Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02

uptatiau for sOciability and the young
men who visit the building are made to
feel at home. Ten social gatherings we're
held with an attendance of $50. A num-
her OF young lsdies assisted in making the
annual Thanksgiving and New Years Ie-
cep.ions pleasant and successful affairs.
Several instructive and interesting talks
by business and professional men were
given TO young men. The average attend
ance at the Saturday and Sunday meetings
was 90 and 81 respectively. These meet
iDgs have been especially healthful in spiI-
itual things, the growth and development
in some being quite marked.
As a reeult OF the years spiritual work
a number ofyOuug men had openly con-
fessed Christ. and Others acknowledged
that they had received great help in time
OF special ned
A MEMORABLE YEAR.
The year 1888 will be memorable in the
history of the Association because OF the
Doe session of the beautiful and cOmmodiOus
building occupied tonight.
Continuing, the Presiden. said that last
January Mrs Ruth Newell and her
daughters, Misses Sallie and Min, offered
the property on the southeast conner Of
Tgentieth aud Market streets to the AssC-
citation, and magnanimOusly proposed 10
reroyate the building for its use. IL is
needless 70 say the offering was gratefully
accepted. and the Association is under
listing obligations 10 the generous dOnOrs.
Friends furnished aud equipped the
building, and they responded generously.
II il an ornament to the city, credit to
our frisuds, aud home for tho AS OcisiiOn
in which the good work can be succcssful-
ly carried On
After the report had referred 10 the
greatly enlarged facilities, blingiog within
the sphere Of their inhaence a greiter
number Of young men than ever before,
and al,o referring TO the Increased respon-
sibihty, an earnest appeal WAS msde to
the Christian Young men in the city to
assist in the work, and thAt they might
have the practical sympathy of the conf
murity.
The current expenses Cf the past year
amounted to s. $40. Thanks were tx
tended to ali who had contributed and a
request that future calls wOuld be cheer
fully responded to. The report closed
with an assurance that an honest endeavOr
hsd teen made to 30 administer the affairs
Of the Association as TO bring definite re-
turns for the money invested.
REV. DR. CUsHING's ADDRESS.
At the Close of President Vsnce's re-
port, another hymn was sung, the great
audience Joining heartily in the chorus
Rsv c w. Cushing, ID. d., was then in
troduced and spoke at length concerning
the work Of the Association. The Rev.
ersned doctor reviewed the history OF the
NJ. c.. A. in this and other lInds, and
traced its growth fIom its formation as a
private union of a few Christian young
men, who iOinsd themselves together to
help their comrades, up TO the present
time, whel il numbers over 1900 seperate
/ branches and has membership running
up in'O the hundreds of thousands.
DE-. Gushing then referred to the value
snd Importance Of the work which this in
stitution was now doing in every consider
able city Of the land. The church needed
the work Of the young men. Their fresh
| ener gies. and brave hearts were de
manded in its lAbors. Young men-not
old msn-went forth in the worlds bat
Ties and struck blow after bow against
the forces OF immOrality and crime, IN be-
| half cf their religion and their religions
God. 1t was the young man who made
history. Ii was the young blood OF the
Christian church that pushed it onward
and ever onward 10 battle and 70 contest.
He did not believe that that young blood
would ever die or grow sluggish IN its
veins, hut ss tain as it lost Its force, or
vitality, the force aud vitality OF the
church would 30 with it. Ne wonder,
then, tina, the church welcomed the young
men 10 its aid. 1t wanted more OF them,
and every institution, which, like the Y.
NJ. @. A., looked after the young men snd
brought them into the fold, was doing
Gods nOtlsst service.
In the great cities, he said, there was no
lack Of attractions that tempt the young
man 10 ruin. The gate that leads TO DE-
struction is open wide. More doors on the
other side we've needed, AID these were
what the Young Mems Christian AssOcis-
ton were furnishing to-day. He reg irded
that body as = supplemental part of the
church, for it did work that no o,her in
stitution could do. Young men could
reach the hearts Of young men better than
any others, and be thanked God that the
members Cf this association we're proving
their powers and fitness for sIch q task.
Dr. Gushing closed his address with an ell
cquen,ly expressed wish for the future
prosperity and success OF the Wheeling Y.
NJ. G. A.
A PLEASING LITTLE TALK.
Rev. c. C.. HAYES. of Bridgeport, was
introduced and made few earnest re-
marks coz graduating the members on the
succsss which had attended their pest
wcrk. He said his people across the uver
had watched the progress Of the Associa-
ton with interest, and they reioiced, with
their iog, on the good fortuae that had
furnished this beautiful and well epp)int-
ed home. They hoped and believed that
under these new auspices the Association
would be a mighty power for good 10 TIE
city Of Wheeling and vicinity. In eonclu-
sion Mr.. Hsyes dWelt upoa the fisld of
labor which confronted the Association,
and expressed the earnest hope that it
wonld be more thoroughly Looked after
than il had ever been pos sible to do in the
past.
Another hJmn was sung by the tauji-
cree. and Hon. Chester ID. Hubbard Was
introduced Mr.. Hubbard was warmly
received and applSuded. he said that
when be reviewed this complete and psr-
feet building, he felt that he had come into
this wo. 10 about fifty years too socn We're
he a young man now, he would ENJOY
ge1ter privileges and greater advantages
by means Of the work, which the y.
I'M @. A. was doirg He conga.u-
lated The youDg men Of Wheeling on the Q
noble advantages. he congratulated the
Young ladies, too, because he believed
their happiue,s would be also increased f;
and lastly, he congratulated the rOble and
generous ladies, who had in this beautiful
building erected monument to their
loved ones, more precious than brass and
more durable than stone.
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE AGE.
The peop'e of the Nineieelth century,
the speaker said, were prone 70 believe
that they surpassed the psOple OF sll other
ayes. Taey had attained higher degoee
OF civilization than any Of their predecess-
ors. This was true, but when tnst excel
lsncs was analysed, it was found rot to
lie in physical power, for the aDcients
equalled rs in this. II was not in mental
powers alone for the ACCENTS equsllsd us
in this.
But it lay in the moral element, in the
/ fa,herhOod of God aud the brotherhood Of
man; the sentiment thst inspired AID IL
Illuminated the civ1izAt GA Of to-day. The
Young Mems Christian Association was
one OF the great powers which supplied
that moral element. Tue good people OF