The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16


"heavily laden with grief" he remark
ed that he wished that all of this mis-
understanding, turmoil and persecu-
ton would stop. This seemed rea-
sonable, yet l have reflected over
that very same matter many times
and I have come to the conclusion that
it is better that things should continue
as they are. 1t seems harsh that l
should recommend that Klansmen well
come intolerance against their order,
and persecution of it, BUT l DO.
1t is under fire that the morale OF
the soldiery is proved. 1t is from
out of the fire that the true metal
comes. It is because of the fire that
the temper is produced. Strength
comes only after all dross has been
removed, and the true temper given.
Had the Khan been other than 1t IS,
had the Khan had easier sailing than
it has had, the Khan would be one OF
those lack-interest organizations That
has to send the sergeant-at-arms
into the highways and byways to shoe
in enough members to make a quor-
UNI. The Khan would have died In the
borning, or died of initiation.
We cannot prevent persecution. 1t
is, therefore, best to put up with 1t.
In fact it is best to court it. Welcome
any one who comes ignorantly on the
field to attack the Khan. Let those
try it who from dark designs or from
sheer intolerance and bigotry would
offer to destroy the Khan. You can't
help it, so tolerate, aye, welcome 1t.
I will explain why. The riddle of the
universe has been solved by the Maker
of the universe. 1t was so simple IN
its explanation that men overlooked
it entirely, and continue to overlook
it as the ages roll on. Looking for
something difficult, they have despised
the simple things of their experience
and hence have neglected that great
diamond, the solution of that great
riddle. God made it so plain that
wayfaring man, though a fool, need
not err therein. God made it so plain
that he who runs may read.
Written by the Finger of God
"Surely God hath written it with
His own finger, in plain language,
concluded the wisest man who ever
lived, the poet, the singer, the preach
err" yet the Holy Spirit Of God hath
in these times directed that l again
indite it. Accordingly Solomon in
about one score words again summed
up the whole thing, when he record
ed these words of Almighty God: Let
us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter; fear God and keep His COM
mandments, for this is the whole duty
of man." "Isn't it plain? Isn't it
simple? Wouldn't it be ideal If all
men would get its full meaning? But
they do not. The result is that men
in their attempts to solve that same
riddle have written whole libraries OF
books since So.omon's time. Further,
they will continue, in future genera
tions, to pile up library after library
of books on the same subject, and
when all is said and done and written,
they must, if they get the solution,
go back to the beginning and take
the words of Solomon, or similar ex-
pressions of the same kind, written
under the direct supervision of Al
mighty God
The Knights of the Ku Klux Khan
are highly important. But not near
~ so important to man as the correct
solution of the whole matter. Man
who fails to make his peace with God,
and live under the direction of the AL
mighty, has made the great mistake.
There is no other mistake to such
man. All other things are the slight
est of incidents to him who has out
lived himself from the Kingdom of
God. The Klan is highly important,
but YOU ARE URGED TO FORGET
ALL OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING
THE KHAN, IF YOU HAVE NOT
MADE PEACE WITH GOD, and feel
that you are a son Of God, and a
joint heir with Jesus Christ. I would
not have any man misunderstood that
great question, nor would I have it
obscured by workings or ritual of any
secret organization, nor would have
it treated on par with any other
question in the world. sincerely hope
that 1 make that supremely plain.
If the Klan were not important, it
would not be treated to the persecu-
ton that has been meted it. Presidents
governors, supreme court judges, and
men in all walks of life would not
have gone out their way to cast a
stone at the Khan had it been anything
but important. Such people do not
fight unimportant things. The Khan
is important because it has a purpose,
a great purpose. Because of its great
purpose comes the persecution. To
keep it to it's great purpose there
must come persecution. There is no
good cause alive today that has not
suffered persecution. The better and