, 1863-02-17
TIE YOUNG MEN'S CHR1sT1AN
ASSOCIATION.
Negilar Monthly mcctiEg.-Report:
u folesnittec&*


Ihe mon'h's meeting OF tho Young Mems
Association Was held last night. at the rooms
ofthe Institute. ihc meeting was not quite
regular and in order, owing to thu unaTofda-
bic absence Of one OF the Secretaries Of tue
division.
From the war report VIC found that tue as
sociatlon lad printed md given away w 10
this date, upwards Of fifty thousand hsmn
books, and that twenty five thousand mo'e
arc III the press. Twenty-Five hnndFeo o1 'ne
American Messenger were distributed every
week.
The Committee made the following report
Of their transactions for the past month:
Sent to soldiers Sn Aq sosiS,y ya1ny :!
S.i!t IDts regiment III. vols, 81 Tcstaments.
30 hymn books; value S12 ~ Vols ~ c.t,ucntz.
,oo osm. hrmn ,' i.ooEs, l00 papers; value. 500:
Sent for distribution n amons ~ crs sois anns sssM
eff ;s; sqg g!h,ea at Camp Douglas, snonE te eth Vt
and esd NJ, 1,1eo p pspers 3oo hsnn oooss'@" ''aau
oG0ha Dstiihutcd @ among sick ard wounded at Mur-
ncee1oro. ~ l5ro Aoody' ssn'1ai'
'1Sda Total "a amount for the month, s1o7.oo.
The Relief Committee had distributed to
the poor, amongst other things, loo cords OF
- ~, +ons ~ coa1. ]. .O{4 lbs. of salt nork:
80 ~. f.oe,, nc,t. All lbs salt f1sh. 9DO |
,o,rrs of bread: l 075 lbs. of -four: 1904 lbs,
o,r,, ,,c,7. 314 MS lutter. 11o lbs. candles: |
167 lbs. soap; oo4 pints Of sorghum; $50 lbs. |
rice. Relief given IN 15t instances, on the
whole.
The Tract Report covered, according to the
sccrctorr- the work of the two preceding
months-a1ttoueh. he said. it was very inapcr-
fect1x covered, bccause many Division Reports
had not yet been received by him. Out Of the
45 Districts. ouly four full, and two partial re-
norts were received for the work OF December
1ast From these, it appeared that the num-
her of families visited was {, 2,1o5; papers dis
tr;butcd. ait: Bibles, 1; persons induced to
,ttcna Churcl,. 80: children gathered to Sum
a.v scnoo1 40. nersous furnished with en-
~ .1or,ncnt /. cases Of dcst1tution rcnorted to
.1 aecnn,m;tto "a
T,.a ,,n,hn, ~ +roote rr;ro, o,+ FIR ;,;.+-;.
,,,,.;a- ar,o,,,,+od n % So Enr,;sb and Il, 5oa
s... E1.1,an 49,. .,,a1.;nn~ . 49,, "a ans
80 .,,an3,, ~ Jann,rr to,r f,1, and
o,..h. ,*;,1 lave sanarts 1,a ,,acn rcco,vod show
10. 4,ro,ro 5;str;ots 4 ~, families r;sfted
- " -
59o papers ols'r1on1ed' o'oAes s!'en ano -
Testaments; Il persons were 1noueeo 10 as'
| tend Church; W children were sem 10 sanoos
| School; cases OF conversion; L. persons
furnished with employment 1S0 cases OF des-
tltution referred to Rcllet COMMITTEE 1or all
| the districts Number OF tracts 1of olstf1pa'
ton 41,1Sf English; lt,Vs torelgn-1ota',
57,ea522.
One Of the district reports says that o1 1oo
families, IS have no place OF wofshlp; ana ot
sSs children, between anu ~ years DID, loo
meyer attended Sunday School,
Another report says: 1.-THE multitude that
neglect public worship is s1ar'nng. "e1onno
Ey ac1nal counting Oh pleasaub sapoaln
morning, only l5,-oo pc1sonss o1 a1l "ses,
in our six1y-seEcn Froses1ahs enurcnes' ano
five lake our population NJ lo7'Vo' ano
, make liberal allo"ancc lot 1hose VINO arf
, too young, or too old, and for those Of tht
Roman Catholic belief, VIC shall nave oFel
so, eco persons who DO not 60 TO church a
, all
!. 1his dssoc'Atleh Is cf1oen'isf 4AoN 1Ass'
e reports oosps h''ee u.noaut " sooa' "A'
= ought to meet with a liberal encouragement
and support.
camp Douglas.
c In onr rcnort Of t1,c searching Of the rcbe
n x>,;s,n,.-s ,,. +ba ,o1icc m Fr;dnv- nub]isbc
Ii IN SATURDAYS Tn1nusE. were some error
Is rr1;o,, .h,-,d bo ,.o,racted Evcrv harrack
l. srr,1,ed 1,r thc f1uort erm,ster with m axe q
y hatc,c+ y1,,cb ,rc necessary FIR The nrisor
s. crs, nsc n nrcn,rin,r their incl. These wer
L taron ~, Nv t,,e 1,o,;ea and ratnrncd tc tbc,
= afarrorzs Tha n;sto,s rscorercd ,umhcrc
l. 80 ae. o.. 49, .o,,o7,.n,s and ,1,a h,1,,,,
~ -;.e,o ha,ro,,oa onos s.rcra, en.;re1r ns
~ Se ,.n;rae nho-+ I'm ,rora rocovcro
:, .;r.,aa,,,, ,,t.1,.rnn;res mod !, c,mn r
III f'tae'f-r' ~ 49,, 1,o,,,. r,o,
1n As, ' NM ~N''1~ - >~>>@>
nd nom n4es' ~ a,,o.... -aaao.s =
On p.aros. ~ Maesh,,,,s of,,cc onite a cnriosj
~ shop, and the different articles there exhibit
CT, Ct British manufacture, otougns 1fon' one
ing our soio1srs' "ao' 40 ~ 4, !.
een utho r,o,,,,G,ct,,rcrs of R;rn;nc1am wo
tnc na,lala.su'e's go. " ~ - - 49,,
'e'gS p''ss to' - os'u ~ -. :,
ao- .Ac Annsn1s' 49, !
10 1or H. 1aele "ele 1ustsn e'''t'N
80 nd ."ns, in considerable QUANTITIES. anu
ssc o,o 'nr,s, s.s~ n;s.;.,,a,,, ), ,r,,o;r ~
~ -, ee-s.:,oae e. 1ror. fo,,,5 -, ~,
Nv w., ~ ..t..,
w , ao' ~ aa' On a1,o-s y - ~ En,,arors sn
1~ .,4 !. ooo T.: .,