The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
ADDRESS BY REV. L. L. WRIT
Noted CongregationaIistT Talks Eavn-
estly to Members Of Y. ". G. A.
at AasOcfatiOusa R00ma.

Rev. l.. L. Writ. superintendent OF Con-
gregational church work In Alaska. ad-
dressed the members of the Y NJ. &. A.
In the auditorium OF the association build
ing yesterday afternoon. large num-
be- OF young men were present. and NJ
the end OF the address bade Mr.. Writ,
who left for Nome last night, good by.
Gospel hymn and prayer service opened
the meeting. On being introduced 10 his
audience the speaker, after expressing
his pleasure at being able TO attend. sail
he wished to talk with his listeners as
man TO man. He announced as his text
the 4lst chapter OF Isaiah.
He said he meant to speak not so much
OF the physical as OF the mental side of
the man. About 100 years ago. he said.
black men were being imported into tho
United States as slaves They we're Wild
children OF nature. stepped in dense Ig-
norance and superstition. Their masters
did nothing 10 enlighten them, yet one
boy. said the speaker. forced himself up
through the darkness. overcoming almost
impossible obstacles, until he stool the
equal OF anyone In the country. This
was Frederick Douglas. What. asked Mr.
Writ, was the tremendous energy which
enabled Douglas TO rise from such n
depth. and whence was TT
He told OF seeing tree in the Yosemite
10 be 5000 old. BIRDS were building in
Its branches he declared, when Christ
was born. It's leaves were rustling In .he
breeze when Alexander started out on
his conquest Of India Think of the en-
ergy necessary to support that tree dur
ing all these years and then ask what
was that energy. and whence1 In the
valley I also saw a geyser rising nom
the ground in a delicately colorcd shower
80 4
brilliancy OF your Fourth OF July fire.
works Consider the years II had been
pouring forth. and then ask who was the
stoler In the earth. whence IT sprang.
whose hand was on the throttle during
all the long years.
AS another example OF energy he took
the formation of the diamond from coal.
and then stated that what ne wished most
10 impress upon his hearers In the first
part Of his address WAS the idea OF the
unlimited power and energy In the world
The rest OF the address consisted In tell
ing what this power was.
In the beginning, he said. there was a
great dynamic force. which at the Gre
alton became flesh and blood. What, he
asked, was this force. this combination
OF all powers and cnergies7
Have you ever thought OF Christ, your
elder brother In this light" he asked,
"as the force that permeates the uni
verse, bending the stars and worlds In
their course with mathematical preci-
sion. bringing forth the modest blade ~
grass. crushing piece OF coal together
until II became the diamond. and caus-
,nr the caterpillar to burst from its she'll
in the form OF a butterfly Christ Is the
force o. all forces. the ssorehouse OF en-
ergy; he holds the world In his hands
In conclusion Mr.. Writ told his listen
ers N there were any black spots IN
their past lives. Co forget them, and try
TO live better IN tho present and future.
"You have got today. and perhaps TO-
morrow, iet the dead past bury It's
dead II YOU have bees thief or a
,ohhcr what OF ~ I, - past. Glue the
mage down and try 20 1--we better tofay
and tomorrow You will get Justice done
30 you In the next world, and Justice Is
all that any man can ask for.