The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
BY JAMES b. MORROW.


New York, June IA youthful COM
mercial traveller had been playing bill
lizards all night 1t was Saturday night
at that. After sunrise, Sunday morn
ing, he settled his score and walked out
into the street. Inside of two hours
Smitll-Fred B. is the rest of his name
was looking for a church. Lazarus is
not the only young fellow who has been
raised from the dead.
Smith found a church, lone building
by the side of a black road in the wild
grass. He stood up in the middle of the
sermon and told the minister that he
needed help. Snce then he has been
sermonizing himself. Next to Bryan
and Roosevelt. perhaps-he has address,
ed more men than has any preacher in
the United States. Incidentally thereto
he has shaken mere hands.
Among young men. prospective leaders
of commerce and industry, and old ones,
TOO, Fred B. Smith just now is a ro-
mantle as we'll as a robust and impress
sive personality. He has turned crusad-
er recently. With s60o,O0O in money and
a staff of seasoned and skilled lieuten-
ants. he is preparing to recover ninety
Canadian and American cities-modern
Jerusalems, mostly in possession Of the
Mohammedans Of iniquity. The expe-
dit!on will start next September. toward
four places sirnuitaneously-Phil
Washington, Baltimore and Richmond
In cash. energy. and sagacity, the
forward movement in behalf Of the
Christian life of the men and boys of
North America" as II is called, promises
. to be the greatest religious enterprise
ever undertaken on this continent
. Psalm singers, with ragged whiskers; sal
low gentlemen, requiring medical atten-
ton, and unctuous persons, refulgent and
nasal in their own goodness. will have
no share in the labor or management.
Bankers, manufacturers. and merchants
will contribute the money. Some of 1t
will come from Wall street.
Up-to-dnte Young Men to Front.
Athletic young men, smooth of face.
masculine of voice, and wearing good
clothes. will do the talking and organiz-
ing. They will be exactly as joyous, en-
thusiastic, and sensible as they would be
We're they building q railroad or merging
a dozen banks. Nor will they be lacking
in conservation. taking a familiar word
from the vocabulary of the elect Alter
nately. they will laugh and pray. That is
tne Tedsondple anu numan custom OF
righteous men nowadays. The harsh
countenance of religion luckily has van
ished. I.ynx-eyed and long-legged elders
no longer hunt the alleys and streets of
Scottish villages on Sunday mornings for
skulking members Of the church, thus
missing themselves The smoking sermons
that sent the delinquents into hiding.
Smith and his expert helpers represent the
happiness and practice the business meth
DDS now necessary in successful Chris
tianity. They could sell automobiles and
qpadruple their present salaries, or they
could develop new country and become
opulent and conspicuous. Not all Of them
walked out into the sunlight after play
ing billiards during the night-and drink
ing some whisky. one may suspect-but
each of them knows that he has been
solemniy- -and oficially called to his work.
Tho terve OF Smith ss both physical and
spiritual In gymnasium trunks he would
look like pugtlist or wrestler. His
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