Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-12

y sands or dollar6 yearly to save tnelr men g The State secretary must know the histor. I of our railroad work He must study tn r railroad centers of his field. He must per
 sonally know the railroad officials, and mus : be prepared in three minute speeches to show
 these busy men what we are doing on various roads also furnishing them documents. H, must have a railroad man the State com
 mittee. Thirdly, the colleges are radiatine centers of power. The secretary's way l:
 clearly marked out. They must be won fol
 Christ By correspondence, visitation and
 conventions, the students must be interested,
 not only in college '. M. c. A, but in all
 branches of the work-for college men are
 soon to go out from their college
 halls He must have the colleges ly, the inability of the commercial travellers class makes the work more diff cult, but the methods applied to other de- partments will in some measure apply here. Lastly, in all this, the secretarys relation to his God, and Gods to him, must be kept in mind. Machinery will be dead unless Tivi- fled by prayer.
 State Secretaries MunhalI, of Indiana Lewis, of Wisconsin; Sayford, of Massa- chusetts; Williams, of Ohio; Taggart, of Pennsylvania Hall, of New York Bowen, of Maine; and International Secretaries Morse, Weidensall, Watkins and McBurney | discussed the question.
 SCSiCidAJ OAl- anu | another delegate sang 'I am coming, Lord, to thee for rest.'' and the conference was led in prayer by Lang Sheaff, railroad secretary at Cleveland.
 The conference reconvened at 2;30 p. m Secretary Orr, of Pittsburg, presided. ''When Jesus comes to reward his servants" was sung and Secretary Spencer, of West Albany, \. Y, led in prayer. Must I go and empty L, ,rl1Slf A. sion opened with invitations to the confer ence for next year. and that of Racine, Wis, was accepted. The treasurer reported $61.49 in the treasury. Dues were received from members of the association. Secretary R. W. Oatts, of Glasgow, was elected an honor ary member, and amid applause appropriate ly responded. The nominating committee reported as the Executive committee:
 W. H. Morriss, of Poughkeepsie, N. T., secretary w. E. Lewis, of Milwaukee, Wis; F. H. Fatt, of London, Ont. Theo. F. Judd, of Springfield, Mass; Jas F. Huber Louis vile, Ky.
 The gentlemen were unanimously elected by the adoption of the report.
 A vote of thanks to the brethren and friends of New Haven for their hospitable en- ISrIdlQm6uL OI guests Nd5 COTOldlly passed.
 The business committee reported upon the resolution referred to 1t in relation to tobacco that it has from the start been the settled purpose of the conference to be only con- ference, having no legislative function. The body chooses no president and is very infor- nal Prayer was led by Secretary Wilkie, of Brooklyn.
 Cephas Brainerd, Esq, chairman of the International committee, and Mir. Jas. Stokes, jr., member of the same and both of New York city, arriving, they were introduced to the conference, which welcomed them by rising, with verse of 'Blest be the tie that binds" Mir. Brainerd briefly addressed the gathering, expressing his pleasure in being present, urging association libraries as de- manding more attention from the secretaries, pressing home the thought of the association great conservstor of the best interests of society such, urging secretaries to feel this more, while feeling none the less the i'm portance of personal effort Tor individual young men, and closing with warm words of mmendation-sayingt that though person. ally not acquainted with all the secretaries, he knows many of them, keeping in- formed through the international secretaries, with whom he often cenfers.
 Prayer for the international committee was led by Secretary Lewis, of Wisconsin. ''Sa- Viour, more than life to me-" was sung, and then conversation on work for boys and youths" was conducted by George A. Hall, State secretary of New York Many partici- pated Varied g, experiences were re ported. In Salem, Mass, eighty have been led into the churches through work for boys Some have Bible classes for boys, some have prayer meetings, some secular meetings in addition. Some enlist Christian youths upon committees and get them to work. Some have rooms for boys. In some places ladies cooperate in work for ju veniles, and at Erie boys library is forming. New York has organized special effort to reach boys religiously, and Secretary McBurney urged it's practicability for the largest cities as we'll es the smaller, and also the importance of getting hold of the young before they go away to school or college, or away to work, and the keeping power of associations made thus early with the Y. M c. A. The whole discussion, fully reported, would fill couple of columns It very interesting.
 The next topic, also conTersationally treat ed under the lead of MT. Hall, was "Work for and by commercial travellers" Our space only permits us to say that associations are putting forth efforts by various methods to benefit this bright and earnest class of men, and that the international committee is heart fly cooperating in that work. The session closed devotionally.
 In the evening an impressive service was held in memory of Walter S. Lewis, an ef- dcient and beloved brother who died since the last meeting. R. R McBurney, of New York. presided, warm friends of Mir. Lewis spoke and resolutions were adopted. Many were moved to tears.
 Most of the session remaining was taken up with brief remarks by those who had at tended this as their first conference, and by those who had not before spoken in any ses- sion. Everyone was deeply in earnest. The meetings have been of great benefit to all.
 Henry E. Brown, international secretary among colored men in the South. briefly spoke on his work. and Secretary Rowland of Grand Rapids, Mich, one of the secreta- ries oldest in the service, spoke. The session close with prayer led by Secretary Oatts, of Glasgow.