Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-17
PRINrEDa AND PUBLISHED
DAILY,
TUESDAY, APRIL II, 1897.

Msn,s R,bla Society Of Alexandria, was he'a
ON Monday evening the 9th inst. IN Inc '"e'"o'
T., ,hs absence Of the President, Mr.. 'ohh
~Douplass. one of the Vice Presidents, LOOK TIC
The meeting was then opened with religious
sxereises. after which, the Annual hepor. VI
the BOARD of Directors was read oy tne ne''
+. Harrison. When, on motion oil Mr. 'i'ts''
Ianphier, seconded by Mr.. l. auSh,
Rssoired, That the Report be accepted ana d
dopted.
ON motion of the Rev. E. Harrison, seconded
bv the Rev. VIM. JACKSON,
Rssolred, rha, the thanks OF this Society De
given TO the citizens OF Tins Town, ioF '"'''
prompt and efficient aid.
On motion Of the Rev. Samuel Cornelius Sc
conded by the Rev. Wells Andrews,
ResoIre9 That the thanks Of tins Society DC
given Ia the Board Of Directors, tor the din-
pence and zeal which they have manifested III
promoting the objects Of this Society.
TYery Interesting and appropriate 2dat'sss>
were made by the gentlemen who moved anu
seconded the foregoing resolutions.
The Society then proceeded 20 The eieeuon
Of Board of Directors for thl ensuing year,
and the foloN ing persons were according! az
poin,et, Fiz
The Re, WlLIAn Jackson, President.
Mr.. JosayA HARPER. lst Vice President.
Nj. JpEN DOUGLASS, Cd Vice President.
Tie Rev. ELIAS HARRISON, Corresponding
Secretary.
JAMES ENrwtsLx, Recording Secretary.
JAMES DOUGLASS, In. Treasurer.
The Rev, Messrs Cornelius and ESH Lip
petit, Mcssss y M, Lapphie~, Thomas Mount,
A. o Douglass, II. Wilson, VIM, Harper, Jr,
~ I,,nnon Wa.ch Huo n
&, Smilhs and y. r. Observation-Disclosures
On motion. Resolved, that the thanks OF this
Society be presented 20 the Rev. Wells An
= d.ews, the late Corresponding Secretary, For
bis diligenj aud faithful services in the Board
since the s,ree~.1Alie,. &c H. G-----~y---- =.
n, no,,,n. Resolved, thu, the prQceedlnGs
of this poss..n.-..---a-c,r1ctrs aad Managers, be
--pTmred in the Phenix Gazette
On motion, Resolved, that the Society ad.
journ. j.. DOUGLASS,
Vice President
JAMES ENrwIsLr, Recording Scc'y.
Sirih Report Of HE Ioalg Mems Bible Society 81
y4!srandria.
Inseparable from the enjoyment oe christian
privileges aud participation in un'nerited ia
yors, ought ever TO be the exercise Of gratitude
and progressive consc iousness Of growing OBJ
legation. To the truth of this position, by
sending forth their united thanksgiving to the
God Of the Bible, for his kindness youchsafed
during the labors Of the past year, your Board
Of Managers would this evening, under dee,
conviction ofdu,y settheir seal: recognising al
the same time us affiliated truth, that in proper
ton to the amountEof favor received, are the re-
sponsbiliiies incurred, and the solemn requisi-
tons which will finally be made.
Dtffiync-, however uufriendly its influence
NAV sometimes be ~ the exercise of igorous
efforts or the achievement Of noble enterprise,
is often found Notwithstanding 10 be Intimately
associated with mind free from doub,, and in
possession Of the most nnbound,d confidence.
And such, if we mistake not, were The appa-
realty conaic ting emotions felt by vour Board.
when assuming those high responsibilities in
volvei in the honorable trus, - which YOU bad
called them. That the cause in which they we're
about 10 engage was the Cause ofG ID Sttherefore
worthy their united efforts, they had never en-
tertained 5oubt. Its benign inf1uencs cr4du-
ally widening and difiu.ne i,S richncss through
Other lands, aud amid other assoc istions of our
own beloved country, had itself con inc ed them
OF mis-, Independently OF that deeper conviction
derived from kno Wedge Of the precious vo-
Iume, the distribution of which was the object
Of their appointment Yet they were diffident
The cause, though good, was of vast import:
Tue TSSpcHSio'utASS SioWhS Out VI III were DiSn
and peculiarly solemn; and the work itself,
though in its results joyous, and elightfui, in
its immediate requirements could hardly be
contemplated but with feelings Of reluctance
Who is sufficient for these things, then, might well
have been the language of each one Of its menu
bers' Not doubling, however, but that the
Head Of Zion would be propitious TO the inter
ests Of his own kingdom, they cast their cares
upon him, humby besought his aid, and in
confident reliance on his promised blessing, en-
tered Immediately into the field OF labor which
had been opened before them. Nor las the re-
suit disappointed their well grounded hopes
For though the amount done may appear small,
when held up in immediate contrast with some
large Institutions Of similar character, yet
when compared with its hitherto limited means
and restricted sphere Of operations, il has been
such as is calculated to awaken gratitude, and
quicken zeal, in operations connected with the
future. IS
A discerning and liberal public, to whom an