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DEAD WITNESSES ; OF OUR BATTLES Dr. Hiilis Tells of Real Own , ers o? Republic. NOBLE DEAD, LIVING. UNBOflN B> Rev. Dr. NEWELL OWIOHT HILUS, Pailor of ('l)muu:h Church. Brooklyn, N. Y Edmund Ilurke oiire spoke of civ ilization km n con tract I) ? twee n three parties, the nohle dead, the ll\ lug and the un lK>rn. said I >r. 1111 lis, pastor of riyin< uth church, I?r<">!il.vii, In the sixth of lils series of sermons. Our fathers won the trea Mire, we en joy the riches, hut REV. Utt. NfcVt tlX UWIG1IT IIII.ua. our land iiimI In stitutions 11 f> duly lii>l<] in trust for tllOSe WllO U i't1 to Colli C. It Is with nvli'tv it s v\ iih IJi.it vim tlmt for centuries 1 12 1 s ii|tencd tho pur ple clusters for hungry pilgrims ?t I In in |<t <?n court. Many generations urr gone, l>ut they have an Investment In the roots, tlu" houghs am] the clusters that renin In. The living present has a stake in the ri|*' grapes, hut tho rich \ <no belongs to generations us yet uii liorti. Society Is like a solid, seamless r< he. *???:! weaves t e ayes like cloth upon a loom, ami the threads In the warp n rnl *.o.ii are -.pun out of the yesterc; i; hut the i i< li garment must clothe tli.' ' ?'n irrows. These, there fore. are th ?? four cont limit lea of life. There Is the coiil lrn.lt; of heredity In that your ancestors travel forward U|H)ii your liu-inii hody, lielng blood of your hi ? 'il, Iccc of y ? ?i 1 1- hi" ?, thought of your thought There |j the coutl unity of iii-4t :t lit fr??iM ill that the need corn of law, liberty and faith bus un folded Into the harvests of today. Yes terday's lo; canoe his culminated iu today's imlatl.il ship. Yesterday's rode cabin Is l>eoome today's cathedral. Yesterday's stone altar and human sac rifice have culminated in today's spirit ual temple and sucrltlce of hope and faith. Then there Is the continuity of history. In that the events of the past wer ? the parents of greater events that are to come. Finally there is the con tinuity of memory that hinds the years of childhood and youth, maturity and npe Into one Individual life, even as tl*? string hinds seventy golden beads into one precious necklace. Unconscious Immortality. Ry reason of this continuous life, therefore, the fathers or yesterday have a great stake In the Institutions of to day. It could not have heen otherwise, lira ma lite laid the foundations of St. 1 eter s, and Michelangelo tolled upon it* columns and ceilings. Think you that these architects are not Interested in the glorious cathedral huihlcd by their genius and self sacrifice? Are not the pilgrim fathers interested In the outcome of their life work? Is Lafayette dead? Has Washington for jrotteu? Is Lincoln dead? Has the great emancipator no regard for the black race whom he redeemed ? It Is impossible that the man who plants orchards and elms to furnish food and shade for coming generations should f.-rget all about his labors for his fel lows. The highest reason, therefore. Is with us when we aflinn that the noble dead on the one hand and the interests of unborn generations on the other hand are related to the fidelity and loyalty of nieu tolling in the pres ent Th* Noble Dead Witness** For Their Principles. The noble dead who lean from the battlements of heaven and watch the fortune of our battle puhlLsh to the modern contestants the great truths by which they lived. So spring rises higher than Its Bource, and no hero rises higher than his cliarlot of truth In which he rides up to meet and greet his God. When wise men dellt> eratwly choose a goal and struggle to ward that end. conquering all obsta cles, it is liecause they beljeve that the goal Is worth more than the pain Involved In conquering the bar riers. These Illustrious men were stoned, sawed asunder, exiled, mobbed. They wandered about In sheepskins and goatskins. They were destitute, attllct ed and tormented In their work as pa trlots, poets, tcachcrs and martyrs. They were men of like passion with ourselves. Their Issllos were sensl tlve. They shrank from the torture of the thumbscrew and rack They shlv. ered at the ojienlng of the dungeon door. Their cheeks blanched white when they saw the flames kindled, but they knew In whom they l>elleved. The Jailer stood beside them, but the Invisible Friend was closer still Tho I nseen Guide was too tiesr to l>e de nied. They heard his voice, felt the strength of his arms nnd were confi dent that they would not go alone Into the valley and shadow. The emergen cy was great, but their Companion, unseen, was more than equal to the emergency. Tested Facts. Out of their personal experience these martyrs were ennbletl to nay to those who csnie after, in the hour .. ?. ^ ? A when they were pursued ami tortured, "lie unafraid." Ood. who has com manded the burden, wlil, first of all. command the strength. The fuith of Christ is worth dying for. Liberty and Justice and truth hold eternal worth. In the moment that la darkest, Just above you you will find the open heav ens, one standing there like unto the Sou of God. With radiant facca and exulting hearts, therefore, these noble men who achieved our liliertlca went toward their martyrdom. Never were there such wltne*KCfl to truth. Of these heroca the world was not worthy. < Their achievement* and testimony make it imposaihle to douht t tin t tlie (Treat Ideas of the ChriKtlan religion, and democracy are worth dying for and that these idea* carry full power to lift those who immmcns them into the realm of liirlit far uliove |?overty, phys ical pain and death. Witnesses to God'a Power. The illustrious dead arc witnesses to an invisible <Jod, tli rough whose power and help they endure*]. Their testi mony is that the greatness of man is the greatness of (Jo-1 In him. William the Silent understood when, in expla nation of his ever widening career, he said that it seemed as If Ids victory wan not "so much that he had reached up and gripjM-d (Jod's hand as that (iod had reached down and lifted him." The loril protector of England under stood the principle when he said, "No man knows bow high he will rise when he steps Into <?od's chariot and allows himself to be swept forward by the steeds of Uod." The difference in great men and small is not so much the dif ference in their birth gift as in the way they allow themselves to be used. Some men are stiff necked and un yielding. When the opjtortunity comes and the crisis Is acute and the provi dence of (iod will, like a tioodtide, sweep them forward they will not let goof themselves and the tide ebbs. Gi oat Men and Small. The difference between men la like the difference between kinds of clay. One clay is plastic and yields Itself to the gentle touch of the potter and comes forth out of the flume porcelain priceless In Its beauty. Another lump of clay Is stiff and unyielding and can only be molded by the potter Into the vessel of common use. There were many men In Thebes' palace, but there Was only one man, Moses, who was willing to surrender himself to the will of Cod and follow the gleam. There were many rulers In the Sanhe drim, but only one bad eyes to perceive the heavenly vision and ears that heard the unseen spenker. There were many young men in the University o! Oxford when England's great crisis came, but there was only one who was sensitive to the divine overtures and followed God, the Unseen Leader, un til John Wesley became a world influ ence and one of the greatest of men. Example Is a wisp teacher. The great man who has put things to the prool has earned the right to counsel lessei men. This is the testimony of the 11 lustrlous dead as to their battle and their victory, "We endured and won by seeing C.od, who Is Invisible." Motives of Pride and Self Respect Bias Men Toward Higher Life. Motives of self respect and personal pride, therefore, should urge men to ward the higher Christian life. Some times pride Is an upward lifting quali ty, and sometimes pride looks down ward and becomes vanity and self con celt concerning things that perish Now that Admiral iHnvey has finished j his course and kept the fnith of pa triotism, every citizen honors the ad ' mlral for his noble pride In his achieve j incuts In Manila bay. When the houi came for him to close his eyes upor earthly scenes and prepare to meet tht patriots, the soldiers and martyrs whe had died for liberty, be must have fell that he would come In honored, known and waited for. It Is the captain whe betrays bis trust who Is conscious ot shame. To lose a battleship in defense of one's country and to die upon tlx | deck Is praiseworthy for Nelson and Farragut. Hut to lie on a battleship and eat and drink and feast while the trade wind blows the great ship upon the rocks Is to be looked upon with shame. The careless commander anticipates the hour when his fellow ottlcers will teat off his epaulets, break his sword and reduce him to the ranks. So terrible U j that ordeal that men have lost their reason In the hour of disgrace. Fot such henceforth all life becomes an In ferno. Such an hour came to Benedict Arnold, who died one of the most mis erable of men. In the old school read er of our boyhood wus found the Story of Aaron Ibirr, who at the end of his career was urged to take his place be fore be died among his fellow men. but who when the moment came could not endure the silent rebuke in the eye? of his fellows Traitor? to Themselves. Friendship must bo Innight. Ho who' would bo loved ns lender must buy Ids leadership at great price. Think you that it will bo an easy thing nftei death to enter the company of the elect and noble leaders coming In as one un worthy? Would you meet Lincoln be yond? Are you struggling unto 1>1o<m1 to help the colored race? If you hop? I to meet Webster and Washington musi you not promote the high ends and the great truths which they loved unt< blood? If you are willing to sacrifice tirelessly for the Institutions of voui { country you will hnvy earned the right to meet the groat patriots on equal ground. But what If yon have neglect ed patriotism, have undermined the' family, have misused the opportunities of your generation, have slipped out ol hard work and have left others to flghl the tm't'es? Do y? ii think yon can meet the fire* of scorn burning In the eyes of the Illustrious great when they turn iwa; Irom you because you were unworthy? Settlers preparing to enter a new country make ready In advance their gold, tool*, wed corn and equipment that they may begin the life In the new land properly furnished. Is there no suggest Ion here as to the prudent man laying up treasures In heaven and seud lug on in advance as couriers of Im mortality those whom he has helped? It is a llltle thing t';.it you succeed ma terlully he. it is t lit* great thing that you l..n e liui.t men and served the htglu-rj : i.i i; les of right that gives you plate a 'I |"'-.tlou ltciea 'ter. Today deal stc::ii wl:!i yourselves and ask whether yo.t have struggled unto blood, ilLe those l.i i' cm of old of whoiu the world was not worthy. Th? Illustrious Dead Witnesses of Our Dattlss. Sometimes the illustrious dead are wltneh>e-i against men. Concerning certain ones who had betrayed the great eouvletions it is said the stars hi their courses fought against them. In a moral universe It could not l?e other wise. The husbandman who has grown the vineyard with Indignation watches his successor misuse the vines that should have ripened clusters for gen erations yet unborn. The merchant who founds a great business, the edu cator who builds a great school, the architect who founds some Kt. I'aul's, the statesman and soldier who saved the Institutions of th?lr country, the teacher and parent who built them selves into their children nnd pupils nil these of necessity have a stake hi society. The ?ery thought that their life work Is to be overthrown Is painful. So great, therefore, is the interest of our fathers in the work of their chil dren that oftentimes they draw neur to the battlements of heaven to dis cern how tilings go with us upon earth. What if there Is an Invisible world within reach of an outstretched arm! The Mind man is always near unto the world of flowers and faces and Btars, but it Is hidden. Perchance the un seen realm is here, but because we have no faculty to discern remains un known. Perchance we ore always under scru tiny of the greatest souls. IIow could It l?e otherwise? Noble teachers ob serve with deepest Interest how their students carry themselves on com mencement day. Artist masters an ticipate with eager anxiety the day when the paintings of their pupils will l>e hung. Homer in his "Odyssey" makes the old hero Laertes exult when he saw his son, Odysseus, and his grandson. Telemnclius, outdoing each the other In deeds of bruvery. The French artist has thrown upou the', walls of the Beaux Arts his "Court of Genius." The Court of Genius. The greatest men of all the ages are i assembled In the gallery. Here are the Jurists, Moses and Phocion and their fellows; here are the philoso phers, Plato and Aristotle and Bacon j ami Newton; here are the artists, from l'hidlas and. Xeuxla to Rodin and Rembrandt; here are the orators known for their eloquence, aud the poets with their books in the hand, aud here, too. are the martyrs of liberty. Standing In the gallery, thoso who are Judging men and ranking them look down luto tho arena. Now they ap plaud the achievement of some noble youth, and now they are ashamed of some lender who for a ribbon or a wedge of silver has been a traitor to ward his followers, and now those who have so great n stake In our in stitutions exult over some bravo deed and worthy act. But this is no artist vision. If. in deed, there l>e a meeting place of the noble dead, tills Is the necessity of log ie? that the great who have gone are concerned with the fortunes of our battle. Be not deceived. Always you are under scrutiny. In the empyrean above stand all you loved or lost. The Great Assize. Among that company of men made perfect stand your noble father, the face of your radiant and beautiful mother, and there, too, stands that great, dear Presence who has tilled all your career with providential Inter ferences in behalf of your manhood. And if perchance you were a general betraying his soldiers, a strong man spoiling his followers, a friend betray ing his friend, then the hour will come when you will ea'l upon the mountains and rocks to fab upon you and hide you from the face of God and the in dignation of those who belong to the beloved community that Christ calls his church. CARL VROOMAN PRAISES THE HILLIS SERMONS' Assistant Secretary Hopes All the Peo ple Will Read Them. Hon. Carl Vroomnn, assistant secre tary of agriculture. Is very much Inter ested in the great series of sermons Itev. Dr. Newell Dwlght Ilillis Is pre paring for this newspaper. One ser mon In particular, entitled "Winning a War; Plows Versus Gutis," caused him to write the following letter of appreciation: Department of Agriculture. Washing ton. May 5, 1017. 1 trust that the agricultural press as well as the dally press will l>e able to help give Dr. Ilillis* Inspiring message on our present f<x>d crisis to all the farmers in the nation. Nothing Is more Important at the present time than that our farming population as well as our city population should come to re alize the extreme nature of our present food crisis. Dr. Ilillis with his won- ; derful powers of thought and expres sion has a message for the people of this couutry. and 1 trust that as many 1 as possible of them will l>e given a chauce to rcr.d it and to take it to heart. Very truly yours. CARL V ROOM AN, Assistant Secretary. k Plioto by American Tress Association. Brigadie- General C'tarles J. Bai'ay. HOUSE COES IN FOR ECONOMY. Abolishes Clerkships To Eleven Committees. Partially as a war economy step, the House has abolished clerkships to eleven committees, which seldom, if ever, meet, says a Washington dis patch. Representative Sanford, of New York, who forced the economy, show ed that frequently Representatives' secretaries, who, beginning July 1, will be paid $2,000 a year, also held the committee clerkships with addi tional pay. Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Williams, of Faison , have- four fine sons and all of them have volunteered and joined some of the forces now being raised for the war. Dr. Lewis Hicks Wil liams is in the navy as assistant sur geon; Marshall Williams, Jr., is with the coast artillery at Fort Monroe; Roland Williams is entered for July examinations for the field artillery, :ind Virginius F. Williams is entered for the July examination for the :-avalry service of the U. S. A. ? Wal lace News. Norway has 189,296 horses, 1,282, 14(5 sheep, 229,981 goats and 221, 146 hogs. ONLY ONE IN FOUR FiT FOR ARMY TEST By CAPTAIN GEORGE. L. KILMER. In the regular army three out of four applicants are rejected for physical de fects, some of which could be remedied If known beforehand. Defective eyes, ears and teeth are the principal causes. Type three-fourths of au Inch high must be read at twenty feet. Ears that can hear whispers or low tones at twenty feet will i>?s8. Certain teeth Photo by American Press Association. PARADE REST WITH RIFLE. must be perfect or properly filled? "grinders." Weight, chest measure and expan sion come next In these, faults may sometimes be remedied before risking a test The requirements are: At 5 feet 4 Inches, w eight 120 pounds, chest measure at least 30 Inches, with chest expansion 2 Inches. At 5 feet 5, 122 pounds, chest 30, expansion 2 Inches. At 5 feet 0. 124 pounds, SO^fc chest. 2 Inches expansion. At 0 feet 7, 120 pounds, 31 chest, 2 expansion. At 8 feet 8. 120 pounds, 31V* chest 2>4 ex pansion. At 5 feet 0, 133 pounds, 31H chest 2H expansion. At 5 feet 10, 135 pounds. 32 chest, 2H expansion. At C fe?< 11, 142 pounds. 32Vi chest. 2% ex pansion. For six footers the scale begins with 140 pounds, 32*i chest 3 inches expan sion. For every added inch up to 4 the weight increases 7 pounds, chest Increases an Inch with 3 Inch ex pansion irp to 0 feet 4, which is S1^ Underweight, bad teeth and faulty chest development may i*> remedied where the defects are not serious. Among the exercises recommended by army experts to bo taken bef< re reach ing camp are those which will reduce the waist, strengthen, liml>er or harden muscles and Joints and develop the chost The proper exercises for the purpose nre known to every athlete. THE SOUTHERN RA!LW?^C0M?4NY r~ s An Ambition and a Record THE needs of the South are identical with the needs ?f the Southern Railway : the growth and success of one means the upbuilding vf the other. Tkt Southern Railway asks uo farort? no special privilege not accorded to others. 7*be ambition of the Southern Railway Company is to see that unity of interest that it born of co-operation between the public and the railroads; to see perfected that fair and frank policy in the manage ment of ra: roa'n which invites the eonftaeoce of governmental agencies; to fra /e that liberality of treatment which will enable it to obta:> the a linonal capital needed for the acquisition of better and enlarged fac;;; r% incident to the demand for increased and better tervke; and. Lnally? To take ita niche in the body politic of the South alongside of other great industries, with no more, but with equal liberties, equal ngLts a. id equal opportunities. " The Southern Serves the South." Books for Children The average child likes a Book, and the parent who provides his child with a good Book, is doing a good deed. We have in the list below a few Books suitable for Chil dren from four to ten years of age. We have one copy each of the following: Pilgrims Progress, in words of one syllable 25c The Tale of Brownie Beaver 40c The Adventures of Reddy Fox 50c The Adventures of Johnny Chuck 50c Mr. Possum's Great Balloon Trip 50c Mr. Rabbit's Big Dinner 50c Making Up With Mr. Dog 50c For Older Children Waste Not, Want Not Stories 50c Bird World, by Stickney and Hoffman 50c Books for Boys The Woodcraft Manual, by E. S. Thompson 50c Lives of the Presidents, by E. S. Ellis 50c Civil War Stories ? From St. Nicholas 50c Life of Thomas A. Edison 50c George Washington, by W. O. Stoddard 50c Herald Book Store Smithfield, N. c UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS 27TH ANNUAL REUNION SONS OF VETERANS? 22ND ANNUAL REUNION Washington, D. C., June 4th-8th, 1917. ROUND TRIP FARES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Round Trip Fares from Principal Points as Follows: RALEIGH, N. C. - - - - $6.85 DURHAM, N. C., - - - - 6.80 GOLDSBORO, N. C., - - - 7.25 SELMA, N. C., 7.25 CHAPEL HILL STA., - - - 6.80 BURLINGTON, N. C., - - 6.80 Fares from other points in same proportion. Tickets will be on sale June 2nd, to 7th, inclusive with final return limit to reach original starting point by mid night of June 21st, 1917, or if you wish to remain longer, by depositing ticket with special agent at Washington and paying a fee of fifty cents final limit will be extended to reach original starting point by midnight of July 6th, 1917. Stop-overs permitted on either going or return trip within final limit of ticket. For detailed information as to SPECIAL TRAIN SER VICE, Pullman sleeping car reservations, etc., ask any agent Southern Railway System, or address, J. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh. N. C. THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH.
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