Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-05
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY
Magnificent Address at Annual Y. M. C. "A. Meeting by Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong-Boy's Department Secre- tary Hyde and Physical Director Bandlow to Leave -Another Current Expense Campaign Starts This Week.

speakably more difficult to administer it's affairs as the city grows The problem of city government is not yet solved, and in general the larger the city the worse is it governed The leg islatures of some states have found this out and in granting new charters have taken away from the cities rights for which our fathers fought and died but the time is coming when there will be twenty million more peo- pie in the cities of the United tSates than outside of them. and the city will dominate the nation. Tn that time the city will not be asking what it can do and what not. Suppose, then, that the city is incapable of self-gov- ernment, what are we to expect? In eighteen of the largest cities of the United States, the foreign born are five times as many as the native born and no city the size of Cincinnati but that has at least 50 different national ities. How shaun such be governed2
 The Solution.
 We have one generation to solve the problem and it can be solved in no way except by making the citizen ca paole of self govern ment. For this We can begin at the boy. We've got time for that, and it is in just this way that the association is doing and can 10 much. The association can also do much to relieve the rich men of
 
 should have every dollar that it can spend and the contributor to it's work can know that when he is giving he is helping to solve the problem of the city and the problem of the world. The great problem of the world is the problem of the city and the problem of the city is the city's evangeliZation.
 Need a Waking Up.
 In closing Dr Strong said that he had i,7fA fl1d h fT syix the idea that there was any occasion for panic, but there is need fer a walk ing up as never before. We can't go on for the next twenty-five years as we have been doing without setting civilization back 800 years. He said that he did not believe that the God who created the world was going to stop governing it. but he believed that the Bible gave Us that the city is to be redeemed. This was indicated in the book of Revelation, and it is our privilege to be cola borers with God for the coming of the kingdom in the city.
 Rev. AIr. Worcester pronounced the closing prayer and benediction.
 Y. M. c. A. Campaign for s5,000.
 Following q plant somewhat similar to that of last year, the Y. M. C. A will have four teams begin work to- day to raise the sum of 5000 for the years current expenses The genera direction of the work will be under Frederick H. Cranston and teh foul teams will be explained as follows Team A, James l.. Case; Team B Amos A. Browning Team c. Shepard B. Palmer: Team D, Allyn l.. Brown The first team will have small mem barslip. the second, third and fourtI having respectively five, ten ant twenty members each.
 The teams will meet each evening for a supper and to give reports. I'm suaper will be furnished by the womer of the different churches, beginnins with Broadway Congregational churci this evening.