The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-10


in Montgomery and every other city are
I TO be a blessing or an unmitigated
curse will depend upon the character
| Of the men and women they produce.
We need not conceal from ourselves
the peril with when they threaten
the future. Two things are certain
about the foundation OF the American
Government First. that the founders
determined to separate church and
state. Second. that they Intended I"
build the state upon religion as Its
chief corner stone. and We arc. by de-
cision of our highest courts. Chris
tian nation.
| 1T is a profound misfortune that we
have not only separated chuch and
State which is a blessing, but we are
undertaking to separate religion from
the State.
| mo provision is made in our public
schools for the teaching Of morals and
religion. We are. therefore, in the
building of our State, leaving out that
which our fathers sought to make the
chief corner stone No man can meas
ure. therefore the menace to our fu-
ture manhood and womanhood that
turks in our Goddess schools. l say
this in profoundest sympathy with the
Democratic principles and genera
scheme of our public school system. !
would only utter. with the greatest
possible emphasis, note of warning.
The ideal school will have In the
scope of its purpose and effort the
| whole vast range of things, includins.
| not only the seen. but the unseen, no'
only this world. but every world.
Duties of Citixenship.
| Sociability implies a recognition py
| every citizen. of the full worth ana
| rights of every other citizen. 1t means
that am reflected at my proper height
in the eye Of my neighbor. This simple
| t. Il N .oSnpC1al-
ly in the intricacies Of our southern
life. ...r -,
The true man. the Ideal citizen. wiz
| recognize his fellow man and brother
without regard to race, color or pre-
vious conditions of servitude; will rec
ognize the rights of that brother 20
life. liberty and the pursuits of happi-
ness: will in other words. take thai
brother as a man for all he is worth as
such and give him his true rating. Inc
true citizen in the delicate relation ne
sustains to his fellow citizen, Will D.
governed not by passion and preJudice
but by cool Judgment and the lofty
principles of the highest morality. The
true citizen, white or black. Will not
ccndone. In the least. v1ciousness ah"
crime among his fellows.
This country has witnessed during
the last few years in every section an
Iapparent increase in the unmentfonaDlo
crime-the ravages OF the monster
must be stoppeu-the criminal must
be brought to judgment But. lit-
tie reflection will show that mob vio-
lenca has not in the least checked the
lcrime and Judge Lynch Is utterly pow
erless to prevent it. We must make
Iup our minds as builders, with God, OF
the city that is to be. that we VIII
stand in the face of death IL needs De-
for law and order: that we VIII Dack
with our lives, If necessary. the arm OF
the law in the effort on the one HAND
TO bring the criminal to justice and on
the other hand to protect the West
criminal under the due process OF
law.
IF we are to follow the guidance OF
our best impulses, even our converse
ton on the streets must be charltaoi'
as we'll as just. Much of our trouble
in America has come of reckless re-
marks thoughtlessly made on tao
streets and in public places. by men
whose best judgment, to say nothing
of Christian charity, should nave ell
forced silence.
In the ideal city, that which God
by the slow process of the eterna'
years. Is building for us, every citizen
will have the spirit of mastering even
himself his conditions. and exigsncica
and will stand with all his might for
the individualizing and soclalizing OF
the down-trodden man. for the BRING
irg to himself to his proper place
among the world forces, to proper re-
lation to all others.
There is divine affatus that
comes from the reaction of one soul
,ir fellowship with another. based upon
/ mutual recognition OF each other at
their true worth. 1t is for this recog =
milton Of all by all. that the forces of
society are constantly marshalled.
Montgomery on Wheels.
Another characteristic of the city
God is building is its beauty, beautl1ti
streets, beautiful parks. beautiful
homes. beaug.',.l yards, beautiful land
scapes In reach of all.
Il turn inside to say that my heart
lleeds to see MONTGOMERY get on wheeis
the first OF every October. We can
never make a great people until We arc
anchored to some spot of earth. There
is a. certain something that comes to
the family in the oil homestead that
comes in no other way. Among tn"
most precious things in this old word
are the ancestral tree, under which our
childhood sports were played, the an
cestral premises over which our child
hood feet were accustomed to now,
5 the ancestral Preside where. shut in
from the world. our hearts melted in
enc as our thoughts ran together. Let
ua own our homes at any cost. Let us
rear our children on our own little
j. spot of earth. and let US make that
spot beautiful. Many of us think LOO
little Of identifying the small area in
which large portion Of our lives are
spent Let US make cur homes beautl-
full.
Finally. The ideal city is character
ized by Righteousness. The Bible con-
ception of righteousness starts with
reiigion. There is no such thing as d
righteous man VINO is irreligious il.
Gods word and yet the New Jerusalem.
the ideal city. is without a church'
The church represents what we are
seeking. what we want. what we pr!ze
sneciaiIv in our social relation. The
uplift that we get in the Fellowship O!
a common worship is the increase,
rover that comes TO US bS the com
bined strength of all
You say. what can l do to help GOO
to build the city, / reply, build YOU
own life. first of all, on Proper foun
cation and after righteous pattern
Fl hen go out to help others be better
) DO the things that lie next to you;
meet fully the obligations and oppof-
tunities that come to you; fill your
+ own place faithfully and well in vhat-
l ever that place may he, and don't get
5 discouraged at apparent failures, FOX
S God has been marshalling his owr
forces of the univers" throughout tn,
long and tedious years that are behind
/, rs towards far-off aud divine ever