The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-28
Meeting of this Organization at
the M. E. Church Last
Night.
Secretary and Treasurer's Report-EIO-
quent Address by Or. Thompson
Election of Officers.

then sung by the choir In
very feeling manner.
The president next called upon the
secretrry. S. B. Riggs, TO read the min
utcs of the previous meeting. This was
followed by the report OF the treasurer,
DIR. ]. A. Young. His report embraced
the period from May %, 1885, to June
%, 1888. The balance on hand on the
former date was 1926; collection at the
annual meeting May 80, 1881. $s7O; re-
ceived from sale of books since the lat-
ter date, 1918. Total. $54 II. Number
of Bibles given away, 6; testsments, 10;
value. 81.
The following committee on nominal
tions was appointed by the chair: ].
K Tyler, j. Jay Buck aad j. r. Culver,
who retired TO the pastors slndy. and,
after few minutes dellberatlon, re-
ported the following officers for the en-
SUNG year. President, d W Eastman;
vice presidents, pastors ST the dilrerepi
churches IN the city; secretary, S.
B. Riggs; treasurer, DIR. A. Young
The committee also recommended that
the officers of the society and the pastors
procure suitable place on a ground
floor for bible depository, and recon-
Tatham's store.
The choir sang another anthem, after
which Rev. j. f. Hendy made few
pointed remarks. 1t was strange, he
thought, that the bible should he regard
ed with so much indifference by man
and require such vigilance on the
part of Gods Jealous servants 10 bring
it under the careful, prayerful notice of
humanity in general. He could account
| for 1t only by the words of ChrIst's own
mouth: Hearing, they shall not under
stand, and seeing they shall not per
ceive." Yet it was the duty of every
Christian man and woman to do all in
their power to help spread the gospel
and break unto careless, unconcerned
sinners the bread of life which
they have themselves SO freely
received from the Master. After few
further remarks he gave way to DIR, ]. J.
Thompson, state agent of the American
Bible society, who was presented by the
| president and talked for half an hour,
rehearsing some very interesting his
tory and statistics in connection with
the work of the society in this state and
the balance of the Union In some
| localities the outlook was rather
| discouraging, but on the whole the
American Bible society was achieving
grand results. He considered the bible
the most wonderful OF books. 1t had
stood the test of time as no other vol
ume. The more familiar the true child
of God becomes with 1t the more CON-
| forting are its teachings; something new
and soul-inspiring beams from its sac
red pages each time they are spread out
before the diligent, faithful reader.
The speaker thought 1t very strange,
| even with all the skepticism In the world,
that the great Pagan, Ingers0ll, should
have become such hero as he was in
this nation. He was glad, however, to
| note that the secular press, as rule,
had been charY of its Communications
of the great blssphemer. 1t was truly
| painful aspect which certain circles of
society, and even ecclesiastical de-
nominations presented with reference
to the study of the bible, there being
very marked disposition in these direc-
tons to make the word of God sealed
| book to the masses. This was
contrary to the wishes and in
struetions of the Almighty and He
would surely punish the sin of SO doing.
But with all the hindrances and draw
backs, he regarded the bible as the most
universally read volume in existence and
as better understood to-day than ever
before. He regarded the nineteenth
century unlike any that had preceded it
in that greater religious progress had
been made than ever before At the be-
ginning of this century there were
O00,00 bibles in q proportlnnate num-
Der of families in the United States, and
to day no less than 17S, 0OO. 000 are in the
hands of the American people. The
plight of the nation to day
would have been sad
one had the spread of the gospel been
less rapid and less general. In Kansas
the work of spreading the gospel had
progressed slowly but steadily, and there
was but one or twa- organized counties
in the state which had not been visited
by Bible agent during the past year
and many of these precions volumes
had been distributed, yet the desiitution
in this respect was truly appalling
There were no less than $4,000
families in the state without Bibles
and right here in our own county the
dcstitution was most alarming, and he
urged the people of Empnria and espc-
cially those before him ON this occasion
to double their energies in this direc
ton from tins on, and proposed that as
an earnest of their determination they
respond literally to the contribution he
was going to ask for, not farthiDg of
which was to go out OF
the county, an explanation
which ne deemed prudent Ia make, in
view of:ll" f.cr ihii ii :iis:irt he su.-
posed 10y SOME thIt he was sort of an
itinerant mcndieant. and took this
lntiI,,ud "f gulling the public for sup
port. lie aas paid salary, and there
fore took moi cent of the money raised
at meetings of this kindlwhich he attend
ed, and he took occasion to denounce the
generally expressed idea that it takes
from two tr three dollars to place one in
the missionary cause. Gods servants in
this fell of labor were as economical
and scrupulous IN their dealings as any
other class, AMI it was their constant
endeayor to secure the most good from
the least outlay of cash.
A collection was then taken mp
amounting to S1577, after which Rev.
Henry Mackay said a few words point
ing ont the remarkable progress
made in the spread of the
gospel during the latter half of this Gen.
tury, and the remarkable success
achieved by the different Bible societies
of America.
Rev. j. F. Hendy then made a shoft |
prayer, and with the singing of the dox-
ology and the benediction by Rev ] T
Hanna the meeting closed, marking an !
event of peculiar interest and helpful |
ness to the Lyon County Bible socIety. |
Aa Old Wen.
The weikmen employed in digging
The sewer for the purpose of drain ing |