Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-22
THE BOY
For the EAGLE

world today is the boy problem.
The boy receives worse treatment
nan any human being or any
animal on earth.
Business men never think OF
INVITING a boy into their office or
Of business or talking to
aim in n friendly confidential
manner, or make any effort to
a boys friendship, inspire
his ambition or help him, in any
way, to see the big things Of life
and make a man of himself. On
the other hand every loafer in
town or country. every ne'eT-do-
well knows every boy by name,
his companionship and
friendship and has constant ac-
cess ana association with him
during the formative period of
his life. That any boy should
e. through this course OF treat
ment and finally make n man OF
character is a source of constant
wonder. Environment does de-
termine, to Il large extent, n boys
future. and, II a boys affections
and ambition are cultivated and
guarded from deterrent Influences
he can't but grow in character.
Then comes the Y NJ G. A,
which says We want to cultivate
these qualities, and it is 4 won
der that fathers, who have
reached the point where their
love and ambition and lives are
centered in their sons, do not re-
spond more readily and literally
u the Y NJ \, than to any 9TH
er cause. The Y NJ c 4, devel-
ops the physical, intellectual and
the spiritual boy, and makes him
an evenly developed man. Any
man would consider it a calami-
ty to have a lopsided boy, Z boy
with one side or one part OF his
body more greatly developed and
entirely out of proper i'm to the
rest of his body, yet a boy is just
as much lopsided and just rs
much out of proportion when his
body is developed and his mind
and character are allowed to
dwarf. or when his mind is rob-
bed of his b;rthright who is de-
priycd of the opportunity Of such
development. Equipment equal
to that Possessed by other men is
necessary for a mans success,
Had the Confederate army been
equally rs well equipped as the
Federal the story Of Appomstto1
would have been entirely diffe.
rent.
The Boy Problem Is host an.
swered. best taken care Of by the
Y NJ Ca. This grand organiza-
ton has solved the problem. The
gangs, which prevail in every
city, town and cross roads ia the
most. cruel and exacting organi.
cation on earth. The gang that
takes q boy and robs him OF his
birthright, his opportunity for
ven development, the Y N G A,
axes the boy away from the gang
and places him among young
men OF character and gives him
the opportunity every boy has a
right to have.
Success does not mean the ac-
emulation of an estate. II the
money value of all the property
in the county was evenly divid-
ed between the people of the
county, each man would not have
money enough to buy him a team
of mules. God made all the peo-
pie, and He never intended that
a mans success should depend
on the accumulation of an estate
where there is so little to accu.
mula;e and SO few could succeed.
But when it comes to character
and intelligence, a man can ac-
cumulate these things without
depriving others, and success in
character building, in the cult
walton OF the mind is possible for
every young man. Material
things on earth are the things
unseen Of life.
You ask what is life, and | tell
you do not know, but ! 90 know
that Christ came to bring a larg-
er life. A knowledge Of God IS
our greatest inheritance. II
means a longer and a greater life.
an achievement OF character.
Some people think it IS narrow 20
believe in Christ, yet there has
never been n country in ancient
or modern times where Christ
was not preached that property
was safe and property rights sa-
cred, so every man is under OBJ
legations 10 christian influence
for the protection Of his property.
We're it not for christianity, We
would have no charitable institu-
tons, no asylums, no poor houses,
no infirmaries; no man would
wish these great institutions for
the alienation Of suffering and
the care Of the unfortunate done
away with.
The church, the Y VI en-.
vironmcnt, all help - build char
acter, yet q man must finish the
work Of character for himself.
To do this work he must have an
deal. God saw the need Of this
deal and sent Christ. The YMl
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present the Y NJ C A to YOU for
POUR support and for the care and
Uplifting Of your boys.
Stutsbaker Wagons
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