The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-02
SUCCESSFUL YEAR CLOSED

At the Young Mems Christian
Association---AB Brief Review Of
the Excellent Work That Has
Been Done Under the Present
Efficient Management---Much
Good the Result.
Wednesday, November LIST, marked the
close of the fiscal year of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Hender-
son, and the GOLD LEAF takes pleasure
in making brief review of the excellent
as conducted by the popular and efficient
secretary, MIR. f. II. Rossiter.
| The annual meeting will be held next
Sunday night in the Methodist Episco-
pal church, to which the public is cor
| daily invited. There will be no collec-
lions or subscriptions of any kind. The
| meeting of the District Conference will
| begin tomorrow (Friday) night, Nov.
Bird, at the Methodist Protestant church
and the farewell meeting will be held in
connection with the anniversary meeting
OF the local Association, Sunday night.
This is the close of an eventful year in
the history of the Henderson Y. NJ. c. A.
For several months the Association was
without secretary, during which time
| the doors were closed six weeks. Mr.. F..
II. Rossiter, the present secretary, ar
rived May 23rd, and soon discovered
that this was good field, but not very
inviting IN one sense, some OF our people
having lost interest in the work and be-
come prejudiced to some extent, on ac-
count OF the supposed easy time OF those
employed to do the work. There were
| S.Qr(av OF fhof {in,0
only few periodicals on file, and the at
tendance was small. But there were a
few faithful ones who remained loyal to
the institution, and to them the work
owes its present existence. Through the
hard work and persevering energy of the
| secretary many needed and attrac-
| tive improvements were made, one of the
most popular of which are the new bath
rooms. These, including the paper racks,
cost $3.50, and are paid for almost en-
tirely outside of the subscriptions. The
reading rooms are supplied with IS OF
the leading periodicals, embracing Oh dice
secular and religious publications, and
altogether the place presents very neat,
pleasing and inviting appearance. An
air of Christian influence and refinement
pervades, and no one can enter without
feeling that the Young Mems Christian
| Association Of Henderson, as it is now
| conducted, is a blessing to the commu-
nifty, proving a good investment to the
business men, to say nothing OF the Spir-
itual results that follow.
The attendance has increased to an
| unprecedented number, averaging for
October, Is daily. The Sunday services
have had larger attendance than ever
before in the history of the work. The
singing is good and the services other
| wise interesting and instructive, and one
| cannot attend them without feeling that
God is blessing the work. The hotels
! are visited each Sabbath by the commit
tees and strangers invited to church and
| to the Y. NJ. c. A. services.
Much interest is also taken in the gym
| nasium and with the beginning of the
| month the secretary commences class
work in this branch of physca culture
The beneficial results in the way of bod
lily development are also to be highly
commended.
Now the question as to whether the
Young Mems Christian Association of
Henderson is an actual benefit to the
| moral and religious influence of the
young men OF the town and community
is no longer an experiment. And in this
connection it is but simple justice to say
tHIC ItS SuCCSSS ID uuC Ill uICdSuAC
to the untiring energy and ceaseless
efforts of its consecrated secretary. Mr..
Rossiter is young man of fine educa-
ton, deep Christian piety and good
habits, and being full of love and SYM
pathy for mankind, he is live worker
among young men and is eminently the
right man for the work he is called to do.
A good business man, an active, Jealous,
hard worker living the religion he would
teach Others by emulating the example
of the blessed Savior, he has often burned
the midnight oil to make the work what
it should be. We merely state these facts
to show that to be secretary of the Hen
derson Y. M. c. A., at least, is no "soft
snap" He has higher mission to full
fill and we hope will be sustained by the
prayers and support of the good people
to go forward with the work to which he
is faithfully and conscientiously giving
his best efforts.
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