The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-19
Young Mems Christian Association.
INTERESTING REPORTS FROM Aux
Hilary ASSOCIATIONS.

SECOND DAY-MoRNINa SESSION.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock In Asso
ciation Hall, and was opened with deyo
tional exercises.
After singing Nearer my God to Thee,
Mr. Hall made few touching remarks or
the importance and power Of prayer ia sucf
made. 80
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
The Chair announced the.following com
mittees:
On Business L.. S. Edwards, j. z. Tyler
Julius Dreher.
On Associations: Rev. r. C. Morse, Rev
L. A. Steele, H. Blair.
On Resolutions: George A. Hail, T. D.
Ransom, U. d. Hoyt.
ASSOCIATION RE EPoRTs.
Reports from the several associations were
then called for.
Mr.. H. L. Sellers reported the association
at Washington and Lee University in very
flouriShing condition. It has good read.
ing.room and library, three mission Sunday
schools and regular prayer-meetings.
Rev. l.. a. Steele reported that the Uni
versity Association has about one hundred
members, is thoroughly organized, and is
doing a good work. Besides laboring in the
University Sunday.schooi, it sustains four
Mission Sunday-schools, ten weekly prayer.
meetings, and an excellent reading-room,
which Is well supplied with periodical ltera.
ture, and is frequented by large number
of young men. Many of the members oil
the association walk every Sunday, in all
weather, five or six miles and back in order
to work in these Sunday schools. The asso-
citation is in most aourishing condition.
Mr.. Jarman aud DR.. Chancellor, of Char
lottesviIe, spoke Of the Association there
and its seeming failure.
DR.. Chancellor thought the failure had
been due rather to lack Of sympathy on the
part Of older Christians than to want of zeal
on the part Of the young men.
Rev. l.. A. Steele thought that there is now
good opportunity of organizing in Char:
lotlesville very fourishing association.
MIR. Hall suggested that a good way to
secure books for the library is to get the
people of the community in the habit oi
turning over to the library ofthe associa-
ton new and popular books after reading
them.
Mr.. Furman Tupper spoke of the.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS STATE ASSOCIATION
in encouraging the weak and even revivify.
ing Associations that are already dead.
MIR. T. D. Ransom reported that an asso.
citation has recently been organized in
StauntoD, which numbers 110, is of good
material, and is doing good work. A gen.
tleman, not professor of religion, had
offered to give them 1000 volumes from bis
private library. In behalf Of the assoca
ton, he invited the Convention to hold
TN, yr1-r crecrnS IA cnAI-SToS
The association then sung "Praise God
from whom all blessings -flow," and united
in special thanksgiving and prayer, led by
Rev. Mi. Woodward, for the Staunton AS
sociation.
Professor Dreher reported the Association
of Roanoke College as having sixty members
Tuesday night and Sunday afternoon
prayer-meeting, Mission Sunday school,
and occasional special daily prayer-meetings
He stated that at the College there is
LITTLE DISSIPATION AND LITTLE PROFANITY
and that this is due largely to the efforts o'
the Christian Association. he spoke of q
precious revival at the College, and of a
Young man who was accustomed to wake his
fellow-students at A. M. that he may lead
them to the morning prayer-meeting.
Mr.. Arlington, Of Petersburg, reported
that they had no association there, and gave
rather gloomy picture of the religious con'
dtion oil the young men of the city, stating
that although there are an unusually large
number of churches and Sunday schools in
Petersburg, that very few Of the young men
attend.
A gentleman from Petersburg present de.
sired to protest against the idea that the
young men of Petersburg are worse than
those of other places.
MIR. O'Neal reported very interesting
association in Alexandria of $50 members
They have secured some 81 400 to build q
new hall. They have five Sunday prayer
meetings, and fourishing Sunday school
Their outdoor meetings had been sometimes
disturbed by
DIsoRDERLY FELLOWS FROM WASHINGTON,
but they had been able largely to put stop
to that by the passage and enforcement of
Sunday liquor.luw.
He told touching incident of drunken
father who had been convicted and brought
to Christ by hearing his son conducting the
services of an out door meeting.
Mr.. L. S. Edwards, president of the Rich
mond Association, reported that this Asso.
citation now numbers seven hundred ana
ifty, when it had only two hundred and fifty
members several years ago. Then it had no
hall, or lecture-course, but they had gradual
| ly worked themselves into their excellent
hall and had established their splendid lee
| ture-course.
Rev. L, A, Steele desired to speak of the
| Association of Emory and Henry College as
| in a most flourishing condition. 1t sustains
six Mission Sunday-schools and a daily
praver-me Getting, which has resulted several
| times Of late Years in precious reytyals.
| Rev. j. William Jones called attention to
| the fact that there was an association at the
| Virginia Military Institute which had beer
active and useful; that daily prayer'meet
| ing is sustained in the Institute, 10 connec'
ton with which there had been several re
| yiyals, one of them-in 1S69--resulting IN
over one hundred professions of conversion
| He protested against the idea that young
| men are harder cases or more difficult tC
| reach than other classes. His experience
among them--in the army, where some
fifteen thousand found Jesus, and at Lexing
| ton. and at the Uhiyersity-had fully con
yinced him that the young men are very
easily reached.
Rev. A. G. BIedsoe did not mean in his re
marks last night. to convey the idea thai
Young men are more deprayed than other
people, but that they are exposed to
SOME PECULIAR TEMPTATIONS. sd
They are not worse than old men, but neet
to be especially looked after and helped
that their steps may be guided Alright.
Professor Dreher read an interesting let
ter from one of the Faculty Of the Unlver
sity of Michigan on the work among college
students.
| pou nr Hr.nharu cold that rractical
point to be considered was bow to organize