St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-07
". M. C. A. FAREWELL.
The Convention ClOses--The Days
Services--A Profitable Meeting.

most OF the delegates TttHdiileu III INC 0i'y
yesterday and were present at the farewell
meeting at the Central Presbyterian church
last night. The convention was rep
resented in most of the pulpits of
the city during the morning and evening
services and special meetings were held i'll
the afternoon At the First Presbyterian
the services were conducted by j. II. Elliott
of Minneapolis and c. NJ. Copeland of Win
nipeg. DR.. j. Ii. BrOokes occupied the pull
pit at the Central Presbyterian church, and
Robert Wedensald, international secretary
addressed the congregation at the West
minister Presbyterian. l.. ID. Wlshard
preached at Hamline university.
In the evening pulpits were occupied as
follows: House of Hope, DR.. j. II. Brookes;
Central Presbyterian, c. E. Dyer and Joh NJ
ColdwelI; Westminster church, C.. ID.
Decker and V. NJ. Johnson; First
Baptist, Robert Weidensall; Woodland
Park Baptist, NJ. b. Critchett, w. IL.
Holmes and A. NJ. Brner; Plymouth Con-
gregational, L. d. Wishard, college secre-
tary, Willis Warner and r. f. Motfatt;
Jackson Street NJ E., Z. D. Ingersoll;
Grace NJ. E., Frank Golfer and Claus
Olandt.
AT THE Y. NJ. c. \. ROOMS
a conservation meeting was held at 9:45 a.
IN. and a boys meeting at 2:30 p. N. A
meeting for men was held at the opera
house. addressed by DR.. BroOkes, and a
womens meeting was convened in the
chapel of the Plymouth Congregational
church at 3 D. III. The Indian delegates
held a meeting among their people on the
West side. The feeling among the dele
gates is that it has been very success
full affair, and much work has
been accomplished. The Indian branch
has received a powerful stimulus by being
incorporated into the association and re-
ceiving the fellowship and assistance of the
organization All the departments have
likewise received an impetus, and all will
return with increased zeal and many prac-
teal aids for the work. The association
has shown more than ever, that its methods
are practical. judici0uS and comprehensive
The past year has been especially marked
BY the growth of the Young Women's
Christian association, an auxiliary Organi-
cation, the boys branch and the college and
railway departments. The time and
place of the next annual convention are left
in the hands of the state executive COM
mttee.
WoMEN's MEETING.
A women's meeting, conducted by Misses
Knight and Evans, was held at the Ply
mouth Congregational church in the after
noon. After singing and prayer Miss
Evans spoke of the results which should
flow from the meetings just past. first read
ing selection from the Scriptures. We
are adopted into the family Of God, but we
should go Oh toward perfection, not laying
again the foundation of faith and repent
ance Tie Savior had left principles and
evidences of spiritual growth the main one
was the bearing of fruit. This work of
spreading the Gospel was a means of
growth, and this work needed the baptism
OF the Holy Spirit. always given in answer
to prayer One step i'll growth is the doing
The next thing-tlie thing nearest at hand.
There were many sympathetic chords con-
meeting us with others which could be
touched tothe accomplishment of the great
purpose.
Miss Knight of Omaha, Neb., drew some
lessons from the story of Esther. The
passage, For who knOweth whether
thou art come to the kingdom for such a
time as this should be pOundered by each
Young lady. The march of progress was
great in these days and the young women
should keep pace with this spirit, in the
work of saving souls. Brief remarks and
prayers were made by number present and
the meeting closed.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
In the evening. after devotional eXer-
cises c. L. Dyer of Minneapolis made a
short address contained in the question,
What Shall we do that we Might Work the
Works of God? He said that Gods will
was that every one OF us should believe OIL
His Son. If we believed on Him we would
want to do His will. Christ has said that
whoever believed on Him was his mother,
his sister and his brother. This is the rela-
tionship believers held toward him. He
supplemented his remarks with a short
talk on the works and aims Of the Y. NJ.
c. A.
The work among the lumbermen was
spoken on by John Caldwell.
There are about so, 600 woodsmen in the
woods of Wisconsin. and four years ago
nothing had been done in this line there
The speaker gave a very entertaining ac-
count of his first experience in the logging
camp, coming, as he did. fresh from the
East with the work new to him. He had
found the men a good-natured, bg-hearted
class, who always received their work
kindly. Services were held in the camps
small log structures completely filed by the
fifty or sixty men who came in at night. and
all smoked. Personal work was also DONE
and a great deaf of good was accomplished
Each spring the men came out of the woods
with their winters earnings, and large
number of them gave it to the saloons in a
short time. The Y. VI. c. A. men made it
point to meet them in the spring as they
came into the towns and distribute slips
containing good practical advice about the
use Of their earning and other matters.
AT TIE GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The orchestra and parquet of the Grand
opera house were fairly filled yesterday aft
ernoon with an audience of men gathered
to listen to Rev. Dr.. BrooiIes of st. Louis
The Y. NJ. c. A. male choir was on the
stage and led the singing, performing, also.
two OF three concerted selections Dr.
Brookes chose as his text the last verse or
or two of the Bible: And the spirit and
the bride say come. and let him that
haareth say come. and let him that
athirSt come and drink of the waters of
life freely" The sermon itself was an eo-
quent appeal to the unregenerate to take
salvation. the gift of God. freely. special
stress being laid upon the fact that saliva
ton is free. AT its close several gave their
personal experiences. and the meeting was
dismissed with the benelictiDn.
A FAREWELL MEETING.
The service was then merged into fare
well meeting. in charge of II. F. Williams
to which many had come from the other
churches.
The committee on resolutions reported.
extending thanks to DR.. Brookes. the inter-
national committee and its secretaries, State
Secretary II. +. Williams, the association
organ, the Waterman, the railroad com
panies and to the Central Presbyterian and
other churches. The report of the commit
tee on resolutions gave the following state
ment:
Number of associations represented, IA.
Young Mems Christian Associations
Carleton, z; Manchester, >; st. Cloud, 8;
total, IL.
Cnllere A Associations Carleton 6. Mo-