The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30

when our colonies were III lHelr first struggles in this country they felt the need of a flag, and they first adopted as their emblem pine bough, because it was the tallest of the trees and pointed towards heaven, Next they took up the rattlesnake. coilee, ready fb strike, which meant, Don't Tread on Me" and later all of our coins were stamped with the American ca gle: in one claw he holds an olive branch and in the other a bunch of meaning as the coiled rattlesnake Then Congress adopted the flag that we now have, made by woman
 APPLAUSE GREETS FLAG
 At this juncture Dr. Stuart made tas presentation of the flag which had been hung just over the cboir, and as the audience started to applaud, two or three people stood up, and Dr. Stu and salute the flag. which was done, and then everyone entered into vocif. erous applause. making the occasion one to be long remembered
 "We are joining the nation today in celebrating what Is termed all over the land as Liberty Sunday, and this church is here to respond to all calls of the nation, to upbuild individuals, the city county, state and nation. When President Wilson calls we ara always glad to respond.
 T care not what principles, what or rules of life you may have, if they do not emanate from Jesus Christ, they are false. Tho sweetest courtships and the greatest business in the world are those that are conducted upon a plan that is based upon Jesus Christ"
 Dr. Stuarts text was as follows: And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.''
 Jesus was in the city of Jerusalem and surrounded by Jews under the Ro- man government. which government was pressing down for taxes-the kind We licked George III about-taxes without representation, and he told them that there was no freedom, per- sonal or national outside the gospel of Christ. and that if they knew the truth. it would make them free.
 TRUTH CHRIST'S GOSPEL
 "The gospel of Christ boiled down is nothing more or less than truth. All things other than those of truth arc inspired by the devil in hell who is the father of lies and all things false. The only free people on earth
  daily life the Gospel of Christ. Sin imperializes and Christianity democra- tizes the soul
 Talk to boy who is a sinner and you had just as well be reasoning with a billy goat, or talk to a man who is deep-dyed in sin and you had as well be arguing with an oxs head When one's will is imperalized 1t be- comes demonized. Let the devil get into any passion and it stills the voice of love, dulls the sympathetic naturA and the devil dominates that passion. But if Christ gets into that soul, fl will hear the call to duty, will listes to arguments of eloquence hear tho voice of love, and when that voict speaks it will respond. It will makl of you 8 liberal Christian. It is just I case of Christianity democratizing that soul.
 SIN IMPERIALIZES SOUL
 "Sin imperializes one soul, and then another. and a nation in sin becomes tyrannical. You cant read above the name of William, Emperor of Ger. many. anywhere the name of Jesus Christ It has been discovered that he ascrbed in autograph te the teach where his signature on stone tablet was found
 German atrocities. cutting off of the hands of babies and little children. in- sulting of women, that is imperialism. When Belgium called in her starving condition we heard her call-this great government of ours-and we fed her children and clothed them, but what did the Kaiser say when he was asked if they should sink the Lusitania? Why he said Yes, sink her, women and children and all damn the children That is the difference between the im- perialized people and the democratiZed nation.
 READS PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
 At this juncture Dr. Stuart read Presi- dent Wilson's message in the press yes- terday and said: "Take the heart out of that message and that will be the gospel of Jesus Christ. Monarchy is bull strength; it has that advantage. Aris- tocracy is believed to be wisdom gotten from the best brains, but democracy rep resents all brains and is justice. A gov- ernment that plants itself to do the fight, to be right, is the greatest government on earth, for it is the government of Jesus Christ, and the same kind that he attempted to establish on this earth when he walked and talked with men.
 saThe- beautitudes are the fundamentals for this great democratic government of ours. and I think l have discovered that Jesus Christ himself was the originator of the democratic form of government. He represented that democracy that was humble. for when on earth with men he walked and talked with them and even slept on a pallet. MT. Wilson took two weeks to say what he thought was right in. this great crisis when we went into this war. but the Kaiser only took two min- utes when he said sink the Lusitania.
 LANDED ON KNEES
 That little group that landed here many years ago at Plymouth Rock landed on their knees. They met at the church when they had anything of im- portance to discuss. When trouble came they went to the church and stacked their rifles and prayed
 .The whole constitution of the United States is built on and imbedded in the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ and Christianity America won't have any chains on her at all Everything must be free. Tn New York the women got a fad of wearing lizards on their costumes to make the color right Fin ally the city authorities said they must turn the lizard loose, for America would stand for nothing with chains on II.
 .'The bed rock of democracy is for others and not for self. and these are the two great principles of Jesus Christ apd his yospel