Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-25
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The twenty 80 cond an -.
heL last evening stan Association was
afferfee, bvaTo - Lincoln hall, and was
81 ine in9' ,o-i;on "f The prasi Int PrSf
StfcEr~ -,,ne first vice president. Mr.. WIN.
on - presided. The exercises wore
.ftu 'Vith an Invocation by Rev. Dr.. j. q.
cutie, followed ny the hymn Jesus R9igns-"
rev. j. II. Wheeler read selections OF Scrip
80. and Mr.. Stickney read letter from
s'TOf Gallaudet. explaining his abse1ce.
Mr.. sTICESET ADDRESSED THE MEETING,
and. in the course OF his remarks, said Of the
progress of the work in general and the re-
snlis attained that they had the most abuNd-
ant cause for announcement. All along the
lines came up the cheering tidings that the
association was moving steadily onward.
Prejudice was yielding. light was dawning
hearts were contributing noble support. and
new and splendid trophies were constantly
Mr. r Il. McBurney, of the New York
state association. Rev. =. \. Taggert and j.
: Mclean. of Halifax, ana Rev. FIR. Deems,
of New YORK, addressed the meeting.
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
synopsis Of which was distributed among
the audience. refers to the services conduct
cd Sunday afternoon at the Jail, wOrkhouse
ami reform school; refers also to meetings
held AZ Arlington. Fort Whipple and the
Navy Yard. and the meetings at the rooms:
states that 1.-The daily prayer meetings have
sustained their interest constantly through
our the year. Many conversions have taken
place. the most marked interest being mani
Tested in the carly wiuteT;in November il was
decided 10 devote the SiE-OclOck hour Sur
day evening To a meeting for young men ex-
cluSIvely. and the interest in this. the most
practical Of al our meetings, has BEEN on the
increase from the begi ming. The az tendance
mas sometimes been as many az one hundred
and Seyenty-five or two hundred. with an
average attendance of one hundred and
twenty-five 10 One-nUDdr1l and fifty. As
many as twelve requests for prayers have
been made in a single meeting. aud We are
led to believe that with the proper degree OF
fnsf a
YET work still greater good 10 the young men
of Washington.
STATISTICAL.
The report further states that although
having no regular fund. yet by the vOlun-
taTy effort Of the mem berS. meals and lOig-
iEGS have been supplied 10 about SIX hum
trCd persons. mostly strangers. who i'm pass
ing through the city have been without
means of support. AS.heretOfOIe the general
secretary mas been actively engaged i'm aid
ing the Citizens Relief committee in their
WORK FOR the suffering poor of our city.
IuTin9 the year about 100 new volumes
have been added 10 the library. about : $40
books have been taken out. and the reading
room has been well patrOniZed. There were
10 new members received during the year.
whole number Of active members March 81.
1N'5. IS: associate members, 2S2; life MEM
bCrS, go; total membership, so.
FINANCIAL.
Under the mead OF finances the report saws.
~ ) Gould ever be borne in mind that the Y.
VI. L. y. building i not the property OF the
association. The building * owned by q
Joint stock company, the association not
having a controlling interest even. hut being
simply q stakeholder to the amount OF
~i'~15. against which there i a lien OF
>l,iSS.t9 The association f. q tenant i'm the
building. and as an organization is not re-
>IonSIble in any way for the rental of Lin
coin hall The annual expenses OF the aSSO-
ciGtiOn are about 5000. the principal mart of
which has heretofore been obtained flOm
voluntary contributions. The present liza
hilllIeS Of the association are ~22IjG1, to OIL
set y HlCn there are plntl EPS and other -
sources amounting 10 ~1,9096l, leaving g de
felt Of IS.
Raj ROAD y CCIDTNT-Tfe Baltimore AMI
Potomac train from Washington. which loft
mere at 81 p. III. yesterday. ran OF the track
IN the tunnel near Lafayette station. Raiti-
E.Cfe. and the engine and b3g-aga ear were
slightly damaged. Nobody was hurt.