Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-04
ANTHONY coMsrocK.
He Delivers an Address to Young Men at the
Y. n. c. A. Building.

He Delivers an Address TO Young Mon ut the
Y. n. c. A. Building.
The gymnasium Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was crowded yesterday by be-
tween five hundred and thousand men, old
and young, who were addressed for about half
an hour by Anthony Comstock, the secretary Of
the Society for the Suppression Of Vice, New
York city. Mr.. Comstock, who was introduced
as one who had done much for the protection
Of the youth Of the country, is o stoutly built
rss,. Of the average height. His beard is blonde
of the Burnside cut. and his head is rather
bold. His countenance is pleasing, his manner
none the less so, and he speaks In an earnest
convincing way.
Mr.. Comstock said that the purpose Of the
meeting was one Of business, business for
eternity. His audience was urged to realize
that it was the time to draw the line between
life and death. The past was gone, it could
not be changed, but the future lay before them.
The question therefore, was, how would they
build? They were all subject to the assaults Of
the evil one, and the object of the address was
to enable them to successfully overcome those
assaults. IF you are worth anything at ALL !"
said the speaker, 'you may be snre the devil 10
after you, for he never troubles himself
about any other The more worthy you are
the greater will DO his endeavor to over
coyae you" Some natures, said Mr.. COmstock,
are hike the hair trigger of rifle and for that
reason their struggle to overcome evil and its
alluring temptations require greater effort
than Is the case with those natures more heav-
lily balanced. He thought the world was too
quick to condemn and too slow to sympathiZe
and forgive. For twenty years he had stood
between the youth of America and all that
which dehles their natures and works their
destruction. and he knew vast deal of the
struggles Of the young of the country to avoid
and trample down such evils. No man, young
or old, could permit the tainted picture or
book to enter his chamber Of imagination
without suffering de6lement. He would not
say that such things were sought, he
enjoyed by the average man or boy,
but he did say that once permitted they
would overcome all who touched them The
imagination plays q despotic influence over
man from his birth to his death, and mans I'M:
asination, in the word Of God, lis evil from the
day of his birth" Youthful folly said the
speaker, destroyed old age, and young men
should not forget that life was something more
than living today and having a good time
They should remember that there il q life to be
lived in eternity. In concluding MS remarks
Mr.. Comstock urged the young men present to
remember that they would be the fathers of
future generations, and begged them to so live
now that those generations might be born with
all the purity of o sound, physical and moral
life.
Previous to Mr.. Comstock . address Secretary
Pugh called the attention of the audience to
the TACT that an effort was being made here to
send shipload OF food to the starving Rus
SLAMS, and the result was a very generous con-