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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

" HERE was a time, not many years
 ago, when the evangelical churches
 were listening with some earnest ness to appeals for the preaching of what was called Divine Healing" We were assured that the truth of Christianity is bound up with the experience of true saints that bodily sickness is taken away at the same time and by the same Re- demption as that which heals the soul. To fail to teach this twofold fact was, we were told a disloyalty to the full Cos pel.'
 Into that still smouldering and quite inextinguishable controversy I do not to- day poke so much as little finger! But the good men and women who once were pleading for "a full Gospel, religion covering physical as well as psychic dis eases, must, think look with singular in- terest on the present progressive interpre- tation of Christianity. For there has come upon mankind the conviction that the full Gospel actually needed here and now is one that will, at the same time, not only bring purity and wisdom and peace to the individual soul, but also inspire that
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kept well oiled3 for fear ft run Fhos tand become ruined. No moro tdeficats and complicated machine exists, than tho hu- man body. To do It's best work. should it not also be watched and tendad1 of France the nobleman. returning from the hunt. was not allowed to kill more than two peasants for the purpose of soothing his tired feet Sin their warm en- trails. Nowadays weAdon't permit the killing of even one. We have become educated in part. This .issnot land of princelings and paupers. Some act like they think so. but they arc wrong.
 The people of Birmingham have voted bonds for the building of an auditorium. The courts have intervened. but it will be built eventually. It will be constructed to seat thousands. In 1t at various times will gather bodies of men with divers creeds to promuigate and. no doubt. divers axes to grind But they will all represent progress and education. They
 will exemplify the fact that man has learned that he cannot live unto himself alone To it also will come famous bands and splendid singers and eloquent ora tors and Birmingham will be permitted to enjoy what the education of others has provided for it and become better educated itself.
 A longing for sweetness and light although that longing be in the heart of the occupant of a hut. is not anarchy; the desire for an incandescent lamp. or an adequate number of heat units in gas for tho cooking range. orgfor spure drinking water ia not socialism
 cannot conceive of Birmingham . ssfail-l ing in the present emergency. By all means should the Southern Msthodfsts be induced to build their great univers- ity hera It's worth in, dollars and cents may be computed, but it's vah1e to ths social and ethical life of thercommunity would be simply fncalcuables
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Why should there not be murders. rob berries, prostitution. arson, suicide? Have we not gone back to praise and cultiva- tlon of elemental aaBkness? Have we not withdrawn our Christian souls from, the path of practical obedience that we might make the best of both worlds in as pleasant a way as possible? .
 While negroes and whites alike have been ripening and rotting towards this ruinous condition of potention crime, what compelling example have Christian men and women at large been setting before them?
 The truth Is that all over the world the church has been losing her opportunity. In mediaeval Europe she did try to inject the spirit of love into the civilization of the time. Tn the eighteenth century Prot estant England had grown indifferent to the social hell that bubbled and seethed and slew the bodies and souls Of men. Today we know better. But if we know and do not practice. our doom will be worse than theirs.
 The full Gospel'' that must be preached in all the world carries in its bosom the healing of the nations It means that in the political economy of
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all help to make the opinion of the public, the conscience of the community. There is salvation, therefore, for all through the use of all in the great enterprise of the common welfare. Now that conscience is awakened there is no escape for the church from this leadership.
 Let me take some concrete examples: The relief of the poor is a necessity which was accepted in the earliest days of Christian history. If man love not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God. whom he hath not seen?' The very existence of an honest Chris tian faith thus depends upon the exercise of a gracious practical ministry to the poor. But we have learned that the re- lief of the poor. ministry to the poor, is a big and difficult and thorny under taking. Foolishly we had supposed that we could, in English parance, chuck 'em a shillin,' |" and be done with it. But To. the chucking of shillings turns out to be the unkndest cut of all. murderous and selfish to the last degree. The mans poverty is not reducible to shillings. If
 1t were, 1t would not be poverty. It Is in almost every instance a lack of ad-
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way?" was the burder of her cry Her case aroused the sympathies of many persons.
 Some held that she was right: others argued that no physician would be justi- fled in killing her and others in her sad state since no man may call any case whatever hopeless. in view of the many that have been given up and have recov- cred.
 So 1t was with Mrs. Harris. She is still alive and may recover her health entirely in time. Now. with her feet set on the road to recovery, she de- nies tine necessity of hopelessness. As one paper puts 1t. Tt was a doctor of the merry heart school who cured her" She waited in nervous, fearful tremors for the end that would come to end her suffering. Then the healer came, with his smile that was not ''profes- sionai." You will recover and will walk again." he told her. beying the words of the many physicians who had condemned her to death. She believed him, and the miracle of old was repeated.
 Who shall say that in the physician, as in him of Galilee and all of us. there was not something of the divine nature that heals and saves?
 It was not medicine that cured Mrs Harris It was hope.
 'I told my sister that l was going to walk again. and seven weeks later started to move" she says.
 The moral lies not so much in the re- ceiving of the word of hope as in its speaking. We are all eager to believe that we shall be cured of the ills that distress us. But who of us has taken thought to cultivate the spirit and the habit of uttering the word that shall make others believe they will be relievedX' Many fine sermons have been preached on Americas national extravaganza and reck1essness.
 Few of them equal in force the figures recently published showing that in one year the amount of defalcations by men in positions of trust amounted to more than $4 00O0c0
 Thefts of more than s4.OoO.0OO were re- ported publicly. and. of course. sum many times that amount was suppressed. | Flo reach dollar of these millions some one is to blame.
 | Not always is it the man intrusted with the money; often it is his employer, for. . says the president of a large surety com
 pany, whose business it is to know and digest these facts, clerks, managers
 and cashiers receiving s75 or $l00 month and trying to support large families form | q large part of the defaulters. l "Extravagant home life caused remark ! able instances of wrongdoinf. The wife of railroad official stole 5000 from her
 husbands cash drawer in the railroad
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one year the father must give to the mother sufficient money to visit her son abroad.
 We touch here on the real pathos of the divorce question. Here are two agree we'll enough on other questions to remain married happily. "The boy Is very anxious to go to England and take advantage of the opportunity offered said the judge Were he to be denied, serious conse~ quences might follow, for it Is within reasonable probability that he would become sullen and reject the opportu mites for education furnished here be- cause those he had set upon would be denied him."
 | It cannot be asserted often enough or with emphasis enough that real edu- cation, the kind of training which fits one for proper living in contact with ones fellow men and women. Is the kind that draws out and develops the latent powers of the mind i Granted. therefore, person of age fitted to decide such personal matters for example. a boy or girl of the age of the lad mentioned--there can be no doubt that the judge was correct in asserting that education cannot be forced and must be sought. | You cannot successfully send your boy or girl to college. as the common expression has It. He or she must go there eagerly to seek it's educational advantages. If they do not draw with an irresistible attraction it is a waste of time and money and effort to send anyone to the halls of learning. | Of course
 | All boys and girls are not like the one spoken of In determination to go to certain college. Many lad who wanted to go to Harvard or Yale or Princeton found educational advan- tages as god for himself nearer home
 s5ut the inner impulse to study and learn is the thing. not the urge from
 without.
 I Then saith he to the sick of the palsy Artist take up thy bed and go to thine
 house. And he arose and departed to his
 house.--Mathew K. 6-7
 Many readers will remember. probably
 the case of Mrs. Sarah Harris of New York. who two years ago believed herself
 to be hopelessly i'll ani besired speed,
 release through the ssates of death. Sh'
 suffered fearful pain. which the doctors
 could not alleviate They held out nt
 hope to her. She wrote to the newspaper
 a very pathetic and well written letter
 urging the physicians to put to death sucl
 helpless. hopeless invalids as she believe,
 herself to be.
 Can there be any Justification of per hitting such as to finger in unendurabl'
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station to spend on luxury. The husband was suspected and threatened with i'm prisonment, but when the facts were learned the railroads heads refused to exact his bond or to prosecute."
 The man escaped the punishment. and the legal ax did not fall on the neck of the woman who was to blame. But her neck was based for the blow, and she suffered in anticipation probably more cruelty than she would have done in reality.
 The stolen $1600 cost her domestic hap piness Thatis worth far more than that amount to any one
 Why, then. did she imperil it7 To gratify the love of clothing, of luxury, of amusements, which she placed above her own peace of mind and her husband S good name. Of food shelter and cloth- ing, the three primary necessities of life. she had enough. but she sought to add to them that which was vanity. They led her into the ways of darkness and deso- ation.
 If you canont ride fin an automobile be thankful for the strength of the legs which enables you to walk. Walking thank heaven is cheap and healthful
 For the sake of the other things don't pay the price. It is not worth it.
 It would be false and unjust to say that we Americans are alone in our love of luxury and in weakness in fighting the temptation to get it at any cost But and tempting here.
 Suggestion Is a legitimate device if 1t is honesty used for inculcating knowledge or principles of conduct that is, for education in the broadest sense of the word Criticism is the operation by which suggestion is linn ited and corrected. It is by criticism that the person is protected against credulity, emotion and fallacy The power of criticism Is the one which education should chiefly train. - 1. An educated man ought to be beyond the reach of suggestion from adver- tisements, newspapers. speeches and stories. If he is wise just when a crowd is filled with enthusiasm and emotion he will leave it and go off by himself to form his Judgment."-From Folk kways' by the late Prof. William Graham Sumner.
 In the ways of sober and quiet de- tachment are formed true opinions. In crowd the individual mind is in- fluenced by the crowd mind. which Is something different than the sum of the individual minds of the mass members. Sometimes the crowd mind decides in favor of the god and the true, sometimes 1t is swayed by the passion of the minimizing. Oftentimes it is led by some one who has an av to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
DODD-By B. F. Riley, D. D.

multitude, was hanged for the crime Of forgery. This execution led to the re- peal of that harsh law. for It's cruelty was thus graphically displayed. just AS hanging by the neck has been to many of our states. which have substituted the chair for the rope, and should be in every commonwealth.
 The history of this crime and it's con sequences Is not without its lessons. one Of which is that a minister. at last. k only citizen, and no more deserves immunity from the execution of the law than any other. while another is one ap- plicable to our time-extravagance Is a snare that may lie in close proximity to crime. All defalcations are crimes All breaches of trust are crimes. All uses of money of other people without their consent are crimes and no matter by whom crimes are committed they should be duly punished and the law uniformly enforced.
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unhappy. Men are endowed with equal mentality no more than are all men upon the same level physically. Some will pros- per and some will encounter penury. Some will live happily and some un- happily. It was ever thus. and probably 1t will be thus unto the end of time. A mans first duty is to himself and his near ones, of course, but his neighbor and also the stranger are entitled to some of his thought and regard. It is the prog ress or the retrogression of the mass that spells national success or failure The log cabin boy has realized the presi- dency and the one fed from silver spoon also has attained that eminence. Herein is the glory of America s past and the hope of it's future.
 How keep the scales level? How insure against the establishment of caste? How maintain the equality of opportunity?
 Only by education can these things be dcne The rich man must be induced to take an interest in the poor man. The doctrine that the welfare of one is de- pendent upon the welfare of all must be iterated and reiterated. The triumphs of science must be made to do the service of mankind. Brotherh pod, charity, under standing, sympathy must be the battle cries.
 Croesus was pauper compared to John D. Rockefeller. The Lydian monarch was bloated plutocrat for his day, but he lived a long, long time ago Morgan, Carnegie, Weyerhauser, Astor or anyone of a dozen others of Americas wealthy men could have bought Croesus and hard ly missed the change. The fact that the rich men of the day are richer than were the rich men of the past, doesn't mean that the poor folks of the day are poorer than the poor folks of the past All Tn all, mankind's condition in America now is better than was ever known anywhere
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to know that man must have fresh air and good food if he Is to do good work. Social economy has decreed that the tene- ment baby must have it's chance. The lives of many thousands of little ones have been saved by scientific supervision of milk and food supplies. This is the application of education in its truest sense
 Henry Ford, who manufactures automo- piles, saw his fortune piling up in a man. ner that alarmed him. In about six years his plant had done a business amounting to 26o,000,00o. About 25 per cent was put back into the concern. The original in- vestment was s2S,0oO. The profits amounted to $5s.0OO,OoO He decided to distribute $1O0oo.o0o among his employes-there are about 15,OOo of them-and fixed a scale of wages whereby not one of them all should receive less than $5 day, MT. Ford believed that the men who made money for him were entitled to screens for their windows, and bath tubs for their bodies, and a few flowers. and clean linen, and other things that money buys. But MT. Ford will have to devise some other way to get rid of his money No sooner was his philanthropy put into effect than the efficiency of his plant increased A per cent. In a way, 1t was education
 It would have been very easy for MT Ford to have prevented such an apparent percentage of profits. He might have capitalized his investment of s2S.000 at $700, ,000,000 and let the stock earn a meagre per cent. but education has caused this method of frenzied financing to be frowned upon in the past few years. Contentment does not always dwell in a palace. nor does discontent necessarily inhabit a hovel. Democracy's most stu- pendous task is to maintain equality of opportunity. There will always be saints and sinners. rich and poor. happy and
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port of English law. which could not well endure an exception In behalf of anyone insisting that precedent like this would stagger the realm in it's ef- forts to check crime. Weak in many particulars, George III declined to inter fere even in behalf of his favorite chap lain, and Dodd was doomed The gravity of the situation was communicated to the prisoner. and he began to turn his thoughts toward the gallows. He was extremely penitent and while shut within the walls of his narrow cell he gave ex- pression to hls learned thought by writ ing two books, both of which may still be had from the stalls of old bookstores in London. These works are Thoughts in Prison" and Reflections on Death"
 On a bright. hot morning in July. TIT. a prisoner neatly dressed and with dig
 nihed port was borne ln a carriage to Tyburn Gate. where stood a grim gall lows. and in the presence of an immense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
Worlds Biggest Flagpole Up

r ioIl tlit 4StW 1OTk ouu.
 San Francisco-The giant Oregon fir tree. which has been shaped to make tho largest fiagpole in the world. has been raised at the exposition grounds. Owing to it's great weight and length the pole was extremely difficult to handle. and the work of getting 1t into an upright posi- tion has aroused as much interest as any other single construction feature at the exposition.
 The pole stands 222 feet above the ground. and the gilded star at It's top rises 10 feet higher Ten feet of the butt is set in a solid block of reinforced con- crete weighing 200 tons which will be of sufficient bulk to hold the pole upright against the highest winds without the as- sistance of guy ropes or other supports. The flagpole itself weighs 35 tons, the log from which 1t was trimmed having weighed 50 tons. Three derricks were re- quired to erect the pole.
 The pole was given to the exposition by the citizens of Astoria. Ore. and was foated down the coast to the exposition grounds over q year ago It will carry a great American flag AS feet long. also given by the citizens of Astoria.
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prosperity increased rather than dimn- ished his passion for spending. His style of living was reckless and extravagant Necessarily his debts grew and began to crowd and embarrass.
 This prompted him to supplement his salary by literary work and by private teaching. He became the tutor of young Philip Stanhope. who afterward became the noted Lord Chesterfield. who was de- voted to his gifted teacher, made him gifts of large sums of money. often came to his rescue when involved in debt. and seemed compensated by the grateful air with which the gifts were received. Money came with so much ease from the purse of Lord Chesterfield that Dodd was dis posed to use him solely as a convenience, and it was difficult to decide which en- joyed the passage of money the more Chesterfield in giving it to one so eni- nent, or Dr. Dodd in spending the money of the nobleman. To add to the dsad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N. Lurie
Lurle

when the crowd mind is inflamed, to bring 1t to his own way of thinking.
 Especially is this true in times of popular excitement.
 The crowd mind can and does some times bring on war, for example, when the sober second thought of the people. If given a chance to express itself, would condemn the very thought of hostilities-
 If each man and woman were to re- sist the clamor and go off into tho ways of calmness and sober thought many disputes. international. intersec tional and personal. would be settled without acrimony and strife. But we
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The wife who nags her husband and sends him away from home. bang
 ing the door after him. stands less whole. but in order that your wife
 may send you with cheerful face to
 work about electrical machinery there
 must be freedom from dissolute habits,
 freedom from financial distress, free
 dom from loan sharks, freedom from
 all worries, so that in peace of mind
 you have power of concentration" He also told the representatives of
 150,c00 employees of 2000 electric light concerns that cheerful kisses from happy wives are the best guaran- tee against being killed in the days
 work
 There's virtue in the argument Even for the man who Is in little work the cheerful home leaving and home coming are among the best of the blessings of life. Negatively
 speaking, they prevent disaster; posi- lively, they invigorate and arm a man for the days work.
 What greater incentive to achieve
 ment and success can there be than the thought of the home for which a
 man is fighting-perhaps with muscle and brawn, perhaps with brain--but fighting in either case?
 The little woman at home is like the reserve force which plays so large a part in military calculations. When
 the front line is reused and brok en +t., supports on both Hanks are wavering god general orders up his reserves.
 If they are strong and fresh they can oftentimes turn the tide. It's good
 military tactics to keep them we'll sup
 piled and in fine fighting trim Same way with the household re serves. If you see to 1t that "the wife" hes cause to be happy shell re- pay you by getting into the fight when
 her help is needed. And if. on the other hand, she has just cause for discon-
 tent and unhappiness she won't be able to support your fighting line when her aid is needed. even If her will be good, as the will of most wives is.
 Education cannot be forced. To be
 fruitful 1t must be sought So said recently a learned judge of New York.
 He delivered this "obiter dictum" in
 deciding that father, legally separat- ed from the mother of his son, should be permitted to send the young man
 abroad to acquire an education. l By the terms. of the separation the
 custody of the son, who Is now 15 i years old, was given to the father. but 1t was decided that the mother must have the opportunity of seeing him. ' Now the judge declares that if the
 boy should not return to America in