Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-10
CONNECTICUT BIBLE sOCIEr,
The Arrangements for the Year
 Completed.

The Arrangements for the Year
 Completed.
 The executive committee of the Connec- ticut Bible society appointed at the annual meeting May 3 met at Memorial hall. Hart ford, on Monday, the 9th, and completed the arrangements for the year. The by laws entrust to this committee the election of the secretary, treasurer, auditors and finance committed:
 The officers for the year are as follows:
 President-Rev. Joseph Anderson, DID,, Water Rev. R W. Mieou, Waterbury; T [. D. Warner esq, Naugatuck; Rev. Horace O. Judd, Hart
 secretary-Rev William H. Gilbert, South Nsr- walk.
 TreasureraHenry W. Taylor, Hartford.
 Auditor-Rodney Dennis, Hartford.
 Executive committee-Rev. Joseph Anderson, 5, Hartford; 5 k. Camp, NeE Britain; Rodney bury; John W. Lamb, Hartford; William H. Tal- cott, Hartford; Rev William H. Moore, Hart Haven; J. H. Sessions, Bristol; Rev. Henry H: Bssy BsooH Hostss ksv n a Jones' Broad Wane Rev CT, D.D.; John W. Lamb, Rev. William H. Moore, Rev J. W. Bradin, Rev. H. H. Kelsey, Nelson HofiiSter.
 Committee on publication-Rey; William H. Moore.
 It was voted to print the annual report the usual pamphlet form.
 The receipts and disbursements of the society for the last year were nearly the same as in the preceding year. The bal ance in the treasurer's hands at the begin ming of the year was $645. 66; at the close, $639.85. The transactions of the year amounted to 6,083.89. The liabilities at the beginning of the year were $516; at the close $4.50.
 Nine different denominations-two more than in the former year-contributed to the funds of the society, and twenty-eight more churches.
 Fourteen towns were visited, viz., Bark hamsted, Cheshire, Columbia, East Hart ford, Hartland, Killingworth, Leban on, Monroe, New Fairfield, Plainfeld, South ington, South Windsor, Trumbull and Waterford.
 These towns contain 7,051 families and 8 population of 2S, ,19O. Classif ed denom- nationally there were found Adventist families, 54 Baptist, 962; Christian, 6; Congregationalist, 2,172; Episcopal, 52S; Lutheran, IA; Methodist, HOO: Presby- terian, 16; Roman Catholic, 1869; Unita- rian, T; Universalist, IA; other denomiua, tions, 57; of no religious preference, 635.
 Classified in respect to nationalities there were American families, 5,179; for eign families 1872, viz: English, 167; French Canadian, 377; German, 299; Irish, 897; Italian, 21; Polish, 5; Scandi- navian, 27; Scotch, 33; Swiss, 10; Span ish, 1; Austrian, 1; Portuguese, 8; Rus sian, 9; Welsh, |; Chinese, |; nationality not designated, 36.
 There were ninety-seven Protestant families found without the Bible, of which ninety were supplied and two refused it; of Roman Catholic families 324 admitted that they had so Bible and sixty three were supplied.
 Protestant families to the number of 7O8 were found which made no claim that any member attended public worship; also seventy-three Roman Catholic fami- lies. Of 4,012 Protestant children be- tween four and sixteen years, 926 did not attend Sunday school; and of 1,56S Catho- lie children of the same age, the non-at- tendance of 535 was admitted. The whole number of children of school age was 5,577.
 A good degree of success has attended the labors of the year, but the great diff culty of obtaining an adequate corps of suitable visitors has been 6 serious embar- rassment. The society in it's forthcoming report appeals earnestly to men of culti- vated minds and earnest hearts to enlist in this important work