The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-19
London Jubilee Convention. n
said in part:

! In a half century the one Associa-
! ton has grown To over four thousand
/ and the earth has been girdled by tue
! brotherhood tie which ignores color
! and race, a. Christ did, and makes al
\ men kin
/ The man who began the movement
! lives To see tOday's successes, and all
/ through its years he has given his best
| endeavOr to the interests of the Associ
alton work. 1t was a fitting testi-
mony to bis worth that England's
Queen should, in this Jubilee year
confer upon him the mantle of knight
/ hood.
The Association movement began
in the city of London, England; it was
but fitting that the Jubilee should be
held there, from June 1st TO 9Th.
Among the delegates preSent-num-
beriDg several thousauds-were 200
Swedes, headed by Prince Oscar Ber-
nardotte; 300 Germans with Count
Bernstein as leader; 100 Americans,
among whom were Cornelius Wander
bilt, Hon. John Wannannaker and
Theo. Cuyler; Frenchmen, including
NJ. Andre, well known in official life,
as we'll as contingent Of Italians,
Russians, Spaiards, Finlanders, In
dians, Belgians and Austrians, to-
gether with specimens of West Afri-
cans, Chinese and japanese.
On the evening of June 9Th a
Thanksgiving service was held in st.
Paups Cathedral, and the seating ca
pacity of ID, 900 was taxed to its ut
most. On this occasion the sermon
was delivered by the "siver-tongued
preacher" the Lord Bishop of Ripon.
June 9th was Jubilee day. The
morning service was held in Exeter
Hnn a1 cd
dresses were presented to the founder
of the Association by many kindred
societies. In the evening a grand
union demonstration was held in the
Royal Albert hall, KensingtOn, which
seats 10000 people. On this occasion
choruses from the leading oratories
were rendered by choir of one thou
sand voices.
The City of Lon Ion Corporation APP
propriated 5000 for the purpose of
reception. 1t was given by Dick
Whittington's successor, the Lord
Mayor of London. The extensive city
libraries and the art galleries, which
contained a special collection, were
thrown open to the guests. On June
eth, special favor was shown by the
Queen in the shape of an excursion to
Windsor palace, the royal residence;
the private grounds being thrown open
for the OCCASION. The conference was
also permitted to visit Frogmore and
inspect the mausoleum erected to the
memory of Prince Albert, a favor
never before granted to public as
sembly.
A. 3. Wood, who has been a Y.
NJ. G. A. secretary in Brooklyn
spoke most interestingly of the
work of the International Commit
tee. Following are notes from his
address:
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, next to the Catholic Church,
is said to have the most complete
organization of any institution in the
world. 1t is due to this fact, together
which has given it the success it now
holds. The United States alone has
400 associations owning property to
the amount of $12, 500, 900, and with
membership of over 100000 young
men. The question may we'll arise;
who is responsible for its success
The International Committee, which
is in charge of the American Associa-
tions, is composed of fifty-two MEM
bers, practical business men from all
parts of the country, and many of
sight of the work is very complete as
every individual association is under
direct supervision of the State Com
mittee, and every State Committee
reports directly to the International
Committee. Their work is of general
supervision and extension, and for
this work they have twenty-eight
secretaries continually in the field.
For every department in the field
there is a secretary of the committee.
The various departments are:
The work for the German speaking
young men, of whom there are thous-
ands congregated in sections in the
various cities. The work among the
colored young men, an effort of educa-
ton and encouragement to higher
ideals and purity of life. The rail road
department. The educational depart
ment. The college department, reach
ing for Christ the men who are to be
the future leaders in thought and &C
tivity. The extension committee
work, which aims at making every
member systematic giver, no matter
how small the amount given, thus
training up our philanthropists and
benefactors of the future. The greater
portion of the money thus given goes
toward paying the salaries of the five
devoted pioneers of association work
upon the foreign field. Two men are
in Japan, two in India, and one in
Brazil.
Liberal contributions were made
to the collection for the Interna-
tional Committee.