“The first thing that seemed necessary for me to do was to find a place where homeless boys of the city who had drifted into error and troubles of various kinds could be taken into the country and educated. I preached a sermon on this subject, and one member gave a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres for the purpose. Plymouth Church built Plymouth Cottage there, and the Illinois Training School was moved there, and other additions were made, gradually adding to its usefulness.” “The church grew under your ministration there, did it not?” “You can leave off that about me. It grew, yes, and we established a mission.” “Was there not a sum raised for this?” “Yes; Mr. Joseph Armour gave a hundred thousand dollars to house this mission, and the church has since aided it in various ways.” “This Armour Institute is an idea of yours, is it not?” “Well, it is in line with my ideas in what it accomplishes. It is the outcome of Mr. Armour’s great philanthropy.” “Do you find, now that you have experimented so much, that your ideals concerning what ought to be done for the world were too high?” I asked. “On the contrary,” answered Dr. Gunsaulus, “I have sometimes felt that they were not high enough. If they had been less than they are, I should not have accomplished what I have.” “What has been your experience as to working hours?” “I have worked twelve and fourteen, at times even eighteen hours a day, particularly when I was working to establish this institution, but I paid for it dearly. I suffered a paralytic stroke which put me on my back for nine months, and in that time you see I not only suffered, but lost all I had gained by the extra hours.” HOW TO MEET GREAT EMERGENCIES. “You believe in meeting great emergencies with great individual energy?” “There doesn’t seem to be any way out of it. A man must work hard, extra hard, at times, or lose many a battle.” “You have mingled in public affairs here in Chicago, also, have you not?” “Yes, I have always tried to do my share.” “You believe the chances for young men to-day are as good as in times gone by?” “I certainly do. That is my whole doctrine. The duties devolving on young men are growing greater, more important, more valuable all the time. The wants of the world seem to grow larger, more urgent every day. What all young men need to do is to train themselves. They must train their hands to deftness, train their eyes to see clearly, and their ears to hear and understand. Look at the call there is going to be upon young men when this country will be organizing its new possessions and opening up new fields of activity. What the world needs is young men equipped to do the work. There is always work to be done.” “You think, in your own field, there is a call for energetic young men?”