The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-13

Communicated.
WHO SHOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE
Y N C.

/. Every pastor OF the city. "One
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
God and Father Of all" "And all Us
are brethren" We are not one OF the
number who believe that diversity Of
sects is necessarily a hindrance tothe
promotion Of the christian religion
But we do think that all protesting
christians should be actuated by the
same spirit. That they should set
before them the one great aim, the
advancement Of the Redeemer's king
dom. The great obstacle in the way
of good being done by denominations
Of christians is, we believe, the want
of union among themselves. When
the world shall see that ''These christ
ians love one another" they will feel
that there is power and reality in the
religion Of Jesus Christ. Now if these
things are so, any institution which
tends to bring the leaders of the vari-
Gus societies into closer sympathy
and more harmonious action, certain
Iy deserves the active support of those
to whom the congregations look to as
guides. Does the Y. NJ. G.. A. exert
such a influence? Does it tend to
draw christians nearer together ?
Look at the facts. In the list Of Off
GERS of the association here, seven re-
ligious bodies are represented and on
our standing committee for this year
eight. Only one half Of the minis
ters Of the city have as yet connected
themselves with our association.
We earnestly entreat those who from
any reason may be standing aloof
from us, to come up to the help of
their brethren, "to the help Of the
Lord against the mighty" that we
may present a united front and exert
our combined influence in one direc-
ton. Then shall success crown our
work and good shall be accomplished,
9. Every member of the church ex.
erts his influence. The skipping OF
the grasshopper moves the world. If
your personal influence is Lot so great
as that Of those who occupy nom
prominent positions in the church,
and in society, yet to every one, ae-
cording to his several ability has more
or less been allotted. II the leaders of
the hosts should band together, by
parity of reason the rank and file
should not remain apart II the
watchmen upon the walls should see
eye to eye, should not the dwelIers in
the city speak peaeeably together
The more closely christians are united,
the more will they, themselves, be
benefited and the more hope will
there be Of making their influence
felt.
8. The ladies should be member OF
the Y. NJ. G.. A. What ladies belong
to the Young Mems Association
Who exerts a more potentinfuence on
our youngimen, than they? We who
have passed the period of our youth
cannot surely forget, that nothing
swayed us than half so powerfully as
the gentle voice and smile of the soft
er sex. But there is a portion Of the
work of the Y. NJ. G. A, such as tract
distributing and family visitatiOns
which no one can do so well as the
ladies-we had almost said, which no
one but the ladies can do at all. We
need more female members in our
Association. The way is open. There
is work to do. The ladies are cor
daily invited to join US.
4. But there is another quite large
class of persons who should become
members of the Y. NJ. G. A. We re-
fer to young men, who, though not
connected with any church, may be-
come associate members of this Or
ganization. To benefit the young
men of the city, is the aim of the as
sOciation. 1t is our endeavOr to exert
upon them such an influence as shall
help them them to 'tshun evil COM
panions,n and to become upright
citizens and godly men. How we
propose to do this, shall be more full
ly set forth in a future article. To
each one of this class, especially, do
we extend the hearty invitation,
"come thou with US and we will do
thee good"
TIFFIN, O., June 18th, 1872.
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