The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-27
FRED C. SMITH SPEAKS.
LARGE AUDIENCE ATTHE GRAND
 OPERA HOUSE.

| AASaA OA 2AAhhbCu A1GAu Up to Young Men.
 If there are those who have enter tained fears that material prosperity
 would make proud the New Haven
 Young Mems Christian association and
 hinder its spiritual work, if any doubt
 that the association is not holding up to the young men the true ideal of man. hood they should have been present at the great meeting for men at the Grand Opera house yesterday after
 noon and the other gatherings where Fred B. Smith of Chicago was the principal speaker. For weeks the meet ing of yesterday had been looked for
 ward to and even in the midst of the exercises of the opening week not a
 duty in connection with this event was neglected. It is not much wonder that the results were so magnificent.
 Seated on the stage of the opera house were several pastors and repre- sentative business and professional men of the city. At 8 o'clock when the doors l were opened the orchestra, conducted
 by Professor Haesche, began to play and continued till the house was filled. A brief song service followed, led by C.. J. Benham. Secretary Lotze announced the opening of the new building to the young men of the city and invited them to come in as members to en- joy the many privileges, especially the evening classes, which are already in- augurated, and the Bible school, which opens next Thursday.
 The subject of Mir Smiths address was "A Strong Man" and the more than 800 men assembled to hear him gave rapt attention from beginning till the close. There are many special messages in the Bible," said he, which are addressed to young men, exhorting them to be strong. Joshua was com manded to be strong and of a good courage But where shall a young man
 begin to strengthen himself? Who, when, where and what is the strong man of the Bible? When we speak of a strong man we naturally mean one strong in body, possessed with great strength and physical powers. Now
 physical power is a thing every man should desire. The Bible teaches it: in Paurs writings we read What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy spirit 'GIorify God in your bodies. When you mar the body, care not by what means, you are as much of a sinner as the blasphemer out on the street corner. You sin against God.
 But is physical power: the real test of manhood? It cannot be. You can
 think, of men that are physical giants but they are not your standard. We
 have seen men strong in body who were moral towards. It may be that if
 God gave some of you here your right name this afternoon you would no longer be known as 8 man.
 Again, the ability of a man to hon. estly get money signifies strength and is great power in mans life. Many young men are making 1t the object of their life, which is not right, but Gods word tells us that a man who fails to
 provide for his family is worse than an infidel. The worthless, shiftless, lazy man is exhorted to learn lesson of the
 ant who provides food for the winter.
 have no sympathy for that caveling fad which started in Iowa, that every man that had any money must be guilty of some crime It if it possible
 to be a rich man and use your wealth for God be one. He has place in the economy of His Kingdom for your wealth. But is the ability of 8 man to gain wealth the standard of strength? :? No, we cannot judge man by the
 amount of money he has made, We must look beyond the ability of man to make money or his physical power for real strength. I think we can learn Imany lessons from the quadripeds. have never heard of steer drinking beer or of hog chewing tobacco or of a
 bird dog smoking cigarettes. Bob Bur det says that when he sees a boy smoking cigarettes he feels like whip ping 8 man-the one that sold them to him. but when he saw a man smoking cigarettes he thought of him as a cipher with the rim knocked off. If then the standard of manhood is not in brawn, or muscle, or the intellectual part of man, where is it? In Genesis we read that God made man in His own image. That image does not mean the physi- cal image: but, listen, a little further on we read that God breathed into man and he became living soul Where is the man strong David got hold of the truth when he charged Sol- omon to be strong and show himself a man; to keep the charge of the living God and to walk in His ways? In a word it is be true to God A mans strength lies in his loyalty to God. The first time you prove you are a strong man will be when you say AS for me will serve God Any fool can be a devil but it takes a man to be a,Chris- tian. A man can be a Christian any where if he wants to. The strong man l is the man who dares live for God" l In response to the question How many wanted to begin the Christian life and serve God?" over one hundred rose | to their feet. MT. Smith will address another meeting in the Foy auditorium tonight at o'clock.
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