The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-06
sTATECoNvENTlON Y. M. G. A
Closing Exercises of the Con-
ventiOn and Sundays
Services.

with devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. G. Is. Rogers, Of lei Paso.
"Wherewithal shall young man
clcan-e hiN w. :! by taking heed there
TO according TO Thy word" was very
feelingly presented by the leader, him
self a young man, followed by prayers
and singing.
C. w. Harmed. of Dallas, presented
y paper on "Work for Boys" bringing
out The following facts, viz; That the
boy being the father of the man, it
was the more important to make him
familiar with our work and its meth
DDS; that many associations were doing
very effective work among the boysb
organizing boys branches, holding
meetings, entertainments, etc, for
them; that much good could be done
among the boys where the proper ia
cilities were at command
Mr.. Harmed then took the stand and
answered questions and directed the
discussion which brought out the fol-
lowing points: That it will not do to
have boys frequent the rooms and
minyle with the young men; the two
elements will not agree and the result
would be to drive away the young
men; that it is dangerous to have a
boys branch composed of oil classes OF
boys, have frequent meetings. etc, I'M
less some one with special fitness for
that work, and who could give it the
necessary time and attention can be
found to take charge of and manage
the branch; that the best results were
obtained by making the work princi-
pally, if not purely, religious work
for the boys, conducted by them and
directed and controlled by an older
person.
After singing hymn and prayer,
II. Z. Brown opened the question box
and answered the inquiries Of which
the following are few, viz: "'How
about the propriety of visiting saloons
in bands and engaging in songs, pray
err, etci
Answer-"As rule it is unwi e and
can bring no good results"
What relation should the association
sustain Othe Temperance cause,
Answer-"The association is strong
" Temperance in its principles, but
does not occupy the position Ofa team
ready to be hitched to every good
load that needs pulling. We do no
distinctive temperance work."
How far would you carry the work
Of visiting and relieving the sick and
needy
Answer-"As rule only so far as it
extends to young men,
Are we duplicating or supplement-
ing the work of the church!
Answer-"Neither. We are the
church doing definite work"
The committee on nominations for a
sta % committee and plans of organi-
cation of the state work submitted two
plans: No. ], provided for 10 men,
bers of the state committee from diff
fcrent parts of the state, with quo
rum of five in or near some one of the
larger cities. No. 2, provided for seven
members distributed over the state,
and quorum OF three.
After lengthy discussion in which
G.. w. Harmed, G. 4. Williams. !. w.
Gooodhue, ii. Il. Brown, Jos. 4. Har-
die, j. B. Palmer, Thos. Conynton,
Judge West and others took part, it
was decided to follow the example of
the other states by adopting plan No.
/. modified as follows: That the state
committee should be composed of
twelve members with three as quo
rum in or near one city. Tue commit
tee were G. w. Harmed, of Dallas, II.
G.. Williams, of San Antonio, and
Thos. Conyngton, of Galveston, who |
submitted the following names which
were unanimously accepted:
AT. Hardie, chairman, Dallas: DIR.
Il. Cheaney, Dallas; w. White. Dallas:
w. V. II. Watson. Houston: III. Lee
Sellers. Galveston; w. X. Howell,
Bryan; j. b. Patterson. San Antonio:
b. Il. Esterly, FL Paso; +. A. Rotan,
Waco: +. ID. Marshall, Denison; III. w.
Hopkins, Marshall; j. ). Sheriff.,
Grcenvillc.
On motion by G. Z. Williams. j. Is.
Patterson, of San Antonio. was elect
ed corresponding secretary.
SATURDAY EVENINGS SESSION.
The session opened with devotional
exercises, conducted by &. L. VIII
n. L.. f.