The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-09-26
RELIGIOUS WORK
FOR The Y. N. c. A.
FOR COMING YEAR OUT
LINED At ENTHUSIASTIC SEES
SION or WORKERS HELD FRI
DAY AFTERNOON AND EVEN
iNe-coMMlTTEEs APPOINTED.

ligious workers of the Z. M. G. A. yes
terday afternoon an outline of the
work for the coming year was OUT
lined, which Is the most comprehen-
sive programme ever planned by the
religious department of the Fargo as
ISOLATION.
The meeting started at o'clock,
and there were fifty men of the ASSOC
citation, the secretaries and pastors of
the various churches present. The as
sennbly was addressed by DIR. r. A.
Board of the First congregational
church, Rev. Chas. Adams of the First
Presbyterian church and Rev. H. g.
Leonard of the First Methodist
church. These three speakers told
the workers present what good could
be accomplished in Fargo by an active
prosecution of the religious work of
the Y. M. c. A. and suggested how 1t
should be carried on.
After this meeting which was held
in the library OF the association build
ing, the workers adjourned to the lee
ture hall where they were served to
fine banquet by the ladies' depart
ment After the banquet they again
returned to the library where Dean III.
L. Burleson addressed them and the
reports of the various committees
were made and the plans for the COM
ing year were discussed and arranged.
The various committees arranged
programmes as follows:
Commute on Gospel Meetings.
l. To hold regular monthly com
mittee meetings and keep a record of
work, DONE
e. To conduct a mems meeting
each Sunday afternoon from Oct. e.,
1908, to April 25, 1909. which shall
have an average attendance OF 200
men.
g. 10 secure the best speakers
possible with the means available -
speakers who have definite messages
FOR young men.
4. To provide music that not only
pleases but also inspires men.
5. To hold ten days series of.
special evangelisitc meetings for men
under the leadership of w. e. Fenno,
of N Y. to begin the latter part Of
January. To secure for these meet
ings an average attendance of 800
men per day.
6. To conduct a series of four
lectures on social purity by Dr. Ly-
man B. Sperry in March, 1909, with
an average attendance of 200 per lee
ture.
z. To conduct a short good night
service in the building at 10 o'clock
each evening beginning Dec. 1, 1908.
g. To introduce men to the church,
Sunday school, association bible
classes and other character forming
the agencies of the community.
Committee on Bible Study.
1. To secure 800 readers of the
Every Day In the Year notes appear
ing in Association Men" and being
read by our Boosters Club" This
rs short, catchy practical. inspira-
tional course of bible reading with
brief notes by hard headed, sensible
man of today.
g. To secure class OF 20 gymna-
SUM men not engaged in other bible
study nor connected with churches
for brief course with Mr.. Bunde
as teacher.
g.. To secure a class of IL or more
men, for thorough study of a portion
of the new testament using "studies
in the Acts and Epistlesp by e. J.
AOOSWOA bAAs SAAAA ANCCOIuS III lI1S tADOSLO~
lie Age" by e. B. Burton as text
books for the course with side read
inss in number of standard refer
ence books.
4 To support in every way pos
sibie all church mems bible classes
for which men study, and in which
they receive some first-hand knowl-
edge of the scriptures.
5. To cooperate with the bible
study departments of the college as
sociations and with the bible study
committee of the boys department.
6. To secure six men, who are not
reached by other agencies, for work
in THE Fargo and Moorhead Teach
er Training Institute
Z. To hold regular monthly COM
mittee meetings and keep record Of
work done.
Committee on Foreign Work. g.
1. To conduct public meeting
once in two months for the considera-
ton of the work Of the association in
nom Christian lands, and secure for
these meetings an average attendance
of fifty men.
2. 10 secure 100 readers Of "For-
eign Mall
+ g.. To collect and send to the inter
national committee before Jan. l.,
1909, 500 for the South American
work.
A. To secure $50 readers OF B. A..
Shuman's Report letters and mimic
graph and send these letters to these
readers quarterly.
5, To hold regular committee meet
ings once each month and keep q rec
ord OF work done.
s. To organize mission study
class as soon as this seems advisable
Committee on Promotion and Service.
i. TO inspire every feature of the
association with the Christian ideal
2. To assist in the gymnasium
mems bible study enrolment and en-
courage the expression Of a manly
Christian spirit in games and other
athletic work.
3. To secure support for a larger
and more efficient religious work with
the boys.
4. To encourage an attendance at
religious meetings on the part OF night
school students and spirit of fairness
in all competitive examinations and
honesty In every piece of work.
5. To induce dormitory men to be
SO friendly and cordial in their fellow
ship with men that the social atmos-
phere OF the building will be unmis-
takably Christian.
8. TO provide means for the ex-
preston OF the religious impulse.
1. To keep an up-to date catalogue
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