The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-28


| who for forty-f years has been an active
! member OF the assocint on. Dwight l..
j Needy and hosts OF ether such men have
been firm be1leyers 10 aud most enthusiastic
supporters OF the Young Mems Cnristlan
Association. Mr.. Moody says: 1T has done
more in developing me for Christian work
than any other agency" Tho venerated
] Philips Biookes bore this testimony: II
i highly vaiue the work of the Young Men y
Christian Association, and consider II II
part OF the Chri.,lnn church, The earl or
ShaftOsbury calls 1t "a grand city of re-
fuac,' DR.. Edward JudsoD, son OF Mission-
airy JuJson, says "the Young Mems CHRIS
tsii assuclauon Is half way house be-
tween the saloon and the prayer meeting,
pointing toward the prayer meeting
me OF the strongest testimonials to this
| work Is the fact that durirg the past year
some of the railroa Is of this country con
| ,riDutea Sl50 900 1n 1870 for the mainten-
! anco of associations among railroad meu.
! Appropriations for this work regularly APP
| pear IN their budget OF expenses. Certainly
| 1t Will not DO charged that these great
| corporations arc moved by sentiment or
| actuatci by religious principals In this
| large expenditure OF money. II il Simply a
| matter OF business They know that the
| results in better service on the par OF
| the emp. oyes justtlts such Investment. Tbs
| Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, president OF the
| New York Central railroad, said rot long
ago that ''the money that the New York
! Central railroad eNpenin annually IN main
tanning Young Mems Christian Association
| NO k among Its employees ls the best In
vestment 1t makes" Edward a. Mosley,
secretary Of the interstate commerce COM
| miss OF. IN II letter written In March, 1894,
among many other things Of like nature,
| said: ''The work of the Young Men $
Christian Associat on among railroad men
| is Of vital interest to the traveller, the
| ,l. IA nd hos
| vi all. no tho men themselves. Surely.
| George Williams builded better than he
! knew when he gathered about him a ha nd
| ful Of earnest young mep in that little
,.ngy room in one of l.ondon's business
| warehouses"
Last September $500 for the twelfth
| consecutive year the Wells Fargo Express
company paid the membership fees of |
OF the clerks In It's home office in san Fran
| c eco. At that time Secretary Mccoy re-
cctyed check for $500, being membership
| 1919 10 one hp- ed and ilJy young
| men at $40 each With them it WAS conf
mere al investment.
From tho very first the association sas
| held to It's original policy of d finite work
| FOR young men by young men. But DIFF
| ftrert lines of work and methods OF work
| have from tsme 10 time been adopte. rs oo-
! cnsiou dcma.!e ed, SPECIAL work for different
| classes of men has been inaugurated as
|
| man speaking young men In our land was
| organized in 1874. the work fer railroad
men was un ertakCn IN 1877 for colored
mea in 1876. for college studenta In lS'',
! fer commercial travellers In 1873, for In
dams In 1859, and tho definite work for
| Sou & men IN foreign mission iielGs was
| undertaken at the urgent request ana
unanimous appeals from missionaries in
| 1889 The worlds student federation or
| ganized 1895. On April % 1898, war was
declared with Spain, Three days after be-
| gan the organ cation OF army and navy
| auxiliary committees, etc, This fact shows [;
| TODAY There are 1870 railroad associations
employing las secretaries, with member
ship OF over 30, 900 They own twenty nire
| hui,llags worth Si0O.NOo and control
twenty-five others worth 5000 0n0. In our
| country there are over 500 college assocla'
| tons in colleges and higher In titutions OF
| learning Every State university but one
has an association. Sixteen OF these have
bui.linfu of their owl. Through thli as ncy
alone more than rs 600 college young men
have bean influenced TO become followers
Of Jesus Christ, Two thOusardl were won
for tho master hast year, Moro than 1000
have been led to enter tho Christian MIN
! 'stry over 1000 have volunteered as mis-
| sionaries etc. 1900 In foreign fields, and
tens OF thousands Of men havo been trained
| IN Christian work Largely through the III
1uanoe of this movement the students ~
these institutions gave 10 missions in 1871
fully $50, 900.
The character OF some Institutions have
been literally transformed by the hssorin-
tlnn. There nro striking Instances OF this,
especially In connection with some of tho
| State univei stiles and older denominational
| colleges No man can possibly measure tho
mighty Influence for good which IN SO COL
lege assoc ations nre eXers.ing In our conr-
try In all OF these departments OF associa-
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| tho methods employed are similar The
ultimate erd Is tho harmonious develop
ment OF this complete man In spirit mind
mtid body The association stands for Saving
tho who's man. Tho upderly ng principle
which gave birth to tho alssociatiou--the
spiritual welfare OF young men--'is now aud
always has been the vial one.
/ Your local ssociation the past year has
been bending its energies more vigorously
than ever ayong these lines This report
in a small measure Will give YOU some !de"
OF the work done the last year. To these
statistics your attention TX called with this
observation that spiritual aud moral iu-
iucnCcs can rot be put In hsurts nor meas
ured In words
tBy the practice OF the most rigid eco
nomy tho current expenses of the year were
net and n balance OF cents renla, ned IN
the treasury. BNt for most hoarsy re-
sponse OF the membership at the close OF
| tho year such n result would not nav be II
| pos. ible. Such a large amount OF moaey
from our members for fees and donations
was never before received. More than one
haf Of the expenses last year were borne
by our members. This Is eNoee.lingy graft
flying. and is nm evident token of their
hearty appreciation Of the work being car
ried on In their bebalf)
me sertiUn Is sometimes made that
tho association should be self supporting
Name are. No good thing that counts for
ans'thtly in moral reform, or for education
or training of youth, is. self-supportlng IL
1t amounts TO anything IL as fact that
| IN ali OF tho large colleges OF the country,
TO which the sons CT the wealthy are sent.
the student does not pay 1.-THE Of his ex-
| perse, and pays u very much smaller pro-
portion OF his expense thar does the mem
Der Of the Young Mems CHRISTIAN Asso-
ciation. Some ore has truly said: Not q
college would exist in the country today
Il It's president ana trustees should de-
eide that no more money should be spent
than that pad into the treasury by Its
studeris. / am Informed that the annual
| expense OF each st,pient over aud above the
receipts from tho students fees are: Al
Yale $780, Amherst sl75. Harvard sSa5
| Williams Si46, Ann Arbor $500. UNIVERSITY
| NJ Minnesota s266 University OF Nebraska