The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-30
FUTURE VATCHVORDS
Rev. D. HaIleron to the Junior
@. U. A. M.-Hope Of
Young Manhood.

The members of the various councils OF
the Jr. O. U. A. NJ, of Jersey City to the
number of several hundred listened to an IN
teresting and instructive sermon last even
in the Simpson M. E. Church, delivered to
them by the Pastor, the Rev. D.. Halleron.
DR.. Halleron took for his tex6:-"Quit
you like men; be strong" He said, among
other things:-"It is a great pleasure for me
to meet yonng men. like their buoyancy,
their courage, their sanguine nature. lhey
are the kings of the immediate future. Ihe
Church andthe State must keep in touch
with them.
.'Considering the grandeur of the opportuni-
ties. what marvels have been wrought i'll the
past fifty years, and in no country equal TO
ours, considering the cities built, the Instl-
buttons founded, the ground reclaimed, the
wealth discovered, the enterprises wrought,
who would not be a young man, a young
woman in this age, standing on the threshold
of such possibilities
STRENGTH.
Speaking of personal strength, Mr.. Hal
leron pointed out how little admirable was
that physical force which was not coupled
with strength of character. Real strength,
he said, was that which handled great topics
and was ready to do and dare for the right.
He went on:-'I am safe in saving that we
are a nation largely of dyspeptics which
arise from indiscretions of the table. Our
bodies are the finest specimens OF the Gre
ator's handy work, and are su posed to be
the temples of the Holy Ghost. 10 abuse
them is a double crime; q crime against the
self and against God, which will receive due
punishment in this life, if not in the next
world" The preacher advised the
Young men to be temperate in all
things, as a broken down system was
no use in the world, and this nation needed
strong men, both physically and mentally;
He then added: ''To a strong manhood l
would recommend a broad intelligence.
School learning is good, but unless we are
always scholars we shall be drones in the
hive, and earn a drones fate. The news
papers should be read. Do not confipe your
self to comic papers, cheap literature, nor
one-sided discussions of political issues. The
political parties should be carefully studled,
as should the social questions coming to the
front, the demands of labor, the claims of
capital, the eight-hour question, and the
tariff discussions as well as other topics OF
the day, SO as you can take a full place
among men who are posted upon the current
and national issues. lbe thorough in all things
you undertake to do, aim at the highest things:
See the mechanic that gets a job over all
competitors. He does not generally bid on
contracts, yet secures large ones. Men say
whatever he undertakes will be well done
and we need not watch i All, young
men, conscience should enter enter into our
doing. What cannot be done we'll should
not be undertaken at all. Men have asked,
why is that lawyer SO smart or that
Minister All, they are men that have put
their whole soul into their work. They do
their work from high and noble principles "
SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
The preacher then branched off upon the
tie temperance question and warned his hearers
against the evils OF strong drink. He next
spoke of High Morality" He said:-"I
come to the profoundest of all elements in
manliness, namely High Morality founded
on the Bible" Upon this subject he dwelt
at great length. He next scored President
Cleveland and spoke upon the condition of
the country. He said it was truly alarming.
1.-THE militia" he said, ''wcre unable to
quell the recent disturbances at Chicago,
and the u. S. troops were needed. The diff
Guilty undoubtedly lies at Washington.
What a spectacle is presented to us there.
Greed and party are the Shiboleths. What
do they care for the laboring man so long as
they get his vote? And who are the voters!
Carroll Wright, in his investigation of the
slums, says, In New York City, 1898 per
cent. are foreign voters. and in the slums
slunns, 1894; Baltimore, 20. ID: slums, 44.04;
Chicago, 5000; slums, 61.51. l say the repre-
sentativesatW Washington have love and feeling
for them. But | say it sarcasticaily, for those
politicians have no thought for anyone els,
but themselves, and that is what makes all
the trouble. If they would do more to bene-
fit suffering humanity and the working class,
instead Of the capitalists. there would not be
SO much trouble between the laborers and
the capitalists"
In conclusion he said, ''the watchwords on
the dawn of a new century will be, The
supremacy of the Bible; one nation; one
flag equal rights to rich and poor; the sup
port of the Christian Church TO the ~state.'"
In the congregation were representatives
from Admiral F~arragut, Palisade and Sum-
nit Councils.