Y. M. C. A. NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 3

Y. M. C. A. NOTES.

■i : ;- ;^'v'.:|?;:ft ■:':TTie"- , :M6iiiT^%;Mi&iV ; .H'W^™t'' , - : the land andbuUdingi.for je50,000,; wnicu" cost, them ■^30,006':.invJ89KV' ; " r '": ' '

: , A.nother'iremarkablei'jnstance.r , ofT;-the : sound idirec'--torsaSi'.to. ; :fbund; r in' : Bbsto!n,';Trherei.a'?:si.te; and ■building;-^which , - cost: ,£56,000, na6 been soldj ; focJEi3o,o(ip;:'.';>-,-•:A^.. ,-v

■\ A iletter, 'written-.:from China .by.. j: :WUbur. ; Chapman,: who,' ■n-ith' : C; M.., Alexander lias just' , completed 'a'-tbnr.'iti--the :gre'at cities ■. of "Asia; in- .-which; he . worked.-' closely with;the association.;. .I know" of enn!l'J)lace.jih;rtlieiifqrld;; where j^...iii^fm i e^tli ! ef-:;-mjmeyt'.3foiild' count' so much '.'iii' 'the'interest ■■■ of-the : Kingdom'.of;'!Gbdtas:;in:'Chjna, tion r with the n Young' -Men's'v Cbiistiaiv Assq'ciation:' : i; : .'l' have'-IjusE';'lea^ried';'that my, persbnaXvfricnd Wanairiaker,'' lias. just" £iven '^20,000'. for :the erection of Chns■tioh; Association, one ih;'Kbrea/' : ,and''ono':in:.JapanV-;'.l ; am .ca' that r'aim; sure,, froni'. what' I"have seen, that he never-made a greater investment.of ,money,.than for this purpose;. -It. was iworth obniing •,to'-.Ch;ina"tb',ineet Mr. :Brook:', ; ; i lhejv,know;;chinai^and;they:;lqve ■ ffic~C!iinbse~ both know and love thaM'i i unid''tliisj"\Hth r?l:hcli''conoentrated genius and'Qqu-giyen,.abilil:y 1 " , .0f neoossity' •'mciko; them.', th'e "men, for ■ tfie hour, to .'be.'thc i."Joeders-,in';a;]'grcat'?jiation!' .and certainly equip.. them": toxoid in:sblv-' ing the'great;ptoblem>wMoh-to-da#; fronts the Powers,}as well.as^the.Church. . I know-th&,work;in'Shanghai better than 1 , in . other ".cities," for we -were there .'; a ' ; longer.,time, and our .meetings were held in. the vTonng;: Men's : Christian :Association; building.--- i studied; the>equipment; and there ie notliing betteV in.the world, only it isalrc.idy too small for the in--creasing; crowds. :;,Tho ;: yqung:;men"com'T pared :.faypuratoyi',witK;,'.p'utybuhg N men m "America. -1 -conducted,: with « ; liriAlexander, a meeting, for Chinese .men qnlj-, .and in ■ah'''au'dien'ce'pf"6oo' 'I sawno', fewer! than .60 "men, come'forward'and. make;;a .stand; for jChrisy.'andCl- s .'believe they meant it,... I...a6kediChiiiese:.gentlemen ■ aboiitvthe,, work,: and. ,; I wish/ my space -in ,thk'letter "would'.permit 'of' me giving. their'.replies, , which-were, .without' exception, enthusiastically favourable" to the association'.:and'.: the • secretaries.--- - : In tlie light of careful study,.-therefore,'lsav; no; investment for; Christ -in '' all >.- ; the' worlrt .would;.count.-for'-more;thanv ! that ! which,:is .made ~in China," and .made. I : ■■ thei.rear./of■ the-pre--sent fine building'-a- purchase of valuable TO«t? ■iM-lust-been -made/'br iwlith' a. fine-buJding' for boys; wUKsome-^day , be erected. If,l,had 'thei'money.Jl.'wotaa f«}l,'t'.tte.Pnvilegci ofa'lifetiine'toerecf. this building.-- It'isramarveUbus'oppo'rtunitVM 1..W: glad.; tflat'J -.came«toAtte'' Last, ■ :if -for no: other, ■ reason.', than that' : it. has permittedr.rrie";to'...Bee la. form.'-'of.-missionary effort which is so sane.-practi-,«ali •sensible;? and: powerful;" ', ' '' v % it J^- ; iConferenceS'of' a^w^r 8 ' 1 !' 0 e held in Liverpool',: and ;