THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2157, 27 June 1895, Page 39

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

[The citizens of Buncdin raised in a few da 3's, by voluntary subscription, considerably over £1000 to. find work for the unemployed.] Who now sUall say that charity is dead ? That brotherhood is but an empty name, An idle bnast? Oh ! worthy men and true, Your noble efforts in the noble cause Of human love pioclaim, if need there were, That we nre all akin— tbat caste, or class, Or creed can ne'er untie the golden chain That links us heart to heart. Occasion calls, The agonising wail of hungering souU H'ir ardent voice. Re^pnn&iye to that cry, Tba f echo finds within the pitying breast "Who c God like puipoie reigns supremely still, You i MH.< foith (uiit-laden ; and behold I The fcene is cbanged. — Where late was dark riesrsiir, Joy, b.ight-evcd Joy, is beaming sweetly there. Above Ooivition's high, environing w^ills, You raise to golden heights, untr.imnielSed by The wouly strife that mars the scene bslow. And with a spirit born of the divino Ye succour whom grim f ite hath cast upon The dreary shore of want, helpless and weak. And this without par ate. No claiion voice Rings out the cill for praise that, fotilsom-* sneuk3 Whan gi eat men wealth bestow. True, gen'rous hearts Seek not the loud ncclaim, the vaunting phrase. They jiy to give.— The praise they seek, to sec The ••trifkeu heart take hope and smile again. Edina, on thy brow the laurel wear, And smile benignly on thy patiiot song. Thou art exalted in their exaltation, Ay, far abjve thy sister cities here, Au 1 at aides' now revealed. unto them altShe beneficent mother of the poor. Thy citizeus have crowned tht-e, and a roba OF regal splendour cast about thy limbs. And, lo ! thy heralds they come forth and bid The" needy ones unto thy board repair, An-1 feast upon the fiuit thoii «>i>r<wlest there. No dillying theirs with idle pl-uitudes ; No giand theory pi a ing to the eyo And hollow lo the torch ;— i o s-paciou'? fads Embowered in rosy luht, co'<jur<.d by minds IVheieiu hath wisdom no sec ue abore. ' Go'i's love possctsed them, l'icy from llicir 1)1- BS(S Looked out and saw poor mcrlals in distress. Then Sympnthy v/Mi luht and gentle tread Came fondly (orth, gazeJ down upon their needs, And Relied. Aud yeanrng to btfiieiid them, sLe Conceive') the scheme, impic-.spil it on the mind, Aud ex c tiun did uot lag behind. South Ehinedin, June 20. —P. E. Nolan.