The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
.L|FE'S GREAT DEEDS
ISSUE FROM HEART
DR.. Hamill to Birmingham Col
lege Glass
HEART ABOVE ALL ELSE
Takes Text From Proserbs-"keep
Your Heart With All Diligence
for Out of 1t Are the
issues of Life
HEART ABOVE ALL ELSE

The Rev. DR.. H. NJ. Hamill of Nashville
preached the commencement sermon u
fine graduating class of Birmingham eoi-
lose Yesterday morning at the First Meth
od;st church. The college men were
present in a body. DR.. Hamla was ihuro-
d,,ced nv Bishop j. II. Mccoy, VINO re-
ferrea =, DR.. Hamilrs long and distln-
suIsheG work among the young peopie
both in America and abroad. pr. Haniii'
text was Proverbs 4:2S-"keep your near
with ali diligence, for out of IL are Tue 10
.,,,- Of life His sermon in part was
as follows:
.srha R,ble has unto itself peculiar
human philosophy, and does not need 70
borrow from other books. God kne" Man
ard nut into his revealed work the nhes'
exnosition of humanity. When ""'
q how the functions of the soul were uii-
dor three classifieations, the nhh"' NV
heart and the will. l grew up unoer 'ns
u,,,s;on that the mind comprehended the
r,os. ana the hest. The alter ego OF my
bcynood was the will that iiiaNes .No
man what he is and spells for MN eilner
success or failure.
"AsI grew older came to know petter
ard through study of the DIVINE "olN -
psychology l found that less emphasis
n,ss lain upon the mind than on the nearI,
.keen your heart with all diligence lor
o,., IF !. are the issues of life. AS gray
hairs came upon me, and became nio'e
experieneed knew that divine psscholoss
us of more account In the annals OF man
thsn the school psychology.
"The scriptures present three leVeis "a
,an Tho lowest Is that of the body
and its appetites. When one Is souiis
II is hv this that evil appeals to nm ASK
ing him to, indulge in that winch Is pleas
ing and disregard the coming years ms
next level is that of the inteiiee. .ne
bnowine of things While the scriptures
rncogni9e the intellect, and God at times
even invites reasoning with himself, yet
there Is less emphasis upon the Hlno
than on the heart.
Heart Plays Conspicuous Part
"The word heart plays conspicuous
part in the holy writ both In the ne"
aud Old Testament solomon prays Tor
,,,sd,u, of the heart AS one thinketh in
his heart so is he Human science does
not place the power to reason in the neart
but all the great issues of life originate
there and not In the intellect.
"What Is heart? The scripturai den
tim is a mind to accumulate knowied
where YOU can In the business mar
a. Won ply your profession, anywhere al
everywhere but sanctify 1t to GOD
all knowledge is but as the dust una
your feet unless it is dedicated 10
Lord.
"Abov. and behind the intellect is "
heart heart compels knowledge. !
nv lifc the man who knew the most we
wearer of stripes at state pehltef
tiary He was gentleman, cultured,
talented linouist, but he did not use hi
intellect for the Lord. Get knowledge an
get wisdom, one from books. the othe'
from God Combine the two and use then
for the service of your fellow man. lhell
is one thing more, tenderness. That mys
FERROUS feeling shed by the Holy Ghos
into the soul That feeling that SENDS mar
to the uttermost parts of the earth IN the
service of his kind. Combine the three
and YOU have heart-knowledge, wisdom
and the gift of the Holy Ghost
every man is the keeper of his own
heart. Be thou keeper of thine own
heart. There is no excuse in the doom
for the failure of life. Scientists account
sometimes for this in the doctrine OF
v. L
scriptures. God is just being and meas
ures our opportunities and our hindrances'
There would be no justice in heredity.
You cant excuse yourself for you are the
keeper of your own heart.
"The first issue out of the heart Is
true knowledge. knowledge coVereth
mn There is no place for the vain
braggart. The man who thinks Is SUI
perior to the man who knows Though'
is the mistress, knowledge Is the serv-
ant. The best things of life come by
vav of the heart knowledge is OF
value only when sanctified by God.
James G. Blaine is an example of the
man of intellect without heart. Blaine
was the most intellectual man OF his
age. He was superior In ability TO Nc
Kinley. his rival, but he forgot to serve
his fellow men. People admire Blaine
and love Mckinley.
Success Issues Ont of Heart
another issue out of the heart is
success. l am sorry for the young man
who is without dreams of future great
ness. 1t Is a natural human longing.
Ask a child what 1t desires above all
else and it will demand that some genii
such as was in the arabian Nights
come and make the air castles real.
Ask a youth what he wishes and he will
reply that he wants to be a great gem
eral or statesman. He sees the man
and not the external. He wishes to be
hurried into manhood and TO be able to
sway men. Ask a young man the name
question and he will reply that he wants
material success, to be renowned, to
make large sums of money. The mid
dle-aged man Graves success Tor MS
family. He wants to give them better
chance than he had. He asks nothing
for himself, but that he may leave his
children more affluent than was he.
And the old man wants merely quiet
place and a little time 20 prepare him.
self. for death.
What Is real success? 1t is not sell
fishness. BY physics the world Is gov
erned by two forces, centrifugal and
centripetal. One tends from the center,
the other toward 1t. SO it Is in real
Iifa CentrinetaI-sI want success fo.