The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-02
CORNER STONE
LAID FOR Y.M.C.A.
--$
Impressive Exercises Mark
Beginning of New Structure.
CEREMONIES IN THEATRE
ADDRESSES MADE BY SEVERAL
PROMINENT CITIZENS.

with words of praise for the work
O. the organization the final troweI OF
mortar was applied TO the cornerstone
OF the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton building on The old City hail COR
ner yesterday afternoon. on account
OF the rain the exercises to have been
given at the corner were held ia the
salt Lake theatre. where addresses were
siEen Dy Rev Elmer J. Goshen, pastor
or the First Congregational church.
q. L.. Allen, Oscar j.. Cox. general
secretary of the y. NJ. g. A.. and Frank
- stephens, president of the 0rgauiza-
Jiou
The. stone was to have been laid at &
Slochr but on account of the rain the
1--WE hundred persons that had congre-
gated were obliged to adjourn TO the
theatre, where the exercises I'M honor
or the laying of the cornerstone were
held.
Mr.. Allen Presided.
The meeting was called to order by
Z. r. Allen the first president of the
Y. III. T.. a I'm the city. The dOxoI0gy
was read by Dr. Edward Y. Silver.
Solos were given by Mrs. Charles G.
Plummer and Miss Agatha BerkhoeL
The work of the organization and
what it's efforts have been was out
lined by Mr.. Cox The present, past
and future of the association were
brought out by his address.
Large Audience at Theatre.
The audience which filed the theatre
To its fun capacity was urged by Rev.
Goshen who was the next speaker, to
take a greater interest I'm the work. He
declared that it was incumbent upon
The citizens OF salt Lake city to see
.FH.# H..a
ISOLATION Doe increased and the move
lneuJ made a success.
The minister was followed by MT.
Stephens. who delivered the address len
3 honor of The laying of The stone. He
said
Frank Stephens Address.
The Young Mems Christian association
s. AN institution for the whole people lt
knows no creed. mo- seeIs its aim is the
development of uobler type of man
uuuu-luTISuau mauluou-aud by Chris
tiau manhood We DO not mean the man
hood of men who belong 60 amy partiCu-
lar church. OF indeed any church at all,
although one of our most important puT-
poses is 90 encourage all young men To
ally themselves with some church organ
lLdHuD Wherever they feel most q home,
n"t 10y a llsheF ana uopler INpe of chris
ttai HlatllHpod we mean tnat nanilHe@7
and nobility of character which can only
come from am earnest effort upon the
part OF the individual % follow h the
footsteps OF the great Way Shower.
Nineteen hundred years ago there came
one whose life has ever since been 80
guide 90 right living. his cross is fba .au-
trail FIGURE ir history and while a7-srfrr
EnfustiTe and sim of AM kind have con-
IHued 10 exist since as before the time
'I o'lE savior. yet from that central fig
uTe the pure calm rays of divine love
have =hou= down through the centuries,
gradually melting away the stormy pas
humanity into n more perfect manhood.
Die came 20 a world filled with suffering
saw the deaf heard rhr 1arra fi-a4
and the sinful uasefors were bIOtfal ONT
he pointed auf tha anf, v-a, whereby
man may attain toward SPIRITUAL. intel
Iacf11a1 and rr7z--7-aF r.---fal.471.r e,--r-
time ny following fr. mis- frof=raus. NOR
feet manhood viii be attained. ReaIiz-
toward spiritual Intellectual and nhz=-
Zeal perfection is ALWAYS % better citizen
greater power for good in the com
murity the Young Mems Christian as
Earfsrfar rEa yyorIf -.tar has sInn+c5 =
three-fofd work. our emblem is tine tri-
angle The strongest camhfBatfau known
10 mechanical construction
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