Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-18
OFFERS AND ASKS
 MUCH OF YOUNG MEN,
Present Day Demands the Best That is In Him. Said Rev. c. H. Ricketts at Y. M. c. A. Meeting.

The opening service in the series cf Sunday afternoon. meetings was held at 3.30 o'clock yesterday at the Y. " c. A., and the address was by Rev. c. H. Ricketts of the Greeneville Congr2- gational church. Selections were rem derer by ( brass quartette led by John M. Swahn, and several hymns were sung at the opening of the meeting. General Secretary r. R, Starkey read the scripture lesson, and prayer WIS offered by Rev H. J. Wyckoff. A solo was rendered by Mrs. A. T. Sullivan, and Miss Sullivan presided at the pi- ano.
 Rev. c. H. Ricketts spoke on the topic, What the Age Has a Right to Expect of It's Young Men. We mn st consider what the past, say 50 years ago, offered the young man with what it offers today. said the speaker, to realize what this age should expe ot of the man, especially the young man. The past half century has been one of the greatest advance in science and mechanical discovery, and as the age has advanced it has opened to the young man opportunities once un- dreamed of. The age today asks oi the young man the best of ability and profoundest consecration, and in re- turn offers much more than ever be- ] fore. But greater than the material l opportunities to the young man is the cry of humanity and religion. In the uncovering of material privileges there | have crept in material evils. If we enjoy material blessings we cannot overlook the material shadows. The cry of those material evils is an appe2l | to men, and deaf indeed is the mar 1 who fails to hear this cry of protest and appeal rising from the heart o- the people, greater than the cry rising out of Macedonia, Come over and hell us." The great social problems of to- day must be settled in the great nam, of justice and humanity No age evel offered So much and so no age has eve1 had the right to expect what is de manded today.
 The world today demands that thu young man shirk not his political du ties. Shall we let the muddy stream of politics flow on forever, uninter rupted, gathering every day greate filth, or shall we apply some gres chemical process which shall purify thi stream and make its waters clear a crystal, and no longer contaminatin: and destroying? The future of thi depends upon the solution of this prob lem. There is a clarion call for tn country as a great power of the worl young man to put down thie evil, [ make personal sacrifice, if necessary to enter the public service.
 Next the world expects the youn
 nsan today to make the most of him
 self, and is setting & standard |
 which the young man must rise. Tn
 mistake of letting opportunity of yout
 stlin away can never be overcome.
 Again it is expected that the youn
 man stand for something; he mui
 give the moral law & square deal. w
 are coming into an age of equal jus
 tice, when evil will be known as evi
 whether committed by prince or peas
 ant. There is a mighty chance for II
 young man to give to this mOvemeE it's impetus.
 The age demands that the youn man give society a square deal Ho' great is the cry for the hand of Il young man to take up he work of col : trol and improvement of society an 5 the abolishment of social evils. Las z ly. Is the call to give the church ar {, Jesus Christ square deal; for u young man to take up His work in u l world of today.