The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-27
STRONG IMPRESSION
MADE ON AUDIENCE
Christ Labored In The Big
gest Cause, Declares
The Speaker

The series of mass meetings fol
| men which have been conducted al
the local Y. M. G. A. this winter came
to brilliant close Sunday afternoon
when large number Of men heard an
address delivered by Miner Lee Bates
president Of Hiram college, Hiram, O.
There have been five held this winter
and they have been self-supporting,
! which is gratifying to those interest
ed in the work.
Those in charge of the meetings
were very successful in obtaining
good speakers for the meetings and it
has been decided to hold six or seven
meetings during the coming winter in
hopes that a greater interest may be
stirred up among the men of Mt. Yer
non for the betterment of the city.
Two speakers have been secured for
next years program, one being Dr.
William Foster Peirce of Kenyon col
lege.
AS a speaker, Mr.. Bates was in
tensely interesting and held to one
subject with a purpose and object in
point. This was evidenced by the I'M
divided attention given him during
his address.
Before the address, the Rev. Mr..
Long Of the Church OF Christ offered
the opening prayer and quartet,
composed of William +. Rimer, Paul
NJ Ashbaugh, w. F. Babbs and w. c..
Burris, rendered several selections
that were very good.
Mr.. Bates began his address with
one great thought standing out
above all-that without great cause
a man is nothing, no matter how
hard he works for himself Around
this, Mr.. Bates built up strong ad-
dress that went deeply into the souls
of those who heard it. The speaker
discussed and analyzed his subject
from every angle.
In one of his statements, Mr.. Bates
said that man is not reckoned by his
work, but by the cause for which he
Is working and the size Of that cause
forms basis for the scale on which
his usefulness and greatness is com
puted, For example, Mr.. Bates cited
the great European conflict now be-
Ing waged and into which the United
States seems on the verge Of entering.
The success of the Germans in the
past was great because the people of
Germany adhered to cause in which
they sincerely believed-the German
kultur.
| Another example which Mr., Bates
cited was closer home, although it is
not current event. The person has
remains and he is honored because o
the size of the cause for which h,
gave all he had. The cause for whicl
Robert II. Lee, the great general o
the armies of the south III the Civi
war, labored was one of the creates
In the history of the United States
although It was evident that it wa
wrong. However, Lee is still honore
and loved for his loyalty to this caus
And so it was with jesus, accort
ing to Mr.. Bates. As the speaker e
pressed II, the cause for which tn
Christ worked and finally gave IL
life was the greatest ever known M
one to which many now are givir
their lives and are prospering by It,.
The cause for which Jesus work'
Is written in the Bible in these word
God so loved the world that He ga
His only begotten Son, that whosoe
or belleveth in Him shall not peris
but have everlasting life" Mr.. Bat
said that this was the greatest Sc
tence he knew OF, simply because
represented such great, almigh
cause.
II was on account OF the size al
scope OF this cause that made Jes
so much loved then and now.
called men to the banner of the eau
and finally through His efforts {
cause was accomplished, in part.
However a man may be devoted Il
cause and still be looked upon wi
contempt. according to the speak'
II man devotes himself to a smI
cause with no other cause next gre