Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-11
WHAT Is THE
Y,M.C.k!'lIS
DAILY QUESTION

many who do not understand its aims
and purposes. Today being the sec
ond anniversary Of the dedication of
the new building of the local associa-
ton, it Is an appropriate time to issue
the following Interpretation by C. K.
.Ober, field secretary OF the interna-
lIoRal Y. NJ. G. AZ In New York city.
The Interpretation follows:
An Opportunity. '.
The Y. NJ. C.. Alt is a igb-grade,
low-eost young mems club-C Christian
but not sectarian.
1t Is an athletic Organization that
does not use men TO promote athlet-
les but uses athletics to develop men,
It is night school for young men
who work by day =.
It.is a home for young men away
from home. .1 =
It helps young men not only to
help themselves, but to help the
other fellow. ..'a.: >=
J 1t is a place for q young man to
find friends and to make himself
friend to the man that needs friends.
1t has no creed, but is controlled by
representatives Of churches. This
keeps it Christian Organization, but
prevents it from becoming another
church. | -
|. 1t has united in its management
members of those churches which,
though differing in creed, have found
by experience that they can join
without controversy or friction in the
doing of religious work This enables
1T to teach the Bible and to make
practical use of Christian forces in
helping young men.
Its fellowship, club rooms, gyKina-'
SUM, baths, classes and all other
practical advantages are open to all
young men, of all faiths or of no
faith. ~ ~
y It is not an experiment, but is the
survivor of many experiments. While
other young mems organizations, So
eial, athletic, educational ethical and
even religious, have failed, this has
succeeded and is, now in successful
operation in over eight thousand
places in North America and through
out the world
An Investment.
It is igh-class, far-sighted invest
ment in the greatest undeYeloped re-
Spurees in the world young men.
1t is wise and economical enlist
ment of young men themselves in the
work Of their own development
1t is philanthropie and also self
Interested provision Of an ail-around
opportunity for young men
1t provides a gymnasium; the
young men use It, and put increased
health and vitality into their days
work.
It provides a night school; the
young men join it, and gain and keep
the higher places waiting for skilled
labor and efficiency. z
It provides the gospel; the. young
men practice 1t, and the community
cuts down expenses for asylums,
courts and jails,
It provides and organizes the time
of men; the best and busiest in the
community; the young men respond
to it and develop latent powers of
character and service. -
1t invests money; it gets manhood.
It invests sympathy; it gets friend
ships al - ~,
1t invests small sacrifices; it gets
abundant and deathless dividends.
It invests time and things that
might otherwise perish; it gets char
acter that continues and perpetuates
itself in vital and constructive forces,
for the moral and spiritual uplift of
the world III, < ~. ~ 49,.
It's investments are human; its
dividends are divine.
A SnirifuaI Eoree
1t is not the building, but some
thing that built it; -
T. 1t is not the membership, but some
thing that wins it; b..
1t is not the organization, but
something that organizes;
1t is not the achievement, but
something that achieves; &c.,
1t it not any thing on earth, but a
spirit on earth that lifts things
heavenward.
L. is a spirit of brotherhood, unit
ing men of faith in fellowship and
service: 49,.
1t is spirit of sacrifice, preferring
rather to fan to the ground and die"
tnan to- abide by itself alone;
It is spirit of unity, giving a new
evidence and releasing new energy
of Christianity;
1t is spirit of conquest. contend
ing for the kingdom of Christ I'M
limited.
It is the spirit of youth with the
dew and freshness of the morning;
1t is the spirit of manhood, press
ing forward with the midday heat
and burden;
1t is the spirit of Christ, with his
deathless life and his unquenchable
enthusiasm;
1t is the spirit Of association, the
youth, the man. the Christ, in undis-
ccurageable and Irresistible co-opera-
ton
BY the grace OF God it is what it
is and by the grace of God one may
possess and be possessed by it's
spirit.