The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-13

and she said she heard him, in a very
 mournful voice, speaking to little Fido;
 Here, Fido-Fldo this is not an offering.
 it's collection" Laughter) Now, we don't want a collection, we want of-
 fering, and while the ushers are waiting
 upon you. which I hope they will do very
 slowly, I will ask MT. Jackson and his
 chorus back here to favor us with a se- lection.
 After the offering had been taken up MT. Wharton spoke as follows:
 We hope to have meeting here next Sunday afternoon, and let me say to you that everything here that goes over the expense of this meeting goes into the hands of the Young Mems Christian asso- ciation for good work. By the way. let me say right here that I saw in the papers yesterday or day before. the death of Sir George Williams. who was the founder of l the Young Mems Christian association. Just a year ago l was in Europe, and I had the pleasure and the honor of taking l my wife and two children to lunch in | the room where the Young Mems Chris- | tian association of the world was started. little bit of room about five feet square. Young George Williams had It for
 sleeping room, up over a store. and he | proposed one day to another young fel- | low that they would start an organiza- | ton by which they might get together every day for prayer We ate lunch In l that room. Sir George Williams sat at | the table. and we had most charming | time. I said Sir George I would like to stand at your side in heaven at the last | great day, and see something Of the ag- | gregate of the results of the wonderful l work you have started I saw just a day
 Or two ago that his spirit had gone homo | to God
 The Sermon.
 | My text is taken from the eighth chap | ter of the Book of Proverbs, fourth verse: | Unto you, oh man. I call" The subject advertised Is Gods Call for Men" l am a travelling man, and have been | Tor thirty years. I have travelled over
 more territory than perhaps any other travelling man in this house; not only in | this, but in other countries. Twelve years l ago l was in Birmingham conducting a | meeting as one of the gentlemen stated | In the Winnie Davis wlgwam. 1 wish you | could understand how Birmingham ap- | pears to me now In contrast to what it l was then. Everybody spoke of 1t then as
 a busy, energetic, prosperous young city,
 and its progress, its strides and it's thrift
 no man dreamt of, am sure; and today, | Birmingham great city of the south,
 it seems to me, Is only the promise of what 1t will be-one of the most manr nihcent places of industry and cities of | this great country.
 Country Needs Men.
 i, It Is pleasure to me to be back again. and l wish to say that as l have gone | here, there and everywhere, claiming to | be somewhat of an observer of men and
 things have come to the conclusion that | the greatest need of the world, of our
 country, of our churches, of politics and | home today is men. There are plenty of
 things going around with britches on, but | they are not men. Laughter.) Napoleon | was asked on one occasion what was the | great need of France. He answered in- | stantly, Good mothers' Well, we had | good mothers. God bless them; if you and | l were half as good as our mothers were | and taught us to be-. we would be long | ways better than we are today Shake- speare makes one of his characters say | 'T dare do all that may become a man; | who dares do more is none' and this | blessed book makes remark like this: | Quit you like men-be strong" If you | have been living a bad life, If you have
 been doing bad, if you are doing bad l things now, quit like a man. If you are | going good, and if you are occupied day | by day upon some good Job for the bene- | At and blessing of yourself and your fel- ] low men, when you have finished your work quit 1t like a man. And when life 1 here is ended. whether 1t be long or short,
 and you and turn to look for the last | time on the things of this earth. oh my | brothers, let us quit this old world like men. General Havelock. when he was | dying, sent for his son and said to him: | My son. I want to come and see how
 a christian man should die"
 Requisites of Manhood.
 | find in this book a plan and specih- | cation of what God thinks a man ought | -----~-~---~-------~--->--