eight o'clock Tuesday evening
`` Not unless you need more urging , '' answered Charlie , with a laugh , `` for I have other fish to fry just now . '' `` Well , '' said Dick , `` I 'll go . '' Needless to say that Charlie Bowen , who was the president of the Young People 's Society at this time , took particular pains to notify each member that there would be a matter of unusual importance to discuss at the next meeting . And so , when he called the Society to order at eight o'clock Tuesday evening , in the lecture room of the church , almost the entire membership , including Rev. Cameron , was present . Dick remained in the reading room , but it was understood between the two that he was to be called in at the proper time . After the regular routine business had been disposed of , the president stated that he wished to introduce a matter of great importance , which he felt sure would interest every Christian present . He then called to their minds some of the teaching they had heard from their pastor , along lines of practical Christianity ; noticed briefly the condition of things in Boyd City ; and asked if they would not be glad to remedy such evils .