The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-29

J.. -. BIDDEF0 I
Anniversary Meetings.
These meetings are being bald In Boston
his week. The business meetings at which
The reports Of the doings Of the various ~
.ociations were made, were held on Monday.
We condenso from the Boston papers brief
statement Of the proceedings Of some Of tho
more prominent associations. m
MASSACHUSETTS BrnLr SOCIETY.
The Annual Business Meeting Of this So
ciety was held in the upper vestry Of the
Central Church, at 8 o'clock. Rev. N. L.
rockingham, Vioe-President. in tho chair.
The annual report of the Treasurer. Mr.. G.
r. Sampson, showed the receipts Of the past
> ear to have been $22 1897, Of which $llss
was from last years balance; $l2,234 TO
ceivsd for sales of Bibles and Testamsnh /;
and SS2l8 from donations. Expenditures.
$50, 563, viz For Bibles and Testsmsnts.
$l4, 1874; donated to American Bible So.
ciety, $3ls7, &C., &c. The Schedule Of
foos up S24 LOB, including $4,000
in stocks, and $9470 loaned to the American
Bible Society, $a27a Bibles and Testament.
on hand; and due from auxiliary Societies.
&C., $3.50.
A list Of officers were elected same - last
year, with the exception Of N. II. Emmons
elected to gil the vacancy occasioned by the
death of William Worthington.
AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY.
Tho forty-Hrst annual busines meeting Of
this Society was held at the Society rooms,
No. Is Cornhill, Rev. DR.. Hsman Humphrey
Of PittsAeld, in the chair. Prayer was offer.
cd by Rev. Mr.. Anderson. The annual re-
port Of tho Treasurer was presented and 90
cepted. The receipts Of the Society during
the year amounted to s2s,7s2, Of which
amount 1855 was donated to the Society,
and sl6,33S was received by way Of legacics.
Loans have been refunded To the amount Of
$39S, and S4,4O4 was the product Of the
interest account. The disbursements of the
year amounted to s26,265. Paid to stu
dents Sl0, $3.50; to the central American Ed.
ucation Society $3.50. The balance has
been devoted TO the expense and other &C.
counts. The balance in tho Treasury at the
close Of the last financial year was $3,237.
The whole number Of young men assisted
during the year was 1882; number of new
men 81. The annual report of tho Board Of
Directors was presented, the reading waived,
and tho Secretary instructed to present On
abstract ut the public meeting. The Society
then reelected the officers OF last year.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
The forty.third annual meeting of the
American Tact Society was holden at the
Old South Chapel, Spring Lane, at IL NJ.
The President, John TSppan, ESQ.,, presided,
Mr.. N. P. Kemp, It'd seasurer, then pre-.
sented his annual rePok, which shows a
balance on hand Of S45O,4s. Mr.. Kemp
also presented statement Of tho property oil
the Society, The total property of the So.
cicty is stated to be S3l, 3i2.39.
The outlay during tho year has been &c.,.
TIA, including S33, Isl paid American Tract
Society for publications colportage 5000
colportage in New England S2757 foreign
distribution $1,000; for bibles Sl3l4; other
books S347O.
The receipts have been S6l,s72-includ.
ing donations to the amount Of S2l ,074. leg.
aeics Sll59, sale Of publications $50, l6s,
sale of Messenger and Child . Paper Sl2,.
600. These do not include balance in the
treasury, May /, 1856, sl3s2; May l. 81,
$3.50. The total property Of the society Is
set down at-stock on hand Sl0,9SG; in
hands of colporteurs $500; due from indi.
viduals $500; stocks, bonds and mortgages
$4,000; real estate at cost S840O; making
(deducting mortgage on real estate $500,
and due from the society Sl53O.) 3l,342.
The board of officers elected last year wero
reelected. There was surreptitious at
tempt made to place the name Of Rev. Nehe.
miah Adams Of South Side notoriety on the
executive committee Which was promptly
rejected by the Society promptly voting that
the committee should consist of only eleven,
(printsd ballots Fad been prepared and cir
culated for twelve,) the Society thus indicat-
ing that 1t had no idea Of having on its com
mittee man who would run his pen OF all
the tracts proposed to DO published by the
Society to e.purgata every sentiment hostile
to slavery.
SOUTHERN AID SocnrY.
This is Society formed 10 send part Of
the Gospel to the South where tho whole Is
70 much needed, 30 we should judge from
the report Of It's proceedings given in the
Traveller.
Rev. Luther Farnhan, Secretary. made q
partial report. regarding the Society. Iu
'bjcct was to reach the South, which was 80
much neglected by our religious societies,
Ind 10 give il that gospel which Others r.
used to send IL. The receipts the 6rt year
scro sis95, the second yar ssss5, and the
hird year sll 3is-and OF tho total sum
our-6fths had been paid to missionaries to
'reach the gospel at the South and South
rest. or this, New England gave $3.50
me gentleman Of Boston contributing $1,000
ast year. In the last year forty mi.iona-