Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-10-25
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1919
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federal crime. An American citi-
zen may be lynchcd in any State Of
the Union. 1t is not federal Of
Tense, it is the States Rights"
When l hear the truly great doc
trines Of Democracy by tho sacrileg-
ious lips of these blatant statesmen,
my heart exclaims, in the words of
Emerson: HOW CAN HEAR WHAT
YOU SAY-WHILE WHAT YOU
ARE KEEPS THUNDERING IN MY
EARS
1t is true that the Colored people
OF America are not immune to the
hatred about them. We are human,
after all. We are neither angels
nor fends. Some Of us are fully
susceptible to the contagion of ill
will that is in the atmosphere we
breathe. But we believe that there
is such thing as Il justiiiablc spirit
of righteous Indignation. When
Moses slew the Egyptian; when
blind Samson, with his God-rcstored
strength, RACED the building ana
died with the multitude; when the
peaceful Christ logged the money
changers i'll the tcmpie-these were
filled with the divine wrath of Il just
cause. Surely, the black men who
died i'll South State Street, defending
their homes and families and
friends, were not rioters, but immor-
tai martyrs. Some of them may
have been shiftless, in everyday
life, but they all died the heroes Of
that awful hour. and for the glor-
ious cause of !lomc-Love and Self
Defense.
These died for peace. twas what
they loved the best;
(Thoir spirits breathe in every kins-
mans brcast
They gave their All: God gave them
Heaven and rest.
"Greater love hath no man than
this, that he lay down his life for
his friends said Christ
Thomas Bracket Reed said:
WARS and seiges pass away and
great intellectual efforts cease to
stir our hearts, but the man who
sacrifices himself for his fellows, live
forever"
PRAYER OF THE RACE WHOM
GOD MADE BLACK.
We would be peaceful, Father-but,
when we must,
Help us to thunder hard the blow
that's just!
We would be prayerful: Lord, when
we have prayed,
Let us arise courageous-unafra
We would be manly-proving we'll
our worth,
Then would not cringe to any god
nlY.fh
We would be loving and forgiving,
thus ...,,
Would love our neighbor- as Thou
lowest us!
We would be faithful, loyal to the
Right
Meier doubling that the Day will
follow Night!
We would be all that Thou hast
meant for man.,
Up through the ages, since tho
world began!
God! save us in Thy Heaven, where
all Is well!---
We come slow-struggling I'D tho
Hills of He'll!
AMEN!
: Men fight, races riot, nations war
because they do not understand
each other. Instead OF barriers of
segregation, discrimination, limita-
ton, that make. and keep the races
strangers, one to the other, we need
the Union that would mean Under
standing, Sympathy, Brotherhood,
Love, Peace, Progress. We all have
common cnemy-SATAN. 1t is
the business of this enemy to set
heart against heart, race against
race, nation against nation. 1t is
his business to destroy the world.
This he will accomplish, but the
Kingdom Of God will be established
in it's stead. Satan's present King
dom on earth is the Purgatory
wherein souls are purified for Heav-
en-. 1t is the Cruciblc that proves
the good. The sufferings and cruel
fixion Of the guiltless Christ proved
His Sublime Love for the world.
Evil is foe with which we must
reckon, battle that we must fight
the war wherein our inmost charac-
ter is developed to the glory of God.
1t IS necessary part Of human ex-
perience, counterforce that must
NC hlSI ny Lio /IOIce OF human ma
turc, part Of the sum Of human
life, part Of the process through
which souls must pass in the maxi
ing and remaking Of man in the
image of. God. Satan is the Author
of evil, but it must be remembered
that God is the Cause of Satan. Sa-
tan is only part Of Gods Cosmic
Whole-which is GOOD. Evil will
pass away; it is not permanent. We
are told, in the Book of Truth, that
Satan will be destroyed. This is why
go cd and right and truth must
triumph over bad and wrong and
falsehood. Only the Good is Abso-
lutte and Eternal.
Americas part in tho solution of
her sclf-institutcd Race Problem is
summed up in the one word-JUS-
TICE. Justice is the tWo-edged