The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27
Should Lend Sympathy.

'To every man among them with the evident qualities of leadership, we should lend our Christian sympathy and a help ing hand President Tucker of Dart mouth college was entirely correct when he said: l believe with a growing con victon that the salvation of the negro of this country lies with the exceptional men of that race. And those who have studied the philosophy of Christian mis- sions and the progress of civilization, will tell you that the same Is true of all the peoples of the earth. We train and Chrstianze the exceptional men who are to be the real redeemers of their race. whether in China. Japan, India or Africa.
 Prof Max Muller gives authoritative and conclusive testimony on this momen- tous matter: The intellectual and moral character of a nation Is formed in schools and universities and those who educate a people have always been it's real mas ters, though they may go by more modest name
 "When Professor TholucK reached the fiftieth anniversary of his great career as teacher of theology at Halle, he re- ceived hearty and grateful congrat tua- tions from pupils and friends in all parts of the German empire. The emperor sent him the decoration of the Order of the Black Eagle Students, with torches, marched in procession past his windows, singing one of Luther's immortal hymns. What a significant and appropriate tri- bute to one of the mghtiest forces in the empire. The man who was fitting teach CTS and preachers to mould the moral and religious thought of the nation might well receive recognition and honor rom the throne itself. For without the secur- ity given the empire in the ethical and religious instruction of church and school the throne itself would become unsteady, and the crown would rest uneasily on the emperors s anxious head. And If for an empire. how much more important for republic, in which every citizen is sov- eregn and peer of the realm
 Other phases of this problem of the na- tion I have not time to consider. Already | have trespassed too long upon your patience
 My message is to the younger people of the south. Into their strong hands the country is soon to be committed. The facts of history eloquently confirm the wise observation of Goethe, that 'the destiny of nation at any given time de- bends upon the opinions of its young men who are under 25 years of age" Upon them must devolve the solution of this problem. It requires great wisdom and long patience. But God rules, and right the day must win.
 Dare to Do Right.
 Young men of my country, in every thing dare to do right Have faith in God and the future. stand by the under lying principle of our good republic and the coming years will vindicate your man ly independence and uncorrupted pa triotism. Kepler. the great astronomer, who won for himself che title of 'legis- lator of the skies, rejoiced more in truth than in titles. in honor than in honors. When his work The Harmones of the World, was first published, he said; I can afford to wait a century for a reader since God himself waited six thousand years for an observer And so every man who is dominated by honest convic- tions, and is inspired by righteous ann bition to promote the best interests of his country can well afford to abide the certain and triumphant vlndication of the future"