Y.M.C.A. NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 13

Y.M.C.A. NOTES.

-. ■ ; '.:^' ; ■: :,: * :^^^-.-(By:'H.N.a)-'^;';^-''; '■:•;/; \ '•■.;'-. ; _Mr. John Henry : Puttsrill,- : the; widely- c ~ .•,;.-, Rnown;.and dovoted general socretarv of the ; ,;;■ Exeter; Hair T;M.C.£rLondon, passed Jlr '3 quite unexpectedly ori: February 25. The loss i to Mwtaatino work;, is incalculable. He oc-.l <

cupied a promiuent position in religious work circles in London, and was secretary of the great Torrey-Alexander Mission three yeare ago in th&. Albert Hall.

;Ottawa, the capital of Canada, has just opened its new association building at a cost of £60,000. It has a frontago of 122 and 06; feet on ; r two, main' streets. "■ This fine structure-for the young men and boys of the Dominion's metropolis will bo opened ontirely free of debt.-, '.. ~, . ■••■■'. ;;-Tho Chic§gp X'MX.'A. proposes to erect a £100,000 hostel,'-which will accommodate 1000 men, . and, assuro for "transients and strangers" in the city rooms at the lowest prices, with cleanliness, comfort, economy, andsafety.'Other-building projects aro a rescue department 'for 'Mown arid out" mon aiid a '.building, for young negroes. A complete building for working boys has been opened. ! The Chicago: Association had 11,863 members;on.their-roll'last year. ■'" -V ■ 'The Government of India■ has found the association Van'institution so important to jof, the country; that it. has gi von central building .sites '. on which' to erect association buildings in Calcutta,. Madras, and Allahabad.; Besides promising a large annual money: grnnt, it has paid 35,000 rupees of the 66,000 rupee debt 'on the Calcutta building. In Simla the Ijulk of the money contributed for an ■ association .building was , given by; Government officials, and at Rangoon, in a quiet canvas lasting over eleven days, 9274 rupees were secured. '•• '''•''■"■'•:/. ,• Mr. H. R. .Salt,.' late; assistant-secretary at Gisborno, has been appointed general secretary of the■ Hamilton Ass<Kiation., i -.' , , . Jlr. Leslie M. Shaw, ex-Secretary of the U.S.A. Treasury, said at the.house-warming celebration of the West Chester new building :~"I. do hope 'that- the .present conftiry .will discover the boys. -They; are hardly getting a fair show mow, '■• yet tho doors are swinging: ; ; open .and some of the boys are ■getting-the'glad hand; just;in time, too,', at such institutions .as this'.:. Manhood is'.often developed; in ;h'ard iplaces, .yet the world ;is: getting .so much bettor Uhat in' spots the younL fellow is. actually aided •to seek, that whicn' makes for his happiness as. well, asfor' his;character.;!The happiest are the busiest, not the idlers..; Industry, is' no sin; economy is a; most/desirable virtue. Young men, you will find your great element of success in being : able- to meet tho, requirements .of.life: thoso-that tax your courage; but your greatest, riches -■ may,'and can,,• be spiritual msdbm. common sense, more determination to. do tho right, whether easy or difficult. Hove good ;ideals, have standards of your. own. for you can never live up to , the standards that,you set for others." '-:■-'■;'■ : .';:;S":;JpfriNcs. i --'-;': ■'.■■,.;" ■".-.- "Tie Presbyterian Synod ■of -Ota go and Southland is-sending put a communication to :all.:the ; presbyfefies outside, the' b'o.undariee of the.pld' Church,of. Otago and Southland, asking, them to appoint representatives to a , committee, .which..will;:take. the -initial;'steps to' secure thVappointment of a professor, for tho /Theological College; in Dunedin' in suceeesiori,l to , the.late Dr. Dunlcp.,; The Presbytery of .Wellington -will be a'sked .to appoint; twbj.represfin-tati'ree-to the committee, which ,wiU',iineci:'ih',Christchurch .on'May;;ll; If is fluderstbod.thatapplicationß.-for the vacant prpfeeepishiprwill :be' invited in. the.- United Kingdom .< and the/colonies.-' The .Synod of GtSgb and. Southland was the chief cbntrollingibody of.tho Southern Church.before the utiibn, ■'aJiswering ; tb;-the..Assembly' ofithe Northern' Churoh.'.'.WhWthe union wasoonsummatbd, the synod, while becoming: subject to the General .Assembly;in other respects, retained-the sole,control of. its truet funds, and even.now it could divide the Church if it' decided to': :abt;independently in, cei-tein financiaj-mattcrs. 'It was understood,, howeverV at ■|the;.time of .union,, that the , , synod would not niake important-financial changee without ■< the General -.Assembly,, and;,thpugh.many people' prophesied friction ajid trouble as ;.thb ; result,of this division of authority,,the ;s)Tic4:has .always.'shown, the greatest solicitude to honour:' the assembly, a.nd the.-two;bodice have-worked together .with^complete, 'harmonyi .. ;In ;the- present in£7fcance,: th^fSynbd;might;have waited:till the next before;consultirig. (m ithp; question''bf •$, *:succeß*or>::to! -Dr. , punlop;V;'but .it^hasrpfeferre'd'^O!'give 1 the earliest;.arid|fullest' opportunity for the ; whble Church; to.'esbress', its; views,; by .referring the .:'*.■' ;-,-'Three l^hymnals .are used in' different Pres■bytorian,;churches:'of;.'• New-.'-Zealand, all of Lwhic'h.'hafe,-feceived,.at : various' : .times;. ; the approval of .the' General Assembly.: They are iho, old edition; of .."Church , . the lymn bbok'-vbf; the.Presbyterian.Church .;■ in England.vthe :vChurch. : . : ::Hs'mnai,'.! .used by the'Presbyterian'.Churoh.'-of .Scotland : andireland,;and the-new.;edition of . "Church. Praise,'' which' ib'practically a , .new' book.' It iis. duribu's that the book'ado j>Wd by "tho. English ■Presbyterian , ; Church ' 'Sebms to te more popular' m. New Zealand than 1 lie book of: the Scottish' arid Irish Church. An overture is ;beingi sent:by the Wellington: Presbytery, to.the.. General .Assembly, recommending, that onlyi'bifc book 'shall be recognised as ;,the. song book; of the . Church, ya future, ■■previde'd that congregations which .arousing other'•books at the present time shall''not be hampered by the decision.:; ; .vlt has.been pointed out that the present campaign' for the abolition of Sunday entertainments in , is' the first} occasion: in the\history of New; Zealand oh which all , the:Churches are co-operating, from tho Roman Cathplics- tp'Vthe-Unitarians.. ! : ■■■..■ I-.; It•■•■ is .understood that' a proposal 'on the' part-of some of,tho authorities of the;AnglicautChurch:in New Zealand has beenVsubnitt'ed -■' to.'; prominent men ■';' in < tlie Presbytefian ; Church, with . a view to co-bporatio'n'in-'the institution .of a body ,for holding' theological examinations and grants :iM,,theological;degreos.- Some time ago an effort, was ■made to , induce .'the 'University Senate tp establish-'degrees in theology, and the .present proposal 13 the outcome of the' site's refusal to: accede to that request. Even if 'the suggestion; conies to nothing, it is interesting; a^'.shpwing' the increasing tendency towards co-operation on the part of Churchesl, ~ ':; ;, . ; . .-'... . ;.; .The conference as -to union between' tho -Anglican. -and Presbyterian Churches -in the Commonwealth appears to have been a very short bio' 'in ■'Melbourne, but-why has' not been stated: (siys : the Sydney : " Daily.-Tele-"The: proceedings 'only lasted , about an hourj. although Spmo of the delegates had travelled /long .journeys., to ;.be .-present.; ;it will.be iriteres'ting to know ,h6w far.agree:ment wfta reached, >and '.why. union has not coftie. Was tho •difficulty.over the "Historic Episcopate/": insisted on by the Lambeth Conference?;, Whatever- has-rhappened;. the confer*nces;"<>f;which v this;lastwas.the third in which;'■■' tho;; delegates had met, will have shown that there i 3 a real desire to,' if possible, unite; the; Churches of. England and Scotland,';'and;-what may have taken -place may prove steps towards future action. Tho proceedings hayo not been made public.

:; Lieut.-Colonol "Jolliffe, tho Salvation Army's Financial Secretary, and the officer rupon^whom,falls,tho duty of arranging the details of;such.Royal interviews as that recently .accordod, to General Booth by* Queen Ajexandm, was originally intendedfor the diplomatic service, and was studying diligently for that end when all his plans were upset. At a , drawing-room meeting ; ' Mield Under the auspices of the Y.M.0.A.: :the 'claims. of the' Salvation Array were pressed by.enthusiastic arid' unorthodox speakers.' Not many weeks Mr, Jolliffe found himself-installed as a ■ clerical' assistant in one of the . divisional headquarters. For sevsral'.years rtow his has been the onerous; duty of seeing that there is sufficient specie ..in"- the war-chest to meet the ever-increasing<,;claims of -tne campaign. .

.Elijah:.''Cadman; the .five-foot '.Oomrnissioner'vof' the .Salvation Army, who was in New '.Zealand 'a'few years agOj, is just concluding a campaign; in the; Dominion of .Canada,' .whore he -has been engaged since last October; His fiery deminciAtions pf sin, ft'nd.his. particularly 'striking and picturesque methods (says an English weekly) are pecu.'liarly suited to'tho Newfoundland 'fishermen,.'! •Monjst whom he had a: most 'successful! e»mp*i£n. Commissioner C.idman was the first StlTationist to take to himself, the title of ctptain—»', mev» h» took when in charge of;tlie Chrjstiin Mission work in Yorkshire. H« fi«»ndilis«d "respectable Whitby ,by ' »p----pearinj as the H»llelujsh C*ptiin, but e«ptured large.-numbers reuths and bad characters by his daring .move. ' -

■"Tho Rev.' T. Rhondda Williams, for 21 years- minister at Grocnficld Church, , Bradhas accepted an : invitatipn to tne pastorate of Union Church, Brighton. . .-.' '