The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-25

enough and who shall say he will not
sink?
Like a watch a man must. have the
right movement" he must come
down OF his high horse OF pride,
and agree to his adjustment.
How is our adjustment?
We may have 10 60 through tho
depths of Galilee; We may have to
so through the darkness Of Getif!
semanc; we may have to go& even
through the agony Of Calvary; but;
II adjustment is inevitable com
pelling.
at the close OF Dr.. Stevens mag
nitcent address, Secretary Hawley;
announced that a full report Of the
proceedings would be publishedi in;
the West Virginian, and that the.
delegates could have the three issues
for Friday, Saturday and Monday
mailed to themifor five cents BY leav:
ing their names and addresses with
the papers representative.
The convention then adjourned till!
.S:i5 this morning.
This mornings session opened with,
n prayer service conducted by Mr.W
7. Daum, of Charleston. The session,
was held at the NJ. P, gTemple.
H = H.H Vi. NO
Mr.. Harry N. Clark gave an exceed.
ingly interesting talk on Bible study;
and Shop Meetings. Mr.. Clark Said
in part:
bible study is the only kind OF,
shop meeting 70 run. The object Is
not primarily to get men to commit
themselves to the Christian life, but
through bible study to- set; them to.
live the Christian life: Don't preach.
II a man is honest he will make his
own application of the lesson. and II
he Is not honest he won't Smake: yours.
Don't get into controversies. Il They
kill meetings. Never use ministers
in the meetings. The shop men are
almost always Of strong prejudices,
and will listen to a3layman much more
readily. Don't talk Association. You
are not there igetmenSi into the AS:
ISOLATION, but into the Kingdom, Of.
God. The first essential Isl patience.
Don't expect to- pull out results In
less than even year and a half Or two,
years. Don't give up. The harder
the problem, the harder you must 20
after the solution. II You are d quit.
ter you haven't any business in y. NJ.
Ga. work. III man Is a Catholic
encourage him to- be a good Catholic.
Asman can besjust asigood al Christian
whether he Is Catholic, so eS:sPr Protestant.
Mr.: Frank ": ODER, IN the discus
sion Of Our Obligations to the ii.
.ternatlonal Committee spoke briefly
on Home Work. He declared that
more had been done III association
work in the last five years than id the
preceding Sforty:seyen.
Mr.. JohngB. sleman; Jr., Of Wash.
hington DC, taking the department
Of Foreign Work said:
Foreign work Is 81 great fascina:s
ton. It might be termed the |.
NANCE Of association work: ii IS one
Of the axioms of life thatSwsee cannot
'go3forth into unselfish work without
receiving ten,fold in!retnrn. we have
recently succeeded In Introducing the
work into what is nearest to the JAP
anese heart-their armysannd navy. IL
Is q great mistake to suppose there
Is something e~leyating and uplifting
In the religion Of India. It's influence
Is almost wholly bad.
Mr.. Nuttle spoke in the interests
Of the publication, Association Men,
In the absence OF Mr.. A. M. Lath.
rop. OF Washington, b. G., a paper BY
him on forward Movement in Asso.
citation Work in West Virginia. was
read by MI. sleman: The paper was
full ~ sof interesting information. There
are are$1o city, 9 railroad, 5 college, and
I sc,oellored associations in the state
Associations have been organized the
past year In Charleston, Huntington;
9MkaIrEtinsbarg and Piedmont. There
are 22 cities IN the State. between|
1000 and 1000 populations where
there hers issno association but prospects
are Very bright for the early exten.
sloIisof The WORK TO sthese cities
Secretary Charles Il. Burton spokef