The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

He could not Tina tnHt I1opo icii''itiSu.
It would have been better thousand
times II the hot Eastern sun had struck
him down that distant morning on his
way through the city
The awful weight. the initial RESPONSE
bilty rested with him.
He alone had been the means by which
the world was being shaken with nor
rors-horrors growing daily. and that
seemed as II the end would be unutter-
able night.
How the wind shrieked and walled!
The words were written in fire on his
mind
The wind was shrieklng louder and
louder.
The Atlantic doomed in one continuous
burst OF sound
He looked once more at the leading
article In the paper.
It was that article which was long
afterwards remembered as the "Simple
Statement" article.
The writer had spoken the thought that
was by this time trembling for utterance
on the lips and In the brains OF all Eng
lishmen-the thought which had never
been so squarely faced, so frankly stated
before.
Here and there passages started out
more vividly than the rest. The words
seemed to start out and stab him.
SO much for India. where, sprung
from the same Cause. the indications are
impossible to mistake.
"Let us now turn to the Anglo-6axon
sprung communities other than these
Islands.
I'm America we find a wava OF law
lessness and fierce riot passing over the
country, such as 1t has never known be-
fore.
"The freshmen and Italians, who throng
the congcsted quarters OF the great cities.
are robblng and numbering Protestahts
and Jews. The United States Legislature
is paralysed between the necessity OF
keeping order and the impossibillty OF
resolution In the face OF this tremendous
boueversement OF belief.
From Australia tho foremost pre-
late of the great country writes OF the
utter overthrow OF a communal moral
sense and concludes his communication
with the following pathetic words:
/" 'Everywhere,' no says, see morals,
no less than the religion which lnculcates
them, falling into neglect. set aside IN q
spirit Of despair by fathers and mothers,
treated with contempt by youths and
madens, spat upon and cursed by de-
graded popuace nssaIled with eager sar-
casm by the polite and cultured
mrhe terrible seriousness OF tho sltua-
ton need hardly be further insisted on
here It's reality cannot be more vivkdly
indicated than by tho statement OF q
"coNsoLs ARE DOWN TO SIXTY
4. FIVE,
and therefore we demand, In the
name OF humanity. n far more compre-
,t,tj oan
the facts OF the alleged discovery at
Jerusalem. Society is falling to pieces
az we write,
"Who will deny the reason?
"Arendy, after few short weeks. We
arc learning that the world cannot 60 on
without Christianity That Is the Truth
which the world Is forced to realize And
no essay In sociology. no special Plead
Ing on the part OF scientists or historians,
can shake our conviction that creed
which, when sudden doubts are thrown
upon it, can be the means OF destroying
the essential fabric of human society," Is
not the true and unassallable creed OF
mankind.
eve foresee an Immediate reaction.
Tho consequences OF the wave OF anti
christian belief are now. and VIII be, so
devastating, that sane men Will md IN
Disbelief and It's consequences a glorious
rccrudescence and assurance OF FAITH
Hands stared into the dying fire.
A solemn passage from John Brlght's
great speech on the Crlmean War came
Into his mind. The plangent power and
deep earnestness Of the words were even
more applicable now than then,
1.-THE Angel Of Death has been abroad
throughout the land you may almost
hear the beating of his wings, There Is
no ono, as when the lirsthorn were slain
OF old to sprinkle with blood the Intel
and two side-posts OF our doors. that he
may spare and pass on
50 they were asking for another conf
nlsson! Well, they might try that as
. forlorn hope, but he knew that bis dis,