Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-12

Amount bibles on hand at New
York cost. .........ss...... 1,224 "a
Amount debts due the Nashville
Bible Society. $50. .s........ % IS
reaib $500 40
Less amount due American Bible
/ Society .......... ............ 319 80
Present means Of Nashville Bible
Society. 49,. 9S1 10
Amount Of means last report. 80. ls512 90
Decrease In means past year.. s5S1 10
1t viii De seen that while the society has
made large sales and donations the present
year, only four of our twenty-eight
churches in the city and Edgefield have
made any contributions. Those contribut-
ting were the First Presbyterian Church, the
McKendree Church, the Christian Church
and the Edgefeld Presbyterian Church, and
their entire contributions only amounted to
$354.55, while the expenses and donations
Of the society amounted to $SS6.31, leaving
the means Of the society s531.76 less than
last year.
You will notice that the whole expendi-
ture was in the city and county except the
small sum Of $3.50 donated in Coffee
county.
Last year the parent society was indebted
TO this society, while this year it is just the
reverse. Ought this to be? Should not
this society rather pay for AZ the books the
parent society furnishes her, and besides
make liberal donations every year?
Let it be borne in mind that this society
depeads alone on the contributions Of the
churches and the benevolent In our COM
munity for means to carry on its operations,
and if we would be pardoned for making .
suggestion az to the cause Of so few
churches contributing the past year it
is because the pastors and officers Of the
churches failing TO contribute did not give
their congregations an opportunity to do 90.
al Of which IS respectfully submitted.
A. G. ADAMS.
The statements Of the Treasurer and his
concluding remarks have excited our earnest
attention and are worthy Of the solemn con-
sideration Of this community. We feel
constrained to believe that we have not as
a people appreciated the paramount i'm
portance Of the Bible cause, and that 1t is
due to say, that the very imperfect appreci-
alton Of this matter, and the feebleness Of
our contributions, are the results in part Of
q want Of information as the character Of
the subject and the obligations Of the church
to it.
1t is high time that the subject be placed
on new and proper basis, and we there
fore conclude this report BIZ offering the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is due to the greatness
and to the wants of the Bible cause, to our
character as a Christian peope, and to
our hopes of an acceptance with the God
of the scriptures that our contributions to
this object be increased by al least ten fold.
Resolved, that efforts be at once begun to
bring up our offerings to the standard desig-
mated, all Of which is respectfully submit
ted. 5. II. SCOTT,
Chairman.
RoB7 L. MORRIS,
Secretary.
The meeting was then addressed by Rev.
Mr.. Wiley, agent Of the American Bible
Society, for Middle and East Tennessee.
DR.. j. W. Hoyt and DR.. Kelley, followed
with brief and eloquent appeals to the con-
gregation 70 extend pecuuiary assistapce to
the Bible Society.
A collection amounting to $587,95 was
taken up for the association.
OFFICERS.
The following gentlemen were elected
officers Tor the ensuing year: W. H. Nor
gan, President; R. l.. Morris, Secretary; a.
G. Adams, Treasurer; and S. n. Scott, II.
G. Scoven, Edward Gillian, Geo. o. Brien
and W. B. Dortch, Executive Board.
The meeting was closed with the dOxology
and benediction by Rev. Mr.. Wiley.