Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1918 — HOW THE KAISER READS THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM [ARTICLE]

HOW THE KAISER READS THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

(By Kenneth L. Roberts.) 1. The Lord is my particular German shepherd; I shall not want, though a few of my subjects may suffer temporary inconvenience. 2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, formerly the property of Belgium, France, Roumania, Russia and Serbia, but now my own, because I have been allowed to lie there. He leadeth me beside the still waters of the . Dardanelles, which I will keep forever. 8. He restoreth my soul, but says nothing about restoring the devastated portions of France, Belgium and Serbia, so I can’t expect to do it. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake, thus showing that those who consider any glorious deeds to be wrong are hopeless idiots. .If he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, there can be nothing wrong in killing women and children and encouraging my brave troops to acts of frightfulness in order to make my enemies respect me. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy stay they comfort n|e, and my mailed fist and my shining sword do thou rest. 5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies by giving me the Russian wheat fields through the folly of the Bolsheviki; Thou annointest my head with oil by gviing me the Roumanian oil wells; my cup runneth over though pot so much as it will when I have imposed my will on the foul and traitorous Araericans 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. If I find anyone else trying to crowd in with me, I’ll use my influence to have him sunk without trace.