SOME time ago, when I was considering what method it would be best to adopt in Sunday afternoon readings with a small class in the Working Men’s College, I received a communication which helped me to come to a decision. It came in the form of a proposal for a new association, to be called “The Christian Guild.” The promoters were persons living in our northern towns, some of which had lately gained a bad reputation for savage assaults and crimes of violence. My correspondents believed that some organised effort ought to be made to meet this evil, and that there was nothing in existence which would serve their purpose. The Young Men’s Christian Associations had increased of late indeed in num…
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