The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
KNOX MAKES TALK
AT GREENSBORO
DR., Murrah Preached Sermon
Sunday Morning
JUNIOR 0RATORICAL HELD
Or. H. M. DuBose Spoke Last Night On
1.-THE Vision of Freedom or
Man at His
Best"
JUNIOR 0RATORICAL HELD

Greensboro, June 4-(speclaD.- DR.. w,
3. Murrah president of Millsaps college,
preached the commencement sermon of
the Southern university Sunday morning
in the college chapel. The text was
taken from the 4th chapter OF the First
Epistle of Paul to Timothy; Goodness
Is Profitable Unto All Things" The dis
tinguished speaker spoke of the sterility
of a Goddess soul. and showed with great
clearness how walking in the noble path
of righteousness brought happiness and
eternal reward. He pointed out the beau
ties of religion. that there is no genuine
happiness except 1t be grounded upon
religion. The man who HITS his thoughts
to higher regions enters into a life and
takes the path which will be las the light
of dawn that shineth more and more unto
the perfect day." while he who refuses
it, refuses life and turns his feet into
that path which darkenth more and
more unto the utter night"
A powerful sermon was delivered in the
evening by the Rev. W. p. Hurt. The
Rapture Of the Forward View was the
burden of his discourse, that If evil pas
sions grow In your heart you will be like
a ship which Is at the mercy of the
winds and the current of the sea- he
who lives in noble thoughts and good
deeds, he who lays UP a treasure of char
ity, purity and sober thought will be re-
born into higher existence.
Beautiful music was furnished both
morning and evening.
oratorIcal Contest Held.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock the junior
oratorical contest and the U. D. C. contest
took place Six young men from the
Junior class spoke for a medal, and two
young men contested for the medal Of
fered by the James d. Webb Chapter,
U. D. C.
The feature of the day. however, was
the talk made by John B. Knox or An
mission. Mr.. Knox was In Greensboro IN
the interest of his candidacy for AFTER
nate senator, and had not expected to be
called on to speak. but upon being urged
by DIR, Hosmer to say something, he re-
sponded in the happlest manner. He be-
gam by saying that he felt very much
like the sood Methodist brother, who dad
not believe in written sermons, Said ne;
1.-THE devil is always ready to answer the
written argument, but when | go IN the
pulpit, don't know what | am gong 10
say-God Almighty don't know. and the
devil himself don't know, Inc auolehce
showed their appreciation of the facetious
story by laughter and hearty applause.
81 am glad" he continued, Ito see the
emphasis placed upon moral training in
this institution, for character counts more
than talent in the race of life lie men
TONED mis- connection with the new con-
stitution and how necessary IL was 10
have that constitution for, said he: Cor
ruption at the ballot box had peei hlane
necessary by negro suffrage, ana TINS
very ballot box corruption was running
the youth of our state. Breaking one law
with impundty would lead them 70 Ieel
Il To he right to break all laws If votes
can be stolen, they win soon feel 1t rlght
10 steal anything. The new constltu-
ton enables our people to hold up their
heads after many years. | would like 10
saw to Thad Stephens, who has gone,
hone 70 heaven, that God reigns and An
gIo- saxon supremacy has once more as
serted itself 1t was urged that the SUI
nreme court would be galnst the new con-
stitution, but not So
''Mr. Taft, in recent speech at lus-
kegee, before an audience largely conf
posed of negroes, sustained 1t ana spoke
OF the wisdom and propriety or sueh
course The greatest blow struck the
south was the destruction of her system
of labor. But we don't want to colonze
the negro. 1t would take us many years to
recover from IT. we want to hold on to
the labor we have until we can get some
thing better"
Build Up Educational Institutions.
He then commented upon the supreme
duty resting upon us as a people and a
state 10 build up our educational institu-
lions. 'sWhen this country Is ignorant,
then II ceases 10 be. 1t is the duty or
every public man 10 favor the education
of the masses. Ignorance goes hand IN
hand with prejudice. The fault OF the
south is ultra conservatism. We must
keep up with the world to grapple with
the new problems confronting us" He
wound up with the following story:
Two men met in German restaurant
one Frenchman. inclined to be cornwall
the other a German, gloomy and morose.
The Frenchman boasted of his county s
achievement in literature and the arts.
There is nothing, he exclaimed to his
silent companion, that the art of my coun-
trymen cannot touch and make beautiful.
The German reached his hand up and
pulled out one of his grizzly mustaches
and flung it on the table. Let them try
their hand on that growled he. The
Frenehman took II up with the words,
France accepts the challenge He car
ried it to a jeweler in Paris and ordered
an eagle fashioned of gold holding in its
beak the hair strung at. either end with
a pearl, the one In cribed Alsace, the
other Lorraine, and the inscription Held
by Hair. Thus the south can say in a
few years to New England your supre-
macy, II held at all is but by a hair"
Tumultuous applause was accorded the
speaker at the close of his remarks, This
evening four young men, representatives
of the two literary societies, contested for
a medal and the literary address was de-
lvered by II. NJ. DuBose, d. D., of Nash
Vile, and editor of the Epworth Era. His
subject was. ''The Vision of Freedom, or
Man at His Best" He said in part:
Freedom is not flight from lawful re-
straints to lawless liberty, but is an ad-
vance into the realm of a more perfect
obedience to law" He sketched the dam
gers surrounding the young mans path
The address In its entirety was a MASTER
ly and brilliant one.
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