New-York tribune., 1885-01-27
GOOD WORK FOR YOUNG MEN
,yNrvERsARY OF THE ASSOCIATION.
ABSTRACT OF THE sEcRETARYs REPoRi-Mi-
prprw ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.

.,srp.cr OF THE sEcRETARY's REPoRT-MR-
pEpEw ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.
Five minutes after 8 o'clock last night the
n. of the Young Mems Christian Association WAS no
md no standing room" was announcedm In the oooS Vi o
II was the thirty OF the
.on On the platform, among Others SAT motifs n 'op
William E. Dodge, Ebert B. Monroe. +. A. Msrquana
Carnsl,us Vanderbilt Dr. l. Bolton Bangs Eo
win Packard. the Rev. DR.. Burchard' ana 'n0
pax Dr z O. Flagg President W. W. Hoppin lr, pr, =,
sided secretary r. r. McBarney read an a bsen com
psted without placing the association in debt anu current
Tor the coming year was % ersons visited the
situations secured for 5Si S Church made
q brief address and Channcey NJ D'p' g
duced he eaa ~ ..ences which win ward OFF disaster;
rd male All forces work together 10, @ Snnd on1y in
and better Of character and conduct along with IN
tne Jt is at this point where tne stae ~ %@
@ ,arces universal education But after the young
man has launched into the wora 10 WIZ thsn to
iast he NAV the state takes no further care an "
Furnish policeman arrest him in case he goes ssa G
II either directly licenses or indirectly hs dem
ss,oan the noo room the concert hail. the gaiohs uen
and resorts Of every kind but its only eo 10 Keep
rescue the young from any or al ol seSoo
might not be SO extended in large cities as 70
vide public S5ss' Of feaass cSesrn ana refuge
the stranger and the homeless But so ong as tro
bv the proper care Of young each community or is
ne and In ifs own best interest must by In
Siviaed efforts perform the work. And just mere tne
Yonng Mems Christian Association ILLS the graHuest VI
missols The .churoh by self as at preseht or
cannot do this work speak In profoundest
and de eyoton but churches are necessarily IN oiy
like ours In the best religious societes Iney %
for the spiritual welfare aud education OF resloenvS
have a place and known In tne conlihulh,y, roi
them and for their children the churches i've ana nNe
IF IA impossible to hur into their MIDST asspcianS s
men whose characters and habits and homes are WHOLLY
UNKNOWN Young OF spirit Will not ofee
into our best churches, where every pew Is
will not go to the Missions for that onehds 'ner
Buf the association says Come here anu IL S
Instruction. religious secular ahu pny in ,ia,e
with character formed with homes secure VIII
tions established. they bring new recruits ino @ srs
places In tho association, and become lne"so'oS P
~ IN have had the opportunity to become personaly h
familiar with the workings OF the nsaiIrodu "a o.,
assnc,af,on The results hardly be oveTstsed On
tie lines with which am connected one nunui @ hfy a
eand men are employed, and they represent over nan
million i'm their families. The effect OF the VI
one of these societies at railroad centre is marked ana I'M
mediate The character OF the service DegIhs 10 nm
prove Salaries and which had Deen WORSE tnsn
Wasted are spent upon the wives and chlldre an tle
surplus finds its way into the savings pahk anu n
there INTO "A homestead In the streets anu, III tHo
bases intelligence thrift and sober lives take thc pce
of oyenlness and careessness To many OF these men
is entrusted lives OF the hunsre million
who annually travel the railways OF ine c9un.!
The demand for speed constantly increases tne uagc
of carriage. The STEADY hand and clear praih oi no
oconotfye engineer of the switchman al the
of the naRnan at the OF the signal man ~ ne
eranh alone prevent unuterabe horrors ana thls aso
citation does In fitting men 70 fu tnese utes
the safety of the public than auhe patent Appliances u