The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Y. N. G. A. NEll|
Big Meetings on Closing Day in,
Boston.
LAST APPEAL BRINGS $4,000.
This Fund Is to Be Devoted tn ror.,,r
Ehort-Fred Il. Smith Tells Of tn.
Good Work Done by the A..oc,.t,on
in Chicago.

Boston, June 1S.-The International
convention OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Association came to formal
close with farewell meeting in Me-
chanics' Building, at which SIS 900 was
raised In pledges for the extension of
\. M. z. A. work in foreign lands. Like
all the other meetings 1t was very
largely attended. John R. Mott was
the conductor and the principal
speaker. The exercises were informal.
consisting mainly of appeals for sup
port for the Y. M. C. A. work every
where. Though the conventions BUSH
ness closed Saturday night, the meet
lngs sunday were numerous, and, with
the church services of special interest,
Kept the delegates busy as heretofore.
The first gathering was in the new Old
South Church at o'clock, when Luz
ther ID. Wlshard, of New York, con-
Quoted devotional exercises. At 3
o'clock the great mems mass meeting
In Mechanics Building was opened by
Fred b. Smith, of Chicago, who pre-
SIDED. 1T was one of the largest meet
lngs of men ever held in Boston, more
than 5000 being present. Mr.. Smith
was the only speaker. He is in charge
OF the religious work department of
the Chicago association, and spoke to
the audience of his experiences. Then
ne adopted an evangelists method of
reaching his hearers, land before the
close of the meeting forty young men
had declared their intention of lead
ing Christian lives. "A man may not
be following vicious life" said Mr..
Smith, but if he is not consecrating
his life, his love and his heart, he is
not leading moral life. So many
men are almost persuaded to become
Christians, but who never take the de-
cisive step, and SO are lost. Unless a
man leads a Christian life he will
lack one thing, which is salvation.
Your life will be failure unless you
lead an upright, righteous life, and il
you do live with Christ you will be
victorious" A hymn by Ira D. Sankey
closed one of the most successful meet
ings of it's kind ever held here. The
woman's mass meeting was held in the
new Oldf South Church at the same
hour thf men were holding forth, ].
Campbell White, of Calcutta, being in
charges. The attendance was not large.
To-day many of the delegates had
sin excursion to Plymouth, to visit
plymouth Rock and listen to an adj
dress by Rev. DIR. Alexander McKen-
ize, of Cambridge. Those who re-
main in Boston are participating in
the celebration of the anniversary Of
the Battle of Bunker Hill to-day
which is local holiday.
Tells 7. NJ. c. A. Darwin Was Right.
Boston, June 17.-Darwin's theory
Of the< origin of man was supported
before Ne y. NJ. c. A. convention
by DR.. WYsfeld S. Hall OF chicag9l
tWhoa ~ ~ .1}ac 49, ,...,s pfuf5 } Dlo
origin was from an apelfae progeni-
tor" said DR.. Hail.. sit should not
come as shock to any one who has
kept in touch with the trend OF mod
ern thought. The progenitors of man
were probably not very unlike the an
thropoid apes of Asia and Africa. 1t
is not believed by biologists that the
human race descended from the an
thropoid ape as we know him, but that
primeval man and the modern anthro-.
poid ape had common progenitor.
now extinct This is the real missing
link which biologists have been look
ing for"