The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-14
Y. NJ. G.. A. MEETING
Annual Reports of the President
and General Secretary.

lowing was the programme
l. A hymn.
,. A prayer.
8. Reports
IA Treasurer's Report, H. f.
(b) Devotional Work, w. A.
Bowen.
(c) Shipping, II. w. Peck.
Id Temperance, c. B. Ripley.
lei Entertainment, f. J. Low
rey.
4. Special Music. Song by Mrs.
Wichman.
). Reports
(a) Invitation and Welcome, f.
Benner.
(b) Employment, G.. p. Castle.
(c) Visitation, A. +. Cooke.
ID General Secretary, III. w.
Peck.
6. Special Music, Miss Smith.
I. Retiring Presidents Address.
s. Introduction of new President.
9. Inaugural Address of new Presi-
dent.
10. Announcement of Committees.
II. Hymn No. 155.
u. Thirty Minutes Handwriting and
Conversation.
Below is appended the full text
of the report of the general secre-
tary, H. w. Peck, and the address
of the retiring president, Mr.. J. B.
Atherton.
ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARY.
During the past Y.M.C.A. year there
have been twelve business meetings.
Our membership at present consists
of Il honorary, Is life, 1870 active and
IS associate members, or a total OF
225.
AT the beginning of our year, owing
to the financial stringency and gen.
eral exodus of mechanics and skilled
workmen, the Association lost heavily
in members, especially some of our
most active workers. Twenty-seven
names have been dropped for various
reasons from our list of members
Thirty-two new members have joined
the Association during the year. We
have lost three members-John E.
| Bidwell, Chas. F. Quincy and Theo.
Zeinwoldt-by death. Brothers Cur
new and Zeinwoldt were associate
members, and, although not taking
| an active part in our work, had yet
endeared themselves to all who knew
them. Bro. J. E. Bidwell had been
vice. president of the Association and
| for many years one of our active
workers. He ever brought to our
| work the thought and experience of a
fully consecrated life. Brothers Bid
well and Zeinwoldt were laid to rest
| in the Y. M. c. A. lot, purchased by
the Association during the past year
| to be the resting place of those of our
members dying in our midst, away
lfom their home and kindred.
Our constitution has been thorough
ly revised to suit the altered condi-
tons of our work, and 500 copies
of it printed. At the beginning of the
year the Association decided to print
a journal devoted chiefly to the inter-
ests of our work. 1t took the form of
view" 1t gives US the means of pre-
serving in print valuable data, of re-
cording our work, of expressing our
views and needs, and has at the same
time effected a considerable saving to
the Association.
The Y. NJ. G. A. boys have been
under the leadership of Mrs. G. p.
Andrews, President, and Miss Water
house, Vice-President. The boys show
considerable interest in the work of
their association.
/ The liberal giving OF our members
and friends has enabled the Finance
Committee to meet expenses. The
expenditure for the year, notwith-
standing the addition of new work, is
$3.50 less than last year, and 500 less
than the preceding year.
From the reports Of the chairmen of
the employment, Invitation and Wei
come, Visitation and Entertainment
Committees, it will be seen that those
committees have been doing their
regular work.
A new committee the SEipping)
has been formed during the year. Its
duty is to visit the vessels at oul
wharves, invite the sailors to our SER
vices, and distribute tracts, leaflets
and papers; 336 ships have been Wis
tied. Hundreds of sailors have at
tended our services, some taking part,
while to many parts of the world have
been carried tracts and leaflets, dis
tributed by this committee.
| OuE 1lSt OL pdDclS LIS DScn III
creased, and the Marlborough GUAR.
and Outing added to our list of maya
zines. About three hundred volumes
have been donated to our library dur
ing the year; between 5000 and 1000
papers and magazines have been sent
to Micronesia and put aboard the
whaling fleet and other vessels.
The Temperance Committee has
had considerable hard work this year,
its members taking leading part in
the opposition to the liquor and gam
bling bills introduced in the last
Legislature.
The greater part of the Y. NJ. c. AS
work naturally falls upon the Com
mittee on Devotional Work. This
committee has had charge of seven
weekly services during the year. The
work has been so thoroughly syste-
matized that little difficulty has beer
experienced in providing for our regu-
lar association and four mission ser
vices. Three weeks of special services
were held in Bethel Hall during the
autumn, and our regular week OF
prayer in the Association building
These meetings proved blessing in
the salvation of souls and upbuildine
of our members.
Owing to the change in the cOnsti'
tuition, the past Y. NJ. c. y. year con.
sisted of only forty weeks. The
attendance at our religious services
for that time was over 1890, being
about 1000 more than for the cores
ponding period of last year. This is
largely due to the increase in services
the Association having held 2S3 reli
gious services during the year. The