The morning times., 1895-11-11
-FOUR DECADES OF WORK
Celebration Of the Forty-third
Anniversary Of the Y. N. c. A.
PROGRAMME OF SERVICES
Memorial Meeting TO BE Held at Foun-
dry Church on Wednesday-Hev.
Dr. George Elliott of Philadelphia
win Preach the Anniversary Ser
mon-Sketch OF the Association.

The forty-third anniversary Of the organi-
Zation of the Young Mems Christian
Association here Will be celebrated next
Wednesday. The memorial meeting viii
be held at Foundry Methodis Church,
at 80 p. M. There Will he music, reports
of progress and addresses. The ami
versary sermon will be preached by the
Rev. George Elliott, u. D., pastor or the
Spring Garden NJ. E. Church, Philadelphia.
the association Will, for the first time
in many years, come before the community
entirely free from debt 1t will be at
the beginning OF the work of erecting
the splendid new home that its friends
hope to see rise on the ruins OF It's recent
fire, hut nothing of this kind Will be touched
upon at this meeting.
The exercises Will be of a character to
interest all classes, men, women, ami
children, and a good representation OF
all is expected The music will be under
the direction of Mr. william X. Cohen,
orra mist of Foundry Church. Two or
three appropriate select ons will open
the meeting. This Will be followed
by an invocation by Rev. J. G. Butter,
of Luther Place Lutheran Church.
ADDRESSES To BE MADE.
DR.. o. A. Brown, OF Foundry, viii
deliver an address OF welcome and then
representa- tives OF the association VIII
make reports from several departments.
These will not be SO much statistical
as popular and entertaining. They will
.s-atf Ion hnC a M
in the past year, so that il can be readily
understo cd and remembered and will,
to some extent, outline what IL is hoped
viii be accomplished in the year TO come.
Dr. ElHott's address will deal, in n way
TO instruct and please, with some OF the
great problems now engaging the attention
of the Christian world. He was from l ss7
to 1892 pastor Of Foundry Church and
for two years more before going TO Phila-
delphia was located at the Dumbarton
Avenue Church in Georgetown here, so
That he is very well known in this city
and his name in itself viii draw a good at
tendance. But in addition ten-minute
! addresses will be made 10y several OF the
most popular pastors in the city.
These will be, if no change of plans be
comes necessary, Rev. Teunis $. Hamlin
of the Church OF the Covenant, Rev. Alex
andcr Mackaye-Smith of st. Johns, and
Rev. s. H Green of Calvary Baptist. The
close will Toe music and the benediction.
The fdea~of Christian Association organ
/ ization and work came to this country
from London where it was originated
in s44. Washington was one OF the first
places in America to take il up and has
;,ut nj IN - SnrpDh rpIyh
/ the country.
BEGINNING OF THE WORK.
| The work started here in discussion be-
| tween three young friends, Rev. Wm. c.
| Ian gdon, recently deceased, who was
| then employed here, Wm. ]. Reese, then in
the Smithsonian, where he now is chief
| clerk aud Thos. H. Duncan, who is now a Il
| Episcopal minister at Earlville, Md. The
| first public meeting was eld in June, / S52
at the building then known asthe Central
| Academy, at the northeast corner OF Tenth
| and f streets, now used as a stora &c ware
| house. 1t was presided over 10y the Rev.
James Nourse.
1t was well attended and a committee
1 on organization was appointed. There
were representatives from the following
| churches: street nd First Baptist, Trinity,
! Grace aud Ascension Episcopal, McKendree
| Methodist. the Methodist Protestant, Meth
| odist South, aud the First. Second, Fourth
and street Presbyterian.
On June 20, the same year, second
meeting was held, at which permanent Of
| ficers were chosen as follows: Alexander
II. Lawrence, president; William C. LaDgdon
corresponding secretary, and William J.
| Reese, recording secretary. Ninety-oDe
members signed the first constitution and
| paid their fees. Soon after Mr.. Zalnol
| Richards was chosen president to sue
| ceed Mr.. Lawrence, and is generally spoken
Of as the first presiding officer.
THE FIRST MEETING.
The Inaugural meeting was held in IT,
| lecture room of the Smithsonian and Senator
| r. n. Charlton of Virginia presided.
Meetings were held for 4 time at Contra
| Academy, then in succession at the south
east corner of Seventh and E, at Parkinson
| Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the Metro
politan Hotel, at the northeast corner o
Eighth aud IL. over a saddler shop in Seventh
street, In the old Metzerott Hall, between
Ninth and Tenth, in Pennsylvania avenue
at Lincoln Hall, at Ninth and +, whence
| the association went to No. 1903 New
| York avenue, recently burned, and thence
| to the Lehman building.
! Active work is going on preparatory tC
raising the funds for a new building. II
is hoped to avoid going into debt. There
| was meeting Saturday night Of the build
ing and finance committees at the residence
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