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RELIGIOUS AMD MORAL INSTITUTIONS.
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GLASGOW WORKING MEN'S MISSION-
MISSION TO THE FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN
AND WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION.
Halls and Office, 8 Watson Street, City.
Hon. Pres., ex-Provost M 'Lean, Central Chambers;
hon. -vice-president, George Stewart, Esq., Carlton
Lodge ; president. Rev. Professor Macklin, 22 Moray
Place ; treasurer, Thomaa Martin, Esq., 4 Emily
Place ; solicitor, John Hope, Esq., 173 St Vincent
Street; lady superintendent, Mrs. Henry Smith;
auditors. Love & Paterson, C.A., 196 St Vincent St.
I The Mission, which is pre-eminently a slum one,
!is evangelical in its doctrines, unaectarian in its opera-
tions, and is supported by voluntary contributions.
The affairs of the society are managed by a committee
of fourteen. Free breakfasts and teas are given weekly
during the cold weather, and in connection with the
work there is a holiday home for respectable poor at
Kirn, The industrial branch of the mission sends
out strong reliable women to wash and clean by the
day or hour. All communications should be addressed,
and cheques and postal orders made payable to, Mrs.
Henry Smith, 8 Watson Street, Glasgow.
THE SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.
Office, 108 Hope Street.
Object — The entire abolition of the drinking system-
President, Alex. P. Forrester Paton, J.P., Alloa;
vice-presidents, Rev. J. Brown, D.D., Rev. Professor
F. Ferguson, M.A., D.D., Rev. James Stewart,
D.D., Rev. William Ritchie, D.D., Rev. J. C.
Russell, D.D., Rev. Principal George C. Hutton,
D.D., Messrs. R. Lockhart, D. J. Macfie, J.P., John
Wilson, M.P., J.P., W. Cairney, Peter M'Lagan, ex-
M.P., George Smith, A. H. Maclean, J.P., James
Guthrie, J.P., Sir Andrew Maclean, Knt., J.P.,
James Johnston, A. Cameron Corbett, M.P., es-
Provost Jas. Clark, J.P., Neil Carmichael, M.D.,
A. S. Cook, D. Colville, J.P., ex-Provost Campbell,
J.P., and ex- Provost Moncur.
Directors, Messrs. William Wallace, Councillor J.
Davidson, Alex. Lamberton, David Arthur, David
Anderson, T. Dunnachie, Francis Spite, John Muir,
David Fortune, William Davidson, Archd. Stewart,
Sev. Wm. Ross, Rev. Geo. Gladstone, Robt. Whitson,
Adam K. Rodger, William J. Wood, John Smith,
Thomas Davidson, Andrew Forbes, A. J. Hunter,
Dr. R. Wilson Bruce, H. Steven, R. Cameron, and
,Thos. 0. Niven.
Chairman, Rev. George Gladstone ; vice-chairman,
Thomas Dunnachie; treasurer, Ales. Lamberton;
secretary, Wm. Johnston.
WEST OF SCOTLAND BIBLE SOCIETY.
149 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.
Rev. T. B. W. Niven, D.D., of Pollokshields, and
Rev. Robert Blair, D.D., of St. John's, Edinburgh,
iccretaries; J. E. Watson, 149 St. Vincent Street,
treasurer.
Applications for grants naay be made to the secre-
taries or treasurer.
M'ALL MISSION IN FRANCE.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Auxiliary.
Hon.' treasurer, Robert Pii-rie, Esq., 207 W. George
Street ;<; hon. secretary, Wm. M. Wisely, Esq., The
Scottish Provident Institution, 29 St. Vincent Place.
THE SCOTTISH PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.
Objects — The promotion and defence of our com-
mon Christianity, the exposure of Romanism and In-
fidelity, the instruction of Roman Catholics in Bible
truth, and the maintenance of the principles of the
Scottish Reformation. President, Sir Jas. Colquhoun,
Bart, of Colquhoun and Luss; W. C. Maughan, J.P.,
chairman of directors; Peter Hutcheson, J. P., vice-
chairman ; Rev. R. Pryde, M.A., Broompark circus,
secy.; Jas. M'Michael, 36 Argyle arcade, treasurer.
Rooms of the Alliance, 12 Argyle arcade.
THE BOYS' BRIGADE.
Head-Quarters office, 162 Buchanan Street ;
Brigade secretary, W. A. Smith.
The object of the Brigade is the advance-
ment of Christ's Kingdom among Boys, and the pro-
motion of habits of obedience, reverence, discipline,
self-respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian
manliness. The Brigade was instituted in 1883, and
is composed of companies connected with churches,
missions, and other Christian organisations in various
parts of the United Kingdom.
THE GLASGOW BATTALION OF THE BOTs' EBIGADE
is composed of all the Glasgow companies, the officers
of which constitute the Glasgow battalion council.
Glasgow battalion secretary, Jas. D. Roberton, Head-
Quarters office, 162 Buchanan Street. There are 92
companies in the Glasgow battalion (March, 1896),
with a membership of 320 officers and 4000 boys.
THE GLASGOAV SOCIAL UNION.
President, The Hon. the Lord Provost ; vice-presi-
dents. Sir James King, Bart, LL.D., Sir John Muir,
Bart., Sir J. N. Cuthbertson, Rev. Donald Macleod,
D.D.,Prof. J. G. M'Kendrick,M.D.,F.R.S., ex-Bailie
R. M. Mitchell ; hon. treasurer, John Mann, jr., C.A.,
188 St. Vincent street ; hon. secretary, D. M. Steven-
son, 12 Waterloo Street.
The general objects of the Society are : to encourage
friendly association among those engaged in social
work in Glasgow, to promote sympathetic fellowship
between the well-to-do inhabitants and their poorer
fellow-citizens, and to improve the physical, moral,
and social condition of the latter. AU willing to
assist in advancing the above objects are eligible for
membership, and societies working on similar lines
are eligible for affiliation.
THE WEST OF SCOTLAND PEACE AND
ARBITRATION SOCIETY.
' President, James Clark, J.P., Chapel House,
Paisley; secretary and treasurer, William James
Begg, writer, 150 Hope Street.
The object of this Society is to promote peace
and goodwill among men by the recognition and
practice of the principles of peace and arbitration in
the settlement of international and industrial dis-
putes. All persons who are willing to join the
Society, which is supported by voluntary contribu-
tions, are invited to send in their names to the
secretary.
The secretary will also be glad to arrange for
lectures on the subject of peace and arbitration.