The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
THE SAVING OF YOUNG MEN.
Mr.. Moody Tells Of the Good that May~B,
Done.

Mr.. Moody Tells of the Good that Maybe
Done.
Long before the hour the building was filed
and OVERLOOKING Mr.. Moody coming on time,
was squeezed through the crowd, and got upon
the platform. The singing was given with even
greater feeling and force than in the morning.
Among the songs sung was that of r 2. Bliss,
killed in the Ashtabula disaster-'What Hast
Thou Done for Mep This was followed by
''Beulah Land" song Of triumph:
I've reached the land of corn and wiue~
And all it's riches freely mine;
The Savior comes aud walks with me-
And sweet communion here have we;
A sweet perfume upon the breeze
Is borne from ever-vernal trees;
The Zephyrs seem to float to
Sweet sounds of heavens melody.
In the chorus tho entire audience Joined,
greater unanimity in song never having been
seen in this city. Other songs followed, among
them 'Hallelujah! What Savior!r by Professor
and Mrs. Towner. DR.. Jeffrey of the First Bap-
list Church, prayed, after which it was announced
that an overflow meeting was in progress at tho
Second Presbyterian Church.
i. w. Munhall read letter from ". G. De-
Paw, at New Albany, regretting his inability
to be present at the meeting, but sending his
great good. Mr.. DePauw was on the programme
for a talk on the topic, what More can we DO
for Young Men, Mr.. Munhall, in his absence,
spoke the subject, showing the great
work that had been done and is
now doing by the Y. NJ. G. A. Five thousand
young men have been reached by the organiza-
ton in this city. He said that was only a drop
in the bucket but it indicates what can be done.
There are $4,000 men in the city of Indianapolis
between the ages of sixteen and thirty-two. Not
to exceed ID per cent of these are habitual
church-goers; not to exceed 25 per cent ever
darken the door of q church. There are over
l,SG0 boys and young men in the House of Refuge
and in the prisons of this State, and 40 600 more
who would be there if Justice was melted out to
them. We converted a young man and found it
cost seventeen cents to do 1t. ltcost this county,
some time ago, $11 600 to hang young man.
Four ffths of the tax duplicate is occa-
stoned by the lawlessness of young men.
They are the ones for whom you have
to tax yourselves in order to protect
yourselves in your person and property.
Every cent you pay into the church is we'll paid.
You are saving taxes. When young man be-
comes Christian he becomes lawabiding citi
zen. Ii every young man in indianapolis were
brought to Christ you could give your court
house to the Y NJ. c. A., which is badly in need
of a hall. The saloons would all be closed.
There are about ], 900 associations in the United
States and Canada. owning property amounting
to 81, 600, 900. Mr.. Munhall showed the needs of
the association here, and made stirring appeal
for aid to repair the present building and help
on the work in which the members are engaged,
and assist in saving the young men OF this city.
RESCUE the Perishing, Care for the Dying!7
was then sung
Mr. Moody said there is another thing these
associations have done They have been batter
ing down miserable sectaranism. You could
not have had such meeting as this twenty
years ago. The time was when we had to climb q
wall with a ladder to peep over to see what they
were about on the other side believe young
men of the present day have fifty temptations
where our fathers had one. They used to live
at home or live in the families of EMPLOYERS who
looked after them. No employer does that now
young man in store, or Office, or elsewhere
if he is attentive to his work during work
ing hours it makes no difference what
ne may do at night. He may
get drunk or fall into any kind of bad company
This association is not needed to help YOU You
have home, library and all that. 1t is for the
young man, the stranger In our cities who has
none Of these things. remember my first year
in city. ] got So a week and had to live close.
couldn't have secondrate, third rate or even
fourth rate boarding house; about fifth-rate
think. During week days the church was only
open on Wednesday. Four FIVE nights in the
week had no place to go. thought / would
remain in the sitting room. Not bit of that.
The iandlady wanted that for her family Said
she didn't take women boarders because she
didn't want to be bothered with them
about the house 1t is wonder all the men do
not 20 to ruin. All sorts of snares are about
them-bad men and bad women. / think every
agency that can reach young men ought to be
used Boys in our Sabbath schools at seven teen
think they ara very wise. They know every
thing. They want to be thought men, and sir
out from the Sabbath school into bad cogrpany'
Nearly all the young men in our saloons.