The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-01

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Tie ABnivsrsary Meeting Of Jhs sandus-
Ky County BiBle Soelsty was was held at Birch
ard Hall, on Sunday evening, Dec. 9th.
The exersi ess commenced with hymn ;isf.
lteFwhich The Res EaBasEnell read pOr-
tioh 'bf The PssI@s; and prayer was offered
by the Rev, O. &. Young.
The Report of the Secretary wss then
read, aud sfterward that of the Treasurer.
\ The election Il OHcea fdr he ensuipg
gear was POstpgped d an AdjOu ned fnesting
to be Aeld4he following morning.
Addresses were then delivered by the Rev.
E. ". shRh De Sf the Amer
ican Bible Society, aud tie Rev. Messra
Leibert, Collier and Rulger.
F4tsAo close e tSS hsdjs esieptiOn
was taken amounting 70 $15 02.
The exercises we're intelspersed with
singing by a choir, formed for the occasion,
of the members Of the several ehoirs of the
city. y 10 n - 81 y
After singing the Doxolcgy
aPraise God from whom all blessings AoE."
the beuediction was pronounced by.ths Rev.
c. H. Young, and the me ting adjourned.
The following arc the reports of the See
retary and Treasurer: anlH1us Q9eH
tIFUIx sreRafAaYs HtrU8E. Uebi
II is understood that, at each annual meet
ing of this scc'ety, tie 'fePort Of the Sec
retary" will be presented. The officer duly
elected last year to perform this duty is
now hundreds of miles away. In mis- ab-
sense, the bopra Of mspagers have lleced
tie books in my hands, and & fespeusibil-
ity bpenlm3 shoulders. & 4 ( &A1A
In the interval, since tbis appointment,
the only business REQUIRING 4tbe attention of
the Secretary, has been to sign the certificates
given to life members Of the society, 10 re-
cord the proceedings of the board of mana
gers in arranging for their annual msstiBe,
zsAiidl Il PEP sdi1is rsPSrt,-G itepSA Of
Whist the society has done.
As a society, however, We have done moth
iDg,-except 10 hold meeting about year
ago. What the society has dOnszmeans what
/ It's officers, The Treasurer and The DspOsitary.
have done, and what the members0f9tHe So
ciety have paid. lioJ .sisqFts1 L'soh
The boafd'Of Gansgers a year year sge, g. passed
q resolution requesting the general agent Of
the Apsricau Bible SOcietyyatO furnish a
man, who should spend two months in can
vassing the county, for the Bible Society.
This has been dope, l. believe, and, as a
result Of this work the following statistics
are presented q z ani'
Number Of families visited. d............... $50
Number off ftfomilies found destitute Of Bible a
Number Of families supplied 80. ........... 81
Number of children supplied. 81
Amount of money collected by County Agt. 1887 80
So much the society has done by its agent.
What we have done, through the agency Of
our DepOsitary, may be gathered, from the
following items from his report:
The books in the hsnds of the Depositary,
at the close Of the previous year, amount
ed 0...s.i......st. SS99 70
Additional invoices roceiVed. ...gat.... 56S 60
Total, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .S9e2 80
Value of books nov in the hands of Depos-,-. p
Delivered to Depositary at Clyde.......... 43 SO
Delivered to life members Of County and
parent Society. ....... ~ 20
Dei1sred 20 County Agents s..6. .:.!.ff ~ a
6tVen away ......s-....s.-.....-..... 10
The Report of the Treasurer indicates
what the society mas paid. The whole
amount of contributions is $495 SO. More
than ree,fpuTtbs of this smount was col.
lected by the County agent; little less than
800 was contributed by the different
chpshpei9 TIE citysa6 I5W0In
Respectfully submitted.