The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12

'Let me say that the time has come when those of us who are accustomed to think of matters of State must be serious, earnest patient, long suner- ing, In dealing with this. as well as other problems of our life This and all other questions must be viewed not In the light of today, but in that of the eternal years. &
 eve must seek by all that in us is to contribute to these and all other peoples brought to our shores more than we can ever ask them to contrib ute to us
 ImmoraIity in Montgomery
 T will not deny that hung my head in shame when I looked out over that vast audience, and learned that proba, bIy four out of five were muiattoes We talk about social equality! The most diabolic social equality in the land Is the immortality that exists in Montgomery.
 'sThe silent call of waiting world upon the resources that God has put in our reach will not let us alone, even in our sleep, and He who gives all. He has in answer to this call IS Gods man.
 Our real clientage nevertheless. our customers in spiritual things, are only those whom we really serve. They may be those of our own house. nOlus our own uSlBuUoEuNyu, VI OAA own State and nation; they may be in the world at large. There may be many of whom we never heard that daily feed at our table. There may be many who. unknown even to them selves. draw their daily Tupplies from us. whom they never have seen. "Pitiably bankrupt is the soul to whom the world owes nothing. In i this realm of spiritual things, the ac- counts are exact. There are no false entries, no mathematical errors, but every item tells the exact truth, and | the balance sheet is drawn at the enc of every transaction between soul anc soul; and our loss or gain Is determin- ed by the side on which the Iverpius falls. Every day is a judgment day every hour a Judgment hour. Only he is successful who gets out more goods than he gets in, ,to whom the world owes more than it ever can pay, owes a debzt maybe, that grows with ad- vancing years. Pitiable beyond de- scription is the man or woman who comes to the end of life with no charg. ! es against the world, gainst strug- gling souls that can never be paid Dealing With SelAsh Souls.
 Can a man deal unseifishly with selfish people and not lose out every | time asked the ancient yvorthies one | by one. Abraham. the father of the 1 faithful, and the friend of God, dealt unselhshly. with selfish world, and did not lose out. Moses save up all and followed the gieam along a tedi- ous Journey, only to view the Prom l ised Land from afar at the end. He dealt uneselfshly with a 7elflsh world, and is only now beginning to come to his own. So with Isaiah, with Jere- miah. and all the long line of ancient prophets that dared to stand unselhsh- ly for Gods truth in the midst of sei- fish generations, not a one of whom ever lost out.
 "so with John the Baptist. After his death, Herod, on hearing of Je- sus, exclaimed: Tt is John the Bap. tist, whom beheaded,' t.nd this lone man, with his head in one grave, am his body in another, was more power fui than Roman king or Roman throne, with a Roman army at his back and Roman millions at ais reach.
 ''The lowly Nazarene ,pent all his thought, all his energies, all the pas- sions of his soul in one tireless ef- fort to give himself away. And who will dare to say that he lost out?
 "The Apostle Paul gave up ali, d alt unself1shly with a selfish genera tion, and came at last to a martyrs grave. but he today is the mightiest
 
 he followed
 Time forbids to speak of Luther Eof Wesley, of all the hosts of worthieS that dealt unselhshly with a selfish world, and won out every one.
 '"rhe mighty heroes of ancient and modern times growing year by year in their power over human affairs unite in saying. he that saveth his life shall lose 1t; he that loseth his | life shall save it.
 "'What dc ye more than others" Even publicans and sinners give to others what they expect from them in return. It is ours to contribute an overplus every day; to give more to the world than the world can ever give to us. As we go to our homes, let each solemnly ask of himself: What do 1 more than others and live henceforth in the light of the answer"