Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-19
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ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF TIE You've
MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Baptist
Church, on Washington rect. was we'll filed,
last night, long beor1 the hour Jt the oprnlug
exercises, the occasion b, lug the tweoty second
Anniversary Meeting Of the Young Men 5
Christian Association, of this city. The meet
ing was presided over by Rev. Mr.. Peu!ck,
pastor of the Church. aud IN lie pulpit were
Rev DR.. r. H. Mckm. OF Christ Church
Rev DR.. j. }. Bullock, of the Union Pres
byteriau Church, Rev Mr. Diuwiddie, rf
the Second Presbyterian Church; Rev. Mr..
Waugh, OF the NJ. + Church, South Rev.
Mr.. McGcegor of the Methodist Protestant
Church Rev Mr. Dyer, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Rev. DR.. MITCHELL Rev.
Norval Wilson. of Baltimore, President Ut the
Baltimore Methodist Pro e>tant Conference,
aud H. W. Beadle, President OF the AsSocla-
ton. The members OF the Association occupied
the seals Immediately in front of the pulpit.
| Al seven aud hall O'Clock The exercises
were opened with short, but appropriate
prayer by R.v DR.. Mck!m, who prayed Tor
| the uutpouting Of the Spirit Of God uprn tie
clergy and the Church, and that the bcsslug
! of God might rest upon the work OF the Asso-
citation ; that the members might be lmbued
with wisdom from % high to successfully pros
the knowledge of Christ might speedily cover
| this whole earth.
At the conclusion Of Df. Mckim's prayer
the Association ard congregation uated 10
singing the hymn,
Come thou Almighty King,
Help US Thy name to slug,
Hell Us to praise.
After the sluglng Of the hymn, Rev DR..
Mitchell read the 17th chapter OF the Gospel
of ST. john commencing, These words spake
JESUS aud lifted up his eyes to heaven and
said Father, the hour is come, giorlty thy
Son, that thy Son also may glJrify Thee. y
The hymu, Shall We, whose souls are
lighted" was then sung by the Association
aud congregation, and after prayer BY Rev.
DR.. Bullock,
Mr.. H. w. Beadle. President of the Asso-
citation. made his regular annua! report, stating
that, Instead of making written report Of the
work of the Association, as was customary, he
desired TO make practical talk. The ASsocia-
ton, he said, had upon lis active list one hun
dred and forty, but he regretted TO repor' that
its active, working members were much small
er lumber than that; the Association Was 10
good condition financially, II having, during
the past year, discharged, with the exception
of thirty dollars, what to theta, was heavy
| load of debt the work OF the Association the
! Sunday afternoon prayer meeting, the jail
meeting, the Sunday School in the afternoon,
the Aims House meeting, and the open air
prayer meeting during the summer season.
| had been kept up during the year, aud faith
! fully worked, be hoped, with good results
the Association. during the year, had lost by
death, three Of its members Me>sls. Ja~. /.
| Bradley, Vim II. Glover, and Charles " hit
| t!esey-Thlic it had lost some, not hy death
of the body, but by death morally. He eX.
blamed the relation the Association sus'aiued
to the Church. aud said that, in all RESPECTS,
it was secondary to the Church, and that he
| had found, b. experience, the meD who loved
their Church dearest, were the best and most
active meub ers the Association had. He con-
cIudcd by urging the members Of the A>socia-
| ton TO u greater conservation Of themselves 10
the cause of the Master.
At the conclusion OF the remarks of Mr.
BeadIe, the hymn, $50 the cross OF Christ my
| Saviour, was sung.
Rev Mr. Ptnick introduced to the meeting
Rev. Mr. Waugh, who said, being called upon
to deliver au ad 're>S was entirely unexpected
| TO him having Just left a meeting of his own
| church, he came to hear Rev. Mr. Pruick de.
| liver sermon before the Young Mems Chris.
tiau Association, and he hoped still 10 hear him;
| he knew it was more blessed to give than to
receive but when man had nothing TO give
| ii was better to receive; he, however, would
give them such as he had: he would give his
whole heart 10 the cause, and while he loved
his own old Methodist Church, the Church Of
bis childhood, he had a heart to love his breth
rem of other deuomiuatons, and bad ucver
| thought the Church of God contncd to the
limits of bis own church. He endorsed the
Young Mems Christian Association aud said it
had his hearty cooperation.
The Association. at the conclusion OF Rev.
Mr. Wau.h's remarks, sang the hymn,
Who, who are these beside the chilly wave,
Just on the borders OF the silent grave,
Shouting Jesus pow to save
Washed 10 the blood OF the Lamb.
Rev. Mr. Boyer then addressed the meeting,
vi cling the Importance of embracing he oppor.
tunitles of the present, and if the meeting had
accomplished nothing they had been Conquer
ed. Napoleou's great advantage over other
warriors, he said, was that he knew the value
of muueD the present. belonged to them,
the future did NOT, and ii the Christian peop.e
would wake up to the importance Of preparing
for present blessing, and the disastrous results
attending preparations for the future, Gods
Spirit would BE- poured out upon the Church,
and glorious revival would be experienced 10
all the Churches.
The hymn, Take the pane of Jesus with
you" was then sung by the Association aud
congregation standing, after which,
Rev. Mr.. MrGrelor vas Introduced to the
meeting, who said that after lls;enlng to the
gentlemen who had preceded him, nothing
remained TO him but TO preach a sermon, and
that the gentlemen who came after him would
have to do the best they could he would take
as his text Love, which be said was very
simple and comprehensive text. Love, he said,
was the fulfilling of all commandments, and the
man who profeSscd 10 be Christian who had
not love Tor his neghbOr in his heart made a
false profession; there was 10 map, directly
opposite to love, what heooyians called total
depravty, but what be chose to call seisbness,
and seIhshDess was the cause of all the evl!
that was 10 the world. He said there could DOT