The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-22
Annual Meeting of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.

The annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c.. A. OF
Honolulu was held on Thursday evening last
By the invitation of the retiring President,
Henry Warehouse, Esq, the meeting was hold
at his residence in Nuuanu Avenue where most
hospitable preparations had been made for the
comfort and entertainment of the members and
their friends. About one hundred and fifty were
present, of whom about one-third were ladies.
The meeting being called to order by the
President shortly after half-past seven, some
verses of the hymn No. 145 of the Gospel" col
lection were sung, and Mr.. J. A. Cruzan offered
prayer. The Secretary, Mr.. Dempsie, then read
the minutes of the March meeting after which,
the following gentlemen were elected to be Off
fcers of the Association for the ensuing year
President, Mr.. Amasa Pratt Vice-President
Hon. A. f. Judd Secretary, Mr.. Bowen; Treas s.
urer, Mr.. C. T. Dillingham;; Directors without
other office, Messrs. Henry Warehouse and
Robert Levers. The newly-elected President
then took the chair and the meeting proceeded
to elect the Trustees to serve for the ensuing
six years in accordance with the terms of the
new constitution. The choice fell upon Messrs.
C. NJ. Cooke, p. c.. Jones and B. F. Dillingham;.
1t may be here noted that although there was a
full attendance of members of the Association of
whom there are more than 100 on the roll,
twenty-five was the highest number that voted
in any Of these elections. The qualification of
a voting member under the new constitution is
that the individual be = a member in good stand
ing of some Evangelical church"
The Treasurer, Mr.. c. L. Dillingham; then
read his report which showed a balance in hand
of five cents. (Applause.)
This was followed by the report of the retiring
Secretary Mr.. Dempsie, of which the following
is an abstract.
Perhaps no year, since the organization of the
Society had brought so much that should encour-
age and stimulate re. 1t had been one of unparalleled
success. On the roll of active membership that
day were 101 names of which 48 had been added
during the year. The attendance on meetings had
been on the whole good, considerably above the
average of past years. Through the kindness of
J. II. WaterhOuse, ESQ, they had had the Use of
his building, the Lyceum free of expense in which
to hold their meetings, also on the same liberal
terms it had been free to them for lectures, con-
certs and prayer meetings. The Sabbath evening
ver-meetin were, as a rule, well-attended, but
a special effort to maintain and strengthen them
was recommended. twas a question for considera-
ton whether the ordinary hour for the meeting or
that adopted when Mr.. Hallenbeck and Mr.. W. J.
Smith were here would be found the more desir-
able one. The standing committees for religious
work showed a decided degree of activity. The re-
ports of Chinese Mission work were very encourage
ing. The attendance at both Sabbath school and
church were large. The committee which visited
the Prison found much to encourage them, and
some conversions were to be traced to their work.
The Temperance Committee were doing a grand
work. Their Saturday evening meetings held in
the Bethel schoOl-room were full Of interest and
life. and many instances might be related of men
over whom the ACQUIRED appetite for strong drink
had all but supreme sway, who are to-day sober
respected men," The Employment Committee had
not accomplished all they desired, and earnestly
entreated friends here and ON the other islands to
notify vacancies to them. The Entertainment Com
mittee begged to thank the ladies and gentlemen
who had lent their services. The Association had
shared largely in the blessings which flowed from the
-s,;-+,o+;nng. Of Mr. HalIaDhppE and Mr. Gp;+b I
The report went on to give a sketch of the move
ment to secure q building for the Association, for
which up the present time no less than $4,000
had been subscribed. The revision Of the Constitu-
ton of the Association and the Charter obtained for
it were then spoken of. A feeling reference was then
made to the death during the year of Walter
Stuart Lewis, "a youthful, able, and devoted
worker III the Y. NJ. c. A. The report concluded
with an earnest appeal q to leave behind the past
with it's many failings as well as it's numerous en-
couragements," and reach forward to secure still
higher results.
The retiring President, Mr.. Henry Warehouse
then read the following address:
BRoTHERs AND FRIENDS OF THE YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: 1t affords me great plea
sure to welcome you here this evening. We come
to recount the merciful dealings of our Heavenly
Father in the past and 10 ask His presence and
guidance, to assist us in devising ways and means
for carrying on our Christian work in the future.
The past year has been an auspicious one in the
history of our AssOciation-many great and noble
undertakings have had mall beginnings such has
CGu N GdllN AAo - ' ia w bSS TIA II idS .
now passed from a state of infancy to one Of more
maturity and vigor.
The labors of Mr.. NJ. L. Hallenbeck and the stir
ing appeals Of Rev. J. W. Smith, assisted by the
contributions of this noble and generous COM
munity, have resulted in giving it such a tone and
placing it on so firm a foundation, that we trust its
influence may be felt for all time to come. A new
constitution has been adopted, a charter obtained, .
an eligible lot secured, and a building commAte
appointed
We hope during the next year that a handsome
and substantial building will be erected provided
with all suitable appliances for CARRYING on orr
work. The interesting statistics which our Secre-
tary and Treasurer will give us are very encourage
ing, and lead us to hope that this Association will
never lack pecuniary aid and warm sympathy from
the good people of Honolulu.
We have a large field for our work on these Isl
ands, young men and strangers from all parts of
the world visit us. There is plenty of work for
every Christian philanthropist to do. and most of
it must be done by the strong arms of our young
men. The apostle John realized the Importance of
youthful vigor in Christian work, when he said :"
have written unto You, young men, because We are
strong Is it not well on these anniversary oo-
casiOns to stop and ask, Are we doing all we
can -? Is there no way in which We can broaden our
field of labor and extend our influence" 1t seems
TO us this might be done very materially if the /
ladies could be induced to take 4 more active part
i'll our labors. In this age when woman is filling
Il station never before occupied by her and exert
ing such a marked influence in the world. we
should desire very strongly to avail ourselves of this
increase of strength by adding her power to our
own. Without the aid and co-operation of our
sisters a large part Of our work must be left I'M .
done. Will not the Christian women of HonoluI-
accept the invitation we exteFd to them, to-
our number and share our work? Will n
presence at our monthly meetings adj fties OF Y
God and join hand in hand -af ~
with a zeal which no disc1S--
for the work of rescuiN ooutherhCN
Day by day. gene schroeder, of TIN r
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