Should he fall sick, a committee of the Association visit and care for him, and, if necessary, watch with him. There have been many cases where young men have been carefully tended during a long illness, and a few where even the funeral expenses have been borne by the Association, and even burial given to the body in the Association lot at Forest Hills Cemetery. This is no fancy sketch. Many, many actual Johns are here pictured, and many souls will, by-and-by, be found thanking God that he put it into the hearts of his servants to establish the Young Men's Christian Association. But whence this well-appointed building? Within the first year of its life, a building fund was projected, and, as far as we know, this was absolutely the first step in this direction taken by any Association, either in this country or elsewhere. A library fund was also started at the same time. A few subscriptions towards a building were obtained, which, in 1858, amounted to $1,200 In 1859-60 were added 1,644 In 1873 (for altering and furnishing), 5,700 In 1873-74, 4,400 In 1874-75, 7,800 In 1882, the estate of Daniel P. Stone gave 25,000 Inspired by this, a meeting of citizens was held at the Brunswick, where committees on finance were appointed, and the result was a subscription of 175,000 $220,744 _By will have been bequeathed_: By Charles H. Cook, 300 " Miss Nabby Joy, 5,000 " J. Sullivan Warren, 13,059 " Dr. George E. Hatton, 5,000 23,359 _And by subscriptions in connection with, Fairs_: 1859--Chinese Fair, 4,787 1873--Bazaar of Nations, 12,246 17,033 -------- $261,136 We have mentioned "Fairs." These have been three in number; each being held in the Music Hall, and owed their success, not only to the energy of the young men, but to the hearty sympathy and untiring exertions of the ladies of the Boston churches. The first was held in 1858, and netted $9,650 The second was called the Chinese Fair, all the decorations being Chinese,--a pagoda reaching fifty-six feet to the very height of the hall, which netted 33,000 The third was the most elaborate--the Bazaar of the Nations; the Music Hall being made to represent a street of foreign houses, where, by persons in costume, the goods of the different nations were sold. It came in the spring and immediately after the fire, but netted 28,673 -------- $71,323