St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-22
YOUNG MEN ARE NEEDED,
SAYS REV. A. II. MOORE, AND HE
TELLS WHY THEY MUST DE s1c
RAISED UP. @si
STRENGTH OF THE WORLD
Is in the Young Men, and on Them
Dependence Must Be ~
Placed. S-3'

his text from the Epistle of John.
second chapter and fourteenth verse
The aged apostle said: ''I have
written unto you, young men, be-
cause We are strong, and the word
of God abideth in you, and we have
overcome the wicked one'' John
was, perhaps, the youngest of the
twelve apostles, yet he lived to a
greater age than any of them, and
was in the service of Christ longer
by several years. His life covered
a full century, and he was active in
the ministry to the close. When
he could no longer stand to preach
he would sit and talk to the people.
He never lost his interest in young
men, as witness our text. Next to
BarnabaS he was the young mans
friend. I place Barnabas first be-
cause he, more than any of the early
evangeliStS, was willing to give a
young man the second chance. That
one trait makes BarnabaS one of
the most lovely characters of the
New Testament. John, alone among
a century of Christian history. When
a young man, he followed Jesus to
the judgment hall. A few hours
later he stood by the cross, and re-
ceived that precious charge, the
care of the mother of Jesus. He saw
the church planted and dispersed.
He saw hundreds of churches spring
up to take the place of the one dis
persed. One by one he babe fare
well to his fellow apostles. He
alone remains. The next generation
is growing old. The church has
spread over the whole earth, but per-
secution still prevails. 1t is a time
that tries mems souls. If the tri-
umph of the church is to be COM
plete he sees that men of
GRIT AND GRACE"
must be raised up. He sees, what
so many even now fail to see, that
the hope of the church is in the
young men. Not that the old men
are to be pushed to one side and
laid upon the shelf, but that at best
they can fill their places for a few
years only, and then young men,
men of faith and men of God, will
be needed to fill the vacancies.
Hence he says: 81 write to you,
The strength of the world lies in
it's young men. age for wisdom; ;
youth for folly, but early manhood
for strength The French have a.
saying that if a man is going to ac-
complish anything in life he will do
it by the time ne is thirty. Napo-
leon, who possessed such a marvel
Gus genius for war, won his great
victories when a, young man. Alex
ander conquered the world and died
before he had scarcely passed his
youth. The rich men of the world
laid the foundation of their wealth
in their youth. The leading colleges
of the country are selecting young
men for the position of president.
The University of Chicago, the most
remarkable Institution of modern
times, was framed and is presided
over by young man. Edison, the
greatest inventor of the world, is
still comparatively young man.
Tesla, 1.-The wizard of the electrical
world" as he is called, who can re-
ceive enough electricity into his body
to kill a hundred men, and then
give it forth in light until he is
completely enveloped in a halo of
glory, himself unframed the mean
while, promises to revolutionize our
ideas of electricity before he reaches
middle life.
Now, what is true of the battlefield
of finance, of education and of science
is also true of the church. Young men
are needed because they are strong
They are coura geous. They are will
ing to venture forward. One hopeful
feature of nineteenth century Chris
tianity is that the church has discov-
cred the young people. Until recently
it scarcely knew that it had any young
people Indeed, it did not have many
During the first two decades Of the
present century not more than pei
cent of the young men in our great
colleges were Christians. They were
skeptics and pronounced infidels. Now
by far the majority are followers OF
Him before Whom the rich young ruler
bowed and said, Good Master, what
good thing must 1 do to inherit eterta
life?" About thirty years ago the
Young Mems Christian association was
organized. Today it has perhaps. E
million members and has rescued theu
sands of young men who were wander
ing away. tsz
Scarcely a city or town of any size il
the whole country is without an asso
citation. 1 am told that there is nont
in st. Paul. This is surprising. Wta!
is it so? 1t is certainly not because
there is no work to be done for young
men. Fourteen years ago the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavol
was organized. Today there are Al, %
societies and a membership of lab, TAO
Last year they led 10000 souls TT
Christ, and raised S25O000 for missions
This is the outcome of fourteen year:
of praying, singing and working
Surely the blessing of God is upon thi:
movement. Eighteen hundred years
ago John said, Il write unto you be.
cause We are strong 1t seems thai
the church is only now discoverine
what he saw then. But there are
TWO OTHER REASONS
which John had in writing to the young
men. We must look at these briefly
One was, as he expressed it, 1.-The WORD
of the Lord abideth in you" That
means that they had studied the Scrip.
ture and that they had become rooted
and grounded in the faith. 1t is sad
to see so much Indifference to the word
of God. Thousands of young men are
carried away with Sunday base ball
or cycling, or Sunday excursions. This
is sad because they need the church
and the church needs them. But / am
not pessimist about this matter. ]
know there are people who lament the
good old times; who tell US of the days
when every man carried a Bible in his
pocket That is all well enough, but
we must remember that distance
lends enchantment to the halcyon Ciays