The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-06

ton and dissention of 1908. He said.
and / shall not pretend to give his aeX-
act words, they have forgotten that
obedience is due to authority and law
simply because it is authority and
law. We have clothed them with
rights, with power. such as were never
before exercised by the rank and file
of the body of the people, and unless
we educate these people who are
about to write their desires into the
law, they will describe their will In
characters so terrific that not only ne
who runs may read, but he who reads
will rum
1--WE are living in a moment of the
fulfillment of that prophecy. The peo-
pie of this country are discovering new
power every day, the power of money.
the power of concentration, the power
of consolidation, both of capital and Of
labor, of which our forefathers never
dreamed. and every day we hear the
clash and crash of the opposing forces
and every day our hearts are trembling
| for the peace and good order of So
ciety. We want men in this emergen-
| cy, an emergency not of a moment. but
| one which will follow US from day to
! day and year to year and century to
| century, because as long as the human
race exists, God will give it something
| to do We want men in this emergen-
| cy who not only have intellects flooded
! alive, their wits sharpened, and keyed
| with the learning of schools and uni
| VerSitieS, but we want men whose
| hearts beat in sympathy with their fe5
| low men. We want men who will ap
proach these great problems not only
| by the light of the lamp of intellect,
| but also with the incandeScence of the
| love of justice and the intent to do it
at all hazards and under all circum-
| stances (cheers). And therefore the
Y. M. c. A. is the complement Of the
| schools and the universities. 1t will
help to give the young men of this
country the moral fiber and moral
strength they require. You are inter-
| ested in our great government.
Better Than Hiring Policemen.
you are interested to see that our
laws are wise. You are interested to
see that our fountains of justice render
| justice. 1 have no doubt that every
man before me would rather help up
young man in the way of goodness and
of truth, but | want to stimulate that
desire by stating that it is a great deal
cheaper and more effective to give him
a helping hand, far cheaper and better
to help the Y. M. G.. A. in this way
| than it is to employ an additional po-
liceman. l would rather spend what
little have to devote to the public use
with the Salvation Army and the Y.
M. G. A. and the churches than in in
creasing the police force and erecting
| penitentiaries. You have to do one or
| the other Society must be protected.
the laws must be enforced and 1 am
familiar with no. institution save
the Y. M. c. A. which takes a young
man by the hand, that wards off the
| evil influence of a new life away from
home, and that inspires him with true
confidence that gives him superior sue
| cess in the world.
Il think we could just as well afford
| to be without our schools as without
| our Y. NJ. G. A. 1t is an essential part
| of education. The Y. M. G. A. meets
| the young men at the borders of the
| city. 1t gathers them into it's great
arm and it trains their hearts to the
| sounds, the sweet sounds. or good liV-
| ing, and we need that school,; we need
it just as imperatively and as i'm
! periouSly as we do our other schools
| for the development of their charac-
! ters, and [ shall never lose an Oppor-
| tunity to lift my voieea4n praise of the
| work that has already been accom-
| plished by that institution. and with
the impetus that it has already receive
| ed, with the inspiration of the past,
| with good wishes for it daily accumu-
! lating, it will continue to increase its
| good works, and / believe that when
! we come to count our victories for
| ciety, for justice. and victories over
| those great problems which now face
us, in counting up the factors that
have enabled us to win these victories.
| and to lift still higher the fame of our
! country, factor high and honorable
and distinct will be the star of the Y
NJ c. A" (Applause)
Convention Officers.
The officers selected for the conven-
I fTr1, ~ IL. ~
| tee; vice chairman. Hon. John S. Mil
! Ter, Duluth; A. G. Anderson, st. Paul;
Fred w. Lyman, Minneapolis; Fred D.
/ Tucker; school of agriculture, Presi-
dent G. H. Bridgeman, Hamline;
| Thomas Owens, Two Harbors; secre-
| tary, William H. Wallace, Redwood
| Mimi; assistant secretaries, r. E.
Squires, Winona; Harry S. Martin,
| Carleton college.
The following committees We're ap-
pointed:
Nominating Chairman w. ~ Carroll
colleges.
Credentials-C Chairman, D. 0. Hanson,
J. 3. Rankin and Clinton Kock;
! Anderson, H. s. Manchester.
| State Committees Report-Chairman G.
A. Cruman, Phil Bevis and w. D. Will
-Resolutions-Ch airmen, w. j. Dean, G..
M: Palmer S. G. Abriel.
Devotional-Ch irmap, c. J. Hunt, H.
! F. Ware, H. c. Cooper.
| Auditor-Frank Nay.
The annual report of the state COM
mittee showed very satisfactory progress
during. the past year, and was particular
ly gratifying from a financial standpoint.
all bills having been promptly paid and
balance being still on hand
The programme for today is as follows
9:15-"Bible Study" Fred B. Smith,
secretary of the international committee,
! New York.
Reorganization and reports Of state
committee and treasurer
11:10-"The Association as an Educa-
tional Factor in the Community" w NJ
Wood, educational director, Chicago as
ISOLATION.
2:15-Second Bible hour
3:10-Section conferences.
8:00-Public meeting in Central Pres
! byterian church, when addresses will be
delivered by w. 3. Miller. of New York,
and L. Wilbur Messer of Chicago, the
latter to be illustrated with stereopticon
views.
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