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olutious that liNl been 6arried, an 4 for ateept-

ins; of the office of President of the proposed
stitution." He considered this dxv as highly ho-
tunirable to the city, when its first Magistrate

thus exerted himself to spread abroad the vene-
rable Gospel of ehrist, and to how-down in
humble adoration to him on whom they depend-
ed for every blessing. When he (the Chancellor
of the Excheyicr) wfts honoured with his. Lord-
ship'-s ;invitation for thksday, he had at first:doubt-
ed whether _it would be in his power, to attend,
3len publiedife had necessarily public cares to
occupy 'their time ; but he had felt, on reflection,
that a day...could not:
.more ore honourably
given to any subject- than to that which was
:under the conside.rat4ori of the meeting. Ile
,tad alio 'felt, that a- public servant could not
do better.. than to skew That he hoped success,
through Alessing from •above, and no time could
be better spent than that which was devoted to
an objectwhiel it was to be hoped would bring dow n
thatblesSing, SUrprise had been expressed that a
Society like that now about to be established had not
been iustituted before. Such surprise might be na-
tural; but,the ways of God, were not like those
It might have been expected that such a
Society would have been instituted under vtry
different circumstances. It was reasonable to sup-
pose-that it would only be established in time of
peace ; but it appeared to be the will of -the Al-
irdghty that the thunder of war shouldbe the har-
binger of the" still small voice of tlie Gospel."
"2 VA: live „(said the Honourable Gentleman) in
times when strange convulshit4 occur, as well in
the natural as in the political world. We have
but lately heard of a great city .being/reduced to
rilins by nn areful convnlsion of nature, and we
-know not but a similar fate may now await
•If,'hOwever; such be the will of Providenee, while
these massy pillars bend' beneath the weight they
shodd ;uphold, and while the towers of this city
ore shaken by the earthquake,'l do not know bow
.vve cari be found ',better' employed than in pro:-
moting the-objects of meetings like this. Though
our ciimate' has been hitherto exempt front such
awfid visitations, and though I trust in Provi-
dence4t will long remain exempted from them,
've(there are convulsions in the moral world of
lvhi-Chr We' haie been `doomed to feel the effects :
there are =convulsions in the moral ;world, not
less terrible in their.nature than thOse which
proceed from the fermenting minerals in the bo-
'sant of the earth. We have seen in. our country,
-men striving to further that which Ought to be
in abhorrence. We have seen our country-
men uniting for a purpose from .Whih we Should
have hoped-Englishmen would shrini: with hor-
ror. We have found associations. for Med„
.and
administering-,.unlawful oaths tO,pledge each other
to' assassination, and such diabblical purposes- we
have seen carried into effect. That such events

have taken place am bound particularly to de-
plore, as J cannot hut remember with -ceaseless
regret, that one dark act of assassination has
placed Inc in an awful and arduous office, the ini-
portw.nt duties of 'which the. singular blessing of
Providence can alone enable me successfully to
discharge. (Applause) —W e have seen a good' man
.and a, minister snatched away frOm among us, in
whoSe praise, after what has been said and writ-
ten, I will only say, that he was a 5 incere
fiend to the Bible Society. We awe to a per-
son who has this day favoured us with his pre-
sence, a most interesting account of a conversa-
tion which he had with the assassin, which read-
ing, all must feel how hardened in iniquity the
murderer had become, and how insensible to guilt
the mind of man maybe, when unassisted by the
light of revelation." The Right Hon. Gentle-
r-an then went on to describe the advantages likely
to result fromthe proposed institution, as its ef-
fect would be to teach the unfortunate, however
dCpressed,' to fly to:the Bible for consolation: In
conclusion, he recommended to their consideration
t!)e benefits likely'to flow from an Association to
- promote the formation of Bible Societies: One
• Association of this kind, of which he was a mem-
ber, had led to the formation- of no fewer than
ten Societies.--(Applause) He then moved his

esolution. • •
The Rev. Mr. MASTERS seconded the motion of
the Chancellor Of the Exchequer, and expressed
satisfaction at the progress Of. the Gospel,
which was the light and glory of the world; and
which in the course of time would' irradiate with
its beams the whole universe. •
The Resolution was then carried unanimously.
The LoPO MAYOR returned thanks'. for the ho-
nour conferred upon him. He had accepted
_the
situation a President to the proposed'lnstitution
with great cheerfulness as Lord Mayor of the city
of London. Had he been in any other situation,
should have been unwilling to 'take it on him-
self, feeling •as he did, that many could be found
m9re equal to the discharge of its deities.. Since,
however, it was intended that the Lord Mayor
Alouldahvays. be she President; he could -have 'no •
objection „ as ~if he' were found deficient, his sue
et ssors. would be efficient.
Tht! following Resolutions were then submitted
to thy Meeting, and.carried unanimously.
" to the Vice. Presithit."--,MoVed by Mr. John
,2conded the Rev, Mr. Hatch. '
" r; t the ProvisiOnal COmmittee fcr their zealous
• 02 c;use.—Moved by'Mr: Pearsell, seconded by,
Dr: E ards.- . •
711. as to 'the Secretaries of' the Parent Institntiott.—
Ilovrd by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, seconded. by the Rev. -H. F.
Bra d.cr.
Thanlts to the Chancellor of th! Ekt;l;equer and fhe other
Gentlemen who have advocated the cawe, of the Society this
dav,,and that the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
be added to the list of Vice Presittryt,:.".---The former: Re-
cc,lution was moved by Mr. Barclay, and seconded by Mr.
Tnoraton.
" Thanks to the Lord Mayor for his' conduct in the Chair
on this occasion, Sod for his grant of the use of the F4,,rypian
atll."—Moved b.; Alderman Wood, secoaded by Win. Alien,
lone of the:Socieiy of Friends%)
Alderman SCHOLEY returned thanks (for the
Iltve Presidents) ; as did Mr. Neale (for the Pro-
visional Committee),
.Mr. Owen (for she Secreta-
riesto the ParentJustitution.), the Chancellor of
the' Exchequer (for hinAlf and others who had
s?Ohen on this occasion), and the Lord Mayor
(rot the thanks Voted for his conduct in tire chair,
Bcc.). His Lordship concluded, by informing the
Ascemblv, that their labour of love was ended,
and the Meeting adjourned to a future day.
The- ,:ndbscription -then'. commenced. We
tin-
cler~tand a very considerable ..-trn was immediate-
, Wsirsqibed,- awl Many annual subscribers were
ent,2l-131.0n the books.