The morning times., 1895-10-16
HELPING BODY IND SOUL
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/ gagged in conducting revival services at
! hanilne Church. sang Gospel Song.
Tue beneCictI0n wa pronounced by Lewis
N Bean, of Philadelphia.
Al TILE Ar TEkNOUN SESSION.
At the afternoon session. which began
shortly after. O'Clock, n. A. Robbins
conducted the devotional exercises. {. Il.
Ball Represented the University Park Mis-
sion. Rev ii oward Wilbur Ennis. the
Brotherhood OF Andrew and Philip Mrs.
5. ID. La Fetra the Hope and Help MISSION.
Rev. >. L. Niuenian anu Miss iua l.. Miner
the DeaconesS' Home. W. l.. Bruen the II Os-
pei wagon ana y. Is. Brown the Central
Union AilsSiom.
Mr.. BANS address gave the details OF
an important mission work done among the
! poorer classes resident in the neIsIDor-
mood OF Howard University.
Rev. DR.. Ennis pictured in most cncOur-
aging terms The devotion OF the Brotherhood
OF Andrew and Philip. This body repre-
seats flrtecn denominations. The mem
bers pledge themselves to daily prayer and
daily active service. They number 5000
i'll the United States Each one agrees to
speak TO at least one person every week
and try TO induce him to attend Gospel
services and take an interest in Christian
work He related numper of incidents
and gave statistics.
Mr.. B. Bryan, or AnacoStia. placed be
fore the convention the We'll known labors
OF the brotherhood OF 81; Andrew. He
showed how inportantand far rea ching tits,
how well organized, and how conSecrated
are the young men in its ranks.
CENTRAL UNION MISSION WORK.
DR.. o. b. Brown gave an account of the
Central Union Mission work. He said
the mission was organized in 1854, and
han obtalned ut No. 9U9 Pennsylvania
avenue to seat seventy-fiye persons. The
constitution provided for ten directors and
that at least four denominations should
be represented. The mission has always
kept in close touch with the churches, and
has been supported By voluntary sub.
srriptions.
TIE holding of street meetings began in
1885. There have been two gospel wa guns
one of which was burned in the Knox fire
These have gone out regularly and brought
from the first over-crowded. In 1856
quarters with seating room for 800 were
obtained at No. $50 Pennsylvania avenue,
but there was not room even then, and the
need grew more and more pressing till
1880. when the building at 62o-22 Louisi-
ana avenue was purchased and fitted up at
a seating capacity of 200.
The Mission now has ten branches, at
which from three to seven meetings a week
week are held. 1t maintains also hospital,
SuDday-school and OTHER children's meet
ings. Suburban meetings are also held.
The industrial department of the Mission
supports wood yard. where any person
wiling and able to saw and split kindling
may earn his board for a time.
The average expenses Tor the first five
years were S2,19 year: the second five,
Sf,S5S; the eleventh year, $3.50. The
average number of meetings In ten years
was $50, with attendance I05; for the
eleventh year, 2,1eS meetings, with aver
age attendanceoi OF 143. The avera ge annual
requests for prayer for the ten years were
1854; professed conversions, I'll; for the
eleventh year these figures are 6;1o3 and
,O22. There were distributed in the
ten years $4,000 Bulletins, aud in 1S94o
$500.
The work has the active support of three
hundred Christi ian men and women. In
answer 10 question l. Mr. Raiav a a tad
that the Industrial department is self
supporting.
ACTIVITY OF THE Y.M. A.
Mr. W. H. II. Smith spoke for the Y. NJ.
G. A. He quoted first: II write unto
you, young men, because We are strong"
II requires strong men, he said, to do the
work of the organization, which he repre-
sented in place of the beloved spirit SO
a trip on a railroad car, in which was
a large company of young men. swearing
and drinking; A few came away and
Joined himself and companions. They
How TO draw young men from such a
crowd was the problem. It required
quick, short-arm work, which the churches
in their conservatism could not do. The
place was filled by the Christian Associ-
alton. J. rig
Again, young men are clannish. They
want 10 get away from mothers and sis
ters. Ifano place is provided, they drift
into the pameless places of the city.
Mothers and fathers in this city would
weep tears of blood if they knew into
what resorts at evenings. some of their
SONS go; and these are sons, too, who go
10 SunGay-school and church. They are
found in such places even ON Sunday even
ings.
II is to save the young men from this
awful drift that the association interp,Ses
itself.
He gave the details of the meetings and
work here and also some statistics Tor the
whole country. There We're four general
epartments-the heeducational and tn social
the gymnasium, not for development of
prize men, but consecrated to God, and
finally the devotional. The effort is to
train young men to be intellectual, socila,
and strong men for Christ's service
Mr.. Hilton then told how when he came
here fourteen years ago government clerk
friend who was then in the audience sent
ticket, costing So. The friend was wa then
unknown to him, but he Thought if anybody
took that much interest in his Christian
efforts he ought to put his hand to the work.
He did so and it led to all that be had
been able to do for the cause.
COLORED Y. NJ. c. A. HEARD FROM.
Mrs. Poe, representing the colured Y. W.
c. A, described how the work started eight
years ago at Norfolk, Va, and had grown.
There are now seventeen city associations.
The work, she said, was the result of the
thought that work against liquor traffic
was causing women to be neglected. The
first effort was a prayer meeting for the
fallen. Then a double murder in the
"Division" startled the community. The
speaker wentdown to the house and sa W the
house where the blood of the poor girl and her
slayer were still on the pillow. She asked
the policeman who was the agent of the
house. He told her. She went to him to
rent the house for home of refuge Of
fallen women.
The agent said dozen applications had
already been received for the house and the
price had been advanced from S25 to $50.
She then went around the corner and
rented a smaller place and it has been