The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-14

your boy himself wants is some plan developed
In your midst which shall measurably satisfy
these inclinations OF the boy and still keep him
IN safe paths A place where he can find good
companionship, good entertainment. cheerful
well-lighted young mans retreat, with music
Tor such as love II, the periodical literature of
the DAY Oh reputable character, including both
secular ana religious papers and magazines,
with healthy surroundings In every corner and
with an earnest, Christian soul-lovlng boy
sympatmzng young man as its presiding genius.
This place does not want to be found outside
the city limits nor far from the business center.
You can catch fish IL you go in the vicinity
where they congregate. Unless this place is so
located and so appointed as 10 indicate that
your purpose Is Of some Importance, that IL is q
fair competitor for the place OF sin, he will
likely think you are not sincerely interested in
him after all
know OF no reasonably well-appointed Y NJ
G. A whose every tendency is not for the up
lifting OF the young men, and the intoxicating OF
those moral principles so necessary to the bust
ness mans assistant. Your clerk Is u safer
man for your business tomorrow and his body
better able to stand the burden of your work
because he has been brought under the influ
ence OF the Y M. G.. A. He has been kept away
from the demon of drink, from the house OF the
strange woman, and from the enticements Of
the gaming table. His head is clear, his arm is
strong, and the temptation TO take yours for
his has been taken from him, for he needs il
not Can you afford such an institution among
youg one which shall be as much II part OF
your city, and be regarded as one of the institu-
tions of your city in the same way as your
banks are today? A work of the character
have suggested is cheap at any price it may
cost The value of it cannot be estimated in
dollars. 1t can be run, and run well, for just
about what il costs to run ONE of the prosper
Gus saloons of your city" There are IS saloons
in the city-ED.
The estimate put upon the y. M. G. A. by the
leading railroad presidents and managers, and
other successful business men of the country
was cited.
Business men of Owosso, you have put out
your signs in city with it's church spires brist-
ling toward heaven. You stay here because
they stay, and if they were to go tomorrow, you
would go today. You support them literally,
doubt not, but it is true, and you will concede
it, that at those ages when the Y. M. c. A. is
looking, or is willing to look after young men,
and that with good effect, the church has no
firm hold upon them. Upon you, in proportion
to members, in greater measure than upon the
rest of the inhabitants of the city, rests her
reputation and good name. See to it that she
does not cease to advance in every good work.
and look after the boys who are soon to be her
guardians
Bat, frienos OF Owosso, there is better view
of this question OF the Y. NJ c. A. and its rela-
ton to the boys of your community-that which
deals with the question of the salvation of the
immortal souls of these boys, and you who have
any good measure of the value of a human soul
can appreciate in some better measure the
value of the Y. M. G. A.
The services at the Episcopal church
were very interesting. The regular evening
prayer services were gone through with and
Prof. Hamilton King, of Olivet, gave an
exceedingly interesting half hours talk on
the duties and prospects of the young men
and women of today urging them to get
thorough education, TO aim high and not
accept, without careful consideration, posi-
tons that promised well for the time being
with no prospects for advancement.
Rector Roosevelt also made few remarks
warning against the dangers of rushing into
schemes or plans that would injure the
moral nature OF blunt the tendencies to
righteous life. The talks should be of great
benefit to those who heard them. The sing
ing by the vested choir was beautiful, max
ing the services extremely impressive.