Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
Mr.. Smiths Address.

Music was furnished by the Temple Quar-
tet and the Y. NJ. C. A. Orchestra. Mr..
Percy S. Foster led the congregational
singing. After the usual musical program
Mr.. Smith was introduced. He showed
what is meant by the term strong man"
so often used in the Bible. He spoke of
physical strength, mental strength, bust
ness strength and moral strength, and de-
clared that the latter was the one most de-
sired. He said 1t was good for man to be
physically strong, that in so training his
body he was keeping commandment Of
God; physical strength, however, is not all
to be desired.
Money making power is not the test of
mans strength, even in this age OF dol
lars The ability to make money honor
ably and to use it for the benefit of man
kind is not to be despised. 1t Is the duty
of every man to make money. 1t is his
duty to spend less than he makes, and to
be liberal in his gifts, to work for the up
lifting and betterment of his fellow-men.
But great ability to make money Is not an
Indication Of great strength.
Two Of the weakest men I ever knew
were worth millions which they accumu-
lated by means Of the labor of hundreds of
employees. When asked to make small
gift for the uplifting Of their employees they
declared that they didn't care II the men
who worked for them did go to hell, and
ployes to work very cheaply and would
lower their wages II 1t were possible No
body could say that such men as those
were typical of strength
Mr.. Smith also spoke Of the mental giant
who was lost to moral law. He told of the
man who possessed moral strength and as
serted that, after all, this was the best
form of strength, and was what was meant
by God in His commandment to be "Strong
men,"
At the close of the address the speaker
made plea to the young men to embrace
Christianity, and prayers were offered for
a large number of those in the audience
who asked the aid of the association.
Judge Spencer's Address.
1.-The Power and Importance Of the Young
Mems Christian Association formed the
theme for an address al the Church of the
Covenant In the morning by Judge Selden
P. Spencer of st. Louis. The speaker took
his text from Samuel 2;1s, in which is
found the story of David and Absalom
There can be no happiness If the young
man of the family is in danger physically
or morally Judge Spencer said. THE in
dustry of the world depends upon the young
man. upon his honesty and fearlessness.
The greatest asset the nation has today is
the integrity of the young men.
|. In the economy of God the power of
the young man for good is unlimited;
throughout the ages he has been called
upon to take leading part in the manage
ment of the worlds affairs. We have the
ii
ty-one; of Moses and Joshua, and in the
New Testament we find as the divine illus
tration of the worth of the young man
the life of Christ.
1.-The Y. NJ. c. A. is as broad as the world,
and wherever there be men gathered there
is the field of its endeavor. In the big
cities, in the colleges, the army, navy, rail-
roads, among the coored masses of the
south, and the Indians of the western
reservations, the softening uplifting, emo
bling inhences of the Y. NJ. C. A. are at
work Three hundred of our organizations
| in foreign fields are spreading the value Of
the lesson abroad.
"A work of prevention. and not of refor-
nation, is the labor of the Y. NJ. C. A. 1t
| saves tens Of thousands, where reformation
| saves only tens. 1t is a great bulwark of
| strength, and represents the interest which
| a Christian community has in its young
| men. The work for boys has but recently
been undertaken, but it has proved its
value.
| When 1t is remembered that in the big
| cities OF the United States four out of every
| FIVE young men are away from home. some
| idea of the good the Young Mems Christian
| Association is in position 60 do may be I'M
i derstood. Thirty thousand young men in
| Washington finish their labors in the even
Ing. and then, away from home and friends.