The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02
4 DELIGHTFUL SOIREE.
THE YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOC
CITATION ARE ENTERTAINED
RY A. ". MAY, Esq.


ceptIOn thus showing his appreciation OF m
| organization which has for its aim the moral.
| religious and intellectual elevation OF our young
mon whose lives are Rpont amid fearful temptn-
tionR that allure so many from tho c0ura" Of
| integrity and virtue.
quito n number Of ladies and gentlemen
gathorod at an carly hour to enjoy the feast Of
| pIenanre provided for both mind and body NIL
ing tho elegant drawing roOm9 to overlooking
Soon tho hum of Voices WAS sienced IA Misses
Soaring and Shepard dBcOuraod on the piano
some Of its sweet t,nes in IL duet. Then Mr. G,
L. Raymond deliverod in bis usual oarnoRt
style the following address,. which was Iistonod
to with unnagging interest to It's close:
| LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Mr.. May has gen
erougly granted the Young Mons Christian As
g0cinttOn Of Now Orleans the uga Of hiR UnrIOra
This evening for tho entertainment Of it's
friends in order to awaken II poRsible, n gr"at
or iutarogf in it's work and to further / a sue
cesRful development by bringing its members
into more intimate sOcin ntercOurse with "a"h
other and with those who have favored US with
thCr presence.
Your attention Is asked for faw moments to
a short athament of tho aims of this aesOciat ion,
the means by Whicnit proposes to attain th"8"
aims. and the urgent nocoSSitY Of 9n otEaniHH-
ftOn Of this kind in this city. 1t has not been
deemed inappropriate that few words should
be eaid on these points on this occasion, b"
cnuse those present who do not belong to the
assocIation will natural y desire some lnforma-
ton about our pInns and purposes, and because
We should never lose an opportunity Of correct
ing the misunderstanding which exists In re-
) gard to these points In the minds Of many, es-
perially in this city whore no association such
as this has ever yet succeeded Perhaps II b@ttNr
statement Of the objects Of this organization
could not be GTgn hsn nat tbnt 9g our
tho association shall be the Improvement Of
the spiritual, intellectual and social condition
nf v0t1nn mon and the promotion Of Christian
, work In our city provided such work b" in ne
cordance with and subserviont to the authority
Of the Evangelical Churches"
ia tho Urpat nnd noble work have bp-
fore us Great, because of tho vHetnesB of the
AKA ar. tnhing ont M it does from ourselves ~
q startinp point to every young nan in this
city with it's two hundred thousand inhAbttnuta,
In every station in lifo and every cOndiiOn Of
seeks to benefit tho modest parts Of man ma
ture the possession OF which raises him nj vG
the mere brute endowing him with immortality
and with dominion over all the eHrth. his soul,
his mind and his CapRCItY Tor social intGrcOurse.
This Is the work In which every phiIanthrOUist
hns been engaged In one or all Of It's parts who
| nvnr gtccprded in hnnpfting IAN individual Of
his race, since ev. ~ effort Of bnevolenc8 must
he made in one Of those three directions. THIS
ia Is" the verv work The Church itself is doing pn-
rifvinq the soul Of man by emancipAting him
from Sin in Gods own appointed way. develop
ing hig intellect by tho prruching Of tho most
sublime philosophy man has ever contnmpIHt"d
aud erioning the habtual study Of the grand
eat IiteTatur" th@, world has Gyor seen end H."
highsst typn of civ iizatiun acen upon Garth n
any age. the civilization Of the Christian world
7 Emt let II not be- SUPPOSED that Wn intend in
this to trench one Inch upon the Church tor
ritory or block by false theory or fe'b" IF ,rtR
, nme avmnnn Of he Church'a progress. The
Young Mems Christian Association Of this
: couutry have berome rich in Dumbers and
? Church or become anything moro tn III Nero
y auxiIaries to the Courch, we may pray nnd
y labor for their OyrrthrOW and "OHfu.iDn "a
; having outIvod their usefulness and become u
l curse insfead Of a blessing.
In order to accomplish anything in the direr-
| ton | have indicated. this Orgnniz ,tiOn has
been formed. nrpt Of all, TO CrV4taIiI9 ont Of