The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

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 "The Sweetest Singer of all the ages
 gave to men the sweetest song of all
 the years when He took them up in
 His arms. put His hands upon them; and blessed them, saying: Suffer little ehil- dren to come unto Me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God That is the sweetest story ever | told, and it grows sweeter with the telling The children of today. even as the children of the long ago, turn instinctively to love and kindness and
 strength are dominant in the heart of a
 man.
 ''rhey are idols of hearts and of house. holds.
 | They are angels of God in disguise
 His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses. His glory still gleams in their eyes. These truants from home and from heaven,
 They have made me more manly and mild:
 And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. | And the children of the Isthmus of Panama are the living witnesses to the
 character of William l.. Sihert. Two little boys were playing in the construction of a miniature Panama ca | nal I may, without offense. say that | one was a devoted admfrer of Colonel Goethals. while the other was not iass devoted to Colonel Sibert. The first boy I said: I'll be Colonel Goethals.' And the second boy said: No. I'd rather to bo
 Colonel Sibert. but I've got to be tho
 boss, so l will have to be Colonel Goethals'
 Tn doing justice to one man we neod not give offense to another There is 90
 much need for good effort in this life that there is glory enough for all. And the beauty of it is that when we try to do
 justice to one man there is no need to
 ietract from another. Like the parents
 ove, the more it is stretched the thicker
 md stronger it becomes. There is love
 enough for every additional child, and 1 the giving to one does not diminish the bounty of the other
 Tributes to Others Governor Metcalfe then paid fine tribute to Colonel Goethals. Colonel Cor gas, Colonel Hodges and M. Roosseai, and also paid tribute to the head of di- visions. clerks. railroad men and the men in the trenches for their work. He closed
 nis speech in these words:
 Turning from the honors to the liv-
 .ng, we must not forget those who.
 landing within the silence, are 'tenting
 tonight on the old camp ground For
 ever and forever the Isthman winds wlli | sing sweet requiem to the faith and 1 fidelity of those who fought and fell upon this great battlefield of peace. We can give to our honored guest no clearer recognition of the nobility of his character than to take this occasion to bestow honor where honor is due and to give cheers for the comrades living and tears for the comrades dead Let us pay tribute to the memory of 1 them all--from the humblest black who Cal tv, t1,n tran nhac fn q ebra cut, the martyr to patriotic duty. Col. David D. Gaillard.
 Let us, over the deepest cable of our hearts send message of love and sym patry to the grave widow who shared h.s privations and to the splendid son who does honor to his name.
 ."ro Gaillard, the classmate Of Sibert. here's toast of tenderest love. And so, in his good name, l lay my tribute on this shrine; and then above his own green grave and over all the graves l of all the men. both white and black, who fell within the building of this mighty work and in the name of all the boys who treasure up the memory of some comrade dead I write this tender epitaph of love: Warm southern sun, shine kindly here: Warm southern breeze. blow softly here. Green sod above. lie light. lie light; Good night. dear heart, good night, good night
 On the conclusion of Governor Met calfe's speech, which was after the good things of the banqueet had been disposed of. the guests one by one made their fare wells and went to the special train which | had brought most of them. Colonel Sibert, Mrs 6ibert and their children, Master Martin. and Miss Mary, Colonel sibert's niece. Miss Nell Blair of 0adsden, and the nephew of Mrs. Si- bert Master Franklin Cummings. leave | for New York and Washington by the Pennsylvania railroad steamer Ancon on Thursday April ?. Colonel Sibert will probably remain in Washington some weeks pending assignment to new duties in the engineer corps. His men here hope that he will be ohosen for the Alaskan railway work and many of them have expressed desire to follow him there if he wished them to.
 The Anoon took a full list of passengers in addition to the 6iberts. among whom are Governor Metcalfo and family. Col onsl Phillips, who is retiring from the po- ietion of chief sanitary officer; MT. Le Prince, chief sanitary inspector under Colonel Gorgas on the isthmus and in Cuba. Many others go who should te mentioned were 1t not for lack of space 10 them-those who are left behind wish God speed and happy surroundinges in their new homes with all success in thnir undertakings.
 Accepting the Inevitable 'Is she growing old gracefully" ?"