The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-10

1t is to see yourself born to this end;
when you lay your burden down your
work shall be more beautiful, that makes
it possible for one To be restless In the
sleeping hours waiting for the morn to
come that calls him to work again. This
is to take your place as a co-laborer with
God. 1t matters not whether 1t be with
grip in hand or whether you be begrim-
ed at your toll, or whether you are
keeping the figures in the ledgers or
whether you have the axe and the saw,
or the anvil and the hammer, or the pick
with which yon dig in the caves in the
earth. 1t is all beautiful, when men Of
fer themselves on the altar of work, to
the glory of God. l envy no man his
idleness. Work Is humanitys boon.
There is a great big plan up in the sky,
and this world is a great big loom, the
various vacations of men. make the show
ing of the shettle to and fro. and little
of Gods purpose may be seen in the
figures which are woven Men do not stay
here long enough to see much of it. The
twentieth century will probably reveal
more of the purpose of God concerning
humanity than many a previous century.
What that revelation will be no man can
yet tell That 1t will be brought about in
the old way all of us are agreed, and
that way is, that man. taking advantage
of all revelation of science. becomes a
co-worker with God. and a laborer for
the good of human society
False Notion of Money.
There are two. as 1 take it, marked
weaknesses In our time. The one is a
false idea of what work Is, the other
is false notion as to what money Is
for. The man never works we'll who works
simply because he has to, and because
of whatever 1t will get him. The man
never is happy who has worked all of
his DAYS to get money to keen.
When work is seen in all It's glory, then
will man be freed from the notion that
any form of labor can degrading.
When man needs the old solemn saying.
THE love of money is the root of all
evil" then will human misery be struck
to the death. because then the begrmed
laborer will be more beautiful than gold.
shackles shall be taken fro. human
limbs, and the peasant, with his hay
fork, and the man with the hoe will
Sing like the lark. 1t is a noble aim I'm
life to get millions of money together,
provided the purpose be to make the
world more habitable. to make disease
less possible, and to drive human misery
out into the wilderness; but If the aim
be to get money together simply to call
1t mine then 1t makes of man as
hard thing as the metal out of which
the money itself Is made.
We are living in splendid time. 1--WE
are the ancients of the days but In the
morning of the times" Put work in its
proper place. and put money In its ele-
ment, and then the very chinl1 of money
makes music, and the hammer on the
anvil and the saw in the wood fall on
the ear like muslcs notes
Preserving the Union.
Another great conception In this Scrip.
ture is the concern of these Greeks for
their fellow Greeks at home. They had
heard the truth spoken until 1t had APP
peared as clear as light and as tlre as
God The impress had been made upon
their minds and hearts. They were con-
verts not to Moses and the temple, but
to Jesus the peasant teacher Their
chiefest desire was that the Sun of Right
eousness might rise ON their own nation.
with healing In his wings.
There Is no class of men who can do
more for morals and truth man those
who go the length and breadth of the
land with that speed that is made pos
slble under one OF the modern wonders
of the world. nter-communication from
point to point. in this big land OF ours.
1t would be well If we could all remem-
Der that many sit yet in the dark. and
need the light that shone cnee on old
Judeas hills. Then, too. these men were
the bearers of ideas and conditions that
existed i'm different parts Of the same
world Differences still exist mat warm
hearts and clear heads can explain. This
is the way. possibly. to the making of
a union. I'm this country. that never can
be broken either by the spell of human
speech or the rattle of musketry and the
boom of cannon.
The time has come when sectional DIFF
ferences must be looked on as no differ
ences; when sectional difficulties and
burdens must he borne by the entire
tee.
ties. Then the nation can take her place
on the great stage where God has de-
creed that she must play her part and
bear the burdens of the world and so
fuli the law OF Christ
This is your memorial day, which testi-
fes to the world that you believe in the
resurrection of the dead. More powerful
than laws of men. more powerful than
prison bars, for conserving the right Is
belief In the power of an endless life.
The man who believes that he must stand
before God to give an account of that
done In the body will never cross and re-
cross the principles Of right so as to
build up titantic influence that shall bind
his fellow creature. IT makes him see
In such light, as to disarm him, when
lie would strike weak thing. 1t frus-
trates his PLAN when he would lay
schemes for binding his fellow man. 1t is
well for us TO give pause, In the rush
of life, and think of our frality, as we
remember the absence of the one who
walked with MS but yesterday.
Break, break, break. on thy cold grey
stones.
Oh Sea-
But the sound OF the voice that's still
win never come back to me.
Break. break. break, on thy cold grey
stones,
oh Sea-
Oh for the touch of a vanished hand,
The sound OF the voice that's still.
This Is that in man, that makes him
yearn for the upper air. where the soul
fndeth freedom, and faith is changing
into sight
Perhaps IL would be well for some of us
to remember. that Now s the accepted
time, behold now is the day of Saliva
ton" Time slips along so fast that we
are in danger of forgetting to count our
days so as 10 apply our hearts unto wis
DOM" For some day God will call, and
we must answer.
Late late, so late and dark and chill
the night.
Late. late. late, so late. but we can en-
ter yet"
and chill,
Late late, so late. but we can enter
still"
Have we not heard that the bridegroom
is so sweet,
Oh, let us In. though late, that we may
kiss his feet,
No. no. too late, we cannot enter now"