The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-20
YESTERDAYS SESSION.
The Conference of General Secretaries OF the Y.
VI. G. A. n Decided Success.

Yesterdays session of the Y. N. c. A.
secretaries conference was very interest
ing one. The conference is an informal
| affair and according to invitation many OF
the secretaries of the Y. w. c. A. are par
ticipating in it. The idea is to meet in
formally in a social way and discuss mat
ters of Importance to the progress Of
Christian work
At the roll call yesterday morning the
following delegates answered to their
names:
Rev. w. c. Veazie, Topeka; William
Boyd, general secretary, Kansas City; w.
r. Johnston. acting state secretary, Tope-
ka; w. Ii. Holmes. general secretary, To-
peko; NJ. r. McMullen, general secretary,
Ottawa; j. r. Miller, general secretary,
Atchison; Z. Z. Carruthers, Indian secre-
tray, Guthrie o. T.; w. H. Sargent. gener-
al secretary, Salina; George NJ Maybourn,
general secretary, Marion; Nathanial
Smith, general secretary, Lyons;
Mrs. Julia Z. Rexford, Pittsburg,
George f. Lerrigo, railroad secretary, To-
peka; c. w. Talmadge, railroad secretary,
Ellis; Miss Luddington, Topeka; Miss
Cady. state secretary Y w. c. A; S. D.
Samuel Noble, Haskell university: T.
Bartlett, Larned; Otis Wood, Winfield; J.
A. Strain, general secretary, Newton; j.
c. Coach, acting general secretary, Fort
Scott; Ed Holmes, general secretary CEN
trail branch, Topeka; w. II. Conry of the
junior department, Topeka, and Rev. H. r.
Noth, Darlington, l. Il.
The conference was called to order yes
terday morning at 9 o'clock by Secretary
Caruthers, and w. H. Sergeant was elect
ed secretary of the conference J. r. Mil
Ter of Mcpherson led the devotional exer-
cises, his topic being Seeing Jesus"
At $50 Rev. w. C. Veazie gave a bible
reading which was quite interesting as
well as instructive.
At 1880 paper was read by N. S. Nc
milan of Ottawa on the General Secre-
tary's Preparation and Equipment
AT IL another paper was read by c. E.
Caswell of this city on the advantage to all
general secretaries of taking physical eX-
ercise. After the reading of the paper he
gave them a practical demonstration of
those advantages by taking them all to
the gymnasium, where they exercised for
10 minutes.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon meeting was called to or
der by Secretary johnson. After singing
and prayer Mr.. Veazie took up bible read
ngs on the Holy Spirit, after which ques-
tions were asked and freely answered.
Mr. Boyd of Kansas City read paper on
1.-The Necessity of Observing Business
Principles"
A paper on the most effective agencies
for reaching young men, was read by ]. G.
Coach. A lively discussion followed.
EVENING MEETING.
The evening meeting was grand sue
cess. The auditorium of the Y. NJ. C. A
was filled almost to its utmost capacity
with a very much interested and attentive
audience.
1t was called to order by r. P. Muir
dock, president of the Y NJ. G. A. of this
city, who announced that the first thing
on the program was the singing of hymn
l4l, Il will Sing the Wondrous Story"
Mrs. Townsend presided at the organ
Rev. Mr., Veazie offered a devout and
prayer, after which Mr. Murdoch
Rev. David Winters, who was
announced to lecture on 1.-THE Greatest
Wonder Of the World, The idea pre-
1ailed that Mr.. Winters would speak on
'ome great scientific or mechanical |!
as the greatest wonder in the /
world but to the surprise of mostly every /
Body ne stated that The Greatest Wonder /
n the World' is the Bible. Mr.. Winters |
poke for about forty minutes on this |
heme and made himself very interesting. |
He is an easy and graceful speaker and has |
/ happy faculty of making his points thor |
,ughly understood. He cited many rea-
ons why the Bible was the greatest Won
Ter in the world. He said it was wonder
ul for its sense, for both its simplicity |
md sublimity; wonderful because it is the
'nly book that has stood the
est of ages being more power
III today than it has ever been
u the worlds history; wonderful be-
ause its passages are shallow enough for
child to wade through and yet deep
nough for the biggest giant. He stated
hat all other great works referred to the
Bible, while the Bible referred to none,
nd called attention to the fact that Paul
id not refer to Demosthenes or Luke TO
Jicero, ETC. II has been attacked by some
f the greatest men of all time, and yet it
urvived and lived and is as fresh today as
enturies ago. The verdict of the audi
nee was that Mr. Winters made very
trong argument in favor of his propo-
ition.
The conference will continue today and
omorrow. TodAy's program is as follows:
00-Devotional Exercises.
):O0-How TO Develop Efficient Committee
Men ........ George 7. Campbell, Pittsburg
]45-Our Responsibility to Introduce
Young Converts to the Church and TO
Christian Work ................
Willis X. Folks, Wellington
I:15-BOys Work.,...S p. Luce, LeavenwOrth
. NJ.
Meeting and Bible Study.
O0-A Business Mans Suggestions to
Secretaries. Suggested by Contact
with them. .........J. Il. Larimer, Topeka
50-How To Promote the Growth and ,
Efficiency OF Our Members. ............
..............s.......W. II. Holmes, Topeka {
V. Teeory ;.....:.........:...;
Meeting ...................
....................L. w. Bixier, Manhattan I
00-The Association: Its Purpose, Plan
of Organization. Relationships.
OUT OF LUCK.
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