The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-10-16
DR.. MOTIFS ADDRESS

the nations Of the world declared
In. John r. Mott in his dinner ad-
dress Thursday evening at the Seel-
bach Hotel 10 an audience OF about
five hundred Louisville men, as
scmbled in the interest Of the COM
ing state campaign Of the Y. VI. c..
A. His expression brought a storm
of applause, which grew into loud
rcheers Of enthusiasm. Continuing,
DR.. Mott paid glowing tribute TO
the hard work, unselflshness and
sacrifices Of President Wilson.
In his discourse DR.. Mott dis
closed that every one Of the allies
Of the United States, TO the number
Of twenty, have expressed the desire
to have the Y. NJ. G.. A. established
in their standing armies as a result
Of the observation Of its workings
in the American army. and it only
remains for the United States SEN
ate, he said. TO decide that this
country will "try the experiment"
Of running the army without it, He
predicted that il will he an expert
ment Of short duration. and that the
~" work will be resumed on the
old basis before a great while.
John n. Motifs address TO the State
secretaries Of the Y. NJ. C. A. at the
banquet luncheon held Thursday in
his honor in the auditorium Of the
Scelbach Hotel, and attended by
about $50 men, was one Of the most
impressive discoursgs ever delivered
in Louisville. The distinguished
American was introduced by DR.. Z.
Y. Mullins, president of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary. who,
i'm presenting the guest of honor,
called attention to the many con-
spicuous positions of leadership
which DR.. Mott has occupied.
Among these were head Of the Stu
dent Volunteer Movement for years;
head of the organization of the In
tcrnational Y. VI. C. A.: head Of the
War Work Council Of the Y. VI. C. A.
and head of the Edinburgh Con-
feVence. Though layman, DR..
Mott is the outstanding religious
figure of the day, because the fire
Of his spiritual devotion burns so
strong and so bright in, the midst
of a practical life" concluded DR..
Mullins.
II reminded you that you are
dealing with a new worldAa shak-
en-. quivering world--a world in
which pillars that were deemed
pillars Of strength and were pointed
TO with pride, have crumbled TO
dust at our feet" said DR.. Mott, af-
ter a brief preliminary which ex-
planned that he had for the past
thirty-one years been cruising
over the world on missions of help
fulness in forty-six countries; that
he had visited the war zones of
Europe six times during the course
Of the world war and had Travelled
1000 miles on the eastern front.
Continuing the speaker said: 1T
is an impoverished world also, for
up to six months ago it had cost
over 260 billions of dollars; il is an
exhausted world both economically
and vitality, as demonstrated by the
100000 graves that have been
filed because of the struggle; and
il is still a Borrowing and suffering
world, for in all my six visits to the
war zones ! spent much of my time
in the homes. and not one that |
can recall but had been visited once,
and often many times, by the dark
shadow of death
The World is "0n Its Nerves"
DR.. Mott said that the people
everywhere impressed him as being
ION their nerves" and in a state of
irritability, which is productive OF
criticism. He declared that il is a
wonderful time TO live when a
whole world is accessible to new
ideaA Comparatively speaking, ii
is an unseliish world. too, he said.
for although it is not so unselflsh
as il was year ago, or two years
ago, it is far more unselflsh than be-
fore the war.
~ had thought that | might see
! one or two nations plastic, but |
never thought to see a>whole world
molten and plastic as is the world