Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1918 — THE TEST [ARTICLE]

THE TEST

By JOHN BROWN JEWETT

of the Vigilantes. This Is your crisis, this your hour; Earth’s oceans and its shores Hold but one place of porteht power, One duty—lt Is yours. Think not to hide amid the crowd That covers land and sea; The voice of Fate is calling loud; “Look to him, world—’tis he!" Yes, you—no other. None are bonF*’ To do what you must do; No beaten captain waits such scorn For failure, as must you. It Is the test, the fine one:— Shall king or people reign? Who are the people? There are nona If one is called In vain. On you the sorrow, blood and cost. The glory or the shame. If freedom’s cause today Is lost. You only are to blame.