, 1862-04-22
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: TUE sDAY. APRIL. .29, 1862
YOUNG mENsS CHRISTIAN ASS0-
CLARION.


VIC gave yesterday a. bzief account Of the
fourth anniversary meeting Of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Bryan Hall On
Sunday eyening. AS promised We give below
the very interesting report of the retiring
President, John Y. Farwel1, Esq, and also q
synopsis Of the eloquent address Of the Rev
R. L. Collyer:
BtethTen and Friends o5 the Young .Ne7's
Christian Association: The most eventfn1 year
OF our Associations history thus far, IL now
finished and cannot be altered
What we might hare done-that has not
been acconp1iEhed-c only be excused by
Him who bears the Sins Of the whole world.
mains for me, as your presiding officer, to re-
port very briefly at this time, what has been
done; that the public may know the scope Of
our work, and the incoming officers be furuish-
I'd with such data IN regard to 1t, as shall stlm-
ulate them to higher attalnments in usefulness
than has ever been attained by any preTion5
administration.
The events Of the past year have opened
rev channels Of labor for the Association, in
connection with the army, which have taxed
our energies severely. How long ne may be
called upon to continue such la6ors, Is known
earnestly, however, for wars to cease, leaving
uE only the old fields, whiech are always open
and ever white for the harvest.
Upon the suggestion of many friends, the
Association has, during the past winter, super
intended the distribution Of public charities
vast amount Of labor, aud not q little anxiety,
not knowing that full confidence would be
rcposed in us for the proper execution Of such
Q trust The fact that very. little, compara-
tire!y, Of street begging has existed, shows
that the public. benefactions have been judi
cfous1y disposed.
The system of distributions through actual
yisitations, By Mission s. 8. teachers, in nearly
all cases, will in part account for this result,
while the power and Influence OF such schools
have been vastly increased
Bread in one hand, and the bible IN the
other, constitutes perfect argument in favor
of the Christian religion.
During the present year the association has
adopted the North Market Mission &. s. 1s
one branch Of its aggressive work This Was
done at the request of it's teachers, many OF
whom are acti7e members with US, they re-
tainjng tic right to elect their oEn officers.
This school has always been Union school,
under no church patronage; hence the pro-
prlety Of such an adoption is very apparent.
will now present brief reports from each
Of these departments Of labor, compiled from
the full reports Of the Secretaries connected
with each.
THE NORTH MARKET HALL MISSION S. SCHOOL.
This school was commenced some four
years since, bJ tue present missionary of the
association, Bro. b. L. Moody, under seri-
GUS difficulties, unalded and alone. Some
sixty children now gathered In, mostly from
saloons, who were SO noisy that few even Of
the most Jealous in such works would have
thought it possible to succeed in the enter.
prise.
To-dny some Of its best teachers and scho.
lars are from these saloons, having graduated
from those schools Of satan and entered 1he
school Of Christ.
Ffom sixty scholars, with only one teacher
and no organization, it has reached SIX hund
rcd scholars, with sixty teachers, and is under
perfect organization.
| For over year three weekly prayer meet
| iDgs have been regularly maintained, With AZ
average attendance Of over one hundred, whilt
| at times more than three hundred have at
| tended, and many hare had to leave fU- wan
| Of room. Within the past tHo years over flfty
| conversions have occurred in these meetings
| With zach results In the pnst, we may we'll b'
inspired with new zeal in the prosecution Q
this work Of saving souls, and hiding q multi
| tude Of sins, moi that it has been special,
| committed 10 our care, 1t is work Of suc'
| importance to our city, in every point Of view
| as to demand every encouragement iron
| Christian minds and hearts,
The city government has given the use o
! the ball for the school, and convenient roou
has been rented and fitted up for the praye
meetings, in which, during the winter montbE
| school has been Organized and nlaintalne
gratuitonsly, by few Of the teachers, ti1rc
evenings in the week, for Instruction in til
common English branches. This school Ia
been very successful thus far.
The expenses incident to such an enterpris
have been borne By the teachers almost excsu:
lively, and amount TO no iuconsidcrable sur
Nearly TIVE thousand dollars have been di:
buTscd in its maintenance up to the presct
! time.