Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-19
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W1rERyfLLE, Jan. l3.--NotvithstAndina
| the urfsyorable weather and very bad con.
dition Of the roads 10 consequence Of the
| storm, = fine audience assembled .: City
Hall this evening, the occasion being the
anniversary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. The local
elergy men, officers Of the association, the
choir and Rev. A. E. Winship Of Boston,
speaker of the evening, were upon the stage.
After singing, Rev. DR. Spencer read the par
able Of the Sower, after which an anthem was
beautifully rendered by the double quartet.
! Rev. L. B. Codding offered prayer, and
then President Philbfick made a brief re-
port. in which he spoke of the organic a!ion
of the Y NJ. C. A, the work that it had
done and what it is hoped to do hereafter. q
He vas followed by the General Secre-
tary, Mr.. L. N. Tower, whose report is
given herewith:
Hr. President and Friends of the Assoeia.
ton:
My report will be made up from statis-
tics found at the office when came home
idet oCtDUsI, toSrLucE Will tuc Iebults u
the work for the last three months.
On May lst, General Secretary E. A.
Pierce closed his labors with the associa-
| ton, to take them up in another field, and
| from that time until the second week in
October the association was under the care
of Mr.. E. W. Foster, as acting secrstsry.
The work Of this associst for the year
1890 has been one in which we find much
| to encourage and strengthen our faith in
the power Of Jesus Christ to work through
and for young men by young men. aided
by the organized agencies which we en-
ploy and which are demanded by the con-
| diiion of the times.
The spiritual interests of our association,
around which clusters all the other lines Of
work, are the one TO which l particularly
wish to call your attention to, at this time.
Ws present ourselves among christian
workers as a spiritual organization. We
are spiritual from turret to foundation
stone-from heart to fnger-tips--from
Jan. lt TO Dec. 3lst inclusive. As
la result of this, we make Out
Sunday afternoon gospel service for young
| men as bright and attractive as we possibly
can, with the aid of good music. short
practical talks, aud pleasant, comfortable
surroundings.
This service has been attended the past
year by average of 50 each Sunday, which
| is large for city of this size. Six young
men have requested prayers. and three have
found peace in believing in Christ; and
about 1900 invitations to these meetings
| have been circulated. The Lords blessing
has rested on these meetings. We have
gone into his work expecting results, and
be has never disappointed us. We extend a
cordial invitation to all young men Of Water
willie to attend this service, which lasts only
one hour, prominent feature being the
address by prominent pastors and business
men of this city and vicinity.
.sAs an aid to and branch of this work,
we have had Bible class every Sunday
| morning at $50, durisg the latter part of
the year, with membership of Is, and an
| average attendance Of s. This class is
taught by Prof. j. B. Foster, of Colby
University, and much pleasure aud prof.
has been derived from this study Of the
| Scriptures.
Three meetings for men only were held
during the week of prayer, led on Monday
night by President Philbrick, Wednes.
day night by Mr.. c. T. Carpenter,
| nnd Friday night by Prof. Baths, OF
Colby University. Although few we're
present, these meetings aroused in
the hearts Of the devotion committee a
desire for regular half-hour service Of
| prayer and song to be held at the rooms
one night during the week and which We
| hope socn to start.
We are fishing for Young men. We
| must offer them something TO draw them
| away from the old surroundings to the new.
We must a.trsct them into better places
| than those which they have chosen, there
| fore. one plan after another is adopted, not
| for the sake of the plan but for the sake of
| the young man, all of which work together
to accomplish the desired result. Hence,
we have young men coming to rs who desire
TO improve their physique by the use of
cur gymnasium which is thoroughly atted
| with sll the apparatus necessary for develop
me- mt along this line. A class Of young
men meet three evenings each week, with
an average attendance Of five, and much
satisfaction is expressed at the result of
this WORK.
An Outing Club was formed during the
summer months, and many young men en-
joyed the privileges offered during the hot
weathe. for outdoor exercise. 1t is hoped
that some suitable place may be found to
bstter carry ont this work the coming season.
The educational cssses offer uuequaled
facilities for the mental improvement of
the members OF this association during the
| Ioug winter evenings, and in coune ction with
| this part of the work, we have 8 mechanical
drawing class of seven, taught by Mr.. F. b.
Philbrick, ard classes in penmanship. COM
mercial arithmetic and book keeping, now
forming for the midwinter term.
Our psrIor and reading room, finely fur
| nished with piano and library and we'll sup
piled with sill the leading papers. periodi-
Gals and games, has been open every day
| excep. SUNDAY, from Q A. M. to $50 p. NJ.
and ore member OF the reception commit.
| tee present each evening to give the stran-
ger n welcome and to make the rooms pleas.
art and bomelike. Over 1900 young
| men have availed themselves of these priv
ileges during the past year.
One reception has bsen given,
with q total attendance Of seventy-ive,
and several Saturday evening social
| sopg services have been held in the parlor,
with au average attendance of over 20.
The boarding house register which we
| endeavor to keep well filed with the mos:
| respectable and homelke places in this city
hss been consulted to some extent by our
young men, and two have been aided to oh.
| tain such accommodation. We would ur-
gently request that all who can furnish
such places for young men, kindly inform
the general secretary or the chairman CT
the committee that we may place them on
this list.
Numbers of young men come to this city
every year seeking employment. and those
who can give rs good recommendations a.
to character and habits, we endeavor to as
sist by obtaining fer them suitable places
with our business men, all of whom vi
would respectfully ask to place q. our dis
posai such vacancies IS may occur during
the year in their respective lines of busi
ness. Three young men have been helpet
by these means.
Nest of these young men come from
homes " here. if sick or in need, every wan