The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-05

With a hint Of the Billy Sunday
method and a punch and humor all his
own. DIR. James Whitcomb Brougher.
pastor of the Temple Baptist church in
Los Angeles. gave his straight from
the-shoulder talk. What's Under Your
Hat" before a large and expressively
appreciative audience who attended
the first number of the Chautauqna
program last evening.
Il am lifting my voice tonight in be-
half Of higher type of manhood and
womanhood. The greatest need of the
world today is a higher type Of man
and woman. War or no war. the world
needs a higher and more efficient type
OF men and women. Are you any
good in the world?" asked DR.. Brough-
er to his audience. 'Tf you died to-
morrow would anyone miss you but
the people you have troubled? Is
there anything under your hat? Have
you made anything of the material
which God wrapped up and put under
your hat? Have you done anything
to add to the progress Of the world?"
Accept Responsibility.
What we need" declared DR..
Brougher, is, no more men and wom-
You are responsible for everything
that you put under your hat Per-
sonal responsibility is the great need
Of the day. Don't shift responsibility
onto the other fellow. admire the
kid who shouldercd half the RESPONSE
bility. His mother saw him push an
other boy into the gutter and spit on
him. She brought her young hopeful
into the house and then. looking him
straight in the eye. asked him II he
was possessed OF the devil at may
have been the devils fault that
pushed him into the gutter, but
thought about splitting on him myself,
answered the boy.
Every Man Self. Made.
Every man is a Sclf-mado man
There Is only one Of you in the world
God Almighty only went to the trou.
bic to make one like you. You MAY
not have very good head. but there Is
only one like It," said the speaker
"Yon can't find two heads two faces
two hands. two foot prints or two
human bones alike in the world. Tha
means that you've got n body all YOU
own. We stand alone, body. mind ant
soul, to work out our own destiny
You are responsible for what You are
You've got to live in the house yo,
build"
Would Hang cossips.
IF I had my way" declared DIR
Rrougher, I'D hang every gossip b,
the tongue and everyone who Listened
by the car and there wouldn't b,
enough of you left to make an audi
ence. Stop trying to make you
neighbor over. People that live i,
glass houses ought to dress in tn,
dark"
when you go home tonight" advo
Gated DIR. Brougher take n piece o
chalk and draw a big circle on tn
floor and then kneel down in the circl
and offer up this prayer, o. Lord
clean up Missoula and make it tn
town 1t ought to be, but begin in thi
circle
Wide Awake Child an Asset.
"a wide awake child is Of more yalu
than all the carpets and furniture 20
can buy" said the speaker, in n wor
Of advice to fathers and mother.
Just because your boy and girl ar
fun of pep Is no sign that they are bat
The only trouble is that YOU are dea
and they are alive. Let the boys an
girls be what God Almighty intende
them to be, not what You want the1
to be.
BE Healthy and So Well.
NO man with dyspepsia or a ha
liver can be a good Christian. n
man can be immoral and keep wei
The body is the Interpretation of tn
soul. Develop a healthy body. &c
all the fresh air you can. Take exer
else that will get at the vital organs
Take n cold bath each morning. Ea
two meals day and cut out the thir,
The greatest blessing that could com
to us would be that the food dictatc
of the country would forbid any ma
but the farmer working in the fiel
to eat more than two meals da,
Begin each days work with smile.
THE day is coming when men wi
be judged by the same standard q
women. You will have to crawl II
on the same platform with your wit
and daughter or they will climb dow
to your level, and then God help you!
What Is a Pessirist?
DIR. BrOugher defined a pessimist :
n blind man in a dark room lookin
for n black hat to wear in the rain. or
who FletcheriZes trouble. There
more religion in a smile than a snorc
he said. II like the man who ca
make lemonade out Of the lemons III.
arc handed him. One OF the secre
OF success is a happy disposition. CT,
me the Kingdom of childhood A ma
can master circumstances with in
agination.
mo man can succeed doing wron
When you do wrong you break Ia
and then the law breaks you. II