Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-13

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Rev. J. 4. Wood viii address the
mems meeting tomorrow sunday AZ
81 ?. IL. All men are invited.
The returns VIII n received by the
Association on election night and the
rooms Will be open to the public, Ho,
. coffee and sandwiches Will X On sale all
day and until midnight.
An elaborate concert will BE- given in
/ Meats hall Thanksgiving evening under
the management II the young men.
/ The program, 10 be rendered by superior
talent. will b novel and varied. iuclud-
/ ing expert gymnasium exhibition.
The prospectus for the coming year
a neat, tasty book of ~ pages. is ready
/ for distribution.
| All who desire 10 enter the education
Al classes are requested To send in their
names al once. Free tomemberS.
The senior and Junior gymnasium
classes will begin the regular exercises
this week.
William Davis. the efficient assistant.
has resumed his duties after a month";
rest.
The Ladies Auxiliary have decided 10
hold their annual supper February H.
The paper below WAS sent by the A>>o,
ISOLATION this week. presumably for pub
LEGATION:
The more than one hundred thousand
young men IN our Army and Navy usually
have adequate provision made for their phys
zeal needs, but the peculiar conditions of
life in the service leave them almost entirely
dependent upon outside agencies for the
SOCIAL mental, moral and religious influences
which are necessary 10 round out the life OF
American young men.
Since the beginning of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war the Army and Navy Department of
the International Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association has, with the
cooperation Of officials, Systematically and
energetically endeavored 10 supply the sol
dierS and sailors with the comforts, of which
they would be deprived but for this organi.
zation.
During the past year more than a score OF
ia IA4S NuNSt, OENO
Rico Alaska and the home land have been
engaged in this work, and when the trouble
in China caused the despatch of the United
States troops there the ubiquitous y. NJ. c. \.
Secretary was on the ground ready 10 min
lister to the physical and spiritual needs OF the
Allied forces. More than sixty tons of sup
plies, stationery, magazines, games, organs
bnnGs
Over sixty travelling libraries, each contain.
ing sixty well selected books. are being cir
culated. Permanent libraries, containing
upward of ten thousand volumes. have been
provided by generous friends for Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. Entertainments
OF all kinds are provided and games and
facilities for outdoor recreation form a reg
ular part OF each Association outfit. RelIg-
iouS meetings and Bible classes are REGULAR
held, in which the Chaplains, Secretaries
and Others are leaders. Four million pieces
of stationery have been gratuitouSly distrib-
uted until the the flag note-heads' are
familiar to thousands of parents who have
boys in the military or naval service.
Young Mems Christian Associations are
organized where it is practicable at Army
posts, Naval stations and on war vessels,
and Christian soldiers and sailors are enlisted
in definite work for their fellows. Sick sol
diers and sailors are visited in the hospitals,
in camps and on shpboard, provided with
reading matter, stationery, and, wherepoS-
Sible, with delicaces and other things to
make them comfortable. On all proper oc-
casions effort is made to influence them to
Christian living. The Secretaries strive to
win the confidence of the "boys in blue
and are usually their trusted advisors. An
active evangelistic campaign is carried on
and the number of conversions is very large
at the same time the restraining influence of
the Associations is valuable