The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-10-19
STATE CONVENTION
YOUNG MEMS CHRIS
TAN ASSOCIATION
Meets in Columbia With Good Attendance
OF Delegates and Interesting exercises.
Prof. ". R. Webb Talks on the Bow
Problem.

pound boy, yet he answered the cal
and was furnished a gun which coult
not shoot across the room, and told tC
keep Grant and McCelland out of the
South He didn't do It, but he is con
fident that had the Confederate army
been equally as well equipped as the
Federal the story Of Appomattox
would have been entirely different.
The Boy Problem is best answered
best taken care of by the Y. M. C. A,
This grand organization has solved
the problem. The gangs, which pre-.
vailed in every city, every town, every
cross roads is the roost cruel and ex.
acting organization on earth. The
gang that takes a boy and robs him
OF his birthright, his opportunity for
even development. The Y. NJ. C. A.
takes the boy away from the influ-
ences Of the gang and places him
among young men of character and
gives him the opportunity every boy
has a right to have.
Success does not mean the accumu-
lation of an estate. Maury county
is doubtless the richest county, per
capita, in the State, yet If the money
value of all the property in the coun-
ty was evenly divided between the peo-
pie of the county, each man would not
have enough to buy him a team of
mules. God made all the people, and
God never intended that mans sue
cess should depend on the accumula-
ton of an estate where there is so lit
tie to accumulate and so few could
succeed. But when it comes to char
acter and intelligence, a man can ac-
cumulate these things without depriv-
ing others, and success in character
building. in the cultivation of the
mind is possible for every young man.
Material things on earth are the things
unseen of life.
You ask what is life, and tell you
! do not know, but l do know that
Christ came to bring a larger life A
knowledge of God is our greatest in
heritance. 1t means a longer and
a greater life, an achievement of
character. Some people think it is
narrow to believe in Christ, yet there
has never been country in ancient
or modern times where Christ was not
preached that property was safe and
rights sacred, so every man
is under obligations to christian in
1uence for the protection of his prop
erty. We're it not for christianity, we
would have no charitable institutions,
no asylums, no poor houses, no in
no man would wish these
great institutions for the alienation of
suffering and the care of the unfor-
.unate done away with.
Character determines destiny and
Is the worlds greatest achievement.
The church, the Y. M. G. A., environ
nent all help to build character, yet
4 man must finish the work of charac
.er building himself. To do this work
lie must have an ideal God saw the
heed Of this ideal and sent Christ. The
Y. NJ. G. A. presents Christ to you, and
present the Y. NJ c. A. to you to-
night for your support and for the
,are and uplifting OF your boys.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Webb's
Mr.. w. B. Greenlaw, Presi-
lent of the Columbia Association,
arose and welcomed the visiting del
sgates and invited all present to the
7. M. G. A. Home, where luncheon
lad been prepared by the ladies of
Columbia. During Mr.. Greenlaw's re-
marks, he mentioned the fact that he
vas a member of the Webb School
Z M. G. A. twenty years ago, and
old of the great help that association
vas to him and the good work 1t had
for other boys.
The reception at the Y. M. G. A.
Home proved very pleasant and form
ID an ideal opportunity for visitors and
own people to get acquainted.
Today's Proceedings.
The Convention met again this morn
ng at the First Methodist Sunday
ichool room, when THE Purpose of
he Association" was ably discussed, |
dr. P. c. Dix, State Secretary Of the !