Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-07

ITS FIFTY-THmD ASNIvERsARY LAST EVENING" |
CELEBRATED AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.
On Thursday, the Female Bible Society, OF this |
city, met at st. Andrews church, to celebrate |
its ffty-tliirl 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 i'll a few earnest words invoked the
Divine blessing.
The choir then sang the appropriate selection.
''Ihe Bible, the society joining III, after the
first stanZa.
After few words from Bishop Lee explaining
the object of the meeting, aud congratuating the
Society upon Its success, Miss Annie lrnckle,
President of the Society, read the annual report
of the work for the past year.
Mrs. DIR. johnson, the Treasurer of the Socie-
ty, read the financial report, which exhibits
Collections at last annual meeting. ..... SS.Gl
Subscriptions and donations. 10000
| Sales at Depository Observation-Disclosures. 1910
| Balance in Treasury at last report ...... 1927
| Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s3lI.Ol
The expenses have been for the past year.
S233.02 leaving balance in hands of the Irea-
surer of 1903 and adding the collections, last
evening. makes S79lN.
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 adj
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-
estng address. lie said that he WAS much sur.
prised at the small attendance considering tho
wide scope which the work in this city embraced
He however congratulated tile society upon the
very evident and warm interest which the MEM
bers present exhibited in their work. His re
marks We're 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 o
officers, with the following result -
! President, Miss Anne Brnekle.
4 Secretary, Mrs. Judge Hall.
4 Treasurer, Mrs. Ihos. Rice.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs jackson.
Asst. Secretary, Miss Anne Semple.
Asst. Treasurer, Mrs. Dr. johnson.
III the absence Of Mrs Judge Hall, Mrs. Ihos
Rice acted in the capacity of Secretary.
The Secretary reported, that Mrs. Mary Miller
s who had been re-engaged for the ensuing yeai
as the Bible reader, whose duty it to read til
G Scriptures from house to house, had been faitl
e full and deserved the commentator and encoul
agement of the Society.
h collection was then taken up amounting
e about 20 and the Society was dismissed wit
Il benediction by Bishop Lee.