The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
TALKED TO Young MEN.
"ooseVelt and bishop Hendrix Adj
dressed the \. NJ g.


dressed the \. VI. G. 4.
Vice Prosident-Elcct Roosovelts "A
dress. Twentieth Century Tbopehts "
ana an address by Bishop y. r. Honsrix
were listened 10 hy a large gathering of
men at the Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation Yesterday afternoon.
The Roosevelt address Is one that ne
himself delivered az the same hour in
Carnegie Hail. New York city. before ,he
assembled y n G. A. members OF that
ciiy' ana which was read Ia an 81 tho
Young Mems Christian As4e4,fi,ps
throughout the United States The pa-
per was an excellent one in every resac.t
ana Mhle intended especially for the Y
NJ G. A.. Il contained thoughts and sug-
testlons that are adapted 10 the serious
constellation Of all bodies. civic or re-
liglous
IN a short Introductory address. Mr. "
y Stubs said. AS We are now stand
Ing upon TIE threshold 81 4 new century.
7 those in charge ~ tho Young Mems
Christian Association concurred in she
Idea ~ having ID general address u its
members, ana were able 10 secure Tor
such an address Gov Roosevelt / ask
I you 10 ponder well the thoughts that he
has embodied len his paper"
AGAIN. al tho conclusion Of the reading
ana preparatory 20 tho introduction OF
Bishop Hendrix, Ms Stubbs said.
Tho Y NJ C.. a. Is a brotherhood and
as such tends % the extension OF the
nope FOR the universal brotherhood OF
man, but above an the Y. NJ. G.. a. b.
| Christian organization. 50 We have
thought u wise to address az, also.
man whose life has been spent in this
work Go round on the meeting and give
TO ID the impetus power. and vitality OF
the Christian spirit"
Bishop Hendrix prcfacod his address
with an culogy upon Gov. Roosevelt.
While that admirable paper was being
read. he said I'm thought ! was trans
ported to Carnegie Hall. where Il was
being read By IS author man OF
healthy moral and elevated sentiment
and I thought what life meant 20 him.
Tor he Is "a Christian man.
throughout the whole OF the recent
national political campaign" he said.
zone Of the facts thnt more prominently
than any other impressed the whole c0un-
try was the irreproachable life OF Gov.
Roosevelt. for he had no skeleton n the
closet"
The Bishop then spoke OF the work Of
Gov. Roosevelt. when as police COM
missioner iu New York he did so much
10 sloy the evil in that city. and again
when as Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
he Conducted that office with such excel
fence as 10 leave behind him a stainless
record. He wished 10 compare him. he
said. with another Harvard man who
compromised his religion to meet the OK
igcncies Of politics; the man that saI1
that 70 carry the Ten Commandments into
H. leo 4
who finally. though of brilliant intellect
and attainments, sunk so low that he re-
ported a prize fight. and finally had his
ne go out IN darkness.
My dear friends" said the Bishop
"ihe Christian worid Is looking for th"
manly Christian man. The Lord Is look
ing for the man with stun In him. As J:
Is said IN the Maine woods. he IS looking
for the man that can square twelve inch
es and thus bee suitable for the mast OF
q ship in the time OF s,mm. II has been
said. and rightly. that until you have
settled und settled Alright your relation
with Christ yon have not the power 70
DO good: man g. no stronger than Is his
hold on Christ. Christ Is ever searching
FOR men. for they are his tools. and
Christ wants you.
There WAS no time when strong Chris
tian men were more wanted than now.
You can measure the strength OF evil by
tine resistance that you receive from 81
when you try 20 DO good. What men
need to-day Is 10 be able to resist the
temptations Of the great modern city. To
do this one must have faith In God. ana
look 20 him for help. Il was 81 such
nan that Isaiah spoke when he said,
And a man shall De as q hiding place
from the wind. and "a covert from the
tempest. as rivers II water ia a dry place.
a. the shadow Of a great rock IN weary
land" These are the men THAI God wants
Il am sometimes troubled about my
country. the greater America has been
accomplished. what We want now Is the
greater Americans. men Of wider hori-
zon. men who lead true lives. and are o.
uncomrromisnc virtue. Christ was the
manifest man. and his life and the cross
have been the inspiration OF every great
man"
The Bishop closed his address by asking
that Gods blessings might rest upon nis
hearers. IN these solemn hours before the
century dies. and enable them 20 meet as
they should BE- met, the duties that ths
y,av. century will bring forth,