Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-25

Following u the address Of Mr..
Hugh Royal, Of Houston, delivered u
the Fathers Day celebration ct Union
HILL Sunday, November Is:
Ladios: and Gentlemen--It Il entire
" needless for me to say that ! am
glad to BE- here tonight. II Is mat
ter OF no small satisfaction to me to
know that, after have cast my lot in
another community, am well enough
thought Of by the people among whom
/ Was reared to be asked TO come back
ana speak to you upon any occasion.
was born among these old hills and
wales; Is q barefoot boy played
among the flowers Of these old hills
and wales: passed the halcyon days
Of youth and grew to manhood among
these old hills and Wales; and when
die want them to bring my clay
back and lay 1t away among these old
hills and Wales, for the winds seem
to blow more softly here and the skies
seem to shine more brightly here than
anywhere else. 1t is home to me and
love It.
When first the subject Of speaking
here at your initial Fathers Day ex.
ercises was mentioned to me hardly
knew what to say, because such an
occasion was somewhat out OF the ordi-
nary and the theme was one upon
which had really studied but little.
II seemed to me that had the subject
been Mother" how many more things
to say would have chased each other
rapidly into my mind. which was OF
course only natural, since the sweetest
theme OF all themes, save that OF
Christ alone, Is that OF mother. No
story is 80 full OF pathos and power
and tender, loving kindness, except
that one which speaks to us through
the myriad years from the scene OF
Calvary.
But l thought about the subject
some and 1t began to open to me.
began to see things In 1t. and after
having studied It more l come TO you
with the firm opinion that there is
nothing-no subject--about which we
could say more. 1t seems to be field
OF UNEMPLOYED thought We hear SO
much about mother and her sweetness
and our hearts are always responsive
And we hear so much about music and
mirth all over the earth; and boys and
noise. and girls and curls, and wee
baby smiles, until sometimes II almost
becomes commonplace. But It Is so
seldom that we hear anything OF tina;
one heroic figure, who, content that
we should enjoy ourselves off the fruit
OF his labors, stands in the background
and guides the machinery that makes
both ends meet and keeps us all going
Why, In the first place, we should have
no such country to live in were II not
for father. His brain II Is that formed
the codes and made the laws of this
great country. and his strong arm II Is
that enforces these laws for the com.
mon good OF society True enough. Il
may be that the mothers make the
homes. but the fathers certainly make
every country.
Man was made In the likeness and
image OF God In the beginning, and the
Almighty saw that he was perfect In
every respect, and as such he stood,
the grandest OF all Gods great crea.
lures. the highest example OF the
handiwork Of Divinity. And notwith-
standing after that time evil crept in
and made stain that only God him.
self could eradicate. yet enough OF the
good remained TO make him today In
all his glorystil the nearest approach
TO perfection that has ever existed.
Speaking along this line, II is well