There’s a Good Time Coming

There’s a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray.
Of the good time coming.
Cannon balls may aid the truth,
But thought’s a weapon stronger;
Well win our battle by its aid;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
The pen shall supersede the sword,
And right, not might shall be the lord,
In the good time coming;
Worth, not birth, shall rule mankind,
And be acknowledg’d stronger;
The proper impulse has been giv’n;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
War in all men’s eyes shall be
A monster of iniquity.
In the good time coming.
Nations shall not quarrel then,
To prove which is the stronger;
Nor slaughter men for glory’s sake;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming, boy’s,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
Shameful rivalries of creed
Shall not make the martyr bleed,
In the good time coming.
Religion shall be shorn of pride,
And flourish all the stronger;
And Charity shall trim her lamp;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming.
A good time coming;:
And a poor man’s family,
Shall not be his misery,
In the good time coming;
Ev’ry child shall be a help,
To make his right arm stronger;
The happier he, the more he has;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
Little children shall not toil
Under, or above the soil.
In the good time coming.
But shall play in healthful fields,
Till limbs and minds grow stronger;
And ev’ry one shall read and write;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
The people shall be temperate,
And shall love instead of hate,
In the good time coming,
They shall use, and not abuse,
And make all virtue stronger;
The reformation has begun;
Wait a little longer.

There’s a good time coming boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
Let us aid it all we can,
Ev’ry woman, ev’ry man,
The good time coming.
Smallest helps, if rightly giv’n,
Make the impulse stronger;
‘Twill be strong enough one day;
Wait a little longer.