St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-16
Y. NJ. G. A. WORK.
Wind-Up of the International
Convention.

Convention.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 15.-The worlds
convention of Young Mems Christian
associations continued to-day. The
topic 1.-THE Association Secretaries,
Their Work. Their Position; The Best
Means of Training Able, Consecrated
Men to Fill This Important Position"
was opened with papers by Herr Heb
ing, Of Germany; by Karl Fries, of
Stockholm, and by Edwin f. See, of
Brooklyn, n. Y. Mr.. Sees paper
showed that there are 1876 secretaries,
assistants and gymnasium directors EN-
ployed by the American asSocia-
tons, all increase of about 40 per cent
since the last worlds convention. In it
reference was made to the Importance
of the association training schools at
Springfield and Chicago, and to the fact
that many secretaries are entering the
work from the college associations.
Special emphasis was laid upon the
spiritual life of the secretaries. and the
growth of Bible study among American
Young men under their direction. The
paper was placed i'll the hands of the
delegates in English. Dutch, French
and German, and it excited much in
tereSt.
In the afternoon the report of the
committee on the central committees
report was presented. 1t showed that
there were 4,151 associations afiliat-
ing with the committee. of which
there were in the United States
! 1,3O5: in Canada, 80; in Great Britain,
6i4; in Germany, 500; in Holland, 3S7;
| in Switzerland, 379; in Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, 223; in France, Sc; in
Russia, 9; in Asia, 90, and in Africa, 13.
Most of the continental associations are
small, the exceptions being those Or
ganized on the plan of the American as
sociations, with secretaries and build
ings, notably those Of Paris, Berlin.
| Hamburg, Geneva and Lyons. A set OF
rules for the government OF future
worlds conventions was adopted. THESE
rules recommended that the headquar-
| tiers of the committee be committed at
Geneva, with the officers and a quorum
of the committee resident there. 1t
nominated the members of the
committee, one for each coun-
! try, with an honorary secretary
l, for Great Britain and America.
The American member is James Stokes,
and the honorary secretary is Richard
C. Morse, both of New York. The men,
Der for Great Britain is George Will
, Jams, who founded the Young Mems
! Christian association i'll London III 1914.
London was chosen as the place for
I holding the next worlds convention,
| and it was decided that the convention
should be held in 1894, the fiftieth ami
versary of the founding of the associa-
ton occurring in that year. Resou-
tons expressing thanks to the Amster-
dam friends of the delegates for their
hospitality were presented and adopted.
| Most of the afternoon was given up to
the discussion of the business of the
committee and the convention, and
little time was left for the consideration
of one of the most important topics of
I convention. eth Bible in Our Assocla-
tons; Different Methods OF Bible
Study In the evening public NEE t.
ing was held for Dutch-speaking peo-
pie, and meetings for the delegates, at
which the services were conducted in
the languages of their various national
tiles.