Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-01-16
NJsBERfJL DREAM.

tVs'1LAh 0L sALNEss
! had n most horrible dream The
other night about a money ess
man.
What gives a man presttse in
the community ia which lie ives?
Money.
What gives a man in1aeuce in
he church - wAirh he beion ,s2
Money.
VIVA. gives 2 man a high stand
ing in TIE banks 90 our country
Money.
Whit gives n man fIrst-class
ratin in the commercial World?
Mon y.
W lat gives n man influence in
politics: Money.
WHAT controls the politics OF
our republic? Money.
What controls TIE prices on the
products OF our country Money
Docs not money largely con,ru.
everything? Yes.
Then it Is very clear that the
monsyless man hes very little in
duence. Blu. listen! You can
e1slave ignorance, but you can.
not enslave iute,hcsnce. Even
Physician in last weeks EAGLE
seems 10 goat over the monsyiess
man who - not able to pay his
doctor for his services, it seems
TO be heaven enough TO him o.
see the mJn-yless nan "sizzle''
in Hades. The following poem
contains the truest sentiments
that We all know to be true, ala.
too true:
Is there no place on the ffce Of
the earth
Where charity dweIleth, where
virtue has birth.
Where bOsOms IN mercy and lsinG
hess wild heave.
Where the poor and the wretcheC
shall ask and relieve.
Is there no place at all where 8
knock from the poor
VIII bring a KIDD angel TO open
the door.
Al! search the wide world where
ever you can,
4 :ere's no open door for 4 money
leas man.
60 look in yondsr hall, where the
caandedsr's light
Drives of with It's splendor til,
The darkness OF the night,
Where tIe rich hanging velvet in
shadowy fold
Sweeps gracefully down with it
trimmings % gold.
And the mirrors Of silver take up
and renew
IN long lighted vistas the wilder
ins viewl
Go there at TIE banquet and inc
you can
y welcoming smile for : money.
lass uaa.
Go io7- in yon church of the
eldad-reaching spire,
" Ei-' 2,.ss to The sGa his same
look OF red fire,
Where s.f- arches and columns
are gorgeous within,
And the walls seem as pure as
soul without sin;
Walk down tie long isle; see the
rica AMI the great
In the Poap and pride OF their |
worldly estate;
y a 4 down IN your patches and |
lal, i you can,
V 10 oneas e pew 10 I uoaey!ess
man.
10 look in the banks, where Nam
mon has told
Ills hundreds ard thousands in
silver and GOD;
Where safe from me bands OF the
N--t e+.'S GIN lOOE
Lies pile upon pile Of the glitter
lug ore;
Walk up to the counter; ali, there
you may stay;
Til N""~ limbs grow oil till your
hairs grow gray;
ANA :, - 4. md at the tanks not
II
With money to loan to a money
less man.
Go look at yon Judge in his dark
flowing gown,
With the scales wherein the law
Neigheth equity down;
" here tie frowns on the weak and
Smiles on the strong,
And punish u riga: while he JUST
lies wrong;
Where juries uleir lipsto the Bible
have laid
To render a verdict they have al
ready made
Go thsra ia the court room and
find, ii you can,
ANY law for the cause OF a money
less man.
Then 81 to your hovel-no raven
has fed
fae wife who has suffered too
long for her bread;
haeel doxn By her pallet and kiss
the death frost
From the lips ef the angel your
poverty lost;
Then turn in your agony upward
70 God,
And bless. while it smites you, the
chastning rcd,
Anc you Il fad At the end Of your
life little span
There's a welcome above for the
moneyless man,
Who OF US at some time during
lis life has not felt very kernly |
he sentiments OF this poem? How /
how pathetic, how truth 1
nj, how phiiosophic it is? II
you'd be glad that every young
nan in thil eountxy MOULD ,,a,,