The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-19
North and South Touether.

North and South Together.
I'VE believed it in our souls, but for the
life of us we could not tell how nor when
1t could be. STILL we believed 1t. And
one day, wild cry ran through the land,
Remember the Mainen and Joe Wheeler
and Teddy Roosevelt rushed up San Juan
I'M together and 7after that the armies
oil The whole world could not have Kept
apart the people of the north and the
south. 1t was simple thing; no philoso-
pher reasoned it out; no scientist laid the
plan; only the poet prophet dreamed 1t
true God Almighty touched the chords of
"a common patriotism, and it was true!
so today politically, in the truest sense.
there is no north, there is no south, no
east, no west, but one country, one flag,
one heart of mighty nationl
Some day. know not when-God shall
arouse American Methodism by mighty
common interest-it may be, by mighty
common portland his Spirit shall melt
us together, and we shall be one But
the coming of that day we must commit
to, God, and await his will ,
But | do think there are some things
we can do while we await the ripenng of
his plans-some things we ought TO do.
And one of the things | for one believe
we ought to do is to love each other-and
quit fighting. we be bretbren Let us
have peace. There Is surely enough for
us each and all to do without stirring
up the oyans empers Oh an ahcleht sliile'
me sorroWlhg ana the SHINING tne orohen
and the discouraged they are all about
us and they need our help. Shall we con-
tinue to waste our time and consume
our energies In bootless wordy war? In
200 name let US De zone Win H.
never near or READ Oh any recruuescence
OF strle that ought never 10 nave oe-
gun but recall the story oil strangely
OF Snlloh. mat battle IN "plch SO many
OF your relatives ana NINE Went DOWN
1ogether was, as you remember, iought
NANNY IN uense loIest-"lloei gnu
darker than the WOODS OIL Ephfalh.
Ihrougn that forest ran an otu wagon
road which during me peacelui years
OF the past, haa worn ltseii uo"i tnrousn
me req cray OF tne mn unen " seemed
INe cafeLuiy cue me -ol eilieh 'a
i1"lis ~ nc uas tnoe oiu "aeo, 90 ,
was se,Aeu. ny tne piisaue ool'ii.ianueu ~
Ten,p ~ ilen n VI my na.iNe 500 ,'s.
nc Hhe ~ ms iiont- Mas ooniiii'''ioeu W
~ equany saiiaht anu i'iipetuou sun VI
cue soutn' over anu over asain i ou ,
n,ihe avn, Jay .ne ne t,ue ~ 49,. att, epoeu
aiiu giio VIZ, pasa .iirs sopAen a. ~"
Suddenly'out of the fire and battle smoke
Prentiss observed courier coming with
a flag of truce. He could not believe his
eyes. Was it possible the enemy meant
to surrender? He had not long to wait.
For Gods sake, cease firing said the
lieutenant who carried the white flag;
tie bursting shells have set fire to the
woods and the flames are consuming the
dead and wounded of both armies alike,
For Gods sake cease firing, and let us
all together put out the fire and save
our comrades from the namesv 1t was
done Far down the thin battle line rang
the bugle call. Cease firing while Blue
-. tba
fires and rescue their comrades. living
and dead NV brethren. look in your
faces todav--faoes 7 have learned to love
and I saw. Let us cease firing! For
Gods sake. let Is cease-and cease for
eyer Multit,,aes about ms are perishing
We have no time for strife. LET us drop
everything else and together strive to
nut out the fires of hell and rescue our
dying fellow men' We have had our DIFF
lerenees' hlaSpe we snail nave I'VE, ., snelh
"sai. put ,eI II pass, we az III 1'
s'io iiie "u'iu apouI as 10 pc, "l,,is ,
-, ,. $50 a. 80 n,aso,,
o'tis n.lons. Masue 're.e - % $50 's .s
uue ~. y pas. ne l-oiu 49,, y. 20 a.. ~ neeus
our strengtn lof better thihes Let us
nave peace; ~
s Can do One Thing.
.,I,hera is ono other thing we can do
We cap ARRANGE some ein,nlo n,atbod
xvherehv a minister In good eta nfine in a
conferences in either church ran he trans
ferred without Welding for one minute
either his conference relation or his dig
nity as a man. we do that already in
tbe ease of Law members of the church.
WHY not dc IL In case of members of
conference?
..,Tben there are some establishments
along the border line that a wise and
genuine fraternity surely might bring
about for the glory Of God and without
harm, 10 either Communion. IT is easv
IN stand off and criticIse. 7 am not in
,has h,,s;pess n NAV e mistakes have
beer, made on both sides. mistakes NAV
VET arise in the conduct of affairs by
either or both Of ms. "a he IL. our peonle
arer NOT infallible But .love bearetb all
tI,ingo I,e,ievetb all things honeth ali
b thj,,1s end,reth all things Love never
faiie1b, And live will conouer at last.
May Ripen Fast.
Meanwhile 1t may be that the pur-
poses of God shall ripen faster than
any of us now dream Oklahoma already
has a joint university, manned and man