Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

are at present making very little i'm
the city who desperately need the
spiritual help that the church, through
the association. ought to be giving
them. This help can only be given
through the lives Of Christian men
who will join forces to work for other
men to bring them to the right rela-
lions in life religiously considered.
Such men have not yet been secured
for the work.
Efforts to EvanGeIize.
Certain attempts have been made
during the year, with the approval Of
the pastors, to unite or federate the
men of the churches for a forward
movement for the purpose of evangel-
izing the men of Rock Island. These
efforts have met with little encourage
ment on the part of the men to be
united. and have so far had no result
Only when Christian men recognize
that the association affords them the
logical and convenient means for do
ing a united work for the spiritual up
I'LL Vi Tie NlNN Will TIC ltll5lOuS WI
OF the association become truly effec-
tive.
Word to Young Men.
Certain conditions may as well be
faced in the association. First, the
young men of the city have no right
to ask the people to provide better
housing and equipment for their use
until they have made the fullest pos
sible use of the present building. Sec
ond, unless the young men who would
profit most by a new building are
willing to get together and help push.
they have no right to expect others
to do this for them. Thus, the fellows
who stay out of the association now
but say that they would come in if
there were a new building. are sim
ply hindering that which they profess
to desire, Third, the present building
is absolutely unsuited to the purpose
for which it is used. 1t is not arrang
ed nor equipped so as to handle the
association work with any degree of
satisfaction, and it's maintenance is so
expensive when compared with its
usefulness, that it cannot be consid
cred as good business to run the work
on the present basis.
Therefore. conditions being as they
are. certain things ought to be done.
First of all. the men who talk so
brave1y about the need of a new build
ing ought to get together to over
crowd the present one, and to prove
that a new one is needed. Second,
this building should be sold at the ear
Hest possible date. and an additional
fund should be raised sufficient to
build and equip a real association
building for Rock Island. And in the
meantime, every member of this asso-
ciaticC, and every young man and boy
who wants TO see the new building
ought to throw himself into the pres
ent work with all his might, and help
to make possible the contamination of
the plan The work as now planned
may we'll be pushed to the limit this
season in an effort to prepare the way
for the new building project.
Can BE Done Here.
moline has set a good mark for us.
Now that she has raised the money for
a fine new building, many are asking
why Rock Island does not do the same
forthwith. The answer is that such
things are not done in a day. The
Moline campaign began in the minds of
a few men more than a year ago, and
the great victory was made possible
only by the months of planning and
which preceded it. A year
ago. not more than one or two men in
Moline believed that the thing could
be done. Today, in Rock Island, at
least one man believes that it can be
and will be done in this city, but your
secretary's faith is not enough unless
it can be united with the faith of many
others. If enough of us can believe,
we may be able to see our faith JUS
tilted inside of the next II months"
1t is in time OF sudden mishap or