The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-22
Tho Christian Associations- Tho
Power Vested In tho New ENecu.
slya Gam nlatee

tive Committee.
A correspondent writing from Portland,
Maine, TO the New 1 ork EUcning i'Od says !;
The most important resolution adopted by
the convention (always excepting that
wherein Rev. DR.. Crosby's committee un-
dcrtook to define the word "evangellcal")
was one which passed without discussion
and almost without notice during the after
noon session OF Saturday. It formed u part
Of the supplemental report Of the special
committee upon the executive committees
report, and was presented so quietly aud In
SO matter of-course a manner that hardly q
man who voted for the acceptance aud
adoption Of the report knew what he had
done. The resolution read thus:
"That the wonderful progress OF the insti-
tuition In whose interest we are assembled
has reached under Gods blessing such pro-
portions, and gives so great promise as to
future growth aud usefulness, that, In the
judgment.of this convention, the time has
come when the executive committee should
be Instructed and empowered to make such
subdivision Of Its prerogatives and rcsponsi-
bilities as shall secure the more thorough
and detailed systematizing OF the work
among the States and provinces represented
In this body, and this convention does hereby
request and authorize such action by the
executive committee us shall fully organize
the institution as a religious power In this
continent"
Stripped of Its verbiage, this resolution
really gives seven New Workers (the execu.
tive committee has boon appointed for an,
other three years In your city) the unfet
tered control OF the machinery of the or,
ganizatlon In America, aud, In fact, Sin,
structs" and "requests" them to do wfUt.
ever they shall think proper towards the full
I deyeisfHeRt Of asysiem whereby the Chris.
tian association men of this continent, mum
bering one hundred thousand earnest work,
crs, shall become consolidated and concen.
trated into a "rellgious power" All Of
whlch-plausible as 1t reads and sounds
can be paraphrased to mean that the present
position and future promise of the instltu,
ton justlies the adoption OF machiney &c
control and inspire Its progress and perform
ances, like that which the great polltica
parties now have and use with such power
full effect. Even II the convention knew
what 1t was about, In passing this resolution,
1t might not have hesitated to entrust III
executive committee with this unlimited
power, for no lack Of confidence In Its com.
mittee has ever been whispered In or out o.
the convention, and their past three years
service has been too fruitful Of wonderful
results to Justify the least doubts Of theil
fidelity and unselhshness-still, tho dele
gates will awake TO realize what they voted
when they find the Christian association
movement endowed with full political ma
chinery, and thoroughly systematlzed fnl
Simultaneous, unanimous and energetl,
activity all over this country. 49,
And perhaps this Is not a premature act
In view Of the fact that seven hundred ant
seyenty-three regular delegates and fifty
seven corresponding members took part Il
this grand gathering, making It mornll,
certain that either new basis or different
system Of representation In the annual con
yention will soon DO necessity, or they will
become SO large and unwieldy as to call fol
their dlscontinuanco. f.TH.
woMEKs WORK. .t'l
At the same session the most sprightl,
discussion yet had occurred upon the ques
tlon, "What relations should the womeu
sustain In the work Of our Young Mem
Christian Associations
The question, after a long debate, wa
brought to conclusion In the general i'm
preston that In large cities women shout,
have their own organization, and do tn
work In their own way, among their Owl
sex; while In the smaller towns, by unitlnj
with the young men they could greatly al,
them In the performance OF their compare
lively lighter labors.
LATE adyices have been received iron
Santiago de Cuba to the 18th Instant. Tn
American war steamers Albany and Gettys
burg and Centaur have arrived at that place
Admiral Hoff and the officers OF the Zee
paid visit to Commander Easbruo, depart
ment major. Rios, with 90 men, (spanls
troops,) had sharp engagement with tn
Cubans near Monzonillo. Twenty Of th
latter were killed and twelve captured. Tn
Spanish loss was not given.
Put IN OoMMIssIoS.-The iron-clad mon
itor Dictator, which has been for seyera
months under repair at the PHILADELPHIA
nayy-yard, was put In commission Tuei
day afternoon, and will leave In q few day
for one Of the home stations. The Dlctl
| Ia saG thu In raLnsi Of ila I.asaIalI