Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-06
The Female Bible society.

ITS FIFrY-TH1RD ANNIVERSARY LAST EVENING,
CELEBRATED AT sT. ANDREWS CHURCH.
Last evening, the Female Bible Society, of this
city, met at st. Andrews church, to celebrate
its fifty-third anniversary. The church was
about half filed with earnest workers in the
cause, principally ladies', and few gentlemen
OF the original society.
At half past seven o'clock, Bishop Lee an
nounced that the meeting would be opened with
prayer, and in few earnest words invoked the
Divine blessing.
The choir then sang the appropriate selection,
''The Bible" the society joining in, after the
first stanza
After few words from Bishop Lee, explaining
the object of the meeting, and congratulating the
Society upon its success, Miss Annie Brinckle,
President of the Society, read the annual report
of the work for the past year.
Mrs. DR.. Johnson, the Treasurer of the Socie-
ty, read the financial report which exhibits
Collections at last annual meeting. ..... 1854
subscriptions and donations. ............ 10000
odleb hb depository Observation-Disclosures. 5u.lU
Balance in Treasury at last report ...... 1927
Iotal-. .-...................-. S5i4Ul
J The expenses have been for the past year,
$233.02 leaving a balance in hands of the Trea-
surer of $70.99 and adding the collections, last
evening, makes $79.19.
After the reading of the reports, and singing
by the Society, Rey. Mr.. Macarthur, of the Sec
ond Baptist church, addressed the meeting,
briefly noticing the present relations of our own
and other countries with the Bible cause, and
compared the existing state of affairs with what
they would be il the Bibles were removed. He
graphically pictured the condition of Spain,
without the Bible to teach those truths which
lead men to live together in peace and harmony,
and went on at some length to define some of the
great benefits which distribution of the Bible
conferred upon government and people, and
closed with an exhortation to those present to
follow up and complete their work in which
universal humanity was interested. The ad-
dress was excellent and listened to with great
interest by those present.
After another hymn, Rev. DR.. Torrance,
agent for Pennsylvania of the American Bible
Society, made very able and decidedly inter
esting address. He said that he was much sur
prised at the small attendance, considering the
wide scope which the work in this city embraced
He however congratulated the society upon the
very evident and warm interest which the mem-
bers present exhibited in their work. His re-
marks were addressed more particularly to the
needs of the Society in this county and the ne
cessity for greater effort in the future.
The Society then proceeded to the election of
| officers, with the following result =
| President, Miss Anne Brinckle.
| Secretary, Mrs. Judge Hall.
| Treasurer Mrs. Thos. Rice.
| Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. jackson.
| Asst Secretary, Miss Anne Semple.
| Asst. Treasurer, Mrs. DR.. johnson.
In the absence of Mrs. Judge Hall, Mrs. Thos.
Rice acted in the capacity of Secretary.
The Secretary reported, that Mrs. Mary Niles,
who had been re-engaged for the ensuing year,
as the Bible reader, whose duty it was to read the
Scriptures from house to house, had been faith
| full and deserved the commendation and eneour-
| agement of the Society.
| A collection was then taken up amounting to
| about 50 and the Society was dismissed with
benediction by Bishop Lee.