The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-04-27

not unmindful. We stand to-day as il
we're on the saddle back OF time lookin,
into two eternities. the past and the tut
ire. Let the dead past bury il. dead
and let us look 10 the future.
My fellow citizens: America 10 bein,
tested IN the crucib,e OF war and if abe \,
70 emerge q victorious and harmoniou.
nation, every citizen must do his duty
Let there be no democrat, no republica;
no whites. no blacks, but all Americans
IL u needless for me TO exhort you, tn.
coiored boys, 70 do your duty. You
record speaks in thunderous tones. Tn
Is no time for the mighty Achilles Z
snlk IN his tent, nor for the crafty Az
nenon 10 cherish stoic prize. All ".
Ask 10 An opportunity to serve. Although
no architect may ever build q monumen,
TO immortalize our name. No poet ma,
ever tune his lofty Tyre to sing our praise
The IN use OF history may he silent on our
achievements, but our loyalty to on,
country will bea lasting tribute 70 our
names and TO our race.
There are many ways in which We ca.
help our country We can enliss in the diff
ierent departments of the service; we ca,
help by farming, working in mines, fac
tories; we can economic; we can heI,
~ guarding orr tongue and not talkins
GOO much. Talking 10 dangerous past
time You can say more in one mlnut
than can he undone in . generation. II.
lore | would knowingly commit an indis
cretion BY act or suggestion that would
nurt the cause Of my country, woul.l
suffer the lost OF this right arm. / vould
suffer myself to be gibbesed between IN.
heaven and earth - . symbol Of loyalty
Although Heterogeneous nation, we are en-
tering this war Q united people; 10 internal
strife threatens our efficiency; with one
purpose do We move forward in the cans.
Of humanity. With boundIess resources,
and unlimited energy within our pos-e--
sions the future looms large with gres,
poss bilities
But these material advantages have no,
warped our minds nor pervertesi;our fsitl,
We still believe that there 10 Just Coo
who rules the dertiny OF nations, and !.
our cause is inst one, we will not fiyh,
our battles alone. Our prayer is that ouI
Chic Executive may he inspired IN Lea.
us safely and that our ship Of state ma,
nos he found on rocks Of unprepsredn~-
nor scuttled by the dynamite OF trescb. nv.
Mr.. Chairman: From out of the h.z.
Of the future. methinks I So a bath.
Scared but q victorious America ener.
ing from the mslstrom Of nations He
sbieid - Justice and truth, and Der.-or.,
10 equal rights. Before these the phsntop
Of despotism has faded like the shades OF
night before the blush Of Aurora. From
out Of the depths OF eternity, hear a,
voice OF Washington, the father of HI
country, declsrins 70 his people that ths
only way 10 perpetuste the security Of
the nation is through unity and love.
Who ~ that stsivsrt sisnt that I 80
standing like q silent srntinsi on m.
highway Of destiny From his eye
siesm tho light Of Iibexsy and in his hand
u the wand Of freedom. Ia 10 Abraham
Lincoln, the emsncipstor. the champion
Of human rights
This ~ill be when the curtain Of time
70 raised on the lest seDe Then will the
American Eagle leap from his mountain
home and soaring sIoft and scresmirs
his exslfstion notes Of freedom viii 10
echoed from peak 10 peak and ring ~Itb
s~est reverb>rssions across the sounding
wales. Then ~ill Americs h. high on
her rcsd TO . lasting peace and oer voice
will he heard with unimssinsd deference
in the council Of nations.