Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-01

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ton Of the unprecedented opportunity
for the work of the Young Mems
l Christian Association in China, India,
and other foreign lands met with
quick and generous response at the
international convention of that or
ganization in Cincinnati, Ohio. few
weeks ago, the first reports of which
have Just reached Honolulu. Messrs.
Mott, Eddy, Brockman and Fisher.
fresh from their campaign in the
Orient, brought before the convention
messages which urged the national
committee To broaden the scope OF as
scciation work to include these new
fields. Cyrus Mccormick, head OF
the International Harvester Company
and prominent in association and
religious work, when asked how he
had enjoyed the convention, replied,
"The big question is not what We
have enjoyed: it is what are we
going to do?"
Several volunteers for service in.
the Orient and in other realms were
at once offered. and the convention
appropriated an annual budget OF
$3.50, 900 for this work under Doctor
Motifs personal direction. But this
recognition of the great opportunity
in the Orient was not the only sig
niiicant action taken up by the inter-
national convention. For number
of years pressure has been brought
TO bear upon the association to weak
ell its allegiance to the church and
become less distinctiveIy religious
During the convention, however, the
association declared its unfaltering al
legiance to the evangelical church and
reaffirmed 1t as its basis by an en-
pratic vote after prolonged discus
sion of what is known as the Port
land Test, adopted in Portland. Maine,
IN 1867. This test is paragraph to-
the effect that active membership In
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion is based upon membership In an
evangelical church.
Work For immigrants
Another important action taken by
the convention was the adoption Of a
program of systematic work for immi-
grants to be undertaken by the as
ISOLATION. The great flood OF men
coming to America every year from
Angio-Saxon, Slavic and Latin Europe
has swamped many eastern cities
and resulted in problems OF tremendS
Gus social. economical and religious
significance. The Young Mems
Christian Association has, FOL. the
past ten years fathered the pressing
opportunity along this line and has
spent thousands of dollars ard en-
listed hundreds of men in the work
of training these European immi-
grants for American citizenship and
economical efficiency. The matter of
the associations taking up this work
to a greater extent was presented at
the convention by men in close per.
sonai touch with the work for the
southern European.
The presentation of the needs Of
these people made decided impress |
sion In the convention. The topic was
by Professor Jeremiah "
jerks, formerly professor of econo /
mics at Cornell and now the financial I
adviser of China. He gave reasons
why greater care in the admission OF |
immigrants to this country met with
greater good not only to those already |
here but to those who would be in
need of such aid upon arrival here.
Pension Fund Provided.
w. L. King, formerly minister of
the department of labor for Canada,
emphasized the Importance of the as
sociation's work in the worldwide +
flow of the human tide of immigra-
ton. With eloquence and force he
the gathering with the far
reaching influence upon individuals
and nations, of the service rendered
to obscure men in provincial fields. 4
The convention, it may be said, voted
to both continue and to enlarge this /;
work. One of the most significant
features of the convention was the en-
dorsement of plan to secure a mil
lion dollar retirement rund for the
benefit of aged employed officers in
work Practically all de-
nominations make provision for the
ministers of their communion who are
for service by advanced
age. The Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION, with its more than 1000 sec,
retaries and physical directors, and
It's millions worth of property, has
never before provided for the retire /.
nent of the men who have rendered !
service over a long period OF !
years. This condition, however, has !
low been remedied by this fund, which :
will provide for the retirement Of the
men who have made millions of dali
ars for others and little for them
selves. n
One of the most interesting address !
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