Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24

eleven days, ana III IL were NOT TOT
some OF the places sone OF you come
ffoh. counties that have no railroads
IN them, we could mekei II In less tImS
than this Now our most timely
question Is" he continued, will you
| make IL possible for the State Y. NJ. 9.
A. to maintain and extend It's scheme
OF work SO us 10 care for the needs Of
young men and boys ia the small coun-
ties n the unorganlzed fields, or win
lt.be compelled TO reduce Its organlza-
tlon to such or extent that some other
organization win come In whose mo
tive Will be other than the religious
one.
Following Mr.. Dix, Rev. r. T. Noos
Of Frankfort eloquently advocated the
policy of the Y. NJ. G. As occupying
the entire field and offered a motion
to that effect; seconded In an equally
earnest and eloquent tone by Glbney
Oscar Letcher, an attorney OF Hen.
dersOn. On the call of the campaign
director, c. "A. Tevebaugh, every dis
trict from the Purchase" to the Big
Sandy reported Organization and
hearty acceptance OF their quota Of the
statewide objective.
Or. Motifs Address
John X. Motifs address was one VI
the most impressive. discourses ever
delivered In Louisville. The distin.
guished American. was introduced BY
DIR. e. Y. Mullins, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem.
mary, who in presenting the guest OF
honor called attention to the many
conspicuous positions OF leadership
which DIR. Mott has occupied Among
these were head of the Student volun.
teer Movement for years head Of the
organization Of the, International Y.
NJ. G. A.; head of the War Work
Council of the Y. VI. G. A., and head
of the Edinburgh Conference. Though
a 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 DIR. Mullins
Dealing With a New World.
81 remind you that you are dealing
ing wOrld--a world in which pillars
that were deemed pillars of strength
and were pointed to with pride, have
crumbed to dust at our feet" said DIR
Mott, after brief preliminary which
explained that he had for the past
thirty-One years been Cruising" oveI
the world on missions of helpfulness mi
a
inc war zones of, Europe six. times
during the course of the world wal
and had travelled 1900 miles on the
eastern front.
Continuing, the speaker said: II IL
an impoverished world also, for up tc
six months ago 1t had cost over 26O
billions of dollars; II Is an exhausted
world both economically and vitality,
as demonstrated by the 11,OO0,O0O
graves that have been filled because OF
the struggle and 1t is still sorrow.
ing and suffering world, for in all my
six visits to the War zones | spent
much of my time i'm 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 "on Its Nerves."
DR.. Mott said that the people every.
where impressed him as being ION
their nerves" and In a state of irrl.
liability, which is productive of
criticism. He declared that it Is u
wOnderful&time to live when a whole
world is accessible to new ideas. Com.
paratively speaking, it Is an unsefish
world too, he said, for although II is
not 50 unseifish as II was year ago,
or two years ago, 1t is far more un.
selfish than before the war.
II had thought that might see one
of two nations plastic" but | never
thought to see "A whole world molten
and plastic as Is the. world today
but 1t will set, and set hard in new
mold and this Is the golden OppOr.
tunlty of an organization like the Y.
Nj. G. A., which can render unique
service at this time because of Its
contact with both capital and labor In
the Industrial unrest. Its forward
looking program In the development o.
young manhood physically, intellectu.
ally and spiritually, can be de,
terminifg factor In the moldlng of the |
nations, for have been thrown With |
the leaders Of many of the nations,
and none Of them are sure that they
know the way. Yes, 1t is a humble |
world, too, for where IL there nation |
todayswhich boasts that it knows how
TO deal with its problems" he said
Praises State Y. M. C. A. Work.
81 have been particularly impressed
with the plans wnIch have just bee.l |
laid before you men OF Kentucky. III
am sure you cannot realize how far
reaching this program may be. Be.
cause of this, l would Ike to say that |
by peculiar circumstance, | have
been able to get larger yiew--a SET.
ting as ii were-On the effect of Just
what such an enterprise may &C.
cOmplish by reason OF the fact that
have Travelled IN every country in the
world, have been associated with the
peoples and leaders Of so many ma.
tons, and have watched the virus OF