The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-10-05
MoraI and 1sellglous.
For the Massachusetts spy.l
Worcester County auriliiary Bible
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The Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary Bible
Society Of the County of Worcester was holden
at Rutland the 9th inst. at the house of Mr..
Stratton. The Meeting was opened by pray
er by Rev. Mr.. Gay, Of Hubbardston. The
Reports of the Treasurer and Board of Direct
ors were read and accepted; after which, the
following persons were elected Officers of the
Society for the ensuing year:
Hon. JONAS KENDALL, President.
Rev. DIR. BANCROFT, Vqce-PreSideHt.
Rev. Joseph Allen, Secretary.
Charles Allen, Esq. Treasurer
Rev. DIR. Thayer.
Hon. Bezaleel Taft, jr.
His Excelency Levi Lincoln.
Rev. Josiah Clark.
S. v. s. Wilder, Esq.
Isaac Goodwin, Esq.
Rev. John Nelson.
The next Annual Meeting was appointed
to be holden in Charlton, and the Rev. Josiah
Clark, Of Rutland, was chosen second preach
er. The following is the Report Of the Board
of Directors:
Ninth .aanuaI Report of the AUXILIARY
BIBLE SOCIETY OF WORCESTER County,
presented at the late .anniDersGrg IN
Rutland, Sept. 8, 1895.
Ten years have now elapsed since the BIZ
BILE Society of the County of Worcester was
organized by the adoption of a Constitution
and the election of Officers. The Society
was formed on the most liberal basis, inviting
to its fellowship Christians of all denomin-
ations, and adopting for its fundamental prin-
ciples the following article-Ihat the distrs-
button Of Bibles and 1estames1ts On the COM
mon English rerston, asithOut mole or commend,
shall be the sole object of the Society.
As soon as the Society was organized, the
Board of Directors, agreeably to one of the
provisions of the Constitution, proceeded TO
the appointment Of Committees in the several
Religious Societies in the County, whose du-
ty it should be to solicit subscriptions, to ex-
anime into the wants of the poor, and to dis
tribute Bibles and Testaments subject 20 the
order of the Board.
Not long after, another Circular was adj
dressed to the Minister of each Religious So
cieiy in the County, recommending Contri.
button in their respective Societies for the
benefit of the Association. This request wa:
in general promptly attended to, and more
than 500 were added to the funds of this
Society in the course of that year.
| The Society has, from its first existence
made it primary object to supply the des.
titute Of this County with the Word of Life
| With this object in view, the Board Of Direc.
tors have always kept on hand supply O
Bibles and Testaments, and have endeavoreC
to have it extensively known, that copie.
would be furnished grabs or at reduced pric
es, to the destitute of the County on their ap
plication; and they have moreover repeated
| ~ called uponthe Ministers and Committees
| in the several Societies in the County, TO en-
deavor TO, ascertain whether deficiency 0
Bibles existed among them, and if so, to fur
nish the requisite supply.
Since the year 1922, this Society has beef
| Auxiliary to the American Bible Society
which, following in the glorious path Of tn,
British and Foreign Bible Societies, the paren
Of all similar Institutions, has already extend
ed its influence to every part of this great Ma
ton, and possesses, in an unusual degree, tn
confidence of Christians OF all denominations
With this great National Institution, this So
ciety now acts in concert and its whole in
come is required to be paid over to the Treas
urer ofthe American Bible Society
1t was confidently hoped, that the unio
mus tAleCteu DelWSeu THIS anu Lne NdtOnd
Society, would operate as an Indictment I
increased effort on the part Of the members {
this Society and that the consequent en-
largement of its funds would enable its mar
ayers to make regular remittances each yea
in some degree proportionate to the impo
lance Of the object and the wealth and respet
liability Of this County. But your Director
are constrained to say that they have bee
hitherto disappointed in this reasonable expe,
tation. Very few Of the members have f
several years past paid their annual asses
ments. Many of the largest and wealthie
towns in the County have done little or n
thing towards promoting its object. Liber
contributions were indeed made in sever
, towns in the eastern part Of the County, d
, ring the last year; and in the same time, f.
Ministers were made life members Of the A.
Society, by the payment Of $50 each by Il
ladies Of their respective congregations. D
-lby a large proportion Of the towns in Il