New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-19
SUNDAY EDITION.
FEB. -. 1888.
YOUNG MEN AT THEIR BEST.
EARNEST EFFORTS TO KEEP THEM so

MANY SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION CONVENTION
Vice President H. b. silman OF COhOes, pres ded
M yesterday Mornings session is the Young Mems
Christian Association state Convention I'm the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. Tho session opened
with a hafhour devotional service conducted by
Dean Alvord II Rochester Then r. X. sanders,
Of Yale College. answered the question, What can
the Christian Young Men Of our state do for the
Young Men OF Heather Landslr He prop sed that
Young Mems Christian Associations should send out
young men missionaries.
DE Warner, Of Harlem, chairman OF the finance
committee, reported that Friday the associations
ana various friends had subscribed o. 800 for carry
ing on the work of the coming year He then called
for conditional subscriptions, and II. b. sIIman,
OF Coh,es pledged 300, the Elmra Association s35
and various other associations subscribed minor
sums After adopting the report Of the State Com.
mittee and listening to address by j. ". Dean on
Suggestions About Study and Use OF the Bible, the
convention adjourned for luncheon, which
as on previous days by the Ladies' Auxiliary In the
church parlors AT the afternoon meeting It was
resolved to hold the annual convention I'm Water
town, and resolutions were passed noticing the death
OF A B. Barnes, 0f Brooklyn, acknowledging Cor
nellus Vanderbits splendid gift building for the Rail-
road Branch, and indorsng thu work OF the Spring
field, Mass, training school for secretaries
Tho Rev DR. J. Carey Thomas, Of Baltimore, devere<
the interest Of young In special Efforts promote
personal purity" and was frequently applauded. lie
extolled tho work Of the White Cross society,
said that the great need WIS public opnloa
on the subject which could only DO elected Dy tas
outspoken aut fearless expressions OF pure The
Rev. George A Hall, state secretary then opened ths
Question Box, which proved unusually Interesting
About sixty questions were handed up to Mr. Hail,
VINO read them and assigned to various delegates
EN-
range OF topics, most Of them being thoroughly practi
cal One poser, which remained unanswered, was,
would you advise q secretary to marry ON salary
OF $50 q month"; Another question was. VI here a
VI n aae a. want y San da sd TSs
answer, which met with general appreciation, Wa:
by loud applause was, Have the Harlem ladies'
been surpassed In enter aiming delogacsF Aher ten
minutes talk by the Rev. Mr.. Brown, on Association
work among tho colOled people VI the SOUTH the con-
yeation adjourned until the evening session. which
was held In the Brooklyn Association Budding
Hero the delegates sal down to dinner, twentysx
Brooklyn churches having each made provision for
Ell teri aiming twent, live delegates In The evening
the Rey Walter Laidag q Albany tod How e
place In town." and william Blakic, the wellknown
author of How to Get Strong spoke on the way to
Meetings Will be held today follows At a. m.
In the lecture room Of tho Pilgrim Church eonseTa
west Harlem Methodist Episcopal Church, sevsnth-
ave. and One hundred and twenty ninth-st:, plat orm
meeting, leo Oy tcOrgo ~ sawyer, onu
by d wishard, coege secretary, and j. d:
Brooks, Of syracuse At p. m, Railroad
meetings In tho West Thirtieth-s, rooms and a. No.
Se1 Madlson-aye. at 80 p. NJ In Young Mems IN
stitute, No 900 Bowery, addressed by C. Huriburt,
D. Z. Ogden and J. d. Furguson; at Yorkvle Branch
No. 1873 East Eighty -sxth-st., addressed by r. ~.
philips and Mr.. Wilkns; at Lecture Room Of pilgrim
Church, boys meeting, conducted by Sumner F. Dud-
ley; at Theatre Comique, One.hundred and twenty
fftR-st near Third ave-: mass meeting for men only,
addressed by the Rev. Edwin See Secretary " n.
Salmon, Of Newburg, NJ. L. starke ana DAVID NC
Consughy at st. Jamess Methodist Episcopal Church
meeting for women only addressed BY Assistant state state
Alvord of Rochester; Al 7:3o p m. evansclIsto
service at Grand Central Station conducted by secre-
tary George A. Warburon at First Reformed church,
addresses by the Rev. DR.. Elmendorf pastor, and
II. d. Frost; at Second Reformed Church, Sixth ave-
and One hundred andtwenty-third ST., the Rev. Dr.
@. II Smyth, pastor, presiding. addresses by Lewis
lyon and George G. Sawyer: at Pilgrim Church plst
form meeting Theodore VOORHEES, presiding. Professor
!. IT. Gilmore and H. B. Chamberlain being the Other
speakers; at tho st. James Methodist Episcopal
church, r. p. Slim presiding assisted by J. q.
Brooks and l. D. w'shard; at Harlem Presbytcrisn
Church. platform meeting, F. A. Johnson presiding,
Edmund Plat and David McCOnaughy assisting At
Mt Morris Baptist Church, IN West one-hnndrei and
twenty -ffthst, addressed by W. r. Roland III. ID.
Blakeslec and r. W. ODER. At D. m, farewell meet
ing I'm Pilgrim Church, conducted by the Rev. @. A.
Hall, State secretary.