The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
Men anted

WHAT G needs, but does not want Is men.
Not merely creatures of this name de
scrlbed by Plato as 'featherleFs
bIpeds " We are cursed with too mary
Of thai class now; the ships OF c1urch
! and Safe are both overloaded with
| their useless crewg OF these gelatine
| creatures. What is needed ia soul,
mind and backbone. Msn who fear
nothing but TO Cfend against the right;
of dauntless courage and absolute In
dependence in thought, word and act.
Men who have dropped the word dis
couragemenC" and impossible" from
their voCabularies, and whose cOsmo
pOlIgan spirit recognizes every man
their brother, and every land their
home; who ask nothing of this world
OUT the right Of treadIng on it, and
dare to look to God for all their sup
plies; who shake their hands from
hold of brides, and stop their ears from
hearing of blood. Men, who from the
lowest stratum to the highest pima
Gle Of society. are acquainted with the
grievances. woes and temptations of
/ the oppressed masses Men who nave
graduated IN the school of adversely,
and received their degrees from tie
horny hand of poverty; men who,
like the original Baptist, are burning
and shining lights, and consider them
selves simply a voice IN the wilderness
Of this world speaking for the right.
Men who have enough of the granite
nature of Peter and the gentle affec
ton Of Barnabas, to be at nee SONS
of thunder and sons of consolation 1"
Men who know Christ, independent OF
creeds, and purity independent of par
ties. Elijah like and Argus-eyed souls.
whose eagle vision can pierce the fogs
Of popular deception, and whose
mighty arm can brush aside the sllken
veil of sophistry. Men whose compO-
sItIon is mind, morals and metal,
rather than the mud which is current
under the man Men
with muscles of iron and nerves Of
steel, in whose tremendous grasp Dap
UIzed INFO Iity whimpers like a whipped
child, social defOrmlty grOans at being
forced to behold It's own photograph,
while legitimate piracy roars like the
bulls of 6ashan'' at being exposed to
the wrath of an overcredulous people
II ever the church and the world need
men Of this mould, they ar5 needed in
the party cursed age in which we live.
The zeal of E il Al, the i~ntrepidity Of
Nehemiah, the leadership of Joshua,
the wisdom of Solomon, the integrity
of Daniel, the endurance of Paul, the
patience of Job, the faith of Abra
ham, the elCquence.of Isaiah, the love
of John, the necklaces and loyalty of
Moses. and the DISTINGUISHED affection
and self sacrifice of Jesus, are essential
to successfully cope with modern wick
edness in high places. The baptized
bigotry, fossilized tormality, and pet
r1fed perfidity of this age are we'll in
trenched, while truth, purity and
! Christian charity are exiles in the
earth. Where are the moral and men
tai Simpsons, the Herculean heroes
who dare attack the editorial staff of
intellectual prostitutes, wno use their
hDelous sheets TO vllIIfy righteous men
aud sound principles and exGUl mali
clous tenets and robb5ry schemes IN
order to keep the good will Of the con.
scleucelees Barrabases and feellngless
Shylocks whose hired tools they arei
Where are the Daniels VINO dare stand
alone against tue world for God and
and right; the Simpsons who dare r1sk
their lives Ia pulling b pillars from
under the temple Of civil and eccleslas'
tical -wickedness; the daring spirits
VINO, with the ''wnip Of SIN I'll Cords
dare drive degenerate priests, polluted
D~olIIclans and plutOcraGic money
changers from the temples OF pIeTy
and politics, and who Will ''seek judg'
menu, relieved the oppressed, judge
the fatherless and plead for the Widow
Till thus wilderness blossoms like Gne
} the rOse9' Wantedl-Een thousand
men whose heads, hearts and mouths
and bones are all the Llrd's-and
who Will use them for him 20 JhaG eX
tent that If need be they d be offered
up on the affairs Of puOlIc ignorance,
} q VicarIous sacrifice TO saw b WOrlo
from self and the devil.