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Of tie 1hLcriWe District E;blc .S,c;t.u
The Thirty.S;x,h Anniversary Of the Ahhe-
viii. District Bible Sori",y was hrl.i in the
Presbyterian Church. Ahbeviile AiIlngc, on
Wednesday, the 9th July. a. ID. 1859.
Tho Society being called To order hv the pre-
siding officer the Annua! Sermon was deliver
cd hv the Rev. benjamin Johnson. of the Eps.
copai Church, fronl the lSt verse Of the 9th
chapter of Revelations.
Owing to the feeble health Of the principal.
and. want Of notice to the alternate no Annual
Address was ticlvere
The Minutes Of the last meeting of tho So
cicty hciET read and corrected. the Society
proceeded t" the transact ion "f business.
Delegates from the following Auxiliary So
cic:ics. appeared, enrolled their mines and
took their seats:
Fr"" tn" Lebanon Bible Society: Maj. l..
roy j. johnson and DR. .IEo. ). Reid;
From the Gr"envill Church Bible Society:
Dr. II. A. Archer. Andrew Stenvcnsnn Benia-
min Smith and Col. Samuel Donald;
From the LowndesviIlc Bible Society: Rev.
G.. ". Bnrnes.
The following donations were receiv cd ::
From the GrrenvilIe Church Bible Society,
5000; from I.odim"nt Church So 90; from
Lebanon Bible Society the sum of $1,000.
Which is to constitute Maj. Leroy j. johnson n
life member "f this Sorietv
Upon call for new members several came
forward and had their names enrolled, paving
the usual imitation fec of 81 90 each. Col
j. Foster Marshall upon the pa, lnent Of $iuUn
The Report Of the Board Of Directors rec
"mncnaing hat 1T Gael, annual meeting of the
Society a collection he taken mp in aid Of til.
Society that Ten delegates be appointed to
!; tita Stale Bible Convention to be held at York
ssss:!an 'Euesday. the "a of August next. and
Aouche'lho change in the place of the annual
meet'ngsof this Society be made. was taken up
and adopted clause by clause, and then as
whole by the Society.
Tile Annual Report of the Treasurer and
Librarian WAS submitted aud being vouched
auditing committee Was adopted.
Es!Af frsuant to the recommendation of the
| sSfd Of Directors, the following delegates
:Hi4te 2 appointed by the Chair to the State BIZ
bFa5knvention: Hon. j. Foster Marshall. Rev.
J.*FYBonner. II. II. Wnrdlaw, DIR George W.
Pressly; Rev. Benjamin johnson. Rev. Jno. o.
Lindsay, II. "A. Jones. James NJ Perrin, II. A.
Fair. and Rev. Robert r. Franks.
-, sOn motion. The President of this Society,
tie Hon: T. c. Perrin, was added 10 the mum.
ber Of delegates to the State Bible Convention
|. On fiiotion,
I Re'otred. That this Society appropriate one
hundred dolers of the funds in the Treasurer's q
hand to the five thousand dollars which the
State Bible Convention resolved to raise this
yeau for the distribut on Of the Bible in for
eigti lands
I'd. That Fl fly dollars he appropriated to the
American Bible Society for the purpose of
:compieting She Life Dictatorship Of our Presi-
dent, OF so. stuch a. may he enecessary for such
The thhnks.of this Society were rendered to
the Rev. Benjamin johnson for the very able
and spproPriate sermon delivered by him ON
this ocCasion.
The Rev. Jno. o. Lindsay was appoointsd to
deliver the next annual sermon before this So.
ciety-the Rev. Robert r. Franks his alter
nate.
The resign alton Of R. H. Wardlaw as Treas
urer and Librarian Of this Society was reeeiv
| 3D.. and the thanks ofsthe Society rendered to
himsfoe ahn long. faithful and vsiusbls ser
vices sihssaid oficsa
ThfS5eisty then proceeded to the election
of officsrs aud the following were elected:
President--Thomss c. Perrin. E.q.
Vocs Presidents--A. Giles, Rev. Jas. Moore