Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-04-20
MEMS BIBLE CLASSES
AGAIN BANQUET

The fourth and last banquet or
tbe season to be given by the COM
bined Bible classes Of the two
towns. held Tuesday night at the To-
cal NJ. E. church, was on a. par with
the others held. The ladies of the
church prepared the elegant supper
veal loaf, escalloped potatoes,
cottage cheese, egg salad, pea pat
ties, rolls, pickle, beets, jelly, cof-
fee. pie. They prepared for 250,
however not quite that number were
present. During the supper hour.
music was furnished by the Ep-
worth League orchestra. and Edgar
Northrup played a saxophone solo.
In addition to the occasion being
union Bible school banquet, it was
also a father and son banquet,
number of the younger boys being
present.
prof. John H. Dickson,
formerly on the faculty of
Wooster college, but now on the
board of Temperance and Moral Re-
form of the Presbyterian church,
with his office at Pittsburgh, was
the speaker. His subject as an
nounced was Getting Ready for
the Game of Life" The address
while not long was fine one, the
meaning of which he made very
plain. He began by describing
baseball game between the Cleve-
land Indians, and the Tigers of De-
triot. This commanded the atten
! ton of his audience especially of
| the boys. From the game of base
of life. He said many fan out at
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| first base. Why? Because they
| fail to prepare or train themselves.
/ AS the speaker stated would Babe
| Ruth score as he does, had he not
spent much time in training?
If it was necessary for him to get
ready for the ball season how much
more important is it to get ready
for the big game of life. Get ready
| for the game-it pays. Out of ev-
cry 100 who enter high school only
lis reach graduation-the others
drop out at the various bases. Of
the 100 young men who enter busi-
nesses only s succeed. The reason
! is because of lack of equipment
they are not willing to pay the price
| of preparation. The speaker spoke
of some of the habits that keep
boys on the bases and from scoring
profanity. Many have mastered
different languages, but profanity
offsets them all. Cigarettes keep
many boys from scoring. He cited
instances to prove his statements.
Marshall Field of Chicago, and John
Wanamaker who, combined. employ
IL, 900 clerks will not admit a boy
to their employ who uses cigar
cites either while on or off duty.
Edison will not even permit a boy
to sweep his office, neither will
Luther Burbank the great plant
wizard let a boy or man trim his
hedge who is addicted to the use of
cigarettes. Mr.. Dickason believes
that there is nothing that keeps so
many boys from getting further
than third base, like the use of
cigarettes. He said fathers want
their boys to lead clean lives is
daddy always walking in that path?
Parents should so live that their
children can safely walk in their
footsteps.
The speaker said that all can't
play on the first team, some must
play on the second, but wherever
you play, see that you play fair, and
score at the plate if possible. Some
may have to be rooters-their
places are important since they en-
courage and help others to win.
The speaker believes in cheering the
players during the game-so should
we cheer those in life's game while
they are living. No one can read
ibis tombstone after he is dead.
Many pastors never receive a cheer
If they did it would help them
Gn nlnn0d uyifh g.
young people to get ready for the
game, and to play fair, and to
score for the things worth while.