The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-22
TRIBUTE IS PA|D
YOUNG MEMS WORK
Secretary Daniels Delivers an
Address to 7. N. C. A. al
Hamilton, Ohio
Especial TO The News 7 ohsv~

Especial TO This News anc oes-rv~A
Hamilton. Ohio. Sept. 20-In -,
curse Of his address at the aai.
cation OF the new S250.000 yo.
Mems Christian Association hu.8.m~,
at Hamilton. Ohio. Secretary Daniels
paying a tribute to the actamrfxt'
ments Of the Y. NJ. G. \. IN general
referred to its influence in de4f.r,rt
cooperation in Christian work 81
large scale. and said:
"The Young Mems Christian ~
citation has brought to the church .
modern times a broadening ana
brotherly spirit which has mad.
a clearing house for commar5t.
Christianity-for that line Of Christ.
ian effort in which people Of am a..
liefs may unite. 1t is the center f..
interdenominational team work-an,
team work has been found to he 4,
vital importance in our age. OF Wh.-t
combination and coalition Of forces
in all lines of endeavor has been /
leading characteristic. / need be-,
elaborate the fact hat team work
through the Young Mems Christian
Association has brought remarkable
results. In the laymen's movement
the Christian business talent If each
community and each section has been
brought into cooperation with TIA
spiritual and ecclesiastical lines ii ef-
fort. with gratifying results on all
sides. The business men. the indus.
trial leaders, have experienced a Jcep-
ening of their spiritual life, While
more system, and aim, and purpose
have been injected into the cuuu4ets
and projects of churchly endeaNor~
The student volunteer movement.
led nv Slch men ne Holm - Narf
Robert SpeeT. G.. Campbell White, and
others. was i~nStanCed: The Y VI
c. \. put its shoulder to the wheel
or missionary enterprise. and aided
tremendously in giving new mom@n-
tum to this great enterprise Of Tia
church, helping to infuse into il a
zeal and power that is comparable 20
that OF the early church.
"The team work of churChmen uu-
der I. NJ. c.. A. organization inn
mediately ran back along lines q
individual church endeavor. and has
sent out in the home and foreign
fields the choicest young men and
young Ome armed with the power
of a college education, into every
corner Of the non-Christian world.
For Christian Citizenship.
christian citizenship is fostered ~
the Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Moody. whn
spoke Of his personal deb To tie in
stitution in these words: 1T has don.
more under God in developing me fof
Christian work than any other
agency was one informed by a man
that he did anot propose to vote in a
pending municipal election to secure
needed reforms; that he did not IN.
tend to vote because, said he: Ms
citizenship is in heaven Then you
had better get 1T down for the next
sixty days. replied the great evange.
list. The Y. NJ. c. A. has beer singi.
larry mindful to render unto Cacsai
the things that are Caesars. a. wei
as to render unto God the thing!
that are Gods 1t has taught tina
every secular callipg became sacre'
when entered upon in the spirit d"
service to both God and man, anC
this balance between that which i
due God and that which is due couu
try has made for a splendid type O
patriotic citizenship. Mr.. Gladston'
once said to DR.. Talmage:
Faith Grows With Age.
The older l grow the more con
nrmed [ am in my faith in religion
I am glad TO say tina
ABOUT all the men at the top in Grea
britain are Christians. l have been IL
pubic position So years, and AZ year
IN the cabinet of the British govern
nlent, and during those ~ years.
nave been associated with so Of tn
master minds Of the century, and al
out V Of the SO were Christians
me spirit and r and Der
OF the Young Mems Christia
Association has been to send fort
INTO the service of its country. bot
private and public life, men such Il
the English statesman had in mind.