THE Y.M.C.A

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 4

THE Y.M.C.A

! ../.::, CONFERENCE..- .■; ; ! In connection with tho nest Imperial Con-, ferenca of' Young Men's Christian Associations, to be hold at Liverpool;in June, 1910, Mr. W. A. Mills, .secretary: of. the 'Rational Y.M.C.A. .Council;. has -. audressed .to , ; tho ■ associations throughout- the Empire a, circular letter of. information I 'concerning ,tho arrangements.' ;..;■. , Delegates■ accredited : .by tho 'associations, will ■be entitled, under, the provisions of the unioni to .the full .official.privileges of. the conference,' and;it.is' earnestly hoped that all.associations of the nations of Australia, New .Zealand, Canada; South .Africa,'. India,.,;. Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, together with .other federated countries,-will,do what ,thoy.can Iα_ make tho: conferenco thoroughly representative' of .the' Empirbi as 'a.whole. The cbnferenco will: take place .'in the; city of Liverpool, Juno 7 to 10, -1910. ; Tho '.Lord Mayor of Liverpool will welcome'tho. delegates' on behalf of tho citizens, and the Archdeacon of Livernool on.behalf of the-Churches, while Lord Kinnaird. and Mr. Howard iWilliams (son of tho founder) will be : among those who will take part in .tho proceedings; ■-,> ■'■■■:.'. ■■■''•■'.'.-.'■; ;.:-,"--.;, ■■.■ -;:'The-full',National.-Council.-, will: -assemble prior.' to -the reception for. its' business session, the--.members:, being ' entertained, at -lunoheou, by the' president of the Liverpool Association. Thev-Bishop of Livorpool will speak : at' tho first Mssion upon-tlie, topic,' "Youiig Men in Relation;.to ' tho Future of : . the. Nation and Empire." Other subjects considered will bo; "Young Men in Relation to the Work of-the Churches";' "Tho-Ideal Association'for (a)' the City, (b)' the Small:; Town,; (c)-the Village';--.-'Tbo ■.' -.Supervisory . ; Agencies—Divisional, National, International—in Relation ,, - to tho Progress" of tho 'Movement , ';v. "The . Young : Mon's' Association in' Rolation to 'the Work of ; Sunday ■; Schools," etc.- Following - tho first session, : an Official welcome, will ba givon ;to a body of representatives of the German Associations, who will .'be .visiting - tho/ British • Associations it the time, as an expression of the good-will' existing between' tho associations and citizens ol tho \ two countries. ; ~..:.,'■