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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 18, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 16.

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VÆ PATRIAE.

By Howard Glyndon

“We must have this! We must have that!” Oh, lustful madness of the land! Which leads to the dishonoring thought And thrice dishonoring hand!
Lie soft, live well, have cates to eat, Rare furnishings to please the eye: For this proud names are smutched with shame, The land’s creed made a lie!
Deaf ears and eyes that will not see— Beckon and call and cry are vain; Ye will stay shut till justice comes In one full, fiery rain.
Ye will not heed the threatening skies, The thunder’s muttering from afar; Ye drive the goddess from the helm And flout your guiding star.
Ye only think to gain your way— Crawl where the gold lies, plan your ease; Ye trade the manhood from your lives For flimsy things like these.
Part with the clear unfaltering eye, Part with the mind that thinks aright, Part with the spirit undismayed That palters not with might!
These are the heritage of him Who cares not where his head may lie, Rather than have his pillow soft With bribes and flattery.
But oh! for those who buy and sell Within the temple’s holy bound; Barter the birthright of their race For ease—on Freedom’s ground!
—HOWARD GLYNDON, in Independent.