Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-06-25
THE l4TH ANN1v ERsARY

ton Nelehrnteu HuhuhA NiEh'
dress ny Rev. {. /. sconeld Of North
neId---The work Of the Association
and Its Needs for the Coming Year.
The completion of the fourteenth year
of the existence Of the BrattebOro Dung
Mems Christian association was celebrated
at the Baptist church Sunday evening
with a service in which the congregations
of the other churches united. The knowl-
edge that two such eminent speakers as
Rev. Dr. G.. J. Scofeld of Mortified and
Rev W O.. PuddefoOt filed secretary oft
the Congregational Home Missionary So
ciety. were 10 participate in the exercises.
brought out an audience tina. filled the
church
The program opened with an organ vol
untary 10y Miss Izetta Stewart which was
followed by a selection by the GeOrgema-
lin ladies quartet, invocation by Rev. q.
II. Rabbit. singing 10y the congregation,
Scripture reading 10y Rev. j. ID. Beemau,
PRAYER by Rev. {. O. Day and a solo by
Mrs Hubbard. Rev C.. J. Scoheld then
made the annual address somewhat earlier
than was expected IN order TO allow him TO
return TO Mortified "The \ Dung Men
Christian association needs no defence. no
yindication al this late day. said the
speaker $50 great and so apparent has
been It's influence as an auxiliary TO the
church that whatever incredulitv regarding
1t once existed has been dispelled.' II
wished. however, TO emphasize the fact that
the association does not exist for itself,
any more than the family or the church,
but to accomplish something beyond itself
the conversion OF young men. He be-
lieyed in the all-arOund young man, such
d.. Al. t..fU Il.
gymnasium. but that while the association
should strive 10 educate the young man
physical side there is a danger that it will
lose sight Of the central purpose Of its ex-
lstence Severa. apt illustrations were
made OF this point. The association must
be alive 90 the consciousness that the young
man is not saved until he is trusting Jesus
Christ The natural instinct of young men
Is TO rally around each other as is proven
in the first chapter OF -. John Il was
pleasure 10 listen TO Or. Sco6eld His
thought was well defined. and ne made a
very favorable impression upon the audi
ence
General Secretary L. B. Hardy. in his
report, stated that the year just closed mad
been the most critical IN the history OF the
association. The association has no con
stltuency, but depends for It's support en-
tlrely upon the generosity of the public
III the past year, which mas been one of
/ extremely hard times. subscriptions have
! been cut of and the association has suf-
/ tered. Still 10 has come out with a Dal-
/ ance III the treasury. Nj Hardy advo-
/ Gated the purchase OF an athletic field for
/ Young men lie cited the fact that the
island q few years ago, could have been
bought Tor a comparatively sma. amount
OF money and contrasted the influence
which the island as al athletic teId woull
B eXer, upon the town of brattleDOrO with
/ It's present influence
or the 13,OOl.Opl young men III the
/ United States and Canada 1900. 600 are
/ outside of the churches--a fact which
} demonstrates tina, there Is place for the
| Dung Men Christian association. The
! batueOorO association mas besides its
/ gymnasium and bath rooms. a senior pas
/ Bet bal team. two junior basket bal
/ teams. a foot Da.i team and a bowling
I team. In the reading room are 10 month
/ iy magazines. 1ve daily papers, 20 weekly
/ papers, three semi-monthiy papers. and
! 33l volumes in the library Thirteen have
/ been directed TO boarding houses, I'VE as
/ sisted 10 work, and SIX letters OF introduc-
! ton have been written. \ Dung men s
! meetings have been held every Sunday al
/ ternOon during the year and the associs-
! ton mas maintained religious services sun
! day mornings III the church al North
! Hlnsdale, y. g., alternate Sundays dur
/ ing the year, and lve services at the Hlns-
] dale Baptist church. There are over 200
/ paid memberships
Mrs. c. +. L. Jenne, for the Woman 5
! auxiliary, reported three meetings for
soclal entertainment and two sociaOes
/ for boys. all of which were vel attended
and thoroughly enjoyed The auxiliary
itself has held l. regular and two special
meetings with an average attendance OF
/ II. There are l54 members OF whom 81
are from the Congregational, - from the
| Baptist, % from the Methodist and seven
from the Episcopal church. The member
ship has decreased during the last year
and to make good and increase the mum
Der Mrs. Jenne advocated tina. thorough
canvass OF all the churches be made
Following these reports Rev. W. G..
/ PuddetOot, who is one of the mos. inter
estlng speakers In the Congregational de-
nomination, presented. IN his characters
tlcaiiy humorous vein. the financial prob
lem which confronts every religious or
ganizauou. He held that the people them
selves were responsible ID a large measure
them Having become frightened at the
cry of "hard times they economic in
every possible way, which keeps money
out OF circulation. and the more they
economic the harder the times become.
1t was a unique presentation of perpleX-
ing problem and had the result of at least
calling out a generous collection. The
meeting closed with the benediction by
Rev I. D. Temple
The Dung Mems Christian association
of Brattleboro is now il q position to dc
some effective work the coming year
Whether it will do that work depends up
on the people of Brattleboro Limited
means viii do limited work and the his
tory OF the association shows that the
greatest amount OF work has been accom-
plished in those years when the subscrip-
tions were the largest. With $1,000 o.
$500 10 depend upon the coming year the
association could do more and better work
than in any OF the II years OF its existence.
Shall that amount be forthcoming
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