The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-27
Georgia Is All Right.

done abroad and even GeoTgians tneU-
selves are falling into the reprehen-
sible habit! Georgia has her faults
as well as other states have, as all
other things on earth have. but Geor-
gia is infinitely better on the whole
than her brazen traducers would have
YOU believe! The people Of Georgia,
the masses. are lawabiding, God-fear-
ing people. who hate lawlessness and
crime as they hate sin and inquiry.
In this connection II is interesting
to observe that recently one really
great Georgian came to the defense Of
his state and he did so in a most wor-
Thy and eloquent fashion.
DR. W. L. Pickard, president Of Mer-
Ger University. in a recent address on
this subject. took occasion TO say
some words for Georgia that should
be read everywhere. The conclusion
Of this address is well worth yepeat-
ing. DR.. Pickard, in summing up his
address. said:
mot a man in Georgia believes in
lynehing, normally. But. at times,
men do, under great proyocation.
what they do not believe in.
These Georgians are not savages,
but among the most civilized people of
the globe. They are not a cruel PEG,
pie, but are among the kindest people
In the world. They are not a heather
people, but among the most consecrat-
ed Christians in the world They are
not an ignorant people. but represent
true culture and refinement They are
not lawless people, naturally, but
would stand like a Gibraltar against
any tide of anarchism which might
threaten their ancient foundations OF
jurisprudence.
by the census Of the United States
we are among the most religious poo
pie IN the United States. Every com
munity has It's school, its church, its
teachers and its preachers, Georgia
has produced great statesmen, great
orators, preachers, great" editors,
great writer's OF prose, poetry and
fiction; great scientists, great educat-
ore and great jurists, men of whom
cur ,pde.is proud, but she has never
yet produced a great skeptic, infidel
or agnostic The fame of some OF
her great ones has filled the world, but
not great type has risen here to blight
oar race Think OF thia and rejoice!
In spite Of some sins aud mistakes
which we all regret, and FOR which we
have ben terribly criticised, The poo-
pie Of Georgia have their foundation
lid In righteousness and their faces
toward the sunrise Today they are
trying to solve their problems in the
FEAR Of God and in the spirit OF broth
erhood of man. They love God. one
another and the human race. Their
schoolhouses and temples Of Worship
are to be seen in every community
Their missionaries tread their own
state and also SO to the ends Of the
earth to tell the story of redeeming
love.
"Thoy are awake to the problems OF
the present ana their debt to the fu-
ture. They know their heritage and
mean TO transmit It mtamished to
the future. They are studying with
earnestness and seriousness OF pur-
pose the problems OF vital interests
70 their states educational. religious.
economic, industrial, commercial, SO
Geological and racial. and doing this in
The fear OF God and the love OF mau.
God is developing here, under these
Georgia skies, people as cultured
as the Bostonians. as gentle as the
cid virainians. as strong as the old
New Englanders aud ms devout as the
Pilgrim fathers with puritanism left
ont and the spirit Of golden rule adj.
ded.
II is not Just 10 condemn the light
OF the sun because Of small. dark
disk, nor a great commonwealth he.
cause of an occasional local brain.
storm which results in regrettahle
tragedy. A great people should be
judged by the rule OF their unfolding
civilization ard not by the exceptions.
"Morp thau ptvna tayad Scotland