The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-31
ROOSEVELT TO MEN.
NEW YoRiS's GOVERNOR SPEAKS
To \. VI. G. \.
CARNEGIE HALL CROWDED.
nv Particularly CAUTIONED
THEN AGAINST ENVY.

commandment Now Than ~ HAS
nern for the rast Thirt, Cea-
turie--w e9Ith Not the ONLY cead
Tbiug IA Itfe-rar better 60 10
weii Something Worth Doing.
The True Christian l. the True
citizen.
New York Dec so-Gov. Roosevelt
spoke this afternoon AZ Carnegie HAN
hcfore an audience Of Young men thit
completely hIIod ,he house. "a was a
mass moe'ing arranged by the Young
Mems Christian Afnocai1n of the city,
hut % was eomeRhat unique in the fact
that the chief speaker w8a in q way Ad-
dressing more tnan ID hundred other au-
d.ences throIs ttsat the country 10 had
been arranged - that copics % GOV.
Roaaetvlts address had been secured ia
advance ana sent 90 secretaries of assoc
citations throughout thc country. and u
was said that thc address was read aloud
20 more than a hundred other meetings
az the same hour
William =. boiEo presided ana among
those on che platform were Gen. o. ..
Howard, Gen. John a. Brooke aud wa
rious officers from the hartor forts ana
tine navy yanl There were also more
than hunslred blue jackets and soldiers
present. most OF whom are members Of
the army and navy branch or the assoc
citation. The New York festival chorua
had elevated seats on the platform and
conducted by Mr. Morgan che director.
rendered musical selections.
Mr. Dodge spoke briefly on the history
OF the y ~. c. A.. and then eulogizcd
Col. Roososelt ia the various capacities
Ia which he is known to the pai'lic. rhs
Vice Presldcnt-elect was received with
prolonged appliance.
The following are extracts from thu
address;
These ussociatious Of yours try % make
men aelf-helpful and to help them when
they arc aolf-helpfui. They ~ not Try
merely 10 carry them. 20 benefit them for
the moment az the cost Of their future
undolnR This means that all In any
way connected with them not merely To-
tain. but Increase their sclf-rcspoct. Any
man who takes part Ia the work of such
tent and benefits the community to some
extent-of course a.Maya with the proviso
TINT the organization Is well managed.
and b run on business basis. as well
as wiih a phlllnthrop.c purpose.
The feeling 81 brotherhood a neccaaari-
/ ly as remote frosn q pltrouiziuK spirit on
the one hand, a. from spirit Of envy
N "A ffaa.. -
Tor our uplifting must be- done by our
selves. aud yet with hrctheriy kindness
Tor our nelghhor. In such work aud
I therefore. in the kind Of work done by
the Young Men'a Carisfiau Associations.
we al stand on the self-respecting basis
OF mutual benefit snd common effort. An
OF ua who take Part in any such work
in whatever measure. both receive anI
confer benefits. This is true of the found
/ er AMI Eiver and IL b. 30 less true u
I every man who takes advantage or what
the founder and nivor have done. This
brotherhood makes us al realize how
much We huYe in common. and how much
/ we can do when we work iu common
doub, u Il is possible to overostimate tho
| good done by the mere fact Of associa a.
/ fion with common interest, and for a
common end and when the common iu-
| tereat is high and the common end pecu-
| Harry worthy. the good done ie Of cours.,
many times increased
There are. of course thousand differ
ent ways la which the work can be- done.
and each man must choose as hts tastes
and hts powers bid him. u he Is to do the
best OF which be IL capable. Bat all the
! kinds Of work muHs Pc carried along on
l certain definite lines n good r. to come
/ All tine work must be attempted ~ on the
I whole this Young Mems Christian Asao-
citation work has been done. that g.. ia =
/ spirit of good viii towards an and not
| % hatred towards somc' IN spirit IN
/ which 20 brOsd charity foF mankind there
/ ls added keen and healthy sanity oe
mind. We must resain our self-rcspeo-
| each and all ~ ~. ana We must beware
I alike of mushv nentimeutailfy ard oe
| envy and hatred.
There h degradation 70 as n we feel
| envy and malice and hatred of oue's =
naighbor for enr cause and n we envy
/ him merely because of his riches we show
We have ourselves low ideals Money -
| q good thing II g. foolish ancctafson
70 deny a. But q Is not the only good
/ thing and afser certain amount has
been amassed ~ ceases 70 De the chief
/ even Of material good things n is far
/ better FOR instance 90 do wen bit of
work which is wcli-worth doing I do
not care whether this work q that of an
i fNhlNtNf CT II Nfftt fHNAfHAN Nf NNNfIItN OF
/ a fishing boas. or foreman IN factory
/ or machine shop. or section boss. or a.
/ vision chief. or assistant astronomer N
/ an observatory. or a second Lieutenant
/ somewhere IN China o. the Philippines
/ each man of these has an impartant :
| piece Of work and n he r. really Interested
/ IN Il. and has the right stun in him. ne
viii be- altogether too proud of whas ha
/ la doing and TOO intent on doing II WELL
/ 10 waste his time IN cnvylng others.
From the days when the chosen people
/ received the decaioEue. 90 our own. envy
/ and malice have been recognized rs evils
and woe 20 those who appeal 20 them.
4 To break the Tcnsh Commandment g. no
more moral now than q has heen for the
1 past thirty centuries. The vice OF envy in
not only a dangerous. but also a mean
vice. for v is always a confession ~ ine
feriorlty. II may provoke conduct which
viii be fruitful 81 wrong doing 20 others:
and " must cause misery 20 che man
who feels Il. II win not he any the less
/ fruitful of wrong and misery. n as Il
90 often the case with cvf mo-
fIves H adopts some hieh-soandfnr
alias. The truth g. gentlemen that each
nne 81 tts has in him certain passions and
L insttacts, which. n they gain the unrer
/ hand in bis soul would mean that Tho
wild beast had come rrperrnoat IN hif1
/ Envy, malice ard hatred are such raa-
/ vionn. ana they are Just a. bad II direct
I "a against a class or group % men ag
| n directed against an individual what
we need IN our leaders and teachers is
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