Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Y. M. C. A. WORK. [ARTICLE]

Y. M. C. A. WORK.

International Convention at Springfield, Mass., Was Very r-ucccssful. The International Y. M. C. A. convention at Springfield, Mass., has , been the most successful gathering in the history of the organization, and as a result of the exchange of opinions and methods, a great increase in the scope of the work is expected during the coming year. The opening session in the State Street Baptist Church on the last morning of the convention was devoted to an exchange of views concerning the duty of the associations to young men of foreign birth and parentage, and also the relation of tile organizations to the social-economic questions of the day. The principal speakers were Rev. A. A. Buerle, of Boston; l*rof. Graham Taylor, of Chicago, and Cephas Brninard, of New York. Before the recess delegates devoted half an hour to a season of prayer. In the afternoon there wore ten parlor conferences to consider railroad work, college work, boys’ work, work among French-speaking young men and kindred subjects. At night there was an immense masis meeting at the city hall, at which Dwight L. Moody spoke on the work of the Holy Spirit. Sunday there were special services in the various churches, closing with a great farewell meeting in the evening.