The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-26
CAPT. sTRAssBURGER's DEATH

1 These men saw giants because they | looked to see giants. They are afraid | Ignorance of God makes cowards-they l forgot the Red sea, forgot the drowning | of Pharaoh's trained regulars, who per-
 ished without a battle. The gallant Capt. Julian Strassburger, who fell in battle 1 recently, died after prayer to God for | his valiant men. He died like hero~- after the recognition that God gives vic- ] tory-and his last word, "Gon on, my men.
 to Berlin" were prophetic of what Am | ericans will do, or die like this gallant 1 captain did. Shakespeare said, Con science makes towards of us all" And | he might have added, Ignorance of God i helps conscience to create towards. And i this is true today. We can see scare crews giants, pessimism and other mon strosities of the world, or we can see optimism, righteousness and Canaan-the best and richest land under the sun for ours, if we trust God and our possibih- 1 ties. God is at the head of our forces
 in this great war which our allies and we are fighting to free the whole world from savage atrocities and barbarous
 brutalities without precedent
 ISRAEL HALTED
 "rhe true manhood of Israel was halt l ed in their progress for 3S years lLy this grasshopper crowd of eowardly I men. They might have entered Canaan l at once, but they wandered back and l forth in the wilderness because they were
 dominated by grasshopper people. iec- l turer on phrenology told one whom he ! examined that he had thievish propen- sitics. That is fact said the man. l T served in the penitentiary for years ] for stealing But I gave God my heart and life and let Him control me and He and I have destroyed that thieyish na- ture Today and for many years past l am the cashier of our towns richest bank. He was not a grasshopper kind of man-God made him honest ind a I hero. He will do that for all of us. l And as a believer in the Bible. I state ! that all who are too cowardly and tol- I erant have allowed the Bible to be driven out of many of our state schools. Why? We are grasshopper kind of Americans and Christians. What made America great, rich and strong! The Bible. BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
 .Why is it not read in all the public schf ols in every state in this union? Beca use two sects and sets of believers lin God" object. The Wall Street Jour nal published: Instruction in public schools fails utterly on the side of moral and religious teaching, and unless this great defect in our public school system lis removed, this nation will become 9 people without reverence, righteousness and responsibility, and great will be it's fall Judge Grosscup of the United States court in Chicago said, There should be spiritual instruction in the public schools
 Huxley, scientist, historian and agnos- tic, said. If for my own children had to choose between a school in which religion is taught and one without re- ligion, I should prefer the former. even if my child had to take good dose of
 theology in the bargain. pr. Schurman of Harvard university said. No man car be considered truly educated man
 who is ignorant of the Bible The Duke of Wellington said: 'Religion must be
 made the foundation of education. If
 nat there will be many educated devils
 in the world
 "Grasshopper kind Of citizens, Chris- tians and preachers never will conquer
 sin nor ignorance nor heathsnism. Red blooded, virils and true Christians are
 in great damAnd-"