Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS
A Report Of the International ConVen-
ton Of the Y. n. c. A..
HELD AT GRAND RAPIDS IS TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE LOCAL
ORGANIZATION TO-DAY = AN
OUTLINE OF THE MEETING
PRESIDENT HUBBARD AND
SECRETARY LYNCH ATTEND
ED AS DELEGATES.

A report of the thirty-third interna-
tional convention of the Y. Nj. c. A.,
held at Grand Rapids, Mich, from May
18th to 18th inclusive, will be submit
ted to the young men at their regular
meeting this afternoon by President
Myron d. Hubbard and Secretary John
c. Lynch, who were present as dele
gates from the local organization. The
report of the proceedings, which We're
quite interesting, will be in part as fol-
lows:
The convention was called to order by
DR.. l.. c. Warner, of New York City
chairman of the international commit
tee, with fully one thousand delegates
in attendance from various parts of
the United States. Canada and other
countries, and E. L. Shney, of Dayton,
Ohio, was chosen as president of the
meeting. The first evening was deyot-
ed to the considering of the army and
navy work of the association, and ad-
Francis J. Higginson, Commander AL
bion Wadharns and others. The work
was presided over by Rear Admiral
John w. Phillips
An important session was held on
Friday morning, the general topic un-
der discussion being, Forces Which
are Destroying Young Men" Under
that head, "Impurity' was discussed by
Anthony Comstock. of New York;
"Rationalism," by DR.. J. NJ. Buckley
of New York. and What Manner of
Man Ought One to Be- by DR.. J. Will
bur Chapman, of New York Intern
perance" was 'to have been discussed
by John c. Woolley, of Chicago, Ill,
but the latter was absent
On Friday afternoon Rev. Charles
Erdman, Of Germantown, Pa, discuss,
ed in an interesting way the question,
Does the all-round work Of the asso-
citation increase its religious efficiency
and infiuence?" and on Friday evening
addresses were made by the different
secretaries of the international com
mittee on the topic, Our Work Among
Men of North America"
A business session was held on Sat
urday morning and numerous items of
Importance were transacted. 1t was
decided to hold the next international
convention at Boston, Mass, in Nay,
1901. 1t will be a semi-centennial
jubilee convention and promises to be
a memorable event. The first Young
Mems Christian Association OF the
United States was organized at Boston.
A provision was made for the expenses
OF international work during the next
two years. Some of the members or
the international committee were re-
elected for the ensuing term.
On Saturday afternoon the conven-
ton was broken up into seven parlor
conferences, which were held in diff
ferent parts of the city. The confer
enceS were held for the purpose of dis
cussing the following subjects respect
lively: Educational Work" Personal
Work" Junior Work., State and
Provincial Work" Volunteer League
Work Financial Work" and De
velOpment of Active Members" Each
meeting was followed by an elegant
supper. On Saturday night James
Stokes of New York, made an address
on the theme, ''The World Wide Work
of the Y. NJ. c. A." and Hon. James A.
Mount, Governor of Indiana. spoke on
The Promotion of City Righteousness
Among City Young Men,
On Sunday, the closing day of the
meeting, the services held at the vari-
Gus churches in the city were in charge
,f h. IL
big meeting of the young men was
held in the auditorium. Two thousand
five hundred were present, and ad-
dresses were delivered by S. NJ. Say
ford, of Boston, Mass, and F. L. Smith.
of Chicago, Ills. The former discussed
the question, why Are Not More
Young Men Becoming Christians?"
The farewell meeting was held on Sun
day night. A lengthy address was
made by John R. Mott, of New York,
and short addresses We're given by
others.