. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . BETHANY SU>DAY-SCHOOL TENT, 1859. 734 BETHANY SUNDAY-SCHOOL. tion, promptness, and cheapness which pervade retail business, the buyers ofto-day have chiefly to thank John Wanamaker. HIS WORK FOR OTHERS. No one who knows the abounding and restless energy which , and his humane desire for the welfare of others,would expect tofind his time employed exclusively for his own benefit. His public work haslong been a most important part of his life. Before he went into the clothing. BETHANY CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SC
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . BETHANY SU>DAY-SCHOOL TENT, 1859. 734 BETHANY SUNDAY-SCHOOL. tion, promptness, and cheapness which pervade retail business, the buyers ofto-day have chiefly to thank John Wanamaker. HIS WORK FOR OTHERS. No one who knows the abounding and restless energy which , and his humane desire for the welfare of others,would expect tofind his time employed exclusively for his own benefit. His public work haslong been a most important part of his life. Before he went into the clothing. BETHANY CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHlJI )L BUILDING. •business in 1861 he filled the position of Secretary of the Young Mens Chris-tian Association of Philadelphia, an organization in which his interest has neverceased. In later years, when he was carrying on a very large business, hebecame the President of this Association. His genius for organization haswrought results in that body no less important than those which he had alreadybrought about in his own business. He helped to point out and develop thepossibilities of the organization, which had hitherto been little known. Duringhis presidency the splendid new building of the Association at Fifteenth andChestnut streets was built, and this, like his store, was an object lesson to JOHN WANAMAKER. 735 others who were carrying on the same hne of work. Since that time handsomebuildings for homes of the local associations have sprung up in nearly all thelarge cities of the United States, and in these homes are found facilities forinstruction,
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