The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-12
MEN, WOMEN
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 If you failed to hear the rector of the Church of the Advent at the luncheon on Tuesday at the Tutwiler, you missed a thrill, for pr. Barnwell put aside his vestments and stood out before his hear CTS simply as red -blooded man.
 He turned his inmost thoughts on the outside and we got glimpse of the soul Of man who wanted to believe in the goodness of the German people. and cleansed his heart of all unkindness toward them as race, but who was brought by their devilish cruelty to the point where he felt that they should be made to suffer for their frightfulness until they had drunk of the drcgs of the cup of bitterness which they had put to the lips of the Belgians.
 It was easy to see that having had a change of heart toward them, he was ready to lead crusade against every thing Teutonic until Germanism had been wiped out of existence. It seems he learned his lesson slowly that Prus- sian 'kultur' was diabolism pure and simple, and meant the extermination ot everything which stood in its way.
 
 It seems to me that more and more our people are beginning to awake tc the unacceptable fact that Kaiserism Is built on the rock of sheer brutality. and relies on might to keep the edifice ot Teutonic superiority towering above man. kind, even though 1t is done by sprink- Hing the earth with. the blood of old men helpless women and innocent children as libation to Odin, the fierce old German war god.
 
 The tragedy. 50 far as Germany Is con, cerned. comes from her having been led captive by Prussia in order to further the interests of the ever-ambitious Ho' henzollerns, the heraldic device of the infamous house being a black bird oi prey. with talons dripping with blood, or was willing, in order to better feathel ] it's nest, to leave the sky and light dowr | in the back yard of Asia and mate witt Turkey and give to the world brood I of vultures to flock over fields rottint with the corpses of those bombed iron above, although going about their dail, affairs in unfortified towns.
 | I was at the fairgrounds when Lieuten ant Thompson lit. I saw his airplan, when it looked like speck on the hori zon Closer and closer it came, unti tits clean-cut outlines showed like ; painted bird on a field of blue. It hoy cred above the expectant crowd for brief moment, then circled graceful. i earthward as great shout rent the air To me it was prophetic of the day whel the American eagle was to drive tn lGerman vultures from the heavens an, rob them of their earthly toll of human Hives.
 son" Barnwell. It may not be a euphonious and dignified terr aa is clergyman. but I use it as term of fellowship. coming as it doe Ifrom nonconformist. who Is no stickle for ecclesiastical titles. but always read to greet brother whether he wear cas ], sock or gown, if he but show that be meath the trappings of his habiliment he hides the warm. pulsing heart of lloyer of mankind.
 \ | have been called the lighting pal son. so long that I am glad that at las my Episcopalian fellow worker in tf service of his country has shucked h clerical garb and put on his fightin Icicthes. and dares to call q spade
 apade. even though he may cause son l, thrid churchmnn or pious chapeller hold high their hands in simulated shoe Ith1t minister should give evidence th' lhSis human being and not . mumm
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