The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-01

ter of defiant vice and the pitiful
wall of violated innocence, on all
sides would rise an anthem of
pure Joy. In place of an animal
satisfaction with the present, the
vision of grander, n nohler life
would possess one and all. We
would hear no cries of school
abolition, no pessimism and
question of lis life worth liv-
ing?" In place, l think all
would search, children as well as
grown folk, for an object in life.
Each would put forth the hand
to help such work, as would
hasten the time foreshadowed by
William Morris:
Then man shall work and bethink him
And rejoice In the deeds OF his hand
Nor yet come home In the even
Too faint and weary to stand.
Men In that time a-coming
Shall work and have no fear
For tomorrow's lack OF earning
And the hunger wolf u-near.
tell you this fos a wonder.
That no man then shall be glad
or his fellows fan and mishap
To snatch at the work he had.
For that which the worker winneth
Shall even be his indeed,
Nor shall be reaped for nothing
BY him that sewed the seed.
o strange. new. wonderful justice
But for whom shall we gather the gainI
For ourselves and each Of our fellows,
And no hand snail labor in vain.
Then all Mine and all Thine shall be ours,
And no more shah any man crave
For riches that serve for nothing
But to fetter friend for u slave"
Cast a glance again over the
complaints by Spencer, White
and the rest, and who can doubt
but that the evil will pass away,
with correct ethical training il
the home, the public and thu
Sunday schools. Like the mistI
before the morning sun the evils
will vanish when men and womer
see that each and all must per
sist in striving towards social anc
moral improvement. Amongs
teachers there are not wanting
those who have genius, devotion
loftiness of aim; sympathetic
ones are to be found amongs
them in abundance. | know sew
eral in my own limited expert
ence who are devoted workers il
the cause of human life, health
ethical education, purity an,
we'll being, moral and material
Parents may see results in char
acter formation in their owl
children, and, seeing, let ther
beware that the forces of evil de
not crush out high hope AM
neutralize the best promise.
And teachers Beware, ere 20
found the i'll spirit of nationa
iealousies, civil strife, egoism o
, Ill will in those under you
, charge. Bear in mind that
= is rather your duty to az
vocate peace on earth, goo
= will towards men," than tn
! policy that leads to conquer an
e destroy. 1t is yours to inculcat
3 mercy, charity, benevolence, til
= passion for we'll doing, incessan
ly, and it is yours to help Grad
cate selfshness, covetousness, al
petite and lethargy, national {
we'll as individual, social as we
as moral. Teachers, be up an
doing, teaching the road to grea
er social efficiency, of more Wild
spread human happiness, ca
aside your own selfish anus
ments, and if there is any S
cial work forward be foremost
1t. By example and not precel
We shall be known. Is there nee
of honest labor for the hand
the head, then be to the fore. r
member, Humanity has n
minute to lose. Quicl
Quick! Let us hasten. T
wretched have their feet on re
|" hot iron. They hunger, tn
= thirst, they suffer" Happy y
then, in life's sunset, whatev
a be your condition, if ye may 81
II with truth, 81 have finished t
n work which Thou gavest me to d
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