El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-12
Y. III, c. A.
SERVICES I'm THIS CITY SUNDAY
IN HONOR OF IT.
Sermons in the Morning and Union Ser
vices at Night in Chopin Hall With
Stereopticon Illustrations.


1t was field day Sunday for the
FL Paso Young Mems Christian AS
sociatiop. and the special services held
in the morning and at night showed
IN we'll the good work that is being
pushed here for the betterment OF the
many young men in this city, and the
efforts being made to carry out here
the great work that has beeu carried
out with such marked degree success
elsewhere, both in this and in other
countries.
In the morning. there was a sunrise
PRAYER meeting at the Y. NJ. &. A,
rooms and later there were morning
sermons on the y. NJ. G. a. and its
work in the First Methodist, the Pres
bvteriau and Christian churches.
There was special service at the Y: M.
G. y. in the afternoon, and at night
the day ending with union meeting
in Chopin hall. The Trinity pastor
was unable 10 preach on the subject IN
the morning as he had intended 10 be-
cause of illness; while at the Baptist
church there was a revival in progress,
and the pastor didsnOt think 1t advls-
able to make any break in the contlnu-
ity of the work there.
MORNING SERMONS.
At the Presbyterian church, Rev. H.
w. Moore preached q fOrcible sermon
on SIS the young man safe:' IL Samuel,
XVIII 81. He said, a pesslmlst Is gen
orally understood to be one who thinks
all things are ordered for the worst,
and that the world is wholly evil. lie
is a vulture flying over an acre OF roses
and seeing nothing but dead rat IN
far off corner. The optimist believes
all things in nature are ordered for
the best. He takes a hopeful view OF
things. Jesus was an optlmlst'
The attitude of faith is optimistic
Jesus never allowed his soul to
become embittered or himself to stlffen
into stoicism. Here are two pictures;
one in lights and the other in shadows.
Here is the picture of light. \ Dung
men have always ruled the world. Inc
greatest achievement have been done
before men were forty years OF age
Solomon was on the throne at 10
Josiah repaired the temple at 20; John
the Baptist preached repentance at 80.
Jesus died giving the world her great
est religion at 80. Napoleon at p was
a famous general. Lafayette's services
at 20 We're accepted by the American
congress. Pitt was prime minister at
II Story was on the U. ,: supreme
bench at -. \ Newton maze MS greatest
discoveries "a %
Now here is the picture in the sha-
dow. More than one-half OF The trampS,
dead beats, swindlers, rapists OF the
country are young men. The famous
Kentucky speradoes-the Turner
gang, were young men, with one eX-
ception. RANGING from Il to 20 years OF
age. In seven weeks in one American
newspaper. IS2 criminals were men
tioned, and of these 100 were young
men. In the Texas peDitentlarles at
Rusk and Huntsville for 1886 there
were 1853 criminals, and of these 2O9'
were young men. In a Georgia prison
for 1855 there were 1887 criminals, and
of these 1921 were youEg men. 1t Is
estimated that 30 per cent OF the con-
victs of the country are young men:
In New Carlisle, Pa, there entered
eleven saloons in four hours 1905 young
men. The young men OF our country
are to become our future voters, ousl-
ness men, clerks, husbands, fathers.
And the wise community will welcome
a remedy to heal this awful sore.
the tide has been stemmed the last few
wears through the y. NJ. c. A. and kin
dred organizations. This organization
has the seal of God on it, and the APP
nrob alton of the best men in business,
law, ministry, medicine, ard IS upheld
by every church. It's methods are the
most practical. 1t aims to save young
men, spiritually. physically, soclal ~
intellectually. 1t has belted the EARN
III lIS OIRdulLbbtObs hhN AVE-
erican property alone is valued at SIX
teen millions of dollars. The speaker
in closing called special attention to
the strong character Of the work in FL
Paso, and said that as there were
worms here gnawing under the bark,
the support of every one was needed:
The future of our city is full OF nope II
we stand together and encourage the
influence at work for good.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. Hoffman preached from the
text, Quit yourselves like mem"
Cor. XNI:I3 The speaker told of the
origin and development OF the assoc!a
ton, and quoted its present strength
Men are the stronger physica ", but
the women are the stronger spiritually
1t was never intended that these differ
enees should exist, but that man ano
woman should stand upon an equality
Women have been spiritually superior
because the world has made higher
standard of right fer women than fOl
men, Christ's choosing twelve men a.
the first standard bearers OF the Chris
tian religion shows clearly that mar
was to stand spiritually on as high /
plane as woman. In the present day
churches, especially in PrOtestantism
the men do the governing ana tho
women do the work. In general, anC
particularly in FL PasC. the Ladies
Aid societies are the main dependency
Of Christian organ cations.
In referring TO the small proportion o