The Washington herald., 1907-11-23
CITY now OCCUPIED
By Y. N. c. A. ARMY
Continued from Page One.

ual and the family but not also for the
state and for politics" he added That
is not so. It's principles run through every
part of life and every kind of action
What is the state but the greatest or
ganizatiOn of all our organizations for
promoting the welfare Of those who COM
pose iJ2 What are politics. at least what
else ought they 10 be. and what else
could you wish them To be. but the striv-
ing of the citizens to find the best means
Of directing the great organization which
We call the state 20 the aims for which
II was constructed-peac order, and the
happiness Of its members?
You young men of America desire your
nation to be great and strong. Territory
sou have. power you have and wealth
you have. You see a long vista of in
creasing material prosperity stretched out
before you. But you want America TO be
more than all this. You want her TO be
pattern 10 other countries in the ex-
cellence Of her government and the hap
piness OF her people.
Nation and a River.
''The nation is nothing but an immense
multitude of individuals. just as a river
is nothing but an immense multitude OF
drops of water Every drop that falls
from the clouds, in the silent woods, or
upon the high tops OF mountains, helps
10 form a tiny rill and the rill swels
into a brook, and the brooks unite to
form a river. which goes sweeping 10 the
sea, mighty for good or evil. to bear YES
sells on its bosom. or TO lay waste the
lands through which it flows"
Gov. Robert Glenn, Of North Carolina.
spoke on The nations need of strong
Christian young men" Mr. Glenn delved
into ancient history. annihilated Greece.
submerged Rome in her own idolatry.
swept France from the man with a SUI
preme gesture. and wound up with hear
ing the clinking glass in the saloon next
door that Is Fastening the doom Of Ameri-
can youth Mr. Glenn spoke of MANY
men who have become prosperous I'm Ciis
country. Notwithstanding Iney have not
been Christians He told OF Votaire,
the King maker" OF Thomas Paine. OF
Col Robert Ingersoll but he said that
al these men Of intellect and force are
gone. and there is nothing good they
have left behind TO mark their progress
through the world
The governor drew the other side of the
picture by referring 10 William Gladstone.
tu Gen. Robert +. Lee, and 10 William
Mckinley, all Of whom he said. were
Christian men. He then launched into a
sea OF statistics 10 show that the United
states IS the greatest nation in the world
he told Of the tobacco. the cotton. the
peanuts that this country annually pro-
duces. and said that if it were not for
the South the circus would be a failure
and the country fair "a byword and a
Kissing
He called Theodore Roosevelt a great
and gspd President. and he told of the
greatness Of Grover Cleveland. and said
these men are Christians.
Refers To the south.
He then switched to the South and told
OF the temperance victories in Alabama.
in Georgia. and then predicted that his
own State will be dry in 1893 He scored
the city Of Washington for its saloons, its
gambling dens, its brothels. and an the
vice that he said is dragging young men
70 the grave and a shameful death He
said that with all these harbors Of evil in
plain sight. no action is taken by Con-
gress 10 put a stop to them.
Following the speech Of the governor.
the presiding officer Of the convention.
Selden p. Spencer. Of St Louis. thanked
Ambassador Bryce for his speech. and
Ambassador Jusserand and Viscount Aoki
for their presence on this occasion.
With the singing Of the DOXolOgy and
benedictiOn, the first public meeting was
ended.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session began with
hearty singing. led by J. J. Virgo. gen
eraI secretary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. at
sydney. Australia. The heart Of the
delegates seemed to go into the song
and the roof shook with its volume.
Following a short prayer. Commits
sioner H 3. F. MacFarland welcomed
the delegates 10 Washington and TO the
District Mr.. Macfarland, one of the
most active men in this city in Y. NJ. c.
gave him TO address such a notable
gathering. He told of the work of such
men as these delegates and painted a
glowing picture of the work
Following the address of the Com
missioner came the appointment Of
about eighty men as a committee for
the organization Of the convention. the
chairman Of which is former Gov. At
kinson. Of West Virginia.
The address OF the afternoon was de-
Hvercd by Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst.
OF New York. who spoke on The Di-
vine Element in Character Building"
Or Parkhurst said in part:
'I could have wished that soma one
else had been selected 70 sound the key
note 20 this series of proposed confer
erces. for 1t is of utmost Importance that
the note be pitched high and be ringingly
clear Along whatever variety Of iines OF
effort the Y NJ. G. A. expends itself. the
organization is fundamentally a religious
one. and religious in the Christian sense:
that is 10 say. religion with God in it.
That is a foundation broad enough to
inclose within it's area all that will be
spoken here in the ensuing days and the
only foundation suitable TO sustain the
things that ought 10 be spoken here in
the ensuing days.
Now, religion may be conceived OF as
being either a fund OF sentiment a svs-
tenn OF thought. a scheme Of service. or a
reservoir OF power A brief preliminary
word in regard 10 each OF the first three
OF these
Sentiment and SentimentaIity.
Sentiment is not to be spoken of light
ly and should be sharply Disseminated
from sentimentality; but it is like a bios
som in this respect, that it retains its
vitality and beauty only so long as ii re-
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