The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-22
THE MURMUR
OF THE WORLD

If any man among you seem to be re-
leious, and br.dleth not mis- own tongue,
but deceiveth IDS own heart, this mans
religion is vain
Fure religion and indebted before God
ard uae Father is this: To visit the father
less and widows in their affection and keep
himself inspected from the world.-General
tpistle of James, l, 25-2I.
h The purpose here is not to preach from
any standpoint respecting any one
lgion or any one God that may now be the
fashion; but merely in the outset to say
what Was said by James, a servant of
God,' the one God known to all of US in
these days. James gave words to the word
less cry of the world. It is the cry of truth,
justice mercy, love, hope, righteousness.
sweetness, light, and the life of mankind.
1t is the soul-cry of every true man and
every true woman and the dream OF every
sinless listie c.lild dwelling upon the earth.
1t is the call ito all which is good in this
earthly life, and the splendid promise of
things that may be in the beyond. 1t is
the resounding cry OF hope n the world as
nope pertains ITO the Unseen and the NOR
tally unseeable. 1t is the promise OF ',!ne
mountain the wilderness, the desert it is
as the staff of the glorious old Aaron strik-
ing ehe rock that the waters might ripple
CUT upon uae sand and their way TO
Drumming river, laughing through its val
ley to tla Drumming sea. 1t is The cry of
every noble impulse in every human soul.
dc who needs it not, he who denies it, must
face te back, Recovered wall of cold,
bleak, ley nesation OF the worlds rulersh;p
and Ole worlds redemption!
Beware my beloved, beware of aim whose
afiietion. Moreover, reware of him who
doth laugh at the suffering of a brute
beast. He is not TO be trusted in this
world and cannot be blessed in any world
that may be on .lie other side of that mys-
terious valley uarousa which flows uac
unmuImuring river and upon which rests
TIE voiceless shadows Beware of him
whose reason is unmoved by charity's
blessed call; Who has not within aim the
proud spirit to bend to mercy's pla.ntiye
CALI Wtlo feels not sometime the impulse
to kneef and kiss the old earth rolling in
Gods space, and, rising, fling his cap at
the heart of sun and swear the world is
beautiful; who does not bow to the moons
soft glow or rejoice in the radiance of the
stars; whose heart does not more lightly
beat 10 the divine music asat comes from
the lausllser of little clildren 1t were bet
ter TO have one caress from a cglild loved.
oil many honest hearts, as Bah is loved
than TO be krighted with the sword of the
worlds misftiest empress 1t We're better
to hear that one little boys laughter as the
sun made bronze of his curl-crowned head
ul;an to listen to the loudest glaudits that
ever may ring in triumph of any man who
May claim the Wild shout of the millions
at amy time in any land for any service in
the world.
The spirit that brought the speech at
even-tsme that the day was far spent and
urged that the Cody visitor abide for the
time with them that offered hospitality. is
the true spirit of mankind. at Is eyen-tine
and the day is far spent. Abide with us!"
That is the call that comes across the
years and reaches to the other side. One
hears it in al; the heart throbs of mankind:
MAS at the crossing OK Tie streets; hears
IL where the blind beggae SEEKS aims: nears
IN the laughter of them that are generous
OF soul; hears at the confessional in the
anthem-hears 1t everywhere outside the