Earlier text: What Is Involved in Mobilization?Newspapers Gladly Publish Views on the Eastern Question
By Walter L. Burgan
THE war in Europe has furnished a basis for many interesting articles in the newspapers from a prophetic standpoint in various parts of the United States and other countries. It is encouraging to learn that quite a large number of our ministers and evangelists have taken advantage of this unusual opportunity to tell the world through the newspapers the meaning of this conflict as outlined in the Bible. Clippings of extracts of sermons on the Eastern Question, aggregating perhaps one hundred columns in a large city daily, have already been received from different cities and towns, where our workers have received very courteous treatment at the hands of their home editors. Large and striking headlines have displayed the majority of these reports, indicating that the editors attached more than ordinary importance to them.16 Many of these reports have been the means of arousing further inquiry in the minds of those seeking to learn what next is going to take place in the earth. Some of the reports have been given the leading column on the front page, while others have had two-column headings, and a position in the paper that would attract attention. Many encouraging letters have been received from workers who are appreciating more each day the importance of using the secular press to herald the message of the soon-coming Saviour. There never has been a more opportune time to give the message through the newspapers than now, when men are agitated and perplexed over the conditions in the earth. Since Turkey entered the struggle, our brethren have done considerable in the way of having our views published. The fact that Seventh-day Adventists have for many years been predicting the downfall of the Ottoman power, gives our workers increased prestige when they make this fact known in their articles; and not only do the editors gladly publish such contributions, but quite a number of our ministers have been requested to furnish their home papers with articles on this subject. Others, who have not yet written for their home papers on the Eastern Question, ought not to find it difficult to have such a contribution printed; and the printing of these reports should be the entering wedge for the publication of numerous other articles on the various doctrines our denomination holds. In British Columbia the brethren are using the newspapers to good advantage. One of the workers in Vancouver writes as follows: “I have been looking over your second batch of ‘war sermons,’ and am delighted with the general tone of them and the information they contain. May your good work continue. During the past eighteen months I suppose we have had fifty columns of reading matter in the Vancouver papers. A large proportion has been on the signs of the times in general, but nearly every phase of our message has been touched upon in sermons, general articles, in the forum departments (in the form of letters), and in a local way as news matter, the aim being in everything used to have the name ‘Seventh-day Adventist’ to appear somewhere in the article. The value of this line of work cannot be overestimated. Our ministers used to preach about the marvelous advancement made in transportation and methods of rapid communication, but in many instances the rapid strides in the printing industry and the power of the press were overlooked. Now the press work is being developed in a most gratifying way.” A brother in one of the large cities in Massachusetts is meeting with excellent success in getting articles published. He says he is having long accounts in the leading daily of the city, which circulates in all the surrounding towns as well. Then he adds these encouraging words: “The editor now will publish articles on almost any subject I preach upon. Many tell us they have read my sermon extracts in the paper, and have been set to thinking about the truth. Scores this summer were drawn to our tent simply through reading the paper. I feel sure the influence of our tent effort, which was much more evident this past summer than the previous season, was due to the increased patronage of the press.” Now that active efforts are being held in halls, it is hoped that the brethren will appreciate the fact that the papers are just as ready to publish extracts of their sermons as when the tent meetings were being held, and will do all they can to advance the truth while this golden opportunity remains with us. “The World Awakening”
By W. H. Smith, M. D.
ALMOST daily we hear people talking of the end of the world. Many times recently I have been asked if the present war does not mean more to this world than any that has taken place, and if it is not the last one. In a Chicago paper, Dr. Felix Adler expresses the belief that this present conflict is only a prelude to a greater one. Certainly now is the time for our people to awaken to the needs of the special field in which to drop the seeds of truth. God has prepared the ground, and men's hearts are being stirred to the very depths. I was forcibly impressed last Sunday evening with the stirring address on “Turkey and the Eastern Question,” by Elder O. O. Bernstein, in the Keith Memorial Building, Minneapolis. The audience was intensely interested. The night was rainy and rather disagreeable, and in view of the fact that the lecture had not been very well advertised, I expected to find a small attendance. To my surprise I could find no seat downstairs, and with difficulty I found one in the gallery. About six hundred persons listened most attentively. Then the people by invitation came to the front for tracts on current questions, and I shall not soon forget how they crowded about, eight and ten deep, in their anxiety even reaching over the heads of others to get the words of truth on the printed page. As the result of an invitation for a volunteer to pay for the meeting place, the next evening a man (unknown to Elder Bernstein) said he would send a check in the morning. A leading pastor's wife was decidedly enthusiastic, and was much disappointed because her husband could not be present. I believe the time is coming when the world will help bear the expense of carrying this message rapidly to all the cities, and to the world. FROM the last number of the Asiatic Division Mission News, published at Shanghai, China, we clip the following notes regarding the movements of workers in that division:— “October 19 saw Elder F. A. Allum, his wife and three little boys, Brother M. C. Warren, wife and daughter, off for Szechuan. Five weeks or more will be spent en route. These dear, courageous workers are facing their new territory with the true spirit of sacrifice. They will not find a comfortable foreign house awaiting them, such as they are leaving, but instead will live in the upper story of their chapel, where in the summer season they will be driven below on account of the heat. The chapel is located in a thickly settled district of Chinese, and near an outer gate; hence there is much noise and confusion all hours of the day and long into the night. No word of murmur is heard from any member of this devoted band of workers—they go gladly for Christ’s sake. It is to be hoped that later on the funds will warrant the building of a foreign house in Chung-king, that the health and lives of these missionaries may be more safely guarded. Let us pray that their lives may be precious in the sight of God, and long be spared to be a blessing to the forty-one million inhabitants of Szechuan.” “The morning of the seventh of October saw the departing of our four loyal missionaries, Brethren Peterson and Grundset, with their wives, for Manchuria. More than two years ago these workers were chosen to carry the light of the third angel’s message to Manchuria’s eleven million people; and since then, during their preparation, they have had an eye single to Manchuria’s needs, and were most happy when they could go forward. They will be missed here at Shanghai, in the church, in the Sabbath school, and in the compound, for their spirit of helpfulness was very marked; but our loss will be Manchuria’s gain. As our little company bade them farewell by the water’s edge, tears of mingled joy and sorrow testified to our joy at seeing another beacon light established where the heathen darkness is so great, even though the parting of their companionship was keenly felt. The readers of the News will not forget them at the throne of grace, that their efforts may be so blessed of God that many now wandering in darkness will be led to the Light of life and be ready for a place in the soon-coming kingdom of peace.” The Summer’s Work in Iowa
By A. R. OGDEN
WE conducted fourteen series of tent meetings in Iowa during the summer. We had ten tents in the field, some of them holding two series of meetings. In a number of places where efforts were made, the work is still being carried forward, so it is impossible to give complete results at the present time; but as nearly as we can gather from the laborers’ reports we find that from 125 to 150 have begun the observance of the Sabbath, about 100 of whom have been baptized and have united with the churches in our conference. It has been the writer’s privilege to visit all these meetings, spending one or more days at each place. In connection with four of these meetings we held local camp meetings or general meetings, which were greatly appreciated by a goodly number of our people in the various localities. This fall five churches have been purchased or are in process of erection, and one or two chapels in other places have been fitted up as permanent places of meeting. I appreciate very much our laborers’ earnest efforts for the ingathering of souls. While we have not seen accomplished all that we should like, yet we feel to praise the Lord for the degree of success that has attended the work in our conference. We know that many prayers have ascended in the homes of our people for these faithful workers as they labored both publicly and from house to house in the proclamation of the message. All who have united in the work by prayer and financial support will share with the workers the joy of meeting saved souls in the kingdom.
A. R. OGDEN. Recent Temperance Campaigns
By S. B. HORTON
At the recent election throughout the United States four Western States went dry,—Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Arizona. These make fourteen States which have State-wide prohibition laws, the others being Maine, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kansas, and North Dakota. The Colorado Springs Gazette asserts that public sentiment makes possible now the enactment of a federal prohibitory amendment, and says that “the liquor interests may succeed in delaying its passage by Congress for another year or two, but the issue is assuming such proportions that Congress will not dare hold it up much longer. The liquor men might as well save their money and cease further efforts to educate the public in an appreciation of the greatness of John Barleycorn. He is a permanently discredited hero.” While some hold that prohibition means the facing of additional tax burdens, there are papers which do not so believe. The Spokane Chronicle thinks that a new era of prosperity will come to the State of Washington as a consequence of its prohibition law. It says:—
“Washington has chosen the lasting kind of prosperity by deciding to eliminate its most conspicuous form of waste. To say that prosperity will be lessened by abolishing a business that employs thousands in labor which is not only useless, but destructive of property and earning power, is to make an argument that is not only fallacious, but absurd.” The campaign in Ohio was most interesting. The prohibition forces had purposed bringing the matter of State-wide prohibition before the electorate in 1915, feeling that the question should be separated from the State and national election, which was held the fore part of November. But the liquor forces felt that it would be an advantage to them to decide the question this year, and so they proposed an amendment to the constitution, as follows:— “ARTICLE XV, SECTION 9a.—No law shall be passed or be in effect prohibiting the sale, furnishing, or giving away of intoxicating liquors operative in a subdivision of the State upon the option of the electors thereof, or upon any other contingency, which has force within a territory larger than a municipal corporation or a township outside of municipal corporations therein. All laws in contravention of the foregoing are hereby repealed. “Nor shall any law hereafter be passed prohibiting the sale, furnishing, or giving away of intoxicating liquors throughout the State at large.” To meet this move on the part of the liquor men, the Anti-Saloon League proposed the following amendment:— “ARTICLE XV, SECTION 9.—The sale, manufacture for sale, and importation for sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage is hereby prohibited. The General Assembly shall provide for the enforcement of this provision, and enact laws with adequate penalties for the violation thereof. “The foregoing amendment shall take effect one year and six months after the date of the election at which it is adopted, at which time said original Section 9 of Article XV, and all statutes inconsistent with the foregoing amendment, be and the same are hereby repealed.” The liquor men's proposition was styled “A Home Rule Amendment,” the purpose of which was to repeal the Ross County Option Law, under which forty-five of the eighty-eight counties were placed in the dry column, and to nullify all regulatory legislation of the liquor traffic. It is stated by the press that as a result of the success of the liquor amendment, more than three thousand saloons will be immediately opened in the dry territory of the State. As soon as it was certain that the whisky forces had won at the polls, the prohibition forces at once inaugurated a campaign for another try out next year. In Ohio an amendment to the constitution may be proposed through a petition signed by a certain percentage of the voting population of the State, and there is no doubt that the required number of petitioners will be secured. It is thought by the conservative student that Ohio will go dry in 1915. It is interesting to note that the question of eliminating the liquor traffic is of present moment in other parts of the world. The Altoona (Pa.) Times of November 19 prints a long Associated Press article dated Petrograd, Russia, November 18. The headlines of the article reveal the substance of the telegram: “Prohibition in Russia Is Fact and Not Theory. Wonderful Transformation Has Been Effected Since Imperial Edict Banished Strong Drink From the Czar's Dominions. Miracle Is Work of Solitary Man. Destitute Character of the Homes of the Poor Has Been Replaced With Something Akin to Order and Thrift, It Is Said.” Among the interesting points of the Altoona Times article, we quote the following:— “There is prohibition in Russia today, prohibition which means that not a drop of vodka, whisky, brandy, gin, or any other strong liquor is obtainable from one end to the other of a territory populated by 150,000,000 people, and covering one sixth of the habitable globe. “The story of how strong drink has been utterly banished from the Russian Empire was related to the Associated Press by Michael Demitrovitch Tchelisheff, the man directly responsible for putting an end to Russia's great vice, the vodka habit. “It should be said in the beginning that the word prohibition in Russia must be taken literally. Its use does not imply a partially successful attempt to curtail the consumption of liquor, resulting in drinking in secret places, the abuse of17medical licenses, and general evasion and subterfuge. It does mean that a vast population who consumed $1,000,000,000 worth of vodka a year, whose ordinary condition has been described by Russians themselves as ranging from a slight degree of stimulation upward, has been lifted almost in one day from a drunken inertia to sobriety. The nation has been compelled, virtually overnight, to abandon its enormous daily consumption of vodka, a liquor that contains a particularly large percentage of alcohol, and become abstemious to the extent of letting no liquor pass its lips. “On that day when the mobilization of the Russian army began, special policemen visited every public place where vodka is sold, locked up the supply of the liquor, and placed on the shop the imperial seal. Since the manufacture and sale of vodka is a government monopoly in Russia, it is not a difficult thing to enforce prohibition. “From the day this step was taken, drunkenness vanished in Russia. The results are seen at once in the peasantry; already they are beginning to look like a different race. The marks of suffering, the pinched looks of illness and improper nourishment, have gone from their faces. There has been also a remarkable change in the appearance of their clothing. Their clothes are cleaner, and both the men and the women appear more neatly and better dressed. The destitute character of the homes of the poor has been replaced with something like order and thrift. In Petrograd and Moscow the effect of these improved conditions is fairly startling. On holidays in these two cities inebriates always filled the police stations, and often they lay about on the sidewalks and even in the streets. Things are so different today that unattended women may now pass at night through portions of these cities where it was formerly dangerous even for men. Minor crimes and misdemeanors have almost vanished.” Mr. Tchelisheff ran for alderman and a position in the duma, on a prohibition platform, and was successful. Failing, however, to secure the legislation at once, he appealed to the czar, through whom the plan for nation-wide prohibition was finally carried out. “The 30,000,000 rubles a day that had been paid for vodka were now being spent for the necessities of life. The average working week increased from three and four days to six, the numerous holidays of the drinker having been eliminated. The working day also became longer, and the efficiency of the worker was perhaps doubled. Women and children who seldom were without marks, showing the physical violence of the husband and father, suddenly found themselves in an undreamed-of paradise. There were no blows, no insults, and no rough treatment. There was bread on the table, milk for the babies, and a fire in the kitchen.” It is hoped that at the coming session of Congress the Hobson-Sheppard amendment, providing for nation-wide prohibition, will be considered. There seems little doubt that the people of the United States will have an opportunity, sooner or later, to vote upon this very important matter. S. B. HORTON. Religious Liberty Department
By C. S. LONGACRE
C. S. LONGACRE — N. Am. Div. Secretary Harvest Ingathering
By F. G.
A FEW words from our schools concerning the work of the Harvest Ingathering will, we are sure, be of interest to our people. This is an enterprise which should not and in many cases does not stop with the particular time devoted to it. From South Lancaster Academy — B. F. Machlan, Principal “More than the usual interest was taken this year in the plans for the Harvest Ingathering campaign. When the matter was presented in chapel, teachers and students responded till only a few remained in their seats. “On Tuesday morning, October 27, more than two thirds of our school left for the different cities, all determined to do the best they could for foreign missions. The principal had made arrangements with the street car company to furnish two special cars, one to Worcester and one to Leominster and Fitchburg. These cars were crowded. Every one seemed in earnest; and although the conditions were such that it rendered soliciting for money very difficult, yet there were no disappointments, and the students came home with the feeling that they had undertaken something that had brought them a great blessing. “In our chapel exercises on Wednesday morning, some very interesting and profitable experiences were related. Students gathered all the way from $1 to $5. The highest sum secured by any one person was $35, which was reported by the principal. While the offering gathered was not so great per capita as in some former years, yet a better experience was enjoyed and more students took part than ever before. South Lancaster Academy has not done all that it expects to do in this campaign, but looks forward to another effort before the end of the year 1914.” From Maplewood Academy — R. A. Hare, Principal “Monday morning, November 2, about fifty of our students went out with the Harvest REVIEW. Our territory is very scattered, so that on an average three hours was all the time spent soliciting. Our girls went to small towns within easy reach; the country was worked by boys. Transportation by wagon, train, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, and foot—all means were used. “As we gathered in toward night, a lively interest was evident; and I believe that those who went out were glad that they had gone. Varied experiences helped to impress upon us the need of a full consecration and better preparation for service. “We were rejoiced to find that our collections for the day brought in $108.58, $36 more than last year’s returns. This was made up of many small amounts rather than any large gifts. Two collected $6.25 each; but the total came because many helped. “Several days before we went out, the State home missionary secretary and Missionary Volunteer secretary gave instruction and training in the best methods of handling the work. “Our enrollment is 128 (November 9). We have no room for more. I have had to advise some not to come, because we have no proper accommodation for them.” From Colegio Adventista del Plata — H. U. Stevens, Principal The following is from a personal letter from Prof. H. U. Stevens, director of our school in Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina, South America:— “Our enrollment this year has reached 126, and there has been a marked improvement in the daily attendance. We have had very little disciplinary work this year, every one apparently trying to conform himself to the regulations of the school. “Since the European war broke out, our printing office in Buenos Aires has published a special War number of our paper El Atalaya (the Watchman). We are in the midst of a vigorous campaign with this paper. A week ago our preceptress, Miss Kerr, with four of the girls from the school home, and Miss Voris, with four nurses from the sanitarium, went to Santa Fe, spending a whole week in selling the paper. Brother Sherman was with them, and they took the city by storm, selling about 2,300 copies at ten centavos (about four cents) each. Two gentleman nurses have gone to Concordia with 2,000 papers, but have not yet returned. I took three of our boys and went to Victoria. In a day and a half we sold about 500 papers. Others are going out this week. The school and the sanitarium have taken 10,000 papers in all. The people are anxious to understand the situation in the world, and there is very little difficulty in getting them to listen to what we have to say.” More and Better-Trained Teachers
By F. G.
THE educational superintendent of one of our conferences says, in a letter concerning the work in her conference: “We have three new schools. We could have started more church schools, had it been possible for me to be in more than one place at the same time, and if we could have had reliable teachers to launch the new schools. Our great cry is the same as is heard in all our conferences, ‘More and better-trained teachers.’” The advancement of our great cause of truth is measured to a large extent by the increase of our schools. We must have more church schools, that all our advanced schools may be filled, and be yearly sending forth large classes of new recruits for the “front,” in this great gospel warfare. But in order to have more schools, we must have “more and better-trained teachers.” At the foundation of all our work lies the church school. These schools must be increased in number and efficiency, and just now, during the school year, is the time to work most effectively to this end. Plans should be laid in every church where there is a sufficient number of children, to open a school this coming year. These plans consist in securing assurances of financial support by means of tuition or a general fund, or both; in providing a room with good ventilation, an abundance18of light, comfortable seats, and sufficient blackboard space; and in securing at least the beginning of a library and equipment for manual and other lines of work necessary to the subjects taught. These are not difficult to obtain where there is an appreciation of the eternal value of this education to the children of the church. “More and better-trained teachers.” Every church has an enormous responsibility to place every young man and woman in the work of this message. If these persons have teaching in mind as a vocation, they should be encouraged, and assisted when necessary, to take courses of instruction in the normal departments of our colleges for teaching in our schools. These normal departments are giving strong, practical courses, adapted to all grades of teaching, and they should be filled to overflowing with students who are devoted to the work of Christian education, and willing to teach any grade of work for which they may be adapted and to teach anywhere they may be needed. Now, just now, is the time to secure “more and better-trained teachers” for more and better-equipped schools. J. L. SHAW — General Secretary F. GRIGGS — N. Am. Div. Secretary W. E. HOWELL — N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary “A MAN'S life consists not in what he possesses, but in what he becomes.” Prof. H. U. Stevens, principal of the River Plate Academy, Argentina, South America, sends the following encouraging letter telling of the progress of the school:— “In spite of the upheaval in Europe, we find ourselves here in comparative tranquillity. Argentina has been passing through a dreadful financial crisis for several months, and the war in Europe has only intensified the situation. Located as we are in the country, however, and in a prosperous agricultural district, we have not come in very close touch with the misery which is seen in some parts, especially the large cities, such as Buenos Aires and Rosario. “So far our school work continues to run smoothly. Our enrollment has reached 126, which is probably as high as it will go, although one or two may enter yet. Last year our last pupil entered the last month. Of course such ones can do little more than get a start for the following year. However, we take them in if they wish to come, as long as there is room. “Recently we had a remarkable experience in one of our student prayer meetings. It was the Friday night before the last quarterly meeting. The prayer meeting began as usual. A short talk was given on the necessity of ridding our lives of sin by repentance and confession. At first it seemed that what was said had little effect, and the usual testimony meeting, which followed, seemed lifeless until some personal questions were put to the company, when the meeting took a very solemn turn. Nearly every one present was in tears; and many, in agony, voluntarily confessed the sins which had been lurking in their lives. Not very much was said by the leader, but the Spirit of God was present and led out in one of the most remarkable ways we have ever experienced. One good thing about it was that the influence did not pass when the meeting closed. Many carried out the good resolutions made in the meeting, voluntarily going to their companions and teachers, confessing definite wrongs and asking pardon, and some we believe have been led into a new experience of faith and victory. Since then we have been very much gratified to perceive evidences of an awakening conscience where it had not been seen before. For all these blessings we are profoundly thankful. “We have stopped work on the new dormitory for lack of money. All that the union conference committee has voted has been spent, and we shall have to wait until it convenes at the time of the Argentine conference in October. As it is, our building will need the tiles laid for the floor, the woodwork, and the sewer, before it can be used as a dormitory. If the union conference can get possession of the money which it has, we may be able to put the building in shape for use, although we have practically given up the idea of entirely finishing it at present. There is so much uncertainty here in business matters that one hardly dares to make plans for the future which involve any outlay of money. “Our power plant has been put into operation, and our engine and boiler are working away. We had a novel experience recently when moving the engine and boiler from the railroad. We had succeeded in loading them onto some improvised trucks, but how to drag the load up the hill to the power house was quite a problem, as the engine weighed over five tons. We finally dismissed school, and the pupils and teachers, hitched by means of long ropes to the trucks, pulled it up by hand. Every one enjoyed the diversion, and in less than half an hour the job was completed. “Since the war broke out in Europe, our brethren are planning to publish a special War number of our Spanish Watchman, to be sold by our churches. Our school intends to make a special effort with this number. We are forming four or five companies, each to be led by a teacher, to canvass some of the large towns in Entre Ríos and in Santa Fe (an adjoining province). It would be more convenient if these missionary fields were a little nearer; but as it is, we plan to spend a whole week in the effort. Three of the teachers will be left in the school to continue the work of the first four grades for those who do not care to take part in the campaign.” Does the Church School Pay?
By P. Tunheim
SOME months ago I received a good letter from one of my pupils in a country church school which I taught several terms about twenty years ago. This school was among some of our Norwegian brethren in the northern part of Marshall County, Minnesota, and was held in a small room in a log house. Two tables served as desks, and some common benches were used for seats. Here about a dozen children met from day to day to learn the precious Word of God and other branches of education. I shall copy a little from the letter already mentioned:— “I suppose you remember me, what a naughty boy I was when I went to school to you. I can never forget when you kept me after school at Akre’s, and you taught me to pray that I might be a better boy. There are many other things that make you dear in my memory, and I have often heard others of your young people say that they have much to give you credit for, and that it was largely the result of your influence that all our young people who were taught by you have been baptized. Oscar Akre is the first one to enter the ministry. Oscar Vixie is at school preparing, and also three others of that family.” Then he tells about some of the others—how the Lord has blessed them, and some are having a part in the work. This boy himself has been in the canvassing work for several years, and now he hopes soon to work in one of our publishing houses. There is no doubt that some of the seed that was sown in that little school found root in those young hearts. As I think of that humble little school and those poor children, tears come to my eyes when I realize that of them the Lord will make bright jewels, yes, diadems, for his kingdom. Dear brethren and sisters, perhaps some of you feel that the church school is not necessary, and that it is too much expense; but remember that one soul is worth more than the whole world, and if one such school can be the means of saving one child from destruction, it will well pay. Should we not do all that we can to save the little ones by planting the seed of truth in their young hearts, which will surely bear fruit to eternal life? Then the time will come soon, very soon, when we shall gather on that great day and be able to say, Here am I and the children whom thou hast given me The Colporteur Work
By W. W. Eastman.
OUR schools can do much toward strengthening our colporteur work by creating a sentiment in favor of spending the vacation in the evangelistic canvassing work. Students can thus earn their way through school and at the same time give the message through the printed page and personal visiting. In the past the true dignity of this work has been lost sight of, but our schools can do much toward changing the sentiment. Canvassing bands should be organized in every college and academy as early as the second term, and the most devoted, strongest students in the school induced to enter the bands and prepare for the summer's work, by careful study of the principles of evangelistic canvassing as well as of the book to be sold. Watching for the Divine Message
By Clement J. Strong
If one man has more knowledge of God than another, it is not because God has been more kindly disposed to him, but because he has watched more intently for the divine message intended for all — Clement J. Strong. “THE longest life cannot afford a single year to be thrown away.” O, LET US SING, MY COMRADES.
By Eben E. Rexford
Of blessings by the way;
Each cloud's a silver lining,
There's blue beyond the gray
Ah! as we sing about it,
The shadows break apart,
And all the world's in sunshine
Because we're light of heart.