Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10


the man is too game. He dies too
bravely and too quietly. There isn't
enough excitement of horror in It,
Fling a woman into the arena-here
she comesl Young and beautiful and
delicately nurtured-a girl like you,
dauehter-next week would come her
wedding day. Gods, what a scream!
1t frightened the lion that rended her.
Young Christian, you who complain
that your church is too strict and rig
orous with you-thats the way your.
ancestors, your fathers and mothers
I'm Christ attended the great theaters
i'm the Roman empire. That was the
sport that made the name Christian
the noblest bravest, sublimest, most
heroic name I'm any language in any
age Of the world!
"Yes, my children, your fathers went
to the theater And they gloried In
It. Could you? And who looked on
from the boxes and the high, safe
seats? The same kind of people who
attend prize fights today Politicians,
business men, rich men of leisurei
people who believed in 'healthful ana
ennobling sport, in which they were
safe spectators.
"Ah, the world was full of pleasure
I'm those good old wlde-open days
The most popular emperor was ne VINO
the Woodworking citizens who had so
few pleasures in life. Even today
there are people in Los Angeles who
have absolutely no pleasures WHAT
ever just because a few years ago the
'long-hairs and hypocrites' of the
churches managed at last to put stop
to courslng-a sport In which half a
dozen dogs tore live rabbits to pieces
for the amusement Of some pleasure
loving people on Sunday afternoon:
What's life without good time?
Wine party, Monday; theater, Tues
day; dinner, Wednesday, automobile
trip with a supper at a winery, Thurs
day; Ascot races, Friday; prize fight,
Saturday, and golf Sunday! There's
a jolly week for youl Strike the pace,
my son. Rejoice, o young mn, In thy
youth and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth and walk in the
ways of thine heart and In the sight
of thine eyes, but know thou, that for
all these things God will bring thee
into judgmentl"
Rally Closes Meeting
At the closing rally meeting in the
afternoon Rev. S. A. Northrop pre-
sided
Rev. A. L. Wadsworth, field secre-
tary, read a report of the historical
committee. He said
"In some sections there are so many
changes among the ministers that they
have taken the name of butterfly pas
tors"
Rev. Arthur S. Phelps made short
address on your Part" in which he
said:
"It is a great thing to be an officer
of young peoples society, or a mem-
ber of a committee. They said to an
old colored womanN I understand that
your soma who was studying for the
ministry, Holds a high position in the
church now 'Yis, sab; he's mighty
neah de top now; he's paintin'
steeples; he says dere's moh money
in paintin' steeples dan dey Is in
poundin' pulpits.' So 1t is a great
honor to hold a position in your So
ciety. But for what end is that honor?
One of the most wonderful discoveries
of Darwin in his origin of Species
for it's beauty. The color on the peach
and on the petal and on the birds
wing is to perpetuate the species. 1t
is to render them attractive to the
disseminating forces of propagation
Let use. then, justify honor My
wife has some old-fashioned chairs in
our parlor which we brought from our
home in Connecticut But heavy men
are warned not to sit down in them;
they are to look at. We hear our
young peoples committees report at
the quarterly business meeting, We
are holding our own Is that all you
can say? 1 go out on the ocean and
call to vessel we are passing, How
many knots are you making? and
she answers, we are not making any,
but we are holding our own 1 go
out on the porch in the moonlight and
see my friend in the hammock and
say, Fred, what are you doing?' and
he answers, 4 am holding my own
go to the cemetery and 1 say, old
cemetery, what are you doing?' and
the cemetery answers, Holding my
own Holding its own, but every one
a corpse!
Definition of Life
Let use be directed into adaptation.
Spencer's definition of life was that
it is the adaptation of internal rela-
tions to external relations. This must
be true of your committee. 1t will not
follow slavishly the rules laid down
in the books, but adjust itself to the
life of the church and the needs of the
surrounding community When Lin
coin was asked how long a mans legs
ought to be, he answered. L have al
ways thought mans legs ought to
be long enough to reach from his body
to the ground Your committee must
reach from the main body to the COM
munity. In a great building devoted