p. 10 | WHEN TO BE A DANIEL by A. J. Crittenden

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 17, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 11.

WHEN TO BE A DANIEL.

By A. J. Crittenden

O, it's safe to be a Daniel When the people are agreed That the very thing you argue for Is just the thing they need; When the world is very willing, And the bad are very good, You may safely be a Daniel: You'll be always understood.

You may dare to be a Daniel When you've figured out the chance, And the people like the music, And will join you in the dance; But if anybody's knees begin To weaken in the play, Then lay away the fiddle Till a favorable day.

You may dare to be a Daniel When the people are so kind That they wouldn't hurt a Daniel Should he want to speak his mind; When the Daniels are so plenty That you never would be known, Then dare to be a Daniel, yes, And dare to stand alone.

It will do to be a Daniel When they have a “Daniel's band,” And the street is full of Daniels, And they're crowding on the stand And the drums beat up for Daniel, And the horns blow off your hat— O, I'd like to be a Daniel too, In such a time as that.

Yes, “Dare to be a Daniel” Is very fine to sing, If ’twill only raise a regiment Of Daniels for the King; But I'm thinking it were better If we'd show the people how To sanctify the singing more, And be a Daniel now.

—A. J. Crittenden.