Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-27
Nc Ro.,on Annirersnries.

The Boston Anniversaries.
MASSACHUSETTS bible SocIETY.-The for.
ty-eighth annual meeting of this Society wa!
held at the Winter Street Church, on Mon.
day afternoon, Rev. Nathaniel l.. FIothing-
ham, Vice President, presiding. The Treas
urer's report set forth that the receipts during
the past year had been S23, 572.76; expendi-
lures $22, 563 balance on hand Sl009.45
amount of property S24, lO3l5. The follow.
ing choice of officers was made =
Presideut-Hon. Richard Fletcher.
Vice President-Rev Nathaniel l.. Froth-
ingham, d. D.
Corresponding Secretary-Rev. George w.
Blagden, D. d.
Recording secretary--Rey. Daniel Butler,
Treasurer-George R. Sampson, Esq
Auditor-Samue May, Esq.
Trustees-Rev. VIM. jerks, d. D., Rev.
Chas. Lowell, d. D., Rev. Baron Stow, ID.
D., Ri Rev. Manton Eastburn, ID. d., Rev.
Geo. Richards, Rev. John S. Stone, D. D.,
Rev. VIM. r. CLARK, John Tappan, Albert
Fearing, Heman Lincoln, Samuel May, ia
cob Sleeper, Charles L. Russell, Francis o.
Watts, Il. r. Marvin, Stephen Fairbanks,
VIM. Appleton, Nathl H. Emmons
During the year the income of the Society
has been S22, 1896. In the same time there
have been distributed Il, 1856 Bibles and 24,-
| 3S6 Testaments, besides other publications.
AMERICAN EDUcATtoN SoCIETY.-The forty
| first anniversary of this Society was held Mon.
day afternoon, and the old board of officers
were re. elected. The total receipts during the
! past year had been S2S, 1902; balance IN the
| treasury at the commencement Of the year,
| S773.3O total, $29 ,5O5.S2; expenditures
during past year, S26, 265.42; balance on
40 I,or Of
men assisted, 1872; number of new men, 81.
AMERICAN PEACE SocIETY.-The twenty
ninth annual business meeting Of the Ameri
can Peace Society was held in the Yesty of the
Park street Church, Monday afternoon Hon.
Amasa Walker of North Brookheld, one of
the Vice Presidents of the Society, was called
to the chair Rev. Lewis I. Stoddard was
elected Secretary pro TEN.
Mr.. Beckwith read the annual report. The
receipts have been SIS. 1927; expenditures
$3,lOl,54; leaving balance of $55.73.
Rev. Geo. Trask of Fitchburg, reported the
following list, which was elected as officers
Tor the ensuing year,
President-Hon. VIM. Jay,
Vice President-H0n. T. Frelinghuysen,
Ii. D., New Brunswick, N. j.; Hon. Charles
Sumner, Rev, Charles Lowell, d. D., Samuel
Creole, Esq, John Tappan, Esq, Rev. Baron
Stow, d. D., Boston, Mass. Joseph E. Wor.
cester, LII. D., Cambridge, Mass Rev. C. E.
Stowe, u. D., Andover, Mass. Hon. Robert
Rantoul, Beverly, Mass. Hon. S. c. Phil
lips, Salem, Mass; Hon. Amasa Walker,
North Brookfeld, Mass. Hon. s. Fessenden,
LII. D., Portland, Me-. Rev. I. G. Upham,
D. d., Brunswick, Me-; Hon. Thomas w.
Williams, New London, CT; Rev. A. P. Pea
body, d. d., Portsmouth, N. H.; Hon. Ry-
land Fletcher, Proetorsvile, VT; Rev. F. Way
land, d. D., LII. D., Providence, r. l.; VIM.
b. Crosby, Esq, S. V. 5. Wilder, Esq, New
York; Henry Dwight, Esq, Geneva, N. Y;
Hon. Gerritt Smith, Peterboro', N. Y; Isaac
Collins, Esq, Philadelphia, Pa; VIM. II.
Allen, M. D., LII. D., Philadelphia, Pa;
Rev. IL. Malcolm, d. D., Lewisburg, N. Y.
Treasurer-John Field.
Corresponding Secretary-G. c. Beckwith.
Recording Secretary-W. G. Brown.
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SocIE-
TY.-Ihe annual business meeting of this So
clety was held at room No. u fremont Tenn
pie, Roston, Tuesday forenoon. The Presi-
dent, Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D., occupied
the chair.
The annual report of the Society was pre-.
scented by the Secretary, Rev. Joseph S. Clark,
d. d.
Inc Iecelpts into the treasury during the
financial year, which closed on the 10th inst,
have amounted to $38,618 81, which is about
| $4,000 less than the receipts of the previous
| year,
The disbursements. have been $4607 O2,
for missionary labor performed in Massachu-
sets; s. ,267 "a in defraying the proportion
| of incidental expenses pertaining to this aux
| Hilary; and $34 49l 06 paid into the Ameri-
| can Home Missionary Society,"
Ihirty-fiye churches have been under mis-.
sionary patronage during the year, in Massa-
chusetts.
The additions to the churches have been
hfty.six by profession and eghty-seven by
letter. The aggregate membership is 1899.
The average attendance on public worship
has been 2712; the average attendance Of
! scholars in the Sabbath schools, 2415.
The Society then proceeded to choose a
board OF officers for the ensuing year, with
the following result:
President Rev. Richard S. Storrs.
Vice Presidents REV. Heman Humphrey,
Rev. Brown Emerson, Rev. Samuel Osgood,
Rev. N. Adams, Lewis Strong, joel NJ Giles,
Rev. Mark Hopkins, Rev. VIM. A. Stearns.
Trustees-Linus Child, ]. G. Proctor Rev.
| Jacob Ide, Rev. Calvin Hitchcock Rev. Reu-
ben Emerson, Ebenezer Alden, Rev. Thomas
| Smell, Rev. Luther f. Dimmick, Eliphalet
Williams, Rev. John Nelson, Rev. Erastus
Maltby, Rev. Cyrus Mann, Rev. Samuel M.
Worcester, Rev. A. c. Thompson, Rev. Fl.
| b. Hooker, Rev. Eli Thurston, John Dixie,
Rev. Lewis Sabin, Rev. Amos Blanchard,
| Rev. John Todd.
Secretary Rev. Joseph,S. Clark.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Perkins.
| Auditor--Charles Scudder.
Rev. Joseph s. Clark and Rev. DR.. Cleye-
| L., !
the Society in the Massachusetts, Genera! AS
ISOLATION, TO be held at Belchertown.
The meeting then dissolved.
g UNIyBRsALIsT HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
This Society held their business meeting Tues
day morning at 10 IL o'clock, in the vestry
of the School street Church. In the absence
of the president, Rev. E. G. Brooks of Lynn,
was chosen to the chair. The report of the
treasurer gives detail of the past year, do
lngs, and shows a balance on hand of 1884,
| "a. The amount of the permanent fund OF