The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-21
THERE 5 IN ART IN SEEING
DR.. FRANK LoVELAND OF OMAHA
CHARMS HIS AUDIENCE.
TALKS FOR Y. NJ. c. A. HERE
Short Talks at the Auditorium by
Prominent Business Men and Asso-
citation Workers Point Out the Ben.
etits Of Such an Investment.

citation Workers Point Out the Ben.
etits Of Such an investment.
Six hundred people at the Audito-
rum Friday night heard prominent
business men give short practical talks
on Y. NJ. c. A. benefits and were then
held spellbound for thirty minutes by
Rev Frank Loveland of the First Meth
odist church of Omaha, one of the
greatest platform orators in the west.
Dr. Loveland's subject was, THE Art
of Seeing Things" and his message,
he said, was in the cause Of God and
the boys OF Norfolk
NJ c. Steele, a prominent wholesale
grocery man Of Omaha and member
of the state executive committee, pre-
sided at the meeting, which opened by
prayer by Rev. ]. W. Conley, pastor
of the First Baptist church OF Omaha
and closed with benediction pro-
nounced by Rev. John L. Slime, pastor
Of the Christian church of Norfolk.
The first man to be called on for a
brief testimony of the efficiency Of the
Y. NJ. G. A. was George McDill, who
left the Northwestern railroad service
In Nebraska to enter Y. NJ. c. A. work.
j. F. Haight, a young business man
of Crete, told of the results that had
been worked out at Crete in year
and half He said that seventy-five
men day visited the Crete associa-
ton; moreover that the association
without being antagonistic entered
into competition for the time and in.
auence Of every man and boy in Crete
and that it now had the unanimous
support Of the town.
w NJ. Parsons of Minneapolis said
that the millions that business men
had put into Y. NJ. c. A. buildings
proved that practical kind of work
was being carried on and that the as
ISOLATION WIS delivering the goods"
Columbus Experience.
The drawing of the people of Column
bus together as a result of the Y. NJ
c. A. campaign was worth more than
100000, according to c.. c. Sheldon,
raising the subscription. He said that
Columbus like Norfolk had had an as
ISOLATION in rented quarters and had
seen 1t starve to death in the hard
times, that Columbus asked for the
convention last year, that they drew
inspiration from the convention and
decided at the Sunday meeting to make
ia canvass. In three weeks of actual
work and in six weeks time 10000
was subscribed by a little over 300
lpeople.
w. w. Stoner, city superintendent at
York, explained that the York associa-
ton had an income of $4,000 a year
without any man paying more than
$40 or SIS a year. The York dormi-
tories net $1,000 a year, the balance
coming from membership fees. York
has COL Y. NJ. c. A. members. Mr..
Stoner said that Norfolk was a town
| of York's size and that men who han.
died stag dinners like the Norfolk bust.
ness men did at Marquardt hall
wouldn't have any trouble with main
tanning an association.
F. A. Mccormack, the Sioux City
banker, told of the need of Y. NJ. c. A.
influence for the boy. He said Nor
folks motto should be DO it Now"
II have been fishing around little
since have been in Norfolk" Mr.. Nc.
Cornack said, land l have had a bite.
1t is well hooked. can ground ii
when the time comes. ! have had 1t
out OF the water and ii reads, $4,000
for Y. M. G, A If you can get any
bites, go fishing. You can fish on Sun.
day. And If you need any one to help
land I'll come down from Sioux City"
| After President G. G. Wallace of
Omaha had been presented to the con.
vention, the speaker Of the evening
Rev. Frank l. Loveland, was intro.
duced. He said in part:
Loveland Charmed Here.
Il have been attending Y NJ. c. A.
conventions for years. l am charmed
at the snap, vim and vigor of this Nor.
folk convention.
| Two decades ago a woman child
was born into the world, born blind
born deaf, born dumb A skiliful
teacher was employed to reach the
darkened shadow of her mind. Zach
day for six months a set of blocks
were placed before her until she
ceased to toss them aside and found
someone trying to communicate with
her. At last she was given an eye
that was not of the flesh, an ear tina,
was not material.
Recently in a magazine read a
two-page article by this keen and
splendid scholar, Helen Keller, The
Art Of SEEING Things How awful il
must be to go through this world and
never see things she wrote.
Christ sought men who could see
things and complained of the eyes
which seeing saw not and the ears
which hearing heard not This world
is not in danger from the anarchist OF
socialist but from the multitudinous
millions who never see anything.
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