The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-27
NEN0F HIGH MORAL STANDARDS
WANTED BY GRAND FORKS GIRLS
They so Declare in Letters Read by DR. F. M. Mccoy
One Would Have Husband Who Wouldn't be Afraid to
wash Dishes-Money Given Secondary Consideration.

The large auditorium and side
rooms of the First Methodist church
were filled last night to hear the frs,
Of a series OF sermon by DIR. f. NJ
Mccoy on "As Others See U.s." The
sermon last night was on THE Ideal
Young Man.
AS an introduction to the sermon
the speaker read u number of letters
which had been written by young
women of Grand Forks in which they
expressed their ideas If the qualities
which were essential in the ideal
young man. Some Of the letters con.
tanned some pointed convictions
Among other opinions expressed. the
following were gathered:
qualities in the ideal young man are,
no must be Industrious, religious
clean of habits, unselfish, and he
must have a kind regard for older
people,"
II u possess high moral stand
ards, think clearly. act wisely, love
his fellow men sincerely; he mus,
bilious to learn, have a sense of; the
humorous; he must be a master OF
himself and have q constant trust in
God" E.
Not Afraid to, Wash Dishes.
. One Of the writer's. expressed the
qualifications that he SHOULD not be
afraid to roll up his sleeves and wash
Dishes" that "he should care for the
home. more than the world"
One letter took the form of an in
dictment upon the weak and impure
today, while almost every letter bore
the firm opinion that the ideal young
man must be a Christian.
Tobacco Is Condemned.
Many letters evinced the idea tina,
the Use of tobacco and liquors were
not to be allowed In the habits OF
such a young nan Interest was
shown on the part of some of the
writer's in describing the qualities tina,
would have to be, characteristic Of the
husbands that they would choose a.
their life companions.
Present Day Preaching Discussed.
Rev. Mccoy took for his text, 'Can
we find such an one as this is. a man
. in whom the spirit of God is"' Gene.
sis 41:3S. He spoke of the defect that
he often felt in the preaching of to.
day because the laity of the audience
was supposed to sit and silently listen
to the words of the sermon without
the privilege of questioning the speak
er to better understand the thought
or to give it added emphasis. In
the present series of ermDn the
laity were given the privilege to re.
inforce the message of the pulpit by
adding their ideas. The idea was ia
try to see ourselves as others see lie
and then to see the standard that
that the people set up for the ideal
man to be and finally to lift up the
standard of the bible.
Perfect Man Not of Today.
THE centuries have tried to pro-
duce the true type of man." said he.
while the climb has been upward
AS a race. yet the perfect man Is not
20 today" We have laws and pris-
alties. schools. churches. teachers,
clergy, yet notwithstanding all these
educational and protective agencies
the enemies Of virtue and good char
actcr have swept down upon u age,
and vice is rampant, n mankind IL
victimized and cursed by evils that
should not exist. Man Is fractional.
in Jesus of Nazareth alone have we
example OF the integer man."
There are things in the world for
which we r not accountable. We
nation in which we were born. That
we are six feet or five feet in stature,
that we were endowed with one talent
or two: that our eyes are blue or
gray is not of our choosing. More
over we were born into a world of
ready-made. systems of law for which
VIC are not responsible. These things
are fixed. The domain Of moral free.
dom begins where man enters int.
this world Of prearranged order n
relates himself intelligently to it.