Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-24

PERIOD to properly determine as to results
Both activities were discontinued on the APP
proach Of fishing season. the room having to be
vacated fnr the use Of its owner.
Soon after this the same committee opened Il
prayer meeting on Columbus street. at the
house Of brother Williams, which has given
much encouragement 10 the workers ut that
point. and is now being continued.
The nj ght school commenced In Stew
arts building in the fall Of last year, under
the most favorable auspices; the applications
for admission exceeding the most Sangulne eX-
pectation of the comu.ittee. Speedllya thorough
organization of the committee was made: result
ing in the selection of President and 1reaSur-
err OF the Board, and the appointment OF teach
ers Tor the various branches Of education on al
tcruatc nights of the week. The room soon be-
came too small for the number OF scholars at
tending, and the school was transferred to the
Academy building, corner Duke and Royal SITS,
and was continued there until the close OF the
sesSiun-.on the first Of April. From want OF
correct data, it is impossible for the General
Secretary TO give the true average OF attendance
Of scholars and teachers and it only remains for
to say that no work that the Association has me
ever attempted in its history, was more faith
fully worked or promised more fruit from It's
aburs. During the latter part Of the session
one Of tn. brethren of the Association WAS en-
ployed as Superintendent. and upon hun de.
voycd the whole burden Of the school, assisted
occasionally. however, by few earnest workers.
The thanks of the association are due to those
parties. not members of the society, who during
the most Of the session, give their services, vol
unfairly TO the work.
On the Srh day Of January last, the chair
man OF the Executive Committee, in commu-
nication published in the Alexandria Gazette,
SET forth the wants Of the suffering poor OF this
city, and requested that supplies OF money,
clothing, &C., be sent to the office OF the Gen
cral Secretary. The appeal was promptly re,
spondcd to- large supplies were received and
iuuiciously lisburscd. On January 3lst this
charity was organized by the appointment OF a
committee. rwo from each Ward-mcnbcrs of
the ASsociaiion-wi the General Secretary as
chairman. for the more systematic receipt and
disbursement Of supplies and a second appeal
was made to the citizens. lu answer, wood,
groceries. aud $S3 in money, were received and
disburscd to large number of families in the
various Wards who without this means would
have suffered greatly during the late protracted
and severe winter.
Taking retrospective view of the work OF
the Association since its organization in 1853,
and drawing strict comparison between the
past year, and those previous, in results, and
10 the number Of activities employed and in
the financial condition of the society, this year
stanCs head and shoulders above any year III
the past. Our Heavenly Father has blessed us
beyond our most sangune expectations: to Him
let Us, therefore, ascribe all the praise and
glory, and let us determine by His help and
grace, to make more diIlgent use of the means
he may give to Us. in the year to come, where
with to gloryty his name, and advance the in.
terests Of our Recdeemers Kingdom. All of
which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES ENTwIsLE. JR,
General Secretary Y. W. G.. A.