The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-10

state, the state is the child" Had Eng.
land followed the example of Wesley
In protecting her children she would
have been spared humiliation in South
Africa. for her children. stunted in the
mines, were food for fever and bullets
until, the Scots, the irish and the,
Colonials redeemed their disasters.
She now would be spared the humilia>
ton OF being ruled by Scotland, for
seven of her cabinet are said to be
Scotchmen. one Irish, and one Welsh.
And who shall estimate the social
value OF the country church, OF the
old log where mighty issues were tried
and settled while they waited for the
preacher? And what stirring ques.
tons he would loose upon them. =
Theirs was the noblest patriotism.
The first church to congratulate tbs
new governments was ours, through
two circuit riders.
There antagonism to social vices
was relentless. as was their plea for
social righteousness. There are q
thousand who are hacking al the
branches OF evil to one who is strtk-
ing at the root" said Thoreau. These
men were striking at the root. The
regeneration OF the nation is to come
IL at all. by the path they blazed out
For back of all our laws and institu-
IlOusp our commerce ana INDUSTRY, our
literature and life, are the mighty nov
ings OF the indistructible religious in
stinct and 1t was upon this they CEN
tered all their efforts. Huxley is right
in saying, The creation OF a new habit
Of thought is a greater achievement
than any material invention" These
men Sereated, new habit not only or
| thought, but of the intuitions back or
thought / was testing a new auto
matte electric elevator with some
friends in this city a year or two ago
| when / remarked, "The driving power
is out Of sight" So the driving power
| OF the world is this invisible all-per-
vasive energy into which they gave
their lives. And the verdict Of history
will be THE gift was not in vain"
1t would be beautiful tribute 10
| the old time Circuit Rider and his
successors who are now ably workInH
1 out this ancient ideal, IL you woule
place upon the campus of your neJ
college. which is the Legitimate trus
of Gieir unselfish labors, a life-siz6
| bronze statue of one of them mounted
on a far Travelled horse, moving west
ward. Let him be clad in the clerical
suit of that day made of homespun.
Make his saddle bags to bulge out
/ with books and a few clothes. Let
him have high forehead, a heavy
chin indicative of power. thin lips
slightly open suggestive of deep
meditation and invinctble purpose, his
| eyes seeing alike the far side of near
things and the near side of far things,
his right hand holding the reins loose
". while his left hangs easily by his
Side. Let the inscription be:
The Old Time Circuit Rider. son of
| the common people, educated Isl the
university of men and things, raany-
sided. Yet divinely commissioned to
one work, a pathmaker rather than a
4 pathfinder. an inviucible apostle of
| truth and righteousness. always poor.
yet helping to make the nation rich
Too wise a man to ask aught of fate
Than to be simple, modest, manly.
true.
Safe from the many. honored by the
Nothing to court in Church, or World.
| or State,
But inwardly in secret to be great