Evening journal., 1890-05-17

many. Holland. Switzerland, Denmark,
Belgium, Spain. Italy, Turkey, Russia.
Austria. Australia, Japan, Spain,
China, Syria, NewZealand, Madagascar and
India. There are about /, ,s13 separate
societies, with an aggregate membership
of 159 $40, owning property valued at
over 81, 600, 600, AID employing nearly
900 secretaries and agents. These great
organizations are reaching out the help
ing hand to the men engaged on our rail
roads, to the young Germans reaching
our shores, to the young colored men of
the South, to the Young men preparing
themselves for their life work In our
colleges There are now in America col
leges and schools 276 associations ard
Is, 500 cellege men who are known to be
protesting Christians, and 1850 are
active members of associations.
He read expressions of opinion from
prominent men throughout the country
on the Y. NJ G. A. He told the business
men in the audience that they had never
made better investment than when
they established the local association.
He said great wave of reform was
sweeping over the country, bringing a
change for the better. He told that how
opinions had changed since he was boy,
for then he was not allowed to play base
ball. Now amusements are provided for
The young men. The speaker received q
letter from Southern mother asking
him to look after her boy who was work
ing ia large establishment in Philadel-
phia He found the boy in cheerless
boarding house and had him to join the
Central Y. M. G. A.. where he was made
to feel at home and became good
worker.
In conclusion he said: 1--WE must save
the young men. We need men honest
from the centre to the circumference
men who will never rumor or break
men who will not be afraid to cook the
| devil on the earth in the eye; men who
will tell the truth under all circumstan-
ces; men who will wear what they have
paid for You will not find these men In
the dens of iniquity around your city,
but in the company of the pure and holy.
| They are the product Of the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ. Urge your business men
to sense of their duty and speedily
have in this city handsome hall fol
your young men"
After singing Come We That Love
the Lord, Joshua L. Bailey of Philadel-
phia, was introduced. He said the re-
sponsibility for the future rested upor
the young men. The most important
part of a young mans life is to star
right. He described the rise Of James A
Garfield from his lowly position to th'
greatest honors by hard tolls The allu
sion was greeted with much applause.
The object of the Y. M. G. A. Is s.
save the young men by the young men
Although undenominational the associa
tion tries to turn the young men to goei
work in their own churches and alway
meets with success. The work IN botl
places is improved thereby. He referrel
the objects of the association to tn
fathers and mothers for their prayerfu
consideration, and told them Of tn
wonderful progress of the Philadelphi
association in the past two years and tn
. general increase throughout the country
, He held that there was no more success
full method of reaching and upliftin
the young men than through thes
means:
Hon. Charles B. Lore was asked to ex
plain little surprise to the audience
and he did so in a unique and humorou
speech, that excited much merrimen
He closed by presenting a piano to th
, association, on behalf of the twenty tW
members of the Reception Committee {
the Y. NJ. @. A. President Baird az
cepted the gift for the association, ami
resounding applause.
The doxology was then sung, and Il
I entertainment was concluded with u
pronouncing of the benediction by Re
J William f. Swartz of Central Presbyt
z | rian Ehurrb