MEN'S MEETINGS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13876, 29 October 1910, Page 12

MEN'S MEETINGS.

At ih- lirfit of tlie meetings for men held in the Cathedral the l.cv. .. . C. Fitzgerald continued his discourse on the means of becoming strong, dealing ou this occasion with the exerci.se of the spiritual portion of man. Men bad to make a choice of the side on . Avhich they would fight. Across Christ's standard the one great word that was written wa.s --obedience." His follower_. were called on to keep His Commandments, and to go forth to bring others t> God. Iv conclusion, the speaker urged his hearer., to confess Christ before their fellow-men, and not to be ashamed to let it be known that they prayed, to use the Bible as the best. order book for the Christian soldier, and to use the means of grace to put on the whole armour of God. At the second meeting tho Rev. Canon .Stuart gave a, very impressive address on young men and the dangers they are exposed to. The three temptations the speaker dealt with were drinking, gambling, and- impurity. In regard to drinking, _he urged members of the Church of England Men's Society to do their best to save the victims and to help them Avith sympathy individually. Gambling was a more difficult subject, because men would say ''Where is the harm?" Canon Stuart, said that not only av.-i.s gambling objectionable because of the dishonesty it led to, but there Avas something intrinsically Avrong in it. Men might say that the ay hole ot life was a speculation, but the speaker said it was insulting to his common-sense to tell him that there Avas no difference Lett, een that legitimate speculation whioh wa.s the basis of commerce and trade, and that gambling and betting Avhich were the ruin of .so many. Gambling was condemned when regarded from the point of vieA. of man's duty to himself, to his neighbour, and to God. In regard to impurity, the speaker urged that fathers should not neglect the duty of telling their sons about avoiding the serious temptations of the body. He predicted that the time a.vascoining Avhen society would demand as high a standard of morality from men as from women.