The Portland daily press., 1869-07-17
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND
Saturday Morning, July II, 1869.
Republican Nominations. !.
FOR GOVERNOR
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN, !,
OF BRUNSWICK ~
OF BRUNSWICK

OF BRUNSWICK.
To the Fourteenth Annual Convention Of
Young Mons Christian Associations Of
the United States and British Provinces.
The Executive Committee respectfully sub
mlts the following as ITS report, which, when
accepted, and your Committee discharged, will
| terminate three years service, commenced
under an appointment made by the Albany
Convention. ''s isHt s @ %
During the past year the working organiza-
non OF the Committee has continued substan-
tally the same as at the date of the last re-
port, and its work has been prosecuted blythe
modes which had then been adopted
Aware of the pressure of business upon the
Convention, and the variety of interests and
opinions demanding consideration or notice,
the Committee will, with the utmost brevity,
present such matters, and those only, as ap-
pear of the most importance.
l. The appointment OF the Executive Com
mittee, its organization, location and powers,
! claim and should receive the early attention
OF the Convention, and of the proper Com
mittee, as matter Of prime Importance. No
one should be placed upon it who is not able
to perform promptly the work which the post
demands. This work has become serious
tax upon those who act on the Committee .
its performance calls for much time, much
actual labor, much anxious thought: it is
burdened with weighty responsibility. Too
much care cannot be exercised in this matter.
If the charge committed to these Associations
is wisely met, year hence there will not be
less than one thousand on the continent
| many more than that even, if those once ex-
listing in such strength in the Southern States
should be re-organized, as not a few doubt
less will be.
H. The Corresponding Members of the
Executive Committee are to be appointed.
At Detroit this was neglected, and the duty
of making such appointments cast upon the
Executive Committee. The result was long
delay-six weeks at least-in the general
work, some unsuitable appointments, some
dissatisfaction, and much neglect throughout
the year. Appointments thus made NAV nat
uraliy enough be regarded as designations by
a merely local authority, and hence will not
always be received with cordially. Christian
men are not always free from jealousy, and
Christian Associations, even, may sometimes
indulge, and possibly, in rare cases, cherish a
spirit akin to Jealousy, quite inconsistent with
an harmonious prosecution of the great work
Of teaching Christ to the young men of Amer
lea, in which it has been given to these socie-
ties to bear such a conspicuous part. Hence
the Convention cannot be over-careful to
avoid this as well as all other circumstances
having the least tendency toproduce coldness
between these organizations.
1t is matter for sadness that so many of the
persons appointed Corresponding Members OF
the Committee, under the authority given at
Detroit, appear wholly to have neglected their
duties; at least no evidence has been forward
ed to the central Office OF any service render
ed In the prosecution of this continental work
in the performance of which the Associa-
tions, while bound together by no formal or
elaborate organization, should be actuated by
one spirit, more in concert, and join hands
and hearts in the fullest sense. To this end
the simple agencies established by the Annual
Conventions should each fulfill tits approprl-
ate part; failure in any Of them assures cor
corresponding failure in the general service.
In an especial manner does it rest with the
Corresponding Members to cultivate and de-
velope that unity of spirit, the esprit du corps
which is essential to our largest usefulness.
The Committee deem it duty to urge upon
the Convention an exercise of the utmost
prudence in the selection of these agents-.a at
least those should be selected who will resign
their places promptly when it is apparent that
they cannot perform their duties. '5.s
Let it not be understood that all the Cor
respos.a;--o .Ea
vations sow made; some have, with great
iaituiuinSss anu Wisuol, pfoSecuteu thelr
WORK. Inc reports herewith submitted as
forming part OF tnis report, VIII 70 eonsid-
erapie extent snow wnat mas been done Dy
erS nothing Dut their own oral Statements or
perusal of their correspondence with INC
| Committee detailing their efforts and their
| failures, not from any lack on their part, how
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