The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-14
YOUNG CHRISTIANS.
State Convention in Session
at Hedding NJ. E. Church
in This City.
HOW THE WORK PRosPERs
Reports and Addresses-Building
Up Physical Christ
ianity.
HOW THE WORK PROSPERS


Jersey. the twenty-seventh in the history
of the State Association, was begun in
the Hedding NJ e Church yesterday.
sion was held there. 1t was prayer
meeting held in such seclusion that the
doors were opened only twice during the
two and half hours of its continuance.
Mr.. David McConaughy. Jr., the secre-
tary for India, conducted it. At four
o'clock and again at five, the doors
were opened for a space of five minutes
Finally at $50 the meeting was called
to order for the purpose or organizing
for the convention. This was accom-
plished with the election of the following
officers:-Elijah S. Cowles, President; j.
H. McGraw of Madison. George R. Waite
of this city, and Wilson Farrand OF
Newark, Vice Presidents; Cleveland v.
Childs of Orange, Secretary. and w. 2.
Schell of Lawrenceville Academy, AS
sisting Secretary.
A few minutes after six o'clock this
meeting was adjourned. The partici-
pants in it proceeded to the Association
building on Wayne street Here the
fair maids and matrons of the Woman's
Auxiliary Committee entertained the
young men and served a supper which
they had prepared especially for them.
dn the evening, at 7:45, Mr.. Elijah S.
Cowles. as chairman, called a large meet
ing to order. They were not all dele
gates, as was the case with the day ses-
sion. There were some friends of the
organization present, and even a few
tadies braved the threatening weather.
Ex-Assemblyman WE. Drake, chairman
of the State Committee, read a report
of the State Executive Committee and
supplemented it with a few remarks In
his report he said:-'In 1859 the third
New Jersey State Convention met in Jer-
sey City, in 1878 the eleventh convened
in the same place, and after lapse of
nearly eighteen years, for the third time
we are met in this hospitable city to re-
view the work of the past year and
council together regarding our needs
and methods for the immediate future.
There has been no time in the history
of our associations when the need OF
supervision has been more clearly seem
Changes in important fields have been
numerous, and other discouraging con-
ditions have. existed which have called
for wise and prompt action on the part
of the committee and IT'S secretary"
Mr.. Drake then continued to explain
that while the number of associations
in the State are apparently two less than
that of last year. that is not exactly the
case. There have been four inactive as
sociations dropped from the lists. Only
one has succumbed, that of Atlantic
Highlands. To replace this three new
ones have been organized. The number
of associations now existing in the State
is forty-seven. OF these thirty-two are
city. ten college and five railroad asso-
Citations. The total membership on De-
cember 81, 1885. was s,727.
The report was very exhaustive and
touched upon such topics as district
work. railroad work college work, boy 3
work. educational work. physical depart
ment and State work. The work of the
secretaries. international committee and
Wonnan's Auxiliary Conference was
noted Mr.. Drake was loudly applauded
when he sat down.
"ei .r- ll1 1a ~ ~ y - AGO. p,as,dan+ of
the Plainfield Association. then read Sc
,so+;o,ss f,.o,,, ,ra,,o-ts laf local secre
eslo'as :, 1so1 oli ~ aansti.,,t.
faries for 1893. ThlS virtually CONSTITUTE
ed a report for the year The main
sdo. of M v,,rrav was made annarent
when he had finished reading these ex-
cerpts. He then delivered sound words
- sa.,,.a, - ~, dala-a+as on so,,araJ
VI oouiisei " ene ueiee@eoS On
subjects where DOUBT was expressed IN
some of the reports. as to the proper
,o,,rsa - r,,rsua uis addrass beld the
course 70 pu1sue. LIS aooieee et1 .--0
interest of the delegates very closely
stirring address was that delivered
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Wy eiie i.et. A1lus"s ainei' - - 80
rector of st. Peters Episcopal Churcn,
BROOKLYN. He told stories without num-
No. lant t.is dnaa,.ors in e,,i,aa or
per anu hepe MS nedreis N SHINES %
roars OF laughter constantly. Ihe sub
ject of his remarks was Enthusiasm
,z n.y.. r. VIII, .a,r.-,,,,i,,, ), n ~
ana what II wan accomplish. ne an
aiyzed the term enthusiasm according TO
It's earliest derivation. He went past
'ne e1i cen coiiipouiiu eiliiusiaSinos
and separated into the two parts EN-
in and "rheos." Cod and defined II as
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possesseo py doo- he salu hotnihs
could be accomplished without it. Ee
did nft advaoate the Find tbat vents H.
self in words like fhe Misgissipri Rive
haiIer 9, snail tna4 wl,en she foored
sne naa to STOP moylng,
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