The Greeley tribune., 1912-06-13
william JENNINGS bryan
OPENS CHAuTAUQUA Hi
WITH MAGNIFICENT

Will UUH(
~ have been using the chautau-
qua platform for the last ~ years
and / find It the hest method Of
reaching tie people II one has
message for the people. IL You
have anything to say worth while
chautAuQua audience will take 1t
home with 1t.
"If u man would reach his high
est type Of being he must develop
In y three fold way. He must de-
yelOp the body, the mind and the
heart.
..It II . mans duty to take care
Of his body and add to Its strength
not only for his own benefit but for
the benefit Of pOsterity.
ut is most important to have a
well trained mind. II man Is to fit
himself for n work he must have an
active mind.
"Most important OF all Is the
tnart DEVELOPMENT. No man can do
q large work whose heart Is not de-
velOped. II man would attain his
full stature his soul, his spiritual
part, must be awakened.
~ regard q belief In God as a
primary factor In mans develop
ment. When 1 come to die do not
want .Darwin's Ascent of Man read
to me, l want the twenty-tlird
psalm"
All these things and many more
worth while were said by William
Jennings Bryan when he talked to
900 people in the Sterling theater
Sunday night and from $3.50 till 10
O'Clock held a large audience. not
only by his oratory but by his plain.
straightforward talk. which found
response In the hearts Of his
listeners and revealed a big. broad.
earnest, Christian man.
William Jennings Bryan has
talked FIVE times to Greeley audi
ence but last night he preached his
first sermon here, for his discourse
was a sermon devoid of any po-
litical reference, q sermon for all
regardless OF creed.
1t dealt with a big subject. "Plans
| and Specifications for the Develop
ment Of the Highest Type Of Man"
and the speaker painted his word
picture with broad strokes. plain
and vivid. Now and then he di-
gressed from his subject to tell a
story sparkling with Bryan humor.
but 1t was always to cinch point
and one did not for a minute lose
track of the main theme.
Mayor William Mayher introduc-
ed Mr.. Bryan to his audience and
Rev. Chase of the Methodist church
opened the meeting with prayer. On
i the platform with the three was
also j. NJ. B. Petrikin and a number
of prominent democrats occupied
boxes, but the meeting was not a
political one in any sense.
Not . Political Talk
humor after telling them of his high
value of a chautauqua audience by
saying: 1T is'true that have had
Intentions OF retiring from the chau-
had my intentions materialized
should have gone back to the chau-
tauqua platform from the white
house. and considered it no step
down" After leading up to his
subject by saying that he did not
care to discuss political subjects or
those which do not give opportun-
ity to lay emphasis on subjects for
mans uplift on the Sabbath day. he
launched into his theme, which he
called plans and Specifications for
the Development of the Highest
Type OF Man.
He said:
I'VE can tell the difference be-
tween types OF potatoes in ounces,
we can measure superiority In hogs.
but no arithmetic has yet been
made that can measure the differ
ence between man at his worst and
man at his best.
Man . Three Fold Being
Man ts a three-foId being. II
he would reach his highest state of
perfection he must develop his body,
his mind. his heart. Mans physical
development is largely what comes
to him from inheritence. But we
can add to this with care. When we
reach maturity We then must resist
the temptations that beset us to dis
sfpate our strength. We no not
sufficiently consider the value of
man at the critical time when he is
just beginning to lay the founda-
tions for life. Temptations beset
on all sides many of which are sane
TONED by law. l hope that the
Christian church will make use of
Its opportunities to conserve physi-
cal strength with which man Is en-
downed.
Iotly Minor to Mind
important as is the body it is /
minor In importance to the mind /
man can be perfect in body and |
yet OF little use to the world. If he |
mas nothing but body. he is moth
Ing but brute. II man Is to fit |
himself for a life work he must add |
TO his body a well trained mind.
Education is necessary for the high
est type" At this point the speaker
drew an apt illustration. He said:
TO impress upon the mind of
youth who does not see the value