The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-27
WILL ANNOUNCE BALTIMORE RATES Understood Southern Will Offer $25 Rate for the
 Round Trip

It is expected that an announcement will be made tomorrow by the south ern railway as to the rates to apply from thls city to the democratic con vention at Baltimore. The Sreatest interest centers In the rate and efforts have been made during the pest week to get line upon what will DC the transportation charge.
 The rate will be about s25 for the round trip, according to the informa- ton which has been heard Eere sev- eral times. That low rate will influence a great many local people 10 make the trip to Baltimore. it Is believed. Al ready 1t Is announced by the Southern railway that reservations have been made preceding the Underwood special out of this city. Several locay and state leaders wish to get to Wash- ington a day or more before tho dele- gation and confer with MT. Underwood as to the efforts to be made for the Underwood nomination. It Is stated that the drawing room on several Br- mingham specials prior to the regular
 special out of here has been spoken for here and in Atlanta. The south ern railway, however. will prepare to handle a great number of persons, 1t Is stated, 1t Is certain that every comfort will be provided for those who make the trip.
 4--~-~~~-~~~->-~-~-~~~~ the outer circle for society at large The embezzler's conception of life finds express sion in the saying: Me and my wife, my son John and his wife; us four and no
 more Such man was the farmer, In the Lords parable, who, having pros pered, said, What shall 1 do? l am rich and increased in goods; and have need of nothing. This will I dol will tear down my barns and build greater, and will say to my soul, Soul, thou art very prosperous, take thine ease, eat drink ant be merry."' But he left God. the testator out of his reckoning, he left his fellow men, his fellow heirs out of ac- count; he thought nothing of that great organic law which binds man to man, which says: Be we helpers one of an | other.t4 He received largely to end that
 he might develop the industrial and com
 mercial and intellectual interest of his l community--m bless the poor, might
 make opportunity for tho worthy; might 1 give encoura cement to the young: might l help fill the treasury of Gods house; might send at home and abroad the proc lamatlon of that gospel. which was the very chapter of his protection Tn the en- ioyment of his gain-such a man ina, be feared. but no one loves him. none .s gard him kindly. He is thief by in- stinct and no tear shall water his grave.
 9D Trustees--An honest trustee ac- lSnowledges that he is debtor to every
 egatee under the will. He makes it his business to see that every heir shall re- ceive his full share of the inheritance. ThIs was Paul's understanding of tho matter; this Is why he went about every where preaching the gospel What was he doing al Philippi, in the congregation of women by the river side2 What was he doing at Ephesus2 At Athens? At Jeru- salem, on board the ship. amid the whistlipg of the tempest? In the Prae- torian camp, and in the Roman prison, where he indicted his epistles and spoke of salvation to his guards? Paul was ds- charging his debt like an honest man. Woe Is me- cried he, if I spread not the gospel for I am debtor to every man You may not be called like Paul to preach the gospel, but am sure veu ara called to profess it. and having pro- fessed it. to let your lives be given In it's spirit and under guidance of it's teaching to improvement of the material, intellect ual. moral. ethical and spiritual condl- ticns of society. Today, young men. 70 which class do you aspre-tramp, cmbeS- z1er or trustee?
 Conditions of Such Service
 '1. In all that have said have not
 ntimated anywhere that the service all are called to give is dependent upon
 "(a) Conspicuous position.
 "(b) Great talent or large possessions.
 "f am not unmindful of the immense adv antage that comes to a man from such
 inheritance It's a great thing to find our selves possessed of 10 talents or five tal- ents, but if having one talent, we shall diligently use that, we shall receive our just reward.
 "(c) But in all I have said, there has run like a golden thread the insistence of a spirit dedicated to God and conse- fa.7 ff ba faf af
 Young men. the world lies cut before us in poverty, ignorance. suffering, death. There are maladies of body. requiring the physicians skill: there are elashngs of rights and interests requiring the lawyers s care; there are clouds of ignorance re- quiring the teachers work there are wastes of sin needing the preachers ser vice, It isn't a world for men to take their ease in: but world that lies pant ing and praying for light and help. It ia not a world for selfish greed or gaiH. or t;lo paintings of ambition or the selfish struggles for place and power butt a world for generous self abandonment for sacrifice and heroic toll. He who in such A world seeks for money merely Is the merest earthworm. He who is greedy of pleasure deserves to rot, and he surely
 will. He who signs for place and fame Is | the nerest trifer He who builds or
 would build throne for himself upon the necks of men. shall become a hissing and by-word. only he shall be truly loved l and honored of men who is found to have | accomplished something for human happi- ness and human good.
 "Conclusion-Many more things might
 be said, many more things are in my heart to say but let us be done. | "Young gentlemen. in this closing hour Of your college life. when sweet associa- tions are slipping into the past. and when YOU are turning from these conditions of sympathy and instruction. to go out into life-even in this hushed hour-I hold s- lently before your worshipful gaze the Man of Nazareth; and I gather up in His service when living and His sacrifice when dying the very spirit of your alma mater. as she sends you front as her representative. Oh. young men. grasp the magnificent possibilities which life shall bring you for service. do with prompt and loyal devotedness to a great ideal the work appointed you: and when the silence of the grave shall give place to the final judgment scene, and we shall all assemble before the Giver of judgment to all men according to the deeds done in the body. may you each one receive the welcome applause Well done. thou good st.-. N