The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-18
LOCAL ELKS GO
 ID CINCINNATI Special Train Leaves Over the
 Queen & Crescent LARGE CROWD AT DEPOT MemoIi's Band Played "AuId Lang synep as the Special Pulled out-The Meridian, Miss,
 Lodge Goes Up.
LARGE CROWD AT DEPOT

l Several hundred people were at lhe Union passenger station yesterday even ing to bid 'bon voyage" to the members of the Cincinnati club from Lodge No. 7s. Benevolent and Protective order of Elks, who left on special train over the Queen and Crescent route for the Queen City to attend the annual reunion of the order, which begins tomorrow and lasts until Friday. About one hundred Elks from Birmingham went to Cincinnati on the special train. There were also a number of ladies in the party.
 The special was run as a second sec tion of Train No. A. and it departed from the Union passenger station at o'clock. Memols band was on hand and furnish ed music. As Station Master C. E. Me glemery cried out ''all aboard'' the band struck up Auld Lang syne. the official hymn of the order. Heads were barred and handkerchiefs were waved by those inside Of the enclosure.
 The special train, which was one of the finest ever pulled out of the passenger station, was made up of a baggage car, | the dining car Chattanooga of the Queen and Crescent route, and the following Pullman sleepers: verdin, Fernando. valias, Alsatia, Darmstadt, Hera and Milton. In the baggage car was the lit tie Shetland pony belonging to Frank Loy, the son of Elijah Loy The pony will be hitched to a little blue and white enamel ed cart and will be driven in the big Elk parade by Miss Hazel Reclxling, of | Birmingham. While the members of Lodge No. 79 will probably not contest for any of the handsome prizes offered for the big parade, it is expected that a good showing will be made in the line of march. Each Elk carried an umbrella of blue and white.
 Arrives This Morning.
 The special train is due to arrive in Cincinnati this morning shortly after o'clock A B. Freeman, traveling pas senger agent of the Queen and Crescent route with headquarters in Birmingham, went along to look after the comforts of the Elks. The Pan-American from the south brought in a car load of Elks from Meridian, Their sleeper was attached to the Ilks special.
 At Chattanooga sleepers having on board the members of Elks lodges at Talladega, Annston, Florence, Decatur. Huntsville and other points were attach ed to the special train. Large delegations from the lodges at Meridian and Opelika left on the special last night for Cincin- nati viii, tIna Rirr,,i aot,a m IrIlxc
 On the baggage car was attached large banner bearing the following in- scription:
 Birmingham lodge No. 79 B. P. o. Elks special"
 The Elks will return to Birmingham the latter part of this week.
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 No Other Gods.
 The first article in his creed and the constitution of his country was thou shalt have no other gods before me-" He had convictions on these matters and sacred obligations towards the God Jehovah in whom he believed. So it was struggle between convenience and con viction. Shall l exchange conviction for convenience sake. Shall l purchase peace at home by openly renouncing my con yictions of truth and duty When man disposes of his convictions he sells him self and becomes the slave of another's whim and wishes. A freeman is free to know the truth and to do the truth, makes him free. A slave is a man who puts his own conscience and moral mind l in the hands of another Shall I be Jezebers slave or Jehovahs freeman. She stirs me up so. I guess I will sell out" And he sold himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah every time he went to his wifes church. Now my friends God permits no compromise of conviction of duty in his service. Our Lord taught that houses lands, wife. children, father, mother, yea life, itself, is not to<be pre- ferred before him. Faithfulness to God is to precious to be the pay for any sale, a consideration to great for any bargain. For who sells his God sells himself, his own manhood. Whoever is false to his religion to gratify- his wife will some day be false to her if greater charm arises If Ahab needed not be true to his God, he needed not be true to anything. The very backbone of character is cut when one sells out in matters religious. If I, as preacher. should sell out to get better job in some Pedobaptist church and play the hypocrite every time I christened child or sprinkIed a con (contnued on Sixth Paae)
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