The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-11-02
Y. M. c. A. Items.

Last thursday morning before the sun rose
Tor his days work, "A party consisting Of
nes,rs. MOOrehead, Wiseman, Studdard. Jr
General Secretary French and Allen and
"au'uIh'o i the w. NJ. A. might be seen
driving over To the Lexington Junction on
theif way 10 the state convention AT Sprjnn.
neld. Al Kansas City we were met nv tho
81. Joseph and Kansas City dele cation and |,
Is safe to say that ii was "a very Jolly crowd
OF fellows. We arrived at Springfield at 6:3C
p. m. and were warmly welcomed by the re.
cept'on co'nmittee. Tme hospitality of the
Springfield people Is proyerbiaI and they GER
tainly did all they could TO make il nIeassp,
Tor us, General Secretary French was enter.
'aihed at the house of Mrs. II. ID. Shepard
ana hsd as a roommate l.. Il. Buell.. general
secretary OF Independence. The meetings
opened Thursday evening with AN address of
welcome, and S. Z. Spencer, of ST, LouiS.
made a fitting response. We had a crowded
house that night and In fact all the evening
sessions were crowded which showed the
great interest that the Springfield people took
In the proceedings. On FRIDAY morning the
officers were elected and Mr.. L. E. Richard.
VI Ut hdHShs lily aSSOCla-
''oh' was CHOSEN president OF the convention
ana MIR. JAS. X. MCorehead, OF this city, was
phe oil the vice. presidents and presided very
httinglv at several sessions. The state eye
cutlVe committed reported thirty eIght asso.
c'atiohs III the state with a membersbIH of
oooo anu an average attendance ut our read.
ing rooms OF 800 per day. The report show.
| gu u SteIlH YrOpth Of Tho mo-, -. 4,
hlhu. IL stated that the great need of the
hissouri associations was more thorough or.
gtnlZation In reference to committee work
NC ' anu a deeper SCI Sc Of personal resnonsi-
0ility OF the members in the work. To which
we emphatically say .'amen" and
II to the thoughtful consideration of all DIR
members In the reports from associations.
we note one or two interesting features which
applyies TO Lexington rather forclbly. Came.
ron "a town OF 3 900 population has a mem ,er.
snip OF seVenty-iVe and an average atten-
dahce OF seventy three at the young mems
meetings.. Gallatin, u town of 1000 popuIs-
tion. has Il membership of sixty four and a
nome OF Its own. If IA small town can do so
"eil' we ought to do so much better, II only
SHOWS what faithful ,cUnsecrated work can do
anu the same effort will produce the same
results here. In comparison W it'll the larger
Clues, Lexington stood well and both our,s
ana the report of the w. M. A. assoc,ation
was received with applause. On SATURDAY
afternoon we had quite an exciting session .at
winch time Gallatin was chosen ~ the nlaca
Tor next convention. On Saturday evening
the opera house was Gro wded and in that ses-
sion over $4,000 was raised for the state
work next year. This is good news No IL
mesns more and better work througb out the
STATE next year. IL will be good news to the
mlny friends Of Rev. +. Nj. c.. Bottoriu IN
know that the state committee recommended
that he be employed part of next wear for
this special evangelistic work. We are glad
we went TO this convention and each ,eIepate
feels that he has received a great spir,tu.I
blessing and comes back determined In make
this years work the best that our association
has ever had. OR president, MIR. James p
Moorehead, was elected Il member oC tho
state executive committee during this last
convention and will represent Lexington.
We congratulate him up0n this honor and
are sure that he Will bring his usual shirt of
and push TO this ne post.