The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-31

lEAE GIENtA ~
always delighted to be back among
the people of his native country-his
own people. "In fact he said, Il
feel that I can never truly say that |
am on my nativ heath with my own
arond me, save when l am in old New
berry l have represented you as
member of the house of representa-
tives; as your State senator; as may
or of the city of Newberry; in other
positions Of honor which you have
conferred upon me, and as your gov
ernor-and l know that you know
without my saying so, that | have
never had any boss except the people.
I did what I believed to be my duty.
l did it regardless of any political flu
ture for me, and only for what l con-
ceived to be for the best interests of
the people whom I had ben chosen to
serve. You must have believed it, for
l never asked you for any Office or for
any position that you did not give
me, nor for any honor within your
power that you did not bestow upon
me.
eve are here, on this occasion, at
the invitation of. the Christians Of this
communicative members of three
congregations of denomination of
Christians who love their God and
who love their State; people who
stand for what is right; who teach
their children that duty is the sub
limest word in the English language,
and that they do their duty under all
conditions and circumstances, regard
less of what any man or set of men
may say or think. It is to that class
of people that I have been requested
to speak.
Rather for Christ Than for Wilson.
cit has been published of late in the
anti-reform press that I and the party
to which | belong are outcasts in the
political world just now, but 1 want
to say to you so far as l am per-
sonally concerned, that I would rather
be an outcast in the eyes Of Wood
row Wilson, and a follower of Jesus
Christ, than to be follower of Wood
row Wilson and an outcast from Jesus
Christ: that I would much prefer be-
ing water boy in heaven, listening
throughout eternity to the chant OF the
angels, than to be the commander-in-
chief OF all the forces Of hell forever.
hearing only the music Of the cracking
OF coal, the leashing Of the blazes ana
the shrieks OF the damned. was
opposed to this war. Had 1 been
United States senator or a congress
man would have voted against it,
and I believe religiously, as firmly as
I believe that there is God in heaven,
that on the final judgment day every
American citizen who is killed in this
war of Of American soil will be
charged against the president OF the
UNITED States and the members OF
the congress of the United States who
voted for it, as an unwarranted sac
rifoe in the sight OF Almighty God.
of fresh young American manhood.
Must Fight to Finish.
"Do not misunderstood me. We are
now in this war and it must be push
ed to a successful conclusion. The
might OF the nation must be thrown
towards bringing it to an end at the
earliest possible moment. And let
us all pray God that it may be brought
to a successful end before a great
number of our young men are killed
upon the battle eld of Europe. We
are in the fight, and we must tight 1t
the finish with all the power OF our
great nation.
"When Christ was upon this earth,
He taught, Blessed are the peace
makers Can any man show me
where Christ ever said, Blessed be the
warmaker9 No, but He did say that
He came upon earth to save men and
not to destroy them. He led the
fight for Christianity and to save from
death. Today what do we find in this
great country of ours? We find the
press, with all it's might and power,
swing itself upon the side of death
and destruction. We. find that for
fear of losing that awful influence OF
money, it is willing to rush into the
trenches of France the bone and sinew