The daily sentinel., 1907-03-04

of the campaign takes r1aee at Odd
Fellows hall and promises to be n
most enjoyable affair. Grand juno
tion's business men are invited to at
tend and there promises to be large
attendance. William f. Sweet, of
Denver who arrived in the city today
the man who gave $25.000 to the
Denver Y. NJ. c. A. building fund
although not an immensely wealthy
man, will be the principal speaker. ho
is of the Denver association. Mr.. Hall
and Mr.. Thompson and other gentle
men will make short talks. The sup
per will be served promptly at 1880
O'Clock and the banquet viii close al
very seasonable hour The menu
Will be excellent. it will be prepared
by ladies' of the various churches.
Tuesday night the members of the
Young Mems committee will be ban
quoted at the Congregational church
and Thursday night the boys com
mittee will be entertained.
Thompson A Great Speaker.
Perhaps the largest audience that
attended any of the services held in
the morning gathered at the Method
list church and listened to one of the
ablest. most entertaining and at the
same time most logical addresses
ever delivered in Grand Junction in
the interest of the Y. NJ. c. A.. There
were about seven hundred people
present, an excellent musical pro-
gram was carried out and then Rev.
Forsyth introduced Mr.. ]. r. Thomp-
sonn. of New York City, Industrial
secretary of the International Y. NJ.
c. A. committee. a gentleman of ma
tional reputation.
Mr.. Thompson is a brilliant speak
er and his manner is most fasclnat-
over many times and has been engag-
ed in Y. NJ. c. A. work for many years
He held the closest attention of his
audience. The leading thought OF
his strong talk and the effect that
the Y. NJ. c. A. has upon the boyhood
and manhood. He opened with q
number of illustrations showing how
differently boys turn out from the
way you expect them to do. how diff
ferently they turn out physically
mentally. morally and every other
way. Here was n boy who was tho
superior physically of all his fellows
and bid fair to be giant among
men yet see him years later and II Is
not unlikely that he is small in sta
ture and not roundly developed while
another boy who was weak and puny
in youth made fine specimen of ply
steal manhood. The same he declar
ed TO be true of mental and mora
nature and from incidents In his own
life the speaker illustrated thesa
thoughts 1t all depends he declared.
on the influences and environments to
which the boy Is subjected Every
person has two natures. one is good
and the other bad. one eternally
struggling to pull down and the other
to lift you up. your life depends on
which OF these natures finally wins
lout." The speaker propounded the
question. "Is the young man safeg"
and by clear reasoning and striking
illustrations he proved that the great
) majority of the young men are never
; wholly safe from ruin. They must
be constantly protected. He showed
that the fact that young men were
brought up in fine homes. Christian
homes with the most pleasant home
life imaginable did not keep many OF
these fortunate young men from fall
ing. The boy seeks association and
boy companions and he goes away
from home TO do II so it's while away
= from home he must be protected. It's
while he's out with his associates" }"
Then appears the great need of the
: Y. Nj. c. A. Mr.. Thompson dealt
with the glorious work being done by
! the Y. NJ. c. A. in Salt Lake City.
how the ragged urchins of the street
had been and were being brought un-
Il der the influence of the Institutions.
How their interest had been arous-
ed by them being promised athletic
pleasures in the great Salt Lake Y
NJ. c. A. building If they played
fair went to Sunday school and fol-