The Portland daily press., 1896-02-06

secretary here who doesn't feel that he
has the worst field in New England in
some respects. Horace Greeley said GIN
the course of my life I've made plenty of
mistakes, but they've been new mis-
takes. q Be able to say the same. This
Is the large part of the church of Jesus
Christ reaching out after the lost When
we think OF the hundreds we reach for
get the thousands we never move. We
want to plan with business foresight on
the social and physical as we'll as the
religious side of the work, and back of it
all, and the power of it all stands Jesus
! Christ.
sc. S. Bishop of Massachusetts, was sub
stituted for G. M. Jersey who was to
speak ON s'Our Past, Present and
! Future" He asked the question: Are
the young men OF our cities safe without
the Y. NJ, G. A. to help them?"
s'There is the temptation to unbelief in
this age of free thought, temptation to
doubt GOO, temptation to gamble,
formulation to drink. Forty men banded
together to take the life of Paul, but
find 40, 900 mon banded together to take
all that is bright from one young man
and 100, 600 of young men go down every
year to drunkard's graves. The time will
come when the last vote will be cast for
license, the lost drop of liquor sold, and
when the world will be ready to sing All
Hail the Power of Jesus Name
He touched on some of the special
temptations to which the young men are
exposed, and then gave statistics to show
the great advance that the Y. Nj. G. A.
has made. Even in erusalem there is an
the shadow of the Vatican. He spoke
with special endorsements of the edu-
cational, PHYSICAL and religious work of
the association. he closed with DR..
Duff's eloquent appeal to the young men
of England on behalf of the young men
of India.
Secretary Jordan of Bangor was intro.
duced as the man who would answer the
questions. The frst question was: "If
the church was doing it's duty would
there be need of the Y. M. c. APP
Yes, just as much as for the Sunday
school, y
"What is the simplest from of home
exercise2'
ga saw horse"
sWhy are ladies excluded fro m the Y.
M. G. A. special meetingsf'
Mr. Jordan asked Mr. Bates Of Connec-
ticut to reply, and he said, because we
can talk freer to young men alone than
to mixed audience"
"Why do not young men attend gospel
meetiDgs?" was asked and Secretary
Pierce of Brockton, Mass, said "Some-
times they are not interested in them.''
'Do association buildings pay?" was
answered by Secretary Armstrong of Bos-
ton who said Eyes, it is the only club
that leads men to the church,
Secretary Stratton of Pawtucket said j:
Eyes" to question, should the secre-
tary be on duty holidays?"
"Why does not Portland with it's 40, 600
population, with its beautiful city, and
one of the best secretaries in New Eng
land have Y. M. G. A. building? was
answered by Mr.. V. Richard Foss of
Portland who said We are getting
them quite rapidly. We may not have as
fine a building as you have in Bangor,
but we shall have the best east Of Bos-
ton"
Rev. d. NJ. Pratt thought that a Y.
M. c. A. will add to the interest of the
prayermeetings of the ohurchess. "Of
course it depends good deal upon the
secretary.
HAS Bangor house for it's score
tary?
| Was asked and Mr.. Jordan said, s'H.
don't sleep out Of doors He added that
Bangor will soon have a special house of
its own.
A delegate thought restaurant in con-
neotion with Y. NJ. c. A. would be a
good thing, and Mr.. Jordan said that
in Bangor the association completes with
the night lunch carts and sells "pies,
cakes, dogs. (Great laughter) and some
other things"
Mr.. Work of Hartford thought young
men in his city had obtained work
through attending the industrial
classes.
Mr. Armstrong of Boston though a
secretary will do his best work after he
has been in charge at least five years.
How should secretary make de
sired change in the president of an
auxiliary?" was answered by a secretary
who said, Shy being an adroit politician
and not appearing in it al all. "
DR.. johnson ans wered the question,
Are all physical directors good
Christians" by saying, II fear not, but
they ought to be before they are asked to
take charge of that branch of the work. y
Is it possible to spend too much
money in association work." was an
swe1ed by Mr.. Jordan, who told story
of the reformation of a young man, and
said: ASK the mother of that boy. No,
it is not possible"
The session closed with congregational
singing of s'Christ Saves Sinful Men. "
The following will be the programme
for today: