Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-01-18
SENATOR JAMES 4.
! vARDAMAN'S NEW
YEARS GREETING
TO. TINE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI


fog. They not only obscure the men
tai vision, but the moral perspective
u dhnorted as we'll Hope is stifled
and VIE stand and gaze and wonder
WHIST will happen next. Everything
ssems abnormal. out of joint, and the
pernbcious predominates.
A large part of the civilized world
have bust celebrated the birth OF One
whose mission to earth was to bring
peace to msnkind-drive from out the
heart the clouds of unhappiness
sweep away the chilling apprehen
sfons of pessimism, and in their stead
I'LL It with hope, great light OF joy
and that peace which passeth all un
Outstanding. He taught the nations
of the earth the foolishness and fu
ttlfty OF war--the wisdom of beating
their swords into plowshares and
their spears into pruning hooks, tina,
nations should not lift up sword
against nation, or learn the lessons
Of war any more. Two thousand years
OF planting and cultivating those d.
vine precepts seems to have affected
the modern mind as seed sown in the
sterile sands of Sahara. Instead oil
peace, we have plumber; and brutal
ity and hate have taken the place OF
love and beneficent altruism. The
worlds lip service to the Christ IL
trreconcilably In conflict with pain
ful actualities. But they tell us that
It Is all for the best. God grant that
they may be true. | hope that from
the rank weeds Of hate that grow In
the blood-soaked soil OF war the flow.
ers Of love may blossom. ! hope that
out OF the twilight Of the Swallowed
past we ~ move into diviner light
But / do not know cannot tell
! can only wait and hope.
We are told that there are planets
% remote from this earth that the
light has not reached It, although II
has been travelling since the dawn of
| creation. The fact that this world
disaster IL for the good OF humanity,
like the light of that distant planet
may reach our understanding in years
to come. 1t IL prudent and provi.
dent always to hope for the best,
Optimism is q good investment-that
out OF all this murder and plumber
extravaganza. graft personal ambi
ton. vanity for power, greed for gain,
blishted lives and blasted hopes. may
come At last the truth that it was all
fol mans betterment
he whole world is afire with the
ssion OF war and America has been
wspt into the vortex. Blood lust
81 ems to have temporarily dethroned
the reason Of man and greed for gain
has poisoned the hearts of our people.
The love Of money Is the root OF many
evils which are perplexing the minds
Of statesmen today. And am afraid
1t accounts for much of the sand
which clogs in the grooves of COM
MERGE. l believe there are men In
America today--patrlots for pelf-
who would wrap their weIl-fed car
cases In the American flag, and, with
the words Of patriotism upon their
lying lips, scuttIe the Ship Of State or
insuIt the Goddess Of Liberty for Pc
cuniary personal advantage.
Collective murder has become the
order of the hour, and he who sue
ceeds in destroying the largest num-
Der of human beings Is the interna-
ttonal hero of the moment. The &C.
MUS of mankind is being tested to de-
wise the most destructive weapons.
and deathless renown is promised to
sends the most men into eternity.
Rivers of women's tears run red with
the blood of murdered husbands,
sons, fathers and brothers; the cries
of grief, the means of the broken
hearted fill the circumambient air
and drown the very music of the
spheres, while the accumulated hor-
rors of war press down upon us like
troubled visions DER the breast of
dreaming sorrows" 1t Is a time for
rstrospection and prayer, and to put
sns's self in tune with the Infinite
Aad to live the spirit of the Golden
huls IL vitality necessary at this mo-
ment. For two thousand years the
world has never needed a Savior
quite 20 desperately and deplorahy
~ now. Never was there so great a
demand for brave men, true men. pa
tri0tie men. men with vision as
we'll ~ q will-never SO much did we
nesd the great woman with her d.
vine intuition which In the darkness
points unerringly the proper way
when reason fails to furnish the light
- now
when wilt Thou save the People?
Oh. God OF Mercy. whenf
Not kings and lords, but nations;
Not thrones and crowns-but men;
Flowers of Thy heart. o God! are
they.
Let them not pass like weeds away!
Their heritage sunless day
God save the peopls!"
The old landmarks are torn down
and thrown into the waste heap. A
new order Of things Is at hand. New
doctrines In government are being
taught The constitution of the
Unitsd States has been well-nigh sus-
pended-the world has discarded the
eermon on the Mount-the Golden
Ruls has seemingly been forgotten.
and the Dscalogue has become but q
chain Of highsounding phrases.
I have thought all these matters