a tax on the industries of the nations, will be
converted into armies of peace, engaged in the production of real
wealth! Then, the heretofore undreamed of store of public wealth, will,
in its proper distribution, give to all mankind, the acme of universal
education, civilization and happiness!"

CONCLUSION.

Born leaders of a progressive age; filled with the inspiration of one
great purpose in life; at all times, equal to the demands of the hour;
hand in hand, with hearts united by the bonds of a supreme love; nobly
unselfish, and spiritually refined; generous, handsome, accomplished;
wealthy, eloquent and magnetic; Fillmore and Fern, our hero and heroine,
were everywhere recognized as a commanding force in the social and
political world. A force which quickly overcame all opposing obstacles.
They were so much interested, and so absorbed in the ever increasing
success of the Crusade, that the happy months and years flew swiftly by.
Their devotion to each other, was a potent charm which begat in the
hearts of a legion of admiring followers, an intense loyalty to them,
and to the banner of the Crusade, which had led them to so many
victories in the cause of humanity.

The second decade of the century was throbbing with the birth of
epoch-making events. The astrological forces seemed in conjunction with
planetary evolution. The time was ripe for the incoming wave of a new
social era. The spirit of progress was brooding in the air; stirring in
the hearts of the people, who hailed the Crusaders as blessed evangels
of the new life, for which they had yearned and prayed so many years.
The gospel of the new life, was the gospel of co-operative labor. The
wonderful strength and effectiveness of the co-operative farm movement,
to lift the laborer from conditions of ignorance and poverty, to those
of financial independence, comfort and refinement; was practically
demonstrated, a thousand times over. To the people, each demonstration
was an ever growing source of astonishment and delight. The enthusiasm
aroused, burning with the fires of a religious zeal, irresistibly drew
them into the ranks of this powerful organization. With rapidly
increasing numbers, it swept over the land with the force and fury of a
great tidal wave! In its track, on the ruins of the competitive system,
there was established, the reign of co-operative peace and plenty, the
social and political millennium.

Among the leaders of the Crusade, asse