The age-herald., 1898-03-22
DR ANDREWS IN THE PULPIT
Delivered Two Sermons in Bir-
 mingham Sunday. :
IMPORTANCE OF SALVATION
His Theme in the MOrning-ln the Evening He Gave the Beautiful Story of the
 Life of Daniel.

Dr. E. B. Andrews, president of Brown University. who delivered the lecture on Robert E. Lee at Seals hall Saturday night, remained in Birmingham Sunday. During this time he preached two sermons Sunday morning at the South Side Baptist church and at night at the First Baptist church. He took for the text of his morn ing sermon the soul and the importance of its salvation.
 At the evening service "Daniel' was his theme. He gave first resume of the his torlcal situation at the time of Daniels captivity, with vivid description of the trials that beset Daniel every side and the opposition there was to him.
 The first element that went to make up Daniels character was that he had good blood In his veins His Jewish blood was the best blood that there was in the world at that time, and, in fact, not bad blood altogether at this day. Dr. Andrews cited number of modern Jews who had been prominent in the worlds history. A man who has good blood in his veins is at an advantage, and may also sympathize with and assist those who are unfortunate in their ancestry and who are struggling up.
 Daniel was an industrious youth. He took hold of the things at hand and did his duty to the best of his ability and did it well. Daniel was temperate; he pre- served himself in mind, body and soul. Still a man like this had enemies. mainly, it seemed because he had been exalted. Why should good man as Daniel be hated just because he had succeeded? But this is the case in this day as we'll as in Dan- del's day.
 Daniel was also the subject of a race that was cordially hated by his enemies. But in, n,,aid dct of a11 lie ha riu,t and set about to reform the abuses that exist ed in the government. He was in his day what might be called a. civil service re- former. A good bookkeeper and an accur- ate accountant. This angered the fellows who wanted to feather their nests. His enemies said that they would tone down this fellow, and that it was not meet that he should live; so they obtained permission from the king to examine his accounts. A smelling" committee was appointed and Daniels accounts were examined. Strange to say the committee brought In a unani- m6d5 report with only one indictment in 1t. which was that Daniel was true to his God. How would you like, my friends, for your accounts to be examined and the only fault found with them was that you were true to your God?"
 So his enemies changed their tactics and besieged the king with fiattery and false hood. The king was moved by their flat tery, ana at tnelf request lSSueu d prOcld- nation that no one should for thirty days pray to any other god.
 In Daniels circumstances, some of you might have said: "We will worship pri- vately," 'it Is all of the heart, anyhow" "when this excitement passes away, I will remain true to my religion" Others might have proclaimed In a loud voice that they would not forsake their God and that they would worship him from the house tops, and other wild expressions. But Daniel did as he was accustomed to do and prayed three times a day.
 He was arrested and his time came for trial, and in that day the trials were speedy ones. "If he had lived in our time," said Dr. Andrews, ''the lawyers like we have up in Massachusetts, and like those you may possibly have down here, would have had the trial delayed from year to year, until all the witnesses died and the crime was forgotten. It was a prompt decision such as we need in this country"
 He was condemned and thrown into the lions den. But God who had made the lions beasts of pray, also took away their thirst for blood. The next morning the king was in consternation when he found Daniel uninjured. The enemies of Daniel were promptly thrown to the lions in his stead
 What does all this teach? Not that God always delivers from danger and death. He delivered Daniel, but he did not de- liver Christ. But God does favor and help a man like Daniel. God recognizes the good we do and will uphold us in it, though he may allow us to suffer. God gives such men the power to do good and to project themselves into the future
 Daniel brought religious freedom to the Jews throughout all the provinces of Baby lon. Four or five centures later, Christ came into the world, and when his apostles went to the far east to preach the gospel, they found that the people for whom Dan'el had secured religious freedom were the better prepared to receive the truth.
 'So a man who stands for the right for his conscience, for his God, will be blest himself and will be a. blessing to others"
 At both services Dr. Andrews was greet ed by splendid congregations. The churches in both instances were crowded Dr. An drews is man of most striking appear ance and of most effective delivery. He spoke as a man who knew thoroughly what he was talking about, and held his con- gregations in rapt attention during both services.