The daily gazette., 1879-11-07
Socimg the jyord.

PORTS AND SPEECHES.
Inc nfty-eighth anniversary OF the
Female Is Bile Society, last evening, In
second Baptist Church, WIS attended
ny about twelve beers OF TIE society,
ana half az many others, owing to the
inclemency Of the weather. Nothwith-
standing this, the programme was as
carefully and successfully carried out as
though the house had been filled.
Staging, GAN Hail the power OF Je
sus' haine," opened the exercises, after
which Rev. j. l.. E,tlin, OF the Church
Of tie Covenant, read chapter of
Scripture, and Rev. q. p. Mallory led In
prayer. Rev. II. B.Cook then announced
thai he had some reports to read, and
said that the first would be the report of
the Board of Managers for thu year. He
theE read the report.
The report spoke Of the occasion of the
pres' Mt meeting, which was the fifty
eighth anniversary, but wisely did not
dwell at length apon side issues in refer
ence to the OCCASION. In the course of
the work IL was usual to appoint com
Dittee to divide the city luto distrlc s for
the managers TO visit. During the year
,935 visits had been made by the D'ana-
gers, and sixty y-nine bibles and sixty
seven testainents had been distributed.
The managers found saddening and en-
their rhOmes-saddentng because so many
had the bible and did not walk by its
dictates; encouraging because the bgh'
had gone 50 far. The society in this way
! has done much good. As general
| thing the reception of the visitors has
beei. such as To render the duty delight
full. IL was very plain that the truth
found much weight among the colored
people, and that much good was being
done. The report compliments the eff
| elent ami untiring bible reader, whose
uuwearied labor of love had been instru-
mental In doing much good. During the
| year she had read ,227 times. With
r, gard TO the mem bership of the society,
The report said that the society had two
hundrt Il and thirty eight members; since
| the first OF the year seventeen members
had gOue out of the society in different
ways; Two of these had discontinued;
Two had removed to other cities, aid
five hid died. OF those who had died,
lton and Miss Mary Simmons We're
among the oldest members of this socie-
ty. 1b-y went about dong good and
kept unspotted fiom the world. Mrs.
McIntire the managers had hoped to
keep with them yet for many years;
though visited by IN health, she was eL-
ihusias ic in the work, and occupied a
lender place in their hearts. Mrs.
DOVE, Mrs. Dwight, Ms. Mckay and
Mss Hayes have been appointed mana
gers In the place OF those who have
died. In closing, the report held that it
was unnecessary to say nSthing about
the in portance Of the work. All chris
tians here tonight believe not only its
importance but Its privileges and pleas.
ures, when we remember orr Lord says,
"Inasmuch a. ye did 1t to the least Of
these, y- did it unto me-"
The report was quite an extended ont
andcombiued many interesting incidents
gong to show how the work Of the 80
ciety was received by the people amonl
whom theirefforts extended. Space ne
cessarily compela some condensation 1
but all The important points are Rlvel
IN nearly The language of the document
The report OF The Treasurer, Mrs
Thos. b. Rice showed that the ameun
collected for the year hah been $2l549
a, d the expenditures, S252 40.
Rev. g. p. Mallory then made an ad
dress In which he dwell much upon tb'
history of the B BILE, from the time /
iiisL appeared to man written upon
parchment, down through the days o
IL fferent transactions. At some length
Nj, cliffs translations was alluded to an,
the, first bible printed In England wa
spoken of as the first time Gods power
was felt through the printing pres. The
power of the Bible was spoken of ant
The speaker drew contrast between
the coudiilon of things at present
Bible never existed. Take away
the Bible and you will tax,
away liUerty, hight, intelligence and r.
hyion. Bl ssed he God, such will neve
occur! If the Bible has such power IL
us not cease to pr, =. cute the work O
dis'iihutingIt among the people. Ii
closing the reverend speaker alluded
touchlngly to the power of the Famil
! Bible.
dress. He said the truth of the Biol
was testified to by loving hearts ant
christian lives. IL is preeninently the
book, because it stands out above a.
others, and because no other can com
pare with it. 1t perpefuates Its own ex
stence. 1t is SO extensive and general
while the books of the infidels can scare
~ be found. Some people cou
plain that the Bible IL NO
plain--t that there are passages in
which they cannot understand. 1t is NJ
so with other books; when you rea
them, you understand them and the
lay them aside for years perhaps. No
, SO with the Bible; were 1t ~ plain a
other books all its attractions would b
gone, aud we would not con rantl
, look into it for new things. The ladie
, we're doing noble work, the reveren
, | gentleman thought, but he would hk'
TO see another branch spring up. A bod
4. of men and women 10 go out aud max
| the bible plain to those who could no
understand all it contained. Often in 20
ing around, he found people, belongln
to church, who did not r. AL the BIbl
and who did not understand much O
, what they had read then. He though
IL would be good idea to make plail
/ It's seeming mysteries.
. The officers of the society were the
announced as follows:
Presldent-Miss Annie Brinckle.
Vice President-Miss ANNE Semplt
Treasurer-Mrs. Thos. B. Rice.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. DR.. r. +
johnson.
+ Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Jos. L
n Jackson.
i The manager. are as follows ;-Mr'
; Gregg Chandler, Mrs. Harriet Pritchard
: Mrs Mo "a Bradford, Mrs. Thos. q. A
!, ncks, Mrs. Samuel Bailey, Mr.. j.
d Cause, Mrs. Thos. Darlington, Mrs. L
+. l.. Taylor, Mrs. L. G. Wollaston, Mr.
n John ii. Adams, Mrs. VIM. Cause, M r'
II Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Charles How
IL land, Mrs James Morrow, Mrs; EdWar
Moore. Mrs. Henry Jones, MIS-. FL.
S.idel, Mrs BENZ. Elliott, Mrs. Ssmu.
w. McOanlley, Mrs. Sarah Bringhurs
Mrs. Mary Reese, Mrs. Genr. Bootei
S Mrs. Mary Stroud, Mrs. DIR. Nixon, M r.
II McIlvain, Mrs. Bssell, Mrs. Margare
: McNamee, Mrs. Elizabe tn tevens, NJ r
II J.Dwight, Mrs William Dove, Mr.
a Martha Kirk patrick, Miss q. Broom,
D Miss Annie Polk, Miss Lydia Webl