The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
bible SOCIETY MEETS
Forty Second Annual Conven-
ton Held Yesterday.

The Hudson County Bible Society held
its ferty-second annual convention yes
terday in the Summit avenue United
Presbyterian Church. The Board of
Managers met at three o'clock. There
were present:-The Revs. DR.. Cornelius
Brett, Arney s. Biddle, George Biddle.
Mr.. Bruce. j. w. Gowan. 1. w. Hath
away, Dr. Van Cleef, Ralph Wick, c. 5.
Wright, and Messrs. Van Reypen, Van
Horn and Sterling. DR.. Brett, President
of the Society, presided. Messrs. Ster-
ling and Van Reypen and the Rev.
Messrs Hathaway and George Biddle
were appointed an auditing committee.
The Nominating Committee, Revs Arney
Biddle, Wright and Wick, presented the
following names president, the Rev. DR..
Cornelius Brett; First Vice President,
Flayel McGee: Second Vice President,
the Rev. D. R. Lowrie; Secretary, the
Rev. j. w. -Gowen; Treasurer, the Rev
j.. w. Hardenberg; Executive Committee,
the Revs A. S. Biddle, William Eakins,
l. w. Hathaway. E. MacMin, and Messrs.
C. C. Won Reypen, James Van Horn and
S. Sterling. Following the election the
Secretary read the report of the Board
OIL Managers, eAtIdCtS AlOAAA "iA-SA
lows
BOARD OF MANAGERS REPORT.
"The Board of Managers of the Hud-
son County Bible Society records its
gratitude to God for His blessing upon
the work of the society during its forty
second year. The keynote OF the society >
rules is, Payment in whole or IN part
for the word of God IS the highest prlncl-
pal and the best policy Gratuitous CIR
culation is not to be made garment
for greed that seeks to get but never
give. Were our churches, sunday scnools
and societies TO make general use OF t@he @
simple rules of distribution, our society
could very effectively meet the deIqands
of the work in the county. The best way
of supplying a need is by those VINO are
nearest .at hand. The society staIlas
ready to supply the scriptures TO every
soul in Hudson county.
The contributions during the year have
been as follows:-W Street Reformed
S3s II; Grove Reformed, New Durham,
sci. .46; Lafayette Reformed, s1O.S9; Sec
ond Reformed, $40; John Knox Presoy-
terian, 50; Bergen Reformed, $245O; sum
init avenue United Presbyterian, "a. Inc
hand, $17O.61; delivered on orders, SSI,22;
cash sales $S5.44; number of volumes
sold 1873; number of volumes donatea'
336. In conclusion the report says
eve call the attention of the ehurehes
of Hudson county to the work OF the
year which they have been permitted 10
do through our agency. If a large work
is desired during the coming year by
our county let there be a forward move
ment in every church and Sabbath school
for the cause of Bible distribution e
stand ready to distribute in proportion
as we receive. We have no power TO
do any more.
TWO HUNDRED MILLION BIBLES.
In the evening there was public meet
ing After a service of song DIR. Brett
read the report of the Board of Managers,
after which Rev. Albert S. Hunt, ID. D.,
Secretary of the American Bible Society,
delivered an address. He safd:-"Thls
rem ar kable fact was brought to my notlce
today If you add together the number
Of years the British Bible Society and
the American Bible Society have Been in
existence you will get twice eighty-four
years. The contributions to both societies
in that time has been $S4,000.000 or $oo0,-
600 a wear The circulation has been over
200 600, 900 There is no possibility of the
Bible becoming a worn out and useless
hook. The work accomplished by the
American Bible Society is almost be-
yond estimate. 1t has over two thousand
iuxiliary societies throughout the United
States, and in addition to these it sends
agents to spread the work in the noun
tain regions and in places where the ordi-
nary missionary work does not extend.
ia foreien. work extends Z, ou.ld the
globe The American Bible Society Is
circulating the Scriptures today in ninety
different languages, and the foreign de-
mand on the society is steadily inoreas-
ing. There must be on the part of the
American churches a larger giving II we
are to keep up to the demands upon us.