The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-21
MIR. HARTE OF MOBILE SPEAKS
 TO TWO GREAT MEETINGS
Y. M {. A. Week of Prayer For Young Men of Mont gOmery Culminated in Successful
 Union Services.

singing of a familiar hymn, followed by a specially arranged ouartette number by J. J. Pierce, Hugh Stuart pr. James H. Lakin and T. weatherly Carter.
 Invocation was offered by Rev. ,. Street Baptist Church. ''Rock of Ages" was rendered by the quartette. As an offatory, W. L. Van Pelt sang, Jerusalem"
 Rev. Neal L. Anderson, D. D., pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church introduced MT. Harte. He referred in eulogistic terms to the services rem dered his country, his State, and his Maker by Mir. Harte as chaplain of the 2nd Alabama Infantry during the Spanish war.
 There are hundreds of homes ,n Alabama" said the speaker "that owe MT. Harte debt of gratitude that can never be paid for his work among the sons and brothers, who responded to the call to arms in 1898" He also pNSd high tribute to MT. Harte's services to the Mobile Young Mems Christian Association of which ne IS general secretary. He then pre- sented Mir. Harte.
 in Montgomery and 1t was evident that his reception was very cordial.
 Mr. Harte Speaks.
 He began his remarks hy sneaIing, of the love he bore Montgomerv on account of the kindness shown inc soldiers of the End Alabama by the women of the city when the regiment was .encamped at Riverside park, prep- service. ''''
 Mir. Harte's subject was Mans Money and Moneys Man" His text was z taken from St. Mark, the incl dent of the conversation between the saviour and the rich mans son The failure of the rich mans son fo meet the requirement exacted bv the Master to sell all his goods and follow him In order to- achieve life eternal. showed that there was something lacklns in the man. Every man, dur ing his lifetime. longs for life eter. nal. The rich mans son had many re- qulrements of follower of Christ He had answered truthfuIiy that he had observed the Ten Commandments since his birth. A man whose morals are not the morals of the Ten Com mandments can never be a true fol- lower of Jesus Christ
 In this the young man had a great advantage, said MT. Harte. A clean record is a more desirable asset than silver. gold or fame. He spoke with delight of the election of Hon Joseph i w Folk to the gubernatorial chair of Missouri He told of how, when Mir Folk, as District Attorney, first began his prosecution of grating oficehold CTS, the boodlers had threatened him with political ruin without effect; they had endeavored to bribe him without enect, and, as last resort, had threat ened to look up his moral record and publish 1t. But Mir. Folk calmly told them to look 1t up; there was nothing l against him. In a few months Mir l Folk had been elected Governor of Missouri on the Democratic ticket, al- though the Republican national ticket had swept the State.
 Keep Ten Commandments.
 The speaker emphasized the point that although 1t Is commonly believed that few men keep the Ten Command ments, 1t Is nevertheless true that there are many men in every community who | do so. Christianity demands more than a keeping of the Ten Commandments To keep the Ten Commandments, a man need do nothing but sit in his house and live on his income. They are all commandments of not doing. Chris 1 tianity demands a service of doing Judaism Is a negative creed, while Christianity is positive. The new com. mandments given by the Savior are the rules of the positive Christian relig- ion.
 The failure of the rich mans son to follow Christ was the most pitiful in cident in the entire history of the world. The young man had all the sec l ondary things of life. He had wealth, health. influence and a clear record, but there is nothing that wealth can buy that one cannot do without if the heart strings are turned with God. Mu- sic. art, culture and aspirations are good In their way, but a poor man has music in the song of the mocking bird that no prima donna may equal. He has the free view of the sunrise, that no artist has ever been able to sue lcessfully picture, ana the conscience of right living and the fellowship of man and God is better than culture and as- piration. Christian character Is tho l one essential.
 Money made the rich mans son re- fuse Christ and this action deprived him of money. It made money have him.
 MT. Harte closed his remarks by elo- quently picturing the promptings or emotions, good and bad, in Jean Val jean, when he identified himself as an escaped convict to save another and drew a speaking pen-picture of the joy in his heart when the deed had been done.
 At the close of his remarks, the au- dience was dismissed by Rev O. F.. Gregory, pastor of the Adams Street Baptist Church, with prayer. -