The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-04
les(By r. W. Thon,pson.D

IN ,uN8MJ COi1 eSpOndence.
ashington, D. c., April 2.--On Eas
,gtlSr Sunday afternoon at the spacious
True Reformers' Hall, corner 18th and
ssss USgtreetS northwest, Hon. w. r. Yer
mon, Register OF the Treasury, deliv-
llsFed an $eloquent and thoughtful ad
a dress before the Y. Nj. G. A. He spoke
s!sSto.sa crowded house, and his address
WAS received with great enthusiasm by
the audience. The popular western
never appeared to better
advantage, and he had the sympathy
,SOGhis hearers from the start, and held
K the interest at a high pitch through
Jont. Among other timely utterances
Register Vernon said:
st.stfss.I have come today to speak of the
4 average man--not the man of five tai
5ellts necessarily, who will always SUE.
\ coed, no matter under what circum.
stances he may be placed, but Of the
. tWo-talent mantle average man.
This man, who Is surrounded by temp
/ tRtions,, disappointmen!s and Whc
Dust struggle to make the Most Of
\ life. For each man here there can tie
: an epitome reading tho BuIH in rCv-
,eSty, struggled in yoI III, fill in with
evil companions, took TO StrOn.S IL ir k,
G led failure, or possibly caStaw3y;
or, born n poverty, st. uT,clel in youth,
fought valiantly lifes battle, conquer
sd; and died good citizen, respected
by all Whn knew him. None here to-
day desire the fate OF the former; none
. here to-day could wish such a fate TO
his &c Lev nan. That we, each of us
nay s,;Ctc, &, we must use our talents
!, to the SerH oest advantage. These tai
enis arc Gi:!hely ap. 'ointed. They are
thu n.ans and opportunities with
whtG. IL succeed and do good to 9th,
alS, They Increase from day to day
and in proportion as we do faithful
service and make the most of life"
( &S"If anyone here" continued the reg.
iater feels himself not so brilliant a
Smother, or as not having such splen-
DID talents as another, let him RENE n-
Der that 1t is more question of " IL
1ngness to do than OF ability to 40
and that his Willingness. with intell;.
!. gent, conscientious effort, will -t-fI2
{ success. We must each have , vision
/, OF the life we would lived vision of
the better life and Of the higher
things which enables us to grow into
that which Is nobler. We shal; thus
draw near the ideal life as set forth
In Christ. This evolution into better
lie is but part of the plan o. the
eternal Deity. The world is growing
( toward this higher life. The trusted
employees-the servants to whom
these tasks are committed again and
again, are those who stand for decen-
= cy and righteousness.
Il believe we shall always regret
any inactivity which We exhibit when
the betterment of the condition of oil
e tTellowmen is to be considered Human
brotherhood eXacts that we should
! labor to save others quite as much as
: to save ourselves. We protect ourselves
Hs,also, when we elevate those around us
! The foundation Of society rests uDor
L the moral uplift of the Individual
" There must be no theorizing, but prac
ttcal work done. 1t is the untoward
ness that il rather than the untoward
F ness we fain would not see, that ex
lists. For this reason, the work OF
: rescue must go ON.
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