International YMCA Convention
The twenty-eighth International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America, will be held in Philadelphia, May 8-12. According to the official announcement of the convention sent out by the International Committee, no association, organized or reorganized since July, 1869, will be entitled to representation at Philadelphia, unless it has the test of active membership prescribed by the Portland Convention in the following excellent resolution:— "Resolved, That the associations organized after this date shall be entitled to representation in future conferences of the associated Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, on condition that they be severally composed of young men in communion with evangelical churches (provided that in places where the associations are formed by a single denomination, members of other denominations are not excluded therefrom), and active membership and the right to hold office be conferred only upon young men who are members in good standing in evangelical churches; and we hold those churches to be evangelical which, maintaining the Holy Scriptures to be the only infallible rule of faith and practice, do believe in the Lord Jesus Christ (the only begotten of the Father, King of kings, and Lord of lords, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and who was made sin for us, though knowing no sin, bearing our sins in His own body on the tree), as the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved from everlasting punishment."