The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-30

ferent associations is valued at SO, 433, 647
There are 977 general secretaries and paid
officers. Sixty-six paid state officers.
There are eighty-two railroad associations;
ten German associations: 302 College asso-
Citations; thirty colored associations and
eleven Indian associations.
When we talk of union-what a power
this society has become. There is no soci-
ETY. in the nation that represents the power
of the Young Mems Christian association.
In the early days of the association it was
thought that the work was TO go after the
abandoned and reform them. If half the
energy had been spent with the criminals
before they were in Jail they would not
have been there. Take your sons and
| grand-sons before the downward course
| begins, and teach them the right mode of
| life and save them. These criminals are
| the sons of mothers who thought
no home would come to their boys. Turn
the lives of the young men before the
downward course begins
Last year 1900 young men have been in
duced to give their lives to the work of saw
ing souls. In five years 5000 young men
and women have been induced to give
lives to foreign missions through the asso-
citation. In our colleges TODAY every leader
in books and sports is Christian.
Last summer when the students met in
Mortified, Moody's home, for Bible study
the greeting came from Japan, and China
sent greeting that they had met in Japan
for the same purpose. The German young
men of St. Louis have building in that
city worth 900
10 hot
ployed on railroads? The railroad men
are being brought under the infence of
the gospel A railroad official told me
that nothing had ever been introduced
among railroad men that had wrought
such wonderful improvement
The Baltimore and Ohio said, we at
tribute the reduction of the accident list
to the influence of the Y. NJ c. A. Now
want to speak of the local work. A boy
comes to St. Louis for work, and goes into
a store and asks for work. He is greeted
cody and becomes discouraged and home
sick. If he has letter to the secretary of
the Y " c. A. and goes to the building
he is met by a young man who has a
pleasant smile. At last he is asked if he
has a boarding house, and if not a good
one is looked up for him. Do you know
that young men are ruined by the board
ing house. He goes to church; he comes
home and the crowd at dinner asks where
he has been. When he tells them they
laugh and say, 1--WE thought you come
from the country" After few times he
thinks it unmanly to attend services and
begins to stay away and join in card play
ing and other Sunday amusements of the |
l. 3 h. 10,
he mas his letter to the secretary of the Y. !
NJ c. A. his treatment there is such that |
he feels he is saved. The society is meet |
ing the needs of the young men.
Now mothers, won't you take hold and |
90 into these rooms and fix them up; won't /
you sacrifice little and adorn this place /
for your son, and other mothers sons? |
Business men, let me urge upon you the |
necessity of completing this noble work /
now begun. Ministers forget not the
young men, let them not feel that they
are strangers in a strange land.
Mr.. w. f. Stanley, in an eloquent and
earnest five minute talk, said; / WAS en-
rusted with the word of getting member
ships. How long since | talked to a few
'oung men in two little rooms on Douglas
lvenue? / thought, is it possible that we
ire now in this magnificent building built
)y the association? The great meeting at
he VI. +. church is not remembered by
many here do not wonder as | look at
ny boy. / don't wonder that the fathers
nd mothers have put their shoulder to
he wheel. And when l thought of all
ur grand institutions, packing houses,
otels, business blocks, etc, and our own
magnificent building and thought that all
vas done by embracing the thing at the
ppOrtune moment.
Membership cards were then circulated
nd about thirty new names were added
o the list of members.
The O'Clock meetings of the association
will hereafter be held in the audience
Dom of the new building.