The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-06-06
From The Christian IEatelman.
RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES.

RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF MAS
sAcHUsErrs. The twenty-tifth anniversa-
ry meeting was held on Wednesday morn
ing last, at o'clock, at the First Baptist
Westinghouse. The annual report was
read by the Secretary, Rev. Daniel Sharp.
1t communicated gratifying account Of
the labors of our Missionaries in the wear
that is past.-l5 have been appointed by
the Board. Two have preached with sue
cess in the British Province of New Bruns-
wick, and the others have occupied impor
tant stations in the United States. The
Board has expended in the last year 45O
dollars TO aid feeble churches. The fol-
lowing persons were chosen officers for
the current year, viz:-Rev. JOSEPH GRAF
TON, President; Rev. CHARLES TRAIN,
Vice President; Rev. DANIEL SHARP, Sec
rotary; Mr.. ENSIGN LINCOLN, Treasurer
IratStees-Rev. E. Williams, Lucius Bolles,
| Bella Jacobs, G. T. Davis, Charles o. Kim
ball, Stephen Gano, James d. Knowles,
J. Going, Ebenezer Nelson, Cyrus P. Gros-
venor, Henry Jackson, Abial Fisher, VIM.
Leverett, George Leonard, Messrs. Heman
Lincoln, Levi Farwell, James Loring.-
The annual Sermon in the evening was
preached by the Rev. Arthur Drinkwater,
Of Danvers, from Timothy, ii. I.-THou
therefore, my son, be strong IN the grace that
IS m Christ Jesus.
/ BAPTIST EVANGELICAL TRACT SocIE-
TY. On Tuesday evening the Rev. Hen
ry Jackson, of Charlestown, delivered a
discourse before the Baptist Evangelical
Tract Society, in the Rev. Mr.. Sharp's
Westinghouse, from GAL vi. 6.-.q,,d let
rs not be 'ceary IN aceN doing for IN due
season acc shall reap, If zoe faint not.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,". The branch
of this society, which is located in Massa-
chusetts, held its annual meeting on We'd
nesday evening last. The contributions
and receipts in the past year have been
G very considerable, amounting to about ten
thousand five hundred dollars. Several
instances were named in which most val
liable effects had followed the distribution
OF tracts. One was ola very striking char
: acter. A young man of most obstinately
Minded principles, student in the Military
!; Academy at West Point, and who had set
at naught and ridiculed all arguments in
u favor of revealed religion, was renovated
!, in sentiment and moral character, by read
it ing the tract, entitled "The Death Bed of
t a Free Thinker" Several spirited ad-
IS dresses were delivered at this meeting.
y AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY,". On
: Monday evening the American Education
> Society held its annual meeting at the
! Hanover Church. The report was read
= by the Rev. Mr.. Cornelius, in which inter
- estlng facts were stated of the prosperity
: and happy influence of the society. Sixty
:. Thousand dollars, exclusive of the ordinary
y contributions, have, in the last year, been
- subscribed, to found scholarships.
ID BAPTIST BOARD OF FoREIGN Missions
Heman Lincoln, Esq. Treasurer acknowl
edges the receipt of S3267: 80 from Apri
!, %, 1896, to May II, 1927. Also, Sl20: CT
n, ~ from Mrs. Prudence Farwell, Cambridge
III for the Bengal Christian School Society,"
!, 700 dollars Of the above were from thu
IN Oliver Street Church and Society, New
d York, under the pastoral care of Rev
a Spencer II. Cone, being the same gene
ID rous amount contributed by them in the
ld last wear
IN PHILADELPHIA B1BLE SOCIETY. Tn,
n nineteenth anniversary of this "eldes
ne american Bible Association" was helt
a May 2, Bishop White in the chair With
ia IN the past year, they have issued abou
to i2,oOO bibles and testaments making il
of the whole, since the commencement O
it their labors, 1869.