The record-union., 1892-10-31

more than q mere pian o ofaulIiselnent The
results secured have proved the wisdom
OF the steps taken i'll this direction. among
which is q largely increas Ell membership, the
rooms as = place OF resort IIucn more IOpu-
l1f, anI a iai &c numpCr OF young men bene-
itl6I physically. IL would De easy TO secure
q .tum ocI OF testimonials 10 the Sp, cilc bCne-
nts derived through this department, totl
from ti4e members themselves and from ply
slclaus undcr whose advice sOale have awaited
themselves OF the gyHInas ium privileges.
Soon ate. The opening 0i the gymnasium
tine ladies OF the auxiliary decideu TO assume
the expense OF making some necessary
changes in the reading and social rooms.
which resulted in giving Us an Office and re-
ceptlon room in place OF 4; dreary and useless
halL inns IS only one OF the many ways in
v men the auxiliary has shown IT'S practical
hell fu!ness.
TO my own mind there has been nothing Of
greater Importance undertaken during The
past year than that of the Junior Depart
| meat.
This was not Of our own seeking The boys
literally thrust themselves upon us and ue-
naAded recognition, and, as is usual in such
! cases, they got il.
There are those who think that the work
for the boys is more important than that for
the men, IN that the opportunities and pos
SlbilltiCs are greater. ana consequently better
results citn he secured. Our present work in
this direction is limited on account of lack Of
room TO Properly carry it ON.
! Nothing was attemEted along the line of
( educational classes, as We had no room that
coulI oe used lGr such purposes. There is q
qefnanG to- consi ISFable in this line, but
nothing can be undertaken TIL more room is
secured. The growth in our membership has
been large The books showed at the close OF
the previous year 157 names, but there was
less than 90 actual members; the member
snip at the close OF the past wear tSeptenbtr
! 3uth) was 33l, and the present month they
| have been coming in at the rate OF nearly one
/ a day.
The direct results of the spiritual work have
also been quite gratifying, and we are able to
report twenty seven professed conversions,
nineteen of which have united with churches.
seven OF the number being from our associate
| membership.
| statistical report, which viii Illustrate some
thing Of the work being done:
| Spiritual-lhe WorAers' training class has
met fifty Sunday mornings at $3.50 O'Clock
| have been he'd. Total attendance, 2,999.
| Physical Department ILL., Classes business
men, seniors. intermediate, high school ana
| juniors. Total attendance, 3,922- Much time
| IS given by the Instructor 10 special cases
! along the line OF systematic bodybuilding.
! Five thousand Two hundred and eighty baths
| have been taken.
Social ana Miscellaneous-EIeven social en-
| tertanments have been held. Total attend
ance, 1,75l. Two hundred and two new
members, seniors, have been secured and
/ tity-siX juniors. one thousand eight hundred
and eight letters have been received by young
men, and 2OGS written: sixty-cne have been
! referred to boarding-houses; employment Sc
| cured for thirty-nine; ffty-One have been
! otherwise assisted and thirty-1ne visits to
| sick young men have been made. The total
! attendance at the rooms iOr the year was 40
| 946, an average daily attendance OF IL so.
! Taken altogether, considerable has been ac-
| complished, bnt only a tithe OF what might be
| if We had better islt iiities and adequate means.
At the close of the report the Secretary
made brief address, commenting upon
the work accomplished and stating that
much more good might be done if people
who could contribute to its support were
/ fully aware of its progress and more
easily reached. He stated that the asso-
citation had constantly on hand list of
young men seeking employment many
OF whom came from great distances and
| from the East, and who applied to them
expecting that in California they would
/ experience little difficulty in finding de-
| sirable employment.
| He thought that many of them would
| be more readily provided for if the busi-
] ness men generally realized that they
could secure good men by applying to
the association.
| REV. MIR. KOEHNE'S SERMON.
Following the Secretary's report. DIR.
/ Koehne delivered q powerful and elo-
! quent sermon, during which he was
many times interrupted by applause, his
| listeners seeming determined to give
! some token of their appreciation. His
| sermon was a decided departure from
! orthodox or even conservative views.
and some of his observations were strong
1 medicine for the rigidly righteous or
''unco guid," but none the less sensible.
DR.. koehne preiaced his discourse by
! saying that he had consented to say some
thing for the occasion, but that he found
it hard to specialize. He would. he said.
have to generalize to some extent, and let
| his hearers, if they desired, specialize for
! themselves.
! In looking down from high altitude
/ upon men, said he, individual distinction
is lost, and all are dwarfed into similar
| ity. We have to take closer view to dis
/ tinguish individuals and to see what thew
are doing. If we could see men closer
we would often speak less disparagingly
| of them.
| As with individuals, so it is with time.
| The centuries, at glance from the dis
tance, represent nothing but dim con-
ception OF time-measureless and blank
| until closer inspection or study of them
makes them stand out like individuals,
each different and peculiar in itself. Be-
| ginning with the ninth century, he said,
| the
! TWO GREAT CHARACTERS
| Of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great
arose out of the darkness representing
| the spirit of the age in which they lived
and from which they sprang. In the tenth
century we would see nothing but the
birth and rise OF the German nation.
In that era the great Nation, with the
spirit of that time, was born and came
into existence. With the eleventh CEN
! tury came the crusaders and their at
! tempts to seize the holy sepulcher. be-
! lieving that when this was accomplished
! the most desirable good would be
achieved. Thousands in pursuit of tins
| object committed suicide-nothing else
| the holy sepulcher evaded them; and so
| followed other centuries, each with its pc
/ culiar spirit of individuality, until Scot
land, England and France arose out of
the mist representing each Individuality
! and
THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY
| The sixteenth century produced Column
bus; the seventeenth, Shakespeare, and
in him the product of all the spirit Of his
time. He thought we still failed to COM
| prehend the greatness of Shak espeare. or
tathom the matchless productions of his
brain. Then, said ne, man fell back
again, reverting to war and the sword.
DIR. Koehne thought the spirit of the
| nineteenth century was purely mission
ary. Men were placed on their feet, and
railroads, steamships, the telegraph and
| printing presses all co-operated to link
nations together and further the ad-
/ vancement of higher civilization. 1t does
not require prophet to predict that
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
| Will be brighter and better because it
will feast on the past aud CLEAN from all
| time. Standing at the threshold of the