The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-22
!. v. {. A. WEEK Of
PRAYER CONES TO END
Interesting Programme Is Given
at Mass Meeting in First
Presbyterian Church.

The week of prayer. which was OBJ
served last week throughout the world
by the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation. was brought TO close in this
city Sunday afternoon when, at >
o clock, n mass meeting of all interested
~ tho work Of this association gathered
at the First Presbyterian church. Ow.
ing TO the inclemcnt weather. the at.
tendance was small but nothing was
lacking in enthusiasm. and an interest
ing program was carried ont.
Mrs. {. Il, Plummcr, chairman OF the
religious work of the association. pre-
sided and. after prayer BY the pastor,
the Rev. DR.. Psden, she called upon
Miss Mabel Johnson. general secretary
of the association in this city. Miss
Johnson declared that the week of
prayer had been observed an nineteen
different countries the past week, and
that the closing meeting of Sunday here
was exactly like those being conducted
IN the different nations where the assO-
citation hns a foothold. In the course
of her remarks she dcplored the fact
that the United States where The work
of the association was first started.
has fewer associations than almost any
other country Of tho eighteen coun-
tries. Germany has more than twenty
three times as many associations as
this country. the total there being
1853 against l6T in the United States.
Great Britain and ireland have 800
aud Denmark over 400,
\ ladies quartet. under ihc dircc-
ton Of Mrs. William 4. Wctzell. rem
dcrcd 4 pleasing number. after which
the Rev. j. \. Simpkiu, pastor of the
Phillips Congregational church, spoke
ON the "Nccds and Opportunities Of
the y. w. G. A. I'M This City He
declared that there IS an abundance OF
false sentiment in The city regarding
the usefulness Of the association. and
that great deal of this Is entertained
by business men. The association is
needed in every growing city, the speak
cr declared and has IN especial func-
ton TO perform among the young
women, The association, he said, rs an
active integral part of the busy world.
II furnishes n home for the young
women and gives them a proper place
10 rest and seek the protection they
need.
''A woman, said Mr.. Simpkin,
"must always stand guard over her
own soul. and her single weapon is
chat of virtue. Good womauhood is the
one thing which makes the home and
it, is the home which makes America
what we find tho country to be today.
The \. W, {. \. means more than "a
place for the young women TO get their
meals: il means more than Il place for
them TO sleep; II means more than a
place i'm which they may rest.
"Ncarly every day sees a great in
fluN of yoUng women to this city from
all over the country. They come here
TO share in the making of a greater
Salt Lake. aud they are coming alone:
without parents. brothers or other rcla-
tiNcs Such an association rs needed
here TO afford them protection, and TO
give 10 them a proper place Of retreat,
The people of this great city should
rally 10 The support Of the y. w. G. A.
in order that it. may branch out and nc-
complish the great opportunities before
il and fulfill the growing need of such
AN institution
After the singing Of the Doxology,
DR.. Padcn pronounced tho hencdiction,