The Owosso Convention

There weae quite a number oï eaniest workera fro-in tMa cirty at the X. M. C. A. oonTCflOition at Owosso last week, cioiiaiistiing o1! fire ïadles and fifteem more gerafclemen, and erery oue Whjti atteniled was made thorougliïy ■welo&me, ainid the meeting was one V.h.at courjd nat but be p'i'Oduotiïve of Rood. Mr. W. W. 'Wetim.are presiiüeü at the nieetitags oí th.e Wom;uii's AuxiEiary, and Mr .GtMUB. W. Wflgaier was di-Jt.ïen 3d v.ice preflWeat ai 'he state assexjíU-U a foi ■. lir comiiig year. Mr. E. S. GiCnia'.-e, of tibe cilty ossociatitott, ainl Mr. A. I. Ci-oaier, of tihe l'uiverei'ty association. were eacti as■ í 'to impon-tan committees. The 'Ovrosso assooiation ca.red íor tflio guests Ín a way 'liat siuiwed Uioir aetivity and the generous iiospii3ity O'i the citizeas of the city. The various churches threw opea ttueir diooro to tbe g-uests and bade tbem "nejoome. Ovo'ssc possesses sonue of the iinest oliurch ediiices in the sfcate. We do ooc beJieve that Mtahigan has a city that can excel her In that respect, and in fact the entire Weet might be hiCiJuded w!th pertect eafety. Which oertainCy speaks well for Owosso. Ve w-ere tolld that th-ey had süine sized ohurch debfcs, a'Jso, but tliat is uotiMng. If the comgregations are oomposed of the righlt sort of maT.erial, and the pastor is a leader, a eliurch debb is one of the greatest bands in the warM. The only jealousy that eau arise between the brethren wül be ais to wlio eau do Öhe miost toward pajilng off the debt, and so lmman weakaees can thus be turnied to the g-ood of the society and to t;he good o[ the entili'e city. A chufea society with nothiug to wort; for iis quite aipt to örift lato dissensüons. Tbë" congregartdon are apt to turn their attemtiou to criticising the or the ehair, or tfote or tliat, iuBteald u-i ufiiing tJieir effew-ts to push aiong the "work. A cliuroh debt may be a. (?00'd thüng toistead oí a. bad tluing, if the ïight sa:-t o church mmbeis are back of ïb.