The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
ASSOCIATION SUNDAY
Good Work Done for Y. M. C. A. in
Several Great Meetings.


events and services filled the day for
the benefit of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. Association Day"
as participated in by six of the lead.
ing church organizations of the city
was special effort put forth to bring
about a fuller understanding and
better appreciation of the Y. NJ. c. A.
and its work among the young men of
the community and country at large.
Special speakers were imported for
the day and meetings were held,
morning, afternoon and evening. Two
mass meetings for men were held
the first at half past three o'clock in
the afternoon at the First Presbyter-
ian church, and in the evening at 1880
o'clock at the Central NJ. r. church.
A special mass meeting for women
was held at the evening hour at the
Christian church.
The three special speakers from
Des Moines for the day were J. II.
Fallingham, who is at the head of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement
in the capital city; w. NJ. Parsons,
formerly local secretary, now state
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A., and
G. V. Aldrich, a member of the state
executive board and at the head of
the college association work in Iowa.
w. b. Ramsell of Ottumwa, who was
to have assisted in the special meet
ings, was unable TO be present. Mr..
Romsell is an able speaker and his
absence was regretted.
In a general way the scope of the
Y. M. c. A. organization in it's effort
to reach the young men of the land
has been little understood by the pub
lie in general. 1t is a great system
and organization that is reaching out
after young men in manner that is
accomplishing wonderful things. 1t
is a power for education, mental,
spiritual and physical. 1t establishes
schools and supports teachers; it
fits boys with trades; it gives direc-
ton of religious inclination and it de.
velops physical possibilities and en-
cOurages right living.
The services at the several churches
during the day were as follows, max
ing up the most effective and the
most extensive effort in this direction
ever attempted in the city. Those
who had to do with management of
the program of the day express sat
isfaction with the results of their
plans.
Morning Service Central M. e. Church
General Secretary J. Fl. Fellingham
of the Des MOines Y. NJ. c. A., spoke
regarding the interests of the associa-
ton work in general and the local
Y. NJ. c. A. in particular, on Sunday
morning. Quite a good sized audi
ence was present and all heard a
good talk. The commercial life OF
today and our social conditions need
the Y. NJ. C. A., and it is rapidly
gaining ground among the people and
it commands respect among the en-
tire business world. The speaker
paid a glowing tribute to the men
from Iowa, and incidentally Oska-
lOOsa, who have gone out in the
work and have done grand work in
the cause; John r. Mott, G. G.
Kitchener, Clyde Williams and sew.
eral others were named
Mems Mass Meeting in the Evening.
The main floor of Central NJ. Z.
church was comfortably filled with an
interested audience of men on Sun
day evening. Rev. Alexander Nc
Ferran of the Presbyterian church.
presided, Rev. w. C. Rutherford of
the Baptist church read the Scripture
lesson and the new pastor OF the Con-
gregational church, Rev. Alfred Cave
offered prayer A fine cornet solo
by G. l.. Farmhouse and choice Sc
lection from the male quartette OF
Central NJ. E. church were special
musical features.
Mr.. w. NJ. Parsons, state secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Iowa, was the
speaker and he began his address by
indicating the cooperative relations
which exist between the church as
the mother and the Y. NJ. c. A. as the
child in the Christian work of a COM
munty. He rapidly sketched the ex-
tensive organization of the Y. NJ. c.
A., and showed where its work in the
world was distinctive and it appeared
to be a class of work that the church
did not touch. He made a strong
telling appeal for the interests of the
Y. NJ. c. A. in Oskaloosa and urged
all of the men present to give it the
benefit OF their personal service, their
membership ard their financial en-
couragement. In the training of
boys and young men along the lines
OF Christian citizenship, prevention
Is far better than a cure. At all of
these mems meetings the evangelis.,
tic note was evident.
Christian Church.
w. NJ. Parsons, state "Y." secre.
tary, had a large congregation at the
morning meeting at the Christian
church. He took up the work in
general way and then specialized,
showing how the association pene-
trated wherever young men could be
found. Aside from the general asso-
citation as we know ii in Oskaloosa,
there are associations in colleges, in
high schools and wherever young
men are gathered together.
J. II. Fellingham conducted the