The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-29
MANY NATIONS
UNDER one FLAG
international Convention of the
Y. M. C. A.
DELEGATES FROM ALL THE LANDS.
Assemblage of Men From All Quar-
tiers of Europe, the Frozen North
and the Tropical Countries, Islands
of the Seas and the Empires of
the Orient,

Washington Especially All Wash
ington feels the throbbing impulse
of the presence within its precincts of
the great force for the betterment of
mankind-the Young Mems Christian
Association. The hosts of the or
ganization are here from everywhere,
and on the broad thoroughfares of
the capital can be seen the delegates
to the thirty-sixth international con-
vention of the widespread organize
ton, wearing the lapel button bearing
the legend, Spirit, Mind, Body"
They are mostly men of thought and
action, and they came from every
section Of the globe, for it is now a
saying, trite and true, that the sun
never sets upon the banner of the Y.
|M G. A. Its workers can be found
in force in the f1owery kingdom of
Japan; under the sunny skies of AT
RIGA and India; away up in the ice
bound land of the midnight sun; in
the Philippines and Porto Rico; in
the wilds OF Australia; on the mighty
and superb battleships of the great
est navies in the world, those of Eng
land and the United States; in far
away China, and in many other parts
of the world.
1t has become cosmopolitan Chris
tian force, and it's power for good
is felt wherever human feet have left
Footprints. In the war with Spain its
tents and its busy agents admins
tered to both the bodily and spirit
ual wants of the American fighting
men in blue and khaki. In the san
culinary war between Japan and
Russia its bannerwas ever at the front
as beacon of hope to the little sol
diers Of the Mikado and those of the
great White Gar
''Unum in Christo' Beneath
banner of snowy white bearing the
foregoing legend, meaning zone in
Christi men of America and Japan,
England and Europe and the far
away isles of the sea assembled in
the Continental Hall of the D. A.
R., on Seventeenth Street. The oc-
casion was the first formal session
of the thirty-sixth international con-
yention of the Young Mems Christian
Association of North America, and
there were delegates present from
many lands.
{ The scheme of decoration in the
auditorium was both elaborate and
patriotic. Hanging gracefully over
the stage were the flags of all nations,
while the galleries were covered with
the colors of this American Republic.
The yellow dragon flag of China and
the rising sun banner of Japan re-
posed peacefully on the wall beside
the red, white and blue folds of Old
Glory. There was also the yellow
and red flag of Spain, and the colors
of Germany. England, France and
Austria, and the red cross of human
ity, all beneath the white banner of
Christianity as represented by the Y.
M. G. A. and its mighty motto,
"Unum in Christo.'
The auditorium was so arranged
that the locations of the different
state and foreign delegates could be
seen at glance.
Among the delegates are men OF
wealth allied with the hardy son of
TOLL bankers and artisans; merchants
aud ministers; lawyers and laborers.
and men who speak many tongues.
If gifts of money express public con-
fidence. the Y. M. C. A. enjoys it,
for more than $11, 100000 was given
during 1906 for association buildings
and work.