Daily Republican., 1878-11-08

Collection at annual meeting, 463.0O
Incidentals and Savings banks, 1900
s,t.cr;n,;ons 23S.
Donations 800
p;l1ao aold nv manager. LEO
/" " at depository, 575.75
$l05O.75
Expenses-Books from the Society
s223.2: donations to American Bible
Society $50; and numerous other items
which LETT balance OF $7.95
Rev. DR.. Stevenson of the Grace N.
L. church addressed the society. He
said the occasion was one for thanks.
giving and congratulations; thanksgiv
| ing to the father of life for every good
and perfect gift and for the preserva
tion of this society through the past.
! Congratulations to the lady members
of the society al d to all who have aided
you through this good work, inla work
that lies so near the heart of God. The
Association comes down to us venerable
among other societies Of the country and
with her fair brow filled with honors
of over half century. Her work is a
" ork that cannot be counted by years.
1t il older than American history, old
.r than the Norman conquest OF England
older than the Rome of the Caesars,
older than the masonry of the pyramid.
along the banks of the Nile, older than
the sphinx OF Egypt-it is as old As
anything that is held dear and precious
in human history.
He alluded to the workers in the same
cause who lived in past decades, who
Will. teaching and promulgating The
truths of the gospel were apprehended
and made to suffer death. He compar
ed the then with the now and gave the
credit Of our present civilization t, tht
wide spread distribution of the sacred
! scriptures, "for," said he, you may
date the history of man from the
, days of that poor old monk who sal
toiling among the parchment within
the lone dreary cell Of the cloister dowl
, to the present with its great printing
| presses Of Cambridge and Oxford anc
!, those OF our own bible society Of New
/ York; and between the two you ma,
place the railroad, the telegraph anc
) all the wonderful contrivances Of hu
l man ingenuity.
3 He closed with complimentary allu
, sion to the local work OF the society
5 and encouraged them to 60 on.
Rev. +. B. DuVal, of the First Pres
byterian Church, in his remarks tool
spiritual view of the reward to be OBJ
5 tanned through such noble work. a'
, dwelt upon the dangers that beset th'
! early hristian who dared to open hi
lips in behalf of the doctrines he $.
. fondly cherished: the stake and tht
torch were the ultmatum. This wa
the age Of darkness, and God shal
write CURSE in eternity as he has upol
time, against the men, under an insti-
tuition, who closed his precious Wore
, from perishing humanity. He close'
f by calling upon the society to continn'
in its work to grow in grace as the no
bieness of their calling comes to theil
comprehension, until they at last feel
if needs BE-, they would die for it. anc
, let their blood sprinkle the seed thai
the germ may bring forth the tree tina
; GGd intended.
The following officers were elected:
( President-Niss Anna Brinckle.
t Vice Presdent--Miss Annie Temple
Treasurer--Miss NJ. Rice.
Recording Srcretary-Mrs. R. p
Johnson.
Cor. Secretary J. \. Jackson.
, ManagerS-Mr5. Gregg Chandler
tritchard, Bradford, Alrich, Mclntire
Y. Cause, Darlington, Taylor, Moore
Wollaston, Adams, J. A. Cause, Smith
Morrow, McCaulIry, Reasr, Seidel, How
, land, Bringhurst, Elliott, Jones
Bootes, Stroud, Nixon, McIlvane, Bes
sci, McNamee, Stevens, I.ittell, Missr
Hamilton, Kirkpatrick, Simmons, Polk
Webb, l.. Clark, II. Clark, Porter
Brown, CapclIe, Judd, Girdon, Brad
ford, Rice, llowland, Bowman. Hills
Johnson, Tenney. Young Bible reader
Miss Margaretta Barr.
The association then ad ourned will
the benediction by Bishop Lee.
The ChiIdrcn's sewing school
meets on Saturday afternoon, at
o'clock, in the school room on the N. Il
coruer Of 9th and King streets. Tuition
free, Admission on the promise of pune
tudlitv good behapior and diligence. Chill
dren desirous of entering this schoo
should apply promptly at 1.3O o'clock
! on next saturday afternoon and have
their names enrolled on the opening
: day. Saturday last, 144 children were
received. The school is limited to 2O(
pupils.