Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-16
generous appreciation Of the Young Mems
Christian Association work on their ROADS.
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Mr.. I. e. Pugh, of Washington, pre-
senfed The report Of the District Commit.
tee Conference. The report urged distrlct
organization and stated the great need 2,
n District conferences should be neiu
each year in towns where there are week
ORGANIZATIONS or no organizations. lne
report submitted suggestions az 70 tne ln-
terest of young men and resolutions re-
ouesting the State Executive Commitsee
10 appoint the most consecrated members
TO hold the district conferences.
Mr.. McCoughey, OF LynchDurg, pre-
sented the report OF the local commuters
conferences. Several interesting papers IA
regard 10 the work were submitted anu
discussed by the twenty-five delegates
The reports were fled for publication. :.
Mr.. G. T.. Hurlburt, State secretary OK
Pennsylvania, then conducted .he DipicI
reading set for the day ana oiscourseu
briefly on each passage.
THE uNsAvYD.
George s. Fisher, State secretary OF NAN
sas. addressed the convention IN regard 10
what ought TO BIO done for the l0o,voo uIi-
saved vonng men of the State. and spoke
with great force and feeling on the subject
of winning Young men to Christ. He COM
mended t6e efforts Of the Executive Com.
mittee in raising money for the work and
smoke of the necessity of making sacrifices
on the part of those devoted to building
up and spreading the influence OF the or
ganization in Virginia. several prayers
then followed invoking the DIVINE a,d ana
blessing on the efforts put forth IN this d.
recticn. ,s,,
Mr. Fisher then proceeded to raise funds
for the work in the State, aud $1,000 pro-
badly was secured.
Some time was then spent in PRAYER, ana
after the usual ANNOUNCEMENTS oy tne De-
cretary the convention heard q letter teau
by CAPTAIN Marks from baltimore ASKING
the convention to take steps to organize
Young Mems Christian Association III the
navy.
The convention then adjourned 10 ENJOY
n reception and luncheon at the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms IN
Portsmouth.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with song
/ service. led by John II. Hall, end CONVEX
sational Bible study was considered by y.
/ A. b. Scherer, of Roanoke College, ana re-
marks by other delegates.
Mr.. George $. Fisher, OF Kansas, again1
appealed for funds for state Work, anu
money came in literally. The total amount
raised during the day was about S3,oV0.
MANY associations increased their sub
scriptions.
A telegram Of greeting was read from, the
Kentucky Convention. and the President
was instructed TO respond.
The auestion-drawer, an interesting plan
of asking questions about the work, was
conducted by Mr.. II. NJ. Clarke. of Mlchi-
gan.
Miscellaneous business was taken up,
and the report Of the committee appoint
ing one member Of each association was
adopted.
The Constitution was then adopted and
the body adjourned.
NIGur SESSION.
At the night session the praise service
was led by the Male chorus, after when
General Secretary w. d. voorhees,, OF Nor
folk, read paper on the demand for gen.
eral secretaries and gymnasium lnstruc-
tors and opportunities for obtaining suIta-
bic training for their work, which was dis
1 cussed by several delegates.
/ Very interesting addresses were next de-
livered by w. T.. Colley, of Connecticut, on
the young men Of the State and by Ii. NJ.
Clark on the young men Of the nation.
Collections were taken up for various pur-
poses, and an exhibition in the. gymna-
/ SUM under the direction Of Professor II.
/ +. Smith, of New York closed the session.