The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-08
ANNUAL REPORT.

| The anniversary seasons of the Society are
consdtutionaly and wisely arranged for re-
view of the operations ofthe Executive Com
mittee during the past year, and for mutual
consultation, respecting those plans and in
terests which are prospective. Thus it be-
| comes pertinent not-only to inquire of what
has been doue, but also what is there remain
ing for us yet to do, and the best way fbr the
doing of it.
| To aid in producing this desired end the
| committee, as ia required Of them, nov sub
NIT their annual report, and return to the So
ciety the trusts committed to their keeping.
The plan entered upon, one year ago, OF
| If forming sub-auxillaries at different points
| in the territory Of our field of operations, the
establishment. of local repositories and the
employment Of voluntary local agents, and q
similar canvass of the city has so far proyeda
success. So that your executive committee
Is able TO report more work Gone, in amilies
visited and the destitute supplied with the
word Of God and q more healthy condition of
The treasury than for several years past.
In carrying out the plan proposed branch
societies have been organized under ii su-
pervision of Rev. W. Kendrick, Assistant
Susie Agent Of the American Bible Society,
-aa. fincenness, Charleston, and in
st Mont.p~s These report contri-
Van Buren, township. hooks
buttons received SIP 80; value OF +
sold, SOS So; value of books donated, 81 80;
number of families visited, 100; number of
families destitute of the scriptures, IA !; NUM-
Der OF families supplied with the scriptures,
10; at an expense to the society OF only
81 %. The value of books on hand in these
several repositories is Ss5 50.
The city was also districtricted and q com
nittee appointed from each of the evsngeii>
cal churches to fully canvass the same. The
committees report 764 families visited, lo1 Of
Which we're destitute Of the scriptures, Of
which number so were supplied at a cost for
books Of S25 10; value Of books sold, 1886
IL. We have received from the parent soci-
ery during the year books to the amount of
S454 IL.
A summary Of the whole work OF this city
during the past year. and its present position,
is as follows: Number Of families visited,
GA number of families found destitute Of the
sacred scriptures, 1l5; number Of families
supplied with the sacred scriptures, so; val
ne Of books sold, s455 %; value Of books do
mated, S2s 90 amount Of donations received,
1870 65.
/ There is due the american Bible Society
balance of $56s 81, and due the Assistant
State Agent, Sss Il; total indebtedness,
1851 Oh, to meet which the society has funds
on hand amounting to s52s q, leaving de-
6cit Of S12s So.
We have, however. ~ assets on hand books
to the vaine of s342 70, of better and more
saleable stock than ever before, leaving 1
balance 10 our favor of STAT 85.
| II remains for the society to devise wisely
in plans for the future. and prosecute with
energy in the current year the work seeming
" so auspiciously begun in the one now clos
ling, that every family may be supplied With
the written Word.
In behalf Of the executive committee.
i VIM. PATTERSON, Pres't.
]. T. WEsToSER, Sec'y.