The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-29
THE AVERAGE MAN"
Judge A. H. Huston Delivers Scholarly Address
Before the Mems Club Of Guthrie


The Mems club or Guthrie held ,
memorable meeting al tho FRS
Methodist churci last night The prin
cipal feature Of whicl was careful
lly prepared address BY Judge A. IA
Huston Of the district court. There
was also a splendid musical program
and a banquet at which toasts were
responded to hy Judge S. s Law
renee, Ben r. llegler, Freeman r
Miller, Of saltwater, DR.. a. w West
/ Rev. pohl ard Mr. McKeenan The
musical program consisted OF O plpf
organ soloE bY Airs b H. Merten;
solo By Mr. Calluh quarteete hy
! Pr q. B. Hill. B H Merten, Mr.. Gal
/, Ian ard MI Richardson
/ ludge Haatops address as as fol
Ilows
4 Gentlemen OF the Brutherhood
| desire IN tle first place to con
( gratulate the originator OF the iden
4 of forming a club OF this sort Aud
n desire tlso to coaasatulate those
who were invited to become mem.
beis, and who realizing the pleasure
and the profit and the opportunities
for thinking along higher lines whicA
! Il AFFORDS, accepted the invitation. /
have often taought that an organiza-
lion Of this character where tho
members might meet and discuss
among themselves the higher prob
lens Of life would be a thing deyout.
ly to be wished
We are al work.a-day men, intei-
ested chiefly, each in his own par
Ocular calling. as we should be. Bit
doing the same work and thinking
the same thoughts over and owe.
again, day by dny, has a tendency
TO make us narrow narrow minded "
yon please. and to be called narrow
minded is term Of reproach, and
none Of MS want to be narrow minl-
ca and we don't like TO he called
that ether and so it is we'll some
fines for Us to lei up a bit, and look
about, and pray for some power the
giitie sac us to see oursels as others
see us. Some one has said that the
whole universe even dSvn TO tie
lowliest worm, is divided between the
me and the mme. Here is me, and
there is all the rest OF the great uni-
verse of God. TO ne the me ia
more important than all the rest, and
IN sense in the very nature oil
things this must be ;rue. lut II is
profitable sometimes 70 take bird
eye view OF the worid, with ones own
sell in IL 50 as 70 fully realize what
q small part ones own self Is And
if Ia che meetings Of tis club we
can broaden our views and gel o trp-
er conception OF ourselves the time
spent here will moi De III vain.
Aud itis meet and proper that tbs
club should have its home here la
tnis beautiful temple. Of the Method
lst church il gives us each part and
lot in TO- And the fact that its mem.
beis have beon seleCted. irrespective
of what denomination they may be.
ong 20. or whether they belong 30
any or not, Is proof Of the broadened
attitude Of thls great church, and its
purpose TO do a great work for hii-
mapitg irrespective OF efee or doe
irine
Now ] am not going to preach a
sermon. conld not if iriod, and il
tried 7 would lag myself liable 20
having said Of me what Lord Byron
said Of Parson pith. thai his JJhcs
wore sermons aud his sermons
ioies nut since J am unlimited by
any subject, would that my tongue
could utter tie ihougnts that arise
in me. ! take my enc from an easy,
general, bnt dellghtnl conversation /
had one night with three or four oth-
er lawyers q couple OF months ago
upon hotel reranda Tic air was
soft and balmy. AMI ii the clear nigh
we sat gazing upon the serene ana
shining pat. gay of the stars. We
picked onl the polal star and noted
It's fixed petition. appearing always
81 the same point, and We knew thai
It bore definite relation to the world
in which we live And then our
thoughts were turned 70 the myriads
Of worlds about us. and heyond those