The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01
A VERY SMALL CROWD
GREETS DR.. M'KEEN'S
ADDRESS ON SUNDAY
Talks Interestingly of Ex-
periences With Boys In
Uncle Sans Camps
VERY PROUD OF THE
Y. Nj. c. A. UNIF OR M
DIR. McKeen Knows How to Get Close
To Boys in Khaki; Now Wants
A Chance to Get Close to You

A small, but appreciative audience,
greeted DR.. McKeen at the Methodist
Church on Sunday evening, in a has
tily called meeting in the interest of
the United War Work.
Dr. McKeen is rapid and force
full speaker, and he went very thor
opghly into every part of United War
Work
He SAID in part:
"Of the uniform i wear, that of
Y, M. c. A. Secretary, am prouder
than of any other thing, excepting
only my wife.
II care nothing for the organiza-
ton, or for any of the allied organi-
cations except as they serve the boys
over there. The organization is nee
essary to carry out Gods plan of
service, and therefore necessary.
"For years we have been praying
for the coming of the Kingdom Of
God, and now l am afraid many of
us have gone to sleep on the job. y
81 came down to Chickamauga in
1898 and all the gamblers, and camp
followers, and attendant evils were
there.
"We had not the splendid Y. M.
C. A. as we have today, to watch over
the morals of the boys, and the ruin
ed lives as a result of the camp
vices were many-far exceeding the
battle losses.
"The recreation hour is indicative
of the character of man. Show
me how he spends his leasure NOM
ents, and | can tell you what manner
of man he is. We are taking care
of the idle hour.
"Now the charge has been made
that the Catholic priests have more
influence in our army camps than
any other there.
"When you hear this charge tell
them that say it is not true.
"The really big men of the camps
are the Y. M. C. A. secretaries. They
are the dominating force and power
in camp, and have more influence
than all others. And these Secretar-
les are taken from the Protestant
denominations. / have been in the
camps-the big camps-many of
them, and / know whereof / speak.
"And remember there are $500
of these Secretaries now with the
boys overseas.
"There are two groups working in
all the army camps today: First the
Red Cross, ministering organization
everywhere, both inside and outside
the camps, and next the Allied War
Workers, of which the Y. M. c. A.
is the most important and largest,
representing the evangelical denom-
nations, the Y. w. C. A., the Cath
olic War Council, the Jewish Welfare
Board, the War Camp Community
Service, the American Library Asso-
citation, and the Salvation Army.
"And they are all so busy over
there ministering to the needs Of the
boys that they do not stop to ask to
what church he belongs. In No Mans
Land all that is narrow or selfish in
the soul is lost. There on the lips
Of the boys: "God-Mother--Sweet-
heart" such an army can not be stop
ped, and would you deny anything
to one Of them, be he Catholic, or
Jew. or what-not?
"The ruler of an open city once
rad as his guest the ruler of walled
city, and reviewing a parade of the
men and boys of the city he turned
and said to his guest: These are the
walls of my city
"The walls of America are its liv-
ing men and living women; they are
its towers of strength, and they will
not fail through the proper organiza-
tion To sunply the wants of our boys