El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-11
"Any man of moral character may

become a MEMBER. '-Constitution.
The opening music was by the Pres
byterian choir who sang Warren's
arrangement of Come holy spirit,
heavenly dove" The prayer was by
Pastor Mr.. Morrison, of ithe Christian
church, and the scripture reading was
by Rev. Hoffman, Of the First Metho
dist church. The Maennerchor sang
The Sabbath day" and then came
three minute talks from the pastors.
Rev. Moore, of the Presbyterian
church, said the relationship of the Y.
NJ. Q. A. to the church should be the
Relationship of a child to its parent:
, that OF sentinel to the army, aud of an
arm to the body Every one can see
that you can't separate the church and
the Y. NJ. G. a. There are ten millions
of young men in the United States and
of these six millions never darkened
the door of church. No single de-
nomination can afford to build up
the Y NJ. Q. A. But the churches
together can do the work together.
The association is born of the church,
it draws its sustenance from the church
and no Y. NJ. @. a. should ever become
UNCONVENTIONAL, but remain inter-de-
nominational. Every as sociatiOn should
bring young men to the church of the
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The
church and the Y. NJ. @. a. fight their
battles and win their victories under
the cross. The Y. NJ. c. a. believes
that we must develop young men phys
ically. socially, spiritually. We need
one ounce of practical Christianity to
one pound of professional Christianity,
less sanctimi sanctimonlous and more
sanctity. Let US nOuTish the \. NJ. G.
y. and bring them up to the kingdom
of God.
Rev. Morrison in speaking of the in
tluence of the Y. M. q. A., said that in
1894 there were five thousand associa-
tions in the world: and as compared
with the work of this organization,
none other was so great. In fifty years
it had spread all over the world. There
are fourteen hundred associations in
North America, with mem Dership Of
%, 900 and holding property valued at
Sl5, 900. Then there was the work in
the colleges. Four hundred and eighty
colleges had branches of the Y. NJ. G.
A. with a mem bership of $4,000 stu
dents. The speaker referred to the vol
unteer movement in the colleges that
originated at Mortified under Mr.
Moody, and the result was that eight
thousand students had now dedicated
themselves to the work of foreign
missions. There were ninety-six rail
road branches of the Y. M. G.. a. now
in existence, with membership of %
these branches for their support $780,,
600. Ninety-six millions of people
Travelled over railroads last year, and
the more christian men there are OPP
Grating the roads, the more secure will
these passengers feel.
Rev. j. T. French of Trinity church
said that ''Wha should be the attitude
of the Ell Paso churches to the associa-
tion?" Brought the question down to
4 n Tlpa
churches should be exceptionally
friendly towards the Y. NJ. G. A, and
helpful to it. The word ''christian"
was not connected with the association
in any incidental way. 1t is the key
word, the pivot GA which the whole
thing swings. Ell Paso is an exception
al city from a geographical, climatic
close to an old civilization that is con-
Eliminating and destructive. Our
climate brings many here of all ages,
and the question is who will take care
of the young men? The churches of
the city and the Y. M. G.. a. stand as
the safe guards, protective forces, COR
railing and bringing them into the
church OF God 1t is the g ID given
province of the Y. NJ c.. A to hold
these young men and bring them into
the churches, into the spiritual fo,d.
the fold of Christ.
Rev. 4 Hoffman, of the First Meth |
odist church, replied to the question, |
"Wlll it pay the community to support |
such an association" that it would |
ard richly SO. There are some things, |
however, that they do not pay here; |
prize fighting for instance. Experience |
has shown that it did net and does not |
pay. But does the Y. NJ. G. \. pay? |
Yes it does. 1t pays in every way. |
TIE speaker referred to the bad in |
flunnce of the saloons over young men. |
and the greater and beneficial influence |
extended over young men by the clevat- |
ing influences of the Young Mems |
Christian Association. !