Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-09
n, 2. SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
PUBLIC MEETING.

n. E. SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The sixth annual meeting Of this insti-
tuition was held in the Bowdoin Square
Church on Tuesday afternoon, May IS.
The PRESIDENT JOHN B. JONES, Esq,
occupied the chair.
PRAYER was offered by Rev. Thos. 0.
Lincoln, of Portland, Maine. The SIKH
annual Report of the Board Of the Union
was then presented by the Secretary, MIR
FL. S. Washburn. The following is
brief abstract Of the Report;
After the expression ofdevout acknowl-
edgment to God for his goodness, the
Board declare, that the hopes which they
cherished, when, two years since they
dispensed with the services OF travelling
secretary, supposing that by this course
the churches would be more willing to
render voluntary aid to the union, have
failed of being realized. The donat!ons
for the year were less than one hundred
dollars. Still, more decided interest In
the welfare Of the Union has been mani
tested in ether ways during the year than
ever before, and by the temporary assist
ance Of long tried and steadiast friends
the Board have been able to prosecute the
DESIGNS of the Union with considerable
vigor.
The receipts Of the Depository have
been gradually increasing since its estab-
lishment. The first year they were some
ching less than $4,000. The last years
receipts from the sale Of books. the S. S.
Treasury, and donations, amount to 49,
9I4,42. The Depository is at present
stocked with as good an assortment OF
moral and religious books as can be found
in the city. The books sold have given
general satisfaction. during the year
1896 bound volumes have been printed,
of which FL 500 were volumes never be-
fore published, and the remainder reprints
of former publications. $4,000 numbers
of the S. S. Treasury have been publish
ed, or about 5000 per month. In the
printing, binding, &c, of these books
about $500 have been expended. The
Board would direct the particular atten-
ton of the churches to the books entitled,
THE Bereaved Family, and "The
Converted Soldier as very valuable pub
locations. The rapid sale Of $4,000 cop
les of the first two volumes of the New
England S. S. Question Book has encour
aged the Union TO publish the third vol
ume, which is just from the press. 1t L
on the Acts of the Apostles, and has beer
prepared with increased care and atten
ton. The publication of Bible Clas:
Book is announced as in contemplation
to be ready before the next annual meet
inc. The books of the Union are circu
lated in all parts Of the United States, and
to some extent, in the British Provinces
The call for books from the Middle ant
Southern States is increasing. 1t is sug
; cested whether that valuable little work
: the Sabbath School Treasury, might no
. have a much wider circulation.
So Limited have been the means at theI
t disposal, that the Board have done bn
very little towards supplying books 10
destitute schools, though the calls tor al
? have been numerous and pressing. IL l
asked, whether it is not high time tina
t more liberal contributions were made
. this object. AS an illustration oil VIVA
] might be done in many schools II wa
stated, that the scholars of school IN IN
$ vicinity of Boston recently contribute
eight dollars towards the purchase OF =.
library for destitute Sabbath School J
New Hampshire, of which sum one do 10:
lar seven,y-fve cents was raised in the II
! FAINT class. @-. =.
q
r The largest number of conversions r.
inorte.l in any one Association is IN tn
Salem Association of this State, which n
!. potts 548 scholars and % teachers. Th
; Boston Association reports 458 scholar
4 converted and ID teachers. Cumberlan
. Association, Me-. reports 205 conversions
Bowdoinham, IFS; Dublin. n H., 15e
n Portsmouth. n H., $50; Rhode islam
d 100. The conversions are in the ratio
,e / to 20. Number of volumes in librari
lis about two to every scholar.
Sc The Board recommend that Saba
ty School conventions be held in everv A
I'd sociation in New-England The hepl
A. closes with an appeal 10 the churches