Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-09
YIN. c. A. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES

DEVICES III observance OF tne OCCASION hel(
Sunday in the Methodist and Congregations
Churches Addresses by W. F. Maylott Of
Keene, N. H., and w. D. Fellows OF New
Bedford, Mass.
The 10th anniversary of the local Y.
Nj. G. A. was observed Sunday with
appropriate exercises in the afternoon
and evening, the speakers being W. f.
| Maylott, secretary of the Keene. n. III.
Y. M. G.. A., and w. ID. Fellows, sec
rotary of the association in New Bed
ford, Mass. The services were we'll at
tended and the interest shown in the
work augurs well for the future success
of the association. The regular
o o'clock service for men was held in
/ the Methodist church, the attendance
! being about 100 The meeting was in
charge of George G.. Wilson, secretary
of the local association. 1t began with
praise service and scripture reading
followed by selections by male quar-
tet composed of w. A. Gilbert. w. S.
Stearns, A. S. Thompson and A. Ii.
Brasor. Mr.. Maylott then spoke brief
ly in behalf of the association work in
this town, making a plea for more lib
eral support by the business men of
the community for whose interest it is
to have the young men started prop
erly in the way they should go. He
told of the earnest plea made a year
ago in behalf of the keene association
by General Estey, and of the large
amount of good which it did IN inter
esting people in the work. Mr. Eel
lows talk was from the text, "Thou
art not far from the kingdom of God, +"
and emphasized the need of faith and
Christian character.
The evening service which was held
in the Congregational church was ad
dressed by Mr.. Fellows in behalf of
the boys and young men. He spoke of
the street urchin, dirty and ragged,
and of the possibilities of his develop
ment If done in the right manner No
one would have thought to have seen
the humble Ohio cabin that Lincoln
would have arisen from such surround
ings: no one would have discerned in
the ragged boy wheeling bark for the
tannery one of the greatest generals in
the world, Z. S. Grant: no one hear
ing the awkward attempts of a certain
have had the slightest idea that he
was ldNNi W w INC VI tlIt SItdltSl
evangelists, d. l.. Moody.
After discussing the possibilities
wrapped up in young men and boys
Mr.. Fellows told of the dangers which
surround them. One of the worst dan
gers is idleness and another is the rum
traffic. The Y. NJ. G.. A. reaches its
members not simply along physical and
spiritual lines but in the line of edu-
cation as we'll In many of the larger
their diplomas are recog-
nized by colleges and universities.
Mr.. Fellows told of his work in teach
ing the Bible among young men in his
association and of the great benefits
which have been derived from the sum
mer camp life which forms an impor-
tant feature of the association work. /
He also emphasized the good which !
the association does in warning boys
against evil tendencies
Mr.. Fellows preached in the Baptist .
church Sunday morning in place of .
Rev. F. f. Marble who was attending .
yhe graduating exercises of the Roches- /
-er, \. Y, theological school. and Mr.. ,
Maylott spoke at the union service
which was held in the Congregational .
,hurch in West Brattleboro Over 5000 /
n money and pledges was raised at the
different meetings.