The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

The thirteenth annual meeting of the members
and friends et this emend= was heM on Tuesday evening
at Exeter Hall, the Earl of Btharrsantriv presiding. The
attendance wee vary large. On the platform were Mr. R. C.
L. Bevan, Mr. G. Hitchcock,
_Mr. E. Corderey, Mr. J. and
Mr. W. °restore; Mr. W. Morley the Rev. J. B. Owen,
the Rev. 8. Martin, the Rev. J. S. Jenkiseon, the Rev. T.
E. James, Dr. Gladstone, he.
The report, which wee reed by the Secretary, Mr. Shipton,
stated that the number of young men admitted into the also-
dation daring the past year was 100. Meetings for conver-
sation and devotion had been held throughout the year; and
two special sermons to young men bad been preached, one by
the Rev. Dr. Weir and the other by the Rev. W. Brock,
Considerable additions bad been made to the library, includ-
ing a valuable domain recently from Mr. Media, of New
Oxford-street. Satisfactory repute had been received from
brunch associations in various puts of the provinces
also from Pena, Boland, larlreerleid, Eastern and
Western Prussia, and Amato', in all which countries
the work of the association had made progress.
Bikes had been =defer theliquidation of the bnildtng debt,
but they had not been u anceiredid as could be wished. The
receipts of the year amounted to 2.6101, the expenditure to
3,0061. The total debt of the association was now 1,6001.
The Crammer in opening the proceedings remarked that
such assodatiatur were peculiarly adapted to the wants and
aseentries of an overgrown city ; opening as they .idi a refuge
for thousands of young men from all parts of the °wintry at
the most dangerous period of their lives. He wished to see
them multiplied in order that, like mighty garrisons of Chris-
tian', they might serve alike for Milwe and attack against
the enemy of the seed. They might depend upon it that they
were now approaching times of singular intricacy and dill-
cult, ; times when every nerve would be tried, when every
removal that could give strength, moral and ph
strength, would be called to, and when everything
that was in man would be tested, perhaps primarily
within these four sees. (Hear, hear.) There was no pre-
peration for the evil day more likely to prove effectual then
that which was provided by an association like this. There
was no preperation so sound as the bringing under the influ-
ence of the gospel fir themes& end tens of thousands of the
youth of the canary. Let them thesel endeavour to multiply
institutions width °asthma to the isfety end welfare of the
emettry se well ea the spiritual happiness of the present and
ei futon germetione. (Chan.)
The Rev. J. B. Own' moved a resolution expressing
gratitude to God for the suers of the association and the
extension of similar agendea, and regret that In the multi-
plleadon of places of mesemeent of • doubtful character and
indmey, ensnaring young men into an unwise expendi-
ture, and bringing them into undesirable companionship', in
the wide diffusion of a light and often irreligious Irian-
lure, and in the general tendency to extravagance and
speculation, young men were at this moment exposed
to as great dangers, and as much demanded the
solicitude, prayer', and efforts of the Christian church, se at
any former pried. The rev. gentleman dwelt at length on
the Meads' teedeuey of the emaciation, observing, In thus-
trades of this, AM them Wilelighty b swathe, cosrielal
110,0C040 members, whose intone, probably extended to sie^ ,
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