The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-28

must tie done about it? 1t is .ae united labor
O. .iod, your brother and yourself
What must be lone for these men? / will con-
tiaue to say, while breath il left me: There
must De drinking fountains where men congre-
gate and where they pass by. Il is the interest
Oh the strongest political machine in every city
70 riaicule the idea aud to dispute the fact, and
refuse permission Tor its accomplishment.
There must be, must there not, places
FOR horses to drink? / DO not know
VINO furnishes these but somebody has
the sense and the funds If an OK fall into a pit
on the Sabbath day, will he not be drawn outg
no" much better is man than a sheer? Not
20 important, answers the new civilization! Can
not man shift for himsel No, not without
great waste. Can rot he drink at home?
Well, can not the horse drink at home? II q
mans time is more valuable than that of n
morse, give him place between his Office and
ms nome TO get a drink of water, or he may not
De aoie 10 get past all the beer counters. Every
other hydrant Ought to have an extension, with
running water anu drain, so that somebody
VIA not complain thst his cellar is flooded.
There must be coffee houses in the busiest
ana most populous parts of the town. You can
make up your mind TO this: That the saloon
will never die until you furnish something to
take its place. This must be done on behalf of
me men who have no homes and no families
IEesc institutions will support themselves, or
nearly so. AMI II they don't support themselves
they will prove the most efficient form OF saving
young mems money and character. There need
not be eny preaching at all in these coffee
houses. The preaching is the coffea, the papers
ana the books. There need be no be badges on
Christian or on Christian work.
There ought to be d branch of the Y NJ c.. A
down town. Its present location is good for its
members, who are mostly provided with some
sort OF a home, or, If not, they know where the
association is, and they feel at home there /,
Il good place for the man who lives here per-
hans, but there ought TO be a room down town.
where the stranger could DO found--a kind Of
advance scouting station.
There ought 10 be very much larger quarters
In the public library, and it ought to be acce..
sibie at ali hours. There ough, to be several
duplicates OF the books most called fox The
pubic binary is not to furnish q museum, but
70 supply need.
! have SO far confined myself to one side OF
thi' subject-what ought to be done Tor men,
But there is n better and more important one
than that-what ought TO be done by the men who
need these and Other things? Young men are
not objects OF charity. They are not 10 be cod
died like babies, and handled softly like deli
cate china. What are you going to do for your.
selves? Nobody can save You unless you meet
them halfway. Viii! you allow yourself or your
brother who is not here to live life OF such
poverty? Is this sort of life all that you hope
to i've? VIII you allow existence to be robbed
OF its crown, and friendship of its glory?
Suppose now that You are living regularly:
eating reasonable meals at reasonable hours;
working certain other hours and sleeping so
much OF the remainder. Is that life? Is not
the life more than the meat and tho body than
the raimeut9
If yours Is manual work, and you are tired at
night, get card at the library and always have
book by you, SO that you will not wonder
what to do with yourself. Get some books OF
tr0yala hinnFayhv nr
sweet and tonic that you fancy. Don't get some
book that you dislike. for then you won't read it.
III your room is not already heated save from
your smoking or other unnecessary Injuries
enough to heat it. II will take very little. Then
invite a friend who knows more than you to
spend the evening with YOU. You can give him
book, or talk, or enjoy respectable game.
But as you value growth and the acquisition of
Ideas, and the attainment OF a respectable posi-
ton in the world OF thinking and rational men,
don't waste the evenings. week in and week out
on any wretohed game When Will you get any
knowledge to do you any good if you don't get
1t now? The lack OF a reading habit is one OF
the greatest curses possible.
The lack of it makes a man empty and animal,
because unless brushes his own ideas
against those OF somebody else they will never
amount to much.
In case you are following sedentary employ
ment and feel the need of exercise join one of
association We're ycu never there? It's
pleasant place for the strong young life and
offers the society OF athletic fellows like your
sell.
Ii you like to speak out your ideas and to hear
others. join the Young Mems Debating Society,
which meets In this church every Tuesday
evening You will be welcome there
Put yourself where people can find you. Don't
wait to be dragged out from some corner and
sought for like II pearl Respect the manhood
that God has crowned in you: display it in the
best places and the best ways; care for the best
that is in you and other people will care Tor
You. Think manly thoughts: speak convic.
lions; be humble inquirer after facts. and you
will find place in any ely and escape the
worst temptations. Good society always costs
less than bad. There men here now who
think they cannot afford good society. They
cannot afford any other, from a financial or
moral standpoint More than anything else you
need a home, aud you and all the world are
growing worse and worse without homes. You
think you cannot afford IL. You must have II.
God made you for it, and made the home for
You. II the devil rules society and says ether
wise, bid the devil get behind you.
Look forward to home as the best gift OF
God for nothing will take It's place!
home gave you all that is good in you. 1t
was there that you were ushered into the world,
10 take the crowns OF glory and honor that await
a true manhood IL is the nursery of virtues
the comforter OF WEAKNESS, the consolation of
encouragement, the nucleus around which
gather JOY and love anu peace and generosity
ii is the thing most to he desired on earth, and
the ante chamber of heaven. No makeshift OF
place to spend the evening can take its
place. The nation without il is ruined, and
the man without it generally goes wrong. God
saw the need Of il aud said so, and made it an
institution, and the expediency of man that
puts it aside works death TO soul, body and
spirit
But nobody is sufficient for these things
There are men who have done all these things
alone, but they cannot be well done. The Col
who was SO mindful of man that He visited
him and started him with so rich abilities, did
not leave him 10 shift for himself.
..WHAT TUE UNIVERSE EXPECTS"
Eloquent Sermon by Fairhaven Di-
vine at First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Walter Laidlaw, president OF the
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