Evening star., 1895-10-10

WN ! ~ characteristic ardor
wNA~ attended to the va
riouS details of pre-
pairing not only for the future, but adapt
ing the association and It's work to the
new conditions.
His death will be serious loss to the
association and a personal bereavement to
the large proportion of the officers and
members. AS the young men who are en-
joying the benefits of the educational
classes and others came to the temporary
rooms of the association in the Lehman
building last evening they saw upon the
door the notice announcing the death of
Mr.. Pugh. 1t was great blow, and the
expressions of regard and esteem were
heard on every side. The educational
classes suspended their lessons for the
evening and the rooms were closed. A
meeting of the board of directors was held
and resolutions were adopted, expressing
regret at the death of Mr.. Pugh, whose
Efe," the resolutions declared was that of
an earnest Christian man, seeking to touch
and inspire young men to lead noble and
useful lives. We feel that we have lost a
personal friend and helper, the association
an earnest and efficient officer and the
community useful citizen"
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
morning at 9:15 at the Foundry Church. of
which the deceased was a member. The
pastor of the church. DR.. Oliver A. Brown,
will of1iciate, and at the request of the
board of directors, Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin
of the Church of the Covenant and DR..
assist. The interment will be at Strouds-
burg where Mrs. Pugh lives. The honor
ary pallbearers will be S. w. Woodward, T.
A. Harding, E. w. Woodruff. George Trues-
dell. William B. Gurley and J. c. Pratt.
The active pallbearers have been selecte1
from the members of the association as fol
lows: Charles F. Nesbit. j. w. Crawford. j.
S. Parker W. S. Macarthur E. A. Beekman
ard Charles H. Chase The ushers at the
church will be in charge of W. B. Mat
thews, and will be as follows: George S.
Gibson. George Cahill and A.. B. Leet.
There will be hands ONE floral tributes con-
tributed by the members of the association,
and also by the board of managers.
The work in the educational classes will
be resumed Monday, and on Sunday after
room the Gospel meeting will be held as
usual. -
at Kingston, Canada. After leaving school
he was travelling buyer for drug estao,
iishment, and he also studied mechanical
er gineerng. When quite young man ne
came to this country and was naturaiized.
For some years he lived in Stroudsburg,
to Miss Alice NJ. Burnett of that place, who
survives him. He had always taken i've
ly interest in religious work among the
young, and when the opportunity presented
itself he left his secular calling and devoted
himself to religious work. This opportunity
came when in 1857 he was offered the posi-
ton of financial secretary of the Y. NJ e.
A. in this city. At the end of a year he was
place from that time until his death In
der his management, the work of the asso-
citation has broadened, especially in the
educational lines. and the membership has
largely increased. He encouraged all sorts
of healthy sport, and the athletic depart
ment of the association became of 1ncreas-
iIg Importance. In addition to his execu-
tive ability, Mr.. Pugh had a personal mag
retism, which made him an lnhuence
among young men.
Choosing n Successor. -
An indication of the high esteem with
which Mr.. Pugh was regarded by the board
of managers was shown at the special
meeting of the board, which was hastily
called together last evening, and which
was attended by every me mber of the board
with the exception of Mr. B. H. warner,
who is out of the city. The duty OF choos-
ing a successor for Mr.. PuSh devoiVes
upon the board OF directors, and the mem
bers realize that it will be a difficult thing
to do 1t is probable that no definite ao-
tion will be taken in this direction for some
time as it is the desire Of the members OF
the board to secure the best possible man
to fill the vacancy, and they realize that
such a man is not easy to find.
MIR. WOOdwurd's Tribute.
Mr., S. w. Woodward, who is vice presi-
dent of the associat ton, and actively iden-
tilted with the work Of the association, in
speaking of Mr.. Pugh today to a Star re-
porter, said: in the past ten years I have
become very much attached to Mr.. Pugh
because of the manliness of his Christian
character, of the untiring zeal and devo-
| ton to his work and of the absolute conse-
Grafton of his life to the work of uplifting
and saving young men. The results or MS
devotion and conservation have for a long
time been evident in all the branches OF
the work of the association; first, in the
extraordinarily large number of young mer
which We were able to hold as members OF
the association, notwithstanding the lack
of suitable accommodations, and second, In
the strong spiritual influence which Mr.
Pugh exerted over the young men. which
is indicated by the large number who have
of late years shown evidence of sincere
change Of heart by radical change in theil
! lives and by presenting themselves to the
various churches Of the city for member
ship.
II feel sense of personal loss diffie ult te
express, and cannot now see how the as
sociation will fill his place. I believe his
influence will be felt and must be showr
in the words and actions Of many young
men yet to come into the active duties o1
life His memory will ever be precious
| one to me, and am sure also to the mem
bers of the board Of directors"