The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-05

president does to the association. Hence
the necessity OF having man who will
put his shoulder to the wheel" CHRIS
tian associations, Mr.. Wadsworth thought,
had no use for lazy men; it is utterly i'm
possible for thoroughly conscientious
man to be lazy. Laziness is not the chris
tian attribute. He further urged dill
gence on the part of the subordinate
members of the committee rs well as the
chairman. Here the duties of the various
committees was described in an interest
ing manner, and the proper course to be
pursued, clearly defined. The speaker
closed by urging earnest, conscientious
work on the part of all committees and
all members of all committees, and then
efficient committee work" will be at
tanned.
PERSONAL WORK.
The Importance of Personal Work.
was the subject of a paper by Mr.. George
Warner, local secretary OF the Y NJ. c.
A, and the following is brief synopsis
of his excellent paper:
The methods to be used today must be
the same as used by Christ himself. The
necessity of personal work will be ace
knowedged by all; in our own city we
have two thousand young men, about
fifteen per cent belonging to the
Protestant churches, three per cent mem
bers of this association. five per
cent are regular attendants at our
churches and Sunday schools, and seven,
ty-three per cent of every six young men
we meet upon our streets every day are
uusaved and do not attend church ser>
vices. Personal work should not end
with Suundy meetings, but should be
carried into our every day life, and use
every opportunity we have, How to do
this work:
To be successful worker, one must
have desire to save his fellow men.
Christ set us the example. He went to
those who were lost, and the earnestness
in which He presented the truth, had
men to cry out "What shall! we dor The
means He employed was the word of God
and this is the only weapon that is left
for us to use. and it is His will that we
should do the same.
General Secretary Woodford, of Mo
line, answered questions relative to the
subject under consideration, and then
Assistant State Secretary E. f. Brown, of
Chicago, made a short address on
ILLINOIS STATE WORK.
He said; The plan for an enlarged
state work as adopted by the recent state
convention at Galesburg, contemplatcs
the employment of four secretaries, in
stead of two as at present. The duties of
the head secretary will not be materially
changed. He will not be charged with
the oversight OF the three assistants, in
addition to the visitation. correspondence,
and other work such as he has performed
in the past. One of the assistants will de.
vote his time wholly to finances. 1t will
devolve on him first to raise the money
needed for the state work-siX thousand
dollars a year on the new basis. lie will
be a special adviser of local finance cons
mittces; and will be employed, when not
engaged on the state finances, in strength
ening and systematizing the finances of
local associations, Experience has
proved the need and practcabillty of such
work. The second assistant will give
special attention to the opening of new
secretaral points-preparng associations
which have never had general secretary
for the employment of such on officer.
The third assistant will act as on office
secretary. His duties will include cor>
respondence the collection and filing of
reports and other printed matter, the
gathering of statistics, the sending out of
circulars, and the variety of labors that
falls to the lot of office secretaries in other
lines of activity. 1t is the purpose so to
shape his work as to Head to the organ
izstion of unoccupied fields rs fast as the
nuhlDcl VI HlhS Dc WISELY
increased No movement of so extensive
and aggressive a nature has ever been
taken in the history of the associations in
this state, Its progress will be followed
with keen interest, aud let us hope with
cordial co operation and prayers for its
success.
The question box was opened by As
sistant State Secretary Brown, and many
inquiries on various topics were an
swered.
NOTES
The quarterly meeting of the Y. NJ C.
A. in this city will be held next Tuesday
evening, Dece mbcr s.
Assistant State Secretary Brown will be
in attendance upon the regular young
mems meeting at $50 tomorrow after
noon.
Last evenings was the second tri-city
conference of the Y. NJ. C. A. The first