The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-23
Speaker at Y. NJ. G.. A. Thea
tire Meeting Asks How Men
Spend Money and Hours of
Leisure Time.
URGES SELF CONTROL
Economy Ranks First as Trait
Which Adds Strength to
Quality of Manhood and
Wisdom.

Economy, the plain, homely, every
day virtue and self-control are the two
great qualities of life." declared DR..
Walter D. Cole, pastor of the High
Street NJ. E. church of Springfield,
yesterday afternoon at Y. M. c. A.
mems meeting in the Gennett theatre
Tell me how man spends his
money and how he spends the frag-
ments OF his time, the small change Of
his hours when he Is not working, and
will tell you what will become of him
and what his success in life will be-
DR.. Cole said.
The speaker pleased an audience of
men which filled the lower floor of the
theatre. His address was THE Reject
ed Stone" which he was compelled to
cut in half because of lack of time.
Enemy Make Noise.
I'VE have come here to fight the
enemy and the enemy is not nearly
SO strong as we would think by the
noise he makes" the speaker said.
"The erection OF the tabernacle at
Jerusalem furnishes us with story
partly history and partly tradition.
The materials were collected, the
ceders from the forests of Lebanon,
the stone from the quarries, and every
piece fitted and inspected before the
blow of a hammer was heard putting
up the tabernacle. There were three
inspectors. One carried a plumb
Everything he inspected must be
plumb or it would be rejected. An
other carried square with which
every piece must conform. The third
had a level to see that all the parts
were level.
The inspector with the plumb came
upon piece of stone in the quarries
which was unlike anything else he had
seen. The workman had produced
something Of singular beauty and yet
when the inspector used his instrum-
ments. he found it was not plumb. 1t
was smaller at the bottom than at the
top. He called the other inspectors.
They found it was not square and one
surface of it curved SO that 1t was not
level.
Think Of Stone.
1.-The inspectors had their specific
directions but they disliked to reject
the stone because of its beauty. They
did reject it and soon it was forgotten.
The tabernacle was erected and work
on the arch started few days before
the dedication. The workmen could
not complete the arch They needed
a stone wider at the top than at the
bottom with curved surface Then
the inspectors remembered the stone
they had cast out and the hands that
threw 1t away, restored it and it fitted.
why do we reject any thing? If
It Is for form. what is the manner of
form? II for quality, what is the
standard Of quality? Society has it's
standards. Man says, How does 1t
]ook?' God says, What is its char
acter? What is it's essence" You can
not always tell by the looks of a man
what is inside him.
III it is a question of quality. the
first characteristic or trait mention is
economy. A foolish man spends his
money foolishly A wise man spends
his money wisely. A wicked man
spends his time in the barrel house. A
wise one spends his time at night
school or at the Y. M. c. A. studying
In good companionship.
"The second quality is self control.
1t is one Of the finest attributes Of the
highest type Of manhood. To have the
organ Of reason dominating over every
pas ssion and every desire and inclina-
ton, IL manhood. The ambition to
make a living is a low one. It is the
business of every animal. The am
bition to make life, is a high and
worthy ambition"