Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-05-28

lauerate sermon last Sunday morning
at the Crystal theater. His text was
BY grace are ye saved.-Ephesians
2:5. The sermon follows:
"rour master words are included
in the thought Of great statesmen and
patriots when they think Of Develop
ment, namely: ancestry, education,
regeneration, and legislation" said
the Rev. Mitchelmore in introducing
his theme.
The first Of these has received the
greater amount Of attention during
the past few years. Ancestry il the
parent stock that determines the seed
and the root Us well rs the level Of
development. Every man receives u
determining influence from those who
have gone before: Edison, invention
kipling. literature: Caruso. music.
gifts OF God and pareniage. Anccs-
try is that force by which God rids
his people Of criminal tendencies. de-
basing habits, ctc. II is the power by
which the blessings Of God fearing
parents ARE transmitted even unto
the third and fourth generation. Is
il any wonder that intelligent young
men and women approach the mar
riage altar with fear rs well as joy
when they realize the responsibility
of parenthood! To be well born is
d blessing, yet there IRE leaders of
men in every walk of life who know
not from whence they sprang. A
man need moi be discouraged because
be know not his ancestry.
Education is the culture Of the seed
gives vitality and beauty, and there
and the root which nourishes and
causes To spring forth the flower,
with their promise of fruitage.
The uneducntcd man is very much
like u chest of tools. locked and stor-
I'D away in u closet. Education fur
nishes the key that unlocks the chest.
takes out the tools and makes il pos
sible BY their use To scale heights for
place and power. The uneducated
man is like seed growing. but in
cellar, weak and pale and with no
plant the sunlight: causes it to stand
against the wind and the storm
Education furnishes the
from springs the flower and fruit :
But education cannot go beyond u
certain point; il can only cause to
grow that which il has to deal. From
good education makes better from
'vil ten fold more evil. can see
Tain in III of anger of childhood
Abel. The parents laugh.
III is cute" Il grew-he slew the
brother. This nation of ours has been
IN apostle of the "cure BY growth"
dea. LET slavery alone and it will
light ITSELF" but il could not. Social
unrest runrbled and growled. "I.ctl
alone and the American spirit will
row and il will be all right" Ii
rev until one hundred bridges and
were blown up under the in
luence OF one organization. Then
ndJnOt until then did we arrive at
he conclusion that sour apple trees
'ill bring forth sour apples: that
elfishness ON the part of both labor
nd capital must be- superseded by
nselfishness, IL aught but selfish
eeds be- performed by either.
Regeneration is necessary. From
he wild, sour, apple tree there has
zen evolved the sweet juicy apple,
rom the wild daisy the shasta: from
Urn with 2ia fattening oil. corn
it'll 3a% fattening oil. How ha,
lis all been accomplished No!l
rowth did not do it: il was done by
lie "shock" Of new life. Grating
nd ingrafting--not u new develop
ent in the agricultural field.
at is not only u necessity IN
'e agricultural field. but in the in
llectual field as well.
The development of nations has
zen the same. A regeneratory
fluenre has shocked them into
'vness Of life. Rome had n new
nth in the third century when
mist sat upon the throne of the :
,esars: and then a new birth of :
erature in the sixteenth century.
I'd sent the Huns and vandals down =
ON the fastness Of their strong /,
Ids upon u people who were being :.
stroyed by luxury and ease. Part =
mt back into the North and there \
pm sprang the Reformation. Part "
NAMED in Italy and We had the
naissance of Literature. II has "
Dr. been thus. From the shock of u
glands trials this nation was r'
rn' and for the birth pangs Of Eu 81
DE- today, there will be born O new
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