, 1866-01-22
COOK COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY,
FWenty-Fffth Anniversary Exercises,
Annual Report OF the Secrefary-Hlx.
tory OF tie Socicty-Ets Work Dur.
ing the Past Tcar-Iddrcxses.

| tuJ M". 1oe congregation then united In stns
| The Heavens declare thy Eioly, oh, Lord"
Tbs annisersatJ exercises proper weru then cnn
dastsa uadsF q tas difeetion of Z B. Wells. Esa. @
| Mr. 7. B. Carter, Secretary, reaa the foltoy,no
| interesting annual report: '''A
. The nfst 6Feanl,ed efforts to promote the c1rcula
16a. eight years aiter the American Bible Societ1
Was formed and t1x 5eara after the admission 81
onr State iuio the Union. .''0'S1 ~
These efforts were confined 70. 1nauv year, NJ,
e1RaHy t9 ihe southern pottten Of the Slate.
hcy, John NJ Peck. q Baptist Clergyman well
f3 fno~n & 70 NE e9,,y .etsiss Of ,he stai VA. hs
through his instsuuentalIty the first socjety NM
formed in 1874, N Madison county. calied ..Ths
a9dieon County Bible society, -, N'
Northern portion Of the State. "Thc nitnois H,hc I
| souety" was formed in 1sss, which existed Until
necessity lor State organization.
| A soaety for the distribution Of Bibles in this
sasS and seantS was formed u Sosember 1851, md
Previous to this but few Bibles could bc had in On,
then new city. To show the necessity OF an nTe,n.
i5at1on tos the SIMPLY as well a. di.tnbnuon Of
q M s stsesa X NJ r99
special order to New York for Bible, for cns,n.
ner Of ~: copy moi being for sale ut any Of lie
:, The officers of The society then formed were
| NJ, John Wright, Senior President. Rev. john
Rstchford, Secretary, and VIM. u. Brown. Eso..
etnca departed this life This Society at tst enye
promise Q! efficiency and usefulncrs. A large nnm
tcr Of Bibles and Tettaments weze ordered rom the
financial cribs which occurred it this time, or yeT
eoon alte1, 1nd which WIS severely felt in this
CITY, seemed TO pasaxzc The efforts Of the Society,
books WAS Dns paid. and hey were held By tue for
warder for some years lor want Of an efficient orgnn
1zailon to put them in circulation. The books. or
f9Hr thSETyp dhfn H. l.
to- the present Society.
Nothing more was done towards a new o,csu.x,.
,ion on a o95 'hs tRps & o. 1s, when 3t the soiea
Bible Society, an ettort was made to form a new
soeaetJ. meeting was called and held On The
evening Ct April - 1s4n in the Old Presbyterian
Of Wathineton street, and The present society Or
very Sere VT T. BroxD E.q. llhsn Cashier u he
dent; Rev. =. Il. stocking, Measr4. John Wight.
~ Sherwood, Grant Goodrich and E. L. Kogsrs'
H,ce 1es,dentt; 7. D. CARER, Secretary, md &.
Mc.e Messrs. Phi1o Carpenter, Jamez Robinson and
q the o5tosss then chosen, al! .re living, except
vice Presidents, md g. ". Merrill treasurer.
preside evcrit. They were Me1ssr, Wm. d. brown, d
Phlio Carpenter, Oringtou Lint, A. u .uoce. John
u. ktnzie, SyiYeeter Lind, q. q. Hammond, jas. L.
Meynolds, Z. =. Matber, J. ". Waughop, S. 5.
Wells. Ill Of whom arc living. except Major John
II. Kn13e, who. during The past year, md amer a
lcnF and esentinl life, ras snddently called to his
seet and home IN htArec. Ar. Brown wat some
times chosen to preside over the society a. Its
From The long list Of yicc Presidents. who have
betn elected to that position, nearly all arc now
Aner the desih Of Mr. Merrill. the ,ret Treas
nrer. ~. 4 q. Downs Fetvca the Foetety ei1 years
ees, = M1 sha, e He'Pse on e.
time aud services tor 1ltecn years 10 ths intcrest
o, this good cat.e, Tne1e has been bur one Sec
relay ~ saase he organization Of the society.
ont cop'es Of the Word Of Lie, many have e.
Saviour here. for the higher mtnietr1dons md poorr
perfect enoFmcn Of that ceasele.s service. which
they are nov rendering, With al the anc'cnt wor-
REVIEWS.
a. 1he nrst anniversary q the soce:y was held On
the ~ Of December ISL, Of nearly two years alter
ard 1estaments bad been e1atultously uiStabnted
10 the destitute TO The amount Of 427.46. The to-
"a receipts intending sales Of Bibles were E17a H.
VI 1hts rum fU were Ea1sed al The anniversary
meeting. By dollar subsd1ptfops-to constitute
Ksy* Hooper cEe.ss tie member o! The American
Mhle soeie,yIihe frst tte member made BY this
society," snd The fltt contribution to the paseut &C.
cleiJ- An effort vas commenced this year to az
Rne eD III we she s1ins .s% 81 hs de
completed in ISIS nv III. T Il. sx,trr ,h M,s w
viii lie following rea some fs5 Isniea ;ser.
yls1ted which comprised nearly o1 quite iii The fap1
this unmbef % were found destiIrte of In H,hIe
and supplied. The society Obtained e9snt o1d Of
81, IN books, ofthe parent society," to a,d In tie
The county uas next canyaseed in 1Bas, and 6G6
families visited, IA Of whom were destitute. Al.
other grant Of 50 bible, and 10 Tesismenta Was
ohtxfnet OF The parent society to aid in he wnrE
The receipt thst yea. were only s2ga,2s. "'N~
In le46. the city VI. canvaseed, for The frs: time
BY he bible Co'portenre who vsited 40 fauiliea,
destiiuts During ne summer oi I'll. We 9esi .oaso .ao
eomPsn!e. 2, ;elanteert iof tbe Mcaean VA were
p.,}s we1e Wen The receipts exclusive
Ibe div wa araiu cauy.s<ea in 7a,q r,.,,
ber Of ls,ilief visited wns sG6a Of whom Is rers
The CIV va csnv.,.ea FIR n. tb,-a .t,. t., ,ax,
md with the following results: ~ fsiiies ,.s,
re eomee had eeed I'll a q ins !ans Bos
be supplied With Bibles. md ch,jarcn lii Ts.is.
mentr. In aecoranee witF lbs direction tbe eoI.
families, WITH pbes xnd GGs chIIS-ers viz Ta.,!.
nents. The receipts th1e rear Werc t7g7.M.
IT. The foush esnss;s Of Re city sas In
setnlt 6439 hmllics were y1ejted. Of these IA
were destitute. The receipts In Isss Nere ii 81 n
and hs in 1;ss 1sst; =: :: t.,;sS ts 8 -
Nth time lsrre increase 4, he nnnhcr ~ f.ny ~
lcs visited were rcnorted and doe.saa y! ~ ts ~
uumber al the des,ffr1fe IN f.,,1as @ T.. se
and only 1,4s5 reported destitute. 1he r,ce1nts.
we're n 06 e, showing large inc1ea.e urer 1851
me e1tn canFass OF the CITY was made In 1B5a
~hsn = 1sa IL. la4ls nmilies we're Eiested, Of whom
AtW were reported destitute. The largest proppf-
f1Sn , hs en- nu,ns.5 1, Tssd ot any Previous yeaz.
emigration Which had been pouring Into thc North-
wc.t. and cur city during the few prcyiops years.
Seventeen hundred ana seventy eix Of these destl-
GIN or leave. The receipts were onlv II hi. ID
ehowtng ii larEe reduction from r,rrr{ons renrs'
The last Or seventh canvas ar 1he
y .s y NJ M57e1sr in isss and
Of the city each rear. MI Wheeler dId moi rou,.
plete the canrass, but explored and suonited fnt
most destitute dietncta Of The ty, vsitips IN this
ported pny s18 dcsti.ute famillea which Of course
cDn1d not tnctnde the whole nunber II the civ.
without the Bible .----.-~
Be.ides the regular and Systematic vi.itat,on Of
the city and county thu. noticed, during ihe past
twenty-five years. the Society has supplied The
scriptures 10 Mie.ien Sunday SCHOOL,, Puo1!c
6chuols Hotels, jail, Poor Hopse, Bridewell steam
and Failing vessels, kaiIots, boaimep. raiIroad
depots The poor md destitute every class where
ever there has been necessity or call for them
and within the past four Year,
to many thorsands Of our brave soldiers. a. they
prisoners Of ~sT both ot our men md Of ,he s rebe
armies. IN camp here Many hundreds OF Teeta-
ments- were aleo sent 10 Kentucky, Tennessee,
Missouri md other States, to supply our soldiers
conve11ent source
AaEssrrs AID OPERATIONS.
No sy*te1natfc or regular eauyuss of the c;tv u,.
toward S MtnRp'Kns ,hs destitute With the ord q
ciry agent. has gfren rnnrh t7nas ~ ygittn th
rnnre dr4t;tne ditt1iets ~ 1he ritv u,thnnt t s
Hen1 siranreT % heee ~ he esen,d m, .xoxr m