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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTITUTIONS.
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GLASGOW FOUNDRY BOYS' RELIGIOUS
SOCIETY.
Instituted 1865.
The Society was instituted in 1865, and has for
its object the religious, educational, and social eleva-
tion of the boys and girls of Glasgow. Membership —
17,000 boys and girls, and 1800 voluntary workers
— there being no paid teachers or officials. Has 87
hranches in the city and suburbs.
Honorary President — His Grace the Duke of
Argyll, K.T.
Honorary vice-Presidents — Rev. Joseph Brown,
D.D., Rev. John M'Dermid, Rev. Donald MacLeod,
D.D., Rev. A. H. Anderson, Rev. Wm. Hutchison,
Rev. James M'Ewen, M.A., Rev. Marcus Dods,
D.D., Rev. Wm, Leitch, B.A, Dr. Charles Cameron,
M.P., Hon. Wm. Collins, Lord Provost, John Burns,
James Campbell, William Meikle, J. Campbell White,
Wm. Millar, Wm. P. Hunter.
Directors — J. Bell, president ; James Dick, vice-
president ; Wm. Martin, treasurer ; John Coltart,
secretary ; J. Hunter, A. M'Keith, R. Wilson, J. N.
Marshall, Wm. Fleming, D. Hunter, T. Forsyth, W.
Gulliland, J. M'Ewan, S. Chisholm, R. S. Hender-
son, Wm. M. Oatts, A B. Kelley, and S. Todd.
GLASGOW WORKING MEN'S EVANGELISTIC
ASSOCIATION.
Mr. H. A. Long, director of missions.
This association was formed in 1869 to diffuse reli-
gious instruction among the working classes. The
Gospel is preached every Sabbath at 2 o'clock and
6.30 in the Hall at No. 36 Saltmarket, where also
during the week lectures are delivered on scriptural,
ecclesiastical, and scientific subjects. During the
summer months, the above meetings are held (weather
permitting) on Glasgow Green. Through the agency
of the association large quantities of literature, of a
spiritual and educational character, are distributed.
The association is not identified with any religious
body, being intended as an auxiliary to the Christian
church of every denomination.
Ex-bailie J. Mitchell, hon. president; T. Wetherall,
president; G. Mavor, 15 Hutcbeson Sq., treasurer ;
Robert Watt, 102 Montrose street, secretary.
WEST OF SCOTLAND BIBLE SOCIETY.
149 Hope Street, Glasgow.
Rev. T. B. W. Niven, secretary; J. E. Watson,
149 Hope Street, treasurer.
Committees meet first Monday of every month at
3 p.m., in the Religious Institution Rooms, Buchanan
Street.
Applications for grants may be made to the sec-
retary or treasurer.
GLASGOW ABSTAINERS' UNION.
Schemes of operation. — Lectures on Temperance
and Social Progress; City Hall Saturday Evening Con-
certs ; Morning Coffee Stands on the Streets ; Public
Houses without the Drink; Band of Hope; Penny
Savings Banks ; Temperance Library ; Tract Distribu-
tion; Female Missionaries on the "Missing Link"
system ; Sea Side Convalescent Home for the Poor ;
Recreation for the People, &c, &c. James Airlie,
secretary, 58 Renfield Street.
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 40 directors.
Subscriptions and donations in aid of the institution
will be thankfully 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 ad-
dressed, at the office.
Applicants for admission are received at the Pro-
bationary Home, 17 Stirling Road. This Home ac-
commodates 50 inmates. The Society's reformatory
and industrial work is prosecuted at the Home, Loch-
burn, Mary hill, which gives accommodation to 130
inmates.
GLASGOW CONTINENTAL SOCIETY.
G. Burns, president; A. Paterson, LL.D., Jas.
Mitchell, LL.D., James Stevenson, and James Alex.
Campbell, LL.D., vice-presidents; T. Bost, 33 Ren-
field Street, hon. treasurer; John Gumprecht, hon.
secretary, 4 West Regent Street.
GLASGOW SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
Committee Rooms, Christian Institute, Bothwell St.
John E. Watson, president; Robert B. Smith,
and Peter Gardner, vice-presidents; John S. Kelt,
125 Ingram Street, treasurer ; Jas. Richmond, 107
King's Park Place, Peter Mackichan, 235 Bath St.,
and James Campbell, 34 Gray Street, secretaries;
with twelve directors, along with representatives from
the District Unions of the city and suburbs. Directors
meet for business on second Monday of each month.
The objects of the Union are to encourage, unite,
and increase Sabbath Schools in the City of Glasgow
and Neighbourhood ; and to improve the methods of
conducting them, by circulating information, and
giving currency to useful suggestions.
LADIES' AUXILIARY TO THE GLASGOW
CITY MISSION.
Mrs. John Burns, Castle Wemyss, president ; Mrs.
Robert Blytb, 8 Albion Crescent, treasurer; Mrs. A.
Allan, 2 Park Gardens, secretary; 86 collectors.
Meets in Religious Institution Rooms on the last
Tuesday of January and first Tuesday of March, at
1 p.m.
NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT SABBATH
SCHOOL UNION.
J. Smith, president; J. Ingram, vice-president
W. R. Mann, 8 Firpark Ter., treasurer; W. Buchanan
372 Duke Street, and Charles Rigg, 80 Roslea Drive
secretaries; James Howatt, G. Walker, G. Simpson
M. Wotherspoon, Jas. Napier, Jn. Black, Jn. Stuart
John Andrew, Wm. K. Kelly, J. M'Gill, J. Tennent,
T. Gray, A. Paterson, J. C. Erskine, G. M'Farlane.