The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-09

/
ments of all the types revealed in
history physical strength plus no.
bic birth, plus commercial enterprise.
plus intellectual power, plus Christ.
AS Christ was the climax in the story
of he race, 50 Christian character
shall be the crown'rg glory Of the
Ku ght of the Twentieth Century.
| Character within is that figure of
soul peculiar to each individual re-
su'ting from the relative strength
AID activity of the several elements
~ their combined manifccration to-
"drd the world. II = he mental re-
iation that we BY nat.,s. choice and
Nohtion sustain toward otacrs. It
y the result of inherent tendcnci,.
force of enviroanlcnt. habits.
thoughts and volition. 1t can not lie
inherited, given US by another or
bought at any price. IL must he by
1olition or effort on our rart
"Mcn Wanted"
He voiced vigorous opinion in
the demand for men of character in
every line Of work In speaking of
the importance of character. DR.. Rid
dell waXed eloquent and in the fol-
lowing effective words emphasized
the need of men of character: Cen
tlemen. the crying need Of the hour
is manhood; not legislation. not or
ganization. not agitation. bit mon
men who can stand in the presence
of Christ and truthfully say, The
place that occupy does not need re-
! forming. Men. who are ready and
willing to begin the reformation of
the world in their own hearts. Men,
who can say 10 the struggling broth
er. FOLLOW me- would like to write
over the door Of every workshop and
business house III this land. Men
wanted. / would wreath in ivy ana
gold over every fireplace. altar and
pulpit in the land, 'Nlen wanted. /
would engrave it on the mountain
side. have il reelected in every shim-
merins wave and wait it on the breez-
es of heaven, Men wanted / would
teach the merry brooklets TO sing II,
the lakes To chant II. | would seize
the finger Of lightning and write in
letters OF fire across the darkened
sky, Men wanted | would gather
the thunder's roll. the cataracts roar
and the lannon's boom and echo from
ocean to ocean. Men wanted.
Other Subjects Considered.
He said that there was Il new song
for men to sing in the new century;
that it was no longer the refrain
Every man has his own price," and
"a man must live but hereafter
must be, : can not be bought prin-
ciple must live if men must die He
continued at length on the subject OF
Misunderstanding. the creative prin-
ciple in building man. questionable
literature, recalling an Egyptian ira
,iition. and in bringing out the essen
tial points along these lines. gave
on the life of man in all its stages
and made special reference TO the
manner in which degragation and
shame could be avoided through the
man becoming honest with himself
He spoke on other subjects and urged
hygienic living at all times. He
touched the heart of every man in
his audience by his pathos in his stor-
les of actual occurrences and his COM
ment on the evils Of intemperance
was telling. In conclusion. he made
some valuable suggestions upon char
acter building. and what constituted
the real knight of the twentieth CEN
fury At the close OF his lecture Dr.
Riddell talked for few minutes up
on civic righteousness and the good
the men of this city could do by lend
ing helping hand TO the fallen,
| keeping watch over the erring boys
and girls and pointing out to them
that 1.-THE wages of sin is death" Ev-
cry man in the audience was yisibly
affected by the lecture and it put
many minds to thinking along the
channel of righteousness.
4
Miss Louise Francis spoke TO ne
ladies of the city at the Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon. Every
seat in the house was taken and many
were obliged TO stand Miss Francis
gave a vivid account of the great
Welsh revival that is the talk of the
civilized world and of which the re-