Milford chronicle., 1904-04-15
MILTON NEWS.

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We lave received the following from
an officer of the Sussex County Bible
Society with a request to publish it in
our Communication to the MILFORD
CHRONICLES:
The special attention of all the mem
bcrs, friends and supporters of the Amer
can Bible Society is respectfully but
earnestly invi I'd to the lowing state
men.:-The Bible Society Record" for
May 1908. informed our friends that the
receipts for the year closing March 81,
1905 we're less by $4,000 Cn round
numbers) than the preceding year, and
considerably less then the average re-
ceipts foI the preceding decade. The
decrease was mainly in legacies, but not
altogether so; individual gifts being
more than SII, 600
1--WE have therefore watched with keen
Interest and growing anxiety the receipts !
for the cur ent year. We are now COM
PEELED to state that up to the first of /
December they are only about $40, 900 |
IN excess of what they were last year.
Therefore we have been compelled to
draw again, and more deeply upon the
available funds hitherto held in reserve,
and If the receipts for the remaining
four months of the fiscal year do not very
largely increase, we will come out with
out cent of available funds for current
eXpeHses-if, indeed, we escape debt.
1--WE are facing, therefore,a most seri-
Gus question. Tnis question affects NOT
only the society, but Christian missions
which are absolutely dependent upon US
Tuis aid must in large measure be with
drawn unless we find relief.
Must we dismiss our experienced
agenIs, whom it would be hard to replace
ii China, in Turkey, in the Philippines !,
or, if not, what is the alternative ?
There are questions which must be de-
clded by the responsible managers of
the society. But let all our members,
friends and constituents realize that if
hey will cme promptly to our relief :,
now, and put into our hands the needed :,
unds, in place of retrenching, we may
ldvance all along the line as we ought to
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I'm the name and for the sake of Christ T. I,
an missions, therefore, we appeal for :,
enlarged gifts Immediately.
May God awak en- His people to the r
rgeucy of the present situation. Is the h,
,hrlstiau church prepared to economic or
II the Bble1" .,
The sussex County w. G. T. U will
old its convention on Thur-day the 10Th de
lst, in the M. E. Church in this towu. a,
The NJ E. Church Choir will hold
AGAR in Masonic Hall on Thursday Fri mn
ay and Saturday evenings, the 18th,
5th and 10th. Proceeds for the benefit kr
the choir. Admission 10 cents. ho
Miss Annie Mitchell and Mr.. William Toi
odd were united in malrimony on SUI
thursday evening. The ceremony took we
lace at the M. ?. Parsonage at Harbe- Re
N and was performed by the Rev. F, the
Stevens. The parties will reside in ter
ave Neck. rec
Miss Mazone A. Conner has accepted ter
'sition as bookkeeper at the shirt and
'erall factory of Messrs. Douglass and Cal
'hite; vice, Miss Josie Mess:ck, resign 46s
/, to accept similar position in Phila- ord
lphia.. reg
The old drying factory of Messrs. At con
rs and Tomlinson at the end of Mag bee
la street has been torn down. wee
MIS-. Salle Ponder has reset the stone mol
-bing in front of her residence on Fed a br
Il street. buri