The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-11-05

splindles, no roar of the foundry. no
grating of the iron bars. no tramp

cpilHOlebs no roar OF the I0un0fys no
grating of the iron bars. no tramp
ing of feet, no click of tho type. no
whlr OF the presses, no distributing
OF books, Nh prison band -all gone.
all silent. The warden. the deputies,
the guards, the physician. the chap
lains, the men, the women-all gone!
Gone where? Across that grea,
divide, where the transition of the
soul, the image of God, bids adieu to
the flesh and returns to our Father
Mother where all is love divine.
We may be dreamer. friends, but
we like to dream such dreams for III
them is revealed the redemption of
the ones in the prison honses-such
dreams show us how ex prisoners
have helped to bring this redemption
about, and as the subject of this ar.
ticle is: What Have They Done?"
such dreams further reveals to us, a
prisoner, what will come to pass.
Again. such dreams make it possible
for US to know that some day this
will be real silent city.
How do we know? BY various
means, among them the prophecy of
that great Russian prophet, Tolstoy,
in 1865 8 when he tells us of the
greatest of wars which would surely
come in 1914, but at the end mon-
archial powers will vanish. and the
great Russian said: 1t will then be
necessary to find universal domi-
nant form of government which shall
propagate itself over the world, with
out destroying social ties or prevent
ing other forms of government, as
the whole aim of that fraternity to
come will consist in making men con-
sistent, virtuous, Joined together in
unity Of conviction conviction
that it is their duty everywhere and
with all their might to oppose vice
and folly and the wasting of their
talents and their virtues; to raise
worthy men from the dust and unite
them into one brotherhood. This
was the aim proposed by Christiani.
ty itself"
Tolstoy saw what we see today,
the great conflicts throughout the
world, which are the forerunners of
what will soon come true. For in
Europe we see in just few short
months presented the spectacle of
carnage more bloody than any saw
agery could have stimulated In any
of the primal forms; though the fame
of confagration should spread until
not nation Is left untouched and
the whole world be laid in ruins;
though not stone of ancient tenn
piles be left intact; though our seats
of learning and palaces of peace
should be reduced to ashes; though
ancient languages and literatures
should be blotted out nevermore to
be recovered; but amid the smoke
and fire and blood, at the end Baby
Ion will crumble to the ground and
will be found no more at all. Evil
in all forms will be chained about
with truth and cast out or banished.
Then will come the first resurrection,
the beginning of the millennium,
the thousand years.
This first resurrection will be the
dawniEg of new era, new day, a
better day; ornaments. ponto ms and
battalions for warfare, as at present.
will be known no more, s,rifes and
counter strifes will all disappear.
peace, joy and love will take their
places and bring in New Christian
Clvilization-humanity and human
rights will be the watchword, and
one vast army will be marshalled.
men. women and children of all ma
tons, kindred and tongue, from tie
ranks of all classes, all working for
the same thing, all marching the
same way. all believing IN The Fa-
Their Motherhood Of God: The Broth
-Sisterhood of Man; The Inmor-
tally of the Soul; Peace on earth,
good will to men.