Show GOV ROOSEVELT i r BEFORE Y YM r o 0 A AI I i New Wei Yorks I en er an anI I f dt S TIlE rilE J 4 bl o Ira Ir h i It AI Ih Ilir ul ni ho to 0 f fI to I At the inIe ot of the een LI held b by the Y T M C A moon a ae read lead the ad Mrea r l dilly red id b by Goy Gov Roosevelt ot c Hew York Tork before tor th Nw w York cat Ct 1 y ii C A St at hill hili Th tl d u 11 i 1 4 p rn m tit titI I W un thi we wis reM tioN r thi ke UnIon nov noy ddn II f III tol ii 1 it t II 8 liar AI to me to toI tom I oem m JOU tod tO you rOil and andI I to blAr to O tINt th grIt nIt goo J I ts S ben been 4 I b by these thea Young M Mn and Y und II Christian the United and the DominIon f ot Canada Canall More and we 18 are settIng to 10 recO nIl the tl lW IW ot of II I IMI ot of many In our itt It II la Is equally equall true of at the world b tiC effort nowhere I a It ot wilt will It II ever er be to effort and Individual InitIa InitIative tive but In addition to this Ihl there must mut be work ark In III combination Mort Mor and thu HII II reCognized as I true not nol only In charitable work proper but In that but bett form ot of philanthropIc endeavor here 1 we do good to by all Joining together to do good to on one an another another other This I exactly what II Ia done Ilone In our I It clime to me that there thre are nral wh wily you OU are to pedal from all who are In the betterment of at our American an vial dill First and fore mOlt your recognIze the vital need t r tho mOlt moat vital ot of all allour allour our needa here In thu Ihl tet continent The existence of at A t Young or nr Young Christian I Is certain proof th t some ome people at al recognise In practical the Identity ot of aspiration and interest both bothIn itt In and In III high higher Ir er which with u us must be through h the ma of oC the people It If Ih the national life lite t I to attain full tull devel develOpment development This spirit ot of brotherhood of 01 ne both till the need jr if acIf help and Ind also alo th need lIed ot 01 helpIng other In the on only I wa way whIch ever matI maty does doe great load good that I is lit of helping them to help I vt cry ery man ot of u us needs such uch help at some IOme tinie and each elih ot of U be glad gild to out his hIli hand tl to a brother who I But while try every man needs nt III times to t 1 lifted up when he be hies hIe no mn man can afford Alford to let It me he carried and Ind It Is 18 worth forth no mIn mans hUe to tr try thull thue to carr carry some on one else elM The man who lies down who will not tr try to walk has baa become a mere cum cumI t I of at the earths Huhs Thee ot of our try to tl I men and to help them V hn they ire are The They do dot t t try merely to carry them to bene beneI I 1 t item for the moment at the cost ot of ott t I heir undoing Till ThIs means that aa U la t n jAr r with them I f lf but their I 1 self It An man who takee part I In n I 0 of at such luh an ii Ine to 0 some extent and the he to tOme some ay with the proviso that the I is well mana ed and Ia rill ov basis bul na 88 vell as with Tb illig eling It IC Is arl remote mote from a patronising the one hand halH as II from a spIrit ot of eti and malice on the other The Th but prk irk for tor our uplIftIng must M be belone lone llone and yet with broth brotherly erly for our nut In uck ork and therefore In the Ihl kind rf ef i done don by the i Chr hrIs Wf e all isil on the baste of mutual bennt I nd effort All of at u us who taka part anY ony audi uch work In IRea ft both beth receive and confer hene bene benefits fits I Is true of at the and Il Is Ia no lees lell true of at aver Ier mantho a advantage ot of what tha r and giver r hi lie done Thie IJ makes Inake u us all realise how mu muce 1 haVe In common and how mu w can when We work ork In om corn ml moi I 1 doubt It It is II possible to over oer the good done by th ho mc r fact f with a common In inter tl ter and for tor a common end and when the Interest t Is high antI and cormen end worthy the theone goodone one Is II of course In many a II times In cr lilea this ense nee ot of the feeling which breeds reI t both for tor for oth our assocIatIons hUe hare a peculIA v I In showing what can be done b In combination without Aid from tron th Ile While on the on one hand It s I evident that Ihal under th of modern tit life we cannot RII nn an unlimited which ml mi work harn to the community It ItI ItIs I Is In 0 ll lees evident that the ot of action houI be extended f 4 cautiouslY and po 10 tar far DI as hi where whre It will 11 wt nt crush Iruh out nut nuth h thy individual II oon on by Individuals In the form torm or of II as or of an any kind for tor mutual bet or lr mutual often n of oft ofU t U 1 a way to avoId alike th U State control and the d dingers ot Of ThIC I Is par true of oC efforts for tor that moat ot of all of oral hetter lent ent which usually brings material In It Ita II rain It is III only In this bY all or of m tm together r In a spirit 01 o broth by ench doIng hi his part tor or Ih the betterment nt ot of C and Q others that It is III for tor II ts to love sove the 1 problems with u as 1 we Are now confronted nUl nii lIfe lite has hall become to so complex II its rte rate or of movement eo 80 Very t tami anti and di p Intense thai we find tare fae tt to face with conditions that were WIIt raGo unknown In Ih thIs nation halt half p ago The Je power r or of the torce I of r evil h has been greatly Increased an ant I It Is II for tor our that we should rho tho forces for tor good V are all aH of C U bound houM to work ork towards this end No one lne of us ua can do everything but hUI each fah eachor or us UI Ian cin Or Io something and Ir if w work ork r the all at of at thes m will bel be very There Ther are ot of course I a thousand di terent ferent wiy In which the work cai b lIon Ioa and each elch man must AI ag hili hii antI ancl hi hIs bId him It if h hII bs is II to do the best t ot of which h hC is II liP clap ibm hut Dul all the kinds kind or of work must mUll be carried amt d along on It if c od I is to In conic All the work 1111 tie be attempted At as on nn the whole this PD Christian work ba hs been done that Is In a 11 spIrIt i In n lei to broad bartty for or mankind there eo I Is a ken keen and healthY sani of at mInd We must retain our self el elI elI I I I I MII respect ch and all of at us UI aM We must beware alike of mushy anti and ot of tiP en and aad haired It ought not to be necessary fur tor me meto meto to warn Youn you ou against mere the and charl I ty which ore are not merely DIrel but harmful It I Is eminently desirable that we should non lion of at u us be hard hardhearted hearted lout but It is III no Ie less desirable that we 0 should not be do not know Which is Ie moat pro of evil to tI mankind In the Ion long longrun 1 run hardness of heart or lr softness of head had Naked charity I Is not lIot what w we want ant There are ot of course courll certain clau such II as young youn children widows with large families or crippled or ver very aged people or 01 even strung trun men temporarily by stunning on whose h lo behalf we may have to make a frank trank and direct appeal to charity and who can be recipients ot of It wit without bout an any loss lOll ut of self elf r Hut takIng u us a as it Ii wh whole lle taking the mass of w we do not want charity w we do not want 1 we want anI to learn how to act both individually and together in III such all as to enable u us to hold our own In the world to do good tu to others ac to the measure ot of our and to receive good from others in III ways which will not entaIl on our any loss lOll ot of self It respect It ought to be no I less for forIne Inc Ine to say aay that any man 11 t 1 tries to solve lole the great Ireat problems that confront us UI b by An appeal to and passion to Ignorance and COil fOlly to lu malice anti and antin eny n Is II not lIot and never can be aught hut but In an enemy of at the very ery people he to befriend In the words word ot of lowell It Is II tar far safer ater to adoPt for tor a motto All men up than some men down SPeaking broadly w we cannot In run benefit one man by th the I downfall ot of another Our energIes can cun canas I Ia a as It a rule be employed to much better I advantage in III uplifting some thin than In pulling down others Ot Of course courte there must mUll be Pulling down too We have havo no to blink nUl evUs and where whre It I Is that the knife should hould be used let It be used unsparing unsparingly I ly bullet but let It be used intelligently When there I ia need ot of a drastic remedy apply It hut but do nut not all apply l It t In the mere spirit ot of ha hate te N Normally a pound ot of con on I Is worth a ton ot of destruction There TheN is 18 degradation to us UI It If we eel I Ien en envy am antI mallet and flitted t ODe ones neighbor fur tor any allY cause and It If w 1 envy him merely because auel a ot hI his riches se 8 show WI we have ourselves low ideals Idall MOD Money Is hi R ii good thing It I Is a affectation to 10 den deny It But It is III only good thing and after a certain amount hn ha n It e ceases to tobe tobe be the chief even ot of material good It Is tar far better bitler for tor Instance to 10 do well voll a bit ot of work which I Is well worth doing I do not care are Ma work is II that ot of an engineer on a areat great reat railroad or I a captain ot of a ahl boat boal or In a factory or rna ins c chine shop or section hoes boI or division chief or astronomer In an ob observatory or a second lieutenant some ume somewhere where In China or the man ot of these theae has hili an 11 Important piece lit of work and It h he I really interested In it II and has haa tIme the right stuff In him he will III be altogether too proud of what h he heis is 18 doing and Ind too Intent on doln doing It well to waste hi his tIme itt In envying others From the days daYI when hili the chosen peo pie received the decalogue to our own IRV envy and have havi been II as evils and W woe to those who ho appeal to them To break the lenth Command meat ment Is Ie no more IRON moral now than It ba has been for tor the past thIrty centuries The I If i ot at envy I Is not oni II dangerous but also allO a mean vice Ic for tor It I is alwa always a confession ot of Interiority InferiorIty It ma may provoke con conduct which 1 will III be fruitful ot of wrong doing to others anti and it II must cause miser to 10 the Ule man IRan who feels teel It It will not be any the less leas fruitful ot of wrong and mIser It If HI as Is so 10 often time lilt case cae with evil mo Ino It adopts some lOW hight sounding alias The truth is II gentlemen that each one or of us UI lisa tn in him certain pu pas ions slon and instIncts which if Ie they gain the upper hand In his hll soul loul would mean that Ib the wild lid beast hd bad corn come upper uppermost I most mOlt In him Envy malice malic and hatred a Cr rt such passions and the they are just as bad It dIrected against a class or group croup of men II as It directed against an IndIvidual ual What w we need nd In our leaders and is II help In suppressing such feelings help In such uch the feelIngs that are their extreme Ope op Woe to u us as a nation If e tV ever r follow tollow the lead Id of men Who seek Ik not to but to 10 inflame the wild beast blut o of the human heart In social and Ind industrial no less than In political reform we cn can do healthy work work fit t for tor a free country tit for lor democracy only by treading In the footsteps of at ton and Franklin and Adams and Pat Patrick I rick Henry And not In the steps als of at I Murat and I So tar far what I have had to IA say hu ha dealt mainly with our relations with one another In what ma may be called the service of at tile the State lint the basis of I is In the Mme home A man be a good son on husband and lath I pr r a woman a good daughter wife and mother tint first foremost There must mUltI I be no shirking of t duties In bl big things I or In little things The man who will liCIt ant work hard inird for tor hi hIs wit wile and his hll lit littie tie ones onu the woman who shrinks trout bearing and rearing man many healthy dren thes have nu ne place among the themen themen men and women omen who are Ife striving up ard and onward Ot Of course coune the tam lam Ih fly 1 Ii the foundation ot of all the thIngs n the ta Sins against pure and family life are thoe whIch cf If II others srI sic sure In the end to be most moH u upon on the Ihl nation nalon In latch the they lake tak Wt Ws must b be hlf uFe er not mcray or of th h 11 t th pits h but bUI Jt f the ones which wh n nt t then loeth together r 1111 uh such mn ap of misery and lind wrong Tn ThO dr Ard th the I d liver the th Ih liar lar I the he twin th thc mn man manoh I II oh I ho II brutal to or neglectful of par nt wife or III all of 01 I there the shrIft should h uld be short when we e ek peak k tit of citizenship ery of effort for tor good In your use UIO t s part of the ceaseless war the trait which well such men JIlin hut Dut In addition to J the rosier forms torm of evil we 1111 must mut not fort forget to 10 also the evils vU of bad temper lack Illek of gentleness nagging and fretfulness lack ur of for Cor evils of oC in hi aU all lit iti mYriad forms form adt ilia man manor or 01 woman must mut r remember his ilia or her dut duty to La all around and to those thole closest anI anti nearest and such BUch te I I a tb the belt beat possIble th the e tu to doing duty for tor tb the tae a as a whole W ask that th these associations and the men and women omeD who take lIke part In them practice the C doctrines which are from every true The decalogue and the golden rule mu mua stand Iland III as the foundation of every lu successful effort to bitter better either our social ot our t life Fear the Lord and walk In Ills HII ways ay let cah man love lov his hll neighbor u as him w we practice these thele two pre the reIgn ot of social and civic will be close Iole at hand Christianity teaches not only that each ot of us UI must mut so 0 II live la as to save his hili own soul lOul but each must mut aIs strive to todo todo do hI his whole whale duty by hi his WI We annot live up tip to these thet teachings a as w we should hould for I in n the presence prence of at mIght and nd wisdom adom the strength strong at man I Is but weakness and the ot of eyes YI see but dim dimly But BUI tach of u us lan can at least leat strive II as light and strength are given Iven him toward te ideal Effort alan along an anone any anyone one line Une will not W We must mUll not onlY be load good but strong troD WI We mutt must not only be but brave brae hearted We must mt think loftily and we must mUll also alo work hard It 11 is II not written In the HolY Book that we must mere merely be harm harmless h a as doves It I is also allO writ written ton ten that w we must mat he be wise Ie as aa serpents raft Cratt unaccompanied by conscience makes the crafty man a social wild boast balt who preys community and Ind must mut be bunted out of It Gentleness and sweetness by I a strength and hIgh resolve are Impotent for tor good The true Christian I Is the true lofty lotty ot of purpose resolute retolut In f en endeavor deavor readY for tor a heros deeds deed but never looking down on his hll task tak because It Is cast In the da day ot of small ImaH thin things scornful or of basin buen awake to hI bt own dull II as well II as to hit his righta following the higher taw law with reverence and In inthis this world doing all 11 that In him lies so 0 that when dt death ath comes h lie may mRY feel that mankind I is In some IOme better b be because cause be has hll lived Jived o |