The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-06-12
Eighty-Sixth Annual Meeting
Held IN This City Tuesday
Of This Week
ATTENDANCE WAS NOT LARGE
Session, However, Was an Interesting
One and Several Able Addresses
Were Made. Delegates from Sussex
County Society Were Received and
Given Places of Prominence. Officers
Named for the Ensuing Year.

The eighty-sixth annual meeting OF
the Morris County Bible Society was
held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Tuesday. 1t was not largely
attended but proved to be a very inter-
esting meeting.
At the morning session Rev. John
Macnaughtan, D. D., of Madison, de-
livered profound and scholarly dis
course. He took as his text Hebrews
ZIP. .sGod, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in times past
unto the fathers by the prophets, hath
in these last days spoken unto us by
His son whom He hath appointed heir
of all things, by whom also He made
the worlds.
DR.. Macnaughtan said in part: "In
these latter days God spake to us
through His word and by His prophets,
and the prophets of these days are
speaking as of old. He said the
prophet of to-day was a man who
could see things as they are and was
not carried away by the excitement OF
the hour, but the man who sees and
can realize God, time and eternity.
No one man, no matter how big, can
realize all that God intends his people
should know and feel, and so God has
given us His word through the medium
of many minds and many men. God
also speaks to us at sundry times
through all ages and in many ways,
and that all times, and all men were
needful to express and make known
His will. God has also given to man
His Son in these latter days and by His
speaking to man in this way he speaks
in such a manner as can not be mis-
understood. The Bible is the one
book that has never lost its grip
upon human life, and the one book
which has not had its day and never
will. 1t is a book that is in eternal
touch with humanity. The Bible is
the only book that has been trans
lated into every known tongue and
dialect, and every man who has been
brought up against Gods word has
found in it message for him to-day
1t is a book that is always up to date
and as much now as in the days when
IL was written-two thousand years
ago."
After the sermon the meeting was
placed in charge of e. j. Ross, OF
Dover, president of the society. After
a prayer by the Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut,
DID, pastor of the Methodist Church,
and a brief address by the president a
short business session was held. The
minutes of the last annual meeting,
held in Dover, were read and approved,
as were also the minutes of the meet
ing of the executive committee. A
letter was read by the secretary from
the Sussex County Society stating
that at meeting held June 3. Mr..
f. N. Howe and Judge Henry
G. Hunt had been elected delegates.
Judge Hunt was not present, but on
motion Mr.. Howe was invited to a
seat on the platform.
Rev. DR.. Hurlbut of the committee
arrangements was asked for a report,
and made very pleasing and accept
able announcement by inviting all
present to luncheon in the Sunday
school room arranged for the society.
The treasurer, John R. Runyon, in
his annual report showed an amount
contributed during the year to the
society by the county churches to be
$330.S4. Bibles drawn by churches and
life members $55.15. Bibles sold at
the depository during the year S4525.
Bibles on hand S26265
The following committees were then
appointed: On nominations, Rev. Dr..
Macnaughtan and John R. Runyon; on
preacher for next year, DR.. Eakins
and Rev. Thomas A. Reeves; on reso-
lutions, DIR. Hammond and DR.. Gard
ner; on auditing, Rev. j. b. Beaumont
and Mr.. f. A. Day. The meeting
then adjourned until afternoon.
At 2 O'Clock the afternoon session
was called to order by President Ross
and the committee reported as fol-
lows: For president, E. j. Ross, of
Dover; vice-presidents, Rev. w. w.
Halloway, Rev. ]. B. Faulks and Rev
Thomas A. Reeves; secretary, Rev.
Albert Erdman, of this city; treas
urer, John r. Runyon, of this
city; executive committee, Revs.
e. P. Gardner, J. L. Hurlbut, w.
w. Hammond, II. d. Sassaman, j..
b. Beaumont, Messrs. Ironside, 1. r..
Pierson, Jos. +. Randolph; preacher,
DR.. Hurlbut; alternate, DR.. Eakins;
delegates to Sussex County Bible So
ciety next year, e. j. Ross and Rev.
DIR. Holloway.
A request was made for an address
from +. A. Howe, of Sussex county,
who brought greeting from that
county. Rev. DR.. Richardson also
spoke as representative of the So
ciety, showing that it was In flourish
ing condition.
The Rev. Dr. Jessup, of Beyrout,
Syria, and who has spent forty-seven
years Of his life in that country, de-
livered the afternoon address. He
said In part: ''When | landed In
Syria in February 1856, | found there
q pale scholarly man, graduate OF
Yale College, Or. Ely Smith, He had
then been for ten years at work on
translatlng the Bible into the Arabic
language. l found he had only trans