Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . destined to hold for so long a periodwith so much honour to himself and withso beneficial results not only to the Asso-ciation, but to the cause of religion gener-ally. Mr. Shirreffs entered on the dutiesof the secretaryship on 11th February,1875. The , with buildings of itsown, and with a permanent official todirect its operations, may be said to havethen entered on another era in its exist-ence. Under the new order of tilings severaldevelopments soon took place in the workof the Association. In those days theChurches were not .so ac
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . destined to hold for so long a periodwith so much honour to himself and withso beneficial results not only to the Asso-ciation, but to the cause of religion gener-ally. Mr. Shirreffs entered on the dutiesof the secretaryship on 11th February,1875. The , with buildings of itsown, and with a permanent official todirect its operations, may be said to havethen entered on another era in its exist-ence. Under the new order of tilings severaldevelopments soon took place in the workof the Association. In those days theChurches were not .so active in seeking toreach young men. The age of organisa-tions and agencies had not then dawned,and the field was left largely to , which in many different ways sought to utilise the opportunity. Chiefamong the features of its operations wasits Bible Class work. At one time, forinstance, in the early stages of itshistory, there were ten Bible Classes beingheld under its auspices in various districtsin the city. A boys meeting had been in-. Mr. Charles Shirreffs. augurated as early as August. 1871. andit was being conducted with many tokensof succees. Evangelistic meetings, whichwere commenced at the time of first visit, were held in TrinityFree Chinch, and subsequently for a con-siderable time in MFarlands Music Street. Services were also con-ducted in the Old Record Hall, CastleStreet, and during the summer differentopen-air stations were occupied— the Militia Street: and at Union Grove, thereclaimed ground on the Inches, VictoriaPark Gate. etc. The literary classes amipublic lectures were also continued on theoriginal lines. In still another respect the a need which was felt in thoseearly years, but which can hardly herealised to-day. Periodical literature wasless abundant than it is now. the readinging matter of the masses being greatly re-stricted. The saw in this anopportunity for dissemin
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