The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-15
THE DAnI1 EVENING TELEGRAPH PH1LADELPH1A, Fl

which he was afterwards 10 arrive; and, like
many young man In this hall Tonight in hts
Oreame be took no cognizauce OF the struggles
and bitter bardships through which he was TO
climb up TO supremacy. Young men ought TO
,tudy bic character, and try TO reproduce iG
themselves, in some measure, what made Joseph
so noble, SO great and so useful. The speaker
continued at some length, holding up the char
acteIs OF Moses, David, Paul, and others
whom the Bible tells of as self.sacrl6cing and
poble, to the young men, bidding them
follow their example and all would be well with
them, not only in this life but in the life to come.
In concluding he said:-Seek as far as in you
lies, to be truly loving people, that you may be
able TO spread the powers and influences OF love
over the whole of this land. If there be any
here who are remiss Christians LET me beseech
them to begin from this time to be in earnest.
II there be any lukewatm Christians here, let
me heseech them to be alive. And if there be
any Christless persons, that have never believed,
that are still destitute OF spiritual lie, let
me plead with and invite them to come to Him
who is the life, that they may become part of
the living body. Gods words are better than
mans, Let me repeat His words, and leave
them ringing in your ears. OF Jesus 1t is
written:-"As many as touched him were made
perfectly whole" When you believe in Jesus,
you touch Him. When you come TO Jesus, you
touch Him, When you throw yourself upon
Jesus, you touch Him. 1t is nothing but touch
ing. When you touch, 1t is instant cure, and
when you touch it is thorough cure. tho
rough cure for as many as will touch "As
many as touched him were made perfectly
whole o Christless ones come aud touch
him, and this anniversary of the Association,
joyous as it ought to be TO its members,
will be emphatically joyous to you as the be-
guning of a new life, as the time and the place
from which you will start upon new career of
peace and happiness, and Christian usefulness.
L have the greatest pleasure IN standing up and
addressing these feeble words to an audience,
and especially to these young men. pray God
that whatever of truth has been spoken may be
permanently written upon your hearts by the
power of the Divine Spirit. (Applauss.)
Tue solo and quartette, Thou, art our
Father,p by Hummel was then rendered, and
well me1ited the plaudits with which it was re-
ceived.
Rev. Edmund L. Clark, of New Haven, Con-
necucut, was next introduced. He said:-I am
very much obliged to you for your kind intro
duction. But it seems to me, in such place
as this, names are OF very little consequence.
The whole sum of the matter is, whether man
is Christian. Am not right, brethren2 If
we should be introduced into that upper room,
to the midst of that great crowd of witnesses,
do you suppose any one would be presented to
us as the "Rev. Mr. Paul or Dir. Peter Yn
Do you think that those who are singing and
pralsiDg in those upper courts have any higher
glory than the name Of Christi And have we,Iin
this world, ANYTHING to add to our simple, plain
title of Christian young men. 1t is just this
thing which seems to me to give dignity and
grandeur to our mission as a Christian AssoCia-
tioD. 1t is this thing of which desire TO speak
to you Sto-night-this magnanimity Of Chris
tianity which merges name, sex, and family into
the cause of Jesus Christ. The young Chris
tan must resolutely count the cost. He must
be prepared to make self-sacri6ces. 1t is great
misfortune, and no man doubts it, that three
fourths in the Church do not care for this work.
Christian is an ambassador of God, and he is
TO beseech and entreat men that they be re-
conciled 10 Jesus CHRIST. This Is the new fash
toned and the old fashioned Gospel of peace.
Beware, the King has not forgotten though he
be silent.n There a great many compromises
made, and a great many explanations about
those who take away some of its revenues.
Have we not learned as a nation that compro-
mises are never successful? (Applause.)
VOC me speaker & continued at some length, and
After the singing of another hymn, George Fl.
stuart, Esq, was introduced and made AN ear
nest appeal to the audience to bend in subscrip-
HGina " saect Ouiiulng such they have in
attracting the attention of the young men of the
city; sIIany of them would be led to visit it., and
thus they, in all probability, would be num-
bered with the followers OF Christ.
A co lection was then taken up, and con-
siderable amount realized.
After short address by Rev. Phillips Brooks,
the benediction was pronounced, and the vast
audience, no doubt well pleased with the even
ing's entertainment, wendell their way slowly
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