The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-10

I lltO DaleS Tor the market. linen AIlef
that wool reaches the factories 1t Is
cleaned and secured and spun out into
| threads and woven into underwear and
! turned into coats and vests and pants
| and dresses and cloaks. Why that coat
you have on today Is made out of wool.
thousands upon thousands of yards of
| cloth came from the backs of my sheep
every year" But" I say, what is the
good Of raising so many sheep? You
and your family can only wear few
dozen yards of cloth annually. Yet here
| YOU are raising enough sheep to clothe
the whole English army. You certainly
are not raising all these sheep for your
own use?" No." he answers. Il am
raising all these sheep for power. am
beyond the mere question of my own
livelihood But the more sheep own
the more money l get and the more work
men 1 employ the more influence have
in the world and the more | am honored
and looked up to as an influential capt.
taHst." The great sheep owners of New
Zealand pastures his thousands upon
thousands of sheep for power. Many
flocks are the symbols of mans influence
over man.
What is true of the hocks of sheep and
the herds Of cattle is emphatically true
in reference to the land. The more land
man owns the more power he is
supposed to have This is the reason why
the laws of entail of England are in vogue
today. Take, for instance, the present
Duke of Norfolk, who owns over 100000
acres, or the Duke of Richmond. who
owns over 100000 acres. When one of these
British noblemen dies he will not leave
his property to his children share and
share alike, but he says to himself L
must keep up my family influence. l am
required by law to leave to my eldest
son all the land I have and my house
and heirlooms Then as the years go by
this roronertV will haeorOa more and more
valuable. Then, as a great landowner with
thousands upon thousands of tenants de-
pending upon him, my sons voice in the
nation will be heard as a voice OF au-
thority" Great harvest fields, great fiocks
of sheep and herds of cattle, great farms
and landed estates are the symbols not
only of what we eat and drink and wear,
but of unlimited power and influence. Now
when Christ comes to us and says, Seek
We first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness and all these things Will
be added unto you' He is practically
saying Seek first The kingdom of heaven,
which is your first and chief concern, and
! will take care of your temporal inter-
ests. All the wealth and power that 1t ID
well for you to have shall be given to you,
only strive to do my work and seek to
save men and serve Me in your daily
| life"
AS the World Sees.
recognize the Infinite results of this pow
| err that does not prove that this power
| does not exist. The world has not recog-
nized some of the mightiest men of the
| ages even in statecraft. The other day
! | was reading a most interesting article
| by Hannibal Hamlin on the United States
Senate. This great son of New Eng
land had represented Maine in public life
| over forty years, or for nearly half
century He was born only ten years af-
| ter Washington died He was the personal
friend of Adams and Jefferson and Mon
roe and the colleague and associate of
Webster, Clay, Benton and Calhoun and
all the great public men from 184o. when
| he was first elected to Congress, to 1891,
when he died. He was a giant among
! giants king among kings-that is, IL you
believe the makers and the moders and
recreators of our nations belonged to
race of kings.
With almost century for his retrospect
Mr.. Hamlin declared that some of the
| mightiest senator's who influenced the Leg
| islation of his time were hardly known
outside of their states and the senatorial
walls. Then he mentions some of them,
whose names I had scarcely heard of be-
fore. There was Samuel S. Phelps of
| Vermont, whom Daniel Webster declared
! to be one of the soundest and ablest men
he ever knew In public life. There were
| Senators Mcguire and Badger of North
|
| Alabama whose brain was relatively sup
posed to be as large as his body, and that
| body tipped the scales at 800 pounds.
These men, wrote Mr.. Hamlin, were the
| great leaders of leaders, yet outside of
senatorial walls the public hardly knew
! their names. Thus may 1t be with the
power of Christ's disciples. The world at
large may not recognize me power of the
! Holy Spirit which is in us, but the pow
err will be there. Christ will recognize
It, Heaven Will recognize 1t. All eternity
will recognize 1t when we are able to
| bring sinful men and women In touch
with Jesus Christ. Oh We men and women
who long for power, will ye not take this
text as its symbol, Seek We first the
| kingdom Of God and His righteousness
and all these things will be added unto
you?" That means that the gift of the
Holy Spirit can be yours.
Spiritual DeveIopnn snt.
But full wardrobes and cupboards and
assured homesteads symbolicaly mean
more to me than even power. They rep
resent mental and physical and spiritual
development. They represent In one sense
| freedom from care. In the next sense
they represent growth. expansion, in
| creased dome of forehead, healthful lungs,
steady heartbeat. They represent all that
is best and noble in the physical and
mental and spiritual domain. l cannot
press home my thought better than by
drawing two or three verbal pictures.
| 1t is early morning still almost dark,
| near Scranton, the queen city of the min
| ing regions of Pennsylvania In a little
cabin a miner and his family are taking
| a hurried breakfast. At 7:30 you can see
| the long lines of working people heading
| for the mines and the breakers. "Why
are you taking your two boys along with
| you, Mr.. Miner?" you ask. ut is too
early for school yet. These boys are
pale and thin. They do not get enough
sunlight. You must not let them study
so hard" Study hardl Sunlight an
| swers the miner. These boys of mine
do not go to school. They earning
| their living the same as l am. We have
| a large family In this hut and all who
| can must go out and help to earn the
| food they eat, the clothing they wear
and help pay the house rent" What
| Do these boys work for q livelihood?
| Why, one of them is so small his dinner
| pail almost touches the ground as he car
ries II alongr' Yes, they work. All
| boys in miners huts are compelled to
work for their living" I go into the
breaker and there I find hundreds of little
boys all crouched up. picking out the
| good coal as 1t passes along by. their
side The abr is unhealthy. II IS laying
| the foundations of the miners asthma"
The hours are long~and tiresome. The
| breaker boys" who should now be at
school and who would make fine men II
| II were not for the money question. are
being stunted In their growth All. the
pity of It! Do you not see show the
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