The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21

4 II this reform succeed that success VIII
me due 10 your efforts and your love. The
extent and measure Of the good you arc
wording IbeEeye can be known only
when the eyes OF mortals shall open upon
che eternal vision, Yes, when view
with the imperfect glance OF an errng
mortal the fsr-reachlng effects OF .our
work. when ] see you struggling. not only
ito remedy the evils OF drunkenness, Int
TO restore TO an Innocent life, the alien.
TO relieve the pangs Of hunger, TO clothe
the naked, and to shelter the homeless,
when / see you, in short, going about as
did tho Man OF Galileo, and doing good |
can but pity the man. be he preacher or
| lnyman who by word or deed woLld
Jampen your ardor or hinder your work!
Again when | see proofs so convincing
that you are seeking 10 relieve the want
and misery and sin 81 the world, ! iesl
an earnest hut humble wish to come
again before you on another occasion
and point out to YOU not In a curscry
lecture Of twenty minutes. but in a care.
/ tul explanation of an hour what ] be-
llicve to be the cause OF the miseriec Of
| the civilized world and their remedy.
You are reformers, and a great refcrner
has asked II superstition. ignorance and
selfshness shil forever continue 10
blight the buildings OF human bappneas?
/ He knows that in this age Of greed mea
act as II animal wants were all. But
he further knows that the satisfaction
OF the animal wants is only the frst step
on the round Of that unending ladder OF
progression on which unresting man ha6
placed his foot. After animal wants are
satisfied, the eyes OF the mind are opened
and man longs to know! He braves the
scorching heat OF the desert and the
ICY blasts Of Polar seas but not Go- food.
He watches all night but 1t is to trace
the clrcling OF the eternal starsl He
adds toil to toll to crafty hanger no
animal has felt, to assuage a thirst no
beast can know! Out upon nature. in
upon himself, back through the msts
that shroud the past. forward through
the darkness that overhangs the future
turns the restless desire arises when
the animal wants sIumber In satls.ac-
ton Beneath things he seeks the law,
he would know how the globe was
forged the stars were hung, aud would
trace TO their source tho springs cf
life. And then as the man develops hls
noble nature. there arises the desire
higher yet, the passion OF passions. tbs
hope of hopes-the desire THAI he. oven
ne may somehow aid in making lie
0ettcr and brighter. in destroying want
and sin, sorrow and shame, lie masters
ana curbs the animal he turns his ba elk
upon the feast and reuounces the place
OF power; he leaves 1t to others to accu-
muiate wealth, 10 crafty pleasant tastes,
10 back themselves in the warm sun
shine or the brief day. He works for
nose he never saw and never can see
tor a fame or IT may be tor a srant
Justice that can come only long after
the clods have ratified on his coffin ! d.
We tolls in The advance where f IL
con-, and there is llttle cheer from mep
ana The stones are sharp ana tine BRAN
bias are thick. Amid The SCOTS OF ths
present ind the spears that stab TX,
NHiFes' ne builds Tor the future no cuts
me trail that progress humanity ma,
hereafter broaden into a Highway In
higher, grander spheres. desire mount,
ana ltar shat rises in the east heckon.
him on. Lo. The pulses of the man throl
WIN ilfe warnings Of the Goat He ,woul,
ard in the process OF tho suns But on
me TRIALS, the haraShlps and the scoru
ol u'ine the oppressor's wrong, hhe prouC
mans contumely, the insolence OF office
GaAileo they imprisoned. Bruno the,
burned ifarvey they exned. Socrates he,
poisoned, Gracious they murdered wrti
cilS6s' stephen with stones, and one
greatest Nf1 purei, Of all. they cruel
lied Even today, Russia SEMI me lopi
tlhe or her Victims TO a Siberian dea.l
- i''N' -h'u NtH'i women VINO had Uhpi
loved mankind less might have lived /,
ease, in luxury in worldly honor, To
DAY In every civilized land VIE see man,
rerIshtnS in penury ard want. In neg
! lfet and contempt, destitute even of th
sympathy that is so sweet.
! When realize all 'hs, oh how lon,
to see the eyes OF All CHRISTIAN wome,
a. tully opened, 3s were those OF IN
o lamented ana saintcl Frances Willard :,
mo ueep ssttlel cause no; only OF pov
! erty ANA want but of drunkenness n
self; how ] pray for the day when Won
. benign aud Christ-likc labors shall h.
$ diren-ed not the allevia hion OF mlser,
5 by charity merely. but 20 thr preventin,
Q 81 misery by cNtahlShing Of iusti e whe,
. you shell plead not only for pity on tn,
o moor, 'hu, for that system Of civilized ne,
I IN winch there need be no voluntar,
3 poverty Then indeed will your labor
succeed' ana Your cherished reform be ,
s'o"eW and heavenly reality.
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