Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-08
Y. NJ. c. A.
Sicth annual Contention No1u In Session
in this Cftv.


| in this Ctty.
H. The sixth annual convention of the Youn,
Mons Christian Association of this State is il
session at Association hall, and will close to
night. As reported in yesterday morning
GLOBE the delegates were welcomed on Wed
nesday evening at the the association par,ors
and yesterday morning the convention prope
| was opened. 49,.
| The convention assembled at $50 o'clock
and spent thirty minutes in devotional exer
cises, led by BIZ. E.. w. Young.
| The convention WAS then called to order b.
| d. 4. Noyes, chairman Of the State executiy,
committee. and appointed Messrs. Phoenix
mittee on permanent organization, who re
| ported az follows:
President-Rev. 2. B. Fisk. Lake City.
| President-Rev. H. Pierce. Minneapolis
Secretary-E. A. sHoldridge, st. Paul.
The order of exercises, published in the
GLOBE, was then taken up. and the State com
mittee made their report. The report of the
committee showed that the Y. 81. G. A. OF
| Minnesota have succeeded far beyond expecta-
| ton. One new organization has been formed
| at Saltwater and at Owatonna and Winona
| there will be one organized soon. There are
eleven associations in the State. and three 9TH
| ers which have the name, but are not fully
| organized.
| The plans of the association are well known,
and the ministry are united with them
The committee reported tho following wants
and suggestions, which the association adopted
First-A State secretary for part or all OF
! the year; one who shall work primarily for the
Y. NJ. c. A. Many associations have died here
for want OF such a helper.
Second-We need more district conferences.
The State should he divided into districts, each
to include two or three associations. SO that
meetings can oftener be held, and more be done
to strengthen each other and advance the
cause.
Third-The day of preyer should be earnestly
observed. =
Fonrth-One service at least each year sho Id
be provided for by every association at which
the Y. III. G. A.. its objects and its works may
be publicly presented, and collection taken
up for the State work.
That there is great need Of evangelstic
work in cur State we cannot donbt. II the
churches would approve and co operate there
should be inaugurated, this fall and winter, an
evangrllatlc campaIgn--a man of sanctifed
common sense and deep spirituality secured
and he, aided hy the Christian workers Of Min
nesota, and by the blessing of God, might hope
to see hundreds of young men brought into the
church, and through it into the Y. ri. G. A.
If this work be done by our State secre-
tary. all the better. but the work of building
up Y. ri. @. A. and evangelstic work. al
though having the same end in view, are not
identical. This should be clearly understood
by all these means your committee would
hope to awaken through cut our State an intel
igent interest in Z. III. c. AS an efficient
means of saving young men.
The Y. NJ. Q. A. is on trial before this country
and the world. Let every association, there
fore. do its full duty, clrefully and we'll. In
eyangeistic efforts, especially. let be SO COZ
servative as to command and secure the ap-
nf he 1aip irtr fr,r
guides and teachers,) and Of the best and
wlsest men in our churches; remembering
always, that ~. Nj. g. Al means simply As
sociated Christian work for Youny Men, and
that unles we succeed in bringing young men
to Christ, we shall not attain the object for
which we were organized.
CONSCIOUS of our failure to accomplish all
we song hit and ought to do, yet thankful that
we have been permitted to labor for the Master
IN this work; grateful for what He has done
by us and for US, let us renewedly consecrate
and devote ourselves to this work and to the
Masters service wherever He may call upon US
to labor.
For the committee. DANL R. MOVES,
Chairman.
The following persons were appointed a com
mittee to report ON the suggestions made in the
report: Rev. Nj. MEG. Dana. d. d., H. B.
Lewis, G. G. Wheelock, Allen Hill, j. E. Bell
U. Mcclellan.
The topic, "Our need of workers and how
they can be developed" was discussed by Rev.
Jonas Fletcher, Of Chicago, and Mr. l.. P. Raw.
land, who is one of the most efficient workers
in the cause of the Y M. G. 4. in the country,
and numerous other speakers.
The following is the list of delegates and
honorary members who had arrived up to last
night:
Northfeld-A. q. Conrad, T. Cutter, NJ. A.
Robinson. e. W. Young. Brown, Fl. A. scrib-
ner, E. NJ. Billings, G. G. Wheelock, Henry
Swanson. Misses Bigelow, Cornish. Harrison
Hill, Wakefield.
Monticello-Rev. O. NJ. Smith.
Red Wing-M B. Lewis.
St. Paul-D. R. Noyes. g. II. Holdridge, Rev.
DR.. Dana, G. w. Hackett, Rev. Dr.. samuel
Conn, Rev. j. Fl. Chaffee Robert Smith, Rev.
John Stafford, DR.. l.. H. Hemenway, Col. G. W.
McCennan.
Lake Ci,y-Rev. P. B. Fisk. s. Phoenix.
St. Louis, Mo.-Rev. r. H. Beach.
Minneapolis. E. Bell George B. Brad bury,
n. II. Pierce, D. G. Bell, 1. c. seeley, James
Bean, Charles Stevens. Rev. Ii. II. Cobb Allan
Hill, Rev. H. p. Welton, G. M. Bailey, B. f.
Nelson, @. E. Reynolds, Frank G. Bell.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Rev. Lyman BARTLETT, Cisorea, Turkey; Rev.
G. +. Herrick, G nstantinople, Turkey; R. H.
Gilmore of executive committee State Y. NJ. c.
A, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ethan W. Allen, of
executive Committee State Y. NJ. G. A.. Mar
shalltown, Iowa; Rev. l.. H. Cobb, superintend-
eDtA. FL. Al. s., Minneapolis, Mimi. it.
The morning session closed with devotional
exercises.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention assembled at $50, and
after singing and prayer by o. M. Smith, Of
Monticello H. p. Weltnn read and explained
various portions of the Bible which had
special reference to his subject, christian
Workers."
The minutes of the morning session were
then read.
Mr.. E. W. Allen, of Marshalltown, Iowa.
opened the question, 'What work should be
prosecuted by associations?" and said
that many of the associations which had failed
could lay their failure to the fact that they did
not know how to work in the right direction.
and although reading rooms and other attrac-
lions were Of great good, the important fact Of
spiritual welfare of the young was almost lost
sight OF, aud IN consequence that association
was failure. - lt3'='@i
Col 9. McClennan, of St. Paul, remarked that
everything that could be done to attract the
young men to the rooms of the association
should be done, and suggested course Of lee
lures and other attractive exercises; and aa
young men would have fellowship, why not
have them come to thairooms and tiud il there.
+ Short remarks were made by Rev. s. Conn,
of st. Paul; l.. p. Rowland, of Kalamazoo:
Robert Smith, of st. Paul; Rev. J. Fletcher, OF
Chicago. and others, on the subject, and vari
GUS suggestians were made as to how work, not
directly spiritual, should be prosecuted by as
sociatinns. ge -rr-s.s .-,s.-.4'..
The question How to conduct and maintain
cottage prayer meetings." was then
1. P. Rowland, Col. G. W. Mcclennan. Rev. REV. J.
+. Fletcher and others. The convention then
adjourned until 7:30.