The morning call., 1894-01-16
MEMORIAL NIGHT.
Forty-First Anniversary
Celebration.
THE Y. M. c. AS BIRTHDAY
Bishop Nichols Advice to the
Young Men.
SAND AN ESSENTIAL. QUALITY.
An Advantage to Corporations in
Having Their Employees Belong
to the Association.
HE Y. NJ. c. AS BIRTHDAY,
AND AN ESSENTIAL QUALITY.

The forty-irst anniversary of the organi-
zation in this city of the Young Mems
Christian Association was celebrated last
| night in Metropolitan Temple. A very
large audience was present and mani
tested appro baton of the music and tell
ing points in the addresses by frequent
rounds of applause.
The local branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association was established only
nine years after the organization of the
London (England) association, the first in
the world. in 1874. So this branch is
among the oldest in the world.
On the stage were seated the officers of
the association, Right Rev. Bishop Nichols,
Rev. John Hemphlll, Rev. Eli McClsh, j.
j. Valentine. president of Wells, Fargo &
Co.. and about 100 members of the Har-
mony Choral Union. ladies and gentlemen,
who contributed the vocal mum bers in the
progr anime.
&. X. Harman presided at the organ and
opened the exercises with an overture
from DER FreischutZ" Under the direc-
ton of Robert Lloyd the Harmony Choral
Union sang three selections, "The Cru
saders" (Pinsuti Sands of Dee Mac
farren) and Tramp O'er Moss and Felp'
Bishop. Miss Millie Flynn sang the solo
part in the last number. She is possessed
of very clear and sweet soprano voice,
and despite the statement that no encOres
would be responded TO, was compelled by
the plaudits OF the audience to repeat
verse of the number.
Right Rev. Bishop Nichols made brief
and very pleasant address full OF telling
points. After cOngratulating the assOcia-
tton upon its forty-one years of good work
he apOlogiZed for the selection of the sub
ject of his discourse, Sand" The Bishop
said: when we see grain of sand in
fnites i'm ally small We little consider how
much it represents. Put in an hOurglass
| and its droppings mark the flight of time.
1T is an essential quality of every mans
| life. The man without sand has no place
| in the great affairs of the world. But how
many suggestions follow its fgurative use.
Hear what Shakespeare says of it, read
what Longfellow thinks of it, and then we
| can properly estimate its intrinsic worth.
"Some few days ago | saw iithograph
! of San Francisco as IL appeared in 1887.
! That was before any Young Mems Chris
| tiaD Association was here. San Francisco
! is built, as you know, on sand. In that
| picture house and a half are represented.
| There are a number of men also depicted
in boat. and they are evidently sailing
away from the site of the city. Those men
| in the boat reminded me a great deal of
some alleged Christians. They can sing
psalms, lead In prayer, go through all the
| ity of sand. If all men here were like
those men in that boat in early days
we would have had no San Francisco, only
the useless sand.
Every man needs some sand in his
composition to make him stand up to his
work. but when he gets in a sandbag 1t
makes him fall down. Yet If men had
more sand we would have less sapdhags."
| J. j. Valentine, of Wells. FarEo g. Co.,
delivered an address in which he spoke of
the advantages of young men joining the
| association. BE said the experience of his
company with men who had Joined the
| association was eminently satisfactory,
and il he had the power he would have all
| the employees join.
Mr.. Valentine also gave some interest
ing figures regarding the growth of the
association from the time of its organiZa-
tiOn by George Williams in 1854 up to the
present year. In the United States and
| Canada there are 1400 associations, with "A
membership of over 100000. occupying 500
| buildings and owning property worth
S15.000,0 900. They have also 600 libraries
| containing hall million volumes. Fifteen
hundred officials are in charge, and the
annual expenditures are S2500,000, Mr..
| Valentine concluded with an earnest ap-
peal for funds for the association. Cards
were passed around and a collection was
taken up which netted quite considerable
| amount.
The other numbers on the programme
included a reading of the nineteenth
psalm by Rev. DR.. McClish, a prayer by
Rev. John Hemphill, two bymns-"Bring-
ing in the Sheayes" and Nearer, My GOD,
to Them which the audience Joined,
and a song, daylight Is Fading" by the
! Choral Union.
II. J. Mccoy. secretary of the associa-
! ton. made q few remarks, and after the
singing of the doxology aud the benedic-
tion postlude on the organ was played by
c. K. Harman as the audience WAS dis
missed.