The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-09

that thrr: must be no union OF church
and state; and, therefore, our youth
must receive their intellectual train
ing from our schools and their spir-
itual devlopment from other sources
and under other influences. lam as
much opposed as any man TO the uA-
ION Of church and state; but unless
We face about and mend our sEsteeM'
We shall. at no very distant LAY, ma
ourselves TO have developed INTO
nation cOmposed more largely OF edu-
Gated haathcn ;hun Of men suited TO
the dign:ry and worth Of their lnherl-
4aoce and able 10 steer the ship Of
cta1e ,';rough the storms Of the TWen-
ioJh century. II requires no prophet
70 discern the ominous Clouds that
are gathering, but it will require the
best development OF our manhood to
man The rigging.
Let US not be deceived. 1t is too
often the fashion to boast the spirit
Of optimism and condemn those who
do not acQuiesce by denouncing them
as pessimists. The latter is some
times safer leader and a wiser coun-
b1;rS nntir1icr M
more dangerous condition can curse a
people than the lethargic confidence
that evils will right themselves some
how, somewhere, at sometime. HUI
manity has ever advanced by means
of inspiration drawn from the ideals
of life. Whenever, for a time, those
ideals have been lost, man has wan
dered strangely and fatally far from
the way that leads to the mountains
summit whence can be seen the fair
land of Beulah.
The disposition of nation is SIM
ply the disposition Of the Individual
multiplied. When one has for many
years lived IN a state Of perfect
health, he has really no appreciation
of the great blessing that he enjoys.
| The people of America, for reason
entirely analogous, have absolutely no
ADEQUATE appreciation of the priceless
boon of civil and religious liberty.
Having never felt the weight of tn ty-
rants heel upon their necks, nor ever
been forced to be the cringing vassals
of a spiritual despot, they sleep in in
nocent security, while the chains Of
a dual slavery may be forging in the
workship of their own blind folly.
Ariosto tells the story Of spirit
that alternately changes its form, first
into that Of vile and loathesome rep
lie and then into that of most BEAU
tiful and bewitching fairy. If it is
kindly treated when in its degraded
State, upon assuming the guise of a
fairy, it showers its richest blessings
upon its benefactor. But, if trodden
under foot and crushed when repul-
sive reptile, woe to the malefactor
when it changes into it's state Of beau
ty and power.
Similar is the condition of human
liberty. Stamped upon by entrencned
power, insUlted by boarded wealth,
scoffed at by sacredotal bigotry, and
reviled by the unthinking multitude, it
must await the day Of it's transforma-
ton. When once the form OF beauty
is assumed, woe to the people who
were unkind to it in it's lowly estate.
would utter feryent hope that
liberty may not now be undergoing
the Transformation into the lower and
forbidding form. But tne ominous
fact remains that, as nation, we are
losing the spirit of reverence and are
refusing to follow whittier our ideals
lead. Without friendship there can
be no love; without faith, no duty;
without reverence. no liberty.
#In den sJernen steht geschrieben
Der manch soil glauban, hoffen, lieben.
This is the great law of spiritual
growth and spiritual power. Obedience
| to i gives life; disobedience, DEATH
The Southern people are part of a
great nation. They have material pos