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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTITUT TONS.
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THE EAST END GOSPEL MISSION
(70 Risk Street, CaltoD, Glasgow)
Churcli — Suffolk Street.
And Children's Sea Side Home and
Retreat, Dunoon.
This Mission has for its object the elevation, re-
ligiously and socially, of the masses of the city slums,
principally aiming at those who know no church or
';Other place of worship. In addition to preaching the
fGospel, whereby outcasts and fallen are brought to a
knowledge of the truth, their temporal wants are
cared for. Daring periods of distress, the Mission
has been the means of saving many poor families
from utter want and ruin, and to-day numbers are
hard-working respectable members of society, who,
if solely left to themselves, would be on the downward
path of sin and misery. The accounts of the Mission
are made up and vouched for annually and audited
by Robert Blair, Esq., C.A., whose certificate is
^appended thereto.
The Children's Home and Retreat at Dunoon has
proved a great boon to the little ones. As a provision
iagainst infection die children are examined by a
fmedical man in Glasgow before leaving, and again
|on iheir arrival at the Home, where the local medical
foificer attends periodically.
[ Owing to the difBculty experienced by mistresses
lia obtaming suitable servants, and of the latter in
Jobtaining employment, a Free Registry Office has
'been opened at 2 Sword Street, Gallowgate, as a
jdirect medium between mibtreases and servants.
jjThe characters of the latter are personally investi-
iWgated by the superintendent belore the servants
are recommended, and the result has been most
gratifying. No Jees whatever are charged. The
: I Mission is supported by voluntary subscriptions and
donations, and a copy of the Annual Report with
certified abstracts of accounts is sent to each subscriber.
i!!^T. G. A. Scott, superintendent; P. E. Fitzpatrick,
Isecretary.
! THE GLASGOW PROTESTANT LAYMEN'S
ASSOCIATION.
Instituted 1852.
Secretary, Mr. Jas. Heaney, 40 Garthland Drive,
Dennistonn.
The objects of the Association shall be: — To
combat and expose by every legitimate means the
pretensions and claims of the Papacy as opposed to
God's truth and the Civil and Religious Liberty of
Mankind ; to disseminate a knowledge of, and give
directions to, the all-important principles and interests
involved in the Protestant Reformation ; to expose
and counteract the insidious propagation of Infidelity
and other prevalent forms of Unscriptural Error ;
to foster among the members a vital Christianity ;
and to engage in any work of Christian truth and
usefulness that may fall within the scope of the
general principles and objects of the Association.
The Association will seek to realise its various
objects by Public Meetings, Sermons, Lectures, Pub-
lications, and Petitions, as well as by meetings of
the members for Devotional Exercises, the Reading
of Essays, or engaging in discussions, and by other
lawful means which the exigencies of the time may
demand.
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GLASGOW FOUNDRY BOYS' RELIGIOUS
SOCIETY.
Instituted 1865.
The Society has for its object the religious, educa-
tional, and social elevation of the boys and girls of
Glasgow. Membership — 18,904 lads and girls, and
2170 voluntary workers. It has 80 branches in the
city and suburbs.
Honorary President — His Grace The Duke of
Argyll, K.T., K.G.
Honorary vice-Presidents — Rev. Joseph Brown,
D.D., Rev. D. Macleod, D.D., Rev. James M'Ewen,
M.A., Rev. Thos. Adamson, B.D., Rev. James Brown,
M.A.,Rev. JohnOrr,Rev. Prof.Fergiis Ferguson, D.D.,
Rev. John Tainsh, Rt. Hon. Lord Overtoun, Hon.
David Richmond, Lord Provost, Sir Jas. King, Bart.,
LL.D., Sir John Muir, Bart, Sir J. N. Culhbertson,
Sir John Burns, Bart., James Campbell, and J. S.
Napier.
Directors — Samuel Chisholm, president; John Col-
tart, vice-president; Jas. L. Selkirk, C. A., treasurer, 64
West Regent St.; Robert Oliphant, secy., 157 West
George Street; George Hunter, Thomas Macnair,
James Dick, Alex. MacKeith, James Wilson, John
Stuart, R. Fotheringham, H. K. Brombead, T. S.
Brown, L. P. M'Gavin, Thomas Forsyth, Thomas Kay,
Thos. M'Murtrie, David Rodger, Thos. Wilson, Joha
S. Craig, Chas. Keay, Robt. Wilson, Robt. Buchanan,
and William Macnee, directors. Committee Rooms,
The Christian Institute, 70 Bothwell street.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S EVANGELISTIC
MISSION.
Bethel — The Ferry, 10 Springfield Terrace, 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 ha>i 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
secretary, Mr. James Neilson, The Ferry, 10 Spring-
field Terrace, s.s., Glasgow.
WESTERN DISTRICT SABBATH-SCHOOL
UNION.
Instituted 1845.
Office-bearers nominated for election for 1897-98.
— President, R. W. Henry, Esq. ; vice-president,
Thomas N. Hill, Esq. ; treasurer, David Meiklereid,
80 York Street; secretaries, R. Lockhart Bryden,
B.L., 102 Bath St., David Tait, jr., 58 Bath St., and
Maurice Prater, 121 Garthland Drive, Deimistoun.
The Directors and Representatives meet in the
Deacons' Court room, Free St Matthew's Church, on
the last Tuesday of January, March, May, September,
and November.