Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-04-01

| ftuenceS. with the mpanionSnip OF up
! right, earnest men, with Bible classes
and with the young mems prayer-meet-
ing.
| But If our young men are TO I've held
and strengthened, we must provide for
| their social and intellectual wants as
well as their spiritual necessities. What
means the existence of the Guilds, the
| Epworth Leagues and the Christion
| Endeavor Societies of the churches of
| to-day, with their potent and holy in
| fiuenceS, save 10y catering very largely
| TO the crying needs of the social life of
the young. If we hope TO cope with the
enemy, we must provide games and
| amusements, reading rooms, and libra
ries, filing the latter with the best and
choicest of literature. This side of our
| life must be carefully guarded, and If
we fail to supply that something better,
| is 1t any wonder that our influence with
them is lost forever.
Our ideal is to establish an all-round
manhood. The young men of our day.
will be the talented professional man of
| the future, the busy merchant, the in
| dustrious artisan; our boys viii sit in
| yonder hall making our laws, Others
| clothed in judicial ermine shall inter-
pret the same, while others yet shall
execute them. Whether the scales of
| justice shall be equally poised, whether
| the laws shall be patriotically enacted
and executed, whether the citizen shall
properly esteem his liberty and the
highest prerogatives of citizenship, de-
pends largely, yea, entirely upon the
young men of to-day, for as they are, so
| will be the future commonwealth.
What constitutes State?
| Not high raised battlements or labored mound
Thick wall or mOated gate.
| Not cities proud with spires and turrets
Not BAYS and broad armed ports
Where laughing at the storm rich nayies ride;
Not starred and spangled courts
/ Where low browed baseness watts perfume to
| pride,
No, men, high minded men,
With powers as far above, dull bruteS endued
| In forest brake or den,
| As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude;
Men, who their duties know,
| But know their rights, and knowing dare
Prevent the long aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant while they read the
These constitute State.
| And sovereign law, that states collected will.
Ger thrones and globes elate,
| Sits empress, repressing i'll and crowning
| good.
We expect to help, make, and keep
| your young men industrious workmen,
| good citizens, loyal to the stars and
| stripes, and to the public institution,
| of their country loyal to their homes
and firesdes, loyal to their own man.
hood. loyal To the church of their choice
and above all, loyal to the banner Of
Jesus.
We expect you to help us. Let me
state plainly our situation. You will
realize at once the Importance of our
work. That our Association has been a
blessing in the community, will hardly
be questioned. With our limited means
we have accomplished much, with more,
much greater results could have been
| obtained. Come some evening to our
rooms and see the young men gathering
there, from 80 to so, amid christian sur
roundings, engaged in reading, Bible
study or innocent amusements. Had
you not rather find your bog there, than
in the bar room, the card room 1t is
your bOg, not some one etse's boz that
is to befound. Then help us make those
rooms attractive. They must be so, or
your boy will go elsewhere, go where it
will cause the blush of shame to man.
tie his mothers s cheek, and his father s
head to bow in sorrow and woe. Help
us compete with the enemy, who em-
bellish their homes OF vice and iniquity,
so lavishly from plethoric treasury.
We set as our idea, an all-round man
hood, but he who does not regard him
self as Gods steward, to properly use
the talents, time and means at his COM
mand, falls far short of such stature
Therefore we plead with you-"Come
over and help us. F"
We expect that you shall judge us
only by the means at our CON mand, and
by results commensurate with such
means, not by our mistakes but by the
fruitage alreaJy gathered, and the bright
promise of the future. We expect a
charitable judgement from all. 1t is
human to err and while our highest eX-
pectations may not be realized. yet by
Gods help, we ''shall plant and water, D
leaving the results to Him who alone
"giveth the increase" We expect that
you shall give us words of cheer and en-
couragement. The road is often dark
and rough, which the warm pressure of
your hand and a ''God speed'' from your
lips, would bighten and smooth. But
al 81 How often from the Uery ones
who should give it, is the hand with
held and the lips are dumb.
We owe $4,000 on our building. viii
we ever pay itp Yes, and know you
will help US to do it.
| / have enough faith in the importance
of the work, to answer yes; enough faith
in the generosity of the noble citizens
of this dear old city, whose hearts and
purses are always open to appeals OF
mercy and benevolence, to answer yes;
enough trust and confidence in the loyal
support of the Ladies Auxiliary, which
has so generously and intelligently
given unto us literally, to answer yes.
Men of Annapolis, we need you, busi-
ness men, professional men, we need
your assistance and Judgement; young
men, we need your lives, so plastic for
good or evil; mothers, wives we need
your sympathy and prayers, so helpful
and encouraging, and above all we need
the smiles of Heaven, under which we
will, indeed, be able to erect "Monu-
ment more lasting than brass and more
regal than the pyramids, because it will
be reared in the hearts and consciences
of the young men of your city.
Large Purchace of Real Estate.
Mrs. James III. Brown, wife of the
late ex-Mayor Brown, has purchased at
private sale from Mr.. Joseph S. NJ.
Basil, fourteen small frame houses sit
uated on Governor and Bride streets,
for $1,000. The property is part of the
seventeen houses advertised few days
ago in the CAPITAL. Mr.. Basil is in
negotiation with other parties for the
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