New-York tribune., 1870-12-08

by the most aristocratc and exclusive club-
houses In New York whose price Of admission
amounts to several hundred dollars per an
mum. The cost here yearly does not exceed
three or four dollars.
The building, as Our readers win no donb.
have surmised, il that Of the Yonno von,.
Christian Association. At its recent onen;,c
it was aptly described by one Of the speaker,
rs "applicd Christianityp We wish tha,
Christianity, 50 far as young men are con.
| cerned, could oftener find expression 50 keen-
sighted and liberal, or - applied to tbon
with tact and knowledge to meet as fully a,
this does their physical and mental wonts
There Is constant lamentatiOn among re-
GgOas people over the small number OF youny
men who become church members. The farit
does not altogether lie in them. nor. "a +.
usually supposed, in the temptations by Which
Satan assails them. The difficulty Is that
many Of the purcst Of Christian teachers.
while they no doubt thoroughly comare.
hend the religion Of Jesus and It's effect
upon their own souls and quiet intro
vcrted lives, have about as much ocquaintanee
with the real thoughts and habits Of the
young men who crowd our streets as if tbey
were Fejoe Islanders. A young fellow come,
| TO town, eager TO begin lie, to make his mark.
There arc passions and ambitions bnbbnc
in his blood, which, undoubtedly, God put
there for useful ends, aud which are By 10
means hell-broth Of Satan. There is an excess
Of physical strength and animal spirits for which
the dull round Of the cOUnting-lOuse or the
store affords no relief There ia natural
thirst for amusement which must and viii be
gratifcd-i, not by wholesome means, by the
first and foulest which oier themselves. lie
has no home bat his bOardinc-house or restau-
rant no friends but chance acquaintances as
young and ready for temptation as himself;
no means of admission into the society of re-
spcctable women, the very atmosphere Of
whose homes would insonsbly protect him
from harm. II he goes into a church to hear
an ordinary preacher he most probably listens
TO unsplrins dcnunciatons OF the theaters and
drnliiug-houses, which have been the only re-
source oren to him, but finds the natural de-
mand for amusement AMI rest for both body
and brain which led him there utterly ignored.
1t is this purblind dealing with young men
that the present institution is designed u aeb
right. It., object is first to provide, for not
only Christian 6ut for all young men, a home,
refined and cultured society, the resources Of
art, literature, and music, and physical exer-
else, at a price which the poorest can afford.
The controllers of 1t are men who understand
By the name Christian, not a sectarian bigOt,
but simply a trucr wiser man, higher, gen
tier gentleman. They believe that the religion
of Jesus belongs to Toen and TO the wise and
prudent as well as to women and babes; that
its light is the highest and best in the market
place or on Change aS Wei as by tie cradle or
the grave. And they Lave taken the wisest
and most prudent w2y to convince thinking,
energetic young men Of the truth of their be-
lief They are ready to give aid to strangers
in obtaining boarding places and employment
for them; they visit them when sick or in
want. There is no attempt at pToselytism
nor requirement from those who make use Of
the building of subscription to any creed.
The mother who secs her boy 60 into the city
to make his way with fear and trembling and
many prayers, may know that one pleasant
home is open to him and a cordial greeting
ready. That is all that viii be thrust upon
him. But if he once enters the home, it is
strange if be does not soon wish to discover
the fire which warns it and the spirit which
makes a strangers greeting kinder than
brothers.