The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-13

| dent, IN the chalr.
In the absence of the secretary, A.
l.. Wade was chosen secretary pro
ten.
Frederick A. Dering, treasurer,
made the following report, which was
received:
Amount of books on hand at last
report, Feb. 5th, lS77.............. $3.50 40
Amt received since last report. II II
Am now on haud.....,.,...,.... ITO 81
! Books donated. ........,............ % 20
| Books ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50 81
Amt sent to Parent.......,....,. ~ 90
| Cash now ON hand..........,....... IL 25
The president made brief address
after which he introduced Rev. Wal
ter S. Long, State Agent of the Amer
lean Bible Society, who made very
interesting address upon the bible
work in West Virginia. He stated
that the restitution in many coun-
ties of the State is very great. The
Parent Society has undertaken to aid
the various counties in supplying the
restitution and calls upon the friends
of the bible cause to help what they
can. Every dollar raised in this
county viii be used iii this county to
supply the destitute.
A. l.. Wade, distributor of bibles
for Monongnlia county,, made a state
ment which showed that he com
menced distributing bibles in July,
1874, since which he has visited
two thirds of the families in the coun-
ty. He hopes to be able to complete
the work of visiting each family in
the county at an early day.
The following is a summary of his
report:
Number of families visited, iT6i; No.
of families found destitute of n bible, 29S;
No. of destitute families supplied, 262;
No of days employed, 0S; No of miles
Travelled in visiting, 1892; No. of families
visited each day, (averagc) Is; No Of
miles travelled each day, (average) -;
Amount of sales at cost of printing,
S365.07; Amt OF donations, SS6.l5.
Hon. w. I. Wiley was introduced
by the president and made an earnest
appeal in behalf of the bible cause.
A collection was then taken which
amounted to the sum of $5l65.
The following officers were chosen
for the ensuing year:
Prof Robert G. Berkeley, president;
John a. Ollie, vice president; Ly-
curgus ). Hongh, secretary; Freder-
icll a. Dcring, treasurer and deposi
tory.
On motion it was ordered that the
committee of managers consist of the
officers and one additional member
Samuel Hackney was chosen such
additional member
The following resolutions were
adopted;
WHEREAS, The American Bible So
ciety has undertaken the very gencr-
Gus work of supplying the poorer and
most destitute portions Of West Vir-
ginia with the sacred scriptures by
the employment of bible colporteurs,
Rcsoired, 1st. That this work not
only merits our hearty approval, but
| ,Iso our liberal sunnort
ID. That we commend these bible
missionary workers to the kindly
considerations of the communities
they visit, and that we will earnestly
pray for the divine blessing upon
their labors of love.
3D.. That the corresponding secre-
tary Of this society be requested to
send a note to each cooperating pas
tor and church in the county, after
the harvests, asking them to take and
forward a collection to f. A. Dering,
Treasurer of Monongalia County
Auxiliary Bible Society.
4th. That copy of the proceed
ings Of this meeting be published in
the Morgantown papers and that a
copy of each be sent to Rev. ID. Nc
Lean, Cor. Sec'y Of the A. B. s., Bible
House, New York City.
On motion the meeting adjourned
to meet at the call of the president.
GEO. C. STURGISS,
a L. WADE, Pres't.
Sec'y pro tenn.