The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
. BIG ECHO MEETING
AN ADDRESS ny SECRETARY HOW
SER, OF THE n. VI. c. A.
He spoke of the Work of the ~Asso-
citation ut Large'-Pcrcy ID.
wiIIiams's Talk.

The sultry. hot weather yesterday after
noon did not prevent a large crowd from
attending the echo meeting of the Thou
sand islands conference of general secre-
taries and physical directors held in the
Y. NJ. c.. A. parlors. The conference held
at Thousand islands was in session June
6 to 10. and quite a number of leading men,
bers of the Y. NJ. C. A. in this city and
State attended. At the meeting yesterday
several of them made short talks on the
conference and the work of the Y. NJ. C. A.
in general.
General Secretary George T. Howser pre-
sided at the services and spoke on THE
Association at Large" In his opening re-
marks he said that the great forces for
the advancement of civilization to-day were
religion, education and civil law. "The
latter two he said, follow the former.
The Christian religion has done more for
the world than all combined forces during
the Christian era. The power of the bullet
has been required in some cases to follow
the exalted teaching Of Christ to make the
lawless feel the supremacy and force of
law as taught, fostered and promulgated
by Christianity. This may seem paradoxicai
from my original hypothesis, but history
and recent history and history now being
made will warrant the assertion.
1.-THE church and it's allied forces are the
bulwarks of society. 1t fosters everything
that is ~good-yes, leads in their propaganda.
Look through city directories, church di-
rectories and note philanthropies. charities
and institutions for the good of the peo-
pie and it will be readily observed that
H.. l-..1 .lzs- -A-A.;. o-l f1-t1.;,x aora
with the people who are allied directly or
closely with the church. The Young Mems
Christian Association is one of these great
institutions. 1t is young, but 1T was sprung
into existence in the providence of God
Just when il was needed. 1t came for the
merchant and manufactures when personal
responsibility and sOlicitous care for their
employees was made impossible by large and
extensive industries; when the merchant
could no longer exercise personal Solicitude
to any great extent for his young men by
virtue of home limitations for his large
numbers of employees. To a large extent
the association for the homeless young man
supplies the place of the employees home
for the young man in years gone by. En-
ployers of large numbers of young men
as a result the growth of the association
has been marvellous in all its adaptations
and In it's far-reaching circle"
Percy b. Williams, the assistant secre-
tary, spoke on the Impressions of the Con
ference" He attended the conference of
general secretaries at Thousand islands,
and his short talk was very interesting.
His subject was divided into three parts
religious life OF men as being actual, our
need of reaching men In temptations and
difficulties and impressions of unity of the
Y. Nj. c. A. work. Mr.. Titus, secretary of
the railroad department, spoke on The
Religious Life of Men, Il. T.. Stacey, state
secretary of the association, talked on
''Our Obligations to Our Fellows" The
ladies' quartet of the Birthplace NJ. Z.
Church furnished the music.