The Y. M. C. A. Anniversary

The íirst anniversary of the Young Mcn's Christian association was celebrated at the First Methodist church on Sunday evening. The church was filled, every seat in the body of the church and the gallery being occupied. The large attendance was a deserved tribute to the work of the association. The anniversary address .was delivered by Rev. W. H. Davis, of the First Congregational church, of Detroit. He took for his theme, "Sonie Motives of the Christian Life," and founded his lemarks on Paul's words in Romans, "Called to be saints." He developed Paul's idea of a saint. It was not the ordinary notion with which we always associate the idea of a corpse. When Paul spoke the words of the texl he app'iied them to the ordinary, toiling raass of common people whorn he looked out upon every day. Paul's was the divine way of estimating men. He estimated them as to their possibilities. The second thing to be derived from these words is the workíng motive it presents. It is to live well the life we have to live. Grander than all motives of fear, pride, gain or honor, is the motive that appeals to the best in men. Dr. Davis' appeal to the young men was a grand one. After the address, General Secretary W. C. Huil spoke of the past life of the association and of the future that the officers and friends of the association hoped for. Fred H. Belser told of the finances of the association. He said that i,2oo was necessary to run the work for this year, and he saw no special difficulty in the way of raising it. The anniversary exercises created a new interest in the association in every one of the thousand people present.