The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

defect that MT, James l.. Houghteling, the founder of the brotherhood, sought to remedy, And right in line with that is the other aim of our organization, viz, the spread of Christ's kingdom and the bringing of men to recognize and obey the laws of that kingdom. That can be done only by personal and hand to-hand work That was Christs own method.
 The rules of the brotherhood are few and are really suggestions of work and reminders to members of their blessed duty"
 Brotherhood Opportunities was dis cussed by several delegates from chap ters outside of New Haven, principally from the standpoint of the country towns and villages in remote districts. The opportunities for religious activity specified were: Reorganization of sun day schools and starting new ones; chapel services in school houses; open air meetings in summer, and the unique suggestion that such members as could afford it invite some tired city broth CT" to spend week with him at his home in the country. | New Haven chapters reported work carried on at Calvary Industrial home, the Springside town farm, where ser vices are held weekly and reading mat ter distributed and the inmates person. ally dealt with; the mems wards of the city hospital are visited every Satur- | day. The workers let the patients know that they are churchmen, and if men are inclined they talk with them about things spiritual. Friends are mo- tiled and visited, and any service pos sible is rendered.
 l Mir. John w. Wood, general secretary of the organization, discussed Broth erhood Extension" He sald "Statis- tics show a decrease since 1892 in our numbers in this state. I think that is ! due to two causes, viz, First, That the 1 full meaning of brotherhood work was not fully understood until recently, and men entered into active membership who were not thoroughly in earnest; and second, The impression unfortu- nately obtains that our rules forbid re- cruiting. On the contrary, we must not wait for men to knock on our chapter door, but we should be on the | lookout for such as are even slightly interested. I would urge you to experi- ment more with young men. Try to in- terest them and develop them for ser vice. Every chapter should have al- most as many probationers as active members"
 MT. W. H. Owen, jr., of New York addressed the meeting on Work Among Boys" He said in brief: "You must learn the boys first name so you can meet him familiarly. Nothing helps more than that to win his con f1dence. Learn all you can about his environment the boys he associates with, his home surroundings, and the needs of the boy. You should also know his father and mother. Then after you have become acquainted with him study his temperament and his charac-
 ter. Try to bring out the best in him and to repress his bad tendencies. Get ! him into a Bible class, and when you have enough boys in charge start a
 junior chapter of the brotherhood
 which should be a recruiting place fol
 the senior chapter. Give the boys
 athletics and keep in touch with then
 by getting up baseball nine, or 2
 gymnasium. Then too, social guilt
 is good thing in the winter. The
 most unpromising of boys will in sucf
 ways often develop into active an(
 earnest Brotherhood men"
 A general informal discussion as tt
 openings and methods followed: