The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-08
DOES T PAY ID
 BE A CHRISTIAN
Rev. Hoyt Dobbs Speaks at the
 Y. M. C. A.
REWARD COMES IN THE END
"Who Shall Not Receive Manifold Things In This Present Time, and in the World to Come
 Everlasting Life"

The Young Mems Christian association rooms were well filled yesterday after noon with attentive listeners when the Rev. Hoyt Dobbs made an appealing ad- dress on the subject, Does It Pay To Be Christian?" The speaker took his text from Luke 1S:sO, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and In the world to come life everlasting"
 The Rev. Mr Dobbs said that ever since the time sixteen years ago when he went from Tuscaloosa to school at Greensboro he had been a friend of the Y. M. C. A, as the first man to greet him was member of the college association. He was glad to do all that he could in the inter- est of the institution, and considered 1t privilege to speak to such a represen- tative body of young men as greeted him yesterday. "In fact" he said. while in my position as pastor of the Methodist church, If there came a time when had to preach to only women and chil- dren, I would go some where else to find men. Women are nearly always good and doing good. There have been times when this world would have gone wrong but for the women. So l feel that the men need a message"
 The first need that was brought out that was that of appreciation of value; discrimination between that which Is worth while and not worth while, between the good and the bad, the friend and the foe.
 Great men have always had this quality, and 1t may be seen in their choice of friends. We find Peter and Paul, James and Andrew, and other of the apostles, grouped together, while the greatest ex- ample is that of Christ and John, the desciple, whom Jesus loved.
 The careless conception of John is that of weaklng, sentimental. "goody- goody' disciple. We forgot that he was called the son of thunder. a broad-shoul- dered, brawny. strong-minded noble- spirited fighter for the right.
 Reward In End.
 Having thus introduced his text, Mr Dobbs said he would first show that what may be lost for a day Is not lost forever. To be Christian does not necessarily mean that one will be successful in finan- cia matters. On the other hand, Christ has plainly said that all this must be gevn up to follow Him. One must be will ing to do good under all circumstances, to forsake all. He may win out in busl- ness, but the test will come and he must meet 1t boldly
 There Is a great tendency to measure life by dollars and cents, but ths flnan- cial view of the value of Christianity m ust be eliminated. In support of this argument 1t was said that all great preachers lawyers, artists, and men of consecrated lives had received small re- munerations. The first causes that pro- duce real wealth and reward are infinite ly worth more than wealth itself
 There is something greater than dol- lars and cents. The gallant three hun dred at the battle of Thermopylae all lost their lives. but down through all the ages their praises have been sung they have inspired the student in every school In America The struggle from '6l to '65 was lost in one way but gloriously won in another. Tine doctrine of states rights for which men suffered and died is now so sacred that men fear to infringe upon 1t. Thus the Christian may not be sue cessful in worldly affairs, but in the end will come the reward. He that has power to see that character counts more than wealth has learned the primary lesson in the kingdom of God
 Things Which Endure.
 The closing thought was that those things which endure are not the things of bronze and stone. That great Scotch man, David Livingston who left the lux