Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-06
Young Mems Christian As>eciatiou.
IHTRRRgTING A

Among the papers LAID before tne Inter.
paronal Christian Con We at'oa al Detroit WAS
me following abstract lrom the report Of the
Executive Committse:
"Ien local con ventions have been held during
the past year against hve during the yelr pre-
Nious; at Elmira, September IL aud ia where
twenty seven as Iations We're repro sent I'd nv
seveny-eig delegates; at Elizabeth, N j.,
Oetooer aad =, where eight associations Were
represented by seyenty-tive delegates: af Chi-
eago, October and 4, where thirty-six a.socia-
tons Were represented by laIge number of
DELEGATES; AT Halifax, October J. 4 g. and g. one
hundred and twenty delegates being present.
al Burfngton W., October { and 9, delegate
of'Dg present from more than one unured and
twenty-five towns; Springneld, Mas, Octo-
Der 10 and IL, two hundred and thfrsceo dele
eates being present, representing thirty-ejyat
Associations and seventeen towns: Hartford
u, October ~; Washington, October 81 and 81
and November l. seventy delegates being prcs-
ent, representing SIX Associations Columbcs.
ONO. November and 10. seventy-fiye dele
gates being preSent representing itseeu as O.
eialonsi Portland, Ne, in May
1.-The following associations are reportcd a
occupying buildings OF which thew arp m.
owners; Meridea, Or; Be'hlehem. Pa: New
xUoU Buildings a,e now being erected by
the foilowing associations: Chicago, Washing
tor, Planfsville, New YORK. Omana The fol-
lowing nave building FUNDS: Boston, Mo itre l.
foughkeepsle. Bristol, X. l.: North Shore.
Staten Island. N. Y: Springfield. ObIo-iu ali
amounting 70 no. less than 962sUO0. Ii is SAFE
70 eepmate the amount OF property owaed oy
these associations for building purposes q rot
less thsn s75a,0o0. Ninety OF thsse asso
ciations have Libraries embracing 6t.sl5
VOLUMES, which are valued at siglegI.
One hundred and seventy-one report Their e.
penses sor the current year al s21 ,sOl4S NIUE
y-tWo report courses OF sermons for yousg
men: seventeen report more than Ave weekly
prayer meetiugs; eighty nine report two or
more weekly prayer meetings; one huudrcd
and twenty-six report at least one weekly
prayer meeting; hfty-two report daily PRAYER
0eenng; s6S conversions are reported. a large
humoer besides reporting religions Interest.
TWO hundred and fifty y.seven report 81 "a mem
oeu, ieavinf 1,056 unreportcd. II is. therefore
a. 70,e00.
AZ directed BY the con vention. the call for q
day Of prayer in November last was issu-d
and no pains spared to make the day sucesss
from the report we learn OF but sixty-nye as
socfations that ob-erved the Recommendation
Ine OBSERVANCE by even the few was undoubt-
eoiy Q means Of good The letter from the
Ouolm essoeaafion is only q type of those re-
celved 1fo0 others. The Committee rrouests
that the con vention may set apart a day of
prayer in accordance with the resoIutioas Of
the two preceding conyentions, and thar a.
will take into consideration the means hv
which thorough Observance of the day NAV
be Obtained. '
1.-THE committee was instructed by the CON-
venton 70 maintain q correspondence with
kindred associations in foreign lands. So Tar
as possible this Recommendation has been Oh
served. From our best information there Arr
now In Europe 757 Associations. with aa0C0
members among them"