The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-06-12
To the Editor and the Readers of
The Jeffersonian;

OF maintaining our liberties rests.
Hear me, please:
J. Reformations, Revolutions, the
great movements that overthrow
despotisms Of all kinds, always and
everywhere in history, come from
the common people, the oppressed
and down-trodden masses. God
raises up His Moses, His Paul, His
Luther, men destined of God to
serve His Providence and they take
the case Of the common and OPP
pressed and face the hate and per-
secution Of those in place and power,
and lead the people out of bondage,
oppression, and deliver them. The
Christ took the part Of the oppressed
and was hated and crucifed. All
history, sacred and profane, So
called, bears testimony to the truth
of this proposition. Therefore, we
need not expect the leaders, though
in easy and profitable positions to
help in this conflict: they are not
going to do it. They never have
and they ntver will. The oppressors
and the high-broWs will loose their
strangle hold on humanity only when
they are choked Off. Therefore, let
the choking proceed with all speed.
2 When 4 people refuse co-Opera-
ton with G0d-sent leaders, capable
men who are willing to suffer for hui
mainly and take its part, and prove
their capacity and self-sacrifice by
their works,-when they refuse their
cooperation with these men, we say,
God gives them over to destruction.
This truth also is written large in
all history. A people too stupid to
take their own part and cooperate
with the agencies Of Divine Provi-
dence intended for their preserva-
ton and deliyerance, pass on to de-
structiOn. AID a people who not only
refuse their cooperation with the
only men God gives them, but stand
aside and consent while the enemies
of God and men cruelty them, not
only invite destruction but must face
the vengeance of heaven. I invoke
all history as my witness here. And
yOu will suffer me to point you to
the Christ rejected and cruciied in
Jerusalem and the vengeance that
fell upon that race and that city.
am q Christian. I believe the
Bible and in the Universal and
Special Providence of Cod, and I as
firmly believe that God raises up
men now as IN any other age. The
only way I have Of discovering those
men is by their deeds, the occasion
and the circumstances l believe God
raised UP the prophets, the Apostles,
Paul and Luther as l do that He sent
Jesus Christ to save men. In other
words I believe in a whole and uni
yersal Providence I know that it is
contrary to human nature for men
of ability, means and talent to lend
their powers to the cause of HUI
manity and God in the face of the
worlds temptations, pleasures and
honOrs, unless their hearts have been
moved by Divine power to do so. I
know that men do not face poverty,
ostracism, persecution and suffering
for the praise Of men or for profit,
because they could find more praise
and profit on the other side. ] know
this, and so do you. What then are
we forced to believe as reasonable
men? That in this conflict God has
fred the heart and nerved the sonl
of q man for the present conflict
with not only Rome, but it's allied
dcspOtisms Of political and CONNER
cial oppression. That man is Thorn
as e. Watson. And will you let me
say that feel the same forces burn
ing in my soul daily, and my heart
leaps to his side in the conflict for