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.