The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-01
FRIEND DUGDALE CONES
BACK As PROMISED WITH
GOOD ONE THIS WEEK
CAN WE FORGIVE THEM? DOES
THE LAW or GOD OR MAN
DEMAND IT?
(By W.. III. Dugdale.)

IL
It is a part of human nature to lean
towards the weak and helpless, to give
aid@and comfort to the distressed, to
rescue the perishing. These are all
God-giyen commands, but God never
intended that the application should
apply when wanton and brutal de-
strucion of life and property was
cultivated trait of character. If you
will take your Bible and read Romans
3:13, you will find that just such ac-
tions as the kaiser delights IN was
always condemned, and never at any
time in any period of the worlds his
tory. was regarded as justifiable, and
there never was such deplofaDAe
of affairs that would justify the
means to aceap piSah the ends, lt
,hrone1It the rvYxEh 6f God on7natfnIls
before and fhe same God has the
same power, and same retributlon Is
surely behind it all, for God works In
a mysterious way to accomplish HIS
nurposes, and voices His sentiments
for our benefit and to inform US that
His all-seeing eye is ever watchful OF
our necessities and requirements
And this is as true today as when II
was written their throat is an open
sepulcher, with their tongues they
have used deceit, the poison of asps
are on their. lips" And with what
awful results have they used it. Can
we forgive them. Do the laws of God
or man demand or require it? No,
think not.
The poor deluded German nation,
whose only knowledge of the true con"
ditions that exist, is what they are
told bv the kaiser or those in author
ity over them. When people as
nation will believe, and celebrate,
over the assertion that the kaiser's
army had taken New York and Ph1la-
delphia and were moving On to Wash
ington you can easily imagine to
what length they are susceptible to de-
ception. Is it not a crying shame that
such a rascal should rule people,
who could under proper and 1ntelll-
gent training be taught better; but
as the child is taught so will the man
develop. And this war is the harvest,
they have sown to the wind and will
reap the whirlwind. And our boys in
khaki are furnishing the whirlwind, in
Good American style. And the kais-
er has a wholesome dread of it, and a
desire to keep out of the draft for as
surely as night follows day they will
get him. His territory is limited and
getting more so every day.
Now don't imagine the kaiser is in
the least void of intelligence. He has
it all right but how does he use it?
During his entire reign he has been
a sharp, shrewd, calculating observer.
He has a high standard of judging
people. how people have. done with
outward and visible signs, how far
and to what extent they had inf1u-
enced any great movement or Or1g1-
mated it, how much of benefit they
have been to their country, how much
social or political activity is going on
and how much educational energy has
been devoted to the pressing need of
the times, all this is a study for him.
On this basis his spy system was de-
velOped, and with what success we
are we'll aware. This being the case,
can we ever forgive them? Hardly,
and to know and understand all this,
he has spared neither his own people
nor any one else, to know and ac-
quire a knowledge of the intent and
purposes of the allies is his greatest
ambition, and he spares no one and
makes demands on his subjects that
has only one ending if discovered and
that is death. But this does not dis
turb the kaiser in the least, human
life has no value with him, either in
the trenches orras a spy. He never
thinks what an unmitigated rascal he
is, nor perhaps won't until the great
check comes. He will go on and on
but the barrier will rise, then finally
he can go no farther, and what comes
next? He can't see; then do you
! think we can forgive him. 1 think
not. He has given nothing to ANY
one. He has simply taken the lives