The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-05
ADDRESS AT Y. M. C. A.
Prof. McCartha of Troy Spoke to
Young Men.


Young Men.
The large audience of men that assem-
bled in the parlors of the Montgomery
Young Mems Christian Association Sum
day afternoon heard an interest address
by Professor C. l.. McCartha of Troy,
who came to Montgomery to speak to the
young men.
The subject was Acceptable Workman
ship" and was treated ably. His nrst
proposition was that there are three
things which never change: God, hu-
mainly and Gods purpose in humanity
It was to the latter that his remarks
were especially directed. ~
''God has a plan for you, a purpose for
everyone, and an ideal before his great
God foresight That ideal is the ideal of
workmanship" said Professor McCartha.
Continuing, he said: The world, Is
full of workers; fuller today than 1t has
ever been. All animate being is at work
the beavers, the birds, the squirrels, all
the beasts are workers-and they remain
beasts. They never rise. And there are
millions Of men today on this low level.
Whether they WELD the pen or carry the
hod, they are simply workers, toiling for
their wage. meeting the requirements of
the hireling's task, and no more. There
is muscle and Drawn in the man that
sings the pick, but there Is no mind
power behind it. The recent Spanish
American war has brought out new
phrase-'the man behind the gum But
! would call your attention this evening
to the man behind the gunner-to that
which differentiates the workman from
the worker.
ITO do this the old Apostle gave to the
young man the key word: Study. 1t is
for this that God has endowed men with
mind, and not beasts. We are placed
for a time on a level a little lower than
the angels. We are to look down on
the cherub and seraph and archangel
after while. / by no means underesti-
mate a mans spiritual nature. 1t is. his
wing by which he Is to soar. But the
spirit of man Is to his complex being
what the nerve of man Is to his physl-
cal being. Nerve may feel and culver
and be racked with pain, but 1t is nerve
still. Nerve is given that it may direct
muscle, that 1t may broaden shoulder
that 1t may raise burdens. strike blows
and produce effects. Mans MIND Is
still more complex and multiform being
Cultivate your spiritual nature as you
would keep your nervous system In order.
In your spiritual nature avoid the deaden-
ing sleep OF fatalism on the one hand
or the wild intoxicant of enthusiasm on
the other. These extremes are 10 De
avoided. Take the reference book OF the
realm and on Bonded knee ask what the
KING saws: Study to show thyself APP
proved unto Cod"
He spoke of the seeming waste Of ma
+erial in training the apprentice into
iourneyman. and the further waste when
seems to take place in further training
10 the master-builder, but showed the
great usefulness of this training.
This word study, he said. is
rather complex word. 1t is based. first
on the thought of desire, of wish. Second,
on the thought of love. affection, attach
uent. Third. upon the thought of in
tense effort Take these three and put
them together. and you have study. Study
books, study principles, study laws. STUDY
sesthetics. study beauty. study truth. In
YOUR study. endeavor to secure human
anprobation, but above all secure the
approval of Him who sees clear through
and through the work"
The last idea advanced was that every