Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-07
LONG BEACH.
Addresses I'm Relation TO the

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AT 9 O'Clock yesterday morning the
devotional exercises at Long Beach were
opened by Rev. Mr.. Wheeler, who read
a part of the 10th chapter of Luke. The
attendance being small, the leader said
it was encouraging to him, that Jesus,
foreseeiDg this, made the precious prom
Use, "where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am in the
midst" Several prayers were offered,
and Rev. j. L. Russell, of Los Angeles
made some very interesting remarks
touching the organization OF branch in
Marshalltown, Iowa.
| Mr.. Arbels, of Syria, told the audi
ence about tie work in the Orient.
Twelve Christians in Constantiuople
worked in the interests OF Christianity
till 200 Musselmen, having been con-
verted, though secretly, were banished,
and several suffered martyrdom.
The address of Rev. Mr.. Russell. OF
the Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles,
at IL O'Clock, was full of practical
thought. His subject Was; "The Y. NJ.
@. A, Its Place-Has 1t Come to Stay ?"
| AT 8 O'Clock p. m, E. s. Field, Esq ,
OF Los Angeles, spoke on the History of
the Y. NJ. @. A. and Its Marvellous
Growth" He said it was organized in
London, forty-fve years ago. by Geo.
Williams. Now, there are III that great
city seventy-seven societies; in the
world, $500, with a membership of
100000. America has 1884 organiza
tions, of which 1,l94 are in the United
States; Great Britain, 6l0; France, 81 !;
Germany, 673; Holland, 459; Denmark
S5; Switzerland, $50; Norway, 46 f.;
Sweden, II; Italy, "a; Spain, 8; Bel
GUM, 81; Austria, 6; Hungary, 3;
Russia, O.; European Turkey, /; India,
6; Ceylon. Isl China, s. Japan, 6;
Asiatic Turkey, Il; Persia, 1;
Syria, 8; Africa, u; Oceanica, %.
| The evening session was opened by
choice music by the Cuthbert band. The
quintette of the association, composed of
F. E. Nav, Frank Sgler, Geo. Brsdbeer,
H. S. Williams and John Lowe, and
Master Charley Valentine, favored the
audience with music. At 8 o'clock Mr..
g. Y. Baldwin, Of Des Moines. Iowa, ad-
dressed the audience on the Buildings
of the Y. NJ. G. A" He likened them
to the factories which differ from each
other, not so much on the outside as in
the character of their machinery-as in
the wares they turn out. These are fac
tories that turn out men-full, ripe man
hood. This industry rests upon the ef-
fort put forth to work up the abundant
material lying around in every direction,
gong to waste.
At the entertainment on Friday even
ing under the superintendence of Mrs.
Blanchard the five contestants spoke re-
markedly we'll, and it puzzled the judges
to decide who had won the gold medal.
1t was awarded to Miss Annie Hare.
| "We are Cadets" was sung by several
bright boys just crossing the boundary
| line of manhood. Then came the City
Council" the granting of licenses, when
one boy came in with paper box which
ne set down in the council room. He
then applied for license to raise and
sell rsttlesnakes. The council became
very indignant and tried to bluff
him off. He persisted that rattle
snakes were less harmful than whisky,
and urged his right, since they had just
granted a license to sell whisky, to
increase the revenue, and he was willing
to pay "high license" for the privilege OF
selling his snakes. 1t wound up by his
emptyiDg his snakes in their midst, cre-
ating the widest alarm. The whole per-
| formance showed a master hand in it's
preparation.
Following is the programme for today !:
8 $50 q. M, Sunday School, NJ. H. Will
liams, Superintendent; IL a. m, mis-
sionary address, by Rev. F. B. Cheering
ton, d. D., San Fernando; p. H.,
meeting for men only, under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. G. A; 6 p. M, Young
Peoples Methodist Alliance, topic. "The
Endowment of Power" Rev. Martin
Hilbish, leader; p. M, praise service /;
7 80 p. M, sermon, Rev. NJ. NJ. Bovard,
| D. D., President University of Southern
California.