Mr. A.E. David was a teacher in the CMS Middle School. In the Letter dated April 19, 1887 Rev. J.H. Bishop writes that the ordination of Mr. A.E. David and Mr. A. Philo has been fixed for 5 June 1987, by the Bishop in Kottayam. Mr. A.E. David was recommended for Trichur and Mr. A.P. Philo for Kunnamkulam. The same letter also informs.

"An F.A. Master, a Native Christian, and pupil of Mr. A.E. David, was appointed to succeed him (Mr. David) in the CMS Middle School, and we hoped that this year the school might be raised another grade, and thus, step by step, be developed into a high school, and if friends came to our assistance, we might at last, perhaps, commence the long-talked of lecture hall, with its library and Bible depot".

Rev. J.H. Bishop who began the 1887 year with "bright prospects became seriously ill with malarial fever in 1887 early Feb. He went to Madras but was ordered to go England for rest. During that journey he wrote a letter from the ship. In that letter dated April 19, 1887 Rev. J.H. Bishop, missionary of Trichur (writing from S.S. Navarino, off the coast of Portugal) does not mention about the YMCA which must have started in the year under his report, i.e., 1886.

In his continuation letter dated June 20 from Brighton in England after his illness in the ship and hospitalization in London for a month, he refers to the formation of the YMCA after referring to the CMS High School as follows.

"In the town of Trichur itself we hope the CMS Middle School, may develop into a High School and that on the excellent site, procured with great difficulty, the proposed lecture hall for the higher classes of the school and for evangelistic work will soon be erected"

"Mr. A.E. David (who is already mentioned) wrote to me a most interesting letter about the work in Trichur prior to Mr. Joseph's arrival. He says he and his fellow-workers have formed a sort of Young Men's Christian Association. "Our chief aim is", he says, "to go to the heathen and tell them the glad tidings". The idea is to develop voluntary work amongst the members of the congregation. They collect a little money to defray the expenses of these volunteers".

The Mr. Joseph referred to in the above paragraph is the Rev. P.P. Joseph who was appointed to be in charge of Trichur when the Rev. J.H. Bishop was on his leave in England. It is perhaps worth mentioning the situation of the Church in Trichur when the YMCA was formed. The Rev. P.P. Joseph was working in Alwaye. The Bishop (not the Rev. J.H. Bishop but the real 'Bishop' of the Diocese of Kottayam) transferred the Rev. P.P. Joseph to Trichur in the absence of the Rev. J.H. Bishop who had gone to England on holiday.

There was an interval between the departure of the Rev. J.H. Bishop and the appointment of the Rev. P.P. Joseph. It was during this period that the Trichur YMCA was founded. About this period, when there was no clergyman, the Rev. J.H. Bishop writes as follows.

"During the interval between my departure and the appointment of the Rev. P.P. Joseph, the great enemy of the souls stirred up one or two disaffected members of the congregation to cause confusion and trouble. The Church wardens, however, acted with great promptitude, reporting the matter to the Bishop, after doing their best to conciliate their refractory brethren. The Rev. P.P. Joseph, acting under the Bishop's orders, was graciously assisted in healing the breach and in bringing about peace and harmony among all the members. Mr. Joseph wrote a very encouraging letter to me the other day, saying, how thankful he was that his other brethren's prayers had been so remarkably answered, and Satan's effort foiled".