The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-27

Subject of Address in First BAPTIST
Church by C. l.. Gates.

Subject of Address in First Baptist
Church by C. l.. Gates.
At the First Baptist Church at night
Mr.. Gates devoted his address to point
ing out the Importance of young men
to social, political and religious life,
then told Of the temptations that beset
them and showed the need of an insti-
tuition like the Y. NJ. C. A. for their
physical and moral welfare.
The speaker was introduced by Rev
DIR. J. D. Jordan, pastor of the church
When DR.. Jordan began his introduce
ton there were but nineteen people in
the church. This fact the speaker al
luded to humorously by telling a story
or Bob Taylor. According to this story
Taylor, when introduced one night to
an audience whose chief claim to dis
tnction was it's want of size. remark
ed by way of introduction that he had
often spoken to larger audiences. but
could not remember ever to have adj
dressed one more select
Mr.. Gates announced that il was not
his intention to make a stated address.
but that he wanted to set forth some
1acts about young men which are not
generally known, or little thought of.
To give some idea of their Importance
to the business life alone of a commun-
ity he asked his hearers how manv
places OF business would be able to
conduct their work should all the
young men some day refuse to go to
work; then answered the question by
saying that very few of them would
be able to get along, for young men
form about one-siXth of the popula-
ton or the country, and young men
practically shape the business of the
country. IIcaA
The Young Mans Daily Life.
Things that affect the young man in
his daily life was the next part of the
subject discussed. I'VE are prone to
call ourselves an independent people"
said Mr.. Gates, land yet as a matter
OF fact we are led in all the affairs
or life and this leadership is mostly
that of the young men,
10 show the truth of this statement
Mr.. Gates told of one of the largest
businesses of Atlanta being under the
direct management of a young man,
and of an immense cotton mill in
South Carolina also in the direct con-
troll of man less than thirty years
OLD. In college life, too, he said, the
whole mould of it is set by some few
OF the young men, and in other social
HE the conditions are practically the
same.
What is the standing of the young
men in your city," he asked. This is
pertinent query, for the time will
come when you will need them for the
leadership of the community and OF
the church of God"
Stumbling Blocks in Life.
Some of the things that prevent
fv~nt las, I've
sort of lives were next discussed, first
of them the indulgence in drink. AZ
ter telling something of the power OF
the liquor gang and stating that II
is found everywhere to control the
cities and the gang in power" the
speaker stated that this hold of the
men engaged in the traffic was held
only through the young men, and said
that at a convention of the liquor men
held in Cleveland sometime ago the
president of the organization had
stated that the success of the business
depends on the creation of appetite fol
liquor, and had advised his hearers t
do missionary work among boys, ex-
planning that every nickle spent in this
way would return dollars to the Golfers
of the saloon men, and closed the talk
by saying above all things create ap-
petite"
Inc OlhulhnE EVIL.
Gambling was another of the things
described by the speaker as a him
drance to young men achieving success
in life. The introduction of slot ma
chimes has greatly tended to develop
the instinct to gamble, he said, and
further have the effect of developing
and strengthening it. Inducements
both to drink and to gamble arswn-
tended almost entirely for young men.
Another hindrance to the success of
young men was described to a tendency
on the part of many of them to treat
tiippantly all matters connected with
the church, which results in their not
going to church, and the church, as a
consequence, is not reaching them. If
the church could reach all these young
men that are now outside of it's pale
things could be done that at present
are not even dreamed of. I'VE can't
reach young men in the ordinary
way" said Mr.. Gates in conclusion,
and so must reach them in some other
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