The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-30

the funds for a new Y. NJ. G. A. /
believed I was doing my State the
greatest service possible, knowing that
it would help my State in a social,
moral and religious work.
you business men OF can
do no better work than to supply a
place where your young men can find
clean and wholesome pleasure. 1t is
a good investment. There are plenty
of places OF iniquity that are open ana
inviting to your young men. Cur Boys
are sociable and will go where they
can find pleasure. It is our duty to
establish a place where they will not
only find pleasure but can secure the
physical development. mental training
and moral power tina makes the
strongest and best men in the n
1.-The devil is reaching out trying
to take our young men and to drag
them down into ruin. God. through
the Y. NJ. c.. a. and the church, is
trying to lift them up. and anything
that stands for humanity is the thing
to be encouraged throughout the ma
ton.
Tennessee needs, as it has never
needed before. men-strong mem
brave men-Christian men-men who
stand for the right, who are not
afraid Of the wrong, but will dare to
| stand for the right-no matter the
consequences. If you Will give Ten
nessee such men as these there is no
power that Will keep Tennessee from
standing in the forefront of the Union.
"The Y. NJ. c. a. stands for the
physical and moral development Of
young men. Can there be a greater
or better work?
I call for all the citizens of Nash
ville-men of wealth-to so down in
their pockets. to build an institution
for the young men and boys where
they can have good, pure and whole
some surroundings and uplifting In
f%uences, and you will be doing q great
work for God and for the young men.
Let there be no Wavering Or stop until
you get every dollar that is needed
for the great work which you have
begun"
Governor Glenn was the guest Of
honor at a dinner given in the Cum
berland Telephone building at $50
O'clock to the Business Mems Commit
tee.
Governor Glenn had but a few
minutes to spare, as he vas schedu led
for a long address at the First Pres
byterian church. He sale in part:
You cannot mak a grander in
vestment in the city OF Nashville than
by erecting this Y. NJ. c. A. building.
1t will be worth more to the city than
a bank, than a mercantile establish
! ment, than a cotton factory, OR than
any money that you would put into
manufacturing plants. 1t will be an
investment for the development in
muscle. in mind, and soul of the young
men Of the community. It will be an
investment to make the young man
strong in body. clear in mind and pure
Of soul. 1t will start in motion in
Tennessee a power that will amount
to more than all of the one invest
ed in the State.
4 can look with the eye of faith
and can see the uture of Tennessee
If you answer n question. is
to be the character of the men of Ten
nessee in the future? It depends
upon the character of the young men
of today. If they are Migrants, if
they are impure, if they care nothing
for character, if they do not worship
the God who created them, I will read
the future of Tennessee. It will be
one of shame and death. If the young
men are full of sin it will be a great
reprOach to the State in which they
live. But if purity, honesty, charac-
ter, higher and grander thoughts are
sought after by the yOung men the
uture of your State will be one of
glory, wealth. power, and the State
will stand in he forefront among the
commonwealth OF this country. II
the young men Of today are righteous
Tennessee shall be exalted. In order
that Tennessee may be exalted you
ought to give Of your substance as
God hath prospered YOU"
The Tennessean published the fol-
lowing dispatch from Columbia. Tenn,
in regard to Gov. Glenn's address
there:
zone Of the most eloquent address,
es ever heard in Columbia was deliv-
cred here this morning at the Pres
byterian church by former Governor
r. B. Glenn, of North Carolina Gov
ernor Glenn spoke for nearly two
hours to a packed house. and when
he closed with a brilliant peroratfon
he still held the audience in the same
tspel1-bound fashion as he had done