Show THE GREAT DREAM 1 1 I I SEE A country tilled filled with happy homes fi resides of content the foremost land ot of the earth 1 I see a world where thrones have crumbled and where kings are dust the aristocracy ot of idleness has haa perished from the earth 11 1 I see a world without a slave wan alan at last is free natures forces have by science apen enslaved lightning and light wind and wave frost and flame and all the secret subtle powers of the earth and air are the tireless for the human race 1 I see a world at peace adorned with every form of art with myriad voices thrilled while lips are rich with words of love and truth a world in which no exile sighs no prisoner mourns a world on which the gibens gibets shadow does not fall a world where labor reaps its full reward revard where work and worth go anad in hand where the poor girl trying to win ivin bread with the needle the needle that has haa been caled ibbe asp tor for the breast of the poor Is not driven to the choice of crime or death of suicide or shame 1 I see a world without the he beg ars outstretched palm the misers stony stare the piteous wall of want the livid lips of lies tho the cruel eyes of scorn 1 I see a race without disease of flesh or brain shapely and fairi fair the married harmony of form and function i and as I 1 look life length ens joy deepens love canopies cano pies the earth and over all in the great dome shines the eternal star ot of human hope thus spoke the great agna agenal robert G ingersol today these words paint a picture of life which Is the dream of true religion as well as a the ambition of civic activity to kitain a the church man may say rater reading again tills this hope so fervently expressed let us pray the one professing no religion will likely bow his head and say to him self belt 1 I li t us hopi bop 3 11 |