Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-28
For tie Faya.eoiYs OgsrssS.
Lincoln Coanfy.BIbIe Soeie,y.

i FOR TIE FayaieaiYs O5ssrsss.
/ Lincoln Countrywide Society.
! The 26th Anniversary Of this S.
ciety was held at the Presbys ,riaa
Church in Fayetteville, on Mondav.
the 18th day of June, 1855.
The Society's Distributing Agent.
Rev. James G. Elliott, who has been
engaged for nearly year in supply
ing the county with the Scriptures,
reported the
Whole No. of families visited, 1926
No. Of Bibles dor ated, 23g
sold, 2I3
Testaments donated, 81
. q sold, 224
Whole No. Of volumes seId and
donated, 100
Amt receivedfor bookssold, SHOTS
of donations received, $3.50
: The agent has used his best exer-
tons to visit every family in the coun--
sty, or to see some member Of every
family so as to ascertain, if possible,
all who were destitute. Out Of the
1926 families, he found about 400.
or nearly l 4 per cent. entirely desti-
tute of the Bible. In every case but
one, they were supplied either by do
nation or purchase.
The Secretary reported the amount.
of money in hand at the last Ami,
.versary, Gn1S53) to be SITS 81
Sincereceived from the Agent, 1913 50
From members, 1000
Collection, Sunday, 18th inst, So 90
Making the sum Of S537 SO
Amount paid for
Bibles, S168 81
Amt paid J. C. Ell
lott, Agent, 312 %
Amt of carriage
on Books, 6O-s5O3 81
Balance in Treasury, S34 90
He also reported the present liabil-
ties of the Society to be about Sl04,
which is the balance due for Bibles
bought of the American Bible Socie-
ty at New York.
The Treasurer was ordered to pay
over any money now in the Treasury,
and any other that may come into it,
to the American Bible Society, to
wards lquidating said debt. After
exhausting all the present available
means, the debt viii still amount to
about $50.
The Society, as an evidence Of its
of the services of its
Agent, unanimously adopted the fol-
owing resolutions, viz:
Re30lved, That the thanks of this
Society be, and they are hereby ten
Tered to our late Agent, Rev. James
C. Elliott, for the faithful and eff
aent manner In which he has acquit-
ted himself of the high and impor-
ant trust committed to him a year
100 by this society.
RESOLVED, That this Society most
cordially recommend him to ether BIZ
DE Societies In want of a Distributing
Agent, as man every way wei quail
fed for that important office.
ResOlced, That in leaving US for his
ZONE, he carries with him our best
FISHES for his continued usefulness
'hereyer he may be called to labor,
nd for his future happiness.
Re609Osd, That this Society pre-
ant him with the finest Bible in the
as small token of our
ind regird, and appreciation of his
.ryices.
The following gentlemen were elect
! officers of the Society for the
resent year, viz:
ey. A. 5. SLOAN, Pyesf.
ev. S; NJ. CowAN and K.ce p,e,Y-
.ev. NJ. III. MARSHALL, ''' '''
:. W. McNE1EY, ,secy.
S. DUAL, Treas. :
NJ. RNGo, Dept.
C. G. GooDhIcH and} Mauoqers.
~,
The Rev. Robert Hardin, d.. d.,
Lewisburg, was elected to preach
Q next Anniversary Sermon, and
". Alera,s{er Smith, of Lincoln
'unty, his Alternate.
The next Anniversary is to be held
the Cumberland Presbyterian
lurch in Fayetteville, to embrace
} third Sabbathin June, 1856.
Published by order of the Society
W. w. McNsLLEY, Sec'y.