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lem along his chosen course in
life SO that he will have in all their
fullness the use of his soul, anu his
mind and his body. We must
teach him hat in his every day life
there is happiness and entertain
ment in the smallest details.
A man who goes through this
world and does the daily round of
tasks that come to his hand with all
the faculties that God has given him
and tries to make life better and
happier for the immediate sphere
in which he lives, and who has the
daily working philosophy.that there
is pleasure to he found in life, no
matter where your lines are cast, is
the happiest man. Of course, it is
only by hard and continued
struggle with ones self that one
can be forced to this point of view
but it is my belief, and it is the
history of mankind, that the man
who puts all his energies into the
tasks which he is Immediately
performing will ind higher and
larger tasks given to his hands to
perform and larger fields open to
him as his fife advances. And it
is TO allay this discomfort of the
young for which such institutions
as the Young Mems Christian
Association were founded. What
is'the little round of life after all?
A few books and a title exercise to
keep our muscle supple and our
minds clean, a little pleasure to
forget the cares of the day, and the
life of one day is lived, whether
1t be in the roaring canyons of a
great city or in the pleasant glades
of country community. 1t is the
aim of the Young Mems Christian
Ass ociation to bring this home to
the young men as early as possible
in life. So that Association seek to
provide the young men something
In the nature Of a reading room,
and library, gymnasium, a pool
room. perhaps bowling alley, a
place for exhibitions and lectures
for social and intellectual improve
ments. Its aim is to help the
young man get hold of himself
early in life and to become con-
tented with his lite as early as
possible. This is practical
Christianity, and when we assist in
providing these places for the
young, and for the old for that
matter, we honor ourselves. And
this little city is honoring itself,
and lending itself great dignity
in giving its encouragement to a
retreat of health and happiness like
the young mems Christian Associa-
ton. Men who devote their lives
to the ideal of directing the
young along proper lines are the
heroes OF this day and age. Ii is
the most difficult problem with
which we have to contend, and it
is the one great practical applica-
ton of the teachings and of the
personality and Of the sweetness
and love in the life of Christ. We
owe duty, you and |, to every
boy, created erect in his Makers
image, who goes forth upon the
streets of his, or airy other city, Ito
make liveliho cd for himself to
preserve him from becoming an
outcast. from becoming vermin, a
rat to be crushed beneath the feet
Of snciety. We owe duty, you
and !, to every girl born in this,
or any other small community, who
fees from the dull grayness of her
life, as she looks upon it, to the
streets of great city, to have all
the womanood and sweetness and.
virtue crushed out of her by the
arch iend of vice and to be left
like any common rose by the. way
side to die And it is easily done
by investing few dollars in an
institution such as this. The lives
that would be saved and directed
along right channels are inealcu.