The herald., 1893-10-30
STUDENTS YM.C.A CONVENTION
The Proceedings at the Annual
Session Yesterday.
Impressive and Interesting Services
at the University.
international Secretary II. Laurence
Hunt Delivers Address on
the Work-various Others
on Kindred Subjects.


University OF Southern California, began
with prayer meeting for missionary
activity in colleges. 1t was led by Prof.
Morton OF Pomona college, in Aristotle
lian hall.
The morning service proper was held
in the University M. E. Church. The
student delegates occupied eeats together
in the front pews and presented a fine APP
pearance. The choir for the morning GER
vice consisted of Misses Whitehorn and
Dillard, sopranos; Misses Budlong and
Williams, altos; Messrs Budlong and
Zieler, tenors; Meesrs. Embree and
Peters, bassos; Roy Crist, organist.
Dean Matthew, of U. s. O., Prof. Nor
ton OF Pomona college. and Lawrence
Hunt, international secretary of the Y.
b M. G. A. occupied seats upon the plat
form.
The services began with singing, and
prayer by Professor Norton, Pomona.
The choir then rendered the anthem,
praise Waiteth for Thee" followed by
the reading of the 23d Psalm by Mr.
Hunt.
E. Lawrence Hunt, international Sec
retary OF college Y. M. q. A., delivered
the address OF the morning on 1.-THE
Great Student-Embracing Movement
of the World"
How to interest the young men in
Sunday school work and church work
Only one-third of the young men Hemain
in the Sunday School after the age OF
81. This question has been discussed
by conventions and conferences until it
is threadbare and many advise the Civ
ing up up OF all attempts to solve it.
But this question is too important tosbe
dropped. Young men must be brought
into Christian work to carry on the fight
against evil. "Old men for counsel, but
young men for war;" The inspired idea
OF moment in the brain OF great man
brought forth the Young Mems Chris
tan Association but 80 years ago and by
appealing to the people along the line
on which they may be appealed to. In
the college work last year $500 students
professed conversion through the instru-
mentality of the college associations.
The work among railroad men is also an
important work. Some of the great
transcontinental railroads in retrench-
ing during the late financial crisis did
not cut down their subscriptions to the
Y. M. @. A., recognizing the value of
the work. And this is business prop
ostion only.
The College Y. M. G. A. recognizes
that the college student comes TO school
fret OF all for study; that to neglect it
is wrong; therefore it seeks to help him
in that work and not to interfere with
it. The student who goes out of college
ignorant of the great text book--the
Bible-he goes out a manned and incom-
plete man.
True education should teach the arts
OF living, not the arts of life-of earning
money-alone. Then the book which
beat teaches the arts of living should be
studied. The Y. M. @. A. college stu
dent ia entering the foreign missionary
field and appealing with wonderful suc-
cess to the college students of India and
China and other Oriental countries.
While the Y. NJ. @. A. aeeks to develop
the social and intellectual side of man,
yet the great center of our movement is
Jesus Christ. The Y. NJ. @. A. has q
vieion of Christ, and is striving to carve.
it out in the living characters of young
men. Let ua keep our eyes always on
him.
III, W. Cummings of the U. s. @. led
In prayer.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the confer
ence began at 2 80 o'clock and was held
in Aristotelian hall. There was gener-
GUS sprinkeling of young ladies in the
audience. The session begun with q Is.
minutes cong service, followed by prayer.
The afternoon was spent in the discus
sion OF different topics.
The first subject taken up was En-
thusiasm in College Work, by Mr.. Dill
worth Occidental. All great movements
are successfully accomplished by en-
thusiasm. Enthusiasm is the indwell-
ing of God, and all obstacles will fall be-
fore it. Enthusiasm is not fanaticism.
1t 10 enthusiasm OF the right kind that
produces results not spasmotic enthus-
asm, but persistent enthusiasm born OF
conviction. That's what we need in our
colleges. We must realize the value OF
the souls OF our fellows and must he eet
on fire by the Holy Spirits enthusiasm.
The topic, How TO Direct Zeal Now in
Colleges to Secure Spiritual Awaken
ing this Year, was next discussed L
II. Caswell OF the U. s. c., was the
next speaker. We must be possessed of
zeal eecured only from God, rot tn SELF
ieh kind. Zeal can be misdrected and
accomplish the very opposite ends from
niab WIS luttHOeu. IL LAKES man OF
genius to control steam. So it takes
study OF Gods word and methods TO
direct spiritual zeal.
j. S. Brand, of the etate normal
school. followed. In order TO bring 9TH
ers to Christ we must show the uncon.
verted that we possess something they
do not. We must pay regard to the
intellectual part Of man in dealing with
utudents.
y. E. Nichols, president OF the State
Normal Y. M. Q. A.: We must work
with certain end in view, and let that
end be work for Christ. But we must
not be rash in this work, but consider
ate. 10 increase our zeal we must work.
Be sympathetic and have this brotherly
feeling, erasing all distinctions. Let us
be bound together, working in COM
mon cause.
s. S. Sampson of Chaffsy talked on
the subject Every Day Living. Some
one has said: LIPS whisper, liveg
howl" The minister's six DAYS living
ie more powerful than the seventh |
day's sermon. We must grasp the |
promises Of God with faith if we want
victory all along the line. If we want
70 work for Christ we must come nearer
the crose.
After song and a season OF prayer
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