The Portland daily press., 1896-02-05

make men strong, and this is true also
of most industrial pursuits. We must
learn what to do and how to do it, Our
surroundings render physical exercises
necessary. We live in time of rapid
transit of splendid advancement and
we need to be physically equal to the
demands made upon them.
Courage is cultivated by exercise. 1t
means manhood, success, leadership. 1t
does not mean foolhardiness. 1t does
not mean that "a man will jump from
the highest bridge he can find, but the
man who is we'll trained physically will
know how to act in time of danger.
Good health means much. 1t means
that man is to be physically perfect
with good digestion, with strong limbs,
a good heart, good lungs, elastic bones
Weak hearts result from a lack of exer-
else. For some reason the men who ex-
cises freely are less liable to colds. Good
digestion follows constant exercise, and
without good digestion life is hardly
worth living. Indigestion is the cause
Of most family rows. Nothing goes right
with the man who.lacks good digestion.
He is unhappy. Melancholy mean "black
bile. 1.-THE man who lacks good digestion
is of no use in the church, state or fami-
ly. The physical has tremendous place
in the development Of this magnificent
structure we call men. Let us do the
best we can with the physical body not
for the sake of being strong, but for
Gods sake. for the sake of his work.
He made vigorous appeal for a Y.
NJ c. A, where physical aggressive.
Christian manhood can be developed, for
| other things being equal a sound body
means sound mind.
W. 3. MILLAR
Of New York, member of the interna-
tional committee, was the next speaker,
and said that he had been suffering for
week with Indigestion. and not hay
ing the splendid health of DIR. Seerling
he couldn't hope to talk half as long.
IF the rum law is as dangerous as
was the comment of an Irishman, and
he felt that his speech might well be like
| that one. edo you know he said,
what Max O. Rel is saying about you in
Portland? He said in New York the
other day that the people of Portland
speech. He said that Mr.. Garland
| wired him, Talk about things in gen.
eral, and it struck him that it might
be a good idea.
This is an age when men devote
themselves to one thing. The time was
when your cobbler pulled teeth and prac-
tlced medicine. There was time when
the Y. NJ @. A. might as we'll have been
called the old wnmen's association, or
a sewing circle but when the call came
20 years ago. Work young men for young
men, this association took to itself
its present form and magnitude. He
spoke of what young men have done in
war, art, literature and religion.
with Lord Beaconsfeld he would say
that the history of heroes is the history
of youth. We need the best influence
OF young men in the nation. Young
men have shaped, and young men will
shape the destiny of thieE country; of all
countries. The history of all the world
proves this But it must be Christian
manhood. Rome fell because of the cor
ruption Of the young emperor. One hair
of the voting population of this country
are between the age of 81 and 81. They
hold the balance of power 1t is sur
prising how many of the great enterpri is
es OF the age are conducted by young
men,
He spoke of young newspaper men of
New York, and created a rip pie of
| laughter when he said that "Bab yland,"
the paper that tells all about how to
bring up infants, was one time edited by
a young man of IS. What OF the young
men of this country? First, they are
not in the church. Only per cent
the young mon, it is said, are members of
our churches, and only Is per cent are
in the habit of attending church TIL at
means that rs per cent never listen to the
gospel. In an eastern city of 2S7, 600 in
habitants, 30, 600 being men, only 45 90
of them were identified with churches.
| AS California pastor said: Somewhere
between the Sunday school and the
church, there is h svineland through
which tho young mon escape. Not only
are the young men not in the churches,
but they commit the majority of the
crimes that are committed. In one
great western city in one year, not
single young man united with church.
but 424 of them were convicted in the
courts
Mr.. Millar spoke eloquently of the Y
M. G. A., and said God raised it up at
the very time when it seemed to be the
extremity of the church and asked for
special help and prayer for young men
who leave their homes in the uoun try
| for slife in the city. Them comes the
terrible homesickness and the to mpta-
ton of the saloon and of the cheap re-
sorts +"
Mr.. c.. Johnson sang very effectively
s'Hear Me o Father" and Rev. D. NJ.
Pratt pronounced the benediction.
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