Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-12
THE NAY FESTIVAL.
The First Nights Entertainment Pro-
nOuncPd Success.

nounced Success.
The first entertainment in the three
nights course of lecture and song, given
at the Methodist church under the aus
plces of the Ladies AID society of that
church, passed off Tuesday night in a
satisfactory manner. The speakers
platform had been neatly dressed with
flags and with flowers, a fine large palm
adding its part TO the beauty of the
decorations. The auditorium was well
filled with expectaDt people, and it is
likely that there were none present
whose expectations were not fully real
lied.
The entertainment opened with a
selection by the ever popular church
choir, followed by piano solo, "The
Last Hope, "(GOttschalk) by Mrs. ID.
Frank Redd. This was an exceedingly
fine piece of music, and it was rendered
with art and power.
Il chsste and beautiful May Day
song by the Misses Dsher and Hoham
was finely rendered.
a solo on the violin was given by II
O.. Patton which was received with ap-
probation.
The speaker of the evening, DR.
Frank Crane, was introduced by Rev.
l.. ). Smith and proceeded to his sub
ject, taking a chair and sitting down
during part of his lecture, owing to
physical weakness resultant from re-
cent illness. The speaker was at ease
and suffered no inconvenience. He as
sured the audience that he was free
from pain, and If there was anything of
that kind it would be with the audience.
There was a prelude to the main
thought of the lecture, In which the
speaker gave several answers to his
subject "What Will You Do With 1t, .
in which he spoke of different forms of
powers of life but each of which was
unsatisfactory. One form Of power was
wealth, another physical strength, an.
other beauty, ETC., but these did not
meet the real question at issue. A broad
vein of original fine-grained humor led
through his PREDATORY talk. and which
with his striking originality, took his
audience captive from the beginning
The problems of life were not the
questions of political economies, the
best application of wealth or material
resources, neither currency nor social
conditions. The real questions of life
sat around the hearthstone of the heart.
Youth was the period of destiny. The
great questions were being solved by
the boys and girls Youth not only
does this, but it settles destiny, charac-
ter, fixes the trade and shapes the
questions of succeeding years. lie had
no patience with those who speak of
the thoughtlessness of youth. There
was but one time when a man could be
nobly thOughtleSs, and that was at the
pericI called death.
ManliDess meant three things First,
bravery. What was the prime requisite
of any man-cOurageous for the right
Second, gentleness. Civilization was
but the womanization of man. When
you have brave man who has learned
to be gentle, then you have the essence
of the true gentleman. Third, obedi-
ence. This was the crOwning stone of
happiness. You say love is the great
est thing In the world. 1t is if you
know how to spell it. If you do not it
will lead you in fruitless ways, like a
will o the wisp; but if you spell it right
then you may know what it means:
Loyal
Bravery, gentleness, obedience-but
the greatest of these is obedience
Loyal to your own convictions, loyal to
your sense of right.