The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-09-04

their sins. This sentence opened I'D
anew, the theory of atonement and re-
sponsibility, if "the soul that sinneth
it shall die" does it not follow that
the nation that sins shall surely die?
AS we unfold the pages of bygone
ages and stand in the graveyard Of
nations, we read in their catacombs
and mOuldering ruins unquestioned
proof of this fact. AS we trace the
history of Egypt and stand in awe
and admiration in the presence of
her beWildering pyramids, we read in
the cryptogram of her condemnation
and desolation the solemn sentences
spoken by Almighty God, when he
said "The wages of sin is death"
We pass by the .shrines of a thousand
heather gods and stand amid the
ruins of Pompei and read the doom
of once thes worlds greatest empire
in that sentence. We go to Greece,
the Mecca Of learning and the magma
charter of political liberty; we walk
with Paul up Mars Hill, we see some
six hundred brazen images of as
many gods Passing up that marble
paved highway we reach the top and
there we see a towering image dedi-
Gated "to the unknown God" We
hear Paul, that grand messenger Of
peace on earth as it is written in love
of God and love of man; we see him
point to that towering shaft and say:
But l see them scorn Socrates, the
noblest of her sons, to suicide, be-
cause he dared to believe in that I'M
known God. l see greed and gold,
Opulence, arrogance and aristocracy
leading voluptuous and riotous lives,
invoking a rule of rapacity and OPP
preston resulting in universal ignor-
ance, base sensuality and moral de-
cay. Now we read in the heiro-
glyphics that we take from her tomb,
"the wages of sin is death" go
around the globe and stand at the
gateway of all the great nations of
the past; I go to their Pantheon and
left it's impress there | read. what
ever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap" Then in the lexicon of truth
I transpose the reading and in the
tomb Of each nation | read: "What-
soover q nation soweth, thct shall it
also reap" st: John, with vision
divine saw Babylon, rocking in her
own corruption, falling into oblivion;
SIo CIIS nlOIllCl vi iAd1 AOCO cIL1u
abominations; with her golden cup
of former glory ''flled with abomi-
nations and filthiness." There my
friends is a problem for statesmen;
What shall nation do to be saved?
The intellect and genius Of our
race is reaching almost to tho inf
mite. The discoveries of recent years
would have been almoG:: inconceiya-
bic to our fathers. The public con-
science is awakened and we are NOV
Jig to- a higher, grander, personal
and political life. 1t is the mission
of democracy to stand sponsor for
this glorious advancement. The love
of liberty is part of mans divinity,
and his right to it, is as sacred as
his right to life itself. A government
founded upon justice, nourished by
the support Of its people who enjoy
equal rights; bound together in the
bonds of fraternity and brotherly
love, making the injury of one the
concern Of all, would be as firm as
the rock of ages, and as secure
against decay as truth itself.
The movement of the whole world
is toward brotherhood and universal
peace. Brotherhood is broad word,
it has a political and religious mean
ing. Politically it means a pure de-
mocracy-equal rights, equal priVi-
leges. Religiously it means love for
your fellow men-the highest Of the
doctrines of Christ. 1t means peace
AS wide as the world and as long
as the ages-no more fratricidal war