The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-28
Saturday afternoon address by
John l.. Alexander before State
Sunday School Convention.)

It's the crazy person that wants to
talk; l don't want to, but you make
me, so l am not crazy, just intensely
interested in this matter of the Sun
day school Folks are the same the
world over. In Canada l talk to the
royal Canadian clubs. These clubs
are not in hurry. They take time
for their meetings. In America the
business men have a luncheon to
have a business session and have a
man talk to them while they eat,
then they hurry away In Canada
they meet and have a dinner, then
adjourn to an assembly room and
have the speeches and the guest of
the evening speaks last. The Eng
lishman is very patriotic. He is
taught to be from his youth. Why
do you not always wear an Amer
lean flag? l always wear AN Amer
lean flag, the emblem of my coun-
try, America. When an English
man hears the National Anthem
played he always stands up; the
American stands if he feels like it
or knows it is the national hymn.
And we are like sheep-if one
stands, others follow; if one sits,
we all sit-just like sheep / am re
minded of the story of a wealthy
E!nglishman who had so much money
he wanted to place all sorts of things
in his house to be enjoyed. He put
pleasures and conveniences every
where until finally, having 50 much
money he did not know what to dc
with it all, he placed Victrola ir
the bath room, that the music NIGH
be enjoyed even there. A guest il
his home coming to the family room
one morning was asked if he en-
Ijoyed the music from the VictrOla
why" said he, 81 turned on The
ibally thing and it played God Save
the King all the time and how
can a man take his bath and stan(
up all the timer" So the English
mans club has it's meeting and ;
talk is given on the past achieve
ments of the people, then talk OF
the present undertakings and an
other talk on the future possibilitie
and plans; then the guest has thu
last ten minutes. Each countr!
talks of her own interests. Florid;
talks agriculture all the time. On
man talks about the country abou
Lakeland another about Ocala ant
so it is. 1t is all true. The pioneers
brought with them great convic
tions in their lines of belief and II
their great institutions. I went witt
lDr. Phillips to the great Mecklen
burg monument in Mecklenburg, N
lC. Some people think the Declare
ltion of Independence was signed
THAT memorable Fourth of July but
1T was signed May 20, 1775 wher
this treaty was formed. AS ! stoot
and looked at that monument thai
day my hat nearly raised itself as
five out of the twelve signers OF thai
declaration were named Alexander
lOur various States were founded or
the convictions of the various PEG
pies. Into the lives Of our boys ant
girls there must go these same re
lligious convictions. The victory Of
the great Blackstone was not won II
London in Parliament but in his
school life at the age of IA years
lNapoleon did not meet his Waterloo
lon the battle field but on the foot
ball field when boy. There was al
lAmerican in southern Ohio who al
a boy saw child on railway track
an approaching train was about t
destroy it when a boy of fourteen
rushed on the track and saved IT.
When the father asked what he
could do to recompense the boy, he
said: Teach me to understand the
! instruments in there from which you
send the wonderful messages over
the wires" and the light whicf
, makes our homes bright and many
things which make us comfortable
, come from that boys desire to know
: these things. Some call him tins
'Wtizard of the Air." but it was the
; 10y Edison who won the fight. Inc
life stories of great men are written
from the impulses that come to then
between the ages of IA and 20. All
problems of the young life are solved
, then. So are all Kingdom of God