Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-28

very manly luiHS you dT6 uOlLS 30
grandly. Every life has a mission
and every other Interpretation of
life is false.
Men, l don't know the business
of you all; l don't know your poll
tics, nor your religion; but | know
you're human, and | like to see your
humanity showing itself in this
splendid manner, and l will Just
leave you to go out with this ques-
ton in your minds, What is your
mission in this city in which you
liver
"If I may I will quote an Indian
who conceived the idea that he
could write poetry. He wrote a long
poem; the first verse is a sample
, and all the other verses were Just
like It. 1t runs like this:
go on, go on, go on. go on;
Go on, go on, go on;
Go on, . on, go on, go on;
Go on, go on, go on
THAT is just the way It ran all
the way through; he thought It was
! poetry and after all l rather think
it was myself. At least it Is some
thing we can afford to think about.
Remember always that he who
serves his fellows is giving the very
finest kind of service. And when IT. Is
all over, when we are all crowned
with glory, as please God We shall
be, then we shall realize what we
have done as we cannot now. If the
! sun were any nearer we should all
be struck dead with heat; just so If
| we could look ahead into the future
o.I 1,N ~. tho r1nr,r fl,t n,r-astr -,
1t would be more than We could en-
dure.
Il congratulate you, l rejoice with
you, and | wish you the great sue
cess"
Why You Should Help.
The Y. Nj. c. A. has a broader
aim than creed and wider ambition
than sect. 1t breaches s~elf-respect.
1t weaves an ethical and moral wool
into the warp of life. 1t is building
stronger bodies to hold saner and
cleaner minds. 1t is bringing edu-
cation to those whose premature re-
sponsibilities forced them to forego
its earlier requirement. Its latch
string fits into the hands of all men,
irrespective of race, religion or lin
cage It's Christianity strikes the
clear note OF humanitarianism.
What preachments are made in its
halls are those of brotherhood.
With one hand 1t is striving to
help the struggler up the slope and
with the other 1t is steadying the
laggard and the disheartened. 1t
has done more to ~impregnate young
men with betterment than any sin
gle force ever brought to bear upon
youth.
The Y. NJ. C. A. does not ask for
charity nor plead for aims. Its use
f~ulness eXalts 1t to a civic dignity.
1t Is a Sc want of the public and its
obligation to the future must be-
come the obligation of the public.
1t "a only live by taxation-a
tax which must be self-imposed by
those whose prosperity and human
ity awaken them to lift the handi-
cap of poverty from boys whose du-
ties and misfortunes have deprived
them of a fair start in life.
What Former Governor Bates Said.
During the Boston campaign for
mer Governor Bates had this to say
about the 7. NJ. C. A:
THE Y. M. c. A. is the only or
ganized large movement that seeks
to help the ~thrce-fold mantle
body, the brain, the soul. From
small beginnings the Association
has, in half a century, covered every
civilized land.
ut is symbolical of this age-the
age of Do as opposed to the age
of DO not 1t is absolutely unset
fish All its work f. for others
Its great purpose is to show
young men how to help themselves;
how to make the most of their op-
portunities and of their talents. 1t
teaches high ideals; it Is a char
acter builder. and is the great con-
servator O. young manhood.
at Is a virile, progressive, up-to-
date institution, that is ever discoy-