The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-16

horizon you have not accomplished
the limit of what is in YOU.
The Tramp and the Chips.
\ tramp applying for work was
offered three meals a day and days
pay to chop with the back of an ak
en- fallen tree. AT the end Of the
first dav he quit with the eXclama-
ton. Damned If l can go on chop
ping if | cannot see the chips fly
In a very large variety Of works you
win never see the chips fly; it is hard
to even appreciate that there is
progress and while l cannot say the
slower the progress. the greater the
work, vet it is an axiom that great
accomplishments have the siowest
movement. Be not discouraged If you
are sure of your work that the chips
do not fly. that there is not quick ev
ldence OF progress.
Solomon in building the temple
used no saw nor hammer. The prep
aration of timber and stone was
made afar and that immense build
ing was reared without noise. Hiram.
with the highest design of arcnitec-
ture, fashioned the timbers and
stones and every piece even to the
corner stone was transported fin
ished ready for placement.
Young gentlemen, the buildings
from your hands are to be erected the
same way. There can be no sound of
chisel, saw nor hammer, yet it must
be a building in construction. fash
toned by the brain, blue printed by
the brain. and unlike that of the
temple. can be, should be, of greater
and still! greater excellence.
The state has spent many thousands
of dollars in its preparation of you.
Are you going to be jack-legs or mas
tiers in this great life building. a
building that you must carry out?
Stand UP and answer the question.
the state for all this fostering, gen
erous care?" This thing you must
know and account for yourself. Even
the Gods sell US all the good they give
us and you are expected to make an
adequate return. Will you be worth
you? Will you disappoint your par
ents. your friends, your faculty. all
your fellow citizens?
You certainly in your future con-
duct must remember what you have
received of the state, Freely have
and you must even learn from the
various misfortunes which will no
doubt attend you, to extract some
thing useful from every occurrence,
and that the highest gift it is possible
to give is portion of yourself.
Above Misfortunes.
1t is evidence of little minds thai
they are cowed by misfortunes;
equally is it evidence of great
minds that they rise above them
Men have, like plants, latent prop
critics which chance brings to light.
You must make of your life a link
NC WI la nd Of eli. -t,,,.
that its placement in the working
cables of your state will mean in
creased safety for industry and for
life.
Example OF Magellan.
Ma gellan sailing from a port In
Spain with five ships with the OBJ
ject of discovering passage from
the east to the west, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, a shorter way
from Europe to India. at the lowest
part of South America discovered
the passageway and against the mu-
tiny of his ships crew, forced his |
way through to the open Pacific
this was afterwards called the
straits of Magellan. With his object |
half gained, his followers wanted to
return to Spain without discovering
the actual way to the Indies and |
let some new enterprise to follow
this, sail from the east to the west
from Europe to Asia, Magellan
standing with all the firmness of
conquerer over every dependency,
over every turn-back ism or that
disposition which stops short of the 4.
final accomplishment. said no, he
would cross the ocean and would find
the confines of India if he had to
eat every leathern thwart on the
ship. He did eat the thwarts but he
made the trip and the discovery. and |
n hg
world from the east to the west.
You, young people, are the straits |
which connect the boundless seas of |
the past and the future. The prom
ised land is ahead of you. Go in and
possess it, do not die on Mt. Pisgah.
If need be, like Magellan, stew up
the leathern bindings on your ship
furnishings for food rather than be |
gutter.
The Messiahs OF Nature.
The greatest of all mirales is the |
man who does not turn back and of
such men are the Messiahs of nature |
made. Nature as well as the scrip |
ture tells us that you are in the i'm
age of God. lie that understands nor |
thus much, hath yet the introduce
ton, the first lesson. and has yet to
begin the alphabet of man.
Man is constantly making new |
discoveries, finding out the miracles |
of nature. The radio, a discovery of |
the passages In the air that without
wiring. Insulation. or posts, will |
carry the voices thousands of miles. |
enables us with the slightest ex-
penditure to stay in our rooms and |
hear the voices of the universe, the |
music of the spheres.
Radio In The Brain E q o
1t is possible to make im,lar dis
coveries in the passages of your
brain and accomplish conceptions and |
realizations that are beyond the
utmost reach of imagery
From the waterways of the state
developed and is being developed a
million new horse power. l mean
that we have brought and are bring
ing into the industries of the state
a power equal to a million horses
and this is not hyperbole, and this
dustries of the state. Electric lines
crisis cross every section of the state,
carrying light, carrying power.
Power Developing schools.
Just the same way are the schools |
of the state developing millions of
new life power, new horse power. |
You secure the one with man made
dams, with wires, with machines.
the application of man developed
electric current. We call it harness
Ing nature for the usufruct of the
state. The other takes the boys and
girls of the land and develops their
minds and their souls. The electric
current is finite, the other is inf
mite. We have not found how far
we can go in organizing the natural
forces and this because we have nor
finished the mind
Man from the very time that God
breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life, making him living soul. |
became the Messiah of Nature and OF
unlimited accomplishments. 1t Is
within your power to become the
interpreter of nature, and this being
true, it is no wonder the state taxes
to the limit to develop this greatest