Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13

minds and hearts OF its own and other
peoples
From September q to 25 1 was in Berlin
and spent much of that time with the
Young Mems Christian association. on
Saturday, the 22d, l attended large and
enthusiastic meetings for boys, youths and
for young men. After all of these meet
ings there were smaller meetings from them
for prayer and testimony, l took more or
less part in all Of these meetings. During
the whole evening the association rooms,
restaurant library, reading room and 9TH
ers we're crowded with young men intensely
enjoying all that was being done. Sunday,
the sd. in the morning l attended the
Protestant cathedral a royal audience
room and densely crowded. The music,
instrumental and vocal, was without doubt
the finest I had heard in all my world
trip. 1 spent the afternoon and evening
at the association rooms. l attended the
Bible class for bakers. the large meeting
of the invitation committee, two crowded
meetings for young men, at which the
gospel was most earnestly and clearly
presented, and a Bible class for BARRIERS
At all OF these meetings, by request, took
part. The whole association building was
like a bee hive of workers and others
unusually interested in all that was going
on. The president, Baron Won RothBirch
and the general secretary, Mr.. e. Wittmer
were everywhere doing what they could
to make the most Of what was being done
for the boys, the youth and the young
men.
The Berlin association is second to no
other association 1 know or in its spiritual
work. On Monday. the Path, in the morn
ing, held a conference with General Sec
rotary Wittmer and his assistants on the
association work and the secretaryshlp
In the afternoon l met with President Won
Rothkirch and others of the board Of d.
rectors and held a conference with them
on the association work and their relation
to It. Both of these conferences seemed
to make deep impression upon all present
and l feel sure will result in real good
for the Berlin and German association
work. My whole stay in Berlin was to
me very enjoyable.
AT or near Stuttgart I spent the time from
September 80 to October s. including a
short trip to the city of Ulm Sunday,
September 80, attended two monster an
niversary meetings of the South German
union Of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, one In the large Shifts Lutheran
church and the other in the largest hall
the principal official workers of the union,
including its chairman, Rev. Dean Heinrich
Dipper, and its travelling secretary Rev.
Bruno Mehmke. Monday, October 1, was
fully occupied in the morning with re-
markable conference of 200 association dele
gates from associations of the South Union
district of Germany, and in the afternoon
with like remarkable conference of the
committee in charge of this district. / was
present most of the time in these confer
ences and by request addressed both OF
them Many ministers chiefly Lutheran
were present, who were prominently iden-
titled with this association work and very
deeply interested in 1t. The conferences
were manifestly spiritual and made pro-
vision for much spiritual work during the
year they were entering upon. 1 had sim
liar gratifying experiences in the large
and enthusiastic spiritual meetings of the
Stuttgart association that had at Berlin
a large young mems meeting on Tuesday
evening, large bakers Bible class
Wednesday evening and a large meeting
of the singers and other musicians Of the
Stuttgart association on Thursday evening
With Assistant Secretary Chr. Buyer !
visited several of the residential associa-
ton buildings of Stuttgart They are
doubtless the most complete and are doing
perhaps the best residential association
work that is being DONE 1 was delighted
with 1t.
With Secretary Buyer I went to the old
city Of Ulm, Germany, Thursday, October
4. I visited the new association building
finely equipped TO do its threefold work
for boys, young men and for soldiers.
also visited the old and most interesting
Lutheran cathedral, which has the highest
tower in the world. Ill meters, or over 51G
feet high.
1 had frequent conferences with Rev.