Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-16

village of less than !, 500 inhabitants, keeps |
up . reading room and the influence is felt |
bar and wide. These are given as instances !
to stimulate others-in. fact from the infor- |
nation received all are active, and your
committee feel in making this report that
their labor has not been in vain. = We have
done the best we could. We let you decide
as to what it shall be for the future.
Mr.. Blanton added to his report some
verbal suggestions, favoring the employ
ment of State secretary, and the appoint
ment of fraternal delegates to conventions
held in neighboring States. He urged also
upon the associations to be more prompt in
replying to correspondence.
The report was adopted and referred to
committee.
then went on to speak of how ladies can
help the work in small towns.
Gwen work till Jesus comes" WAS then
sung, and the next topic was taken up.
This topic was opened by DIR. Munhall,
of g Indiana: ''What Agencies may be
Wisely Used to Benefit Young Men," DIR.
Munhall thought it not wise to do Gods
work with the devils tools, and condemned,
therefore, using any means which were
wrong per Sc. To benefit young men
physically he believed in gymnasiums and
bathrooms, and had no objections to base
ball, foot bali and boating. Young men
were often reached by physical agencies,
when others failed. Mentally young men
can be benefited by libraries, debating So
cieties, reading rooms, classes in German,
| music, etc. TO develop their social natures
we must have the help of the ladies' Young
men are social beings, and it is important
| to keep them out of bad society and afford
them something better in the association
| rooms. Spiritually they can be benefited
by means of prayer meetings, Bible meet
] ings, cottage meetings, street meetings.
Many he lad known to be saved through
this last agency.
i Mr.. Douglass was then called to the
stand and questioned by different delegates
on this subject. The questions and re-
plies were quite profitable and interesting.
After prayer the convention united in
singing Wonderful Words of Life"
Mr. Walter G. Douglass, general secreta-
ry, of ST. Louis, then opened the topic,
''How can ladies help the work? ' Ladies
work for the association, he said, was nee
essarily indirect. Ladies are helps. They
can help US in furnishing our rooms. He
spoke here of the beautiful, home-like rooms
Of Knoxville. Ladies can help in getting up
entertainments, in furnishing music !; In
their homes they can do grand work for
the association. In the late war they were
great recruiting agents, and they can do a
great deal now in inducing young men to
attend association meetings. When women
are determined to succeed in anything they
: will succeed. They can also help greatly
with their sympathy.
Mr.. Rayl testified to the efficiency of the
ladies' work in Knoxville. He said that hat
they not aided, the association here woult
! long since have failed.
Mr.. Blanton also spoke highly of what ht
had seen in Knoxville of woman's work. 81
also made mischievous thrust at Mr.
Cree, who is bachelor, and could not
understand how he could travel from Cali
fornia to Canada and find no woman t,
suit him. Were he himself not married, h
, said, he could find twenty or thirty to sui
him right in Knoxville. 1.
, After singing ''Only for Thee" the fol
lowing committee on report of executiv
committee was announced: j. A. Rayl, o
Knoxville; P. B. Leas. of Nashville; M. L
, Gray, of Vanderbilt FL. A. Golf, of Mary
vile; Jno. B. Clotworthy, of Knoxville.
> Pastors who wish their pulpits to be oc
cupied by members of the association OF
+ Sunday were asked to gise notice by Satur
} day morning.
: The business committee then reported
: and after prayer by Rev. Mr. Rankin, tn
association adjourned till evening.
: NIGHT SESSION.
8 The night session was opened with devo
tional exercises, Mr.. Cree presiding. TIL
, work among railroad men was discussed b.
e Mr.. NJ. L. Bianton, of Nashville, in an inter
1 esting speech of a few minutes, and tn
ne tba nd of ha
D work among the hundreds of thousands @
these men. so constantly exposed to DANCE
and accidental death, was quite cheering.
Mr.. Jas. II. Cowan spoke next of the co
+. lege work, which he pronounced the mos
q important the committee have in charge
This work was conceived and organize
by students of Princeton College four year
9 ago, but 1t has grown wonderfully and ther
q are now 100 organizations in colleges all owe
t the United States. Tennessee is the banne
: State in that line, having IA college associa
q tons. He commended the work of the In
I ternational committee in this line very higl
q ly. Mr.. Cree added that this work las re
: suited in the conversion of over 2, 900 youn
i men.
d Mr.. w. G. Douglass, of st. Louis, spok
s of the work among commercial travellers
q He said there are 100, 900 of these vertibl
t Wandering jews" of to-day, the brightes
!, keenest and must intelligent of young me1
q who may be said to have u
3 homes but are always O
IS the wing, ubiquitous omnipresent and III
q where. 1t was long a problem how
|, catch them, but plan was fallen upon b
u the committee, which has worked well, an
II who can estimate the value of this wor
g among the future business men of tf
II country.
q DIR. L. w. Munhall, of Indiana, presente
! some interesting facts about the wor
L among German young men, which W,
8 found to be a difficult one, bat is succeed
IS ing, there being 100 organizations and S
u secretaries among them, and the result
y have been wonderful.
IL After prayer, DIR. Munhall gave a Bib
p reading exercise on "the amounting of Il
9, Holy Spirit for SERVICE" closing with pra
q err and the congregation was dismissed.
To-DAYs PROGRAMME
l. Devotional exercises will be held fro
as $50 to a. m, conducted by Mr.. J.
10 Scott, of Wartrace, and the discussion
lr various topics will be commenced at
g. o'clock, beginning with "The Word
ct God" @-'s'
t. At o'clock Sunday evening your
10 mems meeting will be held at the oper
OF house, to which no ladies will be admitte
v but only youths and young men, betwes
e, IA and 30. Tickets for admission to til
r. service viii be found at the book stores, b
III there is no charge for them.
Cd Come to the Night School