Evening star., 1905-10-31

the ycung men. 1t y GOOD 70 b . veteran
but blea6eqt to - feekc1ed With tha beFns
hon which has accomplished 90 much.
like success. that success won by fair
means and used ID the right direction when
4 = ascribed to the blessing that ocmeth
from above. And thus this association.
what all It possesses and In what It pur-
poses to do, stands forth tor the power OF
Jesus name, the power OF that man who
ssss om psalm 1 Except the % Lord
keep the city. the watchman waketh. but
''The 7. n. c. A. IL by-product In the
the case in some by-products. it Is the most
valuable by-product Of the output. The
problem Of the city is the problem Of today.
1t is not new, but the conditions OF modern
civilization have intensified 1t by increasing
number, size and power of the cities. The
largest city mentioned in the Old Testament
is Ninevah; with Its COO 600 peoples less than
that OF Brooklyn; the largest mentioned In
the New Testament Is Rome, with Its l.
zoe, 600 habitants. The tides of mankind
now to the city; all classes como to the
city. the worker comes to find a Job. the
ambitious comes to gain notoriety, and the
frivolous comes to forget himself. The eyes
Of the world are on the city. We have the
vatchmen In the cities. men who are on
the lookout for the dangers of all kinds.
and they are awake and cry out to warn
us of the perils which beset or threaten US:
But the crying aloud and the summons OF
those who understand the dangers will be
vain unless something in the heart answers
and stands up with the integrity and virtue
and combine with them to drive out the
rascals.
1--WE look with interest on the reformers
and their movements In the city; but all
in vain unless there is something in the
character of the manhood in the cities on
which to build foundations. 1t depends on
whether there Is enough Christian moral
ity to stand as foundation for the pillar
Of civic purity. Platitudes. you will say:
A platitude Is fiat and solid and fit to build
upon. Human life is not founded on the
apexes Of cleverness, but on the solid and
broad basis Of the platitudes. Fair play is
the golden rule. The crisis between the
platitudes and the attitudes, or the new or
novel things, comes right in the cities; and
those in the focus are the young men. There
are masses of young men In the cities; they
are drawn together in the cities You can
not stop 1t, so you must meet 1t. Inere
used to be belief that God was going TO
take care Of the young men. God Is going
to take care of the young men only Dy
teaching them to take care Of themselves
and of each other. That Is what the Y. M
c. A. aims to do.
Should Express Three Things!
'oThe Y. NJ. C. A. should express three
things, to my mind. In the first place. it
should have sympathy of taste and teei-
ing; secondly, it should have a community
OI puIpOSe anu I'LL uiy, IL SiioN'0 A'N'
common ground of thought and conviction.
I find these three in the name. The sympa-
thy of taste and feeling Is found IN the
word Young. Those in the .springtime OF
their existence have common hopes. rejoice
in each others society, and with the youth.
It's always fair weather, when good fel-
lows get together Therein lies the SYM
pathy of feeling.
1.-THE second requisite, the community OF
purpose Is found in the word Men This
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thing that points forward to something bet
ter; youth is lovable because of the prom
ise that something Is to come out Of IT,
The purpose of the Y. NJ. c. A. is the de-
velopment Of manhood, the all-around man.
hood, Intellectual physical, moral and splr-
itual. These associations have the common
object of making the best of the young
men that come into them.
"What kind of manhood and on what
basis Is the manhood to be based? What
type of physical manhood are we to have!
Mere brute force? Is it to be the train
ing and cultivation of splendid animal
ism, without intelligence? What type of
moral manhood are we to have? Is it to
be the cultivation of the intense passions,
which recognize their qualification as the
chief end of man? What Is the spiritual
idea Of manhood? Is it something that we
can prove by mathematics or which will
serve worldly interests? Are all the old
virtues out Of date? Are we to have for
our manhood something new, clever
unique?
Let us have Christian manhood, the
manhood built on Christianity. The only
ground worth building our manhood upon
Is the old plain Christianity; all other is
sinking sand The day is not coming when
these associations will cease to be Chris
tian. What is Christianity? 1t Is the vital
principle which reaches back through nine
teen centuries to that Christ of Cavalry
This same principle, back of the church, is
also back of the Y. NJ. c. A, and the secre-
tary OF the association receives the divine
call just as the minister.
Il would leave this message with you,
If no other. Build, young men of WASH
ington, in the sympathy and joy of youth,
the fabric of noble manhood on the only
foundation given-on Christ the Lord-so
that even these stately walls which have
been erected by the generosity of thousands
shall seem but little in grandeur, compared
to those spiritual temples Of the men train
ed in this association for the service OF
God"
Those on Platform.
Seated on the platform with Commissioner
Macfarland and President Woodward was
Rev. Henry Van Dyke. DID,, the orator of
the evening, and other seats on the plat
form were occupied by specially invited
guests. which included pastors, the direc-
tors of the association, the directors of the
Young Women's Christian Association, rep
resentatives of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution and former presidents of the
Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Richard c. Morse. secre-
tary OF the international committee Mr..
James Stokes of New York, the donor of
the association buildings in Paris, Rome
and st. Petersburg; Commissioner Biddle.
General Secretary Morriss of the Baltimore
association and General Secretary S. X.
Mckee of the Richmond association. Among
the directors of the association present
were noticed Messrs John B. Larner, An
son S. Taylor, Charles s. Nesbit, G. w. F.
Swartzell. DR.. ]. Taber Johnson. DR.. w. K.
Butler and DIR. Merrill q. Gates. Among
the pastors present were Rev. w. C. Alex
ander. Rev. c. F. Winbigler Rev. NJ. Ross
Fishburn. Rev. Samuel H. Greene, Rev.
Thomas c.. Easton, Rev. D. w. Montgom-
cry, Rev. F. D. Power, Rev. George H.
Corey. Rev. ]. w. Dawson and Rev. Dom
aid Macleod. Mrs. Bodfish and Mrs Hoeke,
represented the Young Women's Christian
Association, while Mrs. Lockwood and
others represented the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Among the former
presidents In attendance were Mr.. Charles
Lyman. Rev. J. G. Ames and DR.. E. NJ
Gallaudet.
NEW vORK,S HENSTTc