Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-25

twentieth century will be remarkable
in that it will witness federation OF
the nations-a republic of the world.
Freedom for White Slaves.
The nineteenth century struck the
shackles from the black chattel slave;
the twentieth century will unbind the
limbs of the white wage slave. In
the nineteenth century, competition
brought about its most splendid
results and reached its logical end by
destroying ITSELF in the twentieth CEN
fury will be ushered in the era of cd
operation. In the nineteenth century
Christianity was carried to the So
called heather world; in the twentieth
century the true and higher Christian
ity will be taught to the Christian, as
we'll as to the heather, world. The
nineteenth century ran mad with ex-
tremes-of riches and poverty of Gull
ture and ignorance, of high character
and degeneracy; the twentieth century
will see more eQuable conditions, an
uplifting of the entire mass, more
general diffusion of prosperity.
Peace and brotherhood.
The nineteenth century was filled
with war; the twentieth century will
finally usher in a worldwide peace.
The nineteenth century was marked
by noisy struggle and barbaric splen
dor; the twentieth century will be
marked by more silent. but more sys-
tematic effort and by the cultivation Of
the artistic and beautiful.
In word, the progress of the nine
teenth century was outward; the prog
ress of the twentieth century will be
inward.
The centuries form the rounds on the
ladder of advancement
Humanity is about to take another
step upward.
Be not dismayed. The world grows
better, brighter, happier.
Be not dismayed Our side may lose
in factional struggle. 1t is but an
incident in the world-progress.
Be not dismayed. Things may not
move as rapidly as we would wish;
but they do move, and that is much.
Be not dismayed. There is Bcnef-
cent Intelligence in the Universe, and
through all things runs purpose; the
law of evolution still operates, and the
human race is not retrograding, 5ui
is moving onward.
Do not be so egotistical as to imagine
that, simply because things do not SO
your way, the Lord has ceased doing
business.
Remember it is always possible that
you may be the one mistaken.
The world is not perfect and is moi
apt to become so in a hundred years
or a thousand, either; but it is going
in the right direction and it will reach
the goal Of higher civilization by and
by.
Be an optimist. He is the only sound
and healthy philosopher. 1t is moi
necessary to shut your eyes to present
evils; but do not let them dlstort your
vision of the future.
As Time Sweeps On.
AS time sweeps on we are coming neal
To the birth of the reign of right;
We approach the final, disastrous
wreck
or the systems of brutal might;
The specters of murder and force and
greed
Cho11 fado OWL dream.
And freedom and Christian brother
Shall rule DER the world supreme.
Sublime in the sunrise Of liberty
The hills of the future loom.
The empire of war and robbery
Is close to it's final doom;
Though rich in plumber Of land and
gold.
In spite of its boosted power,
Twill split on the rock of the Rights OF
And God is striking the hour.
The man or nation that lives by thu
sword
Shall die by the sword. at last;
For this is the lesson of history
Through all of the blooi-stained
past.
Go read the record by Theirs banks,
AS scrawled in the ruins gray;
Go con it over in fallen Spain
The law is the same today.
Go read it in England-the piled-up
wrongs
OF thousand years of the past.
She has sown the wind over all the
earth.
And the whirlwind comes at last
For Liberty, queen of the years to be.
Is standing in the Transvaai-
She speaks once more to the souls OF
men,
And the whole world thrills at the
call.
In the morn of the coming century,
The era of truth and right
Shall dawn sublime over the New Time