Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-07
WORK FOR THE BOYS.
Secretary Woods Visit 10 the Young
st. Andrews Members nefs.
Aaaresses ~ %. James on What
the JuveniIeS Mission should De
and at Holy Trinity ON the
Brotherhood's Work.

A large number Of boys from the Ep!s'
.ooal churches Of Richmond and Man
chester assembled at Grace cf1orch sun
Say afternoon at o'clock. the occasion
being a special union service In the IN
,erest of the Boys Department OF 'he
brotherhood OF 81. Andrew. win au'
,resses by Rev. Preston Nash. OF Chris'
church. this city. and Mr. John w. "ooo'
u New York. general secretary Oh inc
Brotherhood.
The service. which was begun oy si"s
ing hymn No. 595. 1.-The Son OF Goa uoes
Forth TO War" was conducted by NV
l.. II. Mason. Few. ]. j. Ciop'on' anu
Rev. George c. Abbltt. and the lesson
yobn l.. 80. and following--was read ny
rev. z. T. Farland.
Mr.. Nash's address was In MS "'u"'
,appy vein, and held the Afternoon Vi ~.
novs throughout. lie said he was so'ns
10 take Mr. Wood for his text
heard so much about MT. Wood una, pv 20
,,hIv some of those present wouiu pe
s,sarrnointed 10 see that he looked Just
IT, srv other man. There was one dli ,
,ereoce however, between MT. Woou any
,o,on other men--that he had a missioi'
A r,,ssion. he said, Is something person
"a sent TO do. Each one OF US "us"'
ave a m!ssion--to do all the gooo III 'ne
world we can. We ought 10 go AT gu.
mission with our whole heart aithoue"
"a, try TO do too much at one ufhe.
Dav,d Livingstone went almost all over
Africa one step at time IHeie or
,anv things that boys should not Try
20 DO, but a great many more 'na. IA
IAN do. A little fellow once, VINO hau
heer fold that his mission ought 10 DC
10 do all the good he could, came hoihe
ono night and told his mother ne hau
,een doing work on this line. HOW
,sked his mother. II have been helping
aid Mrs Smith milk her COW. nat
con milking the cow?' "No: dldnt eN-
aetly milk the cow myself, but heio
the calf" Just so, there are great
many ways In which boys can help others'
even II by only holding the calf.
MIR WOOD PRESENTED.
Following Mr.. Nash. after having been
introduced by Rev. l.. r. Mason, MT
Woood said that when he heard Mr. Nash
say that he was going to take MIN 'Woou
for his text he felt awfully sorry ior
him (Nash), as ne knew he had rathe,
lean text. But somehow Mr.. Nasn hau
the kDdCk VI UldhIib '~'s
from a very poor text, as they had ODD
served AS Mr.. Nash had told them'
they had a mission, and he wanted 10
tell them how they could carry out their
,nissIon as brotherhood boys. Many years
,go. when the Crusaders were trylng u
yrest the Holy Land from the Moham
pedaps, they came to the conclusion that
hey could not be successful unless an
irmy OF children helped the men TO hgnt
against the Turks An army or cnllureh
VAS therefore formed, and many nun
lrods of them Joined II and underwent
many hardships for the cause. and were
inally unsuccessful In their undertaking.
Their example teaches us to-day that
older men In the Church need the help OF
he BOYS, and even more than this-that
he boys themselves are willing and ready
20 lend their help. The rules or the
Rows Department as they all knew. were
20 pray daily for the spread of Christs
Singdom among boys. and secondly, TO
take some active part each week IN the
work. worship. and study of the Church'
and TO try 10 get other boys 10 90 the
same. The best way TO tell them how
they could keep these rules would be 10
tell Them about what other boys of other
chapters had been doing In this way.
Mr. Wood gave a number Of instances in
which n great deal of work had been ac-
complished by Brotherhood boys by indi-
vdual work. told them how they could
take a more active part In the worship
and study OF the Church, and after few
other remarks on this line brought his
address to close. After singing hymn
No. 5s2. stand Up, Stand Up. for Jesus
the benediction was pronounced by Mr..
Mason. The service was exceedingly IN
teresting throughout. and its influence
h. hnvQ Npln nrCSgQt VIII
undoubtedly be felt later on.
THE NIGHT SERVICE.
The special Brotherhood service at tho
beautiful new Church of the Holy Trinity
drew q large crowd. which filed the
church at sis o'clock Sunday night.
The members OF the Brotherhood as
sembled in the lecture-room few min
utes before the hour Of service, and
entered the church In "a body. seats be-
ing reserved for them in the front OF the
building. After the usual evening SER
vice, conducted by Rev. Preston Nash
and Rev. }. j. Gravatt, the rector, Bishop
Newton introduced Mr.. Wood to the
congregation, stating In a few words that
II gave him great deal or pleasure to
do so. knowing. as he did, how great an
influence for good the Brotherhood Of St.
Andrew exerted, and that Mr.. Wood. be-
ing the general secretary. probably knew
more than any other one man in the
country about the Brotherhood and its
work.
Mr. Wood gave short history of the
eleven years of the existence of the
brotherhood. and Of its origin. He told
how little over eleven years ago the
men OF st. James church. Chicago, met
face to face the problem-"Why is il
that the many hundreds of men who live
near and often pass the doors of this
church do not come imp How they de-
cded that II was because the mep who
were already In the church did not dc
enough to welcome outsiders when they
aid come: how they formed a society OF
young men. which they called the
brotherhood of st. Andrew, whose Object
was to overcome this difficulty; how the
brotherhood. which was at first simply
a parish guild. spread to other churche.
In Chicago and then to other cities
till finally It was deemed necessary t.
call a convention Of all the different
chapters to form a united organization
resulted In the Brotherhood OF ST. An
drew AS 1t now stands. From this 4
has grown. till there are now over {
thousand chapters In this country alone
not including the chapters which tn,
Brotherhood has In Canada, Scotland
England. Germany. and even Australi;
and Japan.
SPREAD OF CHRISTS KINGDOM.
Why was II that the brotherhood hat
been 30 successful? Because. he would
say. Its object was so simple. 1.-The spreat
Of Christs Kingdom among men,"
had passed by many other worthy ant
commendable objects TO take up simpl,
this one. Ii had always been strictl,
loyal TO the Church. having never hat
any axe OF Its own to grind or an,
stone to grind IL on. II had Away
worked with the Church 10 upbuild tn
Church. 1t had taken as Its first rul
prayer-"To pray daily for the spread O
Christs Kingdom among men: for III
second. work-"To make an earnest effor
each week to bring some young mar
within the hearing OF the Gospel" T,
such simple. and yet such high ain
as this II owed Its success. As to hi
work that Brotherhood men were do
Ing. MUCH of II was OF too personal
nature to be spoken OF In public. bu
there were some things which he wouls
mention. All over the country Brother
hood men were doing good work In visit
Ing the sick In hospitals. prisoners be
hind the bars; giving them encourage
ment and comfort. conducting mission
services which would not otherwise b,
held, and gradually huildin1 fheu, nm