The Washington herald., 1907-11-25
THOUSANDS ATTEND
Y. NJ. c. A. SERVICES

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hold their regular exercises last night.
and to this request most Of them con-
sented.
Beginning with a devotional service this
morning in d. a. r. Hall. the delegates
will continue to-day their programme Of
work for all classes. Addresses by prom
inent men i'm the morning and afternoon
viii be capped by an address by William
Jennings Bryan in the evening In Con-
veution Hail. Much OF the same evangel-
ical work that made yesterday a notable
one I'm Y NJ c. 4. circles viii be con-
tinued to-day. and the same Sood results
are expected thereby.
Among the speakers this morning viii
be three from foreign lands; one Of these
from Switzerland. another from London,
and the third from Japan IN the after
noon Oscar s. Straus. Secretary Of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
Will tell OF the association work among
the working classes. while in the evening
Mr.. Bryan Will tell of the influence OF
Christ in the life of man.
Convention Hall Exercises.
The first speaker Of last evening in
d. 4. Z. Hall was Rev. Charles Cuth-
bert Hall. d. D.. Of New York, who spoke
on The Essential Unity of the Human
Race Realized in Jesus Christ" DIR.
Hall. a forcefuI speaker traced the unity
of the race in its religion. He told Of the
times when. in the early days Of Rome,
the Christians were accused Of the burn
ing OF the city. He said that, even after
II was proved that the Christians had not
committed such an act, they We're perse-
cuted anyway. and ii was said that they
were the enemies of the whole human
race
Almost identical, he said, is the feeling
among Oriental peoples to-day. They re-
Clrd the Christian people and its mis-
sionarics as the people who desire to rule
from Interior motive They believe that
the Christian is not bringing them relig-
ion for their good. but FOR his own ad-
vantage.
DR. Hall said that it is sure. however.
that religion and Christianity will ulti-
mately bring TO these strange people OF
tianity means. He said that this VIII be
the work OF the Y NJ c. 4, which knows
no creed or dogma. but is the great min
Cling of men of all religions.
The next speaker was F. S Brockman
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association Tor China and Korea My
Brockman told of the work now being
done IN that great nation OF the East He
! told how he had watched boatload after
boatlodd of delegates TO the great meet
ing OF Christian students IN Tokyo last
/ spring. lie told of the 16,O00 Chinese stu
dents assembled there He said that
among these men is the work Of the y
NJ. c. \. needed. He said that here the
/ seed of a great movement. which can up
/ lift all China may be planted.
Address by Mr.. Mott.
! John r. Mott, one Of the secretaries OF
the y VI. c. A.. introduced by the presid-
ing officer, Judge Selden 2. Spencer. OF
/ St. Louis. as "Of the world" spoke briefly
on what Mr.. Brockman had just told the
/ delegates. Mr.. Mott said that he too had
/ seen the work among these students in
China. He said there can be no greater
/ field for Y. NJ. c. a. men than there
There. he said, is an opportunity for
! Christianity to invade a territory ana
/ gain it for religion.
/ Men. he said. and money. are needed
( TO carry this work on, TO bring religion
/ 90 the 40o000.Oj0 people in China must re-
/ qUire missionaries and workers. He com
meIted upon the fact that this work OF
reaching the students of the Chinese En-
/ pire has been delegated by the represen-
| tatiyes of all the denominations to the
/ Y NJ. c. A. He said that it should now
make good
/ With and a great and eloquent belief
mingled ia the address Of the last speak
/ or, DR.. W. T. Grenfell, Of Labrador. Mr.
/ Grenfell, the man who left what was
] certain to have become one of the great
medical practices in London to 20 ou
among the fishermen in that cold. nortl
! coast. Out into that country. wher,
| dwellings are miles apart, where food il
winter is scarce and precious; where shell
! ters are rare, but where the healing hanC
/ of a physician is sorely needed every day
/ in the year
The Compensation of Service.
Dr. Grenfell told simply Of the way ht
! had been convinced that a life Of servic,
is the only life to live. He WAS assigned
( he said, the topic of "Compensatious o.
/ Service and his compensation had beer
service" He said that he has founC
/ the dinners OF Labrador, which woulC
/ hardly be bearable TO those unaccustomeC
/ to them, We're 10 him better than tn,
great dinner Of the New York chamber O
/ commerce TO which he sat down few
days since He said that he left hi
/ home in London 10 go thousands of mile,
away, with the consent Of his mother
She had the knowledge, he said. that n,
might not come back. but allowed hin
To go in this service.
The morning session in d. A. r. Hal
was concerned principally with the ad
! dress Of Rev. Robert Johnston, d. D.. o
| Montreal. Canada. Or. Johnston spok,
on The holy spirit-the source of con
tinued and increasing vitality of tn,
/ Young Mems Christian Association"
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