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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
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THE CANAL BOATMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY
OF SCOTLAND,
Formerly the Seajiens and Boatmen's
Friend Society.
Porfc-Dundas and St. Eollos.
To promote the social, moral, and religious welfare
of canal boatmen and their families. The means
employed are — preaching the gospel in the Jlission
Hall and in the open air ; the promotion of Sabbath
schools; the establishment of mothers' meetings,
penny banks, temperance societies, and bands of
hope ; the circulation of books, tracts, copies of the
scriptures, and general visitation. Place of worship
— Seamen's Hall, over collector's ofBce, North Speirs
Wliarf, Port-Dundas. President, Leonard Gow ;
hon. vice-president. Sir John Neilson Cuthbertson ;
chairman. Major F. W. Allan ; directors, Rev. G. G.
Green, M.A., Rev. R. Pryde, M.A., T. Robinson, Rev.
J. Hay, M.A., J. H. Waterston, Richard Gunn,
Jas. M'Dougall, Robt. Miller, Thos. H. Watson, and
J. M. Storrar ; treasm'er, George Stout, 81 St. Vin-
cent St. ; secretary, John King, Keppoch Ironworks,
Possilpark; superintendent, Wm. H. Gilbert, 21
Windsor st. Bankers, the Commercial Bank of
Scotland, Gordon street.
The directors have decided upon the erection of
new premises at an early date, comprising mission
hall, coffee, reading, games, and class rooms, wherein
the different departments of the mission work may
be prosecuted with greater comfort and vigour. This
new departure will involve an outlay of over £4,000
— a third of which has already been promised by
friends — and the directors earnestly hope and pray
that God will incline the hearts of the generous
public of Scotland to give a prompt and liberal
response to their appeal for funds to carry out this
most desirable object.
GLASGOW HOME MISSION UNION.
Objects — Visiting and reclaiming the non-church-
going of the city.
Organization — All the evangelical churches of the
city willing to associate and work on recogoized lines.
Method — City divided into five sections, each
section subdivided for congregational endeavours.
General Cauncil: — Rev. J. Marshall Lang, D.D.,
president; Rev. Fergus Ferguson, D.D., Queen's
Park, and Alex. Lamberton, Esq., Kirkton House,
Pollokshields, vice-presidents ; R. D. M'Ewan, Esq.,
22 Montrose Street, treasurer; P. C. Bryce, 46
Hutcheson Street, secretary.
WESTERN DISTRICT SABBATH SCHOOL
UNION.
Directors meet in Hall of Free St. Matthew's
Church on last Tuesday of January, March, Blay,
September, and November.
President, Robt. A. Brydea ; vice-president, John
Fergus; treasurer, James Connell, 149 Hope street ;
secretaries, Thomas N. Hill, 140 Bath street, and
R. L. Bryden, 15 Dalhousie street.
GLASGOW SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
Rooms — Christian Institute, Bothwell St.
Sir J. N. Cuthbertson, 25 Blythswood Sq., pres. ;
And. Crawford, 70 Bothwell St., secretary. 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 and Neigh-
bourhood ; and to improve the methods of conducting
them, by circulating information, and giving currency
to useful suggestions.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S EVANGELISTIC
TJISSION.
BetheTj — 59 Morrison Street, s.s.
Object — The spiritual and social well-being of sea-
men and their families. The work is carried on by a
chaplain, assisted by about sixty voluntary workers.
Seven in-door and 3 open-air services are held weekly.
Bags well stocked with books and a New Testament
in each are put on board out-going vessels. Tracts
in English and in foreign languages are distributed
freely among the men. The ships and sailors' fami-
lies are visited regularly, and the men of the sea are
influenced in every way for good. Other ports have
more than one such society, and the needs of Glasgow,
along with the great success which has followed the
efforts of this Mission, will abundantly justify its
existence. The Seamen's Mission is dependent upon
voluntary contributions, which may be sent to the
treasurer, Mr. Wm. M'Whinnie, 59 Morrison St., s.s.,
Glasgow.
GLASGOW CABMEN'S MISSION.
Lady Burns, Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay,
treasurer; Mr. Robt. Wilson, missionary, under the
superintendence of the Glasgow City Mission.
CHARITABLE AND FSIENDLY IN STIT UT I BT S.
INCORPORATION OF TAILORS OF
GLASGOW.
Office-bearers for the year from September, 1891,
to September, 1892 : — John Forrester, 45 Buchanan
Street, deacon; Jas. Borland, 109 St. Vincent St.,
collector; Donald Macvean, late collector; John
Scott and John Glass, deacon's masters ; Wm. R.
Copland, William Chrystie, Robert Lamb, Wm. C.
Coghill, Charles Crinean, WiUiam Shearer, John
M. Wilkinson, John Williamson, and Alex. Jenkins,
trade's masters ; Wm. Guthrie, Hugh Farquhar, and
Alex. Waddel, members for life ; J. M. Taylor, writer,
180 St. Vincent St., clerk; Alex. Smyth, 185 Duke
Street, officer.
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR,
ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE AGED.
180 Garngad Hill.
This institution was founded at Glasgow in 1862,
and contains now 285 aged poor of both sexes.
The Sisters have no funds whatever ; they support
the aged poor by whatever public charity affords, and
therefore most gratefully accept cast-oif clothes, furni-
ture, donations in money, or anything that may be
offered. This house has just been enlarged, a heavy
debt still remains, the Sisters beg to solicit their bene-
factors and the friends of the poor to remember them
in their charities or legacies.
For admission apply at the institution.