The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-18
FRED B.. SMITH
AT LAKE GENEVA
NOTED EVANGELIST MAKING I'M
PREsSIVE TALKS AT Y. M. G. A.
CONFERENCE AT LAKE GENEVA,
SAYS X. F. BASCOM-sTEADY IN
CREASE IN ATTENDANCE.

The following letters were received
from K. F. Bascom of this city, who is
In attendance at the annual Y. M. G. A.
conference at Lake Geneva. Quite a
branches of the Y. M. C. A. in Fargo,
and the attendance at the conference
shows a steady increase each year.
Williams Bay, Wis, June 13.-Fred
the auditorium, taking as his subject
the words, Will a Man Rob God?
Lower organisms have no volition.
They must fulfil their destiny. Man
alone has a moral nature and the pow
err to PROSTATE his life n talents"
Modern moral standards are chang
ing and rising. We think now there
are worse murderers and robbers than
the gun"
sell Tor the ethical standards Of the
world robs God of credit" Old in
the sales and CON-, no matter how"
Now extracts from directions read like
the bible. Standards are changing, but
the rules are in he bible.
In 1895, economics were the basis Of
the contest. Now personal welfare is
the basis. I shall not be surprised to
hear of Murphy addressing a suffrage
meeting or Barnes leading a prayer
meeting. Roosevelt will be wins
prohibition speeches inside of eighteen
months.
The modern moral struggles are the
OF war and every man who
Is at all a man must take his part in
them; You young men will live to see
the LAY when there are no saloons or
segregated vice-districts in the United
states. In the next twenty-five years
Will be greater moral triumphs than in
the last 800 years. Those who do moth
ing will be cursed by God. Any men
who go into this fight with only hum
antarian motives will fall by the way,
disappointed in their fellowmen. Men
in this work must look toward God
continually.
you men, if your mathers' y
were taken away, then there would be
a real panic and period Of depression.
Don't eat up your inheritance. Pass on
the influence to the next generation
stronger and higher than you received
it. Don't rob God"
This was a great speech and took
hold.
Williams Bay, Wis, June Is, 1914
AT the outdoor lifework meeting last
night on the shore of Lake Geneva
Charles D: Hurry OF New York, an in
M. c. A. work and A. J.. Elliot, execu-
tive secretary Of the Geneva confer
ence, spoke. The meeting was mem
orable for earnestness n numbers
was the address in the auditorium by
Fred B. Smith.
"Pollt1ctans, business men, ordinary
students and men like yourselves are
all looking for one thing. MOI money,
office, or mere education, but power. No
college man works for years merely
to get facts and dates Of history. He
wants power.
Eat one time, physical strength was
the only power. Then came steam,
electricity, and now the world is hest
tattng before the marvels of radium
"Marvels of twenty-five years 6 are
now common and familiar. The pro-
blem before us christian men is how
a We impart more supernatural
knowledge to this material age?' All
kinds of power are growing common
and the only man who Is unique and
powerful for long is h mar who is in
advance in knowledge and power with
God.
"Pity the christian who never makes a
dent in the world for Christ and goes
through life with half h power they
should have.
The first thing necessary to a strong
spiritual life is absolute genuineness
in your christian life. I am not afraid
Of men who question the divinity OF
Christ, the worth of the bible, or the
power of the church. The man who
makes me tremble is the man who
questions the genuineness OF christians
today. Here is the test for a mans re-
ligion. What do his nearest compan-
ions say4of him?
The second thing necessary is to