Download or read book The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated Thro' the night there arose a mighty voice Of manhood calling to the strength of men, And morning dawned upon an old, red field Made glorious by a City's sudden birth. Strange Providence of God that watches o'er The destinies of nations, and ope'd His ears To cries of hunger out of ruined homes, And gave such stores where only bread was asked! And set the Iron Mountain in the midst, And, sheathed with coal, the breast of that grand State, Whose wan and shrunken form, and chilly limbs Needed new blood within each weakened vein, Strong, red and healthful for a blessed old age, And fire to glow again upon her happy hearth. The City that was built by men, because It was the answer of the Father's love. That never turns away from cry of human need! The little babe, that lay within the arms Of that poor, weary, weakened mother-state, Hath grown to such imperial stature now Its arms uphold her in her olden pride, And she forgets the past, when hope had died, Its wealth hath robed her in fresh grace anew - Its power restored the sceptre she had lost. Mary Gordon Duffee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.