Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-11
Tells the Boys and Girls How They
must Live II They Are 10 Sue
coed in This Life.
STRIVE TO BE MUCH LARGER

STRIVE TO BE MUCH LARGER
Forces That Win" was the subject
OF BILLY Sundays sermon at the taber-
nacle last evening. when he preached
specially for young men and women. He
spoke as follows;
feel that / am talking to the future
through you as q iong-dlstance tele-
phone.
At the time OF President McTSinley's
funeral procession this country for five
minutes stopped all work. The railroads,
every factory. the machinery Of this land
stood still; the banker stopped counting
his money: the merchant quit measuring
the commodities and left them unmeas-
ured, the farmer stopped his pillow In the
furrow, every student closed his book
for five minutes. and with uncovered
heads We all attempted TO pay a mark
of respect and tribute TO the man. who
tried 70 make this better nation. and
happier men and women. and children.
I am glad we did that, thus showing
TO the people that we did not forget
90 place a high value on character, al
though we seem at times TO be CONNER
cially dared and drunk. We stood stu
long enough TO testify 20 the world that
Il matters not 10 what political party
man belongs, II he tries TO make this
a better nation and make better homes.
am glad there are a great many
periods In our lives when we laugh. and
/ can recall a good many in my life that
wish ] could forget
roo Yeara Given Mckinley.
seventy-five million people In tho United
States, each giving five minutes. would
make over 100 years OF service rendered
Mckinley. 1 am glad We did II. 1 am
glad there Is a Fourth OF July. when
we uncoii our enthuSiasm and testify
TO the world that We realize at what
cost We Laid the foundation OF the great
est nation Gods eyes ever rested upon.
I am glad there is an Easter TO recall
Him that burst through tho bonds OF
death; / am glad we have Christmas 20
recall Him that was born amidst the
maiodorous, unwashed beasts in the
manager TO save us. II we are men ana
women enough 10 accept Him.
am glad there IL q Labor day TO
pay tribute to the man with the dinner
bucket ana calioused hand. l am glad
we have a Thanksgiving day, when we
all Journey back homo and eat turkey
ana cranberry sauce and fnince pie As
nation We can raise enough 20 feeo
the world.
Listen, you boys. when you so into the
world Il takes something more than
being a student to make successful
man. But a student IL a thousand times
bigger than the Collaboration mutt OF
corner Ioafsr who hangs about the bar
room drinking ali he can and sneering at
religion. Tho girl student Is bigger
woman than the giri Who spends all her
time seeking after pleasures
II II like q girl. when she II about II
, years OF age and her mother introduces
her to some young man. She says;
Mamma, mamma. who II her" When
sho becomes u and her mother intro
duces her 10 some young man. she says;
Mamma, mamma what IL her But when
she IL IS she says; Mamma. mamma. tor
Gods sake. where IL her
sine Depends ON where You Are.
You know Squire Jones II Squire Jones
ia the little jay-rube town whore he lives
because everybody IN town helps 10 mag
nifty Squire Jones. But bring Squire Jones
20 New York and let him rub elbows
with the crowd and be jostied about. Let
him throw back his head and look up at
the buildings TO count the stories. You
know what happens. He is Just a unit
IN the crowd. But az homo he's some
pumpkin.
1t Is like the grasshopper. He sat on
sunflower ana ne awelled up with
pride, and no said: Il am the biggest
thing that ever happened. and when I
strike the ground e win tremblo NJ nom
an earthquake" And he leaped TO the
ground right IN front OF a big turkey
gobhier. The earth did not tremble. but
along came q big fat hen. and she Saia
20 the turkey eobbler; did you see a
fat-leEged grasshopper pass along this
wayY' And as the turkey gobbler gulped.
he said HE didn't pass he stopped"
As the grasshopper tried TO adjust
itself TO the craw Of the gobbler to
a more comfortable position. said:
How little and dried up and useless
I am here. How big was out there. or
how big thought was" You are big
or little. not according to avoirdupois.
but according to what you are
schoolboy BiGEer Than Loafer.
How many opportunities 70 develop
yourselves physically and morally and TO
make good you pass w because you arc
too lazy TO DO anything except make
yourself Git to Do one OF the crowd.