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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTITUTIONS.
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GLASGOW UNITED YOUNG MEN'S
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Instituted 1824.
Central Rooms — Christian Institute, 70 Bothwell
St. Southern Section — Eglinton Toll. Eastern
Section — 34 and 40 Great Hamilton Street. Govan
Section — Govan Cross. Partick Section — 10 Maxwell
Street.
Hon. President, The Right Hon. Lord Inverclyde,
D.L. ; president, jas. Sinclair, Esq. ; vice-presidents,
James S. Anderson and P. M. Brooks ; treasurers,
A. M. Lindsay, M.A., 87 W. Regent Street, and John
J. Walson, Whitebill, Newlaods ; directors, Jas. S.
Anderson, And. Bell, Bobert Brown, Walter Brown,
W. G. Brown, P. M. Brooks, Thos. Birrell, Wm.
Brownlie, J. P. Campbell, John Connal, Geo. Croll,
Thos. Dick, J.P., W. W. Dove, D. D. Dunlop, And.
Forbes, H. T. Galbraith, Lord Inverclyde, A. M.
Lindsay, M.A., Robert Lyle, J. C. Love, Jas. M'Coll,
P. D. Mackay, Geo. M'Pherson, Henry M'Master,
David Man well, John Marshall, Robert Mider, J. S.
Mitchell, W. M. Oatts, Geo. S. Orr, John Reid, J.P.,
David Ritchie, J. D. Roberton, John S. Samuel,
J.P., F.R.S.E., James Sinclair, W. E. Souter, Gordoo
Strathern, Hugh Smith, John J. Watson, Dun. M.
West, and Jobn Wilson; general secretary, Andrew
Bell, 70 Bothwell Street. Telegraphic address —
" Associate." Naiional Telephone No. 1213, Argyle ;
Corporation No. 3223.
There are 213 Sabbath morning fellowship
meetings, and 4 sections, with reading rooms
and educational classes, in connection with the
Association, with a membership of 7798 young
men. The reading rooms at Christian Insti-
tute and sections are free to members. The
circulating and reference libraries at Christian
Institute and sections are also free to members.
Young men coming from the country should get
letters of introduction to the general secretary,
who will recommend suitable lodgings and introduce
them to Christian society. Letters of introduction
to other associations are given to members leaving
the city.
A gymnasium is fitted up with the most modern im-
provements, which is largely availed of by the members.
Employers of labour and merchants are invited to
consult the employment register at the Christian
Institute before filling vacancies in their workshops
or offices.
THE WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH OF
THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES
ASSOCIATION.
President, The Duchess of Montrose, Buchanan
Castle, Drymen ; vice-president, The Lady Blyths-
wood, Blythswood ; hon. treasurer, Mr. Robt. Gourlay,
Bank of Scotland, Glasgow ; hon. secretary, Capt.
J. G. Rennie, 81 Greendyke Street, Glasgow ; hon.
auditor, Mr. J. W. Gourlay, C. A. , 180 Hope Street,
Glasgow.
M'ALL MISSION IN FRANCE.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Auxiliary.
Hon. treasurer, Robert Pin-ie, Esq., 207 W. George
Street; hon. secretary, A. B. Birkmyre Scott, Esq.,
8. A., IIG Hope Street, Glasgow.
MISSION TO LASCARS IN GLA.SGOW.
(Instituted November 2, 1897.)
Auditor — R. Ferguson, Esq., 212 Bath Street
Glasgow.
Missionary and Collector — Mr. Aziz Ahmad, 36
Bank Street, Billhead
Auditor's Staiemint — Total Income for 12 months,
2nd November, 1902, to Ibt November, 1903, inclu-
sive, £198 19s. 6|d.; Total Expenditure for same
period, £198 19s. V,\A
Details of Exjjenditure — For the support of
five missionaries, including hospitality to Lascars,
£104 2s. l^d. ; Mission House with half-rent and
extra coal and gas, and clothes for LasCiirs, £26 6s.;
Evangelical and Educational Literature, £21 8s. 3d.;
Correspondence, Travelling Expenses, and Charities,
£47 3s. Ifd. ; Total, £198 19s. ejd.
Averat^e income for six years, £163 8s. 7Jd. ;
Missionary's average salary for six }ears,£104 I4s. y^d.
This is the only mission doing work among the
Lascar sailors in Scotland. There is only one
collecting-book in connection with this mission,
and it ij in the custody of Mr. Aziz Ahmad, the autho-
rised collector, who will be pleased to receive sub-
scriptions from parties interested in the work. The
Auditor will also be glad to receive and acknowledge
subscriptions for the mission.
Many thousand Lascars visit Glasgow every year.
The barriers of race, religion, customs, and language
make them extremely difficult of access by European
missionaries.
Mr. Asiz Ahmad, assisted by his wife and family,
devotes his whole time to the work of preaching the
gospel to these Lascars, and teaching them to read
the Holy Scriptures, helping them and brightening
their lives by entertaining them as far as the means
at disposal will permit.
The modest sum of £200 per annum is required for
carrying on this good work, and the Christian public
are invited to assist by contributing towards defray-
ing the expenses of the mission, which absolutely
derives no benefit from the schemes of the churches
or from the grant of any society.
The greatest majority of the Lascars are British
Indians. Left to themselves, they can only take
home unfavourable impressions. This Mission, by
introducing them to beautiful sights and kind friends,
aims to foster friendliness between Indians and
Britons.
R Ferguson, 212 Bath Street, Glasgow.
MISSION TO MEDITERRANEAN GARRISONS
AND SCOTTISH DEPOT HOMES.
(Founded in 1883 by Mrs. Todd Osborne.)
The object of the mission is to minister to the
spiritual needs of the soldiers and their wives stationed
in Gibraltar; the many thousands of royal and
merchant sailors in the bay; the 8000 Spanish
navvies who labour on the Rock ; and the native
population of the Spanish towns of AJgeciras and La
Linea, where cur missionaries are located. The
mission has homes in Gibraltar and Cairo, where
many thousands of soldiers are stationed, and also
depot homes in Inverness and Perth. Office of
mission, 45 Hope Street, Glasgow. Hon. Treasurer,
Mrs. Todd Osborne, Newton-Mearns.