Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-12
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ana GOd aDldeS In him and he in God.
he fam would be servant of mankind.
Would serve people faithfully and well
Who are in bondage by their own consent.
He babe the bondsmen liberate themselves:
But cropping still in darkness meath the yoke
OF unawakened sense. they needed not
The call of him whose great immortal
thought
Portrayed to them the broad, way that
leads
To freedoms realm, to Freedoms God.
But ere
hey harken to the voice that b DIS them
come.
Their mortal senses and material frames
Must first beneath the tyrant's heel be
ground;
ill furnishing for Love, the Love that's
real,
Till gasping for but one more breath of
hope.
Alas! they must be ground till having
learned,
BY drinking bitter dregs of mortal wv,
The utter fruitless less of trusting those
Who would exploit the fruits of honest toll,
Those whom the Christ from out the temple
drove.
But finally will they give heed. And then
Viii they appeal unit higher power.
And when tn immortal leader once again
Into the open iearlessly doth step,
And Sound the clarion which bids them
come
1'enlist for bloodless combat with the hosts
OF mammon. round his standard there
will flock
A mighty throng.
Throughout all ages ,ast
Hath mortal man sought combat " it'll the
law
Of Love. While Error wi h his giided coat
OF aims, feigns executing laws divine,
An Fasting iDquman power alone,
Congratulates himself on human feats
Called victory. While great immorta
Truth,
Omnipotent, alone reaps victory
From that which man is wont to call defeat
The hurrican sweeps madly Ger the earth !;
Its raging winds and lightning flash doth
bOde
Destruction, seeming death, within its
path;
Yea, nothing that eternal is hath been
Destroyed. And when the tirmoment is
clear,
Once more on earth the sun doth shed his
rays,
In tranquil quietude, the song of birds,
Glad voice of Spring, may once again be
heard.
And SO in battles wake: AS stiffness re1gns
More awful seeming than the clank of steel
Or ca, mons roar, though forms inanimate
Lay stretched upon the awful battles plain,
The souls that dwelt therein soar far above
Terrestrial things; and error death, the
graYe)
Hath had no victory, nor yet sting.
We love you still Great Leader, true and
brave!
He who would money place above the man,
Exploit foreign people or their land,
You dare defy. And when the one who
thinks
In tones hilarious, half mirth, half scorn,
Thou still wilt choose remaining calm
serene,
And ever kind, c'They know not what
they do')
With pity and compassion look on him.
Yea, verify for thou hast said You shall
Not press on labOr's brow this crown of
thorns!'
you shall not cruelty mankind upon
A cross of gold!" How like unto the great
Wayshower is thy sacred mission here.
| A /, ission which but fairly hath begun.
| Thy tender words, thy chastenings so mild
Which passed thy lips, we never shall for
get.
| Thy paragraphs Of wisdom true and grand,
Thy voiced thoughts of origin divine,
(Ali Truth, all goodness emanates from
GOd.l
Are steleot!I ed upon the souls of men.
A hope ST blme you would implant within
| The sense of every individual.
OF thee it hath been truly said:
Thou art
in strength giant
In endurance a gladiator,
In courage a hero,
in devotion martyr.
As symmetrical as a sphere,
AS steadfast as planet,
As wise as philosopher,
As tender as woman,
As pure as chld.'
The pre- ept of your pure exalted life
Makes others. who are living less discreet
To see the folly of their sinful ways,
And within them awakens desire
To live better aid nobler life:
Thy radiant ceuntenance doth e'er reflect
The greatness of all who have lived before
And thy pure soul, rejecting love of God
Who thee created, likeness of Himself,
Shall stand and glow with brilliancy sub
lime
AS brightest stars in Heavens dome doth
| shine
FOrevermore, throughout eternity.
j. K. MCKEEvER, Topeka, Nov. 8, 1900
PATHS Fan II Priceless.
In days TO come, the world win
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