The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
Onward, Christian Soldiers, Marching
ns tO War.

"s' Nhf'So"u SOuters, MufcnlnG
as tn War.
Orchard III. Edmonds. Editor Man
ufacturers Record)
Savagery, I'm comparison with which
the tomahawk and the poisoned ar
row OF the savages OF old were sanity,
has raised Its head and strikes it's
awful fangs deep into the heart OF
civilization.
Women. pure and holy. sweet as
the angels OF God. are ravished by
oestial brutes whose teachings for
years have been to take whatever
you want wherever and whenever you
have the power of lands. OF money
and OF all other forms OF material
things. and Of all the holier and more
priceless things OF life.
Innocent babies. whose lisping
tongues enchant and whose wonder
ing eyes light the pathway to heaven,
are killed as though they were rave
nous beasts. and their sufferings jibed
at by the inhuman monsters turned
loose. filled with all the vileness OF
their hell-begotten lives.
Fields are made desolate, church.
es and cathedrals are blotted out.
wells are poisoned. whole villages are
swept as by the bosom of destruction,
and awful devastation unequaled in
all the long years OF mans existence
on earth reigns wherever Germany's
accurBed army moves. Millions OF
men. the flower OF the worlds civili-
ration, have with their bodies fertiliz-
ed a thousand battlefelds. and mill
lions Of orphaned children and Wild
cws, fathers and mothers and sweet
hearts. bereft of loved ones dearer
than life itself. cry to Heaven from
hearts crushed by earth's most fear
ful anguish. and still the awful reign
OF ruin and death goes on.
And why all this suffering?
Why these murdered men. women
and children?
~ Why these broken hearts?
Why the bones OF babies and their
mothers bleaching the pathways
through the forests and over the
snow and Ice as they fled from burn
Ing homes to escape the ravisher's
cncoming?
Why?
Because Germany through the
years had been planning It's hell-ds-
vised scheme of conquest. its plan for
world domination. based on a def
mite. predetermined campaign OF
world. wide intrigue and lying ani
thieying and murder and rape that
Kaiser Wilhelm. the syphilItic child
OF syphilitic porentage. and his rot
ten-hearted. rotten-souIed military
clique might build world empire for
their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the per-
petual power OF themselves and their
descendants
This Is the inescapable fact. This
IN the mad-dog that Is at large This
Is the roaring lion seeking TO devour
your wife and other loved ones and
your country. and you must either
fight or run, and IL you run you are
sure TO be destroyed.
Fight then we must, and as sure
as God Is in Heaven. as sure as right
is better than might. as sure as good
IL superior to evil. as sure as Heaven
Ia better than hell. we shall win.
though the way may be long and
bloody.
Let us then glory In the contest
Let us pit our right and truth against
Germany's Satan devised might Let
US enter upon the crusade with the
crusaders spirit of old and thank
God that we fight under His banner
and In His cause.
Then. Onward. Christian Soldiers"
for the very angels of Heaven might
envy you this supreme opportunity
TO sacrifice that you may save civil
ization from barba arism. Christianity
from atheism. women and children
from british beasts. and hear the
plaudit of the Master-"weil done.
good and faithful servant. enter thou
into the JOY of thy Lord"