. Five decades, MDCCCLIII-MCMIII; historical record. d. John Weslev wasprohably the first to undertake work for his fellow collegemen. Da\id Nasmith of Glasgow was instrumental in found-ing some ninety young mens societies in the United Kingdom,France and America. (1823-1838.) A number of thesesocieties existed for some years and were finally merged intothe Young Mens Christian Association. Ihe mo\-ement ofI 844, of which our own American Associations are a de\-elop-nient, had its inception with the conversion of GeorgeWilliams ( 1S37), since knighted by the late Queen \ictoriafor his ser\ices
. Five decades, MDCCCLIII-MCMIII; historical record. d. John Weslev wasprohably the first to undertake work for his fellow collegemen. Da\id Nasmith of Glasgow was instrumental in found-ing some ninety young mens societies in the United Kingdom,France and America. (1823-1838.) A number of thesesocieties existed for some years and were finally merged intothe Young Mens Christian Association. Ihe mo\-ement ofI 844, of which our own American Associations are a de\-elop-nient, had its inception with the conversion of GeorgeWilliams ( 1S37), since knighted by the late Queen \ictoriafor his ser\ices to the young men of the United Kingdom andthe world, then an apprentice in a dry goods establishment inBridgewater, England. He soon became anxious for thewelfare of his associates, and was led to praver and effort intheir behalf which resulted in the conversion of a considerablenumber. In 1S41 he renuned to London and entered theemploy of Hitchcock ^: Co., of which firm he is now thehonored head. Here he found about eighty young men, nVE fellow clerks, who, ac-cording to the custom ofthe day, lived in quartersover the store ; very fewof them were Christiansand many were the same zeal whichhad characterized him inBridgewater, he set aboutto gather a small bandof Christian men. Soonothers were added to theirgroup. Many were con-verted and the room be-came too limited to ac-commodate those desir-ing to attend. This ledto a conference with theiremployer, and much to their surprise they found him notonly willing to grant them larger accommodations butready to profess Christ as his personal Savior. Fromthat hour their employer became the father of his house-hold, and sought to conform that household to every-thing that was godly. The young men of this establishmentsoon became anxious to extend the privileges which they them-selves enjoyed to the employees of other houses, and as aresult of a special conference on this subject a meeting of allthe Christian
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