Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-22
International Convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
PORTLAND, July 10, 1869.

that during Fridays session, the ques
ton of subscriptions to the fund TO
the Executive Committee came up, ant
was forcibly urged by H. Thane Miller
After period for silent prayer, The
Convention proceeded to active worl
III the business of subscribing, the pro
per officer reading the names of Asso
Citations and the several Representatives
of Associations pledged amounts to bt
paid in for the purpose designated.
The fund is to enable the committee
to carry on the work in the far Wes
and South. A very earnest desire was
being manifested to use every endeavol
to build up the waste places in the
South, and bring the people under
Christian influences. a large amount
was subscribed for this purpose alone
Saturday was the last business day Of
the Convention.
Part of the morning session was de.
voted to receiving subscriptions from
those who did not hand in their names
the day before.
Mr.. Holder, of London, having pre-
sented two gold sovereigns to the fund,
sharp competition ensued between
New York and Chicago for the obtain.
ing of these coveted specimens, $50 rare
of late among us). The first was borne
away by Mr.. Moody of Chicago. price
$3.50; and the second by W. E. Dodge,
Jr., of New York, the President of the
Association, at the same cost. Another
sovereign presented by Mr.. Dow of Hal
flax, was bought up by Fall River,
Mass, price $50. This being given
back again to the fund, was rebought
by Mr.. Moore of Sommerville, Mass
for $50. A five dollar Canada bill was
bought by Philadelphia. for 800, Sa-
lem, Ohio, gave Macmillan silver
dollar, which sold to Philadelphia
delegate for $50, with the condition
that it should be appropriated to the
work of evangelization in the Repub-
lie of Mexico, in which field Mr. Reilly
is laboring with success. Many of our
Elizabeth people heard him in the
First Church, just before his departure
for Mexico. The dollar being after
wards given into the treasury of the as
sociations, was bought by delegate,
for the purpose of aiding Mr.. Vassar,
now at work distributing the tracts OF
the associations on the line of the Pa.
cific railroad. A silver dollar coined
under the auspicies of the Southern
Confederacy was sold for ten dollars,
for the benefit of the fund. All these
pieces of money were afterwards con-
tribnted to the fund, together with
other donations.
Before proceeding to business, prayer
was offered by d. L. Moody, thanking
God for the liberality with which the
brethren had been led to aid the fund
By request of brother, and after stat
ing that George Fl. Stuart of Phiadel
phia had sent 500 to the fund for the
missionary work in the South, prayer
was offered that the fund raised might
be greatly useful
Mr.. r. r. McBurncy, Secretary o.
the Committee of the Lecture Bureau
made an interesting oral report, ant
asked and obtained leave to present {
written report to be placed upon the
records Of the convention, and printed
with its minutes.
1t was voted to continue the Bureau
and extend the thanks of the conven
ton to the same. The object of thu
Bureau is to procure suitable lee
turers for different associations. an(
it is expected that all will engag,
their speakers through this agency
have my doubts about this being gener
ally done, because of the lin my opin
ion) unwise resolution, afterward
adopted by the convention instructinI
the Bureau to employ only men in sym
pathy with evangelical religion. I yiel(
to none in my devotion to what is call
ed evangelical religion" as defined
by DR.. Crosby, in the report alread,
sent you; but there should be reason il
all things ; and it strikes me as neithe
necessary nor expedient, to exclud
from course of lectures, organize,
chiefly to raise money, such orators a
Phillips, Curtis, and Chaplin. Other
thought differently, as you will readil,
perceive when | Inform You that tn
resolution passed with but one dissent
ing vote. Whose that was l leave t,
your own imagination.
The first topic taken up Saturday, was
"What relations should woman SUI
tain to our Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION ?"
The discussion was opened by Fl
Thane Miller, of Cincinnati, who spok,
i'll favor of having women, under som,
circumstances, become associate mem
| hers he woS vnIv hun,orono onJ Lo,,