Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12


held his hundreds of hearers SPELL
bound under the force of his logic
and eloquence.
Leaders Here
Leaders of intellectual and relig-
ious activities from every part of
Pennsylvania, were in Harrisburg
this afternoon to hear DIR. Mott. Fol-
lowing a luncheon in the Board OF
Trade Building, the noted Y. NJ. c.
A. executive told of conditions such
as the world has never before known.
Time means more than money to
many of those here to-day" said Dr.
Mott, but l am free. to say that al
though you live to be very old, you
will never have an opportunity to
spend three or four hours that will
be more important for the human
race"
DIR. Mott briefly sketched the ac-
tivities growing out of the world
war. Il do not understand the man
who is not aflame with a desire to
clared the speaker. and surely the
financial and shipping needs of the
country are great enough to COM
mand our best attention. What l
have to talk about to-day is, many
fold more important than guns or
munitions.
Greatest Need
"The greatest problem facing the
world to-day is this: How can we
best promote contentment, ideals and
morality among the multitudes VINO
are going to the other side To- rep
resent uS2"
At least SS,0OO.OOO men and boys
arc under arms at this time, declared
TFs In -V~Nv Il
in the worlds history have more
than 100000 men been lined up
against each other in aggressive
warfare. The fighting men are the
flower of the strongest nations of the
world and represent two-thirds of
the human race.
DR.. Mott painted, in burning
words, the physical needs. the men,
tai anguish and the moral needs of
the boys who are leaving their
homes here to fight the worlds
greatest battle for democracy.
y new insight into the needs of
the National War Work Council of
the Y. NJ. c. y. was gained from
some of the comparisons given by
DR.. Mott. Much of the information
given the men at the meeting to-day
is of a confidential character. and
may not be printed in the news
papers.
Y. VI. c. \. Gets Call
Following the entrance of this
country into a war with Germany,
Dr. Mott telegraphed President VIII
son. placing the leadership and facil-
tiles of the Y. NJ. c. a. at the dis
posal of the CHIEF Executive. A few
days later the President gave DIR.
Mott this message: Get ready to
do something larger than your AS
Soclauon has ever done" At that
time no one. not even DIR. Mott had
any conception of the part of the Y.
NJ. c. A. would be asked to play in
caring for the boys of the American
Army.
The number OF men IN France is
much greater than the average man
IN this room imagines. This much l
am permitted to say" said DIR. Mott.
We cannot neglect them. We stand
by our men in the United States. and
we must follow these men and place
zones OF safety for them there"
Men were spellbound as the speaker
in quiet, even voice that bespoke
his intense earnestness told of the
men he had followed, over mountains
and through the valleys. in the camps
and on the abttlehelds. Mere boys
nave gone out in their young man
hood. and because of the lack of
proper spiritual oversize. many have
net a spiritual death before meeting
the physical crisis
Secretaries from all parts of Penn
sylvania will return to their homes
tonight to tell as best they can the
story that DR.. Mott told today. Penn
sylvania." said the speaker. "a State
that has always borne more than her
share of the burdens in a time of
great stress, will do her share in
providing the money needed to care
FOR our boys in Europe"
This is the message that will be
carried TO every part of the keystone
state by those who were thrilled by
DR.. Motifs eloquence to-day.