The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-12
LOCAL RALLY OF INTEREST.
Y. W. c. A. of Lexington Held Meet
ings Thursday of this Week.

aging to those who labor in the vine
yard of the Master.
The afternoon meeting was attend
ed by women only and was presided
over by Miss Constance McCorkle,
state secretary of the Young Woman's
Christian association. The branches
of the organization of both Central
aud the Baptist colleges attended
and interesting reports and talks
were made by the officers thereof.
The night session held at the
Presbyterian church was largely at
tended. Elder Fenstermacher, of
the Christian church presided, owing
to the absence Of DR.. Gordon, the
pastor. Addresses were made by
President Williams OF Central COL
lege, and Rev. Matt S. Hughes,
pastor of the Independence Avenue
Methodist church at Kansas City.
Special music was arranged for The
occasion which proved most enjoya-
BILE feature. There was violin solo
by Miss Kreher, of the Baptist COL
lege, a vocal solo by Miss Llewellyn
and a vocal rendition by the quartet
of the Baptist church.
PROF. WILLIAMS ADDRESS.
Prof. Williams in his brief talk said
that the Y. NJ. c. A. developed out OF
necessity less than three. .fourths of a
century ago and yet today its influence
is felt in all parts of the world. The
Y. W. q. A. was organized at London
in 1855 and took tangible form in this
country IN 1878 at q couple of prayer
meetings in obscure towns; now it is
found in nearly every land in chrysen-
dom. The speaker told of the work Of
the q sociallon in the colleges aDd
commended it highly In over Boo
colleges there are now 10000 members
of the Y. w. G. A. The increase lasI
year was greater than ever before. The
Bible, said he, is taught III the schools
} now as never before, even in the unde
D nomlnational schools.
D DR.. HUGHES ADDRESS.
5 The address of DR.. Hughes followed
D and to say that it was an oratorica
) gem is putting 1t mildly. Not onl
: that, but it was filled with Chrlstia
; logic most convincing. This was Dr
0 Hughes first appearance In Lexingto
% and no pulpit orator who has eve
o spoken here made more favorabl
y impression. A very young man, he ha
70 within his bosom the fire of Christia
% life and God has iblessed him with Ii
8 tongue to tell of the faith that is
IS him and with a mammoth brain TO dl,
so tate to that tongue its sayings.
"The Art OF Living" was the subje
chosen by the speaker, and he handle
d it in most masterful manner. A
u things point to one end, said he, an
5 that end is life. When the world W,
u made it was left in an incomple
u condition and the work left to man
u push 1t on to perfection. God gave Il
rough material and man must cary
Is from it. In other words, man mu
e take up the work where the Creator
Is hand LAYS it down. What God did n,
l. do man must do. Mans relation
IS the world can be summed up in tw
r. words, "science and art" What
IT knows is science and what he does
art. Aud among all arts The OF
% supreme art is the art Of living.
s. this art all must be students an
G. workers and each must succeed or fai
Y, The finished product of the art OF Ii
lie ing is character. AIT for arts sake
re humbugery for all arts were intendt
e. TO minister to the needs of man. II
# speaker gave scathing rebuke to Il
70 nude in art and to literature that can
p from the pen of the drunkard. Y(
= read the works of Byron, Burnes al
n others, said he, with great rells
ii while you shun the bloated drunkaI
in on your streets as you would poiso
Gus reptile.
- Young men, said the speaker, a
more inclined to look upon the su
:, face than at the real things of Iii
"a They seek models that are mlsleadln
- The living man himself is greater tn
~ anything man can do. The ideal
ln the art of living is always .livi
rt ideal. Instead of building cathedri
let US build up manhood II