The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

1 growth of character.
 Many are the unread worth while books in the city library, many of | our best schools are offering excel l lent correspondence courses. which I are. as helpful magazines, just as 1 nsar us as our mail box, The great l est resources we have for study in
 character building is the book of l books, which is the rule and guide | to our faith, a lamp unto our feet 1 and a light unto our pathway In 1 this book we find St. Peters blue 1 print for character building, a prob ] lem in addition: add to your faith 1 virtue. and to virtue knowledge, and. i to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience 1 godliness, and to godliness brother 1 lv Kindness. and to brotherly kind
 ness charity. Add to your zaith;
 faith is first, the foundation, to l which all else is to be added. St.
 Paul said For other foundations can
 no man lay than that which is laid 1 which is Jesus Christ
 Laying n Solid Foundation Consider the importance of lay l ing solid foundation for building 1 of brick and mortar and much more l is the importance of laying foun- l dation for that which is not tempor- 1 al. but immortal. In St. Mathew, we
 read of two men, one wise, one fool l sh, each built a house, the Nise
 man building on a rock. the tooilsn 1 man built upon the sand, both
 houses were tested by 8 storm, the wise mans house stood, for it was 1 founded upon a rock the foolish
 mans house fell and great was the 1 fall of it. If characters foundation I is sand instead of the rock Jesus 1 Christ, all the beauty of design, ar | chitecture and painting is a failure | Fave faith, then add virtue. or
 courage. Be brave and true at any cost.
 :, "shakespeare's Macbeth sid. But | if we failn Lady Macbeth answers: l But screw your courage to the
 sticking place. and we will not fail | Add to virtue knowledge. for
 knowledge is power. Add to knowl' 1 edge temperance, balance, self con
 tro1. Add to temperance patience the power of suffering or Enduring l with fortitude, or bearing the bur
 den with a smile. Add to patience
 eodliness. or the likeness of God in
 character. The quality of our char
 acter is the thermometer of our | soul. Godliness means being in tune | with the infinite and living in bar
 mony with the Divine, Add to god
 Illness brotherly kindness. love of the
 brethern Add to brotherly kindness
 charity, love, which goes out to God
 and all his creation. This IS the
 crowning quality. Thus St Peter
 shows us that a, great character is
 the symmetrical blending of the
 Christian graces, faith. virtue
 knowledge, temperance, patience
 godliness, brotherly kindness ano
 charity.
 SeIf-Discspiine
 "As the plant frequently needs } pruning as we'll as cultivation. even
 so with the individual. Obedience to law is an essential of patriotism obedience to Gods law is a prerequi-
 site to character growth and keep ling promises, obligations and VOWS lis discipline, which should not pc overlooked We must be on ou'
 guard: the work of concealed evil undermining the character, is sym , bolized by the work of the white - ants. The atmosphere in which we live has a marked effect on aul Hives. A class of botany students IT , Colorado are said to have found z i small oak tree near the top of mountain the size of bush, whicf l upon examination was found to p' 3 l. 3S years old.