MEN WANTED by St.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 26, 1871

MEN WANTED.

By St.

“The world wants men—large-hearted, manly men; Men who shall fight life's battles, and prolong The psalm of labor and the psalm of love; The times want scholars—scholars who shall shape The doubtful destinies of dubious years, And land the ark, that bears our country's good, Safe on some peaceful Ararat at last. The age wants heroes—heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth; To clutch the monster error by the throat; To bear opinion to a loftier seat; To blot the era of oppression out, And lead a universal freedom in. And Heaven wants souls—fresh and capacious souls; To taste its raptures, and expand like flowers Beneath the glory of its central sun. It wants fresh souls—not lean and shrivelled ones; It wants fresh souls, my brother—give it thine. If thou, indeed, wilt be what scholar should; If thou wilt be a hero, and wilt strive To help thy fellow, and exalt thyself. Thy feet, at last, shall stand on jasper floors; Thy heart, at last, shall seem a thousand hearts— Each single heart with myriad raptures rife, While thou shalt sit with princes and with kings, Rich in the jewel of a ransomed soul.” —St.