, 1881-08-21

conouc1ed 70 England to what they were in
.lle ne was no louger permitted to be Il member,
put was made IN honorary member. lie had
been t "a asked by some of the French delegates at
th9 Conference how it was thar some old, grHy-
barred men were members of these Young Mems
Chr1stiat1 Associations in England. Such Il thing
was not heard OF in France, and he had been told
Mnen ne spoke to members Of Associations in
fnr1s that they would be glad to receive him us
IN honorary member, but nothing more. No
one iu the French Associations was allowed to
CONTINUE an ordinary member after he ,ras 10
years OF nyc He rather approved the English
system. as men up in life were nhle 10 giyo ad
alone to be members of such Associations. then
Lord Shaftcshury, who wls now 10 years Of nge.
would haye been turned out fifty years ago, and
very likely he would not hare had such deep
interest In the 1novegnGnt us he had. He ~As
confident that tho old members were powerful
auxiliary IN CARRYING on tho work and guiding
Dr. Gladstone said that he had always felt it to
be defect that there 'ras not u proper method
got up in Years. He formed Bible class 1nnny
years ugo. which met IN his own house. and ho
felt that when these young men left for the
some communication amongst the old members.
lie formed what was called corps Of Christian
tho ro nnd oa t1ocs were M oon non on
once year, and those ar a distance wrote let
tcrs telling old friends how they were getting
they Kept up a constant communication with
each other. He did not sec why thoy should nor
hAve such 4 c0r3s among tho members Of tho
In the evening the Lord Mayor and Lady
slayoress held Il reception Of tho delegates ut
the Mansion House. Nearly 500 cards OF invita-
proportion of ladies'. After the company, who
were announced by Mr. tlarker. had been pre-
II meeting was held in Inc Egyptian hall, which
1ras tl!ea. Tho address Of tuo cvcui,,., arils de-
lived by the Earl Of Shaftsbury. IN the capacity
Of President ot the Association, the noble Lord
coming direct from tho Llnd bill debate In tho
House Of Lords for tho purpose.
The Lord Mayor. who presided. oIcreda hearty
welcome at the Mnnsion House to nll tho dele
gates, and said it gave tho Lady Nnyoress and
himself great pleasure tn see such II host of
rcsentatiyes OF the Young Mems Christian Aa-
sOcinuon. 1t w:s seldom THAI Il uiasl hid the
privilege or Mr.. George Williams of seeing III
hts lifetime such important results from lin In
StiutfDu which he had been foremost in fOllld-
ing. lCheers] He wis certain Mr. Williams
must ho II happy man Oh thnt oscnson IL th!nS
work. He THE Lord Alayot} rejoiccd to know
that the organization had progressed with such
single part OF the world. where there was an
English speaking population, where Il branch Of
the Association might not pc founu. " all the
agencies for promoting the ltccdemer's Kingdom
In the world. than this there was not one lnorc
powerful. lie then callta on Lord Shaftesbury,
whose name was beloved anu honOrcI not only
in England, but throughout tho world to ad-
The Earl of shaftesbury. on rising, recclredan
ovation, the delegates rising in body and cheer
ing tho venerable noblernau. Lord Shuftcsbury
sufd he appeared there in the capacity OF Presi-
dent Of the Association, aud as such he felt
affiliated to all the branches established In diff
fercne parts Of the world Tor the advancement
OF the Hedeemcr's Kingdom He congratulated
the Lord Mayor on bis Mayoralty being sig'.al-
in the annals OF thb civic mansion. HUI Of tho
various gatherings that had lately assembled
within those wallis he c!uime'l that noue would
occasion. lle regarded the lurge assembly of
representatives for the various natfonalitics of
the earth as Il great EcumcIical Council, con
vened TO consider the highest welfare OF the
that tho Ecumenical Council would not
assieai Hstory had G writte: " Wien eoas to
think Ut these Councils, l am constrained to say
There is none thar docth good-no, not one.
This Council wns Of i different character, and
was nor assembled to settle doubts contro
yersy, They had unity Of thought and spirit, ]
and their object, was unity OF action tn spread
stood and hoped to die. Their purpose was Il
grand onc.-to raisc the mental And moral con- |
ition Of young men III a every stau9n On Of hfe
some for whnt was called protection; but they ]
did not require protection in relisi2n, but I'd
Iheir tariff f. no good 5aiuenee a' was is cx-
Guided that would bring the nations into bur-
the Young Mems Christian Association, he
OnhEu 1QfWHFu u kue NtttllEllAGuA u
rhat ho must express BIZ word used
oy tho Communists. but word which, as 1t was
good one, he would avail himself of-the soli-
lnrity Of nations. He rcjoiced to see SO many
md various foreign representatives, and he was
slad to sec NOT only American brethren bur ]
many American sisters present. 1le was salts
led that this was age for the employment Of !
women, and that the influence Of the gentle sex |
.oud do much for tho neglected MASSES. The
he overthrow of old institutions. but by the
unity of good efforts. Their crred WAS that NIL
neu hnd the same God for thor Creator. tho !
aIne Christ for their Icdeemer, and the same
for their dests,ly. and he hoped
heir foreign brethren would be specially i'm
'resscd h.. their unity with their English
rieuds. The Association had attained
itilinted associations in nil parts of the world
ONE very remote. such rs III japan and Mada- !
uscar. He saw in the spread OF this work some
OF the prophecy Of Duuiel. ''Muny |
hall run to and fro, and knowledge shnll be in
reused" He wished t;.hlspeed to such efforts
0 bind the nations to another nnd trusted
bat the outcome would be the consum1nadon Of
Universal peace.
Some ten or dozen addresses followed. varied t
BY singing. Mnj. Sturgis tBoston.
!. S. ~ WAS the first speaker and succeeded
; Monsieur Ftrmand GENERAL, tho lion. W Z.
|odt;c New York; the Rev. q. N. Pyin tAuclz- !
md, New Zenland}, Mr.. Bruce {AfelbourneI, |
Gsteur Cook Paris. and Mr. Morse. \ vote Of |
hanks to the Lord Mayor W,ss cordially voted J
n the motion Of MT. George Williams. seconded
y Dir. r. y. Denny Tho proceedings were |
pened with prayer by the Rev. Il. c. Billing,
I'D were closed In the same MANNER
GENERAL NOTES.