The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-17

mains $3,7OS.79 to be provided for,
which we trust will be raised in the
near future.
We desire to testify to the dependence
of the Association upon the benevolence
of generous men and women, and record
our gratitude for their help.
We also desire to acknowledge our
dependence upon Him whose we are
and whom we serve" not only for ma
terial gifts but for divine guidance, and
we commend His love for men to our
friends as the source of inspiration for
all generous deeds.
Devotional Committee.
Mr. F. j. Lowrey, President:
Your Devotional Committee has much
that is both encouraging and discour-
aging to report, and yet we are glad
to say that at this time the outlook is
exceedingly encouraging, as will ap-
pear later. / will not present dry figures
to you, but will give in few words the
religious condition of the Association
during the past year.
There was one serious interruption
in our work, and at that time the chol-
era in our midst, with the necessitated
quarantine restrictions, caused the
same check upon our work as it did else
where, and it was two months before
the work resumed it's normal condition.
The presence of Rev. G. H. Yatman in
our midst proved a great stimulus to
the Christian work of the city, and
through his earnest and consecrated
labors many were brought to acknowl-
edge Christ and united with the vari
Gus churches.
The jail work was resumed in the fall
after d lapse of six months, during
which time the Salvation Army faith
Iully carried on the work. The field is
a very important one and is proving of
much interest.
A Bible class has been carried on dur
ing part of the year, and there have
ben number of special meetings in
the afternoons of the Sabbath.
The Association building has been
open every day and evening during the
year, and young men always have a
place to go for reading and good fellow
ship.
The ships in the harbor are regularly
visited on Sabbath morning, and the
committeeman leave an invitation to
the various Church and Association
meetings, and they also leave supply
of good reading matter on board the va
riouS vessels.
The Sunday evening meeting which
has been carried on for so many years
has continued during the year, but as
some of the churches have commenced
Christian EndeavOr services at the
same hour, they have very naturally
taken from our numbers, until we feel
that something must be done to awaken
a new interest. We do not complain
against the churches, because the AS
sOciatiOn is a branch of church work,
and when the churches cease to inter-
est themselves in the Association they
have Topped off one of their own
branches. We are sure that is not the
case in Honolulu, and in the change al
ready inaugurated we feel that the out
look is encouraging. We feel confident
that the Christian young men of the
city will assume the splendid privilege
and also the responsibility of the man
agement of this Young Mems Christian
Association, and make it a power for
Christ in our midst. Theirs are the
problems to work out, and theirs will
be the victory or the defeat.
This Association can be made the
center of attraction for young men, and
it's aim and endeavor always will be to
elevate young manhood to that plain
of living, eXemplified by the life of Jesus
Christ.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. WOOD,
Chairman of Devotional Committee.
Following were the officers installed:
I A B. Wood. President
w. L. Warriner, Vice-Presdent.
w. A Love, Recording Secretary
e. A. Jones, Treasurer.
Directors: H. F. Wichman and C. B.
Ripley.
Arthur B. Wood, the newly elected
president of the Y. NJ. c. A, is a son-in-
law of Senator Henry Waterhouse. He
was born at Sycamore, Illinois, Decem-
Der 10, 1868, and when old enough at
tended Oberlin College, from which he
was graduated in 1892.
Afterwards he went to Brooklyn, ~
Y, where his deep interest in church
affairs secured him the position of sec
retary OF the Y. NJ. G.. A.
In 1894, after having made two short
visits to Honolulu, he came here to re-
side, entering into the employ of Henry
permanently. He at once
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