Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — THE BOYS OF YESTERDAY. [ARTICLE]

THE BOYS OF YESTERDAY.

There are fifty million children In our block, it seems to me, F.\ ery one of them’as happy As a proper Kid sJitTuld he. With their laces fairly Hushing With the happiness of youth. And their iit'le eyes just gushing . '-With the diamonds of troth— But they've got a lot stilt coining in the way of pain And sorrow. For the little hoys of yesterday must be the mm td-tnofrpw. Playing with their toys and- tribes ( Froth the morning until night, Never fearful of the darkness i n the beauty of the light, With no shadow of an inkling Of the'pain they're passing through,, Not a worry they must nurture Like then troubled elders dp— So they go through life, just laughing in a kitfdish sort of way, -fia'tiig- <ol!zena to-niorfotv add tlclnu iif, yesterday. . Yes, I know it's riot important, But Someiiow it seems to ate • That the subject wpuki » t ig!a If 'twere as i: ought to be, Tor the burden of the present Rests upon t:,e men who say.' With a sigh,, they can't help thinking Of themselves on yesterday; . They'd no trouble then to lend and no necessity to 1 borrow. Had the hoys of yesterday, who were the ! citizens to- morrow. Here's a lesson, friends: Lei's take it j As we journey on our way—- ! Let us make the best to-morrow' * Out of what we’ve got to-day: i We pray not reap quite the harvest * We're expecting, that is true, ; But suppose some other sowers Had abandoned hope on you! Yes, this world is full of troable. full of worryfull of-sorrow For the hoys of yesterday who'll be the Citizens to-morrow. —Baltimore American.