The national Republican., 1867-05-16

| ihE 1oUm MEMS OHRIsT1AN ASsOviA
rios-The 14th anniversary Of the Young Men
Christian Association was held at the Calvar,
J Baptist church, corner OF Eighth and streets
last evening By 8 o'clock nearly every pew II
tho tpscious church was allied By refined an,
most fashlonable assembly Of ladies and fsntle
men.t Tho exercises commenced with an over
tnre on the the orgsnY By Mr.. leo ooyls
followed BY . quartetto-s Remember, oh Lord, :
By Miss r G. Ever, Mrs Crosby, Mr. @. o. Ever
and Mr., w. A. widnsy, which was sxscutet
most admirably, the pure soprano Of Mlss Ever
and the 6ns eontralto Of Mrs.. Crosby enohautint
all present BY their sweetness.
After prayer BY the Rev, Dr., Giilstte, the solo
duett and quartstte OF ';Bow Down Thine Ear, u
was sung by the choir. at the conclusion ofwhicb,
the association. He alluded 10 the great change
from former. years by the young attending
church, which he Attributed 70 the association
now meet In houses Of worship, induced By
the presence Of the members and Efforts Of the
Young Mems Christian organifatiou-that or.
ganization doing much Of the work properly be.
longing 70 ministers In inducing the young Ia
attend the house Of God. or course every min.
ister was jesloss Of his particular Church, and
n The Young Mons Christian Association does
not conflict with the Church, but Ia really helm
70 u, every minister should give to the assc-
citation the right hand Of fellowship, and say
''go on."e The Christian Association has great
| NVih " w, hnu ms hirohuy hccoupilahed much;
for We can. not forget what II has done during
The stormy times of the past few ysa1; and he
urged the lsociation to ,perscvere and prevent
the uhwafy and young from straying from tho
path Of rectitude, He said the Young Men,s
ChrisuAn Association was doing work that al.
ymost led him TO believe that the world was grow.
Ing better nessrthsless, many hold that Il was
growing worse. The reverend gentleman re.
marked that he Rad . dispatch In the after
noon papers that $500 had been stolen from the
Young Mems Christian Association In New
4 York, and that u was supposed 10 have been
stolen By some OF the members. This he did not
know; bat the duty and object Of the association
was to make dishonest persons honest. All that
was wanted was intellect. Let the statesman,
the Legislator. the lawyer all classes aid the as
ISOLATION by brains and money. Let all give,
that the association may save some one. The
association should not be compelled to beg, for
you are not giving to H. but to the Lord Jesus
Christ
"I waited for the Lord, " solo, duett, and quar-.
tette was next sung In exquisite manner.
Major Gen. o. o. Howard remarked that the
Rev. Irwin Maga, Of Baltimore, who was an.
nouned to address tho meeting was prevented
from attending, and introduced the Rev. A. A..
Z. Taylor, Of Georgetown who said that about
eighteen or twenty years ago q small prayer
meeting was held In tho basement Of q house In
Cincinnati from which sprung the Young Men s
Christian Association Of this day, which was or
ganiZed for the purpose Of exerting an influence
Of religion among the young. He gave some Of
hls experience In New York, whore ho spent q
night In some Of the haunts Of that city, seeking
to do good In conclusion, he said that 1t was
the duty Of the church and the Christian Associ.
tion to guard and throw its protecting arms
around the unsophistioated from all quarters,
especially those from the country, who, on ar.
irving In the city, are enticed to haunts Of vice
and dissipation.
Ono Of the great necessities for encoura ging
the institution Is that young mon going from one
city to another may visit the rooms Of the asso.
citation In those places, instead Of resorting to
billiard saloons dc, TO spend their evenings, and
urged the speedy erection Of q mission house in
this city, to be conducted under the auspices oi
the Association.
The chairman of the Building Committee stated
that tho late residence Of Hudson Taylor, esq
on the corner Of Ninth and D streets, hayinj
been purchased for the Christian Association fol
the sum Of $40 000 IL would require 800, 900 tc
erect such an edifoe as the Association desired
Tho amount necessary for the members to raise
was $25, 900, (slO, 900 Of which had already been
subscribed, in order to secure m immediate out
sido subscription Of s75, 600.
A letter, endorsing a check for $500, was read
| to the meeting, from Mr.. Alexander r. Shepherd,
asa contribution towards the erection Of the
building after which the meeting closed.
MEETING OF rHB p UBLIc ScHooL TEACHERS.
IA meeting Of the Public School teachers OF
the District was held yesterday at 2 p. m, at
Miller's Hall, on Il street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, for the purpose Of hearing Prof
Griffith lecture on eloeution.
Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the Committee on
Pablo Institutes, called tho meeting to order,
and read over tho names Of tho teachers, those
present answering to their names. A number oil
the females were called. who had some time
since changed their state Of single blessedness
for matrimonial eares, and were Of course absent,
The rolls, we judge, were altered accordingly.
Prof Griffith being introduced by Mr.. Will
son, said that he had taught for a number O
years, the same as they were teaching, He hst
, found that when particular branch OF stud,
had intruded itself on his mind, he always founC
It better to prevent it. He thought soon tina
particular teachers would be selected for particu
J lar branches Of study, and he would now cal
) their attention to tho study of " Reading"
oil There was too much monotony In readin
A generally, in the schools and In the reading {
i. the sermon, over which much time was spent |
4 composition, His idea was to break up tha
y | monotony. To teach tho voice Is what Is T,
L quiredi to study the modulatiOn would remed
" the evil.
v Tho speaker illustrated Theoretically by th
4 board, on which he had ohaiksd tho names
|. different words--MsmotionaI, Grand. Fear, d,
mandatory, Plaintiyo, Pure Orotund, AspirAts
r Cultural, and Tromor the o1pressions 9
, sound, modulation, and harmony. By reoita
tion Of poetry he demonstrates practically th,
, | sense of the words mentioned.
He gave utterance to a passage from Mac
beth, expressive of the Aspirate, and quoted
from different poets and authors to show how
easily the changes Of voice could be effected.
, Emphasis and imitation were alike commented
on, and graphically illustrated by imaginary
cOnvsrsation with male and female, showing
how the voice could bo made to delineato and
express the sentiment and passion Of tho SOU
without that mOnotOny which makes all Language
dull and spritless. He spoke of tho physica
development Of the human frame, Of the lungs
! tho diapraghm, the laryx, &c., and told Of th,
serious evils resulting to those parts by no
using the voice naturally
He recited tho "Bells, " but previously gave
one or two evidences of his ventriloquinl powers
which were really good. He also gave the "old
Mans Dream" and his power over the voice, Ii
its many changes during the rendition Of th
poem, was wonderful, and interested and amuse'
all present Prof Griffith finished his lectur
and illust rations after the reading Of the poem
and very kindly presented the teachers presen
with tickets for his lecture this evening at Met
Isrott Hall.
Mr.. z. Richards made few remarks In refer
ence to matters connected with the schools.
A vote Of thanks was then given to Prof. Crit
fth for his instructive and interesting address
after which the meeting adjourned.