The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-08
DR, MONTAGUE ON
 FORCE OF INTELLECT
Fills Pulpit at the First Baptist
 Church
GREAT MEN OF ANTIQUITY
By Rlqht of Intellect Great Men Have Made Impression Upon the
 WorId-Jefferson's Declar-
 ation of Independence.

pr. A. P. Montague. president of How ard college at East Lake, filled the pull pit at the First Baptist church yester- day morning His sermon was based upon the theme, By right of the intel lect."
 Dr. Montague spoke of what great in- tellects had accomplished referring to men of ancient times. who by the force of their minds gave something to the world.
 When Pericles, in the presence of un- numbered thousands pronounced his im- mortal panegyric upon the heroes who had fallen in the first Peloponnesian war. that Athens might live. and living re- tain the aegemony of Greece, when he saw before his eyes. mirrows of the soul. allght with the fire of syrhpthy and enthusiasm, kindled by the burning words when he realized that he was speaking not only to Greece but also to the world and to tho ears of listening ages lie was exercising the right of the intellect, nobly developed and nobly em- ployed.
 PIato's Philosophy. When Plato was in the enjoyment of the prerogrative of the trained mind, when in the groves of the academy he taught that virtue was the test of man. hood and the imitation of the Deity, that freedom was the object of the pat riots quest, and he framed the system of philosophy that for twenty-three cen- turies has evoked the admiration Of mankind.
 By the right of the trained intellect and with soul uplifted, the great apostle to the Gentiles reasoned of righteous ness, temperance and judgment to come, fo frarol11ad Sf OOd upon Mars hill at Athens and swept away the arguments of his opponents as the cutters scythe mows down the grass of the field, and facing Nero, with awe inspiring power he defended the faith once delivered to the saints"
 By virtue of the intellect Jefferson drafted the declaration of independence, which proclaimed the independence of the American colonies; and other mas ter minds, in zealous cooperation, have laid broad and deep the foundations up- on which brain controlling brawn, the mind dominating matter, and patriotism. animating heart and intellect, have built the mighty fabric of the American union destined from of old to give manhood the proudest assertion ever made of hu- man freedom the union, small and feeble once despised abroad, mistrusted at home, now a federation of sovereign cOmnOnWGdlIlS, WnOSe IldJCSNs ehO world respects, whose watchwords are liberty, honor and progress"
 Progress of South.
 pr. Montague also referred to progress in the south and said that great men of great minds have brought to the southland industries and prosperity, where once there were desolate homes and untitled fields.
 In closing he said
 Brethren, sisters. I plead with you to stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, with the men whose purpose 1t is to give broader usefulness to our insti- tutions of learning to equip them speed fly for the larger destiny towards which the hand of God is leading them. Give us in the great enterprises which we are projecting, the inspiration of your sym pathy, the blessed helpfulness of your prayers then will men rise up to thank God that you builded for ages not your own, that you laid foundations broad and deep. for the glory of coming time.'