The Lincoln County herald., 1872-05-23
Biblical Encyclical.

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Kingdom. Greeting:
Dearly Beloved Brethren in the Lord
Jesus:
At tho last meeting of the Lincoln
County Bible Society, which met in
Troy, the following persons were chosen
as its Executive Committee for the en-.
suing year, 1872:
Rev. o. s. Thompson. j. G. Moore,
E. N. Bonfls, DR.. Jas. W. Welch, and
DR.. JAS. A. Ward
The object Of the Society is to pro
mote the general circulation Of the Scrip
lures, and to secure to every family
which is now destitute of the Word Of
GoD, copy of these sacred Scriptures.
To the Executive Committee of the
Society is entrusted the management aud
general oversight of the work of the
Society in the county, At recent
meeting Of the Committee, Rev. y. S,
Thompson was elected Chairman, and
Mr.. E. N. Bonfls Secretary. After a
careful consideration Of the work before
it, the Committee voted to subdivide the
entire county into eight districts, dis
trict for each township in the county,
and to appoint To,onship Executive Com,
miNces to have the management Of the
work in the respective townships in
which they reside, these committees be
ing empowered to further subdivide the
townships into school districts, in order
to make thorough and exhaustive can.
vass Of the whole county and every Fam.
lily in it.
The following are the names of the
committees
HURRICANE TOWNSHIP.
John NJ. Hunter, Geo o. Hamilton,
Jno. Singleton, Jas. Alexander,
Thos. r. Reid, John Gentry,
Clem Lindsay, David Allen.
Benjamin Robertson.
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Jonathan Upton, G. W. Martin,
VIM. Simson, Jno. j. Alexander,
Frank Hardesty, DR.. Chennewcrth.
DR.. Dunn.
CLARK TOWNSHIP.
Frederick Wing, Jno. r. Britton,
Ed. r.. Lanicr, S. W. Avery.
o. D. Loving.
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
W.. S. Pennington, W. Cunningham,
r. b Allen, Joseph Holder
j. d. Young,
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP.
Rev. j. B, Allen, Rev. j. M. O'Brlen
VIM. r, White, Chas. U. Portor.
Joseph East.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
Rev. r. G. Loving, Chas. NJ. Hamilton,
A. +. Downing, Henry Mounts.
Isaac Ellis,
wAvERLY TOWNSHIP.
Judge Ingram, ". Shaw,
Jas. y. Gilmore, L. Branch.
WILDWOOD TOWNSHIP.
John H. Downing, Jno. Jameson,
And now, dear brethren of the com
mittees, we hope you will at once accep
and act upon your appointment. W.
cntrust to your care The oversight O.
this work in the townships, to be con
Quoted as you may think best, so thai
you secure canvass of the entire
townships. We suggest, as tho bes
means Of doing this, that you meet as
early as possible and appoint committee.
in each school district, to look after the
work there They can secure persons
who can canvass the districts and report
to you, and then you can report to u.s.
As this is purely work and labor o
Love, we hope that there will be found
in every district persons who will dc
this work gratuitously, for the love they
bear the Savior; but if they will moi
do this, they will be remunerated.
They will need to take the Bibles
with them. These can be had at the
Bible Depository at Col. G. W. Parker's
at Troy. These Bibles are to be sold to
families who have none, If they are will
ing to buy; if not, they are to be pre-
sented with copy, if they will accept it
IF any information is wanted furthur
or at any time, on any point, it will be
gladly given by Col. Parker, or by
o. s. THOMPSON,
Chairman County Committee
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hearted Bridgeport lady, in speaking OF
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