Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-19
YOUNG MEN ARE
MIGHTY FORCE
PASTOR N0RTHR0P WANTS
THEIR COOPERATION
Points Moral in the Reve eIations Fol-
lowing the Case Of Michis
gan Girls Tragic
Death

"The Mission of Young Men to Young
Men" was the topic of Rev. S. A.
Northrop, pastor Of the First Baptist
church, last evening. The motto was
inculcated that the church and its in
fluences were the safety valves for the
lives of the young men. Rev. Mr..
Northrop took for his text "Run, speak
to this young man."--Zach. 2.3. lie
said in part:
81 appreciate the presence of such
host of young men who sit before me
this morning. / am sure they will be
eloquent listeners and will do much
to make this service memorable and
helpful one.
This text Is stirring appeal to
Christian youth to concern themselves
In the moral and spiritual welfare af
their fellows. We hasten to speak to
young men on other vital questions,
We arouse them to action when the
nation is i'm danger. We equip them
well for life's work by high school and
college culture. We recognize their
value in the business and literary
world. We cannot get along without
them in social life. They are a mighty
force i'm all forms of progress and civil
ization, while they are jo-- and COM
fort in home life and public service.
And if they are such a mighty power
in all these lines how much more so in
moral reforms, spiritual uplifts and
Christian movements of our times.
Especially are they greater force in
their relation to young men.
Men on the Mission
IF you wish to save young men, send
young men upon the mission The
preacher, the layman, the church Of
i1cial cannot know the problems and
temptations of young men like young
men. who are in the heat of the battle
of life. They know how best to SYM
pathize and spiritualize their own class.
and so l said that If the grave problem
is to be solved of getting hold of the
young men for righteousness it must
be done largely by the Christian young
men in our Y. Nj. c.. A. and in our
churches. God bless Sir George Will
1iamS quarter of a century ago in
London to inaugurate plans and work
for the salvation of young men! The
church has made a serious mistake in
ages past that she has not sought more
earnestly to rescue youth and plant
their feet on the foundation which
Jesus Christ laid. And let me declare
that the church cannot rescue our
young men by her present methods,
neither can the pulpit. l might stand
here till docmsday and preach the gospel
of the Son of God and yet fail to reach
the 10000 youth that are ChrStless and
churchless in Greater Los Angeles.
Therefore there must be a going out
into the highways and byways, into
the shop, office, store and parks, wher-
ever youthful blood flows. and thus
get in touch, shoulder to shoulder, and
face to face, and heart to heart with
these young men.
Why in Los Angeles?
"And why here in Los Angeles more
than any other city? Why? Because
it is the most cosmopolitan city in the
Union. Thousands of young men, the
bone and sinew of every city. town and
hamlet in America, are here. They
come largely from Christian homes;
they come with the benediction. of
faithful fathers and mothers upon their
heads. At the old gate they heard the
whispered prayers of mother. the queen
of the home, as they bade her good-by
for tho station to face the temptations
and problems of city life. Perhaps the
little Bible remains tucked away at the
bottom of the trunk today and has
never been opened since their feet
struck our city pavements. And is 1t
not glorious mission for the Christian
young men Of this city of every faith
and church that recognizes the divinity
of Jesus Christ and the inspiration of
the scriptures to reach out a saving
hand to these oncOming youth? Verify
your presence and your faces and your
lips say to me Amen.
young men of Los Angeles, we want
you. God wants you! Before you drift
away from the faith of your fathers
and mothers, before you drop into the
bypaths of sin and crime let me take
your hand and bid you welcome to the
house of God. Heaven forbid that you
should break away from the religious
restraints of the old folks at home.
Blasted Hopes
thousands have blasted the hopes of
those who fostered them and given
lc ose rein to passion. They have bound
their brows with the chaplet of unlaw-
full pleasures and mingle in baccana-
lial reVels, The drinking saloon, the
haunts of strange Women-God pity
them-are their nightly resorts.
THE terrible revelations of the past
week, the awful death of a darling
daughter, once the pride of Michigan
home, through the llcentious and
drunken carousals of those who have
no respect for woman's vitue, ought to
mantle the cheek of every lover, every
husband. every manly man. and at thu
50 me time bring a universal pledge
from the women of this city to create
such. popular sentiment and swear
eternal covenant against any resort
any spot underneath the pure blue sky
of this city that insults the majesty and
name of fair women.
young men of this congregation,
have | overdrawn the picture? Is the
situation, as you see it and know it. an
imaginary one? Then the next uestion.
are you doing your utmost to-person-
ally save young men of this city? GiveI
me a hundred all right. upright, down
right Christian young men and Il will
reVolutionlze this city for Christ and
the church Thousands of youths will
flock to these houses of God like doves
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