Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1912 — The Discouraged Brother. [ARTICLE]

The Discouraged Brother.

Tou say the world is old and cold, that men seek .riches blindly; : Tou say their only god Is gold, that not a heart beats kindly; Tou say that greed Is everywhere, that goodness is forsaken; That hope is gone and honor dead, That Virtue, scoffed at, hangs her head. That all is wicked and unfair—but, brother, you’re mistaken. Tou say the world grows worse and worse, that clouds are forming o’er us; That on us God has put a curse, that terror lies before us; Tou say that faith Is shattered by the sinners who pursue It; Tou sit and sing a doleful song, But I repeat that yeu are wrong. For I have work to do and I possess tha strength to do It. —S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.