo
perfect by a
such a lcharac
The young mi
shape the way ID
fiuential life duf,
and while under
Many a person losel
which are beneficial
are not. We all, sod
called upon to ask oud
what our mothers expd
and in solemn and subdt
compelled to answer in thu
There is no one who
error. L.
or condemn.
question should be a.
l speak now, what are tiy1
if any, and hdN
proceed" I" Corrections are most aIW15
appreciated when the correction lis ge4
teel and believed to come from Il
heart.
Only in the periods of the slave and
the war excitement was there cause for
encouragement. The peace of the
country in the years forming the early
part Of this century was in unrest.
The whole country was infested with
disloyal clans-Indians and rebels
All things had dreadful expression.
Distress stared nearly, if not all in-
diy;duals in the face. That day is past
and gone The present is bright, the
future hopeful. Let all, with one
accord. rally to the support of the
present and march into the future as
the immortal Grant marched into
Richmond.
Parents should not suffer theiI
children to be idle. Parents shou1
early teach them that work, is the
essential. Work goes hand N
with contentment. Disconten1 ia
pass key to sin and degradation. Teael
yonr children to work as yon teach
them to walk. Impress them with the
thought that honest labor is the high
est earthly achievements. hard Ia bor-
ing son or daughter seldom brings
shame to the parental home.
Stk 500 %
We must organize. Unite ourselves
in body such as will best better on
interests. Two good men can accoY
plish more than one good man, on
contrary one good man can accompa
more than two not good men. Ha
uniting as good men may accom-
the greatest OF good. Every man
tries can make his mark if taugh
to work to gain it. The parents
never teach their children that
they themselves command wa
children are exempt from wo
MASONIC MATTE2
Death of q Prominent Memb
town---Grand Lodge NJ
lation.
James Gray, of Ma