The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-01-11

violence after threat OF violence am
over the land 1 really think if the
women of the east had as much faith
in God as their sisters OF the west had.
and the same recklessness of human
criticism, / really believe that in
month three-fourths OF the grog-shops
of our cities would be closed, and there
would be running through the cutters
of the streets Burgundy. and Cognac.
and Hefdsieck. and old Port. and Schie-
dam Schnapps, and lager beer. and you
would save your fathers. and your hus-
bands. and your sons, first, from a
drunkard's grave, and second. from q
drunkard's hellt To this battle for
home let all women rouse themselves
Thank God for our early home Thank
God for our present home Thank God
for the coming home in heaven
One twilight. after had been play
| ing with the children for some time.
lay down the lounge to rest The
| children said. play more. Children al
ways want to play more And. half
| asleep and half awake, L seemed to
| dream this dream: 1t seemed to me
| that I was in a far-distant land-not
in Persia, although more than oriental
| Iuxur1ance crowned the citieSs nor
| the tropies-although more than trop-
ical fruitfulness filled the gardens; nor
| in Italy-although more than Italian
softness filled the air And 1 wandered
around. looking for thorns and netties.
And walked forth, and 1 saw the sun
rise, and 1 said: When will it set
again. and the sun sank not. And
1 saw the people in holiday apparel.
and I said: When do they put on
| wOrkingman'S garb again, and delve
in the mine. and swelter at the forge?''
but neither the garments nor the robes
did they put of And wandered in
5 the suburbs, and I said: Where do
| they bury the dead of this great city?'
| nd Cd aIn NV he xxha
, | it would be most beautiful for the dead
: to sleep. and 1 saw castles and towns
Z | and battlements; but not a mausoleum
i nor monument nor white slab could
/ | I see. And I went into the great
d chapel of the town and 1 said: Where
Il do the poor worship? where the
: benches on which they sit?" and a
= voice answered: I'VE have no poor
v in this great city" And 1 wandered
a out seeking to 1nd the place where
n were the novels of the destitute; ano
d | 1 found mansions of amber and ivor,
:, and gold, but no tear did 1 see o,
=; sigh hear. 1 was bewildered, and
ID sat under the shadow of great tree
d and said: What am I, and whenc
% comes all this?" And at that momen
lg there came from among the leaves
s. skipping up the f1owery paths an
al ! across the sparkling waters, a yer
bright and sparkling group; and whe
of | I saw their step I knew it, and whe
Ill / heard their voices I thought 1 kne'
Id them; but their apparel was so oil
a. ferent from anything 1 had ever seeI
Is l bowed a stranger to strangers BIT
i'll after awhile, when they had c1appe
t. their hands and shouted: Welcome
S; welcomed" the mystery was solved an
to 1 saw that time had passed and eternit
r had come, and that God had gathere
be up into a higher home; and l SAID
i'll Are we all here?" and the voices
be innumerable generations answered
ill All here and while tears of gIaC
IS ness were raining down our cheek
1d and the branches of Lebanon cedar
be were clapping their hands, and tt
Id towers of the great city were chimir
i'll their welcome, we began to laugh an
a sing, and leap. and shout: HON,
ill hOmei hOmei"
lis And then 1 felt a child's hand on N
by face, and it woke me up. The chiIdre
ill wanted more play Children alway
ne want to play more.
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