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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION.
Office-bearers — Honorary directors, the Hon. the
Lord Provost, Alexander Whitelaw, Esq., M.P., Dr.
Cameron, M.P., Arch. Orr Ewing, Esq., M.P., J. A.
Campbell, Esq., LL.D., W. Wilson, Esq., J. C. White,
Esq., A. Allan, Esq., Rev. R. Jamieson, D.D., Rev. J.
Marshall Lang, D.D., Rev. J. Riddell, B.A , Rev. J.
Black, D.D , Rev. D. M'Ewan, D.D., Rev. F. Fergu-
son, M.A., Rev. Professor Douglas ; John Morrison,
Esq., president; J. H. N. Graham, Esq., and N.
Carswell, Esq., vice-presidents; John Reid, Esq, 56
Glassford Street, treas-urer; A. A. Govan, Esq., 15
Renfield Street, hon. secretary.
The object of this Association is to promote the
intellectual, moral, and religious improvement of
young men; and it ofiPers facilities for social inter-
course, where every effort is made to exclude evil
influences. To carry out this object there are — The
annual course of City Hall lectures, Bible classes and
other agencies in various districts of the city, devo-
tional and other meetings, reading room supplied with
the leading newspapers and magazines, circulating
and reference libraries, educational and other classes.
Room's, 280 George Street.
GLASGOW SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
Committee Rooms, 172 Buchanan Street,
Robert T. Middleton of Hillfoot, president; John
Steel and William Fife, vice-presidents ; John Hen-
derson, 254 Sauchiehall Street, treasurer ; James
Richmond, 107 King's Park Place, James Andrew,
387 Duke St., and Peter M'Omish, 132 W. Nile St.,
secretaries ; with twelve directors, alung with repre-
sentatives from the District Unions of the city. Dir-
ectors meet for business on third Monday of each
month.
The objects of the Union are to encourage, unite,
and increase Sabbath Schools in the Ciiy of Glasgow
and Neighbourhood ; and to improve the methods of
conducting them, by circulating information, and
giving currency to useful suggestions.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT SABBATH SCHOOL
UNION.
Bailie W. M'Onie, Bailie Wm. Wilson, Bailie J.
Laing, Councillor Garvie, Messrs. G. W. dark, J. K.
Sim, Alex. Abercrombie, Robert Ramsay, W. Prim-
rose, and R. Westlands, honorary directors ; A. Aird,
president; Robert Neill, vice-president; G. Gray, 73
South Portland Street, treasurer; Neil Marquis, 25
Abbotsford Place, and Wm. Harrison, 42 M'Kinlay
Street, secretaries.
The committee meets, for the transaction of
business, on the second Mondays of January, March,
May, July, September, and November, in Buchanan's
Temperance Hotel, 20 Carlton Place, at 7.45 p.m.
LADIES' AUXILIARY TO THE GLASGOW
CITY MISSION.
Mrs. George Burns, 1 Park Gardens, president;
treasurer; Mrs. A. Allan, 2 Park
Gardens, secretary; 110 lady collectors. Meets in
Religious Institution Rooms on the last Tuesday of
January and March, at 1 p.m.
GLASGOW YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY FOR
RELIGIOUS IMPROVEMENT.
Central Rooms, 59 Hutcheson Street.
James King, Esq., of Levernholm, hon. president ; ,
Revs. J. Marshall Lang, D.D., Principal Douglas, D.D.,
R. M. Thornton, John Brand, Albert Goodrich, ,
F. Ferguson, D D., A. Wylie, M.A., Wm. Mearns,
M.A., J. Bennett, M.A., C. Cameron, Esq., LL.D.,
M.P., Sheriff Cla.k, Sir J. Watson, J. A. Campbell,
Esq., LL D., J. Burns, Esq., James Cleland Burns, ,
Esq., Bailie Collins, J. C. White, Esq., Geo. Mattin-,
Esq., hon. vice-presidents ; H. Clow, Esq., president ;
Messrs. James liichmond and Robert Murdoch, vice-
presidents; J. S. Anderson, 22 Albert Drive, Cross- •'
hill; David Dreghorn, 8 Ibrox Place, Ibroxholm ; ;
and Alex. Riddell, 324 Scoiland Street, secretaries;:!
John Braidwood, 9 Union Street, treasurer; Robert II
Brown, Alex. Brownlie, James Bruce, John Bums, I
Tlios. Burt, John Connal, Alex. A. Laird, A. M. j
Lindsay, W. Logie, Alex. Menzies. W. More, John R.. .|
M'liityre, Wm. M. Odtts, John Rodger, E. Russell, |
J. Waddell, and D. M. West, directors.
This society has for its object (1) The establish-
ment, maintenance, and union, throughout the city, |
vicinity, and West of Scotland, of associations of ,
young men for mutual and religious improvement by j
engaging in the study of God's word and other ]
religious exercises ; (2) The institution of week-day I
evening classes and other auxiliary agencies for the j
intellectual and moral improvement of young men;
and (3) The maintenance of an evangelistic mission.
Membership, 31st December, 1876—4950.
PARTICK AND HILLHEAD SABBATH
SCHOOL UNION.
Peter Bertram, president ; Wm. Bisset, vice-presi-
dent; Henry Stewart, Meadowvale, Partick, treasurer;
Alex. Morrison, Thos. Henderson, M. Liddell, John
Gourlay, James Stewart, John Hastie, George Smith,
S. Menzies, M'Naughton, and Edw. Alexander,
directors; John Riddoch, 3 Dowanvale Ter., Partick,
and R. Cowan M'lutyre, 2 Sandbank Place, Partick,
secretaries.
GLASGOW MAGDALENE INSTITUTION FOR
THE REPRESSION OF VICE AND THE
REFORMATION OF PENITENT FEMALES.
Office and receiving House, 17 Stirling Road.
J. Hannan, president ; J. D. Bryce, G. Burns, J. A.
Campbell, LL.D., G. Martin, and J. Mitchell, LL.D.,
vice-presidents; J. Gray, M. D., physician; James C.
Wyper, 107 Union Street, hon. treasurer; R. W. Sin-
clair, secretary; and a committee of 42 directors.
Subscriptions and donations in aid of the institution
will be received by the treasurer, secretary, or by
any of the directors. Information as to the objects
and operations of the society may be obtained from
the secretary, to whom all communications relating
to the business of the society should be addressed, at
the office.
Applicants for admission are received at the Pro-
bationary Home, 17 Stirling Road. This Home ac-
commodates 60 inmates. The Society's reformatory
and industrial work is prosecuted at the Home, Loch-
burn, Maryhill, which gives accommodation to 130
inmates.