The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-09
THE STRENGTH
OF THE PEOPLE"
Subject Of First of Series OF
Three Lectures Last Night.
Guy Carleton lee Delivers Next Two
Tonight and Tomorrow
Night.
SPEAKS on SOCIAL UNREST

On the heads of the church people
of this country rests the responsible
ity for all the bad officials. bad laws
and political evils, declared Or. Guy
Carleton Lee. the lecturer. at the Ken
lucky Avenue Presbyterian church
last night. His subject. the first of
his tripartite lecture, was ''The
Strength of the People" and true to
his promise, he covered the truth.
neither with sham. modesty nor polite
exceptions.
He said In conclusion that what Is
commonly called Christian citizen
ship" but which he prefers TO call
right citizenship" will solve all the
evigs OF our politics. He asserts that
the same hardy moral fibre exists in
the great majority of Americans to-
day. that distinguished their fore
fathers: and that the social evil, so
frequently exposed among the rich,
Is found among all classes, and his
analysis of society at large in Ameri-
ca convince his hearers of the pos
sibflities OF the situation and their
own responsibility.
First Duty Of Man.
The first duty a man owes to God.
That duty IS TO honor God How can
a man better honor God than by car
rying his religion into his everyday
life-living his religion? A church
man must either vote for his God or
vote against his God. Church men at
every eaectbon go to the polls and
vote against their God and know they
are voting against their God when
they do so.
In that rapid order he summed up.
right citizenship. but Il was the In
evitable conclusion of convincing an
alysts and unwavering logic. DR.. Lee
has a magnetic personality and a deep
voice. flexible and expressive. HIS
style OF delivery and rhetoric are var
led, and flashes of wit and stories run
through his discourse, but always r.
Illuminating and never distractlng.
DR.. Lee was introduced by Hon. L.
w. Bagby.
He began with the division of clti-
zens into two general classes. opti-
mists and pessimiSts He exalted the
optimism, which carried the man over
difficulties. but deplored the oiizen.
who can see nothing wrong with.has
country. state OF town. He aocomp-
hshes no good. and apparently enjoys
the existing evil as well as the exist
ing good. The pessimiet. DR.. Lee
said. is valuable because he Is con-
tlnually reminding us of dangers and
the evils. which we might otherwise
overlook. He serves his purpose
Conservatives and radicals were the
next classes considered. DR.. Lee
said there IS a class of conservatives
that constitute nothing but an OBJ
struction to progress. Whenever a
city desires to open a street, construct
a park or make any reform these con-
servatiyes object. They are the peo-
pie who say. what was good enough
for our grandfathers Is good enough
for us" They forget" said DR.
~Ntf thoA ~ Aut SicNiuidlutIo ndQ
thought their condition good enough
for them. We would not have the ad-
vantages we enjoy. The grandfath-
ers, who were the radicals OF their
day, brought about the Advancement.
A Good Platform.
There Is another class. progressive
conservatives. that constitute a sheet
anchor in time OF storm, when pubic
feeling-an expression OF united self
interest-rises above public opinion.
There are two classes of radicals
The anarchist. Nike the blind Samson
would tear down the structure Of gov
eminent and crush himself in the
ruin. The intelligent radical has re-
spect for conventions and existing in
knowing he must live I'M
der them until he can effect reform.
DR.. Lee would perfect a political plat
form on which the intelligent radicals