Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-21

morning, quoted the incident in the
alt"rnoon 10 an audience of five thou
"and men, and ureeG upon them the
necessity OF giving push" | took
exceptions in the morning: l took ex-
ceptions in the afternoon, and l take
exceptions now. 1t is easy to give a
puSl.' It costs more and it is worth
almost infinitely more to push persis-
emily. It will be easy for some of you
to so home from the inspiration Of this
conference and join a Y. NJ c. A., or
Bible class, or some other BOYS or
SANITATION, or the church, and give a
push," bet shame on you, shame on ev-
~ one of vcu Il you do not keep push
ing. TINS conference ought to mean
or every y. NJ. C. A, and Bible class
md church and every other good thing
with which plucliy persistent hoy
Aood of Maine can cooperate, a long
oush, and strong push, and a push
altogether.
III. The third word | give you
Ft%nds fer {, privilege. 1t is prayer.
nave learned that good many men
viii say, mo. | am not a praying
nan but if | ask do YOU ever
r2y?' they Will say something like
his: Why. Of course. | suppose any
AN gets into a place some times when
can't do any thing but pray" Well,
[ YOU are going to get there sometime.
nj II it is q privilege to look to God
hen why wait till you are in distress
n dispair, before you recognize God
nd his right 20 a place in your life and
n oil
fod and put yourself where YOU must
ray viii be nothing less than an ines
unable blessing. If | We're to tell Won
f the times chat | have deliberately
Ut myself where there was only one
hing I could do and I prayed often
nd rersistcntly. it would take me tiIl
fter miGnight-I wouldn't be through
hen. But other men do the Same
hing-that is to say. they pray when
hey find that there is nothing e1se
hey can do
/ have been reading the history of
wheat. and wheat fields. 1t is inter
sting. The book is not relirious-it js
straight forward history. But his
orian must tell the truth So he re-
}tes that back in the seventies tho
tate OF Minnesota had twice been de-
'aSteG by grasshoDpers. And there was
very prospect that the third visitation
vas incTitahlc: such a visitation meant
'usiness failures. suffering. and wanY
or many. The Governor Of tho etato
allied for a day of PRAYER; asked the
'itizens of the state to go to tho moot
n% houses uOon q certain day. and to
Nray that God would give wisdom ami
hat thnv might Re delivered from the
'pestilence that Walketh at noon-6ay"
some people smiled: some ri1ic1,,od.
some said that the Governor had don,
! N,isc thing And when the dav came
business mon loft their Offices and
shors, women left their Kitchens AND
hey won't solemnly to the places o.
varshin TO pray for deliverence from
What? From the plague Of grashop-
GERS which no man rr men could stay
\ day or two later warm weather
ramc on GrasshoDpers began to
hatch. till there were enough grass
noppers to destroy all the wheat fields
IF Minnesota and all the rest of the
if the pests could only get to
hon. OF what use to pray? Well; a
'ew days later the temporary began
% drop; it kept dropping till it went
below freezing, and all the big hop
oers. the little hoppers, and the half
Matched eggs We're utterly frozen. That
vas in 1877. and the historian simply
'ecords the fact that from that time to
his there have not been enough grass
?oppers in Minnesota to talk about.
and God turned the captivity of Job
vhcr he prayed for his friends" Pluck
s mighty; but there are some things
which pluck will not do. Persistence
s 4 tremendous power, but there are
;irne things which are beyond persis-
.ence. There are times when pluck
md persistence seem powerless. Pray
r tri'Imphs.
The credential committee reported 7SS
elegates present in 50 separate dele
atioas, representing eight Y. NJ. G..
IS. - Church Clubs and preparatory
choois. Bangor had the largest num-
er of delegates present, 6S; Lewiston
ras second with 50 delegates. Angus
a third with 80 delegates and Port
and fourth with 80 delegates.
The committee on resolutions CON
isling Of Robert II. Bowen, Earle G.,
phillips and walter 4. Mayo. reported