BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7568, 21 May 1914, Page 1

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

CKRAI.IHNH BRANCH.

Tin' lumual mi'. I '.inn' of the r‘ddim: I'l'aiii.'h ol I if. l Brilish and !'>>■ n ign Bible Society was hdd in din Presbyterian Char, li on .Monday n i_,l' whnn thmv was u lair at Inadivni'.; of s;ilisnrilr rs and ('id. Moorn (president) look 1 hi’ chair. li.wotiomd exercises Were conducted bv llln 'Rev. I’. Dudla, l-’.R.A.S.

idle annual report and balance sheet w, re read by ill ■ lllnv A. 15. .1 odd I --arret ary), ddie report slated that “the ('<>iii in 1! I ’i' is very pleased to

( oiigratulate |he subscribers upon a in is I successful year. The amount remill d lo Ihe parent Society ■is the highest in the history of the branch, and lids oral ifyiiur resnll is' owing lo I lie /ealous services of the coll colors and llie ready response ol subscribers. It is, therefore, scarcely necrss'ary do remark; Hint the work of dll’ Social V i- well worthy of support. All (Im( remains for lit ’ ('ommil ly i lo' do is Id. thank tho e vho collected and contributed so heartily. No doubt the interest manifested is partly due to the rirrnlation of the. magazine* “The Bible in the World,” and "lilnanities for the Young-’’ d lies’ are I'oaiilifnllv dot up and the annual subscript ion (o the former C Ms and til” latter Is. There are above 'Ail

s-abseribers lo these; but the ( Ont-ario.-e would like to see this number iai'gclv inrnused. It prays that hbe work of (he Society may eonlinue to be appre dated and supported as in t.'ie past. Our branch sustained a great loss last ,\ear in the removal by deal It of our veteran friend, M'r Colin Mackenzie, sent'., an eiithud is•i” supporttr and advocate of every goad work. Ihe Society had a warm plain it his hear;, and Iw served on ill’ ('ommiltee for La years.” -The balance shed .showed receipts t'r. balance on hand Bis I'd ; r, dtors’ books— 11 lei'a'lditu’— Mrs T. Slieriat.l .L!) Os lid; Miss Patrick CM; Miss Mmsliir LA, os id. Kakihu—Mis - M. Campbell .Ld (is (id. Hilton ties 1 icrce I-’! Ms (id. (lupus NiiHe y --Miss (danvillc LI lbs (HI. B'casatu Valley—Mss Brunt on las. \Voodbury—Mi s Cormack Lb. Peel Lor-csl-Mrs W. P.arkir X 7 Ms. ArundelMrs W. llarker. Unugilata—Miss M Uellaml LI lls. Orari tuul Bcllield— Miss Llrayburn ,Ld IDs. (l-eralfiine Mat—Miss Keltuau .L I Ms . Orari bridge -Miss Bales Ids ; collection Ids subscriptions to maga/ims .LA Ms. Total LAd : ’,s. K fpcndUmv—Remitlauc s Ui Sociely, London Lld -j maga zims Ld Ms ; advertising !s yd ; pus lace bs tid : rr. balance on hand ■1 . Total .LSII :ss. Co!. .Moure said (he report and balance sheet disclosed a very satisl’actory year's work. . Some years ago he 'expressed llu; hope Unit sunn- day the remittance to the parent Society from (Irral-iu; would n adt .CL ant always remain at that figure or above, i;. ‘Although the subscriptions were I,ecornine' larger every yuai tlit'x we;. 1 ■did a lew pounds short of Vbm He hoped to sic tins amount reneh.'d next year, Tim Society last year s. nout close on nine million copies of the l.mle, t cslaments and ponious oi S.-riptmv, This was an increase oi two millions on the number sent utu Lde previous year. As slated in tlie report llu t.'ummillee had lust a aalH able colleague in the late Mr ( olm Markenzil.', s;nr., and they missed him very much. J 1 c proposed that Hus lin er mg' deeply regrets the loss the (leraldine branch iias sustained by the i.eatli of the late Mr Mackenzie, and o.\tends to his family our deep sympathy.” The. Rev, Canon Hamilton seconded the resolution and endorsed the remarks of Col. Moore.

'After the resolution was carried, llu report and balance sheet were adopted, on the ‘motion of Mr A. .McLean, seconded by Air R. H. (Irbull. The election of olluvrs took place as under: —President—Col. Moore ? secretary ami treasurer, Rev. A. B. Todd (r,-circled for the -J!2ucl vear) ; coinin'l lee—Messrs _R. H. Obeli, V. aline h. R. Alori-ison, jttur., and A. Me Jyan.

T!n> chairman proposial a hearty vote of thanks to the collectors. Mr B. Dudley gave an inleiTdling addre-’-s on the work of the Society from its inception in IMH to the prose; it day, (In lltc motion of the Rev. Canon Hamilton a hearty vote of thnnk-sNv’r-S accorded to .Mr Hadley. The meeting then terminated.