The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-24

| propose to present to you plans and
specifications for the making of the
best man. In considering man, we find
that he has body, soul, and mind.
1t is not hard for me to believe in the
Trinity. What man is physically is
due largely to hereditY, which we can
not change. 1t was my ambition
when boy to grow to be a man six
feet tall and to weigh $50 pounds Once
while at college, | thought | would at
tain my ambition. My pants were too
short, asked for new supply of cloth
ing. Ny father told me would be iudg-
ed more by the length of my head than
by the length of my breeches laughter
I'VE are apt to dwell upon the squan-
dering of an inherited fortune What
shall we say of the man who squanders
his body. Is not that body worth more
than money? Think of the cost of these
bodies. The strongest statement have
every heard outside of Holy Writ is that
the mother, to perpetuate humanity,
undergoes more suffering than is en-
dured by all the wars of all times of all
the world. Think of the care bestowed
upon children by their parents. Think
of the mothers tears. Do we, as
Christians. do our duty to our children?
Do we remove the temptations that
destroy them, that nullifv a mothers
care and a fathers expenditures tor
him? We are interested in the conser-
walton of our natural resources. We
ought to have greater interest in the
conservation of manhood and woman
hood. Applause.
There is more in boy than his body.
There is his mind. There is not state
in this country in which a father is per-
mitted to cut off his sons arm. thus
sending him into the world to compete
with boys with two strong healthy arms.
The father who takes his son from
school and thus sends him into the world
to compete with boys who are educated
is more cruel than the father who cuts
off his son S arm. am told that fathers
are compelled to take their sons from
school and put them to work to aid in
the support of the family. When a
father is unable to earn by his own in
dustry, sufficient money to educate his
son, there is something wrong with the
industrial system, and the system ought
to be corrected. If a man uses his
earnings for his own benefit instead of
for the benefit of his family, he brutal
ICES himself. Then the law ought to
reach him. If widow is compelled to
take her son from school and put him to
work to help her support her household,
the strong, able-bodied men ought to 90
to the aid of that widow. in order that
she can keep her son at school.
IF boy dislikes school and can see
no advantages from education, take
him up to a wOOdpile and put him to
work Next give him a dull az Then
ask him to explain the difference be
tween sharp and dull AK You can
not build up character without a reli-
gious foundation. No moral lessons can
be taught without the Sermon on the
Mount. You cannot rely upon reason.
You must have more. You must have
religion. You must know the existence
of a God
Il think Christians have permitted
themselves to be asked too many aues-
tons by atheists. | mean that atheists
should not have the monopoly of asking
questions. When the atheist asks me
to define the beginning | tell him that it
begins with the Bible In the beginning
God created heaven and earth. The
atheists trouble begins when he tries
to trace the beginning. | would rather
begin with God and build downward
than begin with handful of mud and
some unexplained force and build up
ward.
why all this mystery about life and
natural forces? We see mysteries on
all sides. What shall we say of the
mystery of a wife's love for her hus-
band? Patriotism is another mystery.
At the last election there were three
candidates for president One of these
candidates was then president of the
United States. He received the elect
oral votes of only two states. This looks
like a Reputation of the administration.
But, suppose on the day after the cleo
ton, war had been declared and sup
pose the president had called for ,O00,-
900 volunteers. Why. the sun would
not set without those 1000, 900 volun-
teers being in the field. This is patriot
ism. 1t is mystery. 1t cannot be
explained.
eve see hourly mysteries around US
everywhere. We see a red cow eat
green grass and give white milk.
Laughter. Because we do not under
stand this phenomenon, shall we cease
to drink milk? Take the egg-a fresh
egg we like fresh eggs. Put an egg
next to setting hen. In a week that
egg loses its market value. Let that
old hen have her way, and in a few
weeks there is chick, which will bring
Methodist preacher to your house.
Laughter.
Mr.. Bryan closed with glowing trib-
ute to the Bible, and to the character of
Christ.
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