Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-16
At CHURCH.
SECRETARY +. s. BRoCKMAN OF
THE Y. u. c. A.
Delivers An Interesting Lecture at
the Fourth street Methodist
Church At the Christian Church.


Mr. T. = BrOckutin, internatiougI
college secretary Of the VI. q. A.
occupied the pulpit az the trst Neihr
dat cAurch lnst nlglt. There was an
unusually large alaisnce present anu
bis discourse on the work Of the y. N
&. A. was very Interesting. Mr. Brock
in@u said: Il have sometimes thongat
IL proper % begin my talks with the
analogy bstwc n the organization oi tile
y VI q. s. work aIul that VI the Me
Ol-st church IL Is not exactiy anale-
zas. but there are some striking siuli-
lurit!cs We have q court VI iuiisiic-
ton aud you have TINT In the Methodist
church. You have also a general con-
ference which has general si.ery1sion %
the whole church. II is true this j.
NOT a lawmakiug body. Neither Is the
body core spending 10 II in Gre Y. y
g. A. idwmJking body Bul the \.
NJ G. A. holds once every two years an
International convention This las rep
r,.scntatives from all the tssociations IN
ibe United States, Canada and Mexico.
because this convention governs tht
whole territory north Of rDd including
Mexico.
'sIhcr, are 400 Y VI. &. As Their.
are more than 100 buiid.u-- in this ter
r.tory, Put up and owned by tn. asso-
/ riatl0n. There are some 2JO.ODJ mem
/ beers and 5000 paid men and officers
Vow il might be very interesting II
yp might look into some Of the work
fhnt IA ur,I.rp,i bv this convention. This
/ rUnyeutlon appoints a committee. which
1 has its Headquarters In New Work City.
] This convention Is composed Of forty
I two Of the leading business men Of New
York This committee does such work
I ~ the convention entrlists 20 1t.
wish we might be able tonight 10 talk
. -. sff.fr ~ frtfH
I national cOinimttce, show the lines Of
/ tho work II Is trying to carry on. Then
l | would wish 10 show the work done w
/ all the cities Sf the United States. Can
| ada aud Mcsicp. II Is the most impor-
/ tnnt work that this has to do at an
We have i4-0el,ions in inc far
! Wet. and the committee has supcrvly.
| ion Of uil dis work. assisting thr.u in
/ taking charge Of these ciiy nssOcia-
tipns And. IN addition, two training
schools have been esinllai"l one in
| Ma slchusetts and one IN Chicago.
Thcsc schools have course Of thrc.
I years, 10y which young uen are iittcl
10 go out aud take positions iu the conn
] try.
ms ] think Of the great Importance
OF TINS work and the great pos ,ihilibcs
{ No this city ! can hardly resist the
temptation TO talk about what Il pnsA-
bic TO DO In ibis city and about what
your secretary hae pinunci To Do.
/ nut lei US turn our eyes from this
hhc OF Mork ana look nt another line.
Alns ihit ior railroad men. There
ar ~ the United states more than 100
ass1'i ..l vutNo'ti sntireg 10 Elil,
INAu men lhere are lld men engaged
~ io,ng thls work anu their salaries nrr
pald " the railroads themselves. When
tHNuyht ingalls, OF NE Zig -Four cut
GOWN lhe SALARIES oI an his men, includ-
lng uls own ne rr,luced the salary OF
W. rA''p,ihR only the salary OF thg, see-
! IntIl VI Nh' TnllNAN men iouhg Mems
1hfisunl association, saying that q
WORK o. such importance must not he
touched Nv nl' Inc association Is q
peculiar oeneht TO railway men, They
nave hure temptations thrown IN their
WY ihah any othsr cass.
wish you would LOOK NJ another line
oil WORK, though which may not be no
h,oie tubpr,nnt thah thls nave spoken
o. hut ulNe oeeh requested 70 SAY
something ADout what this committee
Is SugmptlnF 10 90 something OF the
Worh ~ eonese 5hhhnols. 1t mas done
something Tor all classes, but it never
thought Il could do anything for college
men Nv 1ll; Nheh the hespelation was
u ,., nlE avs WORTH m me large
CITES one '9llegN man Ald; Why should
not there Ne something OF this Kind in
the 'plicges OF the United states aud
Sanhna 80 Mh9h '1s inierhntlonaI
convention was nell IN 1871 there came
twenty-five college men TO investigate
the work OF the association and see il
Moulu pc applicable to colleges
there was one man from Prince
ION VINO was an enthusiast over tho
matter. We have college men bound
together in athletic associations aud
other societies he said, why should W.
not have the colleges bound together IN
Christian work, Just as the cities arey
Tiny discussed the matter and came
before the convention and said. Are you
\ willing 10 Incorporate a work among
college mcnY Some thought the iIen
was a bad one IAcy said the vonns
man going fur from home TO spend thrse
or four wears thought It n vacation nnd
rave lille attention 10 matters az t,l,is
, ,ianity. They came back dressed finer