Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-05
4 Go, o. My People"

The King is dead! Long live tho
Klner '"'
Through the noise and tumuIt NJ 4,
mighty people proclaiming the nd
vent OF new ruler and tho exit M
the old. stlll. small voice ri,c,
unqnavering. slow, majestic. q
speaks in accents full of pathon.
yet serencly tranquil. Apart and
above the tawdry clamor of tho
multitude which Is quick 10 acc,a m
new idol. the voice penetrates To-
day the Utmost conscience or Amer.
ica. compelling attention.
Tho old order changeth. yieldinp
place TO new,
And God fulfl!ly uimself in MAN.
ways.
Lest ono good custom should cor.
rupt the world
go my people! But my heart
Is h"aEy FOR you. For your sinx.
weep. For your future. l pray.
Flight years have j striyen 10
serve you; eight years which history
VIII declare to be momentous. with
all the knowledge God would yIv,
me nave diligently sought for your
good. My body Is broken and spent
you might lead the peoples OF the
earth out OF the valley OF the shadow
OF death to the sun-Iit realm OF tho
brotherhood of nations
Together. you and I. we hav.
oceh through the greatest war of tho
ages. We have kissed our children
ana our swcc,hcarts good-by and
sent them TO fight for mankind on
ht hal
erous outpour!ng OF blood and means
the greatest calamity which ever
threatened our God given civilization
was aVertcd. and right again tri-
umphed over might.
Blu, with victory came careless
ness With danger no longer threat
chihE came the Inevitable Stacking
OF the fnelI drawn lines which kept
you straight through the war. Dis
sensions broke out among you. and
YOU would not altogether heed to
the cali of humanity which has ever
been so !ns!s;cn: In my ear
II armed myself to do battle
against this evil breaking out. I
resolved TO seek out in person the
corners of the land 10 mect face TO
race those who sought 10 turn you
from the path Of being n savior of
the world by gay haiiucination, and
s'ories OF selfish gain. But thon
had TO pay the price. My mortal
dwelling would no longer answer to
the demands / made OF II, and there
was no recourse but to spend months.
sick OF body and mind, shut OF from
you and from all the world. all tho
while devourcd by the realization thnt
tho structure had 30 carefully
planned and laborcd over was being
torn down. atom by atom, by your
own hands.
Thus was your great opportunity
come to naught Thus did you turn
your back on the plea for n strong
leader from suffering humanity, and
cnticcd by the giddy bubbles and
promises Of politicians once again
shut yourselves up in your own
stronghold.
The world was disappointed. God
was disappointed that you. whom He
had set up on n greater station than
my other people had ever occupied,
should so shrink and prove unwilI-
Ing TO do the task which was set
before you, And humanity. which be-
fore had looked toward you with such
simple confidence, once more turned
away to renew it's losing struggle
with the forces OF darkness and OWL.
And now your destiny I leave to
others. What your future may be I
know not, but there is yet time to
turn again. retrieve that which was
lost and seek out the way of right
eousncss, ere the handwriting on the
wall appears and IL Is too late
ut is my part now to find a quiet
corner among you. where I may lay
mo down in peace and end my days
here. Farewell"
Tho voice is still.
r. HUGH RUDD,
III,