The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16

HolOi lciy. TItSIldSOhly ID dtSOiuPiioii-
 ing the work whereunto it was appointed. No bad man has any business in the order and no infidel can become a mem
 Der.
 "Brethern, let us strive as the years
 come and go to live closer and closer to the Master and let us study to show ourselves approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly divining the truth.
 POPES AND POTENTATES Fellow citzens, opposition to the
 union of church and state was in ex- istence long before Jefferson wrote the first statute of religious freedom that ever adorned the history of the world Since the birth of the order in Jerusalem. Freemasonry has combated the creeds of popes and potentates whose doctrines have threa tened the overthrow of both in the dangerous unity of church and state.
 On the dividing line between church and state reemasonry stands with flaming sword, sublime and immovable. This new and spacious building is evi- dence of the mighty growth and develop ment of the great city of Birmingham and should stand here as a testimonial to the growing thought and increasing
 worth of citizenship of your splendid city. Let us build up the waste places, develop our material resources and make the south to blossom as the rose. But let us remember that wealth of farm and forest, factory and mine should all be used. not to degrade and drag man down to the level of a mere money making animal, but to produce a happy race Of people, highly intelligent and morally strong, contributing to the nobler things of life as each one rises higher and higher in the scale of being.
 Fellow citizens. we have been forced to draw the sword. The flag that repre- sents our honor, our sovereignty and odr liberty has been challenged by the Ger man government. Men, women and chii- dren. citizens of the United states, en- titled to protection under the law or
 nations, have been murdered in the
 peaceful pursuits of their legitimate
 business. Our boys in uniform have an
 swered the call to arms and atgtraininsS camp and battle front they are ready to die in defense of our country. What are
 we doing to close up the ranks at home against sedition and treason?
 ENEMY IN OUR MIDST
 Are we permitting the agents of the
 enemy Tn our midst to carry on prop
 aganda here which weakens the arm
 of this government and gives aid and
 comfort to the enemy? Our cause Is so
 just and righteous and the issues in
 NOlVed so vital to the peace, HdpPiHS'' and liberty of the American people that
 we ought not to permit anybody in our
 country to lift his voice or raise his
 hand against the cause for which we ba.- tie at this hour
 Ut is your duty, fellow citizens, to ail in sileacing the enemy in the private
 walks of life and my duty to help silence him in the halls of Congress. We owe it to the boys battling at the front to make pro-Germanism and sedition So hateful and loathsome that no man With Tn the confines of America will dare do or say anything against our country in this war with Germany. Our forefathers fought to achieve the blessings of fires government that we enjoy today. and by the help of God we will protect anu preserve them.'
 HEFLIN GIVEN OVATION Mr. Heflin received round of hearty applause waen lie arose to deliver
 his address. and as he excoriated
 slackers spies and traitors, the vast | crowd frequently interrupted with cheers
 and applause At the conclusion he was
 given an ovation, many of those pres
 ent going up and shaking his hand and
 thanking him for his patriotic speech. 1 Mir. Moore, who holds the highest of l flee of Masonry in the United States.