The Need for Honest Men by Editor

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 21, 1875

The Need for Honest Men

By Editor

THE GREAT WANT. — In view of the corruption that exists in the political world to-day, the words of Dr. Holland, which we insert here, speak volumes of the great want of the day : —

God give us men ! a time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands ; Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; Men who the spoils of office cannot buy ; Men who possess opinions and a will ; Men who have honor ; men who will not lie ; Men who can stand before a demagogue, And spurn his treacherous flatteries without winking ; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty, and in private thinking ; For while the rabble with their thumb-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, lo ! Freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps.