The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

From the Boston Post.
nROF. HENRI BERGSON of the Col
- lege de France is deemed by many
1 leaders of thought to be the great
est intellectual force in the world today.
He has given mankind new philosophy,
which, as he himself explains, Is not
set creed, but rather a method of reas-
oning. ..
Bergson Is fast revolutionizing the
worlds conception of philosophical truths.
Many thinkers who have hitherto accept
ed as matter of fact the teachings of
Spencer. Kant and Descartes are embrace
ing the philosophy of this wonderful
Frenchman, who at the age of So is said
to have accomplished more in his chosen
field than has been achieved in the lives
of any five other philosophers of modern
times.
Henri Bergson is of Semitic origin, but
is none the less a F'renchman among
Frenchmen. His love for France is a
vertable passion; that may be seen
cleaning in his dark, penetrating eyes
whenever he refers to his native land.
Standing about five feet six inches in
height, hiss physical appearance suggests
anything but robustness. He is slender,
but by no means frail. His finely shaped
head is sparsey covered by gray hair.
His personality is highly magnetic. He
speaks English fluently and never gets
mixed in his idioms. From his early youth
he has been recognized as possessing a
brain of wonderful qualities.
'The difficulties in the way of putting
the substance of my philosophy into
few brief paragraphs are insuperable,
said Professor Bergson. IF 1 were to
attempt it / should be framing creed
and Should thus defeat the end sought.
The creed is the province of religion, not
of philosophy.
'"rhe average man is too busy with the
duties Of his profession, his business or
his occupation to give the time to pililo-
sophie truths.
TT is not that he has not sufficient
brain power, but merely that he has not
had the requisite training and has no
time to acquire it in the turmoil of modern
life
ITO make comprehensive to the average
man the principles of philosophy would be
even more difficult than to set forth
briefly comprehension of the higher
mathematics, chemistry or physics. The
philosopher, like the true chemist and
physicist. does not concern himself with
the practical results OF his discoveries
and teachings. 1t is for others to take
the truths he enunciates and apply them
to the practical affairs of life And In
general firmly believe that no philosophy
which has not some practical application
to life is worth while.
ball evangelist-had talked and prayed,
sweated and pranced about the platform,
besought and entreated with sinners.
layed with scalding invective every SORT
of wickedness; and endeared himseil per-
scially to multitudes who either had been
openly or covertly antagonistic.
"sI-nder the spell of his oratory ara
the persuasive influences of his co-Work-
ers, all manner of men were made 70
take a new view of life. City and county
officials, saloonkeepers and professors, So
ciety women and shop girls, schooi chH-
dren and avowed agnostics, stood up ah'
said: q publicly accept Jesus Christ as
my personal SAVIOR
There were held 9o tabernacle meet
ings. at all but two of which Rev. Mr.
Sunday spoke. At these meetings there
we're present between 10000 and l'ooo'oo'
persons
"The State Journal indorsed Mr. sun
days work editorially. The poppu'al
evangelist is described as "a punaie oi
nerves with every fibre tense.
After Birmingham gets It's big audi
torium it will be in order to invite tue
Rev. Mr.. Sunday to hold revival mere.
He could count on q crowded house every
time he spoke
ARrrrsCrAL EARS
From Harper's Weekly
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