The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-02-05

A. the Annual Meeting az Ii!is Society, on
the 9h Jan. he following q Sremen were
chosen, ~ the Officers III The ot,ciety, for the
year ensuing -
Rev. VILLAS ALLEN, D. ID Pres. Bosd.
College, President.
Hon ~ proN X. PARIS CO. Of the State.
{. Rev. EDWARD PArsoN, d. y. Fire Presa-
dents
Rev, BGAJ4Mi1 T,rrAy, 5 trctary.~
Lew CUTTER E-q. Tfeosuier.
RICHARD CoBB, EsI .4udttir.
ktv. 5lessrs. GILLEr, ltASD GREELY,
CoGswELL, ELINDwooD, sne MERRILL, d.
rett0rS :.
We sobyoin tie Report d ;he Directors Of
The last year.
Z In exhibiting 70 tie pafons and friends
Of this Society, their annual Report, The d.
RI ctors regret, that they cannbt speak If more
extensive operations, anu 81 gtealer good. The
number OF our benehcla r!eS !7 still laWenia
bly, small. This fact may in part be account
ed for by that deficiency OF religious instruc-
| lion. for which il IS the ube9l OF this Society
to provide remedy. In many OF our towns,
the ordinary means OF CONVERSION are but We
y spariDgIy enjoyed. but y" Of those, more
tayourabiy situated, have recently been bless
ed with reviyals Of religion. ! Il vas scarcely
10 be expected, therefore, liRt Id Maine, ma
ny young men should be iuuld, Of charsc-
Ter rendering il Suitable 10 aain tbrm up for
the tnIn-try. Ii u presumed. thai Tie exist
ence of this Society IS generally known. Yet
during the three years, Ihaf lt1Ve elapsed since
lis formation, there have DOI been 20 appll-
cants for its aid.
" The whole number. nosv receiving our
assistance, Is but 8. They !aTr all members
Of Bowd College, and sustain good rep
utation, as scholars, and as christians.
Solicitous, that funds, lprovlded' for an
object so important, should hot be unempoy-
, ed, the Directors, something since, made IL a
subject of discussion, wheiher grant should
not be made 10 the parent Spclety, which ives
known to be embarrassed byf the dininuton Of
lis resources. DESTROYS Of aiding lis operations
they were however of oplnpu, that instead d
sending money out OF the Slate, II would be
preferable for benehciaIes 10 come from 9th
er parts of New England, 9,d De educated a
: mung ourselves. Early 10 Tue year, prUpo
stion 10 this effect was maze 10 the Directors
OF the Amerit an Education foociety, and they
were requested 10 place sotIe Of their bene6
I; Charles under our care. The suggestion wa.
promptly received. But circumstances have
occasloned some delay in complying with it
Measures are now in tralni for supplying u:
with several young men, nf the necessary
qualifications, from the Stale OF Connecticut
The churches 10 that STATE are more gene
!, rally iavoured, than those 10 any other part b
the Union, with a setlled,i faithful ministry
. And they have been sigtaIly blessed viii
times OF refreshing and enlargement. Minis
tiers in Weathershed and Sew Haven, assur
ed an agent OF the AmerIca9 Society, that they
could furnish fifteen or twenty young men .
unexceptionable character. VINO, anxious fol-
an education, had seen no prospect OF obtain
Ing it. On receiving this hfurmatInn from The
agent above mentioned, X was stated 10 re
, turn, that the Society would probably be able
'n addition to their other benefciaries, to ed
ucate ten and thai at various places ID iht
. State, offers had been made to give the boarC
r OF tuition OF seven more, while preparing TO
College, indie pendently OF help from this So
ciety. Only two have as yet arrived. On,
of these is IN the family of the Rev Mr. John
: son, al Alma the other IS al Ssco. Others al.
pursuing their studies for the first 3 months, il
their native State, that leey may be examine,
and approved by committee oi the American
Society, before their coming into Maine
Although, as before IntImaled, there ha.
been balance IN the Treasury unappropra.
ted, the Directors have DOT on this account
considered il the less important to be cautious
I and frugal IN their expenditures. They have
not thought II desirable, that the youEg men,
I, who receive our charity, should he entirely
: supported by il. There are but few of them
who may not hope 10 receive some assistance
from their friends and something they must
all obtain by their own efforts. II were highly
injurious TO them, were The necessity prtclu.
ded OF their own ioreh0ught, care, aud exer-
lion. The Directors determined the last
winter, that the sum, annually granted to a
beneficiary, should IN no case exceed rs dol
lars. II was not their intention To allow so
much, as thus, unless they should he conyin
ced, that, With strict economy, less sum a.
not sufficient. AT their meeting IA September
they adopted The rue, which had sometime be
tore been established by the Directors OF the
American Society, that all benehc iaIies, OF
receiving any grant, should give a promIsso1,
note, without interest, for one halt lie sum. II
Is believed that they will, in most cases, be
able, within year or two after commencing
their Professional lahours, TO =. fund the above