New Britain herald., 1923-01-15
REAL VALUE OF MAN
 IN COIN OF HEAVEN
pr. Custis Lee Laws Explains
 System of Self Appraisal

The third and final of series of lectures under the auspices of the h.
 dustrial Council of the Y. M. c. A.
 was given in the Lyceum theater yes- terday afternoon and was largely att
 tended. The presiding officer was M.
 k. Pasco, vice-president of the Amer lican Hosiery Go. and former presi- ldent of the council. Rev. Henry w. Maier led in prayer and Rev. A. B.
 Taylor in the singing. Rev. John l..
 Davis made few remarks preceding the collection. The principal speaker
 of the afternoon was Dr. Curtis LeV
 Laws of New York city. His subject was, "How Much Are You Worth 2" and he spoke as follows:
 How much are you worth? First,
 how much in money? I ask this first because it is the least important of all the questions and yet it is not an unimportant question and do not forget that the Good Book says, Re member the Lord Thy God.' for it is He who giveth power to wealth. You know what wealth will do for any individual. It will open the doors of opportunity. Many men do not care for wealth. They are up early and late for their families. They like to make their home the center of delightful social circle.
 Power of Money to Do Good.
 Money will do a lot for the good of God. Many churches are suffering be- cause there is a lack of sufficient funds to carry on their good work. I have a daughter who is a missionary in China. She graduated at the age of 22 years and one year later went to China to give her life for Christ. There are hundreds of missionaries waiting for the chance to go out into the wids and teach Christianity but they are kept back by the niggard- illness of the churches.
 Tt is everlastingly true that in the | presence of the best things. money is l powerless. It will do many things but it will not do all things, will do | many important things but not the most important things. In the pres ence of the best things, money is not | good.
 There was once man worth $2o,- 100000 but he was an invalid. This | man would give all his millions for the robustness of many of the young men in this audience but he could | not buy health with his millions.
 Money will not buy culture. It | *ill buy books but not their contents. Money will not buy love. It will buy 2 wife or a husband but it will not buy character or strength of mind.
 Character, Coin of Heaven
 How much are you worth in char lcter, the coin of Heaven? The great moral character. A man may be | | millionaire in moral character and ! pauper in money or vice versa. How much are you worth in honesty, downright. old-fashioned honesty? Il Are you a millionaire in honesty? II How much are you worth in veracity? s your word as good as your bond with the endorsement of the best man n this community on it? How much Ire you worth in personal purity? II low much are you worth in your de- ire to make your loved ones happy? H me of the most important things in mans life is to live to make his loved mes happy. How much are you worth in your purpose and desire to ring happiness to the ones you love ,e kind to your mother. If she still Ives, bring smiles of joy to her with red features. No one can ever take er place.
 Character and Reputation
 How much are you worth in ami bility? How much are you worth in equation? I think a man should o right and let his reputation take are of itself. What people think of ou is what measures your influence yer them. Character is what is on he inside. reputation on the outside.
 man can regain character but it is lighty hard to regain reputation. ieputation is never worth so much 5 when 1t Is on the fiery furnace.
 How much are you worth to your ,milies? How much in example