The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21


more than two or three minutes. We have
heard something of Investments. There are
investments and investments, and it seems
to me that we are not investing as the
demands require I'm this line John Foster
used to say that power to the last item il
duty. think we are growing wealthy as
nation and as a community; it Is day of
investing for profit. Prove to any man that
an investment will pay in cash di aidends
and money is ready. Syndicates stand and
beg to allow them 10 make the investment
and carry on the enterprise. l believe If it
could be proven feasible the Atlantic itself
would be tunneled; or shaft sunk to Aus
tralia and patent elevators set at work.
Give men proof that an enterprise will pay,
and men stand ready with money to put in
to the work. We have here some of the
money and we have been led to see the
profit from the investment of money in
men; i'm young men. Now let me ask you,
with the amount of money in Christian
hands IN this country, from eight to ten
thousand million of dollars in Christian
hands, what are they doing with it? 1t
seems to me they are boarding it; this Is
wrong. 1t seems to me we should invest it
in some worthy line.
We are wealthy nation; we can buy
Great Britain add have hundreds of thou
sands left; we are wealthy in what we hold
in Christian hands, and it seems to me that
we are in splendid condition to do more as
Christian men in OwOssO. When we go to
Y.M.C. A rooms we go up u narrow stairs
and turn to the right, where we have two
fairly cOmmOdiOus, well furnished rooms,
while our sworn enemy, the saloon, is on
the ground floor with plate glass i'm front.
tell you, men and women, this is not right
We should INCEST IL men; we that are car
ing for the young men should see to IL that
that they have rooms on the ground floor
lUiu pInte glass dl front; it seems to me
that money invested in this work would pay
dividends that would be compound interest.
We build churches, and if we can build
churches we can prepare rooms; suite of
rooms that will accommodate the young
men, on the ground floor.
should not keep you; but you business
men md all You that value good citizenship,
| ask yOu to have thought of this, and ask
yourselves what do owe i'm this direction,
and will you not pay what you ought i'm
supporting this object in this town?
Rev. r. II. Davies spoke earnestly of The
Spiritual Needs, saying that the Christian
grace Of recognizing the uplifting of men
was more important than the advancement
of any particular denomination. When
of ''Thy will he done on earth as 1t is in
Heaven" then would the maximum of good
he accomplished. Christianity by that sign
would conquer. Mr.. Davies intense ear
nestness carried his audience with him to
that appreciation of the highest plane of
Christianity. Supt. Simmons, speaking of
Educational Needs, detailed in brief the
plan of organizing classes for study and
taking up those branches that were of
practical Importance. Those whose Oppor-
tunities had been limited or who had sacri-
feed their opportunities to become bread
winners, would then have chance for men-
tai training long denied them. The class
in arithmetic was to meet the following
Monday. Supt. Simmons then referred to
the benefit derived from the State cOnven-
ton of the Y.M.C.A. at Flint, where the
devotion of Christian workers was inspiring
and trusting that OwOssO might have the