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ANNUAL REPORT
PBESENTZD BT
THE TRUSTEES
OF THB
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING,
IN BOSTON,
MAY 23, 1870 BEIXG THEIR SIITY-HRST ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON:
DBPOSITORY, 16 CORNHILL. i
PR£M of T. R. MARVIlf & Soif.
1870.
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OFFICERS
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MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY, 1870-71.
P&BSIDEITT.
Hon. SAMUEL H. WALLEY.
TICB ntESIDBlTTS.
Rev. WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON, D. D., Suffolk Cotmty.
AVILUAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
CHARLES A. JES8UP, Esq., Hampden County.
JOHN P. WILLISTON, Esq., Hampshire County.
WTLLIAM B. WASHBURN, Esq., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHTTIN, Esq., Worcester County.
LEE CLAFUN, Esq., Middlesex County.
CALEB HOLBROOK, Esq., Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
JOHN H. CLIFFORD, Esq., Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
C0BBB8P0KDING 8SCRBTART.
Ret. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
KXCOBDnfO BBCBBTART.
Ret. DANIEL BUTLER.
* TRBA8X7BBB.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
▲UDITOB.
THE0PHILU8 R. MARVIN, Esq.
TRUSTEES.
Rt. Rer. Mantott Eabtbttbn, D. D.
Hey. John O. Means,
Rer. Chandler Robbxni , D. D.
Rer. Samuel B. Babcock,
Rer. WiLLARD F. Mallalxeu,
Rer. Andrew P. Peabodt, D. D.
Rer. Rollin H. Nbali^ D. D.
RcT. John DbWxtt,
John Tapfan»
Albert Fbabino,
Jacob Slbepbr,
Charles T. Russell,
ThEOPHILUS R. ^LkRYIN,
Charles W. Pierce,
Charles Henrt Parker,
Francis E. Pabkbr,
ROBEBT C. WiNTHROP,
Hezekiah T. Chase, Esq's.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE MADE POR BIBLES.
Rer. John O. Means, Albert Fearing, and Charles Henrt Parker
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1870.
PRESIDENTS.
Hon. WUliam PhiUips, . . .
Bev. John Pierce, D. D. . . .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. .
1809—27
1827—49
1849-M
Hon. Bichard Fletcher, .
Hon. Samuel H. Walley,
18M— 59
1859
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Bcv. John Lathrop, D. D. . . 1809—16
Bev. John T. Kirkland, D. D. . 1816—28
Ber. Uenry Ware, D. D. . . 1828—44
Ber. John Codman, D. D. . . 1844 — 18
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. . 1848 — 19
Bev. Franci* Parkman, D. D. . 1849— 5S
Bev. N. L. Frothingham, D. D. 1853—61
Bev. Wm. B. NichoUon, D. D. 1861
William C. Plunkett, Esq. . . 1862
Edward South worth, E^q^ . 1862—70
John P. Willlston, Esq. . . 1862
William B. Washburn, Esq.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles Whitin, Esq
Lee Claflin, Esq
Caleb Holbrook, Esq
James S. Aroory, Esq
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL. D. .
Elisha Tucker, Esq. . . .' .
James B. Crocker, Esq. . . .
£. S. Moseley, Esq. • • • .
Charles A. Jesaup, Esq. . •
1862
1862
1862
1862
1863
1862
1863
1862
1868
1862
1870
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
Bcv. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1818—49
Bev. N. L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849—53
Bev. George W. Blagdcn, D. D. 1853
Bev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1809 — 13
Bev. Samuel C. Thacher, . . . 1813—17
Bev. Charles Lowell, D. D. . . 1817—18
RECORDING SECRETARIES.
Bev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Bev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Bcv. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Bev. James D. Knowles, .
Bev. William Jenks, D. D.
Samuel H. WaUey, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan, Esq. . .
1809—28
1828—30
1830—31
1831—32
183d-39
Bcv. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1839—44
Bev. William M. Sogers, . . 1844—45
Bev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1815—49
Bcv. George Bicbards, . . . 1849—52
Bev. Daniel Butler, . . . 1853
TREASURERS.
1809—11
1811—12
1812-35
Henry Edwards, Esq. . .
George B. Sampson, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835—49
1849-62
1863
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
Bcv. WiUiam E. Channing, D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips, . .
Stephen Higginson, Esq. . .
Bev. Francis Parkman, D. D.
Edward Tuckcrman, Esq. . .
Bev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D.
Bev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.
Charles Tappan, Esq. . . .
D. 1809—18
. 1809—16
. 1809—15
. 1815—18
. 1816—30
. 1818—30
D. 1821—35
. 1830—40
Bev. F^ncis Parkman, D. D. . 1833—53
Bev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1835—49
Henry Edwards, Esq 1810—49
Bev. George Bichards, . . . 1849—60
George B. Sampson, Esq. . . 1849—68
Albert Fearing, Esq 1853
Bev. John O. Means, .... 1860
Charles Henry Parker, Esq. . 1862
ANNUAL REPORT.
In reviewing tlie events of the past year, we
are reminded of the great loss which the Society
has sustained^ in the death of those long and
usefully connected with its administration. The
Hon. Richard Fletcher, for five years our
President, died early in the year. Though not
officially connected with the Society at the time
of his death, he ever manifested a kindly inter-
est in its prosperity, and in his will, left a sub-
stantial token of his friendliness.*
Later in the year, the Hon. B^man Lincoln
was removed by death. For forty years he was
a member of the Board of Trust, and long held,
in the National Society, the office of Yice-Presi-
dent. A lover of all that was good, he was,
through life, the especial friend of this charity,
and heartily labored for its advancement.
The Rev. BaroN Stow, D. D., was next called
away. He was, for many years, the friend and
pastor of Mr. Lincoln, and they labored here, as
in the promotion of kindred works, with one
spirit and aim. Their connection with the Society
goes far back towards its beginning, and of their
early associates they left fewer than they have
found in the mansions to which we doubt not
they have been welcomed.
The Hon. Samuel May, whose recent decease
is well remembered by us all, was for forty-nine
years a Trustee, and was at the time of his death,
the oldest member of the Society, with a single
exception. The interest in this work which was
thus early manifested, he retained through a long
and useful life. Until prevented by the infirmities
of advanced age, he attended regularly the meet-
ings of the Trustees, and entered heartily into all
the measures adopted for the increased influence
of the Society.
We are also called to record the death of the
Hon. Edward Southworth, of West Spring-
field, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society
for Hampden County. In his death every good
cause mourns the loss of a sincere friend and a
generous patron.
This long roU of friends, honored and loved,
we close with the name of the Rev. N. L. Froth-
INGHAM, D. D. For twenty-eight years he was
connected with the Society as Trustee, Corres-
ponding Secretary, and Vice-President, and the
conscientious discharge of the duties he assumed
is gratefully remembered by his associates.
While we cannot repress a feeling of sadness
at the departure of so many eminent for their
usefulness, we gratefully recognize the fact, that
they were spared beyond the limits usually allot-
ted to man, and that their men^ory is embalmed
in the ajQfectiona of the community where their
days were spent and their life-work performed.
Being dead they yet speak, reminding us that,
while the term of our earthly labor at the longest
is brief, its results will be unending if rightly
directed to the spiritual interests of man; that
thus our mortal may put on immortality, and the
good seed that in weakness we sow, be raised in
power in souls forever renewed.
During the year there have been issued from
the Depository, forty-one thousand five hundred
and ninety-eight copies of the Scriptures. Of
this number, fourteen thousand and eighty-one
were Bibles, sixteen thousand five hundred and
five were Testaments, five thousand six hundred
and sixty-seven copies of the Ifew Testament
and Psalms, and five thousand three hundred {ind
forty-five smaller portions of the Scriptures. Of
this number, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight were in various foreign languages.
The gratuitous issues have amounted to twelve
thousand two hundred and twenty volumes, cost-
ing $4,348.22. They have been given to seamen.
Mission Sabbath schools, city missions, public
institutions, and public houses and destitute fam-
ilies in Massachusetts, Maine, !N'ew Hampshire,
Vermont, in several of the Western States and
Fayal.
The work of exploration and supply has been
4^arried on as in previous years.* The Rev. A. M.
OsQOOD labored a portion of the year as a col-
porter in Essex County. He canvassed thirteen
8
towns, and completed the work previously begun
in three others, including the city of Lynn. In
the performance of this work, he called upon four
thqusand three hundred and thirty-four families,
of which one hundred and sixty-one were found
without the Scriptures, sixty-five of whom were
supplied by sale or gift, as well as forty-two des-
titute individuals. Five hundred and twelve
copies of the Scriptures were sold, and two hun-
dred and twenty-seven bestowed in charity.
Dr. C. B. Bean was employed during the year,
in canvassing the towns of Andover and Methuen,
in Essex County, and the city of Lowell, and the
towns of Fitchburg and Wilmington, in Middle-
sex. As the result of his labors, seven thousand
five hundred and ninety-one families were visited ;
twelve hundred and sixty-seven were foimd with-
out the Scriptures; three hundred and ninety-
seven were supplied by sale or gift; eleven huif
dred and thirty-two copies of the Scriptures were
sold, and five hundred and thirty-five donated.
Of Lowell, where most of the year was spent, he
says : ^^ This Bible Mission work needed greatly
to be done, as nearly a score of years had passed
away since the previous exploration." He flat-
tered himself that numbers had, in consequence
of his labors, been led to procure the Scriptures
at other places. He had endeavored to avoid
creating in any mind, a prejudice against the
Scriptures, and had labored to persuade all to
possess the Word in the received or some other
version. Quite worn out with the work, he
retired, happy in the conviction that his efforts to
increase the influence of the Scriptures had not
been in vain.
The Rev. J. W. Dentox, during the year, has
canvassed the town of North Brookfield, in Wor-
cester County, and also the towns of Westfield,
West Springfield and Agawam, in Hampden.
He reports having visited twenty-five hundred
and seventy-one families; found four hundred
and forty-one destitute of the Scriptures, two
hundred and ninety-three of which he supplied.
He sold two hundred and twenty-three copies of
the Scriptures, and gave away two hundred and
forty-one. The work in Hampden County was
performed under the direction of the Hampden
County Bible Society.
The Rev. Mr. Slafter has presented the
claims of the Society to the Episcopal Churches
in the State, and his appeals have met, as usual,
a ready and generous response.
The depository has been maintained as usual,
from whence the friends of the Bible have drawn
supplies for the poor, and where, at prices within
the means of most, the Scriptures can be pro-
cured. We regard this as an important part of
our work. As nearly as it can be done, would
we make the Divine Word like the Divine favor,
accessible to all, without money and without
price.
The income of the Society, including a balance
at the beginning of the year, of $1,193.89, has
been $38,059.40. In donations, annual subscrip-
10
lions and legacies, $12,163.63. Dividends and
interest, $8,025.92. Returns for books d6nated,
$27.50. From sales of books, $16,648.45. In
addition to the amount received into our treasury,
there has been sent directly to the American
Bible Society, from various portions of the State,
the further sum of $12,745.35, making the whole
amount raised in Massachusetts, deducting the
* balance for last year, $49,610.86. The expendi-
tures have been for books, $26,057.66. For Gen-
eral Agent, Distributing Agents, Depository
Agent and Assistant, paper, printing, rent, fuel,
and incidental expenses, $6,829.04. Donation to
the American Bible Society, $3,675.88, leaving a
balance in the treasuiy of $1,496.82.
The American Bible Society, with which our
own is connected as an auxiliary, enjoys, we are
happy to say, its usual prosperity. Its receipts
during the year, amount to $747,658.69, of which
$323,457.23 were from legacies and donations.
One million three hundred and thirty-one thou-
sand volumes were issued during the year, of
which number two hundred and ninety-nine thou-
sand volumes, in more than fifty languages, were
circulated abroad. Much labor has been per-
formed, and many Bibles circulated in the South,
especially among the freedmen, while its work
has extended over the whole country. Nearly
half a million of families have been visited, and
of the forty-four thousand eight hundred found
destitute, nearly thirty-three thousand were sup-
plied. The Society is permitted to rejoice in
11
enlarged pecuniary means, in a growing circle of
friends, and in an accessible field that is fast
extending to the limits of our earth.
In the present moral aspects of the world, we
find much to encourage our efforts. The demand
for the Scriptures throughout nominal Christen-
dom, steadily increases, while new and important
openmgs are constantly presenting themselves in
the regions beyond. In greater numbers than
ever before, do men shape their beliefs and their
conduct by the teachings of inspired Truth. As
the children of Israel, on their way to the prom-
ised land, gathered round the Mount from whence
issued divine utterances, so do men, in their exodus
from spiritual bondage, turn reverently to the
Word of God, for light on the great questions
respecting the rights and duties, and destiny of
man. The labors of Christian Missionaries, and
the growing friendUness and intercourse of nations
and raqes, are made the instrument by which
the knowledge of the true Otod is diffused over
the world. In all the languages widely spoken,
the Scriptures are now translated, and the Book
that for centuries was hidden from the world in
monasteries, and imprisoned in forgotten tongues,
released from its long captivity, is now borne, by
the favoring providence of God, to every land.
Literally may we say, **Its line has gone out
through all the earth, and its words to the end of
the world.'' The revolt against revealed truth,
that disfigures society here and there, is but as
12
the eddy in the flood that sweeps on rejoicing to
the sea.
To all who would heartily engage in this work
still abides the declaration and the promise,
" Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters." ^^For
as the rain cometh down, and the snow from
heaven, and retumeth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower and bread to
the eater; so shall my Word be that goeth forth
out of my mouth. It shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper m the thing whereto I sent
it.".
ANNUAL MEETING/
The Sixtt-Fibst Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Soca:ETY was held at the Rooms of the
Society, No. 15 Cornhill, on Monday, May 23, 1870, at
mne o'clock, A. M. The President, Hon. Samubl H.
Wallet, in Ihe Qudr.
Prayer was offered by Eev. Mr. Babcock, of Dedham.
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Chables Henry Pabker, Esq., pre-
sented his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Sixty-first Annual Report of the Trustees was pre-
sented by the Recording Secretary, when it was
Voted, That the reading of the same be deferred till the public
meetAg in the afternoon.
The officers of the Society were elected for the ensuing
year.
The Society then adjourned, to attend the public ser-
vices of the Sixty-first Anniversary at the Mount Vernon
Church, at three o'clock, P. M.
Met according to adjournment.
The Scriptures were read and a prayer was offered by
Eev. J. W. Turner, of Waverley.
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A hymn was sung, and the Report of the Trastees was
read and accepted. An Address was then delivered by
the Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., Professor in
Harvard College.
The pu|;)Iic services were closed by the singing of. the
doxology, and the benediction by Rev. Dr. Peabody.
DR. PEABODY'S ADDRESS.
My Friends : — In my long and varied experience as a writer,
I have never felt so much embarrassment, as in my preparation
to appear before you to-day. My embarrassment, too, comes
from an entirely unwonted cause. I am no stranger to poverty
of resources, as compared with the demand upon them, — to a
brain-treasury reduced to the brink of bankruptcy. But the
oppression is now from excess of wealth. It would be easier,
in the service to which you have called me, to write a volume
than a discourse, — to talk for a day than for an hour.
Were I to enumerate the reasons for circulating the Bible,
there is no human need or interest in whose behalf the plea
should not be urged, — no form of philanthropy which would not
be superseded, were the Bible in the homes, hands and hearts
of all men, — no craving of man's mental or moral nature which
the Divine Word would not satisfy. The various societies for
reform and propagandism at home and abroad, which hold*their
anniversary this week, are but digging channels that can be
filled only from the fountain of living water at whose source
you minister. All the progress of the age and of modem civil-
ization consists in incorporating in government, finance, com-
merce, society and domestic life, principles derived from the
Bible ; and so far as other principles have gained currency,
they have uniformly led to a retrograde movement. Then as to
the higher life, the soul's relation to God, and its hope of immor-
tality, we are constantly reminded, in these days of abounding
skepticism, of man's entire dependence on the Bible. Even
15
pare theism cannot maintain itself apart from the written word,
but is constantly lapsing into pantheistic vagaries which are the
mere maudlin poetry of atheism ; while individual immortality,
in the faith of those who receive it not from the Bibje, is losing
itself in the idea of re-absorption into the soul of the universe,
which is but a euphemism for annihilation.
But from the numberless subjects that throng upon me I
must select one, and that shall be the Bible as a ]VIanual of
Morals.
The Bible, in the first place, alone furnishes scope for the
primal duty of obedience. Apart from its contents, it is of
unspeakable benefit to us that we have a Divine directory of
duty. Obedience to rightful authority is the prime virtue, the
parent virtue, in itself of transcending worth and merit, and
containing in itself all possibilities of goodness. It is so in the
family. The parent has not commenced his child's moral edu-
cation, till he has taught him to obey. The acts of the child in
themselves innocent, have no merit, but absolute demerit, if
performed in proud self-reliance, without deference to the
wishes and wide of the lawful commands of the parent. But
obedience feeds the love from which it flows, and gives sweet-
ness and beauty to the whole of life.
Orphanhood is for the child a hard lot. Equally hard is it
for us grown men and women. We need the heart-bonds which
unite us to the Father in heaven. The very virtues which are
bom of self-dependence, are unlovely, harsh, cold. But the
filial obedience which yields itself to a plain ^* Thus saith the
Lord," vivifies and gladdens the moral nature. In obeying we
love^ and through love comes the peace that passeth understand-
ing. I rejoice that '* it is not in man that walketh to direct his
steps." I would not be the arbiter of my own conduct. The
very conscience which says I ought, that is, I owe, confesses
the Divine Creditor to whom I owe what it prompts ; and it is
an unspeakable joy that I have EUs will so plainly placed before
me, in precepts which have no double meaning, — so that, though
my own judgment might often be at fault, and my own appe-
tites and passions might often seem to me intuitions and princi-
ples, I can never be mistaken as to what He would have me be
and do. But without the Bible the best rule that can be given
16
is, *' Follow your instincte," and oftener than not they would
lead us to perdition, as they are now leading unnumbered dupes
of the theology of self-worship.
The Bible, in the next place, gives us the only perfect stand-
ard of duty! Of the ancient moralists there is not one who
does not fail to recognise some essential virtues, not one jirho
does not sanction and even commend acknowledged and gross
immoralities. Plato^from whom, not long ago, a man who
occupies a pulpit, I will not say a Christian pulpit, openly
declared (and I doubt not with entire truth) that he had derived
more than from Jesus Christ — the divine Plato, as he has been
often called, expressly recommends the murder of weak and
sickly children, speaks of drunkenness at the feasts of Bacchus
as eminently proper and respectable, and sanctions some of the
foulest forms of licentiousness. The moral purity even of
Socrates is not beyond question, and, whatever his own habits
may have been, we well know that his zeal for moral reforma-
tion did not extend to some very flagrant vices in which his
intimates and admirers only followed, indeed, the customs of
their time. Seneca, who in some portions of his ethical
writings gives no little color to the belief that he had studied
the New Testament without acknowledging it, knows not the
divine secret of patience and submission under suffering, and
recommends suicide as the wise man's remedy, — ^a remedy to
which he himself had final resort. Indeed, among the Stoics,
who were by far the most virtuous sect of antiquity, suicide was
deemed worthy of special praise and reverence ; and eminent
suicides occupy, on their roll of fame, the same position which
the veneration of Christians assigns to the noble army of mar-
tyrs. For humility, the early Christian writers were compelled
literally to pick up words from the dust. No such virtue had
ever been thought of. The terms, glorified by their application
to the meek and lowly Jesus, were, till used by him and con-
cerning him, terms of contempt and obloquy. The marriage
covenant, whose inviolable sacrcdness lies at the basis of all social
ethics, when Christ was born, was not regarded as of pernfa-
nent obligation in any part of the civilized world ; marriage was
often contracted for the sake of the divorce that ensued, and the
story of the domestic relations of some of the men who were
17
deemed paragons of virtue, such as Cato, Faulus ^milins and
Cicero, is simply infamous.
That mere mental culture has no power to create a high moral
standard, was most abundantly proved in the experience of the
ancient world ; for in Rome, at the Christian ericas previously
in A^ens — the very epoch of culmination as to knowledge,
genius, art and luxury, was marked by a transcending profli-
gacy of manners and morals. Nor had the ancient religions
any redeeming power. The Pantheon gave models for every
form of depravity ; men had made gods afler their own image,
only worse ; and Milton's Pandemonium is a decent and respect-
able place as compared with the Olympus of the classics.
Christian morality — a stage in man's natural development ?
The very persons who say this know that there is no ground for
it They know that at the Christian era there was not a single
hopeful moral phenomenon upon the earth, unless it were that
deepest darkness which precedes the dawn, or rather that stress
of helpless need which seemed a dumb, unconscious prayer for
the intervention of Omnipotent mercy.
But if Christian morality marked a stage of human progress,
how is it that mankind have always receded in morality when
they have professed to advance beyond the Bible ? France, in
the last century, outgrew the Bible, and the consequence was a
lower demoralization than that of the heathen world before
Christ. Even natural affection seemed to be obliterated ; the
nation was divided into beasts of prey and their victims, and
there was not virtue enough lefl to hold society togethei*. It is
a similar experiment which those who have got beyond the
Bible are willing to try with us. Already have they laid sac-
rilegious hands on the family, the palladium of all civic and
social virtue. It cannot have escaped your notice, that loose
notions as to all subjects connected with marriage, and the rela-
tion between man and woman, are becoming prevalent, are
invading the seats of justice, and infecting even our statute-
books. In this movement the lovers of the Bible have borne no
part. It has been initiated and conducted wholly by those who
repudiate the Bible as a standard of morals.
I learn that it has been gravely argued among certain young
men who design to be the moral teachers of their generation,
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that, as thej have no authority higher than their own conscious-
ness, it is desirable that they make trial by experience of the
various vices. The world has had one eminent preacher of this
class, and he illustrates, with peculiar pertinence and force, the
office and use of a divinely revealed standard of morality. I
refer to the booK of Ecclesiastes. This is the most instructive,
impressive, touching autobiography ever written. The author
has tried aU types of pleasure, luxury, vice, and records the
issue of each trial in that ever-recurring refrain^ '' This, also, is
vanity and vexation of spirit/' In weary old age there remains
for him but one experiment, and this brings him to the conclu-
sion that ought to have been his. starting point: '^Fear God,
and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man ; "
that is, "his supreme interest, hope and joy. This book points
to the moral use of the Bible. If we live long enough, we shall
aU find out for ourselves the fundamental truths of morality
embodied in our Saviour's teachings, and manifested in his life.
There is no essential difference in the moral beliefs of old men.
The hoary profligate has learned negatively, by fatal experience,
precisely what the saint has learned positively, by blessed expe-
rience ; and the wailing strains of the remorse of the one as he
sinks to his own place among the workers of iniquity, are in
perfect accord with the swan-song of the other, as he plumes
his flight to heaven. Btft without authority in morals, authority
absolute and divine, youthful lusts and passions will still urge
men to try the pleasures of sin, to crown themselves with its
rosebuds, and to leave no flower of its spring ungathered. The
Bible anticipates experience, supersedes fatal experiment,
enables the young man to start with the convictions which the
old man must at all events reach. It places before him life and
good, death and evil, as conjoined by the Omnipotence that
holds the stars in their courses. By its precepts he gets under-
standing, so that he hates before trial every evil and false way.
It sheds prophetic light on the whole of life, and enforces duty
by the cumulative powers of the world to come. I doubt the
possibility of overt and perilous guilt for him who is trained in
the daily reverqnt reading of the Word of Grod, so long as he
forsakes not this only sure guide of his youth.
There is, no doubt, an important sense in which the German
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proverb holds good, '' We know only what we have lived."
Consciousness, which is the only realizing knowledge, presup«
poses experience. But there are some things which we are
willing to take on trust without trial, if we have with regard to
them perfectly satisfying testimony. We may well dispense
with a realizing knowledge of vice and sin, if we are assured
on Divine authority, that sin and penalty, vice and misery, are
inseparable.
But there are, on the other hand, experiments which the
Bible invites and induces us to try, to our supreme and enduring
benefit. Thus v^ith hot young blood and quick resentment, the
precepts of forbearance and forgiveness to the uttermost might
seem pusillanimous, were they not clothed in peerless beauty
and glory by the long-suffering Son of God, by his toil for the
thankless and undeserving, by his meek endurance of injury
and outrage, by his sublime prayer for his murderers. But he
whom the Saviour has onc^ won to make trial of his method,
finds it sweet to forbear, blessed to forgive, — is conscious of
victory by meekness, and of triumph in submission. Thus, also,
to youthful ambition it seems a hard saying, ^* If any man
desire to be first, let him be last of all, and servant of all."
But when the aspirant for ti-ue greatness sees the Lord of men
and of angels manifesting his lordship by his diligence and low-
liness as the servant of all, when he takes in the great lesson
of the washing of the disciples' feet, he essays this same path
of greatness, is inspired with the holy ambition of spending and
being spent for his brethren, and learns in his own conscious-
ness, that he rules by serving, exalts himself by humbling him-,
self, becomes the greatest by making himself the least.
Thus is it with many of the precepts of transcendent virtue
that fell from the lips of Jesus. To a wordly mind they are
paradoxes, and but for the Saviour's life they would have
remained paradoxes forever. But their embodiment in him is
so radiantly beautiful, so resplendently glorious, that he who
feels the power of the Saviour's spirit, cannot but make trial of
them, and then they become elements of his own consciousness,
verified by his experience, forming within him .the Christ whom
at first he contemplates with distant, adoring love, then grows
into the image he adores, becomes filled with the spirit which
he loves.
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I have spoken of the Bible as the perfect moral standard.
Who can add to the ethics of the New Testament, or take from
them, or suggest any modification of them ? We can conceive
of no occasion which they do not meet, of no emergency for
which they do not suffice. Infidelity dares not openly assail
them; when honest, it admits their purity and perfectness.
Nor are they the law for earth and time alone, but for heaven
and eternity. We can conceive of no stage of advancement in
the endless future, at which the precepts of the Sermon on the
Mount shall be less than now the sum of all our duty, or at
which it will not, as now, be our highest blessedness and honor
to be among those ^^ who follow the Lamb whithersoever he
goeth."
But admitting the perfectness of the Christian ethics, some
may ask. Why do you circulate the Jewish Scriptures with the
Christian ? To diverge from our present subject in a single
sentence, it might be said that the record of antecedent revela-
tions, typical and anticipative of the Christian, the tracing of
the Sun of Righteousness from its dim dawn through its red-
dening twilight to its uprising, and especially the long series of
types and prophecies centering, verified and fulfilled in Jesus,
must be of inestimable interest and value to him who believes
and loves the Gospel and the Saviour. But if we confine our-
selves to morals alone, how much is there in the Old Testament
to illustrate and enforce the teachings of the New ! We find,
substantially, the same moral standard, tone and spirit, lacking
only the Word made fiesh, the theophany by which divine per-
fection is exhibited in the form of frail and sufiering humanity.
Can aught be more manifestly the outflow of infinite purity
and holiness than the Decalogue ? Those precepts, considered
as of human authorship, are an outrageous anachronism. That
they should have sprung from the heart of that barbarous horde
of fugitive slaves, or from the brain of their chieflain, is a far
more stupendous miracle than that which the record bids us
believe. Did they stand alone, without any narrative of attend-
ant circumstances, I could not help prefixing to them, as the
historian has, '^ God spake all these words," and the awful
majesty that accompanied their utterance seems less needed to
confirm than adapted to enshrine their divinity. Nor do these
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Stand alone. Moses has always been spoken of as a type of
Christ in his official relation to the covenant-people ; he is much
more so in the loftiness, purity and tender humanity of the
ethical precepts promulgated through him, and in the moral
tone of his law, in which I am constrained to see continually,
not the nursling of Pharaoh's court, nor the keeper of Jethro's
sheep, but the wisdom, holiness and love of the eternal God.
From this standard there is, in the Hebrew Scriptures, no
retrogression. It is maintained in its integrity by psalmist and
prophet, in proverb and in song ; and there are numerous pas-
sages in which the divine law is set forth with a fervor, pathos,
eloquence, a thoroughness in exposition, a fidelity in rebuke, a
winning lifelikeness in the portraiture of goodness, with which,
as mere moralists, we could not consent to dispense, and which
might well supersede all other evidence that these Scriptures
were written by holy men as they were moved by the Holy
Spirit.
Then what a glorious portrait-gallery is hung up in the earlier
books of the Bible, of men who wrought the righteousness
which those books inculcate, — men, who, in times of inferior
moral culture, and often not free from the coarseness and the
soil of their rude age, yet so far as they knew the right, pur-
sued it with a singleness of aim, and a sublime self-consecra-
tion, in which the Christian sees not only an illustrious example,
but too often the reflection of his own short-coming and shame !
Men these are, whose virtue is not eclipsed, nor the aroma of
their piety exhaled by the lapse of uncounted ages, or the rev-
olutions that have passed over their birth-land, but who shine,
and will shine on in the spiritual firmament, '' like stars, forever
and ever." Nor ought we to omit our recognition of the moral
worth of portraits of the opposite description,— of depravity and
vileness, with the uniform testimony, ** He did evil in the sight
of the Lord," with the verdict of more than Rhadamanthine
sternness against every form of guilt, and with those Providen-
tial retributions, those speedy payments of the wages of sin,
which seem the forecast shadow of eternity on time.
Now it is precisely in its moral characteristics, that the per-
manent worth of the Old Testament must consist. For proph-*
ecy we have fulfillment ; for rites and ceremonieSi the spiritual
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traths they symbolized ; for transient glimpses of immortality,
the eternal life made manifest,— the early revelations being not
done away, but consummated in the later. But moral laws and
distinctions are eternal and unchangeable. Not one jot or tittle
of the law can ever fail. No word of God as to essential
duty, no chapter of human experience that bears the signature
of his retributive Providence, can become obsolete, or can cease
to be of avail for our instruction in virtue and holiness. The
New Testament covers but a narrow and brief segment of man's
moral history. The Old Testament expounds and illustrates
the ethics of the New, through untold centuries, and in the rise
and fall of empires and races.
Moreover, it is the ethical element that constitutes the unity
of all God's revelations from the first to the second Adam.
Their one purpose is the moral redemption and purity of man,
— a purpose consummated, indeed, only in the blood of Christ
which ^^ cleanseth from all sin," yet held constantly in view in
ritual, sacrifice and prophecy. These all point to the Lamb of
God, anticipate for the faithful the benefits of his reign, and are,
therefore, essential to the clear and full comprehension of ^' God
in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." Therefore is it
that we circulate the whole Bible, not desiring to part what G^d
has joined, and believing that the entire history and record of
his revelations to man cannot but be profitable for '' reproof,
correction and instruction in righteousness."
But for man's moral redemption neither the teachings of the
Old Testament, nor the precepts of the New will suffice. In-
carnate perfection, in a form which we can love, and can lov-
ingly obey and follow, is essential. Mere moral teaching has
but an auxiliary office and a partial efficacy. We know better
than we are or do. We may know the right, yet pursue the
wrong. We need motive, constraining motive ; motive is but
another name for emotion, feeling ; and feeling is personal, and
needs a personal object to excite and sustain it. Abstract
moral precepts can never command sacrifice or sufiering for
their sake. For the Christianity without Christ, which is some-
times placed before us, for goodness abstract, not incarnate, no
man would ever have died ; but when Stephen saw Jesus
standing on the right hand of God, it was sweet to die for him.
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If you will trace aoj good life, or the successive acts of a
good life to the governiDg motives, you will always find that
these motives resolve themselves into the personal element, —
love, loyalty, reverence, or some disposition or affection toward
a person or persons. Here are two men exposed to like temp-
tations. One has stood firm ; the other has fallen. Yon will
find that the safety of the one, when not due to fixed religious
principle, was due to some hold which virtue had on his affec-
tions,— ^perhaps to the example of a saintly father, perhaps to
the memory of a mother or a sister in heaven, perhaps to
thoughts of a pure and happy home-circle on which he will not
bring pollution and misery, perhaps to a virtuous friendship of
which he will not become unworthy. Yet, as we know only too
well, these human loves, strong though they be, are not impreg-
nable, cannot resist the fiercest assaults of temptation. But if
there be one whose principle is beyond bribe, who can hold fast
his purity and integrity, even '* where Satan's seat is," it is
because he has found more than father, mother, sister, friend or
home, in the blessed Jesus, whose word to the trusting, loving
soul ever is, '^ Though thou pass through the waters, I am with
thee, and through the floods, they shall not overflow thee."
The testimony of Christian consciousness in all ages, bears
witness to the Christ-born and Christward tending character of
all that gives strength and beauty to the life. The personality,
the presence, the felt sympathy of Jesus have been might and joy
to the saints in all generations ; and the more arduous the ser-
vice, the higher the attainment, with all the clearer note rings
out with the praise of God, the ascription of blessing, and honor,
and glory to the Lamb. We crave support and companionship ;
yet there is in every life-work so much which is peculiar to itself,
that as regards the sympathy even of the nearest and dearest,
the true and loyal soul must oflen say, ^^ I have trodden the
wine-press alone." It is this loneliness, to escape which so
many turn aside or loiter on the way of duty, that Jesus comes
in to fill, entering with profound fellow-feeling into the unspeak.
able portions of our experience, pitying and soothing the groan-
ings thai cannot be uttered. While we learn from his example,
as we could from no impersonal precept, the fullness, height,
depth, inwardness of the divine law, we are enabled, as by no
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Other help, to incarnate that law in oar lives. Duty, else doubt-
ful and weary task-work, to him who looks to Jesus is illumined
by his footprints, gladdened by his communion, so that the
soul's voice is :
** No, my dear Lord, in following Thee,
Not in the dark, uncertainly,
This foot obedient moves ;
^ is with a Brother and a King,
Who many to His yoke will bring.
Who ever lives and loves."
We, therefore, in circulating the Word of God, are not only
diffusing the knowledge of the right, — we are at the same time
proffering to our fellow-men the companionship and sympathy
which alone can suffice for their moral needs, give them power
to overcome temptation, defend them against their own appetite,
passion or indolence, and strengthen them for those emergencies
of arduous duty which come to all.
But this statement has by no means exhausted the worth of
the Bible as a Manual of Morals. Whatever our characters
may now be, there remains a profound moral need, which none
feel so keenly as those who might seem the least liable to feel
it. We know that we have been and are sinners, and none
know this so well as those who lie the least open to the charge
from their fellow-men. The craving for forgiveness is a no less
urgent moral need than is the demand for a perfect standard of
right, or for an adequate motive to duty. I know well the tone
of easy confidence that many assume in the flush of health and
the full tide of prosperity, the trust in one's own goodness, the
feeling that the Almighty cannot but accept such pure-minded,
true-hearted, faithful servants as wo have been. There is no
lack of this self-worship, even in the sanctuary. In one of our
hymn-books, compiled by a man of eminent piety, I find such a
stanza as this, which a choir of archangels would not dare to
sing in the presence of Him of whom it is written, ^^ The
heavens are not clean in His sight."
'* Come beautiful, as souls should be !
Come beautiful, for God to see !
Come holy-fair, come heavenly-bright.
And give the All-seeing eye delight."
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Not thus do the djing come, least of all those who have
seemed to their fellow-mortals stainless and perfect, not even
though the type of their piety be preeminently genial, filial and
loving. All the imperfections of a lifetime, the little sins
appreciable only by the micrometer of a sensitive conscience,
come up to remembrance, and the holy, yet humble of heart,
because of their profound sense of the perfect purity and holi-
ness into whose unveiled presence they must enter, are moved
to put their hands on their mouths, and their mouths in the
dust, and to cry, Unclean, unclean. From the deathbeds of those
who had seemed faultlessly excellent, I have been wont to hear
only words expressive of self-abasement, and of the felt need of
pardon, as if the pure, white light that streams in from heaven
on the dying soul, made every mote and speck cast a deep,
black shadow.
Nor is this need felt only at the closing hour. Many are the
seasons of lonely grief, of desolating bereavement or calamity,
— ^times, too, when, without any apparent cause, the Spirit of
God opens the inward eye to deep self-searching and clear self-
knowledge, — when the agonizing cry for forgiveness goes up
from the soul. The Bible herein manifests its peerless moral
worth, in that it alone can lead us to the only being who has
power upon earth to forgive sin. His tenderness aud compas-
sion for the frail and erring, his intercession for the transgres-
sors, above all, his death, the just for the unjust, the pardon and
cleansing that flow in his blood on Calvary, the power and
mercy of God incarnate for the redemption of man, incarnate,
too, in him whom we can at once adore as our Lord, and love
as our brother, — in fine, the living, loving, dying,, ever-living
Christ, — he it is that is the sinner's only hope, — he it is who
alone can lift the burden from the soul that knows its own
wrong and evil, can impart the highest joy of earth, and the
surest presage of heaven, — the blessedness of him whose
iniquity is pardoned, whose sin is forgiven.
This benefit, then, priceless above all others, you are bestow-
ingi as 7^" ^^^^ ^^^^^ '^® Word of God. In the time of
intensest need, of despondency and self-reproach ^ when the
death-shadow creeps stealthily, or suddenly swoops down on
life in its morning or its midday, your ministry may bring the
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sin-stricken spirit to the Pardoner, and call forth at his feet
those
'* Blest tears of soul-felt penitence,
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know."
I have thus presented the Bible as the only and the all-suffi-
cient Manual of Morals, first, as giving scope for the cardinal
virtue and paramount duty of obedience ; secondly, as furnishing
a perfect standard of right ; thirdly, as afifording in the person
of Jesus Christ the motive, companionship and help, without
which it were vain for us to know the right, and, fourthly, as
the charter of forgiveness, without which even reformation and
right-doing could not remove the painful consciousness of past
transgression.
My friends, I trust that in what I have said, I have spoken
to the experience of many of you. The Bible has given you
law, motive, pardon. You know not where else to look for
them. For you they are incarnate in Jesus alone, and they are
yours only because you have resorted to the Bible for light, help
and peace. Remember that your needs are human needs, such
as are felt by every soul of man. If, then, you deem their
supply to yourselves worth the price of worlds, 0 give what you •
most value, — diffuse what you regard as most precious. Let
the Word of God, through your agency, work its way to an
ever broader scope of mercy, to an ever fuller array of souls that
shall have found in it their Redeemer. Sow beside all waters.
In this charity it is, indeed, less than in others, your privilege
to watch the growth of the seed, and to trace the blade, the ear,
the ripened sheaf. But in heaven you will know your own
sheaves ; nor can you sow in God's field the seed of the king-
dom, without your blessed share in the ingathering and the
harvest-joy.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO rrs incorporation.
July 13, 1809.— The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the
Committee appointed for that purposie, reported a Plan for
carrying into effect the object of this Association, which being
read from the Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs,
and was, with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows*
¥iz: —
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments, to be distributed among all persons
inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied
without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall, in writing, request to be members ; of every person
who shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not
less than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as
he continues the payment of that sum; and of every person,
who shall subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less
than fifty dollars, he remaining a member during life, without
being obliged to further contributions.
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3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the
direction of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the
organization of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers
are obtained, notice shall be given by the Committee, and also
of the time and place of the meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treas-
urer, Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who
shall continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and
until successors are chosen in their room ; and they, together
with eighteen other members to be elected by ballot at the same
time, of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be lay-
men, shall form a Board of Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from
among the members of the Society, a Committee of three
persons, to continue in office during the pleasure of the Board of
Trustees, who shall have the management of the fund, and the
distribution of the books procured with it, subject and according
to such regulations and directions, as shall from time to time be
prescribed by the Trustees at any meeting held on public notice
given as aforesaid ; and the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in
his hands to the order of the said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer,
or Recording Secretary, to devise and adopt such further meas-
ures as may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for
effecting the intentions of the members.
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Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the
Trustees petitioned the General Court, and obtained the
following
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF .MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act
to incorporate the Bible Society of MaBsachusetts.
Whtnca^ the persons hereafler named in this Act, together with
many other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves
into a Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contri-
bution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere,
who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and wlio cannot be con-
veniently supplied without the aid of others ; and whereas, in order
that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may he better
carried into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively
diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incor-
poration«
Sec. 1. Bt it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
iiveSf in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same, That
William Phillips, Esquire, the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev.
Joseph Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet
Porter, D. D., the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Bald-
win, D. D., the Hon. William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon.
Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd,
Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph
May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev.
Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H. Walley, together with
those, who have associated, and who may hereaAer associate with them
for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are incorporated into
a Society, by the name of The Bible Societt of Massachusetts*
Sec 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legis-
lature ; and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and
the said Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any
persons disposed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any
grants or devises of lands and tenements in fee simple, or otherwise,
and donations, beqliests, and subscriptions of money, or other property,
to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall he,
and hereby are empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that, which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may sue and be
sued, in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents
to prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such
rules and regulations, as to them shall appear necessary ; provided the
same be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Common-
wealth.
Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
he hereby is authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers
printed in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting
of said Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the
time and place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of
notifying the same : may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe
their duty, and may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may
be determined by the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such
powers, conformable to the principles of this institution, as shall be
deemed necessary. — approved by the Governor, February 15, 1810.
COMIMONWEALTn OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-fiTe. An Act in addition to an Act
to incorporate the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authorUy of the same, as follows :
Sec 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society or Massachusetts, shall hereafter be known
by the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that
name shall have, hold and enjoy all its rights and privileges and be
subject to all its liabiilties and obligations to the same extent as if its
name had not been changed.
Sec 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circu-
late and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the Eng-
lish language, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are
now authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, any thing
in the Act incorporating the said Society to the contrary notwith-
standing.— Approved by the Governor, February 27, 1865.
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1851^
the following By-Laws were adopted : —
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act
of Incorporation, namely, " the raising a fund by voluntary con-
tribution to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments
of the version in common use in the churches of New England,
for distribution among all persons inhabiting within the State
and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE TI.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of
Christians in the State, may become a member of this Society
by signifying his request in writing to that effect, to the Record-
ing Secretary — who shall keep a record of all persons who shall
so become members, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society,
so long as such payment is continued, — and the Treasurer shall
keep a list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IT.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a meifiber ot
the Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording
Secretary.
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ARTICLE v.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen
Vice Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secre-
tary, Treasurer, and eighteen Trustees and an Auditor. The
President, Vice Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secre-
taries and Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the
Board of Trustees, and the Recording Secretary shall be the
recording officer of that Board. These officers shall all be
chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of
Trustees ; and he, and also the Vice Presidents and Secretaries
and Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on
such officers respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns
of the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act
of Incorporation is vested in the Society, and they shall prescribe
the duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation
of all funds and donations, and generally have and possess all
the power and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the So-
ciety. It shall be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting,
to make and lay before the. Society a particular Report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be
asked for by any member, and such Report shall be had and
considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice of
Trustees, for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annua] Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the
Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year, and
at this meeting it shall be competent to transact any business
which the Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting
shall be given by the Recording Secretary at least seven days
before the holding thereof, by notice published in at least one
newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by
the Trustees^ of which notice shall be given in at least three
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newspapers published in Boston, and no business shall be trans-
acted at such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the
notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular seroi-annual meetings in
March and September, in each year, and such other special
meetings as they may direct, or as the President may at any
time call. Five Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLR XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting af\er their election, annu-
ally, shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee,
a Committee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XII^
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of
all matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the ap-
pointment of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees, '
and the defining of their respective duties ; the Committee on
the Depository shall have the management of all matters con-
nected with the Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all
of said Committees, at all times however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual
meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose,
by vote of a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each Life Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
and Testaments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by
personal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued
only for the current, not for past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE,
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND X7FWABDS.
Abboi Rev. Frederick R., Abmgtcn,
Abhe, Mri. Frederick R. "
Abbot, Charlefl H., Lovdl.
Abbott, ReT. Jacob J., yiirmtmU, Me.
AbofD, John G., Wakefield.
Adamf, Elizabeth W., Derrji, JV. H,
Adama, Frank N., Medway.
Adama, John Clark, Hopkinton.
*Adaaii, John Quincy, Qntitey.
Adams, Nehemiah, D. D., Boston.
Adams, Stephen, West Medway.
Adkins, Miu Mary J., South Dttrfield.
*AIbree, John, Boston,
^Albro, John A., D. D., Cambridge,
Albro, Mrs. Elisabeth S., Waiikam.
Albr0| Miss Annie E. **
Alden, Almira S. C, Foxhore*.
Alden, Russell, Campello,
Alden, Miss Sarah B., Randolph,
Alden, Miss Susan, "
Aldrich, Mrs. Mary B., fFestboro*,
Allen, Mrs. Cyrus, Franklin.
Allen, Rot. Nathaniel 6., Boston.
Allen, Richard H., Braintree.
Ames, James S., Haverhill,
Andrews, Artemas F., jSshby,
Andrews, C. L., Boston.
Andrews, George W., Danvers.
Andrews, Stephen, Oloucestsr,
Andrews, VV. T., Boston,
Andrews, Thomas E., HoUitton,
Andrews, Walter H., WhitinsvUle,
^Apploton, Samuel, Boston,
*Appleton, William, "
Archibald, Edward, Methuen,
Armes, Miss C'laraA., Campello,
Armsby, Mrs. H. A., Whitinsville.
Arnold, Susan O., BraitUree,
At wood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen ^ JV. J,
Atwood, Mrs. Elisabeth M., **
At wood, Edward S., Boston.
Atwood, John W., Bergen^ JV. J,
Babcock, Mrs. Nancy, Boston.
Babcock, R«t. William R., Jamaica Plain.
Babeon, Misa Maria R., Oloucestor,
Bachelor, Mrs. Mary A., WkitintvUl$,
Bacon, Jacob, Oloutester.
Eacon, Rev. James M., Essex.
Bacon, Joseph N., Newton.
Backus, Rev. Joseph W., Thomastonj Cl,
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dorchester,
Baker, Francis, Peabody,
Baker, Susan S., "
Balmer, William, Jr., Whitinsville,
Baldwin, Miss Josephine L., Lynn.
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord,
Bancroft, Amasa, Gardner.
Bancroft, Henry L., MilJbnry.
'^Barber, Martin, Sherhom.
Barber, Sally C, **
Barbour, Rev. William M., Bangor^ Me,
Barbour, Mrs. Elisa A. "
*Bardwell, Lieut. Charles 8., Whately.
Barker, Hiram, Brighton.
Bardsley, Joseph, Whitinsville.
Barnard, William F., Marlboro.^
•Barnes, William, "
Barnes, Zilpah, Hennikert JV. H.
Barrett, Nathan H., Concord,
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M. **
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., Providence^ R. I,
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, Plymouth,
Bartlett, Thomas, Boston,
Bassctt, Henry, M'ewlon,
Bassett, Mrs. Lucretia C, Charlemont.
Bassett, Sarah E., ^eu>buryport.
Batcholor, Misa Frances A., Whitinsville,
Batchelder, John M., Holliston.
Batchelor, Stephen F., WhUinsviUe,
Batt. Rev. 'NVilliam J., Leominster.
Batt, Mrs. Mary D. "
'^Bayley, Robert, ^eteburyport,
Boal, Alexander, Boston,
Beal, Mrs. Louisa, Cohasset,
Beals, Isaac N., Campello,
Etean, Cyrus Beede, Dover^ JV. H.
*Beane, Rev. Samuel, Jforton,
Bearse, Isaac, J^atick,
Bearse, Miss Olive H., CentrevUle.
Beebe, 4ames M., Boston, .
Beebe, Mrs. James M.
*Beebe, Charles E.
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Beebe, Franeeii Ik, Boston.
Be«be, Edward P. **
Beebe, Emily B. **
Beebe, Mary L. **
Beecher, Rev. Charlee, Oeorgetovn.
Beecber, Rev. William H., J^c, Broo^fMd.
BeldeD, Mr*. Marianne P., WkaUljf.
Belden, William P., Oardner^
Belknap, Miaa Martha M., Framingham,
Benner, Bomham C, Loieell.
Benton, Frederiek A., Alswfen.
Bitcoe, Mn. Arthur G., Hettboro\
Blackstone, Mri. Lydia £., Ckesttr, JV. H.
Blanchard, Miai Frances C, OroUnt*
BliM, Rev. Charles R., fVakeJiM.
BUm, Mra. Chailee R. **
Blodgett, Benjamin C, ^evton.
Blodfett, Simeon, Sonth DetrJUld*
Blood, Cyrof W., fVinekuter.
BkxMl, Lyman, Qr^Unu
Bodwell, Rev. Joaeph C, Hartford^ ConM,
Bodwell, Mra. Catharine, **
*Bond, George, Boston.
Boame, Thomaa B., Fozboro*,
Boat well, Mra. Hannah H., Brainiree.
Boweri, Luke K., Boston,
Bowers, Mn. Cara H. "
*Brackett, Jamei, Q,iuney.
Brackett, Lemuel, **
*Braman, Rev. Isaac, Otorgeiow%.
Brandenberg, Oliver C. W., &FraReuco,Cai.
Brant, Aaron, fVak^etd.
*Breed, Rev. William J., Raynham.
Brewer, Cyrus, Dorchester.
Brewer, Mrs. C. F., Boston,
Brewer, John R. "
Briekett, Franklin, Haverhill.
Briggs, Miaa Catharine Clark, fVenham,
Briggs, Rev. William T., East Douglas.
Briggs, Mrs. Abby L., **
Brigbam, Mrs. Dexter P., Westboro\
Brigbam, Rev. Willaid, fVineheruUm,
Brock, Robert G., fVhitinsviUe.
*Bromfield, Elizabeth, Boston.
*Brooks, Peter C,
Brooks, Peter C
Brown, Mrs. Harriet L.
Brown, Rebecca, IVhitinevilte.
Brown, Joseph, Oroton.
Brown, Mra. Mary L., Haverhill,
Brown, Robert K., fVhitinsvWe.
Bryant, Solon, "
Backlin, Simoo 8., Brookline,
Bnlkley, Mrs. C. F., Plattsburgh, A*. F.
Bollard, M rs. John, Jr., Medvaf.
Bnrbeek, Samuel K., East Boston.
Borge, Lorenxo, Boston,
Bumliam, Robert W., Eeeex.
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Burrafe, J. C, Boston.
Burrage, Joseph, JirUngton*
Burrage, Mary C. "
Burrill, Henry, Jr., East Jibington.
Bash, Henry J., fVestJUld.
Bttshby, Sophia W., Peabodf.
Butler, Rev. Daniel, Boston,
Butler, Mrs. Jane D. "
Cady, Rev. Daniel R., Arlington.
Cady, Mrs. Harriet S. "
Caldwell, Rev. W. £., ffyannis.
Camp, George, South IJadley Falls.
Camp, John, •*
Capen, Mrs. Charles, Framingham.
Capron, John W., Uxbndge,
Capron, Laura A, W. <•
Capron, William C, "
Carleton, George H., Haverhill.
Carpenter, Rev. Carlos C, ChatanoogOj Tenn.
Carpenter, Catharine E., Fozboro'.
Carpenter, Daniel,
Carpenter, Edton,
Carpenter, Horace,
Carr, Charles R., WhitinsviUe.
Car r, John C, ff^est A'ewbury,
Carrier, Rev. Augustus H.y Minneapolis, Min.
Carruthers, Rev. William, Danvers.
Carter, Edward, .4 atf over.
Carter, Joshua T., H' hitituville.
Carter, William H., LowelL
Cary, George C, JV*. Bridgewater.
Cary, Mrs. Mary D., Fozboro'.
Case, Mrs. Mary Olive, JVeio York City.
Caswell, Lemuel E., fVest JVevton.
Cbamberlin, John, H'hitinsvilU.
Chamberlain, Mrs. Samuel, Westbord*.
Chandler, Miss Frances £., Jindover.
Chandler, H. H., Charlestuwn.
Chapin, Caleb T., M'orthboro\
Chapin,John O., Whitinsville.
Chapin, Josiah L., Latcrsnce,
Chapin, Marcus, Monson.
Chapin, Milo, Springfield.
Chapin, Miss Sarah, H'' hitinsviUe.
Chapman, George H., fVinchester.
Chase, Ann Maria, Haverhill.
Chase, Charles W., «*
Chase, David B., ffhilinsvUle,
Chaae, George S., HaverhUL
Chase, Hesekiah, Lynn.
Chase, Robert, Haverhill,
Cheever Ira, Chelsea,
Child, Miss Anna G., Springfield.
Child, George H., Springfield, O.
Child, Miss Lucy, Thetferdy Ft.
Childs, Carlos, Henniker^ Jf. H.
Childs, Horace,
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Clark, Bci>. Edwin] U, JVri; Ann, O.
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Ctark, Jtmu O., Jinimr.
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Ctiik, K«>. Jotapb B., A^vhiiiiilll*.
Clark, JuIIihU Htit Xiwlon.
Clark, HcT. L.F., If'kiljfrntUi.
Clatk, Uii. Miraaaa D., £uUii.
CJaik, MiiBjNfll; Skiri^K.
CJark, Oliisr B., H\>cka»ir.
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Claik, Ravia R., ITkilimilla.
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CJarka, Mia. Adoliia K., Jli^U|.
C[uk«, Ker.Doiui, D. D^ fsahia.
Ctatkc,Fr>ncla, MaBK-kUt
Ulatka, Ganrts £., Jniuiia I'laJK.
Cluka, Mia. Sanli U, Auraiu
Clat; Mri. 6. S., JFarckaai.
ClHvcJuid WaMo, «M* DaarJIaM.
ClilTgrd, Wjad B., CMk*i>.
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Cobb, AodiiM B., AVKlua Cmiar.
Cobb, Jaiob, .atia^ra.
Cobb, Bar. U H., SfitglUld, Fl.
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DtTif, Mi«f Mary H., Omcord.
Davii, Rev. Perloj B., Iffds Park.
DavM, Tbadd«a« Uriah, Dun0tAbl$,
DariaoD, George W., ffkUintvilU,
Dawes, Rev. Ebeoexer, DighUnu
Day, Robert L., Jfewton.
Dean. MiM Abbie T.. Faxhon^,
Den ham, Rev. George* Ckeltea,
Denham, Mra. Clara D. **
Dickermao, Rev. Lyiander, W§pitmUk,
Dickson, Oliver, 80M§rvUU»
Diekion, Mrs. Sarah C. "
Dii, tin. Elijah, Boston,
Diz, Samuel F., Jfewton.
Doane, Beman S., CharUstewn.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen 6., MiddUbonf
Dodge, Rev. John, Jforik Brool^Uld.
Dodge, Mrs. Ann S., ^rortk firookfield.
Dodge, Mrs. J. M. C, Andovtr,
Doggett, Rev. Thoa., Jfkagora Falls, A*. F.
Dogiett, Mra. Fraoeee L. "
Doggett, VVilliaai, "
*Dorr, John, Boston,
Dorr, Samnel, **
*Dow,Jo«iah, «*
Dowse, Mrs. Carrie D., Skerbam,
•Dowse, Edward, Dodkam,
•Dow»e, Elizabeth R. L., Skorhonu
Drake, Rev. Ellis R., fVa^land.
Dudley, P. W., tVkUintvilU.
Dudley, Mrs. Sarah A. «
Dunham, Charlee H., ffinekottor.
Dunham, Mrs. Mary L., "
Dunlap, Sumner, Soutk DoorJUld,
Duntoo, UiraoB P., Spoueor,
Dunn, Edward JL, Boston.
Durfee, Rev. Chas. Stoddard, ^ewburypori.
Durgin, James, West ^rovbury,
•Dutch, M. £Uizabeth, Boston.
Dwinell, Leonard, MUUmry.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, Skrtie$hury,
Dyer, Mrs. Maria D., Qlomcutsr.
Eager, WiJliajn, Boston.
Eamet, Mra. Naocy, Skorbonu
Eames, Warren, fTUmington.
Eastburn, Rt. Rev. Manton, D. D., Boston.
Eastman, Rev. Loeius R., Jr., SomervUle.
Eaton, Mrs. Aon £., Waki^/Uld.
Eaton, EbeUf PramingkaHS.
Eaton, Edward, Msdway.
Eaton, Miss Blartha W., Fitckhtrg.
Eaton, Williana, Boston.
Eaton, William J., Wutboto\
Eddy, Joshua, East MxddUboro\
Edwards, Mrs. Frances S., Dodkam,
Edwards, Fredarick E, A*. Ckslmsford.
Edwards, Maria F. *<
Edwards, Nathan B. «
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Edwards, Nathan F., JV. Ckelmtford,
Edwards, Sibyl R. "
Edwards, Victor E. «
Eldred, Lorenzo, Falmoutk.
•Eliot, Samuel, Boston,
•Eliot, Samuel A. "
Elliott, Robert, Qlobe VUlag:
Ellis, Willard K., E. Msdway.
EII4, Mrs. Elizabeth W., ObeHin, O.
Ellsworth, Rev. Alfred A., ffeymoutk.
Ellsworth, Miss Angelina Grimk^ ^eld
Cook, Heymoutk,
•Elwell, Robert, Boston,
Emerson, Miss Ellen T., Concord,
Emerson, Jacob, Jr., Metkuon
Emerson, Mrs. Jacob, "
Emerson, R. V. C, M'owton.
Emerson, William, H'sstboro',
Emery, George F. "
Emery, Mrs. Harriet, ^rortk ITefmontk,
Emery, Rev. Joshua, If'efmoutk.
Emery, Mrs. Mary, Ckatkam.
Emery, Mrs. Sarah M., M'ewburyport.
•Everett, Edward, Boston.
Fairbanks, Ilerschel, IlaoerkiU,
Fairbanks, Ilerschel P. "
•Fairbanks, Stephen, Boston
•Fams worth, Mrs. Abel, Oroton.
Farnsworth, Ezra, Booton,
Farr, Alba A., Mstkuon.
Farwoll, Stephen T., Cambridge.
Faxon, Miss Rachel A., Brain/res.
Fay, Mrs. Addison O., Concord.
Fay, Charlos U., fVkitinsville.
Fay, Cyrus, fFeslboro\
Fay, Josiah C, Jlopkinton.
Fay, S. T., fVestboro\
Fayerweather, Mrs. 8. A., ffssUoro*.
Fearing, Albeit, Boston.
Fearing, Mrs. Albert, "
Felch, Isaac, ^atick.
Field, John W., Boston.
Field, Mrs. Amelia C, '*
Fisher, Miss Eliza, Mtdwajf.
Fisher, Mrs. Lewis, East Medway.
Fisher, Milton M., Medway Village.
Fuher, Samuel T., CanUm.
Fiske, Daniel T., D. D., J^iobnryport,
Fiake, George B. HoUiston.
Fiske, George T., ^ewburyport,
Fiske, Mary Fidelia, "
Fitch, John A., Hopkudon.
•Fitz, Daniel, D. D., Ipowick.
Fitz, Mrs. Hannah a D. '*
Fitz, Daniel, Jr. "
Fitz, Daniel F. "
Flanders, Joseph, HavtriiiU.
Fletcher, Ephraim 8., WkUintvillt,
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Fletcher, Mrs. Emma A., JFhitiruville,
Fletcher, BAri. Emily M. **
Fletcher, James, "
Fletcher, Mrs. L. C. •*
Fletcher, Lewis C. **
Fletcher, Samuel J. "
Fletcher, Mrs. Hannah C, ManckeHtr,
Fletcher, Isaac W., Stow,
Fletcher, Nancy B. "
Fletcher, Rev. James, Danvera,
Fletcher, Mrs. Lydia M. "
Fletcher, Stillman, Winchuitr,
Fletcher, William, **
Flinn, Mrs. Paulona, **
Flint, Mrs. Hannah, Peabodf.
Flint, Levi M., Stoughton.
Flint, Thomas, BoaUnu
Floyd, Miss Mary J., Peabody,
Folger, Allen, Concord f^. H.
Forbuih, William, fVhitinsville.
Ford, Rev. George, VertaiUet^ JV. F.
*Ford, Thomas A., BoBion,
Ford, Thomas A., JVortA Bridgtwalar.
Ford, Mrs. Eliza C. "
Fosdick, Charles, Oroton,
Fosdick, Frederick, **
Fosdick, Rose, "
*Fosdick, Samuel W."
Fosdick, Miss Mary, "
Foster, Rev. Aaron, £. CkarltmonL
Foster, Rev. Addison P., LototlL
Foster, Mrs. Hattie D., **
Foster, Miss Elisa C, RowUjf,
Foster, Mrs. Mary, Palmer,
*Francis, Ebenezer, Boston.
French, Mrs. Harriet S., Tavntom,
Frothingham, A. T., Cambridge.
Furber, Rev. Daniel L., JVeaeton.
Fullerton, Rev. Bradford M., Palmer,
Furber, Mrs. Maria B., Aewton,
Gage, Gawin R., fVobum,
Gale, Rev. Wakefield, West GranvWe,
•Gale, Mrs. Wakefield, <«
Gale, Justin Edwards, **
G allot, Nathan, Oroton,
Galloup, David R., Peabodjf,
Gammell, Rev. Sereno D., Botford,
Gardner, Willi© F., Gardner,
Garrette, Kev. Edmund Y., PUteburg, Pa,
Garrotte, Mrs. Franzenia W. **
Garrette, Flora Gertrude,^ **
Garrette, Mary Spring, "
Garrette, Sarah Arabella, ^z6oro\
GiUon,Mrs. Luther, Oroton.
Gibbs, George L., fVkitinenUe,
'^Gibbs, Mrs. Mary, Boston,
Gilbert, Benjamin R. «<
Giles, Mrs. Elisabeth W., RoekpvrU
Gilman, Miss Rebecca L, Boston,
Gleason, Charles A., JVe» Braintree.
Gleason, Rav. George L., Manchester,
Goodell, H. Augustus, Ifhitinsville.
Gordon, Solomon J., Boston,
Gordon, Mrs. Rebecca, **
Gordon, Jeannie, "
Gott, J. R., Rockport,
Gough, John B., Bojfiston,
Gough, Mrs. Mary Elisabeth, Boylston.
Gourgas, Miss Abby M., Concord.
Gourgas, Miss Margaret U. "
Gould, Mrs. & W., Wesiboro\
'^Grant, Moses, Boston.
Grassie, Rev. Thomas G., Metknen.
•Gray, Francis C, Boston,
♦Gray, Henry, "
Gray, Horaee, "
Gray, John C. "
Gray, William, East Randolph,
Greeley, Rev. Edward U., BawrhUl, If,H,
Greeley, Mrs. Edward H. <*
Green, Rev. J. S. C, Newton,
Greene, Rev. Richard G., Springfield,
Greenwood, Charles H., Gardner.
Greenwood, Mrs. Sally K., Sherbom.
•Grew, John, Boston,
Griggs, Dr. Samuel, Weslboro*,
Griggs, Mrs. S. Bl "
Grover, Mrs. Caroline, Foxboro*,
Gulliver, Lemuel, Charleatown,
Had ley, Samuel D., SomerviUe,
Hale, E. J. M., Haverhill,
Hale, Mrs. E. J. M. <*
Hall, Mrs. Joseph F., Qroton.
Ham, Mrs. Catharine K., Winchester,
Hamilton, Rev. B. F., Jiorik Andover,
Hamlen, Rev. Goorgo M., Taunton.
•Hammatt, Mrs. Mary, Boeton,
Hammond, Rev. W. B., Lenox^ JV*. Y.
Hammond, Mrs.Louise M. "
Hardwick, Thomas, Qatncy.
Hardy, Truman, JVewfritry, O.
Harrington, Rev. Eli Whitney, JV. Beverly.
Hartshorn, Edward, Berlin,
Hartwell, Lottie E., Groton,
Hastings, Alice, M'etotonville.
Hastings, Hollis, Frmmingham,
•Hatch, Benjamin, Eaet Falmouth.
Haven, George, CampeUo,
Haven, Rev John, Charlton,
Hawes, Mrs. A. L., Grafton.
Hawea, Cynthia, WreMkam,
Hawes, Julia, "
Hayes, Rev. Stephen H., & Weymouth.
Hay ward. Miss Clara, Braintree.
Hayward, Elias, "
Hayward, Miss Hattie L., WhitinswOe,
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Hayward, John, WkitinsvUU,
Baywanl, PttuI, Jttkbf,
Hue], Mn. Sarah L., Ohmc—ttr.
Hailewood, Mn. A. M., yifrtkbridge.
Headky, Ren P. C, BoiUm.
HmIj, Rev. Joaeph W., MUiMaUde^ Wit.
*Heaid, John, IpnaiclL
Henenway, Miaa Harriet, Chvtotu
Henahmw, Fraoeia, Bosttm,
Henahaw, Mn. Sarah W., "
HerrJek, Rev. William D., A*. JiwthTtL
Heraey, Jacob, Fox^oro*,
Heney, Mra. Polly, Hingkam.
Hewina, Vkn, Annette P., FoxhonP.
Hewina, Levi R.
Hewina, Miaa Looiaa E.,
Hewitt, Joeeph, Jfvrtk Bridgtw€t4r.
Beywood, Martha W., Gardner.
*Htgfinaoa, Stephen, Jr., BoHon.
Hildrath, Mra. Mary R., OrUon,
Hill, Rev. George £., SmzomUU.
*HiIl, Henry, BtUn.
HiD, Jothann, Wokmrn.
HiU, Philip E., Bridgtwattr
Hilton, Henrietta M., Medwajf,
Hilton, Rev. John V., Kalamaioo^ MUk.
Hilton, VViliiam, Bradford.
Hitelwoeli, G«orfe M., BrimJUld.
Bobart, Peter, Bttan.
Hobaon, Miia Priacilla, RowUy.
Holbrook, Eliaba, £a«C Rmndtlfh.
Bolbrook, Everett, *<
HoMea, Mra. Sarah, Ori^ftan,
Holland, Miaa Sarah E., BtUn.
Boln, Jacob P., Maldmu
*Holmea, Abiel, D. D., CMhridg9.
Bolnea, Miaa Elisabeth A., IWvtiara, TIL
*Hohnea, Mra. Fanny D., Ifinton.
Bohnaa, George W., Bridgewater.
Bolmea, Mite Wealthy A., CmmpOU.
Bolt, Jamoa A., Jindo99r.
Bolton, ThiNnaa S., WinchMttr.
Homer, Cbarlea W., CmmbridgM.
Hooker, George B., Skerh^m.
Hooker, Mra. Martha V., BotUm.
*Hooper, Robert, *<
Hoppin, Rev. Jamea M., JVVie JTavaa, Ct.
Hoamer, Miaa Eliza, Cancordm
BoughtOD, Cephaa, Harvard.
Hovey, George O., Botion,
How, Frederick, Damvvri,
*How, Jamoa, B^tan.
Howard, Cary, JVbrtJk Bridgn»MUr.
Boward, David, *<
Howard, Mrs. Francea H., **
Howard, Mra. MatiUa P. *«
Howard, Rev. Martin S., WUbrakawu
•Howe, John, JVWa BridgtwaUr.
Howe, Martha L., Gardner,
Howea, Mra. Caroline H., CAarlamont.
Howea, Collina, Chtkam,
Hoyt, Henry, Botlen.
Hoyt, Mra. Maria, Framingham,
Hoyt, Wm. H., B^tUm.
Hubbard, Mra. Charlei A., Concwrd.
Hadaon, Samuel, Uzbridg$.
Hnlbert, Charles, Borten.
Humphrey, Daniel, AbrtA Wefmoutk.
Hunt, Mra. Jeruaha B., fVkUinnilU.
Huntington, Matilda C, Pfobody,
Hurd, Francis P., M. D., Wak^tld.
Hutchina, Caroline M., fFuifwrd.
Hutehina, William E., LovdL
Hutchina, Maria J. **
*Hy8lop, l>avid, BotUn.
Jackman, Mra. Susan M., Medwajf.
Jaekaoo, Henry W., Boston.
Jackaoo, Laura E. L., "
'^Jackaon, James, **
*Jaekaon, Patrick T. "
JeflViea, Miss Catharine Amory, Bsston.
Jephaon, Miss C. R., BrocUine.
Jewett, Henry, PtppereU.
Johnson, Charlea G., Bradford.
Johnaon, Mrs. Emma E. **
Johnaon, Francis, WinektsUr.
Johnaon, Peter R., HeUitton.
Johnaon, Miaa Rebecea, MWtk Andover.
Johnaon, Mra. S. W., FarmingUmy JV. H.
Jonea, Augustas T., JWriA Bridgiwaltr,
Jones, Henry E., HoUiston.
Joslio, Mra. A. L., Oxford.
Joy, Mra. Abigail, Boeion.
Judson, Mra. Mary C, Uzbridg§.
Keep, N. C, BcHon.
Keith, Adelbert F., CamfsiZe.
Keith, Albert, "
Keith, Arza a *<
•Keith, Charles, JVorCA BridgtwUtr.
Keith Edward Everett, Bridgnoater.
Keith, Preaton B., Camp«I2o.
Keith, Ziba C. **
Kelton, George, Gardner.
Kempton, Mra. Ellen, Grafton.
Kendall, Mra. Abel M., Bosten. ^
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., fVineketter.
•Kendall, William, fFkUinnnlle.
Kendiiek, John, HavtrkUl.
Kendrick, Miss Lydia F., Ckatkam.
Kerr, Robert W., Foxhoro*.
Kerr, Jane K. "
Kettelle, Jacob^O., Btton,
Kilboo, George B., Springfield.
Kimball, Benjamin, Sd, HaverkUl.
Kimball, Rev. Caleb, Medway,
Kimball, Charlea, Iptwiek.
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Kimball, Daniel W., WincJutUr
Kimball, DaTid, Bradford.
Kimball, Wallace L. "
Kimball, Mri. Harriet W., LvytOL
Kimball, Mrs. Mary B., FaimovAk.
Kimball, John R., Wobwm,
KimbaU, Mra. Sylvia, W*$thonP.
Kinfmao, Miat Eliza, Boston.
«Kingman, Mil* Sarah, "
Kingabury, Nathaniel,
Kingibury, John, Bradford.
Kingflbary, Rev. John D. **
Kittredge, Rev. A. E., JV*ei9 York city,
•Knowiea, Rev. Jamea D., Boston.
Knowlton, Rev. Stephen, West Medway.
Knox. Mn. S., Rock Island^ IlL
Labarec, Rev. John C, Randolph.
Lambert, Mita Elisabeth 6., Rowley.
Lambert, Thoroaa R., D. D., Charlsotoien.
Lambert, William T., *
Laroton, Edwin, BoHon.
Lamion, Mri. Edwin, "
Lamion, Gardner Swift, "
Laroipn, Helen, "
Lamaon, Kate Glidden, "
*Lane, Anthony, Lancaster.
Lane, Rev. James P., Jtndovor.
Lane, Mra. Emma L. **
Lane, Rev. John W., JFhalely.
Lane, Mra. Mary H. "
Lane, Mary E. **
Lane, Richmond J., East jSHngton.
Langworthy, Rev. Iiaae P., Cksboa.
Laaell, Josiab, frkUinoviUo.
Laaaell, Mn. Jennie W. **
Lathe, Miis Sarah S., Or^fton.
Laurie, Inglii, Ovaattmna^ Minneoota.
^Lawrence, Amos, Boston.
Lawrence, Rev. Amos E., Housatonic
Lawrence, Asa, Oroton.
^Lawrence, Mra. M. A. "
Lawrence, John, **
Lawrence, Curtis, Bradford.
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, **
Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy T., FFt/ton, Jtfc.
Lawton, Mrs. B. C, H'kitinsviUe.
Laynd, John, "
Leach, Simeon, East Stonghton.
Learoyd, Addison P., Danvcro.
Learoyd, John S. '*
Leavitt, Abner L., Hingkam.
Leavitt, Mn. Elisabeth G., Botton,
Leavitt, Rev. George R., O^mbridgepori.
Lee, Rev. Samuel H., Oretnfisld.
*Lced8, Benjamin, BrookliiA,
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Leeds, Benjamin, Boston.
Loeda, Mra. Anne B. "
Leeds, Miss Aone 6. "
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Leea, Mra. Samuel, Concord.
Lefavour, laaachar, Btverly.
Leland, Calvin, Jr., MUiek,
Leland, Mn. Charlotte A., Sktrbom.
Leonard, Ellsa, Foxboro*.
Leonard, Jamea M., Bridgevator.
Lewia, Reuben, Oroton.
Lewia, Mra. Suaan P., **
Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, Hingkanu
Lincoln, F. W., Jr., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C, SniidsrUnd.
Lincoln, Noah, Booton. ^
Little, Alexander R, AbrtA Middlobort^.
^Little, Rev. Elbridge O.
Little, Mrs. Lucia 8.,
Little, Sarah laabel.
Little, Stuart, WkitinsviHe.
Little, Waldo F., JTewton Contro.
Little, William A. "
Littlefield, Samuel, SomervWB.
*Livermore, George, CanUhridgt,
*Locke, Ephraim, Boston.
Loomia, Rev. Elihu, Littleton.
Lord, Mias Anna M., Ipswick.
Lord, Rev. Charles E., Boeton,
Lord, Edward A., Danvere.
Lord, John A., Peabody.
Lojd, Louisa C, Manekester,
Loring, Mra. Hnnnah W., AlswUm Centre.
Loud, Arthur J., Boston.
Loud, Mra. Martha B., Braintree,
Lovell, Misi Mary B., Medway.
♦Lowell, Charles, D. D., Boeton.
Lumb, William, " •
Lont, Charles F., Winekeeter.
Lyman, Rev. George, Soutk Jtmkeret.
Lyman, Samuel T., Huntington.
Lyon, Miaa Chloe R., Campello.
Macreading, Rev. Chaa. S., Previdenee, R.I.
Maltby, Rev. Eraatna, Taunton.
Mann, Mias Helen L., Qreenfield.
Manning, Otis, Littleton.
Manning, Eklward W., ffobum.
Manning, Walter H., Ut^letan.
Marble, Mrs. Mary E., Orafton.
Markham, Mrs. Priacilla V., Wrentkan.
Marrett, Lorenso, East Cambridge.
^farah, Elizabeth C, Haverhill
Marsh, E- J., Leominster.
Manh, Miaa Julia M., HaverkUL
'^Maraton, William, Boston.
Martin, George H., Bridf!eieater.
Moaoo, Miaa Nellie A., Boylston.
Mattiaon, William, Wkiiinevine.
Maynard, Rev. Joahua L., ff'illieUmf FL
Maynard, Leander, Shrewsbury.
*McKean, William, Boston,
McKeeo, Philena, Jtndover,
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McKcen, Phebe, JIndovtr,
*McLe«n, Bin. Add, Boticm,
McLean, Ren Joha K^ Framingkam,
MeLood, Rev. Aoeon, Toj^^Uld,
Meaoi, ReT. JohD O., Botton,
Means, Mra. John O. "
Neant, William 6., Jtndover,
Marriaoi, Abner H., Ttmpleton.
Merriam, Homer, Sprimgjidd.
Menill, Rev. Jamea H., ^ndover.
Merrill, John K.. MetMutm,
Merritt, Mra. Mary A., Moutmgut.
Meieenger, Misa Eliza, FUckhkrg,
Milb.Bev. Charlea L., Baaion,
Milla, Mr*. Rebecca B. "
Millf, MiM Lydia, Peabody,
Minot, William, Boston,
Mino^ W^illiam, Jr. *«
Mizter, Mrs. Fanny L. "
Mizter, Mn. Mary R., Hardmek.
Mizter, Airs. 8. C, Roek hland^ IlL
Mooar, Rev. George, OakUudf CaL
Moody, Jamcf, fVkUi$uviU».
Moore, Lewie, Skuron.
Moon, Joot»pb, Or»Un.
Moors, Rurus, "
Moon, Mrt. Rufas, **
Moidouf h. Rev. John B., PoriUmiy M$,
More, Cbarle* H., Br<idford,
MoroDf , Rev. Thomaa, Ipneick.
Morley, R«v. Bardis B., Pitt^/ieUL
Morrison, Daniel T., M*lkm$n.
Morriaon, Misa Nancy T., RowUf.
, Morse, Misa Abby P., Emptrim, K*%$mi.
Morse, Cbarlea N., Miiford,
Moise, Misa Emily A., Bradford,
Morse, Henry, M'tAick.
Morse, RofVis W., Mtkiun,
Morse, WillUm E., Bradford.
Moseley, Edward S., JfnckurfforU
Mosman, Walter B., JimkmmdaU.
Manger, Rev. Tbeo. T., Frovidew€t R. I.
Maoger, Mrs. T. T., ««
Monroe, Miae Mary, Cracertl.
Murray, Rev. James O., JVne York Ciff.
Morray, Mrs. Julia R. **
Kuon, Rev. Charles, fToOfUtL
Nssoo, Rev. Elias, BWeriea.
Needham, Loey M., Jfow BraiMtr§$,
Needhaai, Mrs. Mary P., Peabodjf.
Neboo, Jooathan HL, Sftrtisatary.
Newell, George H., HoUuton.
*NeweII, Montgomery, Bott0n,
Newball, Lucy Ann, Stow*
NewoMo, Miaa Sarah A., fynrick.
Niehols, Alfred A., ITeaC Jlimaokmrf.
l^iehols, Jamea R., Hmvarkitt.
Nichols,
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Niekersofl, Mra. Temple W., ^antuekcL
Nightingale, Rev. Crawford, Orotom.
*Norerocs,Josiah, WakrJLdd.
Norerooe, Mrs. Josiah, **
Norton, Rev. Edward, Mvntapu.
Noarse, B. Alden, Wo»thoro\
Noarse, Caroline Josephine, Boston,
Nonrse, Daniel, IFssC Medwajf,
Nourse, Susan M., BoUon,
Noyea, Alva, ^orlk Bridgewatar.
Noyes, Jacob, jSbington.
Noyep, Luke B., Soutk Ahiagton.
Noyes, Rufus S., JV. Bridgtwaisr,
Oatley, 6. D., WkitinsviUe,
Odiin, Benjamin/ £x«tsr, JV. H.
Odlin, Mrs. E. T. "
Ordway, Aaron L., JVeio York eitjf.
Ordway, Mias Charlotte, Bradford,
Ordway, Herbert, "
Osborne, George F., Peabody
Osgood, Greorge C, LoweU,
Osgood, H. B., WkitinsvilU,
Packard, Rev. D. Temple, Brigkton.
Packard, Edward C, ^ToHk BridgewaUr.
Packard, 8. Edwards, S/tringJidd,*
Packard, S. Franklin, CampsUo.
Packard, Miss Susie P., <*
Packard, Zibeon, JIbxngton,
Page, Abigail L., Jltkinsoa^ JV*. H,
Paige, George R., JVew SaUm,
*PaiDe, Mrs. Sarah M., Hoidsn,
*Paine, Misa Sarah C. "
Palmer, Rev. Charles Ray, SaZsai .
^Palmer, Rev. Stephen, M'eedkam,
Palmer, Squire, Simtk Deerjield.
Park, John C, Boston.
Parker, Andrew, OUmeesttr,
Parker, Daniel, fVkitinsvUIe,
^Parker, John, Boston,
Parker, Mrs. Sarah, "
*Parkman, Francis, D. D. "
O'Parkman, Samuel, "
^Parkman, Mrs. Sarah, **
Parroenter, Mrs. E. J. G., P^trskann.
^Parsons, Gorham, Boston.
•Parsons, William, **
Partridge, Clark, Medway.
Partridge, Joseph, Holliston,
Patrick, Rev. Henry J., JFut Jfswtom,
Patrick, Mrs. Martha L. «
Patten, Mrs. John F., DsrekosUr,
Patteraon, David H., Mtikusn.
Paal, Frederick A., LaksvilU,
Paul, Henry, Mwton.
•Paul, Mrs. Henry, "
•Paul, Luther, "
Paul, Luther, Jr. "
Paul, Misa Harriet, <*
•F«kJn>, Jtmei,
•F>rkiiii, J* IT
Ij \.,jBriflkl.'v.
•PsrUni.'Thuiiia iL, Sotlat.
.PivLoj, tin. Alii(>IJ T^ S«tm.
Perlar. J<»'<, "
Pinj , BUh CilhuiiM IL, SJuritrm,
Ftrir.Jarnci, UuHi'cri.
Petue, Mill Klin J., niWp'.
R.llk)><,Mr..H4l7
IE17, noniCE W., MtittY ViOf*.
P*iu>,W.IUid,liVzW,>'.
RiyoionJ, HelenP. BwHii.
Phillip., Al«.» P., f«M|.
Riiid, Uiu UiFihi, JSiM ^Kn/in.
Phillip.. (iK-r-w.. a,-,™*
DeM], MIn i:ir<.hr>ii <:., IlacrkiU.
Ph,il,iH.Jon...l,^n,B«l...
Bni.H«>a,,S.Man,tum.
Piks, Juha.UD, R..r(t».
BIchaidi.JiuiF^ OiMpiUi.,
Plu.nb,K».AIlHna, CAiItM.
Plumb, Jonph Dut, ••
BichirdMM, Jalu W., JHidM^
PIbdmi, Mil. MuihL a, Sqwlt*.
Plu.™., I.™l, «-»i,i™«..
Rnhitd«>a,>h.<fiiDh E., C>»>W.
P^UB,Jl™.JB«ph. 0™/l«.
PdUii^!, J<»i'|<l.li, ll^bur^
lUch*lteH>,8uBII«, WimtkiMtt.
•Ilif )iit. Andrew, Jr., Bortm.
I;jt, 1 JfolJn.
Bshblni, AoJrow, OrMn.
Pond, J.ihD^ Ami™.
Bobblni, ChuJI.., D. 0.. A«c«.
Pond, -Mrt Ntnojr, Mtdutf.
•Rul,l„„.,i:.|w..JH
PmJ, U-,!li™ E., /I>«.IA.».
Beboru, K.V. Ju»l>, EM Jft^a.y.
PoQl, S-oluqi™, OUnUHUr.
BolHru, Mii.Mir/ A.
Paoi,Juig|>h, Pnbwlf.
Kobini, Mn. Ilulli, JfdfrcAuMr.
P»i, »»hu H. "
Fnlt, Comiliui, JV«4 fTavwEU.
i((, Oilfin, AMI BridgKC:
HI, Galea E. "
III, B*T, Onria H., 7fna
'.,.„t. B., a.i«r
If II., Piat«if
u D., Durttuur.
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RobinwNi, Rev. Reaben T., Wbukttitr.
•Robioion, Mri. Clara A. •«
Sockwood, John, Oroton,
Rockwood, John T., SfringJM^
itoekwood, Mia* Polly 8., JisklmmL «
*Rogen, George, Boston,
* Bogers, George L., M'eiohtrfporL
Bogen, Shubael O., Bottmu
*Rogen, ReT. William M. •<
Rauell, Sarah J., Framimfkawu
Ryder, MarietU, Ckatkmm,
Safford, Rer. George B^ BwUngton, FL
*Saliibury, Samuel, Bottom.
Sanford, Mrs. Adeline D.,JVM«cy ViUag:
Baoford, Edmond I., JVMwof.
BaBfoid, Henry D., Bridgewater,
Saoger, Edward G., CamtrUgepori,
Sargeanl, James C, Oakkom.
Sargent, Edmond, WoH jtmotbmry,
*Sargent, Loeius M., BooUm.
Sargent, Samael O., Mttkuon.
*8awtell, Mrs. Ephraim, Oretoii.
Sawyer, George, Oawtpolh,
Sawyer, Martha B., **
Sawyer, Seth C, £. Raniotfk,
*Seodder, Charles, Booton,
Seadder, Mrs. Sarah L. **
Seagrare, Edward F., UxMdgt.
Sears, Misa Hannah M., JtokJUUL
Seaver, A. W., JfortMoro^.
Seeley, Raymond H., D. D., HavtrkiU,
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B. *•
Selfridge, Thomaa O., BesCeii.
Shattack, Andrew, OroUm,
Shattaek, Mrs. Sasan P. *<
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah, Booton,
Sheldon, Rev. Lather H.,J'eiM«ter/A,JV.J.
SbeUon, Mrs. Sarah H. *«
Shepherd, Thomaa, Winckmter,
Shiverick, Misa Maiia L., CampMo,
*ffigoarney, Andrew, Booton,
Sigonrney, Henry,
Simooda, A Ivan,
SkiUings, David N<, Wineh$oUr,
*SIaek, Ruggjes, BogUn,
Slafter, Rev. Edmond P. "
Slafier, Mrs. Edmond F., «
Sleeper, WiiUan C, M^tkn^n,
Small, Amoe T., Woat Jimpobmrf,
Small, Mrs. Fidelia Foiter, MUHnrf,
Small, Samuel A. **
Small, Samuel E. *<
Small, Mra. Boomer, JWi^toii Cofdrt.
Smith, Mrs. Ahby F., Concord,
Smith, Henry P. "
Smith, Albert W., ffeotbortf, .
Smith, Ml s. Loey Jane, **
Smith, Mrs. Clara J., SmidtrUmi.
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Smith, E. B., Wetifiad.
Smith, Rev. Edward P., JBfoeUyii, A*. F.
Smith, George P., Booton,
•Smith, Samuel, '*
Smith, Joel, ^'Ai/tiMviUf.
Smith, Jonathan, ^
Smith, Warren N. «<
Smith, Mra. Hattie J., Oloneutor,
Smith, Mauon M., D. D., JVsiaarJk, Jf. J,
Smith, Mrs. Matson M. «
Smith, Norman, Oroton,
Smith, Mrs. Mary J. "
Smith, Richard, Ponbodff,
Smith, Bfra. Charlotte, «
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, Jindovor,
Snow, Ambrose, South Ifadlef t^aO^
Snow, Mrs. Caroline, ,^ubumdalo.
Snow, Mrs. Mark, CikatAam.
Soale, Henry M., SsulA Jtbington,
Southgate, Charles M., Ifowich,
Southgate, Rev. Robert, "
•Southgate, Mrs. Mary Frances, **
Southworth, Mrs. Caroline M., M»dwnf.
Spaulding, Mrs. Charles A., Oroton,
Spaulding, John, Oroton Junction.*
Spooner, W. B., Booton.
Spring, Mrs. Adela C, fFkitinmnUo.
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Esra C, Manckeoter.
Stebbins, Rev. Milan C, SpringJMd.
Stevena, Mrs. George, LoieeU.
Stevens, Norman C, AViatoa.
Stevens, Mrs. E. M. <*
Stevens, Samuel, Oloueootor.
•Stoddard, Lewia T., Brooklino,
Stone, Andrew L., D. D., San FrmteiocOfCcl
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F. **
Stone, Martha A., Jfowton Contr§,
Storrs, Eunice C. Bromtroo.
Storrs, Richard S., O. U. **
Stowell, Mrs. Abby Hubbard, Conoord.
Stowell, Cyrus A., Soutk DurjMd,
Stowell, D. W., WaHkam.
Suong, Rev. Elnathan E. "
Strong, Rev. J. C, 31. Ckairloo^MinnonU.
Strong, Mrs. J. C. •*
Stodley, Austin, £<u( JShington,
Studley, Edward A., BoHon,
Sugden, Miss Mary, Braintr$§,
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Monoom,
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Fotboro*.
Swasey, Mra. Frances A., Lfun,
Swett, Samuel W., Booton.
Swift, Miaa l^ttie H., Andovtr.
Switser, Rev. Christopher J., ,
Tail, Mrs. Elizabeth E., WkitinovSll*.
Taft, Mias Emily A. **
Tafty Gottavus E.
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Taft, Mn. O. E., WkitiHstriUe.
Tafl, 8. Jeooie, **
Taft, J&eob, Oxbridg$,
Tapley, Gilbert, Datn§n.
Tappaa, John, BotUn,
Tarr, William J., OUmestUr.
Taylor, Mn. Malanta, fFindutUr,
Teela, Rar. Albert K., Milton.
Teele, Mrt. Cornelia C. **
Temple, Mark M., Reading.
Teooey, Mri. Marj P., ff^neketttr.
Terry, Rer. Jamet P., South WtymemUu
Tbacber, Mrs. Aooa B., Hydt Park.
Thacber, Min Cali«ta C, JittUhortf.
Tbacber, John, •<
Tbacber, Mrs. Suaan C. ^
Tbacber, William T., H^de Park.
Tbacber, Susan B., Portland, Jte.
*Tbatcber, Mary Ludlow, Middl9boro\
Tbayer, Ampaa, JBroiiUrea.
Tbayer, E. F. E. *«
Tbayer, Ira, "
-*Tbayer, Mra Lilla, "
Tbayer, Rev. J. Henry, J§ndover,
Tbayer, Mrs. Martba C. **
Tbayer, Oliver, "
*Tbay<#, Mrs. Jane, Boston.
Tbayer, Robert H., AVw York City,
. Tbayer, Sarah H., Braintr§e.
Tboropson, Mrs. Avetick F., Warokanu
Thompson, Mra. Emily B., Concord.
Thompson, Everett A., Mfrtk fVobum.
Thompson, Samuel A. **
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Elisa, **
Thompaon, George R., ^ortk Bridg§¥>aUr%
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, Worcester.
Thompson, Stephen, Wincktstor.
Thurston, Rev. Richard B., Stanford, CL
Tinker, Russell, Orafton.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E., fVkitinsviUe.
Tolman, Rev. Richard, Tewk^ury,
Tolmon, Rev. Samuel H., JVtlmington,
Torrey, Miss Elisabeth L., SoMk Weywioutk.
Torrey, James, JWrti WsymouUu
Torrey, Willard, Groion.
Towne, William B., Brookline.
Traak, Charles H., Jr., Manekssttr.
Trask, Mrs. A. H. *«
Traak, Lizzie EL, Oloucestar.
Traak, Samuel, Psabody,
Traak, Samuel P., Danvers.
Tribou, Samuel, ^ortk Bridgevaier.
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton,
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, JibingUm.
Trufant, Philip P.
Trufant, Walter Ezrii,
*Tucker, Rev. Elijah W., LAanon, Ct.
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W., Dortkuter.
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•Tucker, Jesse, MiUem.
Tucker, Mrs. Mary R. •*
♦Tucker, Nathan, "
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, **
Tucker, John A., Dorckestsr.
Tucker, WUliam, «
Tucker, William W., Boston.
Tufts, Charles, Jtndovsr,
Turner, Miis Alice Montgomery, Ramdol]^.
Tnttle, Miss Maitba E., Concord.
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, fVayland.
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littlston.
Twicbell, John M., Fitckkurg.
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W., Boston.
•Underbill, Rev. John W., Al jtmkirst.
Upton, Mrs. Lucy, Ptahody.
Upton, Moses T., Salem.
Vose, WiUiam U., FiUkfmrg.
WAdsworth, Mrs. Lucy, MiUon,
Wadsworth, William, Boston.
Wakefield, Miss C, Reading.
Waldrpn, Rev. Daniel W., East Weymsutk.
Wales, Erastus, East Randolpk.
Wales. Min Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Ellen A., East Ahington,
Walker, Miss Francea A., HavorkiU.
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Littie Compton, R, I.
Walker, John &, East Medway.
Walker, Mrs. John 8. <^
Walker, L<evi, Bridgewatsr.
Walker, Moses, BaoerkUL
Walker, Nathaniel, <*
Walker, Robert G., Boston.
Walker, William M., East Mington.
*Walley, Samuel H., Boston
Walley, Samuel H. <«
Ward, Artemas, **
Ward, Samuel, **
Ward, Miss H. L. H., LakeviUe.
Ward, Rev. James W. "
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L. "
Ward, Miss Susan H. "
Ward, Salem T., Wintikester.
Warner, John, Jfewton,
Warner, William, Sontk DeerJUld.
Warren, George W., Boston.
•Warren, Mrs. Diantha A., Aymn.
•Warren, Mrs. Maria, Ctri^floH.
•Warren, Nehemiah, Stow.
Warren, Francis W. «*
Warren, Jonas, **
•Warren, Luoinda, *•
•Warren, William A., H^nckestsr.
Washburn, William B., Orest^fleld.
Washburn, Mrs. William B. "
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Or^ftom
Watkins, Miss Abby A., Oloucester.
W«rti, Hn. L. CiroliM, Mirik Daw
W<tM<F, Edwird, SoKamni, Jf^H.
Wtleb.John.AHCn.
WaU, JiBH, "
WtlU, Mr.. Manh* D.. MrtUm>.
WeUain, Joibiu W., D. D., JWnUii.
Wnnliil]. Mn. Cithiiiiw.^Hlm. '
(VtMwonli. A1h<ti, ;7<t<riiU.
W^Hltl, Aliijih R., EiiSMtJicin,.
WlmlBI, Mri>. M. II.. JVi'dO'i^
Whiiiwnb, Laoli, Com SaJi^
•Whiuamb, EUuIhii, ^mr4.
*IVl>iicsfnb, RiigbH, Jr. ••
nnd. Eat lUmdi^
Whiu,
WhftiD,
Artbai P., .
ChutoiF.
CbarlH B.
Wbilin, Mn. Pilknea a "
Wbllln, Mr*. Sinh R.
Wbiinoiii, Annia Miiii, £r>iL
Wlittaif, rhirlH H., CnaitrUfarart.
Wbiluri Dor* 6. S.i.t* flrrfu",
WhltiHj, FiwIeiMb. WuMiKtltr.
Wbii»r, Haliia 1^ Stam.
^ihnajr, ItuB B., OfpausUr,
WbilDaj, bnal, AoHn.
Wbitoer. Nri. PaiiMlia V., Pitmbn.
WliiiB>T, Eichtid P., V>>£l*U'
WfaitMj, Hn. Fi
Wilbar.JoHph,
WillluH, R«. C. H. 8.,Ommrd.
Wllliun, Mn.C. H. 8. "
Wtlliiow, Bn. Edward F., ffliijaniltt.
WtEliiai, Hill EMiibaih C, Orsm.
Willlana, UIh Harj D., OnnJUU.
Williaau,S.H..»-«J.^i.'.
WilllaiH, Tbonaa g., AMlmrmA^i.
WiUia, Lbc; Maiia, "
Wlbm, Ba*. Tbiwaa, &MfUflb
Win«.lB)iD(7., LdifpU.
nUiBsv.C ManriBS.BnwUilM*
Winiluw
p, Bobafl C, AMIm.
Dp.ThomuI. "
Wood, Hi.. Aliijoli, HV.ifcTO'.
Wood, Cjioi K., Ow^aar.
Wood, Blliabalk C, fWt«y.
Wood, JoHpb W., miliimilU.
Wood, Mn. E. B. "
Wood, Ufi. BaiDBal F., Ckslntfari.
Wood, Mil. Snun, OrMoo.
Tr«id,T. Dwi|hi, ffmniMUr,
Wood, Tbaodora & "
Woodi, HIh Abtile WboaliT, MaUtn
Woodi, Frank Auitin, Jfo BrliOrtt.
Woodi, Joaaph Wbtalei, Ami**.
Woodi, BaaiDal H.
Woodmid, BboKiar, AtaaUib
W Dd*«d,JlM*Eni.ly, AiW^adWla.
Woodwartb ArtemBi B. Lomil.
WoreatWr, Mtii i^xllio, AH/Uos.
WjiUB. William O., nttUv/.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
Beoeipti from April 1, 1869, to April 1, 1870.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Barnstable, Centreyille, Congregational Church and Society,
Chatham, Congregational Church and Society,
Falmouth, First Congregational Church and Society,
A Friend,
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BRISTOL COUNTY.
Freetown, Congregational Church and Society, . •
Mansfield, Orthodox Congregational Church and Society,
Taunton, Trinitarian Congregational Church and Society,
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury and Salisbury, Union Evangelical Congregation,
Andover, North, Cong. Church and Society, (1 l. m.) .
(< Ballardvale, Union Society, ....
Bozford, Congregational Church and Sodet y, (1 l. m.)
East, Cong. Church and Society, •
West, Cong. Church and Society, •
Dangers, Centre Cong. Church and Society, . •
First Congregational Church and Society,
Maple Street Church, Sabbath School, (3 l. m.)
<• Church,
Essex, First Congregational Church and Society, •
Georgetown, Memorial Church and Society, .
•• First Congregational Church and Society,
Oroveland, Congregational Church and Society, •
Hamilton, Congregational Church and Society, •
HaTcrhill, Centre, Cong. Church and Society, (2 l. m.)
** North Church and Society, . . • .
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$24 60
3 75
29 64
2 00
$59 99
$2 00
11 00
68 00
$81 00
$22 00
31 60
5 00
27 50
3 60
22 70
7 08
24 60
62 70
12 82
18 18
33 57
18 65
9 80
15 50
50 00
52 00
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' Lynn, Boston Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
** First Congregational Church and Society,
Lynnfield, South, A Friend, ....
<* Congregational Church and Society,
Middleton, Congregational Church and Society,
Newbury, Congregational Church and Society,
Newburyport, Bellerille, Cong. Church and Society,
*< Prospect Street Church and Society,
Feabody, Congregational Church and Society,
Rockport, First Congregational Church and Society,
Rowley, Congregational Church and Society,
*< Baptist Church, ....
Salem, South Church and Society, •
Tabernacle Church, ....
Crombie Street Church and Society, •
Saugus, Congregational Church and Society, (1 l.
«( Centre Church and Society,
Topsfield, Congregational Church and Society,
Wenham, Congregational Church and Society,
West Newbury, Congregational Church and Society,
Indiyidual Donations,
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FRANKLIN COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
^ir. Chableb H. McClsixak, Oreenjleld, TV.
A^hfield, Congregational Church and Society, •
Buckland, Congregational Church and Society,
Charlemont, East, Congregational Church and Society,
Coleraine, Congregational Church and Society,
Deerfield, South, Congregational Church and Society,
•• •* Do. Sabbath School, .
Gill, Congregational Church and Society,
Greenfield, First Congregational Church and Society,
•* Second Congregational Church and Society,
Hawley, East, Congregational Church and Society,
Shelbume, Congregational Church and Society, •
Sunderland, Congregational Church and Society, .
Warwick, Congregational Church and Society,
Whately, Congregational Church and Society, (bal.forL. m.)
Deduct paid for Printing,
$6
00
17 46
1
00
2
00
14
10
6 00
62 67
36
66
90
16
26 00
11
66
1
66
106 70
42
67
36
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23 86
3
26
24
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3
16
30 00
31
76
9 978 64
9 43 36
13 00
23 10
9 00
20 00
26 84
14 36
22 10
48 09
10 04
33 26
36 36
13 00
10 00
320 48
6 00
$316 48
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HAMPDEN COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
Mr. Charles Maksh, Springfield^ TV.
Donations, (1 l.m.)
For Bibles, $ 898 63
$20 00
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Belchertown, Congregational Church and Society,
$ 20 00
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Congregational Church and Society, •
Ashby, Congregational Church and Society,
Aubumdale, Congregational Church and Society,
Arlington, Orthodox Congregational Church and Society,
$46.29; John Field, $50;
" ]Mr8. J. B. KimbaU,
Brighton, Evangelical Congregational Church and Society,
Cambridgeport, Prospect Street Church and Society,
Concord, Union Bible Society,
Groton, Union Church,
•* A Friend, by N. Y. Caryl, ....
Littleton, Congregational Church and Society,
Lowell, First Congregational Church and Society, •
John Street Church and Society, (3 L. m.)
Kirk Street Church and Society,
Appleton Street Church and Society,
•• J.' F. Rogers,
<* A Friend, (1 L. m. a. b. a.)
Natick, Congregational Church and Society, (2 l. m. a. b. s.)
Newton, Centre, A Friend, $2 ; Do. $1 ;
<* Newtonyille, Congregational Church and Society,
Sherbom, Ladies' Benevolent Society, (1 l. m.)
Somerville, Orthodox Cong. Church and Society, (2 l. m.)
Tewksbury, Congregational Church and Society, .
Townsend, Congregational Church and Society, .
** Rev. George H. Morss, . . . .
Waltham, S. D. Warren,
Wayland, Evangelical Congregational Church and Society,
Westford, Congregational Church and Society,
Weston, M. H. Bigelow, (6 l. m.) ....
Winchester, Congregational Church and Society, .
Wobum, Congregational Church and Society, (2 l. m.)
A Friend,
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$6 00
12 40
95 55
96 29
1 00
49 00
65 38
110 00
45 96
10 00
14 20
90 88
66 29
177 61
40 51
20 00
30 00
60 00
3 00
78 55
20 00
50 00
20 00
7 61
1 00
200 00
19 50
7 70
160 00
122 00
61 00
10 00
$ 1,741 43
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NORFOLK COUNTY.
Brookline, Harvard Church and Society, (1 l. m.)
Dedhara, First Congregational Church and Society,
Foxboro', Congregational Church and Society,
Franklin, Congregational Church and Society,
Mfdway, First Congregational Church and Society, (2 l. m.)
Village Church and Society, (2 l. m.) .
"West, Congregational Church and Society, (I l. m.)
Needham, Ilighlandville, Methodist Episcopal Church,
Sharon, Congregational Church and Society,
Walpole, Orthodox Congregational Church and Society,
West Roxbury, South Evangelical Church and Society,
Weymouth and Braintree, Union Church and Society, .
Second Congregational Religious Society, .
East, Congregational Church and Society, .
Wrentham, First Congregational Church and Society, .
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Abinfjton, First Congregational Church and Society,
South, Congregational Church and Society, .
** Miss Mary Whitmarsh, (1 l. m.)
Evander Reed,
Campello, Congregational Church and Society,
East Bridgewater, Congregational Church and Society,
ningham, ^[cthodist Episcopal Church,
** Evangelical Congregational Church and Society,
Lakeville, A Lady,
Marshfield, First Congregational Church and Society, .
Middleboro*, First Congregational Church and Society,
North Bridgewater, Porter Evangelical Church and Society,
Plymouth, South, Second Congregational Church and Society,
$ 837 83
77 81
14
70
20 00
10 00
77
15
15
15
5
08
• 9
00
50
15
35
22
41
38
10
11
00
$ 316 25
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Society of Rev. Messrs. Blagden and Mannini;, Old
South, f 155 00
Rev. Mr. Bingham, East Boston, . . 41 02
Rev. Dr. Alden, South Boston, (2 l. m.) 50 83
Rev. Mr. Murray, Park Street, . . 189 76
Rev. Dr. Robbins, Second Church, . 158 45
Bromfiold Methodist Episcopal Church, . . . 2125
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Kimball, Daniel W., Winckuttr
Kimball, David, Bradford.
Kimbal], Wallace L. "
Kimball, Mri. Flarriet W., £mo«2L
Kimball, Mn. Mary B., Falmoutk.
Kimball, John R., Wobum,
Kimball, Mn. Sylvia, WssUore^.
Kingman, Miu Eliza, Boston.
*Kingman, Miw Sarah, "
Kingsbury, Nathaniel,
Kingsbury, John, Bradford.
Kingsbury, Rev. John D. **
Kittredge, Rev. A. E., AV10 Ytirk eitf,
•Knowles, Rev. Jamee D., Botton.
Knowltoo, Rev. Stephen, West Medieaf,
Knox, Mrs. 8., Rock lOand, JIL
Labaree, Rev. John C, Randolph,
Lambert, Miss Elisabeth 6., Rowley.
Lambert, Thomas R., D. D., Ckarlostown.
Lambert, William T., «
Lamson, E«lwio, JI9o«t0ii.
Lamsoo, Mrs. Edwin, "
Lamson, Gardner Swift, **
Lamsyn, Helen, "
Lamson, Kate Glidden, **
*Lane, Anthony, Lancaster,
Lane, Rov. Jumes P., Jindover,
Lane, Mrs. Emma L. **
Lane, Rev. John VV., JFhatttjf,
Lano, Mrs. Mary H.
Lane, Mary E.
Lane, Richmond J., East jiHngt»n»
Langworthy, Rev. Isaae P., Chsiseo.
Laaell, Josiah, WkitinsviUo.
Lassell, Mrs. Jennie W. **
Lathe, Miss Sarah S., Orafton,
Laurie, Inglis, OtDotofnna, Minntsoia,
^Lawrence, Amos, Boston,
Lawrence, Rev. Amos £., Housalonic
Lawrence, Asa, Oroton,
^Lawrence, Mrs. M. A. "
Lawrence, John, **
Lawronce, Curtis, Bradford.
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, "
Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy T., fVilton,M$,
Lawton, Mrs. B. C, ffkitinsviUe.
Laynd, John, "
Leach, Simeon, East SiouglUon.
Learoyd, Addison P., Danvers.
Learoyd, John S. **
Ijeavitt, Abner L., Hingkanu
Leavitt, Mrs. Elisabeth G., Boston,
Leavitt, Ruv. George R., Cumhridgeport
Lee, Rev. Ssmuol H., Oreenjiold.
*Leeds, Bcnjnmin, BrooUitA,
Leeds, Benjamin, Boston.
Loads, Mrs. Anne B. **
Leeds, Miss Anne G. **
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Leas, Mrs. Samuel, Concord.
Lefavour, Issaehar, Beverly.
Leland, Calvin, Jr., /initiek,
Leland, Mrs. Charlotte A., Sktrhsm.
Leonard, Ellsa, Foxhoro*.
Laooard, James M., BridgewaUr,
Lewis, Reuben, Orolon.
Lewis, Mrs. Susan P., '*
Lincoln, Rer. Calvin, Hingkanu
Lincoln, P. W., Jr., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C, SnHderland.
Lincoln, Noah, Boston, ,
Little, Alexander E., J^rtk MidHskero^.
*Little, Rev. Elbridge G.
Little, Mrs. Lucia 8.,
Little, Sarah Isabel,
Little, Stuart, WkitinsvWe,
Little, Waldo P., M'swton Centre.
Little, William A. "
Littlefield, Samuel, SomervUIe,
*Livermore, George, Cambridge,
*Loeke, Ephraim, Boston.
Loomis, Rev. Elihu, Liuleton,
Lord, Miss Anna M., fyswiek.
Lord, Rev. Charles E., Boston,
Lord, Edward A., Danvers.
Lord, John A., Peabady.
Lojd, Louisa C, Manchester.
Loring, Mrs. Hnnnab W., Mlnoton Centre.
Loud, Arthur J., Boston.
Loud, Mrs. Martha B., Braintree,
Lovell, Misa Mary B., Medway,
*Lowell, Charles, D. D., Boston.
Lumb, William, " '
Lunt, Charles P., Winckester,
Lyman, Rev. George, South ^nkerst.
Lyman, Samuel T., Huntingfon.
Lyon, Miss Chloe R., Campelle,
Maereading, Rev. Chas. S., Providence, R.I.
Maltby, Rev. Erastus, Taunton.
Mann, Miss Helen L., QreenJUld,
Manning, Otis, Littleton.
Manning, Edward W., ffobum.
Manning, Walter H., Uttlston. ,
Marble, Mrs. Mary E., Orafton.
Markham, Mrs. Priscilla V., Wrentham.
Marrett, Lorenso, East Cambridge.
Marsh, Elizabeth C, Haverhill
Marsh, E. J., Leominster.
Marsh, Miss Julia M., Haverhill.
*Marston, William, Boston.
Martin, George H., Bridgewater.
Mason, Miss Nellie A., Boyhton,
Mattison, William, Whitiruville.
Maynard, Rev. Joshua L., Williston^ FL
Maynard, Ijoander, Shrewsbury.
*McKean, William, Boston,
McKeao, Philena, jtndover.
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McKeen, Phebe, JIndover,
*McLean, Mra. Ano, BotUm,
McLmo, Rev. John K., Pramingkam,
McLoud, Rev. Anton, Top^/Md.
Meani, Rev. John O., Boston.
Meant, Mra. John O. "
Means, William G., Andovtr,
MerriaiD, Abner H., T»mfleton,
Meniam, Homer, Sprvagjieli,
Merrill, Rev. Jamea H., Jtndover,
Merrill, John K., Metkuen,
Merritt, Mra. Mary A., Jtontague.
Messenger, Miaa Eliza, FUckbmrg,
Millt.Rev. Charlee L., Boston.
Milii, Mrs. Rebecca B. **
Mills, Miss Lydia, Peabodf,
Minot, William, Boston,
Minot, WiUiam, Jr. ^
Mizter, Mrs. Fanny Lk "
Mizter, Mra. Mary R., Hardwkk,
Mizter, Mra. S. E., Roek Island, IlL
Mooar, Rev. George, Oakland, Col.
Moody, James, fVhUiMviU$.
Moore, Lewis, Sharon.
Moora, Joseph, OroUm.
Moors, Rufus, **
Moors, Mra. Rufas, •<
Mordough, Rev. John H., Portland, Mi.
More, Charles H., Bradford.
Morong, Rev. Thomas, Jpswick,
Morley, Rev. Sardis B., Pitt^ld.
Morrison, Daniel T., Metkusn.
Morrison, Miss Nancy T., RowUjf.
, Morse, Miss Abby P., Emporia, Kanaat,
Morse, Charles N.,JHilford.
Moise, Misa Emily A., Bradford.
Morse, Henry, Ifatick.
Morse, Rafoa W., Mtthnsn,
Morse, William E., Bradford.
Moseley, Edward S., H'ewkMryporU
Mosman, Walter B., Ankumdale,
Manger, Rev. Theo. T., Providence, R. I.
Maoger, Mra. T. T., «*
Munroe, Misa Mary, Concord.
Murray, Rev. James O., Jfsw York CUf.
Murray, Mrs. Julia R. **
Nason, Rev. Charles, fTsUJUeL
Nason, Rev. Eliaa, BUlerUct.
Needham, Lucy H., M'sw BraintrM.
Needham, Mn. Mary P., Peabodf.
Nelson, Jonathan H., Skmosbmrif.
Newell, George H., HoUitton.
*NeweU, Alontgomery, Boston.
Newhall, Lucy Ann, Slow.
Newman, Mias Sarah A., fyswieh,
Nichols, Alfred A., fVsot Jtmcsbmrf.
Niehols, Jamea R«, HaverkUL
Nichols, Moi«i» **
Niek«raon, Mra. Temple W., ^^antueket.
Nightingale, Rev. Crawford, Chroton.
*Norcroes, Josiah, Wakejle'.d.
Noreroas, Mra. Josiah, **
Norton, Rev. Eklward, Montagiu.
Nourae, B. Alden, fVssthoro*.
Nourse, Caroline Josephine, Boston.
Nourae, Daniel, Wtst Medwaf.
Nourse, Susan M., Bolton.
Noyes, Alva, ^ortk Bridgswater.
Noyes, Jacob, Abingion.
Noyes, Luke B., South Abington.
Noyes, Rufus S., A". Bridgeioater.
Oatley, G. D., fV kitinsviUe.
Odiin, Benjamin^ £z««r, Jf. H.
Odiin, Mra. E. T. «
Ordway, Aaron L., JVeio York eitf.
Ordway, Miaa Charlotte, Bradford.
Ordway, Herbert, "
Osborne, George F., Peabody
Osgood, George C, LovelL
Osgood, H. B., Wkitinsville.
Packard, Rev. D. Temple, BrigkUm.
Packard, Edward C, ^oHh Bridgaoater.
Packard, S. Edwards, Springjlsld.*
Packard, S. Franklin, CampsUo.
Packard, Miss Susie P., '*
Packard, Zibeon, Abingion,
Page, Abigail L., Atkinson, A*. H.
Paige, George R., JVew SaUm.
*Paioe, Mrs. Sarah M., Holdsn,
*Paine, Miss Sarah C. "
Palmer, Rev. Charles Ray, Salem.
*PaImer, Rev. Stephen, ,N'e«dham.
Palmer, Squire, South Deerjitld.
Park, John C, Boston.
Parker, Andrew, Oloueester.
Parker, Daniel, fVkitinsvUle.
* Parker, John, Boston.
Parker, Mra. Sarah, "
*Parkroan, Francis, D. D. "
*Parkman, Samuel, "
*Parkman, Mra. Sarah, «
Parmenter, Mra. £. J. G., Psterskanu
*Panona, Gorham, Boston,
*ParsoDS, William, **
Partridge, Clark, Mtdufoy.
Partridge, Joseph, Hollisten.
Patrick, Rev. Henry J., JFeH AVvtom.
Patrick, Mra. Martha L. <*
Patten, Mra. John P., Dareksster.
Patteraon, Daarid H., Mstkuen,
Paul, Frederick A., LaksvilU.
Paul, Henry, JiTewton.
•Paul, Mra. Henry, **
♦Paul, Luther, "
Paul, Luther, Jr. "
Paul, Misa Harriet, "
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FaormOD, MiH llmmlh I., LmlL
PF.:k,Tlcv. L>^vl,l, SnierlaHd.
Ptiic*. IU>. Bi.ilfutJ K., ifirln,^
PwplH, etnoel, .Vaiict.
Paikifii, UNismin C. FaUig.
PtrkiiH, E. E., JVMt MUiMan'.
Perklu, Mn. Eliubatli E. "
P«ll>T, Juu
Pnity, Mill
AbifiU T^ S^n.
Pntt, Galas, ^f^rt]^ BtUgtwttr.
PntI, Oalen E. "
Piau, IU>. dtint* H., Hwvri.
Plllt, Noltcn, BrmiMlTfL
Pt»t,Pb.l>..«lr»,>nu
Fr.l^M».i.I_,^^|f.«(■>n.
Piau, Philip W. "
Prltl, ZabfllDD, JfirUt JWAllltn'.
Pnf, Joho J., iMmO.
Pnnliu, MlaJalii, Ori/ltn.
Pnnlia. MiitdI. intMiuFilfi.
Ffwiica, J»H A. "
u.Mii, aaiik B., QaiKI-
Fsllae, UjQiel, ijlmriii.
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Pbillipa, Alonu P., l>uM*.
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Rica, Mn. ElinbMh C, Lawmti.
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Piaieo, liuEl'., tt'htJiunUi.
Bieb, Bai. Alonio B., Bmrlf.
Piarea, SjI'i-UirG., IliiuUltr.
Bich, Rav. A. JidiQii, Halmimtttt.
•i'rerp.inl, Up Joho. jf.d/ari
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RlehnTdi, JinHi P., OmjH^.
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Bicbaidion, Banjaaiio P., £>Kn.
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BicbardHO. Jolu W., J(.^i»^
FlBcnai Mit. Mutba B., Rwliy.
RioterdKli, l.ulli.'i, fi-^'tittrr.
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Bubbipi, Chmdlar, D. a, AaMam.
Prwd, Mri. NiDDT, MUamf.
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Pond, IVIlliUB E., «>«.*.■.
BoWrti, Uar. Jacob, EM JTarinf .
Bobaiu, Mia. Marj A. "
P»I,Jul.pb.i'«4«(f.
Rabana, Mn. Ilial. Mnni^Htita:
PlK..,KMb.BJi. "
BobatusD, JaiDxa, Pufc^f .
Porur. Stirual 8^ WiMt^fUr.
Pnii, Coioaliu.. A-wa Wtfimlk.
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Robinioa, R«v. R«aben T., WhuhuUr,
•Robioaon, Mra. Clara A. *«
Rockwood, John, OreUm.
Roekwood, John T., SffingMId,
Roekwood, Mias Polly S., Jtaklmnd. «
*Ro{en, George, Button,
* Rogers, George L., JfnohnyporL
Rogeri, Shubael O., JBoaton.
•Rogers, Rev. William M. •«
Rosaell, 8«rah J., Frami^gkawu
Ryder, Marietu, Chatham,
Safford, ReT. George B., Bmrlington, FL
*6alisbary, Bamoel, Bottan.
Saoford, Mrs. Adeline D.,JVMv«y FiUag§.
Sanford, Edmund I., Medwof.
Saoford, Henry D., Bridgewatar,
Sanger, Edward 6., Camhridgtpori,
Sergeant, Jamea C, Oakham,
Sargeni, Edmund, W9H jSm$§htrjf,
*Sargent, Loeius M., BoHon.
Sargent, Samuel O., Methuan,
*8awtell, Mr*. Ephraim, Oretoii.
Sawyer, George, Oamp§0a,
Sawyer, Martha B., **
Sawyer, Seth C, E. Raniotfh,
*Sendder, Charlea, Beaton,
Seodder, Mrs. Sarah L. "
Saagrare, Edward F^ Uxbridge,
Sears, Mise Hannah H., JtthJUUL
Seaver, A. W., JVorcMoro*.
Seeley, Raymond H., D. D., HatarhiU,
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B. *•
Selfridge, Thomas O., BesCeii.
Shattock, Andrew, Oretim.
Shattnek, Mrs. Susan P. "
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah, Boatan,
Sheldon, Rev. Luther H., Jam$$hiirghyJ4',J,
Sheldon, Mrs. Sarah H. •<
Shepherd, Thomas, Winehmter,
Shiverick, Miss Maiia L., CampMa,
^goorney, Andrew, Bottan.
Sigoorney, Henry,
Simonds, Alvan,
, Skillings, David N., Winohttar,
*Slaek, RoggJee, Boatom,
Slafler, Rev. Edmund P. <*
Slafter, Mrs. Edmund F., «<
Sleeper, William C, M$thnaM,
Small, Amos T., Wut JSmpobmrf.
Small, Mrs. Fidelia Foiter, M^lfhmrf,
Small, Samuel A. <*
Small, Samuel E. *<
Small, Mrs. Suonner, JWi^toii Cimflrt.
Smith, Mrs. Abby F., CanaoHL
Saiith, Henry F. «*
Snith, Albert W., Wettbonf. .
Smith, Mis. Luey Jane, •*
Smith, Mra. Clara J., Smtdtrkad.
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Smith, E. B., Wettfield.
Smith, Rev. Edward P., BrooUfn^ A*. F.
Smith, George P., BoHon,
•Smith, Samuel, '*
Smith, Joel, fr&ia'ii#viU#.
Smith, Jonathan, **
Smith, Warren N. **
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., Oloueutar,
Smith, Matson M., D. D., AVisari, Jf, J,
Smith, Mrs. Matson M. *<
Smith, Norman, Oroton,
Smith, Mra. Mary J. **
Smith, Richard, P§abody,
Smith, Mra. Charlotte, **
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, JSndover,
Snow, Ambrose, South Ifttdlef Folic
Snow, Mra. Caroline, .^ubumdala.
Snow, Mrs. Mark, CikatAam.
Settle, Henry M., SsulA Mington,
Southgate, Charles M., Iitawich,
Southgate, Rev. Robert, *<
•Southgate, Mrs. Mary Frances, **
Bouthworth, Mrs. Caroline M., Midway.
Spaulding, Mra. Charlea A., Oroton,
Spaoldiog, John, Oroton Junction.*
Spooner, W. B., BoHon,
Spring, Mrs. Adela C, fFhitinttUh.
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Esra C, Manchester.
StebbioB, Rev. Milan C, Spring/Uid.
Stevena, Mra. George, LowelL
Stevens, Norman C, .Newton,
Stevens, Mrs. E. M. <*
Stevens, Samuel, Oloucooter,
•Stoddard, Lewis T., Breokline,
Stone, Andrew L., D. D., San FraneitcOfCal
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F. **
Stone, Martha A., M'owton Centre.
Storrs, Eunice C. Braintrea.
Storrs, Richard S., D. U. **
Stowell, Mrs. Abby Hubbard, Coneord.
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Deerjitld.
Stowell, D. W., Waltham.
Strong, Rev. Elnathan E. *<
Strong, Re?. J. C, 31. Chaoiee^Minneaata.
Strong, Mrs. J. C. " "
Stud ley, Austin, East Jthingtan.
Stqdley, Edward A., Booton.
Sugden, Miss Mary, Braintree,
Suntner, Rev. Charles B., Monoem,
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Fezboro*.
Swasey, Mra. Francea A., Lfnn.
Swett, Samuel W., Booton.
Swift, Mias Lottie H., Andovar,
Switser, Rev. Christopher J., Pravinntiamn.
Tail, Mra. Elizabeth E., W^tinevOfa,
Tail, Miss Emily A.
Taft, Gottavns E.
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Taft, Mrs. 6. E., WkitinnSOe.
Tail, 8. Jeooie, **
Taft, Jacob, Oxbridg:
Tapley, Gilbert, Datn§n.
Tappaa, John, BotUn,
Tarr, William J., OUmcstUr.
Taylor, Mri. Malanaa, Wiiuk§aUr,
Teela, Rav. Albert K^ MUUm.
Taele, Mn, Cornelia C. **
Temple, Mark M., Rtaditig*
Tenney, Mri. Mary P., W\%cheaUr.
Terry, Rer. Jamee P., &wtA Wtymcmdu
Thacher, Mn. Anna B., Hydt Park.
Thacber, Miia Caliata C, AttUbartf,
Tbaeher, John, •<
Thacber, Mrs. Buaan C. **
Thacher, William T., H^de Park,
Thacher, Siuan B., Portland, Jte,
^Thatcher, Mary Ludlow, Middl$bor9\
Thayer, AmMa, Braintre$.
Thayer, E. F. E. *«
Thayer, Ira, •«
♦Thayer, Mra LiUa, *<
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, jtndover,
Thayer, Mn. Martha C. "
Thayer, Oliver, "
*Thay<#, Mn. Jane, Bostoiu
Thayer, Robert IL, AVto York Citf,
. Thayer, Sarah U., BraiiUree,
Thompson, Mn. Avetick F., fFaraJkam.
Thomptoa, Mra. Emily B., Concord,
Thompson, Everett A., A*orM fVobum,
Thompson, Samuel A. **
Thompson, Mn. Anne Ellxa, **
Thompson, George R., /forth BridgeioaUr,
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, Woreetler,
Thompson, Stephen, Winchuttr,
Thunton, Rev. Richard B., Stan^fbrd, Cl
Tinker, Russell, Qraftan.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E., H^hiUfumlle,
Tolman, Rev. Richard, Toiek$bury,
Tolman, Rev. Samuel H., Wilwdngton,
Torrey, Miss Elisabeth L., South W$ywuuth.
Torrey, James, JWrti JVeynunth.
Torrej, Wlllard, Graton,
Towne, William B., Brookline,
Trask, Charles II., Jr., ManehsHtr.
Trask, Mrs. A. H. *«
Trask, Lizzie R., OUmcuUur,
Trask, Samuel, Ptabodf,
Trask, Samuel P., J)anver»,
Tribou, Samuel, /forth Bridgeitater.
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton,
Trnfant, Harriet Andre wi, jSbington,
Trufant, Philip P. "
Trnfant, Walter Ezrih "
*Tucker, Rev. Elijah W., Lebanon^ Ci,
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W., Dorthuter.
•Tucker, Jesse, Milton.
Tucker, Mn. Mary R. *'
•Tucker, Nathan, **
Tucker, Mn. Nathan, "
Tucker, John A., Dorchtttr,
Tucker, William, *<
Tucker, William W., Botton.
Tufts, Charles, Jindoter,
Turner, Miss Alice Montgomery, Randolph,
Tuttle, Miss Maitha E., Concord.
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, fVayland,
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littleton,
Twichell, John M., FiichHwg.
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford,
Tyler, Jerome W., Botton.
•Underbill, Rev. John W., A". AmktrtU
Upton, Mn. Lucy, Peabodf.
Upton, Moses T., Salem,
Vose, William H., FiUhkurg.
Wadsworth, Mn. Lucy, MUon,
Wadsworth, William, Booton,
Wakefield, Miss C, Reading.
Waldrpo, Rev. Daniel W., East Weymouth.
Wales, Erasttts, East Randolph,
Wales. Miss Mary Ann, Boolon.
Walker, Ellen A., Eaet Jihington.
Walker, Miss Francea A., Haverhill
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Little Compton^ R. /.
Walker, John S., Eaet Medmap.
Walker, Mrs. John 8. <<
Walker, Levi, Bridgewater,
Walker, Moses, Baverhill,
Walker, Nathaniel, "
Walker, Robert G., Boeton,
Walker, William M., EaH Mington,
•Walley, Samuel H., Booton
Waliey, Samuel H. "
Ward, Artemas, **
Ward, Samuel, "
W^ard, Miss H. L. H., LakeviUe.
Ward, Rev. James W. "
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L. "
Ward, Miss Susan H. "
Ward, Salem T., mncheetor.
Warner, John, Ifeu)t»n.
Warner, William, S^h DeerJUld,
Warren, George W., Boeton.
•Warren, Mrs. Diantha A., Lynn.
•Warren, Mrs. Maria, Ctri^flon,
•Warren, Nehemiah, Stow,
Warren, Francis W. «*
Warren, Jonas, "
•Warren, Lucinda, **
•Warren, William A«, ffinehester.
Washburn, William B., Qreenjield.
Washburn, Mrs. William B. "
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Qraftom
Watkins, Mist Abby A., Qlouceeter.
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Weeks, Hn. L. Caroline, M>rth Dana.
Webeter, Edward, Botcateetif M:H,
Welch, John, Sit$t«n.
Weld, James, '<
Wells, Mrs. Martha O., Jfortkban^.
Wellman, Joshua W., D. D., A'ewtM.
Weodell, Mrs. Catharine, Boston,
Wentworth, Albert, Hmverkia.
Weotworth, Lewis, Bridgewatgr.
West, Peleg D., WkitinniUe.
Wheeler, Abijah R., EaotModway,
Wheeler, Mrs. M. B., Medway.
Wbiteomb, Lewis, East JUmdolph,
*Whitcorob, Reuben, Harvard,
*Whiteoinb, Reuben, Jr. **
Wbiteomb, Mrs. Abby F. *<
*Whitcomb, Mrs. Louisa D. "
Whiteomb, Miss Mary M. «
White, Aaron L., Modwaf,
White, Comelioa, Scntk Randol^
White, Edmund, East Randolpk
White, Newton, *'
^White, James, Boston,
White, Joel, Uzbridge,
White, Josiah, Pelere&eet.
White, Mrs. Mary C, PkUHpHon,
White, Pbineas A., WhUituviUB,
White, Thomas, East Randolph,
Whitin, Arthur P., WhitmsviOiB,
WhHin, Charles P. *<
Whitin, Charles £. *<
Whitin, Mrs. Catharine H. <*
Whitin, Edward,
Whitin, James F.
WhiUn, Mrs. Patience H. *<
Whitin, Paul, *<
WhiUn, Mrs. Sarah J. • «
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah R. «
Whiting, Lemuel, OroUm,
Whitman, Charles, LowoU.
Whitmarsh, Mary, South Jitingi&u,
Whitmarsh, Miss Mary J. '*
Whitmore, Annie Maria, Lynn,
Whitney, Charles H., CambridgtporL
Whitney, Dora 8., SutUh Groton,
Whitney, Frederick, Westmutstgr,
Whitney, Helen J., Stow.
Whitney, Isaac S., OUnuoster.
Whitney, Israel, Boston,
Whitney, Mrs. Permelia V., P$torsham.
Whitney, Richard D., SpringJlM,
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Whitney, Mrs. Susanna, Rntla%d.
*Wigglesworth, Thomas, Bostsn.
Wilbur, Joseph, Taunton.
Wild, Daniel, Boston.
Wilder, liattie W., South Jicton.
Willcoz, Rev. William H., Roading,
Williams, Miss Amelia P., Sunderland,
Williams, Rer. C. H. 8., Concord.
Williams, Mrs. C. H. 8. *<
Williams, Rev. Edward F., WhUinsvilU.
Williams, Miss Elisabeth C, OroVm,
Williams, Miss Mary D., Orunjisld.
Williams, 8. H., Fozboro*.
Williams, Thomas 8., JiubumdaU.
Willis, Lneeba, Wayland,
Willis, Lucy Maria, "
Wilson, Rev. Thomas, Houghton,
Wing, John C, Lowell.
Wines, Rev. C Maurice, Broohline .
Winslow, Pelham, East Jibiugton.
Winter, David Baker, J^orthbridgs.
Winthrop, Robert C, Boston.
♦Winthrop, Thomas L. •*
Wiswell, Mrs. Lizzie M., Chxtago^ lU.
Withington, Otis, Brooklin;
Wolcott, Mrs. Elizabeth, Peabody,
Woloott, William, ''
Woodbury, Simon J., Sutton,
Wood, Mrs. Abijah, WutboroK
Wood, Cyroi K., Oardnor,
Wood, Elisabeth C, Fezftere*.
Wood, Joseph W., WhiHusviBs.
Wood, Mrs. £. 8. **
Wood, Mrs. Samuel F., Chelmsford,
Wood, Mrs. Susan, Oroton.
Wood, T. Dwtght, fFestnunstsr,
Wood, Theodore B. "
Woods, Miss Abbie Wheeler, Maiden
Woods, Frank Austin, JVeio Braintre;
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, Boston,
Woods, Samuel H. *«
Woodward, Ebenozer, Jinswton,
W odward. Miss Emily, Jfewton U, Falls.
Wood worth, Artemas B., Lowell.
Worcester, Miss Sollie, Brighton,
•Worthington, William, Boston.
Wright, George L., Mitteneague.
Wyman, Charles, Lancastsr,
Wyman, Rufiis, Boston.
Wyman, William G., FUchburg,
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1871.
PRESIDENTS.
Hon. William Phillips, . . .
Tier, John Pierce, D. D. . . .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. .
1809—27
1827—49
1849— M
Hon. Richard Fletcher, .
Hon. Samuel H. Walley,
18M— 99
1859
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Bev. John Lathrop, D. D. . . 1809—16
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D. . 1816—28
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. . . 1828-44
Rev. John Codman, D. D. . . 1844—48
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. . 1818 — 19
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1849—53
Rev. N. L. (Yothingham, D. D. 1853—61
Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, D. D. 1861
William a Plunkett, Esq. . . 1862
Edward South worth, Esq. . . 1862—70
John P. Williston, Esq. . . . 1862
William B. Washburn, Eiq. . 1862
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
. 1862
Charles Whitin, Esq. . . .
. 1862
Lee Claflin, Esq
. 1862—70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. . . .
. 1862
James S. Amory, Esq. . . .
. 1862
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL. D.
. 1862
Elisha Tucker, Esq. . . .
. 1862
James B. Crocker, Etq. . .
. 1862
E. S. Moseley, Esq. . . .
. 1662
Charles A. Jcssup, Esq.
. 1870
Hon. William Claflin, . .
. 1871
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1809 — 13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, . . . 1813—17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. . . 1817—18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1818—49
Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849—53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1853
RECORDING SECRETARIES.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles, .
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
1809—28
1828—30
1830-31
1831—32
1832—39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1839—44
Rev. William M. Rogers, . . 1814—45
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1845 — 49
Rev. George Richards, . . . 1849—52
Rev. Daniel Butler, .... 1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan, Esq. . .
TREASURERS.
1809—11
1811—12
1812—35
Henr}- Edwards, Esq. . . . 1835 — 49
George B. Sampson, Esq. . . 1849 — 62
Charles Henry Parker, Esq. . 1862
EXECUTIVE
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D. 1809—18
Hon. Jonathan Phillips, . . . 1809—16
Stephen Higginson, Esq. . . . 1809 — 15
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1815—18
Edward Tuckerman, Esq. . . 1816—30
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. . 1818—30
Rev. Beiyamin B. Wisner, D. D. 1821—35
Charles Tappan, Esq. . . . 18;i0 — 10
COMMITTEES.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1832—53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1835—49
Henry Edwards, Esq 1840—49
Rev. George Richards, . . . 1849—60
George R. Sampson, Esq. . . 1849—62
Albert Fearing, £»q 18.^3
Rev. John O. Means, .... 1860
Charles Henr>- Parker, Esq. . 1862
ANNUAL REPOUT.
It has ever furnished a subject for thankfulness
on our annual gatherings, that the Society was
able to number among its living members some
of those who were present at its formation.
Many of those assembled on that occasion had
indeed passed their meridian, and the inevitable star
has long been affixed to their names, but among
them were young men whose love to the work
then evinced ceased only with their lives. While
their strength allowed, they graced these occa-
sions with their presence, and when unable longer
to do this, their prayers and their aid were not
wanting, and in a serene and honored old age
they lived among us to illustrate the value of that
wisdom, ^^ in whose right hand is length of days
and in whose left hand are riches and honor.''
The Hon. John Tappan, whose death we have
recently been called to mourn, was for several
years the sole survivor of the founders of the
Society. An Assistant Treasurer the second
year of the Society's existence, its Treasurer for
the twenty- two years following, subsequently a
member of its Board of Trust for twenty-nine
years, a liberal contributor to its funds, an earnest
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helper in its work and in that of kindred associa-
tions, he has gone in a good old age to receive
we doubt not the welcome of the good and faithful
servant. With his death a new chapter in our
history begins. Other men have labored and we
have entered into their labors. Be it ours to
carry on faithfully the work that in life they
begun, and to learn the lesson impressively taught
us by their removal, that the longest day is but
brief, and that to the faithful worker the hour of
rest and reward is rapidly drawing on.
During the year there have been issued from
the Depository, thirty-six thousand five hundred
and seventy-four copies of the Scriptures. Of
this number, thirteen thousand and eighty-five
were Bibles, thirteen thousand four hundred and
eighty-eight were Testaments, five thousand one
hundred and eighty-five were Testaments and
Psalms, and four thousand eight hundi-ed and
sixteen, smaller portions of the Scriptures. Of
this number, two thousand two hundred and
seventy-seven were in various foreign languages.
The gratuitous issues have amounted to eight
thousand five hundred and eighty-two, costing
$3,117.54. They have been given to Seamen,
Mission Sabbath Schools, City Missions, Public
Institutions, Freedmen and destitute families in
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New
Jei'sey and various States of the West.
The work of exploration and supply has been
carried on less extensively than for the last few
years, and to this must be attributed our dimin-
ished issues. The Kev. Mr. Dwight has labored
for a portion of the year in the northern part of
Boston and in portions of Charlestown and
Chelsea. He has visited three thousand nine
hundred and eight families, made up of Roman
Catholics and Protestants. One hundred and
ninety-two copies of the Scriptures were sold and
two hundred and forty-four copies were given
away. Our agent has not contented himself with
simply leaving the Scriptures where opportunity
has offered, but has endeavored to awaken an
interest in the Word among those who have
received it. ^^I have," he says in his report,
^read the Scriptures and prayed in more than
four hundred families, Protestant and Catholic,
and to more than a thousand individuals have I
been allowed to press the claims of personal
religion." Of the Protestant families visited, he
was assured by nearly one-thii'd that they had no
stated place of worship, and that for years they
had not enjoyed the visit of a minister or
missionary.
For nearly a year a colporter has been employed
among the French Canadians living in this State.
He has visited Lowell, Fitchburg, Marlboro' and
other places where this people reside. Two hun-
dred and fifteen copies of the Scriptures in the
French language were distributed by him, mostly
by sale. It was found upon trial that owing to
the peculiar condition of this people, the work
among them, while very useful and faithfully
performed, was of a character more appropriate
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to a Missionary Society than our own, and it has
therefore been abandoned.
The Rev. Mr. Slafter has labored a portion of
the year among the Episcopal churches of the
State, and has secured, as in years past, their
cheerful and generous aid.
The income of the Society, including a balance
on hand at the beginning of the year of $1,496.82
has been $40,973.08. In donations, annual sub-
scriptions and legacies, $12,315.67. From divi-
dends and interest, $8,275.15. From the Society
for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge,
$5,000. In addition to the amount received into
our treasury, there has been sent directly to the
American Bible Society from various portions of
the State the further sum of $13,050.44, mak-
ing the whole amount raised in Massachusetts,
$52,526.70. The expenditures have been for
books, $16,675.76. Donation to the American
Bible Society, $3,569.49. For General Agent,
Distributing Agents, Depository Agent and As-
sistant, paper, printing, rent, fuel and incidental
expenses, $5,658.48. Added to investment fund,
$10,272.86, leaving a balance of $4,796.49.
The American Bible Society, with receipts
somewhat diminished, has enjoyed another year
of prosperity and widely extended usefulness. It
has circulated more than eleven hundred thousand
copies of the Scriptures. Of these, one hundred
and sixty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-
nine have been purchased or printed abroad
in fifty-eight languages and dialects. The work
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of re-supplying the whole country with the Scrip-
tures has gone vigorously forward. Six hundred
and forty-four thousand families have been visited
and more than thirty-eight thousand supplied.
Over seventy thousand soldiers and sailors and
freedmen are reported as having been furnished
with the Scriptures. Its work abroad is wide
and most hopeful. To thousands among the
decayed churches of the Orient it furnishes every
year the long lost Word of Life. In China and
India and in Catholic Europe, through missiona-
ries of different names and the three agents and
forty colporters employed, it holds forth the Word
of Life. It works in a field that grows wider and
fairer with every advance of the race.
In reviewing the work of the Society for the
year now past, while we cannot withhold the
expression of regret at the much that has been
left undone, yet with all thankfulness do we
record the fact that thousands of copies of the
Divine Word have through our instrumentality
gone forth on their divinely appointed mission.
To not a few of the poor have we been allowed
to minister the Word of Life. The glorious
company that live among us in their inspired
utterances have been introduced to many houses
hitherto unblest by their presence. The good
seed has been sown here and there. If perchance
some of it has dropped by the wayside or among
the thorns, we are sure that other has fallen upon
good ground and brought forth the promised
harvest.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held at the Rooms of the
Society, No. 15 Cornhill, Boston, on Monday, May 29,
1871, at nine o'clock, A. M. The President, Hon.
Samuel H. Walley, in the Chair.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. John O. Means of
Boston.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq. , pre-
sented his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Sixty-Second Annual Report of the Trustees was
presented by the Recording Secretary, Rev. Daniel But-
ler, when, on motion of the Rev. John O. Means, it was
Voted, That the reading of the same be deferred till the public
meeting in the afternoon.
The OflScers of the Society were elected for the ensuing
year.
The Society then adjourned to attend the public services
of the Sixty-Second Anniversary at the Mount Vernon
Church, at three o'clock, P. M.
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Met according to adjoamment.
The Scriptures were read and a prayer was oflTered by
Rev. George Prentice of Boston.
A hymn was sung and the Report of the Trustees was
read and accepted. An Address was then delivered by
Rev. L. Clark Seelye, Professor in Amherst College.
The public services were closed by the singing of the
doxology, and the benediction by the Right Rev. Bishop
Eastburn.
PROF. SEELYE'S ADDRESS.
It is said that a Roman emperor once proposed to erect a
statue to Jesus among the other gods of the Pantheon. Mod-
ern skepticism would show a similar courtesy. The Bible is no
longer ridiculed as an inconsistent fiction and shallow fraud.
Unbelievers now are ready to grant it an honored place by the ^
side of the best of ancient books. They admit that its histori-
cal statements are as trustworthy as those of any old historian.
Jesus Christ is conceded to be as real as Socrates, and is also
assigned a place among the great and heroic souls whom the
world still delights to honor.
To show their candor and spiritual discernment these skep-
tics of the nineteenth century eulogize Jesus as, " the most per-
fect representative of humanity ; — the fairest blossom our spirit-
ual culture has yet produced." *' Give him a place among our
gods," they exclaim, *' and accord him equal honors."
Thus it is that the book, which for nineteen centuries has
steadily fought its way to such a high pre-eminence, vanquishing
all its adversaries, until it stands alone without a rival in an-
cient or modem literature, — the book of books, — is at last ac-
knowledged by a coterie of pretended literary critics — who
might well pass for the seven sleepers at Ephesus — to be a re-
markable literary production ; and the Christ, whose story, as
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recorded io that book, has revolutioaized human history and
thrilled with unparalleled enthusiasm myriads of souls, is also
admitted to be — a remarkable personage !
Notwithstanding these admissions, — somewhat amusing to
be sure from the complacent air of intellectual infallibility
with which they are generally made, — there is still the same
essential antagonism in this form of unbelief to the book which
it thus deigns to patronize. It differs from the grosser inOdelity
of the past, in treating Christianity apparently with greater re-
spect and conceding greater historical accuracy to the Scrip-
tares. Not leas however would it abrogate their authority, and
destroy their influence. All this specious courtesy is but an-
other attempt to undermine the foundation of our faith ; all
these fine sounding compliments to human reason, but an-
other blow at the divinity of Christ ; all this heartless eulogy of
the Bible and Jesus, but the premises from which to draw a
stronger conclusion against their claims. For, from these spe-
cious admissions, that Christianity is the outgrowth of civilization,
instead of God's unchanging Word, and that Christ is an illus-
trious example of the dignity of man, instead of the incarnate
Son of God, these men are ready at once to show, that, as in
the sciences more correct notions have superseded the puerile
fancies of the middle ages, so in the diffusion of intelligence
and advancement of humanity the Bible will be superseded by
a purer code of morals, and some man will arise even more
perfect than Christ.
In the opinion of some that time has already come with refer-
ence to the Scriptures. Modern science and civilization they
maintain have reached now a higher eminence than Paul and
Peter occupied. From this commanding position it is easy to
make the ground untenable which these sacred writings so long
have held in honest minds. In fact, as we coma together again
to celebrate the anniversary of a Society which for many years
has successfully labored to make the Word of God accessible
to all men, we are accused of committing as great a folly, as if
we should attempt to rebuild and fortify some mediaeval strong-
hold now rendered indefensible by the discoveries in modern
artillery.
Has then, Christian friends, this ancient citadel of our
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faith, after withstandiag UDharmed the mad assaalta of genera-
tioQS, been readered any less impregaable by a new system of
intellectaal ordnance. Walk about Zion, and go round about
her, tell the towers thereof, consider her palaces, mark ye well
her bulwarks ;— can you find that any breach has yet been made
in her walls?
It may seem indeed a work of supererogation to show again
the futility of any attempt to overthrow the truth of God ; still
I find that these new forces of infidelity, marshaled as they are
by some of our most noted writers and brilliant orators, seem
very formidable to some minds and very fascinating to others.
Old, therefore, as is the theme, and well worn as must be all
thoughts on such a subject, I can think of nothing on an occa-
sion like this, better calculated to strengthen our faith in this
blessed Word, or to quicken our enthusiasm for its diffusion,
than the inconsistency of these modern efforts to destroy its
power.
If the religion of the Bible be the outgrowth of human civil-
ization, we should naturally expect to find both its origin and
development dependent on the most cultured minds of the ages.
A good literature is always of slow growth. It flourishes only
under the most congenial circumstances. Centuries were neces-
sary to bring it to any perfection among the ancients, and its
greatest progress in modern times has been when most deeply
rooted in the culture of the past. Says Matthew Arnold, ^^ The
reason why creative epochs in literature are so rare is, because
for the creation of a master work of literature two powers must
concur, the power of the moment and the power of the man ;
and the man is not enough without the moment." History con-
stantly illustrates the truth of the criticism. Who are the men
who write the books of world-wide fame ? In what lands do
they live, and under what influences develop? Homers are
not found in Africa, nor Miltons among our North American
Indians.
Influential writers depend upon congenial atmosphere and
appropriate nutriment as much, if not more than upon native
talent. They are found only at periods of great intellectual ac-
tivity, and among peoples of unusual mental strength. Thou-
sands of other minds contribute to their growth ; the culture of
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many generations is necessary to inspire their songs and enrich
their thoughts. The ages and men naturally grow higher only
as they are engrafted on the wisdom of the past. The culture
of a classic antiquity, the culture of many generations of pre-
vious English history were all essential to produce our greatest
English poet. His great native endowments, marvellous as
they were, would scarcely have made his influence felt beyond
the confines of his birth-place, had they not been enriched and
broadened by the thoughts of so many other minds and peoples.
Great names cluster in such ages as that of Pericles and Eliza-
beth, just as great trees grow in California, instead of upon
our sterile bleak New England hills ; just as great cities grow
up around commodious harbors, or at the natural centres of
trade and commerce.
But the Scriptures present to us a most remarkable, and, in
fact, the only exception to this rule. They were not composed
by a literary people, or at a brilliant intellectual era. The four
Gospels, which are really the corner-stone to all the rest, were
written by men of very ordinary education. They do not write
correctly, much less elegantly. They all aim to give the biog-
raphy of one man, and state very plainly and concisely, without
any graces of diction or style, his deeds and words. That man
had if any thing less human education than his biographers.
He refers to no books except the old Jewish writings. He does
not mention any of the classics. He was a carpenter, living in
an out-of-the-way place in an illiterate province. He never
traveled; he was far from the great centres of thought and
learning. All his associates were as illiterate and humble as
himself; and yet the sayings of this man, so imperfectly re-
corded in four short narratives, by these illiterate biographers,
raise him in mere intellectual power as far above Plato and
Aristotle, Shakespeare and Bacon, — as far above the greatest
human intellects, as Chimborazo or Mount Blanc are above
ordinary hills. This illiterate carpenter dwarfs our giants. The
writings of these fishermen put to shame the best culture of the
ages. What marvel is this, — a book coming to us from the
misty past of obscure traditions and fabulous tales ; composed
by men knowing nothing of our intellectual life and of far infe-
rior culture ; written originally in a language entirely different
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from our own ; still marchiDg with uobeoded head by our
Chancer, and Spencer, and Shakespeare, and Milton, by all the
mighty intellects who are our glory and pride, to place itself
npon the throne, the king of all our books ! Are not Abana
and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the rivers of
Israel?
We find also, that all the other great lives which have swayed
humanity bear a very clear impress of the times when they
lived, and the people to whom they belonged ; but here is a life
recorded which keeps pace with the centuries. Indeed the gen-
erations of to-day, as those of all these by-gone ages, find him
still in advance beckoning them forward. You cannot name
another Hebrew prophet who does not exhibit clearly enough
the Hebrew characteristics. You cannot point to a single
noted man among any people, who does not manifest clearly
enough his nationality. Zoroaster, Confucius, Mohammed, all
these religious teachers embody strongly enough their national
traits. Homer was profoundly Greek ; Cicero Roman and
Shakespeare English. But how marvellously Jesus lifts himself
above all the narrow, bigoted notions of his countrymen. They
would confine salvation to the Israelites. He would give it to
humanity. They struggled and prayed merely for their own
national aggrandizement. He to make Jew and Grentile alike
members of one heavenly kingdom. He rises superior to all
diversities of race and nationality, so that humanity everywhere
claims him as its own, and in Africa or Europe, in China or
Hindostan, men find themselves complete in him.
Now, I say, if such a man as this be but the natural product
of Jewish culture long before the era of modern civilization
began, then he falsifies all our intelligence and condemns all our
systems of education. Then we may also expect to find in
some remote province of the British Empire — say in Sierra
Leone or New Zealand — an untutored savage, working out far
from the influence of books and schools, and in the midst of a
licentious, low-minded people, a system of ethics superior to any
moral code the world has known, and exhibiting a philosophic
insight and far reaching statesmanship greater than our pro-
foundest thinkers and wisest law-givers have ever attained.
Nothing becomes too absurd for our belief. History is without
law, culture without method.
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There is, my friends, no natural outgrowth of civilization in
such a biography as this. It is opposed to all our laws of
thought and progress. Neither can the growth of that system
of religion which the Scriptures teach be satisfactorily ac-
counted for by the operation of natural causes. It is a strange-
record this beginning of the Christian church. What from a
human stand-point more presumptuous, than the confident ex-
pectations of that little band of fishermen to revolutionize the
whole current of human thought ; to subdue all governments to
the kingdom of Christ ; and to bring the world at last to ac-
knowledge a man condemned and crucified as a criminal to be
their only Lord and Saviour. Were that man not divine, such
expectations would surely convict both him and his followers
either of madness or the most consummate folly. And yet these
expectations, as all know, history ever since has been .most
rapidly verifying. These men, without money, without learning,
without force of arms, with nothing but this Word of God in
their hands and its spirit in their hearts, did actually revolu-
tionize human thought ; did subdue the mightiest empires to the
kingdom of Christ ; did found a chnrch, which has waxed strong
with the centuries, and is daily extending the Christian faith
among all peoples on the globe. This progress of Christianity
is historic, and the most startling fact of history.
Gibbon in his **■ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,"
with great subtlety has endeavored to account for the rapid dif-
fusion of Christianity by the operations of natural causes, and
among them lays greatest stress on the extraordinary zeal and
enthusiasm of the early Christians.
They were remarkably zealous and enthusiastic. Nothing
daunted them. Nothing could tempt them to give up tlieir
faith. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they wan-
dered about in sheep skins, and goat skins, being destitute,
afflicted, tormented ; but notwithstanding these hardships and
dangers, their numbers continually increased, and they did not
cease to teach and to preach concerning their crucified Lord.
Now there must have been some adequate cause for such pro-
tracted zeal and enthusiasm. It was irresistible, but could it
long have been perpetuated had not men felt that it was based
on divine power ?
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OqIj one other iostance in history can be compared with it ;
when the fiery Moslems, with sword in hand aud lust ia heart,
swept like a toraado around the Mediterrauean coasts, and
threatened all Europe with subjection ; but how natural the
forces which fed their zeal, and how soon expended the fire
which inspired their conquests. To-day Moslemism sits amid
the ashes of her former hopes, waiting for the fiat of Christian
nations to determine her doom. But Christianity has lost none
of the flush of youthful vigor. There has been no diminution,
but a constant increase in the faith of her followers. They
have often indeed been infected by the contagions to which they
have been constantly exposed. Wolves in sheep's clothing have
crept into the fold, and made havoc in the flock. The old spirit
of pagan intolerance and tyranny has sonietimes succeeded in
usurping the posts of power in the Christian church ; but again
aud again has that spirit been subdued by the thousands and
tens of thousands who would march to stake and scaflbld sooner
than deny their Lord. There has been a vitality, a recuperative
power in Christianity, which has successfully withstood the vile
diseases caught by intercourse with a sinful world. Never has
it been more manifest than during the past fifty years.
The simple story of the cross, as it is contained in the Scrip-
tures, awakens in this day of light and intelligence a zeal and
enthusiasm not surpassed in any age of the church. It still in-
spires men of great learning and highest endowments to preach
it ; still nerves them with a courage no danger can appall ; still
arms them with an eloquence no learning can resist. Still they
go forth from home and kindred to preach this word in those
regions where ancient paganism has been most firmly estab-
lished ; still, as ever, they are dying like good soldiers on the
battle-field, rejoicing in having won more glorious victories for
the cross of Christ. Faith dead ! Christian enthusiasm gone !
So men said patriotism was dead at the North, and that love for
the Union had lost its power, and you well know how when the
hour of actual trial came, armed hosts sprang up as it were by
magic, shouting o'er our hiib and valleys,—
•« We are coming Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more."
Ah, did men but feel that the kingdom of Christ were in
equal jeopardy, or that oar great Captain demanded a similar
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service, there would rise to-day a shout like the voice of manj
waters, belting the earth with its music, — " We are coming
blessed Jesus, unnumbered millions more " ! What, in fact, bat
this is the cry daily ascending in so many languages from these
Christian hosts as they follow their leader Zion-ward. Faith in
Christ, zeal and enthusiasm for Christ, these are still the strong-
est, the most irresistible forces in humanity. They character-
ize the best portion of the world. How then can you consis-
tently explain the fact that so many men, whom we must admit
are not credulous but enlightened, are still inspired by this Book
with a faith for which they are willing to die ? Can it be ac-
counted for except that it does not rest on the wisdom of man
but on the power of God.
And all the other causes which have operated in developing
the church give just as clear evidences of the divine power of
the Word on which it r^sts. We are very ready to admit, what
modern rationalism so proudly claims, that it has helped make
Christianity what it is to-day. We admit that the perfection of
the Grecian language, the extension of the Roman empire, gave
unusual facilities for disseminating the knowledge of Christ.
Still later the incursions of the Northern barbarians into the
Roman empire, and its subsequent disruption, gave remarkable
opportunities for Christianizing those Celtic and Teutonic races,
out of which the nations of modern Europe have for the most
part sprung. In a similar way, we ourselves have seeu that
Hiudostan, the isles of the sea, China and Japan, through the
natural outworkings of their own history, just when the church
was ready to send the truth, have been opened for its reception.
Still further, we are ready to admit, that the church has been
not only extended, but also reformed, by the same unconscious
historic processes. The Arabs had little notion of benefitting
Christianity when they introduced classic learning again to
Europe. They were its most bitter antagonists, but it was that
revival of learning, really inaugurated by Arab scholars, which
occasioned the Reformation ; as Mr. Lerky, in his ^* History of
Rationalism *' affirms* It was not however, as Mr. Lecky would
seem to intimate, because a superior rationalism taught Chris-
tianity better manners, but because that revival of learning gave
men back the Scriptures which had so long been hidden from
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them. Learniag did not reform the Scriptares ; it simply brought
them oat of the dust in which they had been buried, and they
reformed the world. Huss and Luther kuew little of Plato and
Euripides ; but, thanks to those who did, they were able to
know the Word of God, and forge from it the thunderbolts
which hurled anti-Christ from his usurped throne.
So, as the same writer affirms, the infidelity of the last
century may have started doubts, which shook the faith of
Europe to its centre, but the result was to bring men to a
closer acquaintance with the Scriptures ; and in the age of the
mo9t noted infidels the world has seen — Hume, Diderot, and
Voltaire — there commenced such a revival of Christianity as had
never before been known. Men gained broader and clearer
conceptions of Christian truth ; love to God and love to man a
completer sway over human hearts.
Let these Rationalists beware how freely they admit having
helped Christianity gain its present triumphs. They have
helped Christianity, just as each new French army helped to
swell the psean of German triumphs ; just as France helped
supply the commissariat of German troops ; as her railways
transported their munitions of war, as her guns augmented their
artillery.
After infidelity has again and again been driven from its
strongholds by Christian truth ; its leaders vanquished on their
own vantage ground ; their very names covered with the oppro-
brium of a civilized world ; it is, to say the least, scarcely to
the credit of these skeptics of the nineteenth century to cry out
with vain-glorious boasting, — '•'• We have helped make Chris-
tianity what it is to-day." Yes, they hav» helped advance the
system which condemns their unbelief; which refutes their
theories ; which will destroy their dominion. Do we need any
stronger proof of their essential inferiority, any clearer evidence
that there
*' Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own."
And what if Christianity has been reformed and transformed
in its historical development by the efforts either of its friends
or foes. It has never yet advanced beyond that Word on which
it really rests. The Scriptures remain the same. No additions
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have been made to them for eighteen centuries. To them we
still look for direction in spiritual things, and to their authority
the great body of Christians still bow as supreme.
We have yet to discover a moral maxim the Bible does not
contain, yet to grasp a religious truth which it does not already
perfectly express. What other book in science, philosophy or
ethics, has not been superseded in some respects by the progress
of the system of which it was once the best exponent ? Yet
this book in the childhood of the race boldly throws down the
gauntlet at the feet of human reason, defying its attacks at any
future period of its matured strength.
We must remember that the Bible does not address itself
exclusively to the heart, to those emotions which are the same
in every age. It is not merely a great epic, in which humanity
must ever find delight. It commits itself to prophecy, and to a
system of religious truth. It clearly declares dogmas, which
must forever challenge criticism.
The centuries pass with their generations of sages and critics.
The mind of man grows stronger in its grasp of truth, and
keener in its analysis. Old systems are forced to give place to
new ; but how triumphantly these old Jewish Scriptures over-
throw all their antagonists, how calmly they abide, amid all the
progress of human reforms, and the changes of human history.
The world still moves on as they foretold ; men and nations still
receive the rewards and punishments these Scriptures have
declared. Over yon great city drenched with the blood of its
slaughtered citizens, so pitiable amid the charred and battered
ruins of its former greatness, there sound still those words,
which have been alike the sentence and the epitaph of many
godless governments ; — For the kingdom that will not serve Thee
shall perish, yea those nations shall be utterly wasted.
. Oh how vain seems any panegyric of this divine book by the
side of these simple facts in its history, and the truths its pages
contain ! How powerless are words to set forth its triumphs or
heighten the charm of its statements concerning the ways of
God with man ! The Book, which for so many generations has
been the delight and solace of all classes and conditions of men,
which has taught them how to live and has lifted from death its
heaviest burden of grief and mystery, is too great to need either
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our arguments or our eulogies. In its blessed work on the
human heart there must ever be an unchanging and unanswer-
able proof of its divine origin. While sin lasts, while human
society lasts, men can never cease to need it. With unchanged
confidence and enthusiasm, we bid, therefore, this honored
Society ^' God speed," in its great work of supplying a world
with the Book, so essential to human welfare and salvation.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
JuLV 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the
Committee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for
carrying into effect the object of this Association, which being
read from the Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs,
and was, with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows,
▼iz: —
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments, to be distributed among all persons
inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied
without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall, in writing, request to be members ; of every person
who shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not
less than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as
he continues the payment of that sum ; and of every person,
who shall subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less
than fifty dollars, he remaining a member during life, without
being obliged to further contributions.
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3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the
direction of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the
organization of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers
are obtained, notice shall be given by the Committee, and also
of the time and place of the meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treas-
urer, Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who
shall continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and
until successors are chosen in their room ; and they, together
with eighteen other members to be elected by ballot at the same
time, of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be lay-
men, shall form a Board of Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from
among the members of the Society, a Committee of three
persons, to continue in office during the pleasure of the Board of
Trustees, who shall have the management of the fund, and the
distribution of the books procured with it, subject and according
to such regulations and directions, as shall from time to time be
prescribed by the Trustees at any meeting held on public notice
given as aforesaid ; and the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in
his hands to the order of the said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer,
or Recording Secretary, to devise and adopt such further meas-
ures as may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for
effecting the intentions of the members.
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Agreeably to the provisions of the Consdtation^ the
Trustees petitioned the General Court, and obtained the
following
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act
to Incorporate the Bible Society of Maasachutetts.
WhertaSf the pertona hereafler named in this Act, together with
many other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves
into a Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contri-
bution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere,
who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be con-
veniently supplied without the aid of others ; and whereas, in order
that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be- better
carried into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively
diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incor-
poration.
Sec I. Be it therefore enacted h\f the Senate and House of Representa-
ixveSy in General Court aaaembled, and by authority of the same, That
William Phillips, Esquire, the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev.
Joseph Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet
Porter, D. D., the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Bald-
win, D. D., the Hon. William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon.
Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd,
Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph
May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev.
Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H. Walley, together with
those, who have associated, and who may hereafter associate with them
for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are incorporated into
a Society, by the name of The Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Sec 2, Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legis-
lature ; and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and
the said Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any
persons disposed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any
grantsi or devises of lands and tenements in fee simple, or otherwise,
and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property,
to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Skc. 3. Be iifwrthtr tnaded^ That the said Corporation shall be*
and hereby are empowered to purchase and hold any real estate othe^
than that, which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. Bt itfurthtr tnactedy That the said Society may sue and be
sued, in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents
to prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
S£c. 5. Be it further enacted^ Tliat the said Society may choose a
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see tit, and may make and ebtablish such
roles and regulations, as to them shall appear necessary ; provided the
same be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Common-
wealth.
Skc 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
he hereby is authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers
printed in Boston, to appoiut the time and place of the first meeting
of said Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the
time and place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of
notifying the same : may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe
their duty, and may. vest in the Trustees, tlie number of which may
be determined by the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, sucn
powers, conformable to the principles of this institution, as shall be
deemed necessary. — Jipproved by the Governor, February 15, 1810.
COMMONWEALTH OF MA«8ACUJ8ETT8.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act
to incorporate the Bible Society of Massachusettt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JieprtsentativeB, in Generat
Court a$sentbted, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Sec. 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
Tb£ Bible Societt or Massachusetts, shall hereafter be known
by the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that
name shall have, hold and enjoy all its rights and privileges and be
subject to all its liabiilties and obligations to the same extent as if its
name had not been changed.
Sec 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circu-
late and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the Eng-
lish language, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are
now authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, any thing
in the Act incorporating the said Society to the contrary notwith-
standing.— Approved by the Governor, February 27, 18(i5.
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1861^
the following By-Laws were adopted : —
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act
of Incorporation, namely, '* the raising a fund by voluntary con-
tribution to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments
of the version in common use in the churches of New England,
for distribution among all persons inhabiting within the State
and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of
Christians in the State, may become a member of this Society
by signifying his request in writing to that eflfect, to the Record-
ing Secretary — who shall keep a record of all persons who shall
80 become members, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society,
so long as such payment is continued, — and the Treasurer shall
keep a list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IT.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of
the Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording
Secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen
Vice Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secre-
tary, Treasurer, and eighteen Trustees and an Auditor. The
President, Vice Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secre-
taries and Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the
Board of Trustees, and the Recording Secretary shall be the
recording officer of that Board. These officers shall all be
chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of
Trustees ; and he, and also the Vice Presidents and Secretaries
and Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on
such officers respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns
of the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act
of Incorporation is vested in the Society, and they shall prescribe
the duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation
of all funds and donations, and generally have and possess all
the power and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the So-
ciety. It shall be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting,
to make and lay before the Society a particular Report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be
asked for by any member, and such Report shall be had and
considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice of
Trustees, for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the
Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year, and
at this meeting it shall be competent to transact any business
which the Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting
shall be given by the Recording Secretary at least seven days
before the holding thereof, by notice published in at least one
newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE iz.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by
the Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three
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newspapers published in Boston, and no business shall be trans-
acted at such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the
notice.
ARTICLE z.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in
March and September, in each year, and such other special
meetings as they may direct, or as the President may at any
time call. Five Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting afler their election, annu-
ally, shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee,
a Committee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE ZII.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of
all matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the ap-
pointment of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees,
and the defining of their respective duties ; the Committee on
the Depository shall have the management of all matters con-
nected with the Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all
of said Committees, at all times however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual
meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose,
by vote of a majority of those present
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each Life Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
and Testaments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by
personal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued
only for the current, not for past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BT THE PATMBKT OP TWBNTT DOLLABt AXD UFWABDB.
Abbe, B«T. Frederick R^ BtHon.
Abbe, Mrs. Prwkf iek R. ^
Abbot, CbarlM H., UwM.
Abbott, K«T. Jftoob J., rmrmnUk^JHe.
AbofB, Jobn O., IToft^/bU.
AdaoM, Blixabotb W., Dcrry, Jf, H,
AdaoM, Frank N., MHwof,
Adomi, Joho Clork, HofkinUn.
^hdikWMy Jobn Qniney, Qmncf .
Ailamt, Nehomiab, D. D., Bultm,
AiUae, Btophon, Wut M§dwf,
*Albno, Jobn, Btiam.
«Albro, Jobn A., 0. IX, C^mkriif,
Albro, Mn. Elisabetb 8., WaUkam.
Albro, Miw Annio B. •*
AldoD, Almira & C, Foxhm^*,
AMea, Eboooier, Randal fk,
•AldM, Mn. Ann fC, JZomM^A.
Alden, Rawoll, OnR^t^tf.
Aldra, MiM Sarab B., fUni9lfk,
AUm, MiM Sosao, *<
Aldrieb, Mrs. Mary B., Wuthtre.
AIIm, Mra. Cyms, FratMin,
AlloQ, Rot. Natbaoiel O., Botten,
Alloo, Rkbard H., BrmintrM.
Amos, Jamoo 8 , HmvrkilL
Andrewt, Artemas F., JtMkbf,
Andrew*, C. L*., BtUn.
Andrew*, Qoorge W., Danven,
Andrewt, Btepben, OUmcuUf,
Andrewt, W. T., BmUm,
Andrewt, Tbomat E., HoUUtou,
Andrewt, Waltei H., WkUinavitU,
Mppltton, Ekmael, J9e«teii.
•Appletoo, William, **
Arehibiild, Edward, JtfttAnt*.
Armee, Mite flara A, Ckaipetfe.
Armtby, Mre. H. A., WhittntvilU,
Arnold, Sotan O., Brmintrte,
Atwood, Mra. Abby, Bergen^ JV. J,
Atwuod, Mrt. Elisabeth IH., **
Atwood, Edward 8., Bo$ton,
Atwood, Jobn W., Btrgent JV. J,
Babooek, Mrt. Nancy, J^Mten.
Babeoeli, Rev. William R., Jmwtmkm PUin.
Babtoo, Mian Maria R^ OUmcuUr,
Baebelor, Mrt. Mary A., IFMttefvifft.
Bacon, Goorfo W., A*«ietoii.
Bacon, Jacob, OUmiLeaUr,
Bacon, Rev. Jamee M., jff«A6f .
Bacon, Joeepb N., Aineten.
Backoa, Rev. Joeepb W., 7**e«Mtfeii, Ct
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., DmdUtUr.
Baker, Francis, PsaAedf.
Baker, Susan &, **
Balmer, William, Jr., vrkUinniiU.
Baldwin, Miss Joeepbioe L., Lgtm.
Ball, Miss Elixabetb, CWnMrd.
Bancroft, Amasa, Oardner.
Bancroft, Henry L., JiiUbmrf,
* Barber, Martin, SAer^em.
Barber, Sally C, '«
Barbour, Rev. William M., Bangor, M§,
Barbour, Mrs. Elisa A. •«
*Bardwell, Lieut. Charlee 8., Wkttftf. '
Barker, Hiram, BrigkUn.
Bardsley, Joeepb, fTkitinnOe.
Barnard, WiUiam P., JVnrlNr*.*
Barnes, H. H , LowtU,
*Bames, William, Jitriboro\
Barnes, Zilpab, £fsnaiA«r, JV. K
Barrett, Natban H., CewcsrA
Barrett, Mite Rebecca M. •*
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., Prendmes, M. I
Barilett, Mrs. Eleanor C., PlfsieiUA.
Bartlett, Tbomas, Betteii.
Bassett, Henry, JNTsttlen.
Bassett, Mrs. Locretia C, CkarismenC
Bassett, Ssrah E., Alritfrarypoff.
Batcliellsr, Ears, Abrtt ihvel^sld.
Batcheller, Mrs. Lutbera C, *•
Baicbelor, MiM Frances A., WUUugvOU.
Ratehelder, John M., HoUitton.
Baubolor, Stephen F., fFkUimniiU,
Batt. Rev. William J., Leomiiuitr.
Batt, Mrt. Mary D. *«
*Bayley, Robert, J>fkwhujf§rt,
Beal, Alexander, Batton.
Real, Mrt. Luuiaa, C^kmaMl.
B^ala, Isaae N., C€mp4Ua.
Bean, Cyrus Boede, Dover, JV. H,
•Beaoe, Rot. Baaoel, AbrfM.
Bhim, HiHOIInB., CinttniEi.
BHiH.lgingiM.. B-Um.
B»Im, Frueti I. "
B«bs, Bdwud P.
RhU, Esltf B. "
BhIm, Huf L. «
Bglluiap, Utai MKrllii H , »-r(aii>(l».
Bhihm, frailciick A., JOvIc
BiicH, Mn. Aiihui G., H'nUnn'.
BIhh, B». TIwidm C, {7i6r.4ji.
Billin«>,CI»<1«E JV^Hfn.
BlnikUHIs.Mii. L;<)i> &., dkufff.JV. K
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HIIh, ■•t. CkicUi K., WiktUU.
Blin, HutCktrlHR.
Bkdiatl, Btnjaoiin C, AVwIn.
Bonn, Lak* K., Bufam.
Band, Hn. Can H. "
Braektt, Ro.Jiniih, CJUrfufMii.
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finniloiiliaifiUliioC. IV af>aiMH»,C«t.
•BiMd, Hi'. Wllliiai J , JtapOaa.
Bnwar, C;rB>, O.nlt.iir.
Bhwif, Hn. U. P., Bum.
Bnvai, Jokd K. "
Bi<ai»li. Pni.l.I>n, MiMrUfl.
Bilfp, MiH ValbviM CKrIi, (Tntam.
Biipa, B>*. Wlllluq T., Cwt ilfliflu.
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BurhHk, Samoa] K., SMf«.
Huinhnm. I(nberi W., Ef«.
Buinfa, J. C, Bhwii.
Burnjg, Jaa>|>l>, JlrtUHlfom.
Bofafa. Hmtj <J. "
Buiriir, Amoa U., VihrUgt.
Bnirill, Hboi;. Jf., £u( .1k>f
Bnk, Hanrr J., WmOWA
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Ckild, JIlH Aant G., Bfri*tP'^
CklM, G«>rt> H., V>*«<*U, O.
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■Cktt, K«. 1. P., WkMrnOU.
Chrk, Hn. Miiin.li [>., Bul.n.
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Cluk,Olif*iR., if.Ktuur.
Cluk, Bit. F. K., C»arInw>K.
Clut, BavH R., »kitunUlt.
Clwt, Ratal W., D. S. -fltaiiy, JV. r.
Chrtt, Hn. Atlnliu H., Jli^Bair.
Cliika, III', burui, D. &., «<»«««.
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Cluk*, 0*»t|ii E., JaiuuM PlOin.
Cbik*, Hi< Sinli U, flHM.
CUt, J*Ih. CDaHsy.
Cllflt.'d, WydiB., Cttfln.
Claufli. Jado K.. Ctmtridft.
Cobb, AudKIr B., MeOl
1.-L.UM11., IKul.t. F., A-iKi™ CtMn.
L'lwaiiif , Jtubsn, Wimtkuur.
Cr.n., M,..B.,^F.,Mal«.
Cwwfur.l, E[|«a A.. B.rrt,
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Dun, Un. Edvinl H., J>.aitk,
Dui, CbiflH B^ Brttttma.
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Dinnll, Hii. Elin B., KtttMHwtf.
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Daaiili, Mra. Hulu W. «
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Daniala, Mn. William, JIMwa^
Davii, Alfred N., M WUmingtou,
DftTit, AWah tL, HmvtrkUL
Davin, Hanrj L., Br*4fo^
Davii, George L., JVbrf A Anio9«r,
Davif, Janee, Bottom,
Davia, John, Motknom,
Davit, Joho, SomotvUU,
Davit, Jothua H. •«
Davit, Lydia K., l>iiii«(aMe.
Davit, Mrt. H. A., Jiedmoff.
Davit, Mitt Marj H., Concord,
Davit, Rev. Perley B., Hfdt Pork,
Davit, Ttiaddeut Uriah, DaiutaMe.
Davitoo, George W., WkUiMnUU,
Dawei, Rev. Eibeoeaer, Digkten,
Daj, Robert L., JfotoUn,
Dean, Mitt Abbie T., Fozhoro\
Denham, Rev. George, Beoerlf,
Deoham, Mrt. Clara D. «*
Dlekermao, Rev. Lytaader, fFojfmomUL
Dieluon, Oliver, SomorvUU,
DiekaoD, Mrt. Sarah C. "
Dix, Mn. Elijah, Booton.
Dix, Samuel F., ^Tetototu
Doane, Heman S., CkmHottown,
Dodd, Rev. Stephen O., MiddUbonP
Dodge, Rev. John, ITorik BrookJUUL
Dodge, Mrt. Ann 8., "
Dodge, Mn. J. M. C, jfiideetr.
Doggett, Rev. Thoe., JVIie/cre Fa/<«, If, T,
Doggett, Mn. Prancet L. "
Doggeit, Willikro, <*
*Dorr, John, Booton,
Dorr, Samuel, **
•Dow,Ju«iah, "
Dowae, Mrt. Carrie D., Skerintm,
•Dowte, Edward, Dodham,
•Dowte, Elisabeth R. L., Skorhom,
Drake, Rev. Ellia R., Ha^'and,
Dudley, P. W., WkUinoviUo.
Dudley, Mrt. Sarah A. •*
Dunham, Charlea H., WinekuUr,
Dunham, Mn. Mary L., **
Donlap, Sumner, Samtk DurJUUL
Donton, Hiram P., Sytneor,
Dunn, Edward H., Booton,
Durfee, Rev. Chat. Stoddard, Jinswhuryfort,
Durgin, Jamet, fVtot J^owkurf,
•Dutch, M. Elisabeth, Booton,
Doiion, Mn. Mary J., **
Dwinell, Leonard, MUUmry,
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, S/kreitttery,
Dyer, Mrt. Maria D., OUmetotor,
Eager, William, Booton.
Eamea, Mn Nancy, Skorbonu
Bamet, Warren, WUmingiom.
Battborn, Rl. Rev. Mantoo, D. D., JBetteii.
Battraan, Rev. Laeiat R., Jr^, Framingkmm
Eaton, Mra. Ann B., W»k^/Uld,
Eaton, Eben» J^Vaaim/iUai.
Eaton, Edward, Modwjf,
Eaton, Mitt Martha W., FiUkkurg,
Eaton, William, BoHom,
Eaton, William J., fVootkm^,
Eddy, Joehua, £c«t MtddUhoro\
Edwardt, Mn. Prancet 8., Dodkmm.
Edwardt, Prederick B., Jf, Ckoltmtford.
Edwardt, Maria P. <*
Edwardt, Nathan B. •«
Edwardt, Nathan F. •*
Edwardt, Sibyl R. «
Edwardt, Victor E. **
Eldied, Lorenso, Falmouth.
*Eliot, Samuel, Boston,
•Eliot, Samuel A. **
Elliott, Robert, Oloho FiUmf,
Ellit, WilUrd K., £. Jtftrfwey.
ElU, Mrt. Elisabeth W., Okorlin, O.
Elltwoith, Rev. Alfred A., fVefmoutk.
Elltwortb, Mite Aogeline Grimk* Weld
Cook, ffeyMoa/A.
•Elwell, Robert, Boston*
Emertoo, Mitt Ellen T., Concord,
Emenon, Jacob, Jr., Motkuon
Emenon, Mrt. Jacob, **
Emertoo, R. V. C, JWietea.
Emerton, William, Wostkor^,
Emery, Georgn P. •*
Emery, Mrt. Harriet, AWU Wopntmtk.
Ein«ry, Rev. Jothua, **
Emery, Mrt. Mary, Ckatknm,
Emery, Mrt. Sarah Hk.^ Jfowburfport,
•Everett, Edward, Boston.
Fairbankt, Henchel, HaoerhilL
PHirbankt, Hertcbftl P. *<
•Fairbankt, Stephen, Boston,
Fairbankt, Timotby R., Jiedtoof,
•Farnt worth, Mn. Abel, Chotsn,
Parnt worth, Esra, Booton,
Farr, Alba A., JVtcAata.
Farwell, Stephen T., Cnmkridgc
Faxon, Mitt Rachel A., Brnniroo,
Fay, Mra. Additon G., Concord.
Pay, Churloi H., Wkttinsmlto,
Pay, Cytut, Wostkoro\
Fay, Juaiah C, Hapkinton,
Pay, S. T., fVostkoro'
Payerweather, Mrt. 8. W., Wostiort^,
Fearing, Albert, Boston,
Fearing, Mn. Albert, **
Felch, Itaac, JVetic/k.
Field, John W., Boston,
Field, Mrt. Amelia C, "
Field, Joel, Jiittineaqmt,
Fitber, Mite Elisa, JHodmmg,
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PMhar, Milton M., Ji§dwf FUlag;
Fiaher, Samuel T., Ctmttm,
Fbke, Daniel T., D. D , J^Tnohtrfj^orU
Fiake, George B. HoUiaton.
Flake, George T., Jifkwburypart,
Fiake, Mary Fidelia, **
Fiteb, John A., HopidmUn.
•Fits, Daniel, D. D., Jp§wUk.
Fits, Mra. Hannah B. D. *•
Fits, Daniel, Jr. "
FiU, Daniel P. «*
FUndert, Joseph, HavtrkilL
Fletcher, Rphraim 8., /TAtttiUTtKa.
Fletcher, Mra Emma A.
Fletcher, Mra. Emily M.
Fletcher, J a met,
Fletcher, Mri. L. C.
Fletcher, l^wia C.
Fletcher, Samuel J.
Fletcher, Mra. Hannah C, Mamckuter,
Fletcher, laaae W., Slow.
Fletcher, Nancjr B. **
Fletcher, Rev. Jamea, Oroton.
Fletcher, Mra. Lydia M. **
Fletcher, Stillman, fyinekutar,
Fletcher, William, **
Flinn, Mra. Paulina, **
Flint, Mrs. Hannah, Peabud^.
Flint, Levi M., Stonghton.
Flint, Thomaa, Botton,
Floyd, Miaa Mary J., P—hodf,
Folger, Allen, Concord, JV. H.
Forbuih, William, fVkitinsvUle.
Ford, Rev. George, Fersailiest JV. F.
*Ford, I'homaa A., Bottom,
Ford, Thomaa A., AortA Bridgewater.
Ford, Mra Eliza C. *'
Foadick, Chnrlea, Oroton.
Fofldick, Frederick, **
•Foadick, Roae, **
•Foadick, Samuel W. **
Foadick, Mha Mary, *«
•Potter, Rev. Aaron, £. CAcr/ammiC.
Potter, Rev. Additon P., Maiden.
Potter, Mrt. Hattie D., **
Foater, Miaa Elisa C, Rowley.
Potter, Mra. Harriet l>., H'inekendon,
Foater, Mra. Mary, Palmor.
•Franeit, Ebeneier, Boston.
French, Mra. Harriet S., Taunto$i,
Prothingham, A. T., Cambridgt,
Pullertnn, Rev. Bradford M., Palmer,
Purber, Rev. Daniel L., Newton Centre,
Furber, Mra. Maria B., •«
Gage, Gawin R., Wolmm.
Gale, Rev. Wakefield, Eattkampton,
•Gale, Mra. Wakefield, <«
Gale, Juttin Edwardt, Eastkawpton.
Gallot, Nathan, QrHon,
Galloup, David R., Poabodjf.
Gammell, Rev. Sereno D., Bor/ord.
Gardner, Willie P., Gardner,
Garrette, Rev. Edmund Y., Pi'ttknrg^ Pa.
Garrette, Mra. Pranxenia W. **
Garrette, Flora Gertrude, **
Garrette, Mary Spring, **
Garrette, Sarah Arabella, Fozboro\
Galea, Henry C, CkUopee.
GilM>n,Mrt. Luther, Oroton.
Gibba, George L., WkitinniOo,
•Gibba, Mra. Mary, Booton.
Gilbert, Benjamin R. **
Gilet, Mra. Elisabeth W., Roekfort.
Gilman, Miaa Rebecca I., Booton.
Gleaaon, Charlea A., AVv Braintree.
Gleaaon, Rev. George L., Mnnekttter,
Goodell, H. Auguatua, fFkilinovilU.
Gordon, Solomon J., Booton,
Gordon, Mra. Rebecca, **
Gordon, Jeannie, **
Gott, J. R., RoekporU
Gough, John B., Boj^ton,
Gough, Mra. Mary G. **
Gourgaa, Mita Abby M., Concord,
Gourgaa, Miaa Margaret U. <*
Gould, Mrt. S. W., tVeotboro*.
•Grant, Moaea, Boston.
Graaaie, Rev. Thomaa O., Metknen.
•Gray, Prancia C, Boston,
•Gray, Henry,
Gray, Horace,
Gray, John C.
Gray, William, East Randolpk.
Gieeley, Rev. Edward H., HaterkiU, ^r.H.
Greeley, Mra. Edward H. **
Green, Rev. J. 8. C, Brookline,
Greene, Rev. Richard G., Spr\ngjteld.
Greenwood, Chailea H., Oardner,
Greenwood, Mrt. Sally K., SAarftem.
Gregory, Rev. Lewia, H^est jf aieaftary.
•Grew, John, Boston.
Grigga, Dr. 8amuel, Wsstboro*,
Griggt, Mra. S. M. •*
Grover, Mra. Caroline, Foxboro*,
Gulliver, Lemuel, CkarltslU)wn,
Hndley, Samuel D., SomsrviUs,
Hale, E. J. M., HovsrkiU,
Hale, Mra. E. J. M. "
Hall, Mrt. Joeeph P., Oroton.
Ham, Mra. Catharine K., fVinckestsr,
H«miIton, Rev. B. P., JVbrCA Jindover,
Hamlen, Rev. George M., Taunton.
*Hammatt, Mra. Mary, Boston.
Hammond, Rev. W. B., Lsnox, JV. T,
Hammood, Bin. Louise M.
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Hard wick, Thonafl, QHiiuy.
Hardj, Trumfto, JWiB6«ry, O,
Harringtoo, Rev. Eli Whitney, A: B^vtrif.
Hartiborn, Edward, Berlin,
Hartwell, Lottie £., GrtUn.
HaakaU, William P., JVbrtk Brool^ld,
Haatingf, Alice, JVaieCewvtIla.
Haatiofi, HoUia, Prmminghmm,
*Hatcb, Benjamin, £mI Faimamtk.
Hateh, Anna 8., Brui/ord,
HaTen, George, CamptlU,
Haven, Hev John, Chariton.
Hawea, Mri. A. L., QrmfUm.
Hawea, Cjnlhia, §Fr$ntkawu
Hawea, Julia, **
Hajrei, Rev. Stephen H., Botton.
Hajward, MiM Clara, Bramtree.
Hay ward. Eliai, **
Hajward, MIm Hatlie L., fVkiiinnUle,
Hayward, John, fTkiHnMviUe,
Hayward, Paul, A$kh^.
Haywood, Mr*. Elisabeth C, Franklin.
Hasel, Mra. Sarah L., QUmcttttr,
Haslewood, Mrs. A. M., Maj/nard,
Headley, Rev. P. C, Botton.
Healy, Rev. Joeeph W., JV. Orlean§,
*Heard, John, launch,
Hemenway, Mlta Harriet, Orvton,
Heoahaw, Praocia, Boater
Henahaw, Mra. Sarah W., «
Herrick, Rev. William D., JV. AmUrtt
Heraey, Jacob, Fozbaro',
Heraey, Mra. Polly, Hingkam,
Hewinf, Mra. Annette P., Foz6oro*.
•Uewint, Levi R. **
Hewina, Miaf Louiaa E., »
Hewitt, Joeeph, J^ortk Bridgtwat0r.
Haywood, Martha W., Oeurdner,
^Higgiofoo, Stephen, Jr., Btton,
Hildreth, Mn. Mary R., QroUn,
Hill, Rev. George E., SotUkporty CL
*HiU, Henry, BotUu.
Hill, Jotham, Wobum.
Hill, Philip E., Bridgtwttr.
Hilton, Henrietta M., Medwajf,
Hilton, Rev. John V., Kalamaioo, Jiiek.
Hilton, William, Bradford.
Hitchcock, George M., BrimJLM,
Hobart, Peter, Boston.
Hobton, MiM Pritcilla, HawJey.
Holbrook, Elliha, EmH Rmndolpk.
Holbrook, Everett, **
Holdeo, Mra. Sarah, Orafton,
Holland, Miaa Sarah E., BooUn.
Holm, Jacob P., Jialdon.
•Holmes, Abiel, D. D., Camkridgt.
Holmea, Miaa Elizabeth A., Bdvidtro, itt,
*Uolmea, Mra. Fanny D., AVKen.
Helmet, George W., Bridgewtter,
Holmea, Miaf Wealthy A., Camftllo,
Holt, Jamea A., Amdootr,
Holton, Thomaa S., WtnckuUr.
Homer, Charlea W., Cnmhridgt.
Hooker, George B., Shtrbom,
Hooker, Mra. Martha V., Bogton,
♦Hooper, Robert, **
Hoppio, Rev. Jamea M., A*«» Ha^tn, Ct,
Hotmer, Miu Elixa, Concord,
Houghton, Cephaa, Harvard,
Hovey, George O., Botton,
How, Frederick, Dmnnoro,
*How, Jamea, Botton.
Howard, Gary, JWrCA BridgowoUr,
Howard, David, *<
Howard, Mn. Franeea H., **
Howard, Mra. Matilda P. *«
Howard, Rev. Martin S., WVbraham.
*Howe, John, Jf&rtk Bridgewmtor.
Howe, Martha L., Gardner,
Howe, Samuel A., fFotlboro*.
Howea, Mra. Caroline H., CkarlowunL
Howea, Collint, Ckotkawu
Hoyt, Henry, Botton.
Hoyt, Mra. Maria, ^aaitiif Aaai.
Hoyt, Wm. H., Botton.
Hubbard, Mra. Charlea A., (Uncord.
Hudaon, Samuel, Uxkridgo,
Hulbert, Charles, Botton.
Humphrey, Daniel, M)ortk f9^tjfmtntk.
Hunt, Mn. Jernsha B., Wkitintmilt.
Huntington, Matilda C, Pembod^,
Hurd, Prancit P., M. D., Wmkejiad.
Hutehinf, Caroline M., Wtatford,
Hotchins, William E., LowU.
Hutehioa, Maria J. «*
*Hy«lop, David, Bottom.
Jackman, Mn. Suian M., Jiodioa§,
Jackaon, Miaa Caroline B., Newton.
Jaekaon, Henry W., Botton.
Jackaon, Laura E. L., **
*Jackaon, Jamet, **
•Jaekaon, Patrick T. **
Jamefon, Rev.Ephraim O., Salitburf.
JeflViea, Miit Catharine Amory, Botton,
Jenkina, Mra. Maria L., JVew Bedford.
Jephaon, Min C. R., Brooklint.
Jewett, Henry, PepperoU.
Johnson, Cbarlei G., Bradford.
Johnioo, Mra. Emma B. **
Johnaon, Franc if, fVincketter,
JohnMu, Peter R., HoUitton.
Johnson, Misa Rebecea, MWlk Andoner.
Johnaon, Mra. S. W., Fnrmington^ JV. H.
Jooef, Auguitoa T., Ifoiik BridgewUt,
Jonei, Henry B., Hollitton,
Joalin, Mra. A. L, Oxford.
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Joy, Mrs. Abigail, BtU%.
Jadaoo, Mrs. Mary C, Uzkni^,
JodMMi, Willard, »
lUith, Adalbert F., C^mpBlU.
Kaith, Albert, *<
Kaith, Arsa B. <*
•Keith, Charlaf, JfoHk Bridgivater,
Kaith Edward Everett, Bri4g§wmt§r,
Kaith, Pratton B., C^wifttto,
Kaith, Ziba C. **
Kelly, George Baed, Haverhitt.
Keitoo, George, Oardaor.
Kanptoo, Mrs. Ellen, Or^fUn,
Kendall, Mrs. Abel M., BptUn.
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., fVbukuUr,
•Kendall, William, fFkUifuvUlt.
Kandriek, John, Hmv9rkUl,
Keodrick, Min Lydia P., ClUAhawu
Kerr, Robert W., Fnbon*.
Kerr, Jane K. **
Ketielle, Jacob Q., Bsstaa.
Kilbon, George B., Sfirmgjield,
Kimball, Benjamin, Sd, HuvtrkOl,
Kimball, Rer. Caleb, M§dwy,
Kimball, Charles, Ipneiek,
Kimball, Daniel W., mncktUr
Kimball, David, Bra^vrd.
Kimball, Wallace L. **
Kimball, Mri. Harriet W., LowM.
Kimball, Mri. Mary B., Falmouth.
Kimball, John R., fVobum,
Kimball, Mrs. Sylvia, W§9tkonf,
Kingman, Miss Elisa, BotUn.
•Kingman, Miss 8arah, **
Kingsbury, Nathaniel,
Kingsbory, John, Bradford.
Kingsbury, Rev. John D. ^
Kingibury, Katy, "
Kingsbury, Martha, **
Kiitredge, Rev. A. E., Ckieago.
Kitirodge, C. Brigham, Westboro*,
•Knuwlei, Rev. Jamei D., Boalcn.
Knowlton, Rev. Stephen, West Medtoay,
Knox, Mrs. S., Roek Island^ IlL
Labaree, Rev. John C, Randolpk,
Lambert, Miu Elizabeth U., RovUf,
Lambert, Thomas R., D. D., CAaWestoism.
Lambert, William T., **
Lamion, Eriwin, Boston,
Lamson, Mrs. Edwin, **
Lomion, Gardner Swift, **
Lamson, Helen, "
Lamaon, Kate Glidden, **
•Lane, Anthony, Lancostsr.
Lane, Rev. James P., Bristol,
Lane, Mrs. Emma L. **
Lane, Rev. John W., Wkaldf.
Lano, Mrs. Mary H. Wkate^f,
Lane, Mary E. ^
Lane, Richmond J., JEasC JlUngton.
Langworthy, Rev. laaae P., CIslwa.
Laiell, Joaiah, fVkUinsviUe,
Lassell, Mrs. Jennie W. "
Lathe, Miss Sarah S., Orafiem.
Laurie, Inglis, OwatMiiia, Jtfiaassota.
•Lawrenee, Amoa, Boston,
Lawrence, Rev. Amoa £., HousaUmie.
Lawrence, Asa, Oroton*
•Lawrenee, Mrs. M. A. **
Lawrence, John, **
Lawrence, Curtia, Bradford,
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, "
•Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy T., WUion^M;
Lawtoo. Mrs. S. C, Wkitinsfoitte,
Laynd, John, **
Leach, Simeon, East Slamgkt&n.
Learoyd, Addison P., Daavers.
Learoyd, John S. '*
Leavitt, Abner L., Hingknm,
Leavitt, Mrs. Elisabeth G., Boston,
Leivitt, Rev. George R., Oimbridgeport,
Lee, Rev. Samuel H., Oresnjlold.
•Leeds, Benjamin, BrookUno,
Leeds, Benjamin, Boston.
Loeda, Mrs. Anne B. **
Leeda, Miss Anne G. "
Leea, Mra. Samuel, Abrf A Billerica.
Lefavour, laaacbar, Btvorlf.
Leland, Calvin, Jr., M'mtiek.
Leiand, Mrs. Charlotte A., Skorkom.
Leland, Mra. Lois, **
Leonard, Elisa, Foxhoro*.
Leonard, Jaroea M., Bridgewator.
Lowia, Reuben, Qroton.
Lewia, Mrs. Suaan P., **
Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, Hingkam.
Lincoln, P. W., Jr., Boston.
Lincoln, Jamea L. C, Smidsrlmnd. "
Lincoln, Noah, Boston,
Little, Alexander E, Welleslejf.
•Little, Rev. ElbridgeO. "
Little, Mia. Lucia 8., **
Little, Sarah Itabel, *<
Little, Stuart, WhiiintviUe,
Little, WHldo P., M'owton Contra.
Little, William A. «*
LittleBeld, Samuel, SowutviUo.
•Liver more, George, Cnwtkndgo*
•Locke, Ephraim, Boston.
Loomia, Rev. Blihu, Littleton,
Lord, Misa Anna M., Ipswiek.
Lord, Rev. Charlea R, Boston,
Lord, Eldward A., Danvers.
Lord, John A., Peabcdif,
Lord, Looiaa C, Manckostorm
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Lorinf , Mri. Hannah W., Jftwtcn C$tUr$,
Load, Arthur J., BoiUn,
Loud, Mrs. Martha B., BrMitUr^t.
LOT0II, MiM Mary B., Mtdwmjf.
*Low0lI, Charlei, D. D., BmI^ii.
Lamb, William, "
Luot, Cbarlaa F., Winehuttr.
Lyman, Bav. George, South Jtwikertt.
Lyman, Samuel T., HunUngtam
Lyon, Miaa Chloe R., CcmjM/fe.
Maereadiog, Rot. Chaa. 8., Prmridtnu^ RJ,
Maltby, Rev. Eraatat, 7*asat«ii.
Mann, Miaa Helen L., Or§€nJUli»
Manning, Otia, LiUl$ton.
Manning, Edward W^ tFokunu
Manning, Walur H., IMdtUm.
Marble, Mra. Mary E., Or^fUn.
Markham, Mra. Priaeilla V., ffrenthawt.
Marrett, Lorenso, EaH Cmmbridge,
Marsh, Elisabeth C, HavtrkUL
Marth, E. J., LeomiHsUr,
Marah, Lewia A., Ckieopee.
Morth, Miaa Julia M., ilmwrkiU.
*Marston, William, Bottom.
Martin, George H., Bridgeteater,
Maaoo, Miaa Nellie A., BoyUton,
Mattiaon, William, WhiUnovUU.
Maynard, Rev. Joahna L., WiUitUni^ FL
Maynard, Leander, Skrem^ury,
McElroy, Richard B., Medway,
*McKean, William, Boston.
McKeeo, Philena, Jtndomor,
MeKeen, Phebe, **
*MeLean, Mri. Ann, Bootom.
BloLean, Rev. John K., SpringJUld, III.
McLoud, Rev. Anion, Top^/Uld,
Meant, Rev. John O., Boston,
Meant, Mrs. John O. **
Meana, William 6., Jindovor,
Merriam, Abner H., ToutplMon,
Merriam, Homer, ^riogjle'd.
Merrill, Rev. Jamei H., Andover,
Merrill, John K., Mothutn,
Merritt, Mn Mary A., Montague.
Mettenger, Mitt Elixa, Fitekburg,
Milla, Rev. <?hailea L., Jamaica Plain.
Mill*, Mr«. Rebeeea B. - "
Milla, Miu Lydia, Peabody,
Minot, William, Boston.
Minot, William. Jr. •*
Mixter, Mra. Fanny L. "
Mixter, Mrs. Mary R., Hardwiek.
Mixler, Mra. Q. E., Rock Island, III.
Mooar, George, D. O., Oakland, Cal.
Moody, Jaroet, fVkUinsvUlc.
Moore, Lewis, Skaron.
Moora, Joaeph, Orvfaa.
Moon, Rufus, **
Moora, Mra. Rufba, Oroton.
Motdougb, Rev. John H., Portland, Mo.
More, Cbarlea H., Bradford,
Morong, Rev. Thomaa, Ips»ick,
Morley, Rev. Sardia B., PittiJield.
Morriran, Daniel T., Motkuon.
Morriaon, Miai Nancy T., JUvlay.
Morae, Miaa Abby P., Emporiu, Kansas,
Morte, Cbarlea N., MUford.
Morte, Miaa Emily A., Bra4f«rd.
Morra, Henry, MhtUk,
MoTM, Ruftia W., Motkuon.
MorM, William E., Bradford.
Moaeley, Edward S., M'ewkuryport,
Moaman, Walter B., JtubnmdaU,
Munger, Rev. Theo. T., Lawrence.
Monger, Mri. T. T., «*
Monroe, Miaa Mary, Concord.
Murray, Rev. Jamea O., ^^ew York Citf,
Murray, Mra. Julia R. **
Naaon, Rev. Charlea, WolfJUoL
Naaon, Rev. Eliai, BiUerica.
Needham, Lucy M., ATaw Braintree,
Need ham, Mri. Mary P., Peabody,
NelMn, Jonathan H., Skrfmskwry,
Newell, George H., HoUiston,
*Newell, Montgomery, Boston.
Newhall, Lucy Ann, Stow.
Newman, Miu Sarah A., fpswick.
Nicbola, Alfred A., West Jimoshury,
Nieboli, Jamei R., HaverkilL
Nichula, Joaaph, fVest Ameshury.
Nichob, Moiea, HaverkilL
Nickeraon, Mra. Temple W., Jt/kntuckst.
Nightingale, Rev. Crawford, Oroton.
*NoreroM, Jotiah, H'ak^e'd.
Norcroat, Mn. Joaiah, **
Norton, Rev. Edward, Montague.
Nourae, B. Alden, Westboro*.
Nourae, Caroline Josephine, Boston.
Noune, Daniel, West Medtoay.
Nourae, Helen S., Boat^m.
Nourae, Suaan M., BoUon,
Noyea, Alva, Aortk Bridgewator.
Noyea, Jacob, J§bington.
Noyea, Luke B., Si;h(A Jfbington,
Noyea, Rufus S., A*. Bridgewatcr.
Oatley, G. O., ff' kiUnsville.
Odiin, Benjamin, Exeter, A*. H.
Odiin, Mn. E. T. "
Ordway, Aaron l^., A*ei0 York Htf.
Ordway, Miaa Charlotte, Bradford.
Ordway, Herbert, <*
Otborne, Georgn F., Peabodf.
Osgood, George C, Lowell.
Osgood, H. B., WkitinoviVe.
Packard, Rev. D. Temple, Bngkttm,
Packard, Edward C, Xortk Bridgewaier.
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Paekard, S. Edwards, SfringJlM,
Packard, 8. Prank liu, CmmftUt.
Packard, Mim Saaie P., "•
Packard, Zibeoo, Jlbi9gton,
Pafa, Abifail L., ^tkinsinif A*. H.
Paiga, Gaorge R., JWw SaUm.
•PaiM, Mr«. Sarah M., Holdeu,
♦Paine, Miv Sarah C. ««
PaloMr, Rer. Charlea Ray, Salmm,
*Pdfiier, Rev. Stopheo, ^^t»ikam, .
Palmar, Sqaira, South D§«rJUUm
Park, John C, BmUm.
Parker, Andraw, OiomcetUr,
Parker, Daniel, fVkitinsviae.
♦Parker, John, BotUm,
Parker, Mrs. Sarah, *«
♦Parkman, Francis, D. D. **
*Parkiiian. Samuel, **
♦Parkman, Mr*. Sarah, **
Parmenter, Mrs. E. J. 6., J9thoL
♦Persons, Gorham, Boston,
♦Parsons. William, **
Partridge, Clark, JUtdwujf.
Partridge, Joseph, Hollioton.
Patrick, ReT. Henry J., fFest Mltwtan,
Patrick, Mrs. Martha L. **
Patten, Mrs John F., Dorektottr,
Pstterson, David H , Mttktun,
Panl, Frederick A., Lakevilte.
Paul, Henry, Newton.
•Paul, Mrs. Henry, <«
•Paul, Lather, "
Paul, Luther, Jr. "
Paul, Miss Harriet, "
Paul, Miss Mary, "
Paul, Mrs. Ruth B., ^edaoey.
Payton, Miss if asan, Foxboro\
Payton, William P., **
Pearson, Miu Hannah J., LowoU,
Pease, George W., SaUm.
Peck, Rev. David, Smnderland,
Peckhsin, Hubbard, Petortkam,
Peiree, Rev. Bradford K., Uarlom, If. T,
Peoples, Samuel, JVaticA.
Perkins, Benjamin C, Peabv4f,
Perkins, E. E , Jfortk Middleboro\
Perkins, Mrs. Elisabeth B. "
Perkins, Jairus H. **
Ptorklns, James, Peahadjf,
•Perkins, James, Dsstow.
•Perkins, Jame«, Jr. "
Perkins, Mine Maty A., BrighUnu
•Perkins, Thomas H., Bnolon,
Perley, Mrs. Abigail T., Sa/eai.
Parley, Jacob, <*
Perry, Miss Catharine H., Skerhom.
Perry, James, Danoero.
•PeUrs , Edward U., Bo»t9%,
D
Peters, Mrs. Lydia H., Btdin,.
Pettee, Daniel, Skvmn,
Peltee, MiMs Eiisa J., Festers*.
Pettee, Samuel Gardner, SUa/kfea.
Pettee, Willard, Foxban^.
Phillips, Alonso P., Feakody.
Phillips, George W., SamguM,
•Phillips, Jonathan, Booton,
Phillips, Mrs. Sally, "
•Phillips, William, Bo$ton.
PIckard, Kev. Daniel W., OrovoUnd,
Pickering, Henry W., Bosroa.
Pierce, Albeit T., Siougkton,
•Pieiee, Rev. Charles U., Mitlkurf.
Pierce, Isaac T., H^kitinoviUo,
Pierce, Sylvester G., tViiukoster,
•Pierpont, Rev. John, Jtfsi^eril.
Pierson, Rev. Wm. Henry, JpswUk,
Pike, John, D. D., i2oap/«y.
Plumb, Rev. Albert H., CkoUom,
Plumb, Joseph Dart, **
Plumer, Mrs. Martha H., RowUji,
Plummer, Israel, WkitiiU9i(U,
Pogue, Mrs. Joseph, Oraffton,
Pollard, Joseph G., Woknrn.
Pollock, Miss Emma A., WkUintviVo.
Pond. Almira W., Soutk JUoldon.
Pond, John P., Booton,
Pund, Mrs. Nancy, Modwjf,
Pond, William E., JVrtnlkmm,
Pnol, Solomon, Oloueeotor.
Poor, Joseph, Peabody,
Poor, Mathan H. "
Potter, J. Edwards, AVrtk Broo^ld,
Porter, Samuel S., tVimekottor.
Potter, J. iSturgis, M'omton,
Pratt, Cornelius, Mortk IVoymontk,
Pratt, Galen, Jfortk BridgowmUr.
Pratt, Galen E. "
Pratt, Rev. George H., Horvmrd,
Pratt, Norton, Braintroo,
Pratt, Phebo. Skorborn,
Pratt, Philip W., Mtngton.
Pratt, Zebuloo, Aertk Mtddlokon*.
Pray, John J., LowelL
Prentice, Mias Julia, Ora/Un,
Prentice, Marvel, fFkitinoviUo.
Ptentice, James A. **
Prentiss, Luke, **
•Prescott, William, BooUn.
•Prince, Rev. J. M., Oourgtiown.
Prince, Mrs. Sarah B., Quinef.
Pritehard, William, JVsisftaryport.
Proctor, Elizabeth O., Peabodjf,
Proctor, Henry H., Penbvdy,
Pioctor, Mrs. Lucy A., Oloueostor.
Proctor, Thornilike, Peakody,
Puffer, Mrs. Josiah, Harvmrd,
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Putnam, Mrt. Elisabelb T., Orqfton,
Uoiney, Tbomaa D., DartkuUr,
auiocy, Mn. J. C. **
auincy, TbooiM D., Jr. «
Randall, Pranklin B., l>0Mr, A; H,
Randall, Flora Sarah, "
Randall, Mary Blisabeth, »
Rankin, J. Bamea, D.D., IVatkingUm, D. C.
Rankin, Mrt. Mary **
Ray, 6«orfa W., Midway Fittag§.
Raymond, Helen 8., Bottm,
Read, Mim Martha, EaH JIUngtam.
Reed, Mitt Garolioe 6., Hmn-hilL
Reed, Horace, Samik JtHugUn.
Reed, Miei Seritea, Emat MingUu.
Reevee, Miie Ellen P., Waylond.
Rice, Mn, Agnee L., Botttm,
Rice, Edward, fToflund,
Rice, Mn. Elisabeth C, Lawrtmct.
Rico, Mrt. Henry A., Bottom,
Rice, Mitt M. AngntU, ITealiere*.
Rich, Rer. Alonso B., IF. Leb€moHf Jf. H,
Riek, Rev. A. Jodton, Brookjield,
Rich, Mrt. Harriet L., «'
Richardt, Mrt. A. AL, Bridgeport, CU
Riehardt, Jamee P^ CamptlU. '
Riehaidaon, Benjamin P., Bottom,
Richardson, John W., Mtdwmf,
Riebardtfto, Lother, IfimekoHtr.
Riehaidaon, Mitt Sarah £., Comeord.
Riehardton, Stephen, fV, Medmajf,
Richardton, Somnei, Wimektitr,
Rieker, Edmund, Weot Jimtesbmrf,
Richer, GeorfeW., **
•Ritchie, Andrew, Jr^ Botton,
Robbint, Andrew, Orotom.
Robbint, Chandler, D. D., BmCoh.
•Robbint, Edward H. «•
Roberta, Rev. Jacob, JtmbumdaU,
Roberta, Mra. Mary A. **
Roberta, Mrt. Roth, Mmekutmr.
Robertaon, Jamea, Pemkodf,
Robinaon, Charlea W., JtutmrmdaU,
Robinaon, H. W., A«rU Bridgowoitr.
Rubinaon, Rev. Reuben T., fVmckostor.
•Robinaon, Mta. Clara A. **
Rock wood, John, Orottm.
Rockwood, John T., SfringJMd.
Rockwood, Miaa Polly 8., AtkUmd,
•Rofera, George, Bottom,
Rogera, George L., Ainttorfforf.
Rogen, Shubeel G., Bottom,
•Rogera, Rev. William M. *«
Ruaaell, Sarah J., Frmminghmm,
Ryder, MarietU, Ckatkmm,
BafTord. Rev. George B., Bmrlingtomy FL
•Saliabnry, Samuel, Boaleii.
Sanford, Mrt. Adeline D,,M§d»mf FUlmgo,
Saoford, Edmund I., Medwof,
Sanford, Henry D., Bridgewater,
Sanger, Edward G., Cam^rtd^cperi.
Sergeant, Jamea C, Omkkmm,
Sargent, Edmund, f^ttt Jtmtthmjf,
•Sargent, Lueiua M., Bottom,
Sargent, Samuel G., JiotMumu
•Sawtell, Mra. Ephraim, Orttom,
Sawyer, George, CmmftUo,
Sawyer, Martha &, **
Sawyer, Seth C, £. Rtmdolfk,
Scalet, Edward P., J^ietom,
•Scudder, Cbarlet, Bootom.
Seudder, Mrt. Sarah L. *«
Seagrave, Edward F., Uxbridgt.
Seagrave, Mrt Mary Ann, **
Start, Miaa Hannah M., JiohJUld,
Seaver, A. W., Jfunkboro*,
Seeley, Raymond H., D. D., HmvarkiU,
Seeley, Mra. Fanny B. **
Selfridge, Tbomaa O., Bottom.'
Shattock, Andrew, Orotom,
Shatluek, Mra. Suaan P. "
Shaw, Mra. Hannah, Bottom.
Sheldon, Rev. Luther H., Jmmtttmrghf^,J,
Sheldon, Mra. Sarah H. «<
Shepherd, Thomaa, H^inckt$ter.
Shiveriek, Miaa Maria L., Cample.
•Sigoorney, Andrew, Bttttm,
Sigourney, Henry, "
Sikea, Mia. Otia, Conwof,
Simonda, Alvan, Bottom.
Skillinga, David N., mmekttfr.
•Slack, Rugglea, BoUom.
Slafter, Rev. Edmund F. **
Slafter, Mrt. Edmund P., **
Sleeper, William C, JUatkmtm.
Small, Arooa T., Wtt Jimoohtrf,
Small, Mrt. Fidelia PoiUr, MiOkmrf.
Small, Samuel A. *«
Small, Samuel B. "
Small, Mrt. Sumner, Jfltwtom Cemtf.
Smith, Mrt. Abby F., Cometrd,
Smith, Henry F. "
Smith, Albert W., fFettboroK
Smith, Mia. Lucy Jane, *<
Smith, Mra. Clara J., Smmdertmmd,
Smith, E. B., 9Ve»tMld,
Smith, Mrs. Francea E D., WhUinvnBM,
Smith, Rev. Edward P., Brooklym, Jf. F.
Smith, George P., .ReaCea.
Smith, Samuel, **
Smith, Joel, W kUimttiUo,
Smith, Jonathan, **
Smith, Warren N. «*
Smith, Mra Hatiie J., Qlwuttttr,
Smith, Mauon M., D. D., J^t^mrh^ JV. J.
Smith, Mrt. Mataou AL **
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Smitli, Norman, OrUaiu
Smith, Mn. Mary J. **
Smith, Riebard, Pembody»
Smith, Mra. Charlotte, *<
Smith, Mn. Sarah, Jtudowtr,
Snow, Ambroae, South Hadtef FaUa,
Show, Mr*. Carolino, JtubmmdaU.
Snow, Mn. Mark, Ckallum,
Boole, Henry M., Sonth JikingUm,
Soothfate, Charlea M., St. JoAiM^vry, Ft,
Boothfate, Rev. Robert, Wkitt River, Ft.
*8oatbfate, Mra. Mary Praneea, **
Soathwortb, Mra. Caroline M., Midway,
Spaoldinf, Mr*. Charlotte A., Orototu
Bpaoldiof , John, Oroton Jmnetion,
Bpoooer, W. B., Btton,
Bprinf, Mrt. Adela C, fFhUiunaig.
Btaey, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, E^ra C, Maruketter.
Stebbina, Rev. Milan C, SpHngJioU,
Stevens, Mrs. Georfe, LowelL
*Stevient, Norman C, JfowUm,
Stevens, Mrs. B. M. **
Stevens, Mrs. Benjamin P., Peebodff.
Stevens, Samael, Oloueooter.
Bliekney, William H., Draeut
•Stoddard, Lewis T., BrooUino,
Stone, Andrew L., D. U., Sam ProneUco,C4iL
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F. "
Stone, Martha A., /fovHon C*ntr§,
Storra, Eunice C. Braintreo,
Storrs, Richard 8., D. 0. «
Stowell, Mrs. Abby Hubbard, Cotuord.
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Dtorjlold,
Stowell, D . W., Waitkam.
Strong, Rev. EInathan E. **
Strong, Rev. J. C, St. Ckwloo^MinnaoUa,
Strong, Mrs. J. C. '< **
Stodley, Austin, Eaat JlUngton,
Biudley, Edwsrd A., Booton.
Sugden, Miss Mary, Braintret,
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Monoou,
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Foxhoro*.
Swasey, Mrs. Prances A., Lynn*
Swett, Samuel W., Bostoit.
Swift, Miss l^ttie H., JIndofoot*
Switser, Rev. Christopher J., Previncstown.
Taft, Mrs. Bliiabeth E., IVkitinnUlt.
Taft, Miss Emily A. <*
Taft, Gustavos E. "
Taft, Mrs. O. e. **
Taft, S. Jennie, "
Taft, Jacob, Utkridge.
Tapley, Gilbert, Dmmvor*.
"Tsppan, John, Booton.
Tarr, William J., Oloueootor.
Taylor, Mrs. Malansa, fFiuekuttr.
Teele, Rev. Albert K., MiUou.
Teele, Mrs. Cornelia C, Milton,
Temple, Mark M., Bonding.
Tenny, Mrs. Joanna S., Snnguo,
Tenney, Mrs. Mary P., mnckuter.
Terry, Rev. James P., South fFofuumth,
Thaeher, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park.
Thaeher, Mias Calista C, JtUleherol'.
Thaeher, John, **
Thaeher, Mrs Susan C. «
Thaeber, William T., Hyde Park.
Thaeher. Susan B., PortUnd, Me.
n'hatcber, Mary Ludlow, M%ddUbere\
Thtyer, Amasa, Brointrss.
Thayer, E. P. E. •«
Thayer, Ira, •«
^Thayer, Mrs. Lilla, «*
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Jtndever*
Thayer, Mrs. Martha C. **
Thayer, Oliver, **
*Thayer, Mrs. Jane, Booton,
Thayer, Robert H., Akw York City.
Thayer, Sarah H., Braintree,
Thayer, William W., Uxhridge,
Thompson, Mrs. Aveiiek P., IVereknm.
Thompson, Mrs. Emily B., Coneord.
Thompson, Everett A., ^fbrth WtAwm.
Thompson, Samuel A. <*
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Elisa, **
Thompson, George R., AVU Bridgewater,
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, Worteeter,
Thompson, Stephen, Wineheeter,
l^burston, Rev. Richard B., Btaw^d^ CU
Tinker, Russell, Orafton.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E., WhitinouiVe.
Tolman, Rev. Richard, Hamfton^ JV. H,
Tolman, Rev. Samuel H., Wthnington,
Torrey,Miss Elisabeth X^^South Weywtemith.
Torrey, James, Iforth Weywkemth,
Torre;, Willard, Oroton.
Towoe, William B., BrooUin^.
Trask, Charles H., Jr., Mnneheeter.
Trask, Mrs. A. H. ••
Trask, Liasle R, OUmeeeter.
Trask, Samuel, Penbody.
Trask, Samuel P., Danvere.
Tribou, Samuel, Jforth Bridgewater,
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton,
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, JtbingUm,
Trufant, Philip P. •*
Trufant, Waller Esra, *<
«Tucker, Rev. Elijah W., Lebweau, Ou
*Tucker, Jesse, Milton,
Tucker, Mrs. Mary R. •*
•Tucker, Nathan, »«
Tucker, Mrs Nathan, **
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W, Dertheeter.
Tucker, John A, **
Tucker, William, <*
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Taeker, William W., Boston.
Tafia, Charlea, Jtndovtr,
Tarner, Min Alice Montfomeij, Rmdoipk
Tnttle, Min Bfaitba E., Concord,
Tattle, Miaa Sarah, OroveUnd.
Tattle, Thomaa S., LiuUton.
Twiehell, John M., FiUkbwrg.
Tjler, Praok II., Bradford,
Tyler, Jerome W., BotUn.
^Uaderhill, Rev. John W., A*. Amkortl.
Upton, Mrt. Lnej K., Peabodjf,
Upton, Moeea T., Se/am.
Voee, William U., FiUkkurg,
Wadsworth*, Mra. Laej, Milton,
Wada worth, William, Booton.
Wakefield, Miw C, Rtoding.
Waldroo, Bev. Daniel W., Bootan.
Walea, Erastui, Etui Randolph.
Walea, Miaa Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Miaa Francei A., Huvorkitl
Walker, Rer. Geo. P., LitUe OamjiCaii, R. I.
Walker, John S., Enol Medwnjf.
Walker, Mra. John 8. "
Walker, Levi, BridgewoUr,
Walker, Ellen A. "
Walker, Moeea, HurerhUL
Walker, Nathaniel, "
Wallier, Robert G., Boston.
Walker, William M., BridgemaUr,
•Walley, Samnel H., Boston
Walley, Samuel U. «*
Ward, Artemai, "
Ward, Min Lydia, Satonv'dlt,
Ward, Samuel, Boston.
Ward, Min H. L. H., LakeoiUe.
Ward, Rev. Jamea W. "
Ward, Mra. Caroline L. "
Ward, Miat Sunn H. "
Ward, 8aiem T., IVincksstor,
Warner, John, Newton.
Warner, William, South Deer/lsU.
Warren, George W., Boston.
*Warren, Mri. Diantha A , Lyiim.
* Warren, Mrs. Maria, Ora/tmu
^Warren, Nehemiah, Stow,
Warieo, Francia W. **
Warren, Jonaa, "
*Warren, Loeinda, **
•Warren, William A., ffi itchestsr.
Waahbum, William B., Qrsenfitld.
Waahburn, Mri. William B. "
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Orafton,
Wdtkint, Min Abby A., Oloneesttr.
Weeks, Mra. L. Caroline, ^Torth Dana,
Webater, Edward, Boseawen, M'iU,
Welch, Juhn, Boston,
WeM, Jamea, **
Walla, Mrs. Martha D , JVbrfMora**
Wellman, Jo^hoa W., D. D., Xtwism.
Wendell, Mrs. Catharine, Boston.
Wentworth, Albert, HivsrhUl.
Wentworth, Lewis, Bridgswatsr.
West, Feleg D., frhitmsviUe.
Wheeler, Ahijuh R., EaHMsdwm^,
Wheeler, Mrs. M. B., JHedwof,
Whiteomb, Lewis, EnH Rmndolph.
•Whitcomb, Reoben, Hmnard.
•Whiteomb, Reaben, Jr. **
Whiteomb, Mrs Abby F. "
•Whiteomb, Mrs. Loaisa D. **
Whiteomb, Miss Mary M. *«
While, Aaron L., Modmmy,
White, Cornell na. South Randolph.
White, Edmund, East Randolph
White, Newton, «•
•White, Jamea, Boston,
White, Joel, Uxhridgs.
White, Joaiah, P«(er«Aa«i.
White, Mra. Mary C, PkUlipslon.
White, Phineas A., Whitinnmt.
White, Thomaa, East Randjfph,
Whitin, Arthur P., WhUinaviUe.
Whitin, Charlea P. «•
Whitin, Charles E. "
Whitin, Mra. Catharine H. <•
Whitin, Edward,
Whitin, James P.
Whitin, Mrs. Patience H. *«
Whitin, Paul,
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah J.
Whitin, Mra. Sarah R.
Whiting, Lemuel, Grtlon,
Whitman, Charles, Lowell.
Whitmarsh, Mary, South Jibington.
Whitmarsh, Min Mary J. **
Whitmore, Annie Maria, Lyam.
Whitney, (."harlea H., CamhridgeporL
Whitney, Dora S., Stuth Oroton.
Whitney, Frederick, Wsstminstor,
Whitney, Helen J., Stow.
Whitney, Isaac S., Olouesstsr,
Whitney, Israel, Boston.
Whitney, Mrs. Permelia V., Pettrsham,
Whitney, Richard D., Springjisld,
Whitney, Mrs. Susanna, Rutland.
•Wiggles worth, Thomas, Boston.
Wilbur, Joseph, Taunton.
Wild, Daniel. Boston,
Wilder, Hattie W., South Jtcton.
Willcox, Rev. William H., Rsading.
Williams, Miss Amelia P., Sunderland.
William>i, Rev. C. H. S., Concord.
Williams, Mrs. C. H.S. "
Williams, Rev. Edward F., fVhitinsvilU
Williams, Miss Elisabeth C, Groton,
Williams, Miaa Mary D., OrssiJUld.
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William, 8. H^ Faxbaro*,
Williamf, Thomas 8., JiubarndaU,
Willis, Laeebo, fTay'and,
Witlii, Lucy Maria, •*
WiImhi, R«v. Thomaa, Stougkton.
Winf , John C, Loteell.
'Winea, Rev. C.Maariee, Hart/ord, Conn.
Wioilow, Pelham, E*st Abingtan.
Wiotar, David Baker, JfortMbriigt.
Winthrop, Robert C, Bottom.
^Winthrop, Thomas L. •*
Wtswell, Mrs. Liazie M., CkicagOj lU.
Withinfton, Otis, Brookline.
Woleott, Mrs. Eiisabeih, Pembody.
Woleott, William, *•
Woodbury, Simon J., ^Uom.
Wood, Mrs. Abijah. fVestbi/ro*.
Wood, Cyrus K., Oardner.
Wood, Eliaabetb C, Fozboro\
Wood, Joseph W., Wkitinaviat.
Wood, Mrs. E. 8. <*
Wood, BIrs. Samuel P., Cktlm^ord.
Wooil, Mrs. Susan, Oroton,
Wood, T. Dwight, fVtatmiMttr.
Wood, Theodore 8. "
Woods, Miss Abbie Wheeler, JVaMea
Woods, Frank Austin, JVew BrmiiUne.
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, BosUn,
Wooils, Samuel H. **
Woo«lward, Ebeneier, A*sie(0n.
Woodward, Miss Emily, JVewlow U, Fall*.
Wood worth, ArtemHs B., LoweU.
Worcester, Miss Sallie, Brighton,
*Worthington, William, Booton.
Wright, George L., Mittenettque.
Wyman, Charles, Laneiuttr.
Wyman, Rufus, Booton
Wymao, William 6., FtUkburg, .
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
from April 1, 1870, to April 1, 1871.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Falmouth, First Congregational Church and Society,
« Braddock Gifford, ....
Centrerille, Congregational Church and Society, .
Wellfleet, Congregational Church and Society, •
** Methodist Episcopal Church,
** South Congregational Church and Society,
West Dennis, Mrs. Collins
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Attleboro', South
Freetown, (for ▲. b. s J
Mansfield, Congregational Church and Society,
f 18 00
2 00
14 16
16 26
16 38
10 00
1 00
f 76 78
f 6 00
3 68
11 00
f 19 63
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury Mills, Congregational Church and Society, . f 14 00
Amesbury and Salisbury, Union Evangelical Church, . • 20 76
Andover, Chapel Church, 84 89
*< Ballardvale, Congregational Church and Society, . 6 00
Bradford, Congregational Church and Society, ... 46 66
Danrers, Maple Street Sabbath School, (2 l. x.) ... 40 00
<« Maple Street Church, a Friend, .... 10 00
Georgetown, Memorial Church, 37 00
Groreland, Congregational Church and Society, ... 10 26
Hamilton, Congregational Church and Society, . . . 10 60
Harerhill, Mrs. Reed to constitute George Reed Kelly a Life
Member 20 00
Lawrence, Central Congregational Church, .... 18 46
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Ljimfield, Centre, Orthodox Congregational Church and So-
ciety,
Manchester, First Congregational Church and Society,
MetLuen, First Parish Church,
Newbury, First Church and Society
****** ** •
Newburyport, First Presbyterian Church and Society, (1
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** Belleville, Congregational Church and Society,
i< II II i< II
Peabody, Congregational Church and Society, (1 l. m.)
Rockport, Congregational Church and Society,
Salem, South Church,
Saugus, Congregational Church and Society,
Wenham, Additional,
West Amesbury, Congregational Church and Society, (3 l. m.)
f 6 65
33 87
10 00
15 25
7 00
65 19
62 25
51 67
70 87
35 00
68 00
23 93
85
96 00
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Buckland, Congregational Church and Society, (1 l. m.)
Charlemont, Congregational Church and Society,
Deerfield, South, Congregational Church Sabbath School,
OiU, Congregational Church and Society, .
Greenfield, First Congregational Church and Society, •
** Second Congregational Church and Society,
Orange, Congregational Church and Society, . •
•* A Friend
Shelbume, Congregational Church and Society, .
Sunderland,
Warwick, Congregational Church and Society,
f 864 03
f 26 80
6 12
28 37
5 13
15 71
38 25
15 00
11 00
45 11
1 00
8 00
f 200 49
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Mr. Chablbs Marsh, Sprif%gfMd^ TV.
Brim field, Mrs. Fitz Henry Warren and daughter, . ^ 6 66
Massachusetts, *• P. M." 300 06
Donations, (4 l. m.) 80 06
On Bible Account, ^ 803 38
f 386 00
HAMPSHIRB COUNTY.
Belchertown, Congregational Church and Society,
f 12 34
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, A Friend,
Arlington, Orthodox Congregational Church and Society,
Ashby, Congregational Church and Society,
Cambridge, Shepherd Congregational Church and Society,
Cambridgeport, Prospect Street Church and Society, .
Charlestown, Winthrop Church and Society,
*• Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
Concord, Union Bible Society,
Dracut, Central Church Sabbath School, (I l. x.)
•• West, Congregational Church and Society,
Grantyille, Congregational Church and Society, .
Hopkinton, Congregational Church and Society, .
Littleton, Evangelical Church and Society, .
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High Street Church, (1 l. x.) .
John Street Church, (3 l. x.) .
Kirk Street Church, ....
Miss Emily Rogers, (l. x. ▲. b. a.) .
Newton, Eliot Church and Society,
Newtonville, Congregational Church and Society,
Pepperell, Congregational Church and Society, .
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Sherbom, Ladies' Benevolent Society, ....
Saxonville, Congregational Church and Society, .
Somerville, East, First Orthodox Church and Society.
Townsend, Orthodox Congregational Church and Society,
Wakefield, Congregational Church and Society, .
Waltham, Trinitarian Congregational Church,
Wayland, Congregational Church and Society,
Wellesley, Congregational Church and Society, .
Wilmington, Fir^t Church and Society,
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Braintree, Miss Rachel A. Faxon, ....
Dedham. South, Congregational Church and Society, .
East Randolph, Winthrop Church and Society, .
FranKlin, Congregational Church and Society, (1 l. x.)
Med way. Village Church and Society, (2 l. x.) .
Eaitt, Church and Society, (2 l. x.)
West, Church and Society, ....
Milton, First Congregational Church and Society,
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f 1 00
62 76
10 97
100 00
92 20
76 40
37 00
111 00
20 00
12 26
42 00
62 78
3 68
8 26
38 46
42 00
66 03
90 00
30 00
116 93
63 08
16 00
16 00
20 00
19 14
39 60
9 00
26 00
46 92
6 76
19 27
23 60
f 1»306 07
f 6 00
16 67
36 00
49 27
61 08
43 27
27 76
17 87
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Sharon, Congregational Church and Society,
Wrentham, Congregational Church and Society, .
Weymouth, East, Congregational Church and Society,
North, First Church and Society,
'* Pilgrim Church and Society,
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68
42
00
20
00
16 70
12
65
f 356 94
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Abington, East, Miss Sarah M. Bailey, (1 l. m.) .
Congregational Church and Society, .
Second Church and Society, (1 l. m.) .
Bridge water, Central Square Church and Society, (1 l
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North Bridgewater, Porter Congregational Church and Society,
Lakeville, Congregational Church and Society, • •
Middleboro*, First Congregational Church and Society,
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South, Second Congregational Church and Society,
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20
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30
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30
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5
60
36
41
12
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26
36
25
13
20
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6
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SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Old South Church and Society,
Bromfield Street Church, ....
Park Street Church and Society,
Second Church, Rev. Dr. Robbins,
Mt. Vernon Church and Society, •
Central Church,
Dorchester Village Church, ....
Second Dorchester Church, ....
South, Phillips Church and Society,
Highlands, Eliot Church and Society,
Methodist Episcopal Church,
First German Methodist Episcopal Church,
A Friend,
A Friend, Dorchester,
Mrs. McLoud,
A Friend,
Rev. E. W. Hooker, D. D
Roswell Gleason, Esq., (2 l. m.)
S. D. Warren, Esq.,
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WORCBSTBR COUNTY.
Athol, Congregational Church and Society, .
Brookfield, A Friend,
•• A Friend
Charleton, Congregational Church and Society, . •
Fitchburg, Congregational Church and Society, (3 l. m. ▲. b
Gardner, Congregational Church and Society,
Harvard, Congregational Church and Society,
Lancaster, Congregational Church and Society, . .
Leominster, Evangelical Church and Society,
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Phillipston, Congregational Church and Society, .
Royalston, South, Congregational Church and Society,
Southboro', Pilgrim Bvangelical Church and Society, .
Spencer, Congregational Church and Society,
41 4t II II ^ ,
Sturbrldge, Congregational Church and Society, .
Templeton, Trinitarian Church and Society,
XJxbridge, Evangelical Congregational Church and Society,
II 11 11 II 11 (2l
Warren, Congregational Church and Society,
** Methodist Bpiscopal Church, ....
Webster, Congregational Church and Society,
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West Boylston, Congregational Church and Society, •
" Rev. C. H. Morse, ....
Whitinsville, Congregational Church and Society,
** Mrs. Frances E. D. Smith, (1 l. m.)
Winchendon, North, Congregational Church and Society,
Worcester, Central Church,
A Friend,
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f 24 18
7 60
10 00
16 66
118 60
60 00
33 06
40 46
39 66
86 76
72 62
16 60
16 60
16 60
43 40
66 60
89 02
16 00
86 00
60 00
27 46
4 40
11 16
20 21
. 10 86
2 00
660 65
20 00
37 66
41 26
1 00
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
A Friend in Massachusetts,
Derry, N. H., Miss Jenette Humphrey, (l. m. a. b. s.)
East Providence, R. I., Congregational Church and Society,
New England Methodist Episcopal Conference, .
Thetford, Vt., First Congregational Church and Society,
Maine, A Friend,
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COLLECTIONS,
By Rer. E. F. Slattsb, A^tnt of the Amenean Bible Society,
Trinity Church, Boston f 1,069 36
St. Paul's Church, Boston 629 00
Anonymous, 20 00
Emmanuel Church, Boston, 729 00
St. Peter's Church, Salem, 64 81
All Saints' Church, Worcester, 36 76
8t. Paul's Church, Brookline, 89 91
Grace Church, Lawrence, 20 00
St. James' Church, Amesbury, 10 00
St. Michael's Church, Marblehead, 61 63
8t. Paul's Church, Newburyport, 86 00
St. Andrew's Church, Hanover, (l. m. ▲. b. s.) • . . 63 20
Christ Church, Boston, 10 00
St. Paul's Church, Dedham, 43 00
Church of our Saviour, Longwood, 241 66
Christ Church, Fitchburg, 40 00
St. James' Church, Roxbury, 77 72
St. John's Church, Framingham, 21 27
Grace Church, Newton, 26 86
St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain, 160 00
St. John's Chapel, Cambridge, 40 00
St. Mary's Church, Newton Lower Falls, .... 43 37
Christ Church, Waltham 17 77
LEGACIES.
f 3,499 19
Boston, Robert Waterston f 1,600 00
Westboro', Maria D. Boardman, 60 00
f 1,660 00
FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
I give, devise and bequeath, to the Massachusetts Bible
Society, incorporated in the year Eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses
and purposes of the Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should be directed to Rev. Daniel
Butler, Recording Secretary, 15 Cornhill, Boston.
Remittances for Books, donations from churches and
individuals, and orders for Books, should be addressed to
S. T. Farwell, Agent, 15 Cornhill, Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT
PBESENTBD BT
THE TRUSTEES
OF THB
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING,
IN BOSTON,
3IAT 27, 1872, BEING THEm SrXTY-TIIIRD ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY. 15 CORNHILL.
PRESS OF T. B. MARVIN & SON, 131 CONGRESS STREET.
1872.
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OFFICERS
OP THB
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY, 1872-3.
PBESIDBNT.
Hon. SAMUEL H. WALLEY.
TICE PRESIDENTS.
Rev. ALEXANDER H. VINTON, D. D.. Suffolk Coijnty.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT. Esq., Berkshire County.
CHARLES A. JESSUP, Esq., Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
His Excellency WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Franklin Co.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHniN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL. D., Middlesex County.
CALEB HOLBROOK, Esq., Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN H. CLIFFORD, LL. D.. Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Pl>Tnouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
COREESPONDINO SECRETARY.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
RECORDING SECRETARY.
Rev. DANIEL BUXLER.
TREASURER.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
AUDITOR.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esq.
TRUSTEES.
Rt. Rev. IkLkNTON Eastburn, D. D.
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Rev. Chandler Robbins, D. D.
Rev. Samuel B. Babcock, D. D.
Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D.
Rev. RoLLiN H. Neale, D. D.
Rev. John DeWitt,
Rev. WiLLARD F. Mallalieu.
Hon. Albert Fearing,
Hod. Jacob Sleeper,
Hon. Charles T. Russell,
Thbophilus R. Marvin, Eltq.
Charles W. Pierce, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Francis E. Pahker,
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop,
HbzEKIAH T. CHA9B.^%8q.
Amos W. Stetson, Esq.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE MADE FOR BIBLES.
Key. John O. >Ieans, Albert Fearing, and Charles Henry Parxbb,
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1872.
PRESIDENTS.
Hon. William PhilUps, . . . 1809— S7 I Hon. Richard Fletcher, .
£eT. John Pierce, D. D. . . . 1827 — 19 I Hon. Samuel H. Walley,
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. . 1849--64 |
1854— M
1859
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D. . .
ReT. John T. Kirkland, D. D. .
Rev. Henry "Ware, D. D. . .
Rev. John Codman, D. D. . .
Hon. Simon Oreenleaf, LL. D. .
Rev. Francif Parkman, D. D. .
Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D. D.
Rev. %m. R. Nicholson, D. D.
William G. Plunkett, Esq. . .
Edward South worth, Esq. . .
John P. Williston, Esq. . . .
Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL. D.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. . . ,
VICE PRE
. . 1809—16
1816— £8
1828—14
1844—48
181^-^9
1849—58
1853-61
1861—72
1869
1862—70
1868-72
1868
1868
SIDENTS.
Charles Whitin, Emi 1868
Lee Claflin, Esq 1868—70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq 1862
James 8. Araory, Esq 1862
Hon. John H. Cliflbrd, LL. D. . 1869
EUsha Tucker, Esq 1868
James B. Crocker, Esq. . . . 1868
E. 8. Moseley, Esq 1868
Charles A. Jcsanp, Esq. • . 1870
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D. 1871
Key. Alex. H.Vinton, D.D. . 1878
Hon. William Hyde, .... 1872
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
Rev. Joseph 8te\'ens Buckminster, 1809—13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, . . . 1813—17
Rev. Charles LoweU, D. D. . . 1817—18
Rev. lYancis Parkman, D. D. . 1818—49
Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849—58
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1853
RECORDING SECRETARIES.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles, .
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
1809—28
1828—30
1830—31
1831—38
183»-3a
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1839 — 44
Rev. William M. Rogers, , . 1814—45
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1845—49
Rev. George Richards, . . . 1849—58
Rev. Daniel Butler 1858
TREASURERS.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq. . . . 1809—11
Hon. Peter O. Thacher, . . . 1811—12
John Tappan, Esq 1818—35
EXECUTIVE
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D. 1809—18
Hon. Jonathan PhiUips, . . . 1809—16
Stephen Higginson, Esq. . . . 1809 — 15
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1815—18
Edward Tu^erman, Esq. . . 1816—30
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. . 1818—30
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D. 1821—35
Charles Tappan, Esq. ... 1830—40
Henry Edwards, Esq. . .
. 1835-49
George R. Sampson, Esq.
. . 1849—09
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
. 1868
COMMITTEES.
Rev. Fhincis Parkman, D. E
L . 1838—58
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.
D. 1835—49
Henry Edwards, Esq. . . .
. 1840—49
Rev. George Richards, . ,
, . 1S49— 60
George R. Sampson, Esq.
. . 1849-68
Albert Fearing, Esq. . . ,
. . 185S
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
. . 1860
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
. 1868
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Third Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts
Bible Society, was held at the Booms of the Society,
No. 15, Comhill, Boston, on Monday, May 27, 1872, at
nine o'clock, A. M. In the absence of the President and
Secretary, Eev. John O. Means, D. D., Chairman of
the Executive Committee, called to order. Hon. Albert
Fearing was chosen President pro tern., and Hbzekiah
S. Chase, Esq., Secretary pro tem.
Prayer was offered by Rev. A. P. Peabody, D. D.
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., presented
his Annual Report, which was accepted, and voted to be
placed on file.
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The Sixty-Third Annual Report of the Trustees was
presented by the Chairman of the Executive Committee;
and it was voted, on motion of Rev. Dr. Peabody, that the
Committee be instructed to print the Report, with such
changes and modifications as they may deem expedient.
Dr. Means, in behalf of the Executive Committee, stated
that having been authorized by the Trustees to make neces-
sary arrangements for the public services of the Anniversary,
they invited Rev. Dr. Z. Eddy, of Chelsea, to preach a
Sermon before the Society ; and tUht he delivered a Discburse
on the Universality of the Bible, in Shawmut Church, Sun-
day Evening, May 26th, whereupon it was voted that the
thanks of the Society be presented to the Bev. Dr. Eddy for
his able and eloquent Sermon, and that a copy be requested
for publication with the Annual Report*
The Officers of the Society were elected for the ensuing
year.
After some remarks as to the importance of the work of
the Society, and suggestions as to the best mode of carrying
it on, it was voted to adjourn.
* The Dif course of Dr. Eddjr U not printed with this Annual Report,
but wiU be published at a future time.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The Trustees of the Massachusetts Bible
Society, are happy to report to the friends of this
cause a year of usual prosperity. The^ means
placed at their disposal have not been large j less,
indeed, they are compelled to .believe, than fairiy
expresses the regard felt for this work by the
friends of truth among us; yet they have been
such as to furnish a supply for much of the des-
titution inevitably occurring in our own Common-
wealth, while the wider field of the world has not
been forgotten. They gratefully record the fact,
that, to many of the poor, the Gospel has been
given, and that the laborers in the various fields
of philanthropy have been furnished with the
Book, upon the truths of which, received into the
heart, they rest their hopes of success.
A Yice-President of the Society, John Pat-
son WiLLiSTON, Esq., has recently died. In his
removal we mourn the loss of one who was a
lover of every good word, and a generous helper
in every good work.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository nine thousand nine hundred and
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seventeen copies of the whole Bible, beside thir-
teen thousand two hundred and four of the New
Testament, five thousand two hundred and fifty-
three of the Testament and Psalms, nineteen
hundred and ninety-six portions of the Testament,
two thousand and fifty-four of the Book of
Psalms, and six hundred and twelve of the Book
of Proverbs: in all, thirty-three thousand and
thirty-six volumes. Of these, eight thousand
five hundred and eighty-seven volumes, in the
English and other languages, have been given
away t^ seamen, Sunday-schools and missionary
societies, and to destitute persons in various New
England States, in the West, the Sandwich
Islands and Africa. The cost of the gratuitous
issues has been $2,929.29.
"We are happy to notice, among our Roman
Catholic population, a growing interest in the
possession of the Word of God. This is shown, not
only by the increased circulation among them of
the Scriptures in the received version, but also
by the very large number of Douay Bibles annu-
ally purchased by them. While this version is
doubtless inferior to the one commonly used
among us, it is yet the Word of God, and we
hail its large and growing circulation as indicat-
ing the approach of the day when that ancient
Church, once the depository of Divine Truth,
shall again return to its light and walk by its
teaching;
A colporter has been employed for three
months among the Canadian French population
residing in our State. He has visited seven
hundred and ninety-two families, — five hundred
and five of them Somanists; sixty liquor stores;
supplied eleven Protestant and sixty-four Soman
Catholic. families found destitute; and read por-
tions of the Scriptures in hundreds of these fam-
ilies. He reports that, except in rare instances,
the Roman Catholics who take these volumes,
preserve them and read them. ^^Some six months
since,'' he adds, ^ I donated a New Testament to
an aged Roman Catholic man. Sometime *after^
ward, on opening his door, as I revisited him, I
was not a little surprised and pleased to hear him
and his wife exclaim, in earnest tones, * Wel-
come I Welcome I ' I found the Testament lying
on their table by the side of their prayer-book. He
informed me that he was very much interested in
reading the Gospel in his new book. After a
brief conversation about the preciousness of the
blessed Bible, and of the way of salvation revealed
therein, I read a few verses, knelt down and
prayed with them; for which they heartily
thanked me. I left them pronouncing benedic-
tions upon me."
A colporter has been employed for three
months also in Plymouth County. In this time
he has visited the four Bridgewaters, — calling
upon three thousand two hundred and eighty-
four families. Thirty-five of these were found
destitute and supplied. He sold four hundred
and sixty-two Bibles and Testaments, and thirty
smaller portions of the Scriptures, and gave away
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one hundred and fourteen copies. The destitu-
tions reported were among Protestant families.
The income of the Society the past year, from
all sources, has been $ 38,192.94. From legacies,
donations and annual subscriptions, were. received
$/6,616,12 ; for sales of Bibles and Testaments,
$11,093.39; from dividends on general funds,
and on special funds, subject to life annuities,
$ 6,684.09; balance from previous year, $4,800.24.
In addition to the sums contributed through our
treasury, there has been sent from this Common-
wealth directly to the American Bible Society
at New York, $ 26,210. Our Secretary labors in
all parts of the Commonwealth, and it is doubtless
owing in a measure to his labors that this further
amount is contributed to the common cause.
The Treasurer's Report shows in detail the
expenditures of the Society and its present finan-
cial condition. The amount paid for Bibles and
portions of the same, was $15,820.79; specific
grant to the American Bible Society, $3,392.22:
gratuitous issues, $2,929.29; salary of Secretary,
traveling expenses and special grant, $2,664.01;
salary of Depository Agent, assistant, and col-
porters, $2,171.39; rent of Depository, taxes,
insurance, fuel, gas, paper and printing, $541.52;
freight and transportation, expense of annual
meeting, reports, &c., &c., $ 366.44.
It is proper to state, that the Society holds a
portion of its funds in trust, to pay annuities to
certain persons, for a certain period. The appar-^
ent income from the funds cannot all be used,
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therefore, at present, for the distribution of
Bibles. Annuities not yet drawn, but liable to be
called for any time, make the balance in the hands
of the Treasurer appear larger than is really at
our disposal for charitable work. To under-
stand this work, it is necessary, also, to keep in
mind, that none of the running expenses of the
Depository, or salaries of agents, are charged upon
the sale of the Bibles and Testaments : these are
sold at cost, with no margin of profit; the five
per cent deduction, made by the Society at New
York, hardly meeting package and freight to
Boston. Thus our donations are devoted, not
only to granting Bibles free of cost to the desti-
tute, but to cheapening Bibles for those who pay
for them. This cheapening of the Scriptures
largely increases the circulation, which it is our
great purpose to secure.
The events of every year make more plain the
fact, that the improvement in the character and
condition of mankind, anticipated by all, and
explicitly foretold by Inspiration, is to be large-
ly effected by the diffusion of the Scriptures.
Wherever this light penetrates, there is a grow-
ing disposition to inquire what God hath taught
on the great subjects of human life and destiny.
This consummation, so greatly to be desired, the
circulation of the Bible cannot fail to promote.
In such well-doing it becomes no one to be
weary, but to remember, and grow strong while
remembering, that they are blessed who sow
beside all waters.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OP THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the
Committee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for
carrying into effect the object of this Association, which being
read from the Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs,,
and was, with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows,
viz: —
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OP MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments, to be distributed among all persons
inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied
without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall, in writing, request to be members ; of every person
who shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not
less than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as
he continues the payment of that sum ; and of every person,
who shall subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less
than fifty dollars, he remaining a member during life, without
being obliged to further contributions.
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3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the
direction of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the
organization of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers
are obtained, notice shall be given by the Committee, and also
of the time and place of the meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treas-
urer, Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who
shall continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and
until successors are chosen in their room ; and they, together
with eighteen other members to be elected by ballot at the same
time, of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be lay-
men, shall form a Board of Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from
among the members of the Society, a Committee of 'three
persons, to continue in office during the pleasure of the Board of
Trustees, who shall have the management of the fund, and the
distribution of the books procured with it, subject and according
to such regulations and directions, as shall from time to time be
prescribed by the Trustees at any meeting held on public notice
given as aforesaid ; and the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in
his hands to the order of the said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into .
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, il shali meet, oa
regular notice given, for the due exercise of aU the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer,
or Recording Secretary, to devise and adopt such further meas-
ures as may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for
effecting the intentions of the members.
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Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the
Trustees petitioned the General Court, and obtained the
following
ACT OP INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF IIA8BACHUBETTS.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Bight Hundred and Ten. An Act
to incorporate the Bible Society of Masaachusetts.
WhenoB, the persona hereafter named in this Act, together with
many other oitizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves
into a Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contri-
bution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere,
who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be con-
veniently supplied without the aid of others ; and whereas, in order
that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be better
carried into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively
diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incor-
poration.
Skc. I. Be it therefore enacted hy the Senate and House of Rtprtaenior
ttves, in General Court assembled^ and by authoritif of the same, That
William Phillips, Elsquire, the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev.
Joseph Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet
Porter, D. D., the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Bald-
win, D. D., the Hon. William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon.
Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd,
Esq., Idr. Joseph Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph
May, and He'nry Hill, Elsquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev.
Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H. W alley, together with
those, who have associated, and who may hereafter associate with them
for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are incorporated into
a Society, by the name of The Bible Society or Massachusetts.
Sec 2. Be U further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legis-
lature ; and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and
the said Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any
persons disposed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any
grants or devises of lands and tenements in fee simple, or otherwise,
and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property,
to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sbc. 3. Be it further enadedL, That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that, which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may sue and be
sued, in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents
to prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such
roles and regulations, as to them shall appear necessary ; provided the
same be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Common-
wealth.
Sec. 6. *Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
he hereby is authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers
printed in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting
of said Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the
time and place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of
notifying the same : may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe
their duty, and may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may
be determined by the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such
powers, conformable to the principles of this institution, as shall be
deemed necessary. — Approved by the Governor, February 15, 1810.
• COMMONWEALTH OF MA88ACFC8KTT8.
la the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-flye. An Act in addition to an Aet
to incorporate the Bible Society of Mauachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in GenercU
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Sec 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts, shall hereafter be known
by the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that
name shall have, hold and enjoy all its rights and privileges and be
subject to all its liabilities and obligations to the dame extent as if its
name had not been changed.
Sec 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circu-
late and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the Eng-
lish language, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are
now authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, any thing
in the Act incorporating the said Society to the contrary notwith-
standing.— Jipproved by the Governor, February 27, 1865.
BY-LAWS
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1851,
the following By-Laws were adopted : —
ARTICLE I.
Thb Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act
of Incorporation, namely, '* the raising a fund by voluntary con-
tribution to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments
of the version in common use in the churches of New England,
for distribution - among all persons inhabiting within the State
and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of
Christians in the State, may become a member of this Society
by signifying his request in writing to that elfect, to the Record-
ing Secretary — who shall keep a record of all persons who shall
80 become members, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, jshall thereby become a member of the Society,
so long as such payment is continued, — and the Treasurer shall
keep a list of all such persons.
ARTICLE lY.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of
the Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording
Secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen
Vice Preiiiderits, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secre*'
tary, Treasurer, and eighteen Trustees and an Auditor. The
Pre^dent, Vice Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secre-
taries and Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the
Board of Trustees, and the Recording Secretary shall be the
recording officer of that Board. These officers shall all be
chosen by baJint at the Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of
Trustees; and he, and also the Vice Presidents and Secretaries
and Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on
such officers respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns
of the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act
of Incorpordtion is vested in the Society, and they shall prescribe
the duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation
of all funds and donations, and generally have and possess all
the power and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the So^
ciety. It shall be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting,
to make and lay before the Society a particular Report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be
asked for by any member, and such Report shall be had and
considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice of
Trustees, for tlie year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the
Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year, and
at this meeting it shall be competent to traqsact any business
which the Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting
shall be given by the Recording Secretary at least seven days
before the holding thereof, by notice published in at least one^
newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time bj
the Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three
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newspapers published in Boston, and no business shall be trans-
acted at such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the
notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in
March and September, in each year, and such other special
meetings as they may direct, or as the President may at any
time call. Five Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annu-
ally, shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee,
a Committee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of
all matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the ap-
pointment of all agents, subject to the approval of the TruHtees,
and the defining of their respective duties ; the .Committee on
the Depository shall have the management of all matters con-
nected with the Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all
of said Committees, at all times however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual
meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose,
by vote of a majority of those present
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each Life Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
'and Testaments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by
personal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued
only for the current, not for past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BT THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY D0LLA&8 AND UPWARDS.
Abbe* R«r. Frederick R., Botton.
Abhe, Mrs. Frederick R. '*
Abbot, Charles H., Lowdl.
Abbott, Kev. Jacob J., TmrmotUk, Me.
Abom, John 6., Waktjidd.
Adami, Elizabeth W., /><rry, JV. H,
Adams, Frank N., Medioajf.
Adaras, John Clark, Hopkinton.
*Adams, John Quincy, Qatncy.
Adams, Nehemiah, D. D., B9»U%.
Adams, Stephen, Wui Medway.
*Albree, John, BotUn,
«Albro, John A., D. IX, Cumhriig:
Albro, Mrs. Elizabeth 8., WaUkam,
AlbrO} MiM Annie E. <*
Alden, Almira S. C, Foxbort*,
Alden, Ebeneser, Randolpk,
*Alden, Mrs. Ann K. **
Alden, Rus«ell, CmmpiUo.
Alden, Miss Sarah B., Rmniolph.
Alden, Miss Sosan, **
Aldrieh, Mrs. Mary B., fFuihort*,
Allen, Mrs. Cjrrus, Franklin,
Allen, Rov. Nathaniel G., Botton.
Allen, Richard H., Braintr^
AlTord, Alvin, SkeJbume.
Ames, James S , Haver kill,
Andrews, Artemas F., Jitkbjf,
Andrews, C. L., Boston.
Andrews, George W., Danvera,
Andrews, Stephen, OUmeutor,
Andrews, W. T., Booton,
Andrews, Thomas E., HoUUtotu
Andrews, Walter H., Wkiiinnia$,
*Appletoo, Samuel, Boston,
*Appleton, William, **
Archibald, Edward, Metkuon,
Armee, Miss Clara A., CampoUo.
Armsby, Mrs. H. A., WkitintviUe,
Arnold, Sosan O., Braintree,
Atwood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen^ JV*. J.
Atwood, Mra. Elizabeth M., "
Atwood, Edward 8., Botton,
Atwood, John W., Bergen, JV*. J,
Babcock, Mis. Nancy, Botton,
Babeock, Rev. William R., JaMaicc PUin.
Babeon, Miss Maria R., QloneuUr.
Bachelor, Mr«. Mary A., WkitintviUo.
Bacon, Geor|e W., ^wton, •
Bacon, Jacob, Olmtetter,
Bacon, Rer. James M., Jitkby.
Bacon, Joseph N., JVewlem.
Backus, Rev. Joneph W., Tkomtuton, Ct.
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dortkuttr,
Baker, Francis, Peabody,
Baker, Susan S., *'
Bafeom, Lincoln, fFinckendon,
Baldwin, Mins Josephine L., Lptn,
Balmer, William, Jr., fVkitintviUe,
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord, '
Bancroft, Amasa, Gardner.
Bancroft, Henry L., Jitllbmrff.
* Barber, Martin, Sktrhom
Barber, Sully C , •*
Barbour, Rev. William M., Bangor, M«.
Barbour, Mrs. Eliza A. **
*Bardwell, Lieut. Charles S., Wketety.
Barker, Hiram, Brigkton.
Bardsley, Joseph, fVkitintmlle.
Barnard, William F., Marlkoro.*
Bamei, U. H , Lowell,
*Barnes, William, MerIboro%
Barnes, Zilpah, HoHnUter, Jf, H.
Barrett, Nhthan H., Concert
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M. *<
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., IVorMfaiiM, R. I,
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, PlymeiUA.
Bartlett, Thomas, Boeton,
Barrows, Sarah M., LakeeWe,
Bassott, Henry, Jftwlon,
Basaett, Mrs. Lucretia C, Ckerlemmd,
Baasett, Sarah E , Jfewbmryport.
Batehelder, Mrs. Elizabeth H., Peabodjf,
Ratehelder, John M., HoUiHon,
Batclieller, Esra, A^rM BrookJLoUL
Batcheller, Mrs. Luthera C, •<
Batchelor, Mist Franeei A., WkUintrriOe,
Batebelor, Stephen F.
Batt. Rev. William J., Leomintter,
Batt, Mrs. Mary 0. •<
*Bayl6y, Robert, Mmbrnj^iL
B<*al, Akxaader, Beelen,
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Beal, Mrs. Lnuiia, Cokas*^.
B^alt, Uuiic N., Campello,
Bean, Cyrun Beetle, Doetr^ JV. H,
*Beane, Rev. Samuel, Norton.
Bearie, Uaac, J^'utick*
Bearte, Mim Olive II., CentreviUe.
Beebe, Jaroea M., Boston,
Beebe, Mrt. Jimea M. "
•Beebe, Charlea E. **
Beebe, Franceii L. "
Boebe, Edward P. "
Beebe, Emily B. "
Bcobfl, Marjr L. *<
"Beecher, Rev. <.'harlcfl, Oeorgetoitn,
Beecher, Rev. William II.. Ao. Brookfield.
Belden, .Mrn. Marianne P,, Whatel^.
Belden, William P., Gardner.
Belknap, Mint Martha M., Framingkam,
Banner, Burnham C, Lowell.
Benton, Frederick A., Ktwton.
Biicoe, Mr«. Arthur G., WeAtbord'.
Bixcue, Rev. Thomua C, UxbrtdgB,
Billing*, Charles E , Mewt^m.
Blockiitono, Mrs. Lydia E., Ckesttr^ K. H.
Blanchard, Miai Francei C, (Proton.
Blitt, Rev. Charles R., Waktjield.
Bliii, Mra. Chat let R. '*
Blod:;ett, Benjamin (^, AVwton.
Blodgott, Simeon, Soutk DeerJUld,
Blood, CyruM W., WinckuUr.
Blood, Lyman, Qroton.
Bodwell, Rev. Jowcpli C, Hartfardf Conn.
Bodwcll, Mn. Cathaiino, **
•Bond, George, Bogton.
Booth, Charles E., Ckieapee.
Bourne, 'I'homa* li., Fujhoro*.
Boutwell,Mr«. Ilannuh H., Braintree*
Bowem, Luke K., Boston,
Bowera, .Mr«. Cura H. '* .
Bracket, Rev. Juiiiah, Ckarlesiowrt.
*Br«ckett, Jame«, Qiuacy.
Brackett, Lemuel, "
•Braman, Rev. fiaac, Oeorgetown.
Brandenberg, Oliver C. W., S-FraneUeOyCaL
Brant, Aaron, flakefield.
•Breed, Rev. William J., JRayaJkam.
Brewer, Cyrua, DorektHtr,
Brewer, Mri. C. F., Boston*
Brewer, John R. "
Briekett, Franklin, Haverhill,
Biiggs, Miaa Catharine Clark, Wenkam,
Briggi, Rev. William T., £«( Douglas,
Brigga, Mrt. Abby L., "
Brigham, Deiter P., fVestboro*.
Brigham, Mri. Dexter P. **
Brigham, Rev. WiHard, fVbukenion.
Brock, Robert 6., fVhiiinsville,
•Bronifield, Eliubelh, Boston,
•Brookn. Peter C, Boston,
Brooks, Peter C. **
Brown, Mri. Harriet L. "
Brown, Rebecca, fVkitinsviUe,
Brown, Joseph, Oroton,
Brown, Mri. Mary L., HaverkUl,
Brown, Robert K., Wkitinsoillo.
Bryant, Solon, "
Bucklin, Simon S., Brooklins.
Buell, George C, ^ingfitld.
Bulkley, Mra. C. F., PlatUbnrgk^ X, T,
Bollard, Mrs. John, Jr., Medwaf.
Burheck, Samuel K., Bofton.
Burge, Lorenzo, "
Burohnm, Robert W., Essex.
Buir, Chniles C, Juburndals.
Burruge, J. C, Boston.
Burrage, Jos'*ph, .Arlington,
Uurrago, Mury C. ' "
Burr ill, Amoi C, Uxbridge.
*Burrill, Henry, Jr., East Jtbington.
Buih, Henry J., H'sstJUld.
BuAhby, Sophia W., Peabody,
Butter, Rev. Daniel, Boston,
Butler, Mn. Jane D. **
Cady, Daniel R., D. D., .Arlington,
Cady, Mr«. Harriet 8. *«
Caldwell, Rev. W. E., Hyannis,
Camp, George, Sontk lladley Fa>l9,
Camp, John, **
Camp, Samuel, SpringfieJd.
Capen, Mra. Charles, Framingkam,
Capron, John "W., Uxbridgs,
Capron, Laura A. W. *•
Capron, William C. "
Carleton, George II., HaverkUl,
Carpenter, Rev. Carlof C, Boston,
Carpenter, Catharine E., Fexboro^,
Carpenter, Daniel,
Carpenter, Edton,
Carpenter, Horace,
Carr, Charlea R., Wkitinsville,
Carr, John C, West J^twbury,
Carrier, Rev. Aogo«tui H., MnneapoHg,Min,
Carrutlieri, Rev. William, Danvsro,
Carter, Edward, ./fntfeoer.
Carter, Joahua T., WkitinsmUa,
Carter, William H., Lowell
Cary, George C, Jf. Bridgeioater,
Cary, Mrf. Mary D., Fozbenf.
Caae, Mn. Mary Olive, J\>ie York City.
Oaswell, Lemuel E., Boston.
Ijhamberlin, John, ifkitinsvWt.
Chamberlain, Mra. Samuel, Westhor^,
Chandler, Miaa Francea E., Andnver,
Chandler, H. H., Ckarleslawn
Chapin, Caleb T., Korikboro\
Chapin,Jobaa, IFAiftnm/Ie.
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Cbapio, Joiiah L., Lawrtne*,
Chapia, Marcos, Monion.
Chapin, Milo, Sfringjield,
Cbapin, Miaa Sarah, WkUinnUU.
Chapman, Gaorge H., Winckuitr,
ChaM, Ann Maria, HtmerhiU,
Chaaa, Charlea W^ ««
Chaa«, DaTid B^ WkUintviUe,
ChaM, George S., HtmcrkUL
Cbaae, Hesaklah, Lptn,
Chaae, Robert, Huvtrhill,
Cheever, Ira, Ckeltes,
Child, Miaa Anna 6., SpringJUli.
Child, George H., SfringJlMt O,
Child, MiM Lucy, Thtl/trdj Ft.
Childi, Carloa, /feaniAer, JV. H,
Childi, Horace, **
Choate, David, M. D., &ii«ai.
^lap, Jamee, Dorekuter,
Clap, Mri. Rebecca, Boat0n.
Clapp, Jamee B. "
Clapp, John C. "
Clapp, Samuel, Foxboreugh.
Clark, Rev. Bdward L,, Jfho JTavem, Ct,
Clark, BIbridge, E^t Mtdwy,
Clark, George, Concord,
Clark, Jnmea G., Amdovor.
Clark, John L., **
Clark, Jonathan, Wineketttr.
Clark. Rev. Joaeph B., ^lewtonviUe.
Clark, Juliui L., H'eot Newton,
*Clark, Rev. L. P., WkitinnOlt,
Clark, Mn. Miranda D., Booton,
Clark, Miaa Nelly, Skerborn.
Clark, Oliver R., fVinek^otor,
*Clark, Rev. P. IC, Ckarltmotd.
Clark, Rowae R., WkitinsvUU.
Clark, Rufufl W., D. D , jStbanf, Jf, T.
Clarke, Mn. Adelisa H., Med»ajf.
Clatke, Rev. Dorui, D. D., Booton,
Clarke, Francis, Haverhill,
Clarke, George E., Jamcuea Plain.
Clarke, Mrs. Sarah L., Boot^n,
Clary, John, Conieay*
Clary, Mrs. S. a, fTarekam.
Cleavolnnd, Waldo, Sautk DoerJleU.
ClifTord, Wyatt B., Ckatkum.
Clough, John K., Cambridgt.
Cobb, Andrew B., M'owton,
Cobb, Jacob, JIbingtom.
Cobb, Rev. L. H., Springjiad, Ft,
^obb, Richard, Boston,
*Codman, Charlea R. **
Codman, Mrs. Tatharine, **
Coe, Laura C, fVkHintville.
Coe, Miry A., Eaat Domgftu,
Coggin, Rev. William S., Boxford,
Cogswell, Doane, Brmdford.
Cogswell, Ebeoeser, Jpnoitk,
Colby, Albert, Bootmu
Colby, Barak, HoMnikor^ Jf, H,
Cole, Asa, Wut Medwy.
Cola, Miss Ella A., Modwaf, *
Cole, John A., **
Conant, Charlea E., ffinckesttr,
Conant, Jeoaie A., Gardner,
Conn, Horace, IVobwm,
Cook, Aaa, Miwton.
Cook, Henry A., WkUin$vilU,
Cook, Mra. Maria R., Uxbridg§,
Cook, J. Sullivan, WkUinsviUB,
Cooley, Mrs. Olive P., CkarUmottL
Coolidge, Rev. Amoa H., Lnuttor,
Coolidge, Joseph, Boston,
Coolidge, Lowell, Skorbom.
Coolidge, Mrs. Catharine, **
•Copp, Joaeph A., D. D., CfcetsM.
Copp, Mrs. Pedora P. **
Cord ley, Mrs. Lydia G., Laaorenca.
Corey, Mrs. Mary, Wtttboro"*,
Cornish, Mrs. Elisabeth B., CentreviX!:
Corson, John, JIaverkUL
Couaens, Beulah P., Newton Ctntr§,
Cowdrey, Robert, Winektoter,
Crafts, Mrs. Sarah P., JfowUn,
Crawford, Ellea A., Barro,
Crittenden, Miss Rebeca S., Cknrlemoid
Crittenden, Simeon, **
Crockett, Mrs. Eliia, HrnvtrkiU.
Croaby, Wilson, CentrtPiOe,
Crosby, Mrs Eleanor L. **
Crosby, James, Bo^n,
Croaby, Mra. Rebecca, **
'^Cruiokshanks, Mrs. Anna M., Sj^oncor,
Cruick»hanks, J. DeWitt, Waster GrmreOt
Cruic^^hanks, Miss Mary 8. <• [Mo.
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary, CkeUea.
Croikshanks, George, fVkitinovilU,
Comings, Charles, Hartmrd,
Corrier, Rev. Albeit H., Lpin,
Curtis, Abner, Ernst Abington,
Coshman, George H., ^flsrtk BridgsWMttr,
Coshman, Mra. Rachel B. **
Coshman, Joseph I., Mots Braintrsi.
Cutler, Rev. Calvin, Jiubumdalt.
Cutler, Rev. Samnel, Hanover,
Cotter, Charlea A., Waltkawt,
Cotter, J. Dana, •• •
Cutter, E., M. D., Wobum.
Cutter, Stephen, IVinckosttr,
Cotter, Stephen H. *«
Dakin, Thoroaa L., Sudbmry,
Dame, Henry, Psmkody,
Damon, Albert P., Rsmding,
Damon, Mrs. Edward C, Cvmsord,
Dana, Mra. Edward H., tpswitk,.
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*Dana, Samoel, Btfitom.
Dana, Charlaa B., WMtdeji.
Dana, John, BncklimMm ,
Dine, John H. <*
Daniell, Mra. EJiia B., JSoat JUMiMy.
•Daniall, Otia, BmCom.
Daniali, Elijih B., Etui Mtdwmg,
DanieU, Mra. Hariaa W. *<
Danieli, Mra. William, Meivoaf,
DaTii, AirVed N., U, WilmingUm.
Davis, Alvah M* HwtrkilU
Davii, Hear J L., Bradford,
Davii, George L., Mbrth Ando^er,
Davii, Jamoa, Bottan,
Davia, John^Mttknen,
Davii, John, SmunnlU,
Davit, Joahoa H. <*
Davii, Lydia K., DmutaNa.
Davis, Mra. M. A., Mtdtoap
Davii, MiM Mary H., Coiuord,
Davii, Rav. Parley B^ Hf4$ PtH.
Davii, Thaddeoa Uriah, DunstmUe.
DaviiOD, Oeorga W., WkUinnilU,
Dawei, Rev. Ebenaier, Digktan,
Day, Robert L., ^twton.
Dean, Min Abbie T., Foxbon*.
Dean, Clara L., Holhrook,
Denharo, Rev. George, Beoerlf.
Denbam, Mrs. Clara D. **
Dlckerman, Rev. Lytander, fFeymtutk,
Dickion, Oliver, CoMtrd.
Dickson, Mra. Sarak C. "
Dii, Mra. Elijah, BoHon.
Dtx, Samuel F., AVtoCaa.
Doane, Heman 8., CharUttown.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen G., St. J0A9, A*. B.
*Dodge, Rev. John, JVartk Brooi^/Utd,
Dudge, Mri. Ann 8., "
Dodge, Mri. J. M. C, Jtndovtr.
Doggett, Rev. Thoi., JiimgarM Falls, JV. T,
Doggett, Mra. Fraaeei L. "
I>ofXetti William, "
Doliber, Mies Sarah Liziie, Marhlekead,
*Dorr, John, BoHan,
Dorr, Samuel, **
•Dow,Joaiah, "
Dowae, Mri. Carrie D., Sk€rbom»
*Dowie, Edward, Dedkawu
Dowae, Elisabeth R. L., Skerbam,
Dra^e, Rev. Ellia R., 9Va$land.
•Dudley, P. W., WkUinnilU,
Dudley, Mra. Sarah A. **
Dunham, Charlea U., ifinehuttr,
Dunham, Mra. Mary L., **
Dunlap, Sumner, South Di$rJUli.
Dunton, Hiram P., Sfgnctr,
Dona, Edward H., BoaUtu
Durfee, Bar, Cbaa. Stoddui, M^ntburfffort,
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Dufgin, Jamei, W§9t Mltwkuy,
•Dutch, M. Elisabeth, Boatm,
Dnttoo, Mra. Mary J., "
Dwinell, Leonard, Afi/76iir|f.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, Skrentahmrjf*
Dyer, Mr*. Maria D., 0/o«e«at«r.
Eager, Williain, Bast&n,
Bomea, Mra Nancy, Slun^omm
Eamei, Warren, fFUmingUn.
Eattburn, Rl Rev. Maoioa, D. D ^Botfn,
Eaatman, Rev. Lneiua R., Jr., Framingkam
Eastman, Mra. Jane C. **
Eaton, Mn. Ann E., Wak0Ltld.
Eaton, Eben» Framimgliawi,
Eatoo, Edward, jtfitfway.
Eaton, MiM Martha W., FiUkbwrg,
Euton, William, Baatam,
Eatoo, William J., WaaikaT9\
Eddy, Joahya, Euai MiddJUbara*,
Edwards, Mn. Francea 8., Dedkam.
Edwardi, Frederick B., JV*. Ckalnuford,
Edwards, Maria F. '*
Edwards, Nathan B. **
Edwarda, Nathan F.
Edwards, Sibyl R.
Edwardi, Victor B.
Eldred, Lorenso, Falmouth.
•Eliot, Samuel, Boston,
•Eliot, Samuel A. "
Elliott, Robert, Oloba FiUaga.
Ellii, Willard K., £. Jtiedwo^,
Ells, Mri. Elisabeth W., Obarlin, O.
Ellswoith, Rev. A A., Waterloo, lowm,
Bllsworth, Mra. A. O. AV. C., hefmomtk,
•Elwell, Robert, BtfHon,
Emerson, Miss Ellen T., Concord,
Emeraon, Jaeob, Jr., Jiatkuan
Emerson, Mra. Jacob, **
Emerson, R. V. C, JVetftan.
Emeraon, William, Waatbaro\
Emery, George F. **
Emery, Mra. Harriet, AWtA Wagmoutk,
Emery, Rev. Joahua, **
Emery, Mra. Mary, Ckttkkm*
Emery, Mrt. Sarah M., M'afebwryport*
•Everatt, Edward, Boaton,
Ewing, Rev. Edward C, EnfMd.
Fairbanki, Ueracbel, HaoerkiU.
Fairbanks, HersehnI P. "
•Fairbanks, Stephen, Boaton.
Fairbanka, Timothy R., Medvaf,
•Farnsworth, Mrs. Abel, Qrolon,
Farnsworth, Esra, BoaUm,
Farr, Alba A., Metkuan.
Farwell, Stephen T., Cambridga*
Faxon. Miss Rachel A., BrauUraa,
Fay, Mrs. Addison G., Gsacond.
Fay, Chatba H., frkitinaviilt.
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Pay, Cyiut, Wtthorjd*.
Taj. Josiah C, Hvpkimlom,
Fay, 8. P., WtMtboro'
Fayerweathar, Mra. Santb. A , Wutkmxf,
FayerwMtlMr, Miaa Sarah W. •«
Faaring, Albert, B—u%,
Feariof , Mra. Albert, "
Feleh, laaae, M)aliclu
Fiold, Jobo W., Botton,
Field, Mrt. Amelia C, '*
Field, Joel, Mittineuf^iM*
Fither, Miaa lilisa, ATctf ««y.
Fisber, Mrs. Lewis, Eatt Medtcof,
FUher, Milton M., M§dmmf VMM
Fiaber, Samuel T^ Cmnttm.
Fiske, Daniel T., D. D , JftwhtrjporU
Fiske, Oeorge B. UoUigtan.
Fiake, George T., JWttivrypeK.
Fiike, Mary Fidelia, ■ '*
Fitcb, Jobn A., HfldmUn.
^'its, Daniel, D. D., Ip»9iek,
Fits, Mra. Hannah B. D. **
Fits, Daniel, Jr. **
Fits, Daniel P. «*
Flagg, Rufut C, J^'Wtk JSndever,
Flandera, Joeepb, HactrhtlL
Fletcher, Rphraim d., fFkitifuwiUi,
Fletrher, Mrs Emma A. **
Fletcher, Mre. Emily M. ••
Fletoher, Jamea, **
Fletcher, Mra. L. C. **
Fletcher, Lewis C.
Fletcher, Samoel J.
Fletcher, Mrs. Hannah C, M*tuk4H9r,
Fletcher, Isaac W., Staw.
Fletcher, Nancy B. **
Fletcher, Rev. James, Qrotan.
Fletcher, Mrs. Lydia M. *«
Fletcher, StillnMn, tVtukuUr.
Fletcher, William, ••
Flinn, Mrs. Paulina, **
Flint, Mrs. Hannah, P—Mlf
Flint, lievi M., StotigMon.
Flint, Thomoa, Boston,
Floyd, Misa Mary J., Psmbodf.
Folger, Allen, Cuiieonf, JV. //.
Forbnsb, William, Hkitimawai§.
Ford, Rev. Oeorge, Venailh$, Jf. Y.
*Ford, I'homas A., Bo*t9%.
Ford, Thomas A., Jfartk BrUgwmUtr,
Ford, Mrs Elisaa **
Fosdick, Charles, OreUn,
FoMlick, Frederick, **^
*Fosdiek, Rose, **
«Fo«diek,SamnelW.*<
Fosdick, MUs Mary, *<
^Foster, Rev. Aanm, £. ChmrUwumL
Foster, Rev. Atfdiaoa P., JHoUm.
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Foster, Mrs. Hatlie D., MaJde;
Foster, Miaa Elisa C, Hswief,
Poster, Mrs. Harriet L., Wmek§mdo9h
Foster, Mra. Mmry, P^mtr.
*Fnnels, Ebeneser, Baslen.
French, Mrs. Harriet 8., 7*ainitaii.
Frothingham, A. T., CambrUgs,
Fullerton, Rer. Bradford M., Palmer,
Furber, Rev. Daniel L., Jftwton Centre*
Furber, Mrs. Maria B., **
Gage, Gawin R., Wi^rtm.
Gale, Rev. Wakefield, Eaetkamfton,
*aaie, Mrs. Wakefiitid,
Gale, Jastln Edwardi,
Gallot, Nathan, OreCeiu
Galloup, David R., Peabody,
Gammell. Rev. 9ereno D., Botfvrd.
• Gardner, Willie P., Oantner,
Garrette, Uev. Edmond Y., PUUburg^ Pa.
Garrette, Mrs. Pransenia W. **
Garrette, Flora Oertrade, **
Garrette, Mary Spring, **
Garratte, Sarah Arabella, Faxbaro*.
Galea, Henry (7., CUcopee.
George, Mrs. Ellen K. **
GiUon, Mrs. Lather, Oraton.
Gibbs, George L., WhitinsoiB»,
•Gibba, Mra. Mary, Botten.
Gilbert, Benjamin R. *•
Giles, Mrs. Elisabeth W., RbekperL
Gilman, Miss Rebeeca L, BoHoh.
Gloaaoo, Cbarlea A , Mfgm Braintree.
Gleason, Rev. Oeorge L., Mmncketter,
Gltason, Mrs. Charlotte A. **
Guodell, H. AngiMtos, fTkUiiuviUe,
Gordon, Solomon J., Bteten,
Gordon, Mrs. Rebecca, **
Gordon, Jeannie, **
Gott, J. R., ReckperL
Gough, Herbert D., fforeetter,
Gough, John B., BoyUUm.
Gough, Mrs. Mary B. •«
Gourgas, Miss Abby M., Cmicerd.
Gourgas, Miss Margaret V. **
Gould, Mra. S. W., Wutboro*.
*Grant, Moses, BeHon,
Grassie, Rev. Thomas O., M*UtM»m»
Graves, Mrs. Amanda R., Sttnderlmnd.
«Gray, Francis C^Boetan.
*Gray, Henry, "
Gray, Horace, **
Gray, John C. *<
Gray, William, Hblbrook.
Gieeley, Rev. Edward H., HaterkUL
Greeley, Mra. Edward H. **
*Greene, Rev. J 8. Copley, Brook'iM,
Greene, Rev. Ricterd 0., Spr^ngM-d.
Orceawood, OhailM H., Omrimr,
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Graravrood, Mri. Bally K., 8ktrk0m.
Gregory, Rar. Lewif, 9fut Jlmethtujf,
*Grew, John, Btton.
Grifga, CharlM D., WulkoM\
Orlggt, Dr. 8«iniMl, **
Origfft, Mra. 8. M. •*
G rover, Mn. Caroline, Fexlert*.
GnlliTor, Ltnosl, Chmrlttltnon.
Hadley, Samuel D., SowurviU^.
Hale, D. Frank, Ckicopr§.
Hale, E. J. M., HmotrkUL
Hale, Mra. £. J. M. <•
Hall, Mn. Joeepb F., GfreCeii.
Ham, Mra. Catharine K., WiMkuUr,
Hambleton, Kev. 8. 1)., fVorcetter,
H»miltoo, Rav. B. F., Botton.
Hamlan, Rev. George M., Tatmton.
*Hamroait, Mra. Mary, BtUn,
Hammond, Rev. William B., Atmtkntt.
Hammond, Mrs. Louiee M. **
Hard wick, Thomaa, QiiiiMf.
Hardy, Truman, 7*ikoflijweii, O.
Hare, Rev. George 8., BoiAon,
Harrington, Rov. Bli Whitney, JV*. i^gterlf,
Harlow, Rev. Ruftu K., JUtdwuf.
Hartshorn, Edward, Btriitu
Hart well, Lottie E., Ortlan,
Haikell, William P., AbrtfA Broo^JMd,
Haatingt, Alice, JftwImnUl^.
Haatingi, HoUia, Frammgkawk,
*Hateh, Benjamin, £•«« FiUwunik^
Hatch, Anna 8., Bra4Jord.
Hatch, Wellmao Willay, Atkin§on^ JV. //.
Hatch, Mri. Carrie L. •« ■ •«
Haven, George A«, CtimfM»»
Haven, Rev John, Charlton,
Hawea, Mra. A. L., QrmfUm.
Hawea, Cynthia, ITrmUaak
Hawea, Julia, **
Hayden, Alice M., Hvihr^ok,
Hayea, Rev. Stephen H., Aoaton.
Hajward, Miia Clara, BraMret,
Hayward. Eliaa, «
Hay ward, Miu HatUe L., WkUinnmt.
Hayward, John, **
Hayward, Paul, A§kkf,
Haywood, Mra. Elisabeth C, FmMin.
Basel, Mrs. Sarah L*., QUmcuitr,
Haslewood, Mra. A. M., Mm^nard,
Headlay, Rev. P. C, BvtUm,
Healy, Rev. Joaeph W., A*. Orkant,
*Heard, John, Ipnnek,
Hemenway, Miaa Harriet, Oroton,
Henahaw,,Fraooia, Boitvn,
Henthaw, Mra. Sarah W., ««
Beoahaw, Laura, **
Herriek, K«v. William D., A*. Amh§r»L
Heisey, Jacob, fesAere'.
Heraey, Mra. Polly, Hingkan*
Hewina, Mra. Annette P., Foxhor^*
*Uewina, Levi R. '*
Hewina, Miaa Louisa B., **
Hewitt, Joseph, Mrih Bridgtwmt§r,
Heywood, Martha W., Oardmtr,
*Higginsoo, Stephen, Jr., BotUu.
Hildratb, Mra. Blary R., Oreten.
Hill, Rev. George E., Soutkfortt CL
♦UiU, Henry, Btteu.
Hill,Jotham, ffohtm.
HiU. PhiUp E., Bridt$mat§r,
Hilli, Mrk C. D. •*
Hilton, Henrietu M., Mtiwaf.
Hilton, Bev. John V., Ka'awMUMf Mich.
Hilton, William, Brm4furd,
Hitchcock, George M., BriwtJLtUU
Hobvt, Peter, AmCm.
HobMM, MiM Priscilla, RvwUf.
*Holbrook, Elitha, Rmat Randolph,
Holbrook, B. Everett, H^lbraok
Holden, Mra. Sarah, Or^flam.
Holland, Miaa Sarah B., BoaUu,
Holm, Jacob P., JttUdeiu
*Holmes, Abiel, D. D , Oam^rtd^s.
Holmes, Miaa Elisabeth A., iBatouUrs, Jtt.
*Holmot, Mrs. Fanny D., JWrton.
Hohnaa, George W., Bridgtmater,
Holmes, Miss Wealthy A., Caaqistta.
Holt, Jamea A., JIndoctr.
Holton, Thomaa 8., fVinchMttr.
Homer, Charlea W., C^mkridgt*
Hooker, George B., SAsrtem.
Hooker, Mra. Martha V., BotU*,
*Hooper, Robert, **
Hoppin, Rev. Jamea M., ATsw Aisasa, Ct.
Hoamer, Miss Elixa, CVnMrtf.
Houghton, Cephas, Harvard,
Hovey, George C, Btton,
How, Frederick, Datntra.
*How, Jamea, BvsUu.
Howe, Mra. Uaonah Maria, therbom,
Howard, Cary, Jfitrth BridgtwaUr,
Howard, David, "
Howard, Mrs. U. Frances, **
Howard, Mra. Matilda P. *•
Howard, Rev. Martin 8., Wilbrahawt.
^Howe, John, /iorlh Bridgewatgr.
Howe, Martha L., Gardner,
Howe, Samuel A«, Wtsthmro^,
Howea, Mn. Caroline U., CkarUwkiU,
Howes, Collins, CkMhawL
Hoyt, Henry, BfUn,
Hoyt, Mrs. Maria, Praminghawu
Hoyt, Wm. H., Hbstoii.
Hubbard, Mra.Cbarle8 A., Cvntwd.
Hubbard, Cyrus M., Sander'and,
Hndsoo, Sftmual, UzhrUgu
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Holbarl, CbariM, AmCm.
Humphrey, Dttniel, AVrCA WtywuuUL
Runt, Mri. Jeru«ha B^ frkUinnUU.
HootinfUm, Maliida C, PM^y.
Hard, Praoeb P., M. a, fTmk^/Uld.
Hntehiat, CaroliM M , fFȤtfmrd,
Ralehiot, WillUn E., LowtU.
HutehiM, Mari« J. ««
♦HjrHofi, David, BtUm,
Ide, R«v. Jaeub, Jr., MmntJML
JaekoMa, Mrt. Botan M., Jf«d*cy.
JaekMD, Mist Carolioa B^ JVewfon. •
Jackaon, Henrjr W., B^Bton,
Jaekaon, Laura £. L., **
*Jackaon, Jamaa, **
*Jaek«on, Patrick T. «
Jameaoa, Rev.Epbralm O., Medmaf,
Jaflriet, Mim CatliariiM Aiiiory, B^tnu
Jenkiaa, Mra. Maria L., A*e« .At^rd.
Jepliaon, Miaa C. IL, BroMint.
Jewett, Heary, PtpptrM.
Jobnaou, Cbarlaa G., Brmd/cri.
Joboaoa, Mra. Banna E. **
JohnaoQ, Praneia, WiacAaaCar.
Jobnaon, Pater R., HoUiHon,
Jobaaoo, Miaa Rabaeea, JVWcA Andir9§r,
Jobnaoa, Mra. S. W., ParmingUm^ JV. H,
Jooaa, Aof uitui T., Jfotik BriigtmM&r,
^onaa, Henrjr B., UMitt^n,
Joalin, Mra. A. L., O^md*
Joy, Mra. Abigail, B^tUn,
Judd, Rer. Bnrtii.
Judd, Mrf. Rebeoea Ann.
Judaon, Mra. Mary C, Uzhrii§$.
Jttdton, Willard, **
Keep, N. U., Bottom,
Keith, Adelbert P., Caa^paUe.
Keith, Albert, «
Keith, Arsa a «*
*Keith, Charlea, M^trtk Bridg9W€Ur,
Keith Edward Everett, BridgtwmUr,
Keith, Preatoa &, CamptOo,
Keith, Ziba C. **
Kelly, George Reed, ^aaerAiO.
Kelton, George, 04rdMr,
Kemptoo, Mra. Ellen, OrttfUn,
KeadaU, Mra. Abel M., Aaftoa.
Kendall, Mra. Mary B., IFincAaatar.
•Kendall, Williaoi, WkitinawaU.
Kandiick, John, HtattrkiU,
Kendrick, Miaa Lydia F., CAaOaai.
Kerr, Robert W., Fnhmrt^,
Kerr, Jaae K. *<
Kettelle, Jacob Q., BMUn,
Kilbon, George H., Sprmgjleld.
Kimball, Benjamin, 9d, UMWtrkilL
Kimball, Rev. Caleb, MUwmf,
Kimball, Cbarlaa, tptmkk.
Kimball, Daniel W., ITiaeJUaCar.
Kimball, David, Brm^fwrd,
Kimball, WalUce L. ««
Kimball, Mta. Harriet W., LeiaaB.
Kimball, Mra. Mary B., Falmmttk,
Kimball, John R., ITaliwa.
Kimball, Mra. Sylvia, WisUor^,
Kingman, Miaa Eliia, AaaCea.
*Kingman, MiH Barah, <«
Kingabury, Nathaniel,
Kingabary, Jaba, Brtt4/ML
Kingabnry, Rev. Joha D. *<
Kingabnry, Katy, **
Kingabury, Martha, <•
Kiltredge, Rer. A. £., Ckitag;
Kitirodge, O. Brighum, Wunboro\
*Kaowlee, Rev. Jaaiaa Dl, BaKem.
Knowltoo, Rev. Stephen, H'€$t Jietf««y.
Knox, Mra. S., itae* Idnd^ IlL
Labaree, Rev. John C, JlaaialfA.
Lambert, Miaa Elisabeth O., BrnmUg,
Lambert, Thomaa R., D. D , Ckmriuttmn.
Lambert, William T., «
Lamaon, Edwin, Btu%.
Lamaon, Mra. Edwia, **
Lamaon, Gardner Swift, **
Lamaon, Helen, *•
Lamaon, Kata Glidden, «
*Lana, Anthony, LmmcMMtr,
Lane, Rev. Janaa P., BriaioL
Laae, Mra. EmoM Lb **
Lane, Rev. John W., Wkmttlf.
Lane, Mra. Mary H. •*
Lane, Mary E. «•
Lane, Riohmood J., JCaaC ^Maftem.
Langworthy, Rev. laaae P., Gftabaa.
Laaell, Joaiab, WhUimtwilU,
Laaaell, Mra. Janaio W. •«
Lathe, Miaa Sarah &, Qi^fUm,
Laorie, Inglia, OwaCaaaa, Jin»a«a«U.
*Lawrenea, Aaaoa, Seateii.
.Lawreaoe, Rav. Amoa B., Hmutlamit,
Lawrence, Aaa, OreCen.
*Lawiaaee, Mra. M. A. •«
Lawraoea, Joha, **
Lawrence, Cortia, Bra4f(gr4»
Ijawraoea, Mra. OnrUa, **
•Lawrence, Mra. Naaey T., IFUCea, JVa.
LawtoB, Mri. 8. 0., Wkiikuwm,
Laynd, Joha, **
Leach, BIomoo, £aal Btaaflieii.
LMroyd, Addiaoo P., JPaaawa.
Learayd, Jaba & ••
Leavitt, Abaer L., Hingkmm^
Leavitt, Mra. Bliaabath O., BatUm,
Leavitt, Rev. George R., Oumbriigtgori,
Lea, Rav. Baaraal a, OrunpU,
♦Leada, BaiQaarfa, J^eWlafc
ae
Lnedi, Benjimiii, BotUu,
Loed«, Mrs. Anne B. **
L6«di, MiM Anne O. <•
Ltu, Mrs. Sanntl, Abrf A BUUriam.
Lafavoui, Inubar, Bnwlf.
L«knd, Calvin, Jr., Aktieft.
Leland, Mn. Chtrlotte A., SlUrWii.
Lekod, Mrti Lohi, *•
Leooard, Elisa, IVsltr*'.
Leooard, JaiiMf Heary, BriigtWMUri
Laooard, Jamaa M. • **
Lewis, Reoben, OrsCam.
Lewis, Mrs. Susan F., **
Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, Hingkmwu
Lineoln, P. W., BtUn.
Lincoln, Janes L. C, SwndtrUMd,
Lineoln, Ifoali, Bottan,
Uttlo, Aleaander E , W§U«dtf*
•Little, Rev. Blbridge 0« "
Liuk, Mrs. Loela 8., •«
Little, Sarali Isabel, ••
Little, fltoart^ Whitm99iU9,
Little, Waldo P., JWMo* Ctiitra*
Little, WiUlaoi A^ *«
LittleAeM, Samtiel, SmsrvtlM.
•Livermore, Oeorfs, C*mkri4g$,
•Locke, Bphraim, Btitn.
LoooBis, Rev. Ellba, CkegUrJMi^ iU,
Lord, Miss Anna M., J^with.
Lord, Rev. Charica Ek, Butmu
Lord, Edward A., I^oaMrt.
Lord, Jobn A., PMbtdjf,
Lord, Louisa C, Mmnelusitr^
Loring, Mrs. Hnnnah W., ffinaUm Otntn,
Loud, Arthur J., Bottom,
Loud, Mrs. Martha B., BrmbHrm.
Lovell, Miss Mary B., Mtdwmjf.
•Lowell, Charles, D. D., BmUn.
Lamb, WilNam, ••
Lont, Charlaa P., Wiiuh$$Ur.
Ljman, Rev. Geof|a, Somtk Jiwtkent,
Lyman, Samuel T., Jlteirtinftsii. •
Lyon, Miis Cbloe R., Caaipills.
Maereading, Rev. Chas. S., Frvfndittee, JLL
Maltby, Rev. Erastni, Tteafam.
Mann, Miss' fiekn L., OtmnfiM'
Manning, Otis, LiUlttMu
Manning, Edward W., ffUm
Manning, Waltar H., UttkUnu
Marble, Mrs. Mary E., Onfttm.
Markbaa, Mrs. Priaeilla V., fTrtnthaM,
Marrett, Lofmso, Cast (^mkrUg%,
Marab, Elisabeth C, Hnmrkai
Marsh, B. J., LMwiiiaCsr.
BUrsh, Lewis A., CkkofM,
Mafih, Miaa JoHa M., J7««erAIII.
•Marston, Winian, BwtUm.
Martia, Gtoi|« H., Briigiwdtir,
Mason, MIsa Nellto A., Aof'sAMk
lAattison, William, WkHtktfnU^
Maynard, Rev. Joahna L., FFU/iatea, ru
Maynanl, Leaader, Shrsjs«6Brf .
McBlroy, Richard B., Jfstfwaf.
•MeKeao, William, Basim.
McKeen, PhileflA, Jtndoptr,
McKeen, Phebe, *•
McKensie, Rev. Aleaaoder, Caafrn^rtf*
MeKensie, Ellen If. **
McKensie, Kennett, •*
•Mckean, Mrs. Ann, BesCsn.
McLean, Rev. John K., SfringJUIdf SJL
McLoud, Rev. Anson, 7>pM^sM«
Means, John O., D. D., Boitkm*
Means, Mrs. John O. **
Mesne, William G., Ani999r»
Meniam, Abner H., T^mfUtotu
Merriam, HooMr, Sfring/tld,
Merrill, Rev. James IL, ^ndower,
Merrill, John K., Mukum,
Merrill, Rev. Tinman A., B»mardtUtu
Merritt,Claii«sa, Comwmf,
Merritt, Mrs Mary A., Mntmgut,
Messenger, Miss Blisa, Faekkmrg,
Mills, Rev. rfaatles L., Jasiaica Plmim.
Mills, Mrs. Rebwoa B. •«
Mills, Miss Lydia, Ptabodf,
Minot, William, Bytton,
Minot, William, Jr. •«
Mister, Mrs. Fanny U **
Mister, Mrs. Mary R., Herdmkk,
Milter, Mrs. & E., Roth Mmiti, ilU
Mooar, George, D. D., Oaklmnd, CmL
Moody, James, fVhiU»tmU§^
Moore, Lewis, Skmran,
Moore, Idllie, Holhroskm
Moors, Joseph, Orefeii.
Moors, Rnfus, **
Moors, Mrs. RaAis, OntUn,
Mordough, Rev. Jobn H., Portland, M§*
More, Charles H., Bradford,
Morong, Rev. Thomas, Iptwitk,
Morley, Rev. Sardis B., PiiitJMd*
Morrison, Daniel T., AfsUMn.
Morrison, Miss Nancy T., Asie/ef.
Morse, Mies Abby P., Emporim, KmrntM,
Morse, Charlee N., Foxboro\
Morse, Miss Emily A., Brm^f^rd,
Morse, Henry, M^iUu
Morse, RaAu W., Mttktun.
Mono, William E, Brmiford.
Moeeley, Edward S., JUwbmrfporU
Mosman, Walter B., Amkmrmimlt,
Manger, Rev. Theo. T., Lmwrencg.
Manger, Mra. T. T., <«
Mnnioe, Miis Mary, Owsrrf.
Marray, Rev. Jmms O, AW T$rk ettf.
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Mamy, Mri. Julia R., JVkus Turk eitf.
Naaoo, Rov. Charlei, WtUJUtt.
Nuon, Rev EIim, BUleriea.
Neadhan, Lacie BL, A(i» BruitUrts,
Ntfedliafn, Mn. Mary P., Pembodf,
NalMHi, Jonathan H^ S4r«i0«tary«
Newell, Oeoife H^ Hoftutoti.
*Ne%rell, Muntsomery, Boston.
Newball, Lacy Aon, ^w.
Newman, Mim Sarah A., fytvkh.
.Niehoh, Alfra-d A., IVut Amuhur^.
Nieholi, Jamet R., HaverkitL
Nichuli, Joeeph, ff^e»t Ametharjf,
Niehob, Mmea, HmterhilU
Niekeraon, Mra. Tempie W., IfkntMckA.
Nightiogale, ReT. Crawronl, Qn^mu
*Norcroia,Jotiah, Wmk^t'i.
Noreroet, Mra. Jotiah, **
Norton, Rev. Edward, Montagiu.
NoorM, B. Alden, IVtsthoro*.
NourMi, Caroline Josephine, Boston,
Noane, Daniel, Wut Msdwaf,
Noarae, Holen 8., Boatin,
Noar«e, Stitan M., BiMton,
Noyea, Alva, ^Torth Bridgswater.
Noyea, Jacob, Abington.
Noyea, Lolte B., Ssmth Jtbington,
Noyea, Rurua S., Jf. Bridgewtsr,
Oatloy, 6. D , fThitiHsviUe,
Odiin, Benjamin, Exttert A*, ff,
Odiin, Mra. B. T. **
Ordway, Aaron !«., JWm Tark eitf.
Ordway, Miaa Charlotte, Bradford.
Ordway, Herbert, *<
Oaborne, George F., Peobodff,
Oafood, Goorge C, LoweV.
Oagood, H. B., WkitinniVt.
Paclcard, Rev. D I'emple, Brighton.
Packard, Edward C, UoHk BridgemtUr,
Packard, S. Edward*, SpringJloU.
Packard, 8. Franklin, CompoUo.
Packard, Miii Sunie P., '*
Packard, Zibeon, JIbingion,
Page, Abigail L., Atkhtton, K.ff,
Paige, George R., JWw Sidom.
•Paine, Mr«. 8arab M., Holdoiu
*Paine, Miat Sarah C. **
Palmer, Rev. Charlet Ray, Saltm.
•Palmer, Rev. Stephen, Jfotdkawu
Palmer, Squire, SoMk DierJttU,
Park, John <>., Bottom.
Parker, Andrew, OUmcetter.
Parker, Daniel, ITkitintviUe.
•Parker, John, BoHmu
Parker, Mra. Sarah, **
•Parkman, Francii, D. D. «<
•Parkman. Samuel, **
•Parkmao, Mra. Sarah, <•
Parmenter, Mia. E. J. O^ JitkbL
•Pariona, Oorhaai, Bmtotu
•Paraonf. WilUaoi, ««
Partooa, Rev. R« C, Wor€t«ttr*
Paraona, John, Jr., 8amgui Centre,
Partridge, Clark, Medmef,
Partridge, Joeeph, HoUieten,
Patrick, Rev. Hearj J., Wtet AkiofMk
PatriQk, Mra. Martha h, «
Patten, Mra John F., Doreheeter,
Patteraon, David H., Motknen,
Paul, Frederick A., UkeeiUe.
Paul, Henry, AVvCra
•Paul, Mri. Henry, **
»Paul, Luther, **
Paul, Luther, Jr. **
Paul, MiM Harriet, «*
Paul, Miw Mary, "
Paul, Mra. Ruth B., Medweig.
Payson, Mim Soaan, Fozbor^.
Payton, Willikm P., *'
Pearaon, Mita Hannah J., LowolL
Peaaa, George W., Sa/em.
Peck, Rev. David, Semderiamd,
Peekham, Hubbard, Peter tkem.
Pciree, Rev. Bradford K., tUarlem, A*. F.
PeophM, Samuel, ^etick,
Perkina, Benjamin C, Poehodf,
Perkins, E. E , Jfortk MiddUkete\
Perikins, Mra. Biiiabeth B. «*
Perkine, Jairus H. <•
Perkina, Jamea, Peeb^tdf,
•Perkins, Jamaa, Beeten,
•Perkins, Jamas, St. **
Perkina, Misa Maiy A., Brigklmu
•Perkina, Thomas H., Boeten,
Perley, Mn. Abigail T., Salsai.
Parley, Jacob, **
Perry, Mias Catharine H., SkarAam.
Perry, Jamea, Danvero.
•Peter*, Edward 1)., Beoten.
Petera, Mra. Lydia H., Boriin.
Pettoe, Daniel, Skeren.
Pottee, Miss Elisa J., Fexbere*.
Pottee, Samuel Gardner, Stemgkien.
Pettee, Willard, Foxbortf.
Phillips, Alonso P., Medwmg.
Phillip*) George W., Samgne*
Phillips, Mra. Gw»rg« W. <*
•Phillipa, Jonathan, Beeten.
Phillipa, Mra. Sally, •<
•Phillips, William, BoeUm.
Pickard, Rev. Danl%l W., Qreedeni,
Pickering, Heary W., Boeten,
Pierce, Albert T„ mee.gkten,
•Piaree, Rav. CbtrlM H., JVittliiry.
Pierea, laaao T., WMineeitte,
PImm, Sylvaater O., fFheekeeter,
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^Pierpont, Rsv. John, Jir«4r<mL
Ptoraon, Rev. Wm. H«Drj, fytwUh,
Pike, J«bn, D. D., Rowlt^
Plomb, Rrr. Albert H., Battou*
Plomb, JoMph Dmrt, **
Plainer, Mra. Martba H^ HowUy,
Plnamer, Intel, fF%Hins9ilU,
Pof oe, Un. Joeeph, Chntfttm*
Pollard, Joeeph G^ fVobwrm.
Pelloek, Min Enma A., fTAiliMviUc.
Pomeroy, Fred. L., SunderlmntL
Pond, Almira W., SmuA JVel^ii.
Pond, John P^ Btttn.
Pond, Mn. Nanej, Mtdwrn^,
Pood, William B., Wrtnlkam,
Pool, Solorooo, OUweftter,
Poor, Joeeph, Pealhdf.
Poor, Nathan H. "
Porter, J. Edwrarda, JV^rlA BrwtkJUM.
Porter, Samuel 0., lfiecAMC«r.
Potter, J. 8f urgii, JVtietoa.
Pratt, Coroeliui, AVrlA ffefaieiia.
Pratt, Galon, JVVrtA BridgetomUr.
Pratt, Galen E. *•
Pratt, Rot. Georfe H., HarfHord,
Pratt, Norton, l^r«ia(r««.
Pratt, Phebe.SAeri.wn.
Pratt, Philip W., JSbington.
Pratt, Zebu loo, /forth MiddUUr9\
Pray, John J., Lowell.
Prentice, Miaa Julia, Or^/ten.
Prentiee, Marvel, fFkiUntviU9.
Prentice, Jamei A. *'
Prentin, Luke, **
^ProMott, William, HMfen.
*Prinee, Rot. J. M., Oiorgetomn.
Prince, Mra Sarah B , Quimcf.
Pritefaard, William, ^^t1eburyport,
Proctor, Elisabeth O., Peabodjf.
Proctor, Heniy K. "
Proctor, Mn. Lucy A., OtametHtr.
Proctor, Tborndike, Peaijtfy.
Puffer, Mra. Joeiah, Harvard*
Putnam, Mrt. Elisabeth T., Onufton,
Uuiney, Thoroaa D., Boitan.
Uuincy, Mra. J. C. *<
(Ittincy, Thomaa D., Jr. *<
Randall, Franklin B., Dover^ JV. H,
Randall, Flora Sarah, *«
Randall, Mary Eliaabetb, «
Rankin, J. Bamee, D.D., WfuXingUm^ D, C.
Rankin, Mra. Mary «
Ray, Oeoi|0 W., MUmaf VilUmga.
Raymond, Helen 8., BoaUn,
Read, Miaa Martha, JEatI AhingUnu
Reed, Miae Caroline O., ^weHliK.
Reed, Horaee, 8mUk JiHngUu.
Reed, Miae Seriaaa, £««^ JtbingUu.
Reevea, Miie Ellen Pi, Wofflatid.
Rice, Mri. Agnof L., Bottom.
Rice, Edward, fVo^'and,
Rice, Mra. Elisabeth C, Lamme§.
Rice, Mra. Henry A., Bootom,
Rice, Mi«e Bf. AofuaU, fFooUoro*.
Rice, MIm Jenny M. *<
Rich, Rev. Alonso B», IV, Lebanon^ JV*. //.
Rich, Rev. A. Judion, Brookjife'd.
Rich, Mra. Harriet L., **
Richards, Mrs. A. M., Bridgeport, CL
Richards, James P., OmpMo.
*Richardaon, Benjamin P., BooUiu
Richardson, John W., Jtedwaf.
Riehardaoo, Luther, IfmcAesCsr.
Riehaidson, Miss Sarah £., Concord.
Richard«un, Stephen, IV, Meditaf.
Richardson, Sumner, IVinckeolmr,
Ricker. Edmund, H'ett Jtiaesburjf,
Ricker, George E., **
*Ritchie, Andrew, Jr., BooUn.
Robbins, Andrew, OreCen.
Rubbins, Chandler, D. D., Bootom.
*Robbios, Edwerd H. **
Roberts, Rev. Jacob, JtubamdaU*
RoberU, Mra. Mary A. "
Roberts, Mra. Ruth, Mancktatar.
Robertson, James, Ptahi^df.
Robinson, Charles W., .^n^Knidala.
Robinson, H. W., Jif^Hk Bridgowotor,
*Rubin»on, Rev. Reuben T., fVimtkootar,
•Robinson, Mrs. Clara A. "
Roekwnod, John, Orotom.
Rock wood, John T., Springlteld,
Rock wood. Miss Polly 8., JtoUand,
*Rogers, George, Booton.
Rogers, George L., M'twbarfporU
Rogera, Shubael G., Ba«e«».
•Rogers, Rev William M. '<
Russell, Sarsh J., Framutgkam,
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Baffurd. Rev. George B., Aarltnflen, FL
•Salisbury, Samuel, Bootom,
Sanford, Mra Adeline U^Mtdmaf Fillag;
Sanford, Edmund 1., Medwajf,
Sanford, Henry D., Bridgewater.
Sanger, Edward G., Cam^hridgeport.
. Sergeant, James C, OahhawL
Sargent, Edmund, ffoot Jimoobmry,
•Sargent, Lucia« M., Bootom,
Sargent, Samuel G., Mothmtm,
Sawtell, Epbraim, Orotom,
Sawyer, George, CaaipaUo.
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Sawyer, Seth C, Ho'brook.
Seales, Edward P., A'eieton.
*Seudder, Charles, Bootom.
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Shnondt, A Ivan, Button*
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Spaolding, John, CIrotan Jwnetion*
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Stacy, Albert, Conevrd.
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Stowell, Cyroa A., South DtmJLM,
Stowell, D. W., Waltkam.
Strong, Rev. EInathan G. **
Strong, Rev. J. C, St, Chmrlu^Minuenm,
Strong, Mra. J. C. ** **
Sludley, Anttin, Emtt jSHngUm.
Stadley, Edward A., Boeton,
Sugden, Miia Mary, Braintr§t,
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Taft, S. Jennie, *•
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Tapley, Gilbert,
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Taylor, Mrt. Malanea, Wiutkuitir,
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Teele, Mrt. Cornelia C, MiHoiu
Temple, Maik M., lUuding,
Tenny, Mrt. Joanna 8., SmiguM.
•Tenney, Mra. Mary P., fVSacAatftri
Terry, Rev. Jamea P., BntfA JFaymonU*
Thacber, Mrt. Anna B., H^ Park,
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Thaeher, John, **
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
Beoeipta from AprU 1, 1871, to Aprtl l* 1872.
Abington, South, A Friend, (I l. m.) $ 20 00
Acton, Congregational Church and Society, . . • . 6 25
Andover, North, Trinitarian Congregational Church and Society, 31 65
Ashby, Second Parish, 10 70
Ashland, First Congregational Church and Society, • • 80 50
Ballardvale, Congregational Church and Society, . • 3 00
Barnstable, Centrerille, Congregational Church and Society* 16 17
Barre, Methodist Episcopal Church, 6 50
** ETangelical Congregational Church and Society, • 16 22
Boston, Old South Church and Society, .... 74 03
« Bromfleld Street Church, ....*• 12 33
« Union Church, 113 25
<« South, Phmips Church 78 05
« Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1 l. m.) 53 27
«< Highlands, Methodist Episcopal Church, . . 14 00
<• «< First German Methodist Episcopal Church, 15 00
« A Friend, 5 00
<• A Friend, 5 00
** Mrs. McLoud, (paid in silrer,) • . • • 53
«« A Friend, .... ... 25
<• A Friend, 1 00
<« John W. Field, Esq 30 00
*• Samuel D. Warren, Esq., 200 00
Boylston, Congregational Church and Society, • . • 14.15
Bridgewater, North, First Cong. Church and Society • • 50 00
Brighton, Congregational Church and Society, . • • 45 86
Brimfleld, Congregational Church and Society, . • • 35 00
Brookfleld, A Friend, 5 00
« A Friend, 5 00
«« A Friend, 5 00
Buckland, Congregational Church and Society, (1 l. m.) . 27 18
Cambridge, Shepard Congregational Society, ... 63 78
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Campello, Congregational Church and Society, .
•Charleatown, Winthrop Church and Society,
Chatham, Congregational Church and Society,
Chicopee, Third Church, (1 l. m.)
Clinton, Congregational Church and Society,
Cohassett, Methodist Episcopal Church, •
Concord. Unidn Bible Society,
Conway, Congregational Church and Society,
Dedham, Allen Church and Society, .
Dunstable, Congregational Church and Society,* .
Duzbury, North West, Union Church and Society, and their
pastor, RcT. B. Otheman, «...
Erring, Congregational Church and Society,
Falmouth, First Congregational Church and Society,
Fitchburg, Calvinistic Congregational Society, (a. b. §
Florence, Methodist Episcopal Church,
Framingham, Plymouth Church, ....
Franklin, Congregational Church and Society,
Georgetown, Memorial Church and Society,
** First Congregational Church and Society
Gill, Congregational Church and Society,
Greenfield, Congregational Church and Society, .
Groveland, Congregational Church and Society, .
Hadley, Russell Church, . . . . •
Hampden County, Benevolent Association, .
Harvard, Evangelical Church and Society, .
Haverhill, North Church and Society, .
Hingharo, Methodist Episcopal Church, (a. b. b.)
Holbrook, Congregational Church and Society, .
•« E. Everett Holbrook, (4 l. m.)
Holyoke, Second Church,
Hopkinton, Congregational Church and Society, .
Hubbardston, Congregational Church and Society,
Ipswich, First Church,
«« South Church.
Lakeville, Conf?regational Church and Society, •
Leominster, Evangelical Church and Society,
Littleton, Congregational Church and Society,
Longmeadow, Ladies' Benevolent Association,
Gentlemen's Benevolent Association,
East, Congregational Church and Society,
Lowell, Appleton Street Church, • . , •
John Street Church, ....
Emily Rogers, ......
Manchester, Congregational Church and Society,
Mansfield, Congregational Church and Society, (balance)
<«
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II
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f 39 80
34 80
17 26
63 00
46 93
3 10
112 00
139 10
76 61
10 00
6 00
4 00
24 26
119 16
6 00
78 26
19 02
28 66
25 86
6 10
28 61
10 50
12 10
6 90
32 91
109 87
6 32
28 40
148 22
36 00
57 46
8 00
38 87
20 86
27 00
60 66
11 70
33 66
38 26
6 00
26 26
106 47
6 00
29 00
11 66
34
Harblehead, First Cong. Church and Society, (1 l. m.) • f 25 00
Marlboro', Union Church and Society, . • . . 30 00*
Med way Village, Church and Society, (2 l. u.) '* • • 41 00
•< East, First Church and Society, .... 28 2^
•< West, Church and Society, 22 64
Methuen, First Parish Church, 10 00
Hiddleboro', First Congregational Church and Society, . 46 93
" North, Congregational Church and Society, • 24 00
Honson, Congregational Church and Society, • • . 34 69
«« A. W. Porter, Esq., 160 00
Newburyport, First Presbyterian Church, .... 49 00
«* Belleyille, Congregational Church and Society, 80 37
Peabody, Congregational Church and Society, . . . 61 64
Pepperell, Congregational Church and Society, ... 10 00
Plymouth, Church of the Pilgrims, (1 l. m., ▲. b. s.) . . 30 00
Plympton, Congregational Church and Society, ... 6 26
Randolph, First Parish, (2 l. m.) . . . • . . 126 00
Royalston, South, Second Cong. Church and Society, . . 6 60
Salem, South Church, 76 73
** Crorabie Street Church 46 16
Saugus, Centre, Cong. Church and Society, (1 l. m.) . . 36 16
Saundersville, Congregational Church and Society, . . 12 00
Saxonville, Edwards Congregational Church and Society, • 20 00
Shelbume, Congregational Church aftd Society, (1 l. m.) • 30 90
Sherbom, Ladies' Beneyolent Society, (1 l. m.) . . . 20 00
Shirley, Congregational Church and Society, ... 8 00
Shrewsbury, Congregational Church and Society, . . 16 78
Someryille, Congregational Church and Society, ... 60 24
South Hadley Falls, Congregational Church and Society, . 68 00
Springfield, First Church 240 34
«« Olivet Church, (2 l. m.) 66 39
** South Church, 40 00
** Memorial Church, . • ... 36 26
Stoughton, First Congregational Church and Society, (1 l. m.) 26 66
Sudbury, Congregational Church and Society, ... 23 60
Sunderland, Congregational Church and Society, (4 l. m.) . 78 61
Templeton, Congregational Church and Society, ... 9 18
Townsend, Orthodox Cong. Church and Society, ... 10 00
•« Miss C. Wright, 10 00
Uxbridge, Congregational Church and Society, (4 l. m.) . 96 70
Wakefield, Congregational Church and Society, . . . . 68 60
Walpole, Congregational Church and Society, . . . 60 61
Warwick, Congregational Church and Society, ... 8 76
Webster, First Congregational Church and Society, . . 36 22
Wenham, Congregational Church and Society, ... 4 00
Westboro', Evangelical Cong. Church and Society, . . 86 48
35
West Boylston, First Cong. Church and Society, . • f 9 50
Westfleld, First Churchy , 63 70
" Second Church, « 63 35
Westford, Congregational Church and Society, * , . 11 30
Weymouth, South, Second Cong. Church and Society, • 28 00
Weymouth and Brain tree, Union Church and Society, . 50 65
Whately, Congregational Church, (in part) . . . . 10 00
Whitinsville, Congregational Church and Society, . . 670 75
Willbraham, Trinitarian Congregational Church, • f 16 18
Interest on f 200, . 6 60
Winchendon, North Church and Society,
Wood's Hole, Braddock Oifford, •
Worcester, Central Church, • •
A Friend, (2 l. m .) .
David Whitcomb, (2 l. m.)
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22 78
30 00
2 00
96 18
50 00
100 00
f 5,984 68
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
A Friend in Massachusetts, to circulate Bibles in Foreign
Lands, (a. b. s.) • • . •
A Friend in Massachusetts, ....
Atkinson, N. H., Key. J. Page, (1 l. m.) . .
Pittsfield, N. H., John L. Thorndike, (▲. b. s.)
East Maine Methodist Episcopal Conference,
New England Methodist Episcopal Conference,
Harpout, Turkey, by Dr. George C. Raynolds, (▲. B. t.)
Sandwich Islandc, Kusala, by Rey. B. G. Snow — in gold, $ 53 92
premium, 5 39
f 50 00
25
20 00
75 00
185 76
783 08
10 00
59 31
f 1,183 40
COLLECTIONS.
By Rey. £. F. Slafter, ApmU of th9 American Bibk Soeisfy,
Trinity Church, Boston,
B. F. Nourse,
St. Paul's Church, Boston,
Emmanuel Church, Boston,
Christ Church, Boston,
St. John's Church, East Boston,
St. Mary's Church, Dorchester,
St. Paul's Church, Brookline,
Rey. J. S. Copley Greene, .
Grace Church, Medford,
9 1,043 00
20 00
584 00
782 00
18 00
12 71
66 50
140 40
75 00
17 50
36
Grace Church, Lawrence, $ 22 20
St. Andrew's Church, Hanoyer, 86 06
St. Michael's Church, Marblehead 41 00
Grace Church, Newton, 36 40
Grace Church, Salem, 33 00
St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, 15 00
St. Paul's Church, Dedham, 69 00
Calvary Church, Danrers, 10 40
Church of Our Sayiour, Longwood 286 06
St. John's Church, Charlestown, ' 36 00
St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain, 100 00
St. Thomas's Church, Taunton, 18 66
St. Peter's Church, Cambridgeport, 11 10
St. Mary's Church, Newton Lower Falls, .... 38 64
Trinity Church, Milford, 7 68
LEGACIES.
Auburn, Mass., William Craig, (in part) .
Boston, Mass., Otis DanieU,
Bastham, Mass., Josiah Lincoln,
East Randolph, Mass., Elisha N. Holbrook,
Oxford, Mass., Mary E. Bastow,
f 3,659 29
«
3.100 00
1,000 00
183 60
200 00
379 36
t
26 00
Thetford, Vt., Dea. Jared Hosford— R. E. Hosford, Executor,
9 4,887 86
Annual Subfcriptions, • $ 100 00
Whole amount acknowledged in the preceeding lists, . . $ 16,716 22
PORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
I give, devise and bequeath, to the Massachusetts Bible Societt,
incorporated in the year Eighteen hundred and ten, the sum of
to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the Society.
Lbttb&s relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and policy
of the Society, should be directed to Rev. Daniel Butleb, Recording
Secretary, 16 Comhill, Boston.
Remittances for Books, donations from churches and individuals,
and orders for Books, should be addressed to S. T. Fabwell, Agent,
16 Comhill, Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESXHTED BT
THE TRUSTEES
OP THX
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLtl SOCIETY,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
May 2G, 1873, being their Sixty-fourth Anniversary.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORT, 15 CORNHILL.
PRESS OP T. R MARVIN 4 SON.
1878.
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OFFICERS OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1873-4,
^xtnititni.
Hon. SAMUEL H. WALLEY,
Vicu^^xtnititnts,
Rbv. ALEXANDER H. VINTON, D.D., Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.,
His ExcKLLENCY WM. K WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
CALEB HOLBROOK, Esq., Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN H. CLIFFORD. LL.D., Bristol County.
ELISHA tucker, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq.. Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
ConesponUtng ^ecretarg.
Rev GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D.D.
EecorUtng ^ecretarg.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
tTreasurrr.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
auUitor.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esq.
Crustees.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS, D.D.
Rev. chandler R0BBIN8, D.D.
Rev. SAMUEL B. BABCOCK. D.D.
Rev. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D.D.
Rev. JOHN I)E WITT.
Rev. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS.
Rev. GEORGE F. PENTECOST.
Bishop ISAAC W. WILEY.
Hon. ALBERT FEARING.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esq.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER. Esq.
HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq.
AMOS W. STETSON. Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
^xenittbe d^ommitttt.
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE MADE FOR BIBLES.
Rev. John O. Mbanb, Albb&t Fbarino, and Charlbs Hbh&t Parkbb.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1873.
Vrestlimts.
Hod. William PhiUips 1809—27
ReT. John Pierce, D.D 1827—49
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D...1849— 64
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D...1864— 69
Hon. Samael H. Walley 1869
'Bitts^xtntntntn.
ReT. John Lathrop, D.D 1809—16
ReT. John T. Kirkland, D.D. .. 1816— 28
ReT. Henry Ware, D.D 1828—44
ReT. John Codman, D.D 1844—48
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D...1848 — 49
ReT. Francis Parkman, D.D. ..1849—68
ReT. N. L. Frothingham, D.D.. .1868— 61
ReT. Wm. R. Nicholson, D.D. .. 1861— 72
William C. Plunkett, Esq 1862
Edward Southworth, Esq 1862—70
John P. Williston, Esq 1862—72
Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D..1862
Stephen Salisbury, Esq 1862
Charles P. Whitin, Esq 1862
Lee Clafltn, Esq 1862—70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq 1862
James S. Amory, Esq 1862
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D...1862
Elisha Tucker, Esq 1862 .
James B. Crocker, Esq 1862
E. S. Moseley, Esq 1862
Charles A. Jessup, Esq 1870
Hon. WUliam Claflin, LL.D....1871
ReT. Alex. H. VUiton, D.D 1872
Hon. WUliam Hyde 1872
Hon. Timothy W. Carter
Correspoittrtng iiSrcrrtarus.
ReT. Jos. SteTens Buckminster, 1809 — 18
ReT. Samuel C. Thacher 1818—17
ReT. Charles Lowell, D.D 1817—18
ReT. Francis Parkman, D.D 1818—49
ReT. N. L. Frothingham, D.D... 1849— 68
ReT. George W. Blagden, D.D.. .1868
Urcortrtng ilSecrrtartrs.
ReT. John Pierce, D.D 1809—28
ReT. Daniel Sharp, D.D 1828—80
ReT. Cyrus P. Grosvenor 1880 — 81
ReT. James D. Knowles 1881—82
ReT. William Jenks, D.p 1882—89
ReT. George W. Blagden, D.D.— 1889— 44
ReT. William M. Rogers 1844—46
ReT. George W. Blagden, D.D.. .1846— 49
ReT. George Richards 1849—62
ReT. Daniel Butler 1862
Crrasurrrs.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq 1809—11
Hon. Peter 0. Thacher 1811—12
John Tappan, Esq 1812—86
Henry Edwards, Esq 1836—49
George R. Sampson, Esq 1849— %2
Charles Henry Parker, Esq 1862
Sienittbe
ReT. William E. Channing, D.D. 1809—18
Hon. Jonathan Phillips 1809—16
Stephen Higginson, Esq 1809—16
ReT. Francis Parkman, D.D....1816— 18
Edward Tuckerman, Esq 1816—80
ReT. Henry Ware, jun., DD... 1818— 80
ReT. Bei\jamin B. Wisner, D.D .1821— 86
Charles Tappan, Esq 1880—40
Committers.
i ReT. Francis Parkman, D.D 1882 — 68
ReT. George W. Blagden, D.D. . .1886—49
Henry Edwards, Esq 1840—49
ReT. George Richards 1849—60
George R. Sampson, Esq 1849 — 62
Albert Fearing, Esq 1868
ReT. John 0. Means, D.D 1860
Charles Henry Parker, Esq 1862
ANNUAL REPORT.
Prominent among the events of the year now closed
is the loss sustained by the Society in the death of
members honored and useful.
The vice-president for Hampden County, Mr. Charles
A. Jessup, died early in the year. A firm believer of
the Bible, and deeply imbued with its spirit, he heartily
sustained every enterprise that wisely aimed at the dif-
fusion of the truth.
A few months later the Society was called to mourn
the loss of the Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D. Hold-
ing for many years a prominent position in the
management of the American Bible Society, he was,
upon coming to this city, chosen a trustee of our Soci-
ety, and for nearly thirty years gave to it his wise
counsels and his ready aid. In his death, true religion
mourns the loss of one whose talents and learning and
eminent position were heartily and wholly consecrated
to the welfare of man and the glory of God. The
faithful service rendered to this cause during his life
was fittingly closed by the munificent gift bestowed
upon it at his death.
We have also to record the death of the Hon. Stephen
T. Farwell, who was for twenty-four years the faithful
depository agent of the Society. Highly esteemed for
his consistent piety, the faithful friend and guardian of
the widow and the orphan, he has left to all who knew
him the memory and the example of an unstained and
useful life.
These are the trophies of the truth which it is the
purpose of this Society to disseminate. In the work
they performed, and in the rest they have gained, are
we who remain furnished with increased motives to
diligence in our allotted task, till the end shall come.
The Rev. Mr. Slafter has presented the claims of
this charity to the Episcopal churches in the State ; and
their response has been, as hitherto, most prompt and
generous.
The income of the Society has been $26,184.70.
From the sale of books, $8,645.83 ; from donations,
$9,316.84; from legacies, $6,200.30; from dividends
and interest, $2,081.63. There has also been sent di-
rectly to the American Bible Society, from different
parts of the State, the further sum of $16,944.44. The
expenditures have been for Bibles and Testaments,
$10,836.74; donations to the American Bible Society,
$3,606.30 ; salaries of secretary and depository agent
and assistant and colporters, $4,905.10 ; printing report,
rent, and taxes, freight, postage, wrapping-paper, fuel,
light, &c., $1,185.78 ; invested funds, $5,650.07.
The invested funds of the Society amount to the sum
of twenty-two thousand dollars. Beyond and beside
this amount, they hold a fund of some sixty-seven
thousand dollars, subject to a life annuity of five thou-
sand dollars a year, at present unavailable, and the
precise value of which to the Society cannot now be
accurately estimated.
A colporter was employed for ten months among the
French Canadians in Salem, and in various cities and
towns in the Commonwealth where this class of our
people is found. Frequent inability to read, indiffer-
ence to the Scriptures, and an unwillingness to own
them, render this a peculiarly unpromising field.
Somewhat less than two hundred copies of the Scrip-
tures he was able to circulate, largely by sale. Though
abundant in labors, and very useful as a missionary, his
work was abandoned, as not coming fairly within the
province of the Society.
For a little more than two months, a colporter, the
Rev. Mr. Dwight, has labored in the northern part of
the city. He called upon nine hundred and seventy-
four families, and at eighty-six liquor stores. In sales
and donations he circulated one hundred and forty-six
copies of the Scriptures, mostly among the foreign
population, with many of whom he conversed and
offered prayer.
For four months a colporter has been employed in
the county of Plymouth. In this time he canvassed
the towns of Middleboro', Lakeville, Hingham, and Hull,
Hanover, Scituate, and South Scituate, Duxbury, Pem-
broke, Hanson, and Abington. Sixty-eight families
destitute of the Scriptures were found, sixty-six of
whom were supplied. Nine hundred and nine copies
of the Scriptures were sold, and one hundred and
ninety-five bestowed in charity.
There have been issued from the depository twenty-
six thousand five hundred and seventy-seven volumes.
Of this number seven thousand seven hundred and
nineteen were Bibles, nine thousand six hundred and
eighteen were Testaments ; three thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty-four copies of the Testament and
Psalms ; and four thousand four hundred and sixty-four
smaller portions of the Scriptures. Of the Bibles and
Testaments one thousand and six were in various
foreign languages.
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The gratuitous issues have amounted to six thou-
sand three hundred and eighty-six copies, at a cost of
$2,900.66. They have been given to seamen, mis-
sion schools, city missions, public institutions, freedmen,
destitute families and individuals, in Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, and the West.
A comparison of the figures here given, with those
contained in previous Reports, will show that the work
of the Society has materially declined in every depart-
ment. Fewer books have been sold, and less has been
done in the way of searching out and supplying the des-
titution existing in the State. The decrease of our sales
has largely arisen from the great importation of English
Bibles, which, in their cheaper varieties, have approxi-
mated very nearly to our own price. In the fluctua-
tions of business, it occasionally happens that books can
be manufactured abroad so as to compete in the market
with our own, sold at cost, and thus, for the time being,
business becomes a helper in one department of our
work. That Bibles are afforded thus cheaply is owing
to the competition that, on both sides of the water,
publishers encounter, from the issues of Societies who
are pledged to furnish books at cost. Another cause
of our comparatively limited sales is found in the loca-
tion and character of onr rooms. They are, for many
persons, difficult of access. They are inconvenient, and,
in their dingy repulsiveness, contrast most unfavorably
with places usually devoted to such purposes. The
necessity of a change has forced itself upon the atten-
tion of the trustees ; and we confidently expect that a
more suitable location will ere long be secured.
But the great cause of the change to which we refer
is found in the failure of the friends of the Bible to
fu.nish the means requisite for the proper prosecution
of this work. Churches not a few, that once rejoiced in
an annual offering that should fairly express their love
of the Scriptures, and their desire for their circulation,
statedly withhold their gifts. Thiey practically rob
other churches for the supply of their own poor. While
generous offerings are bestowed upon other. charities, a
ghastly blank by the side of the Book of Books appar-
ently expresses their estimate of its value in the con-
test now waging with the darkness and ignorance of
our world.
That this indifference is more than temporary, we
cannot believe ; and we look hopefully to the time wheji
the interest once universally felt in this great work
shall be revived.
The opinion extensively prevails among English-
speaking people, that the changes which our language
has undergone since the present version of the Scrip-
tures was made, and the great increase of biblical
knowledge, render a revision of the same very desira-
ble. Acting under this impression, men, eminent for
their learning and position in the various churches of
this country and of England, have associated them-
selves for this work ; and the hope is entertained that
our present incomparable version of the Scriptures
w^ill be further enriched by the spoils gathered from
centuries of faithful study of the Scriptures in their
original languages, and from the fuller investigation of
subjects fitted to throw increasing light upon the
sacred page. ^
The American Bible Society, with receipts somewhat
diminished, has enjoyed a year of usual prosperity.
Sixteen thousand and five hundred Bible distributors
have labored gratuitously during * the year. There
have been issued for the Bible House nearly a million
copies of the* Scriptures, in thirty-nine languages,
while two hundred and seventy thousand copies, in
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sixty languages and dialects, have been sent abroad.
In Mexico, South America, p,nd Turkey, sixty persons
have been employed in distributing the Scriptures ; and,
at numerous missionary stations, continuous labor in
this work has become necessary. Important transla-
tions and revisions are now in progress, and it is
allowed to prosecute its labors in an ever-widening
field.
We cannot close this Report without adverting, for
a moment, to some of the facts which are fitted to
raise the hopes and* quicken the zeal of every toijer in
this work. We are happy to know that thousands are
bearing the Scriptures from house to house in our land,
and that other thousands, an ever-increasing company,
are bestowing upon this work their prayers and their
offerings. The growing demand for the Scriptures
am9ng nominally Christian nations measures their prog-
ress towards a pure faith. Missionaries from Protes-
tant Christendom, scattered over the world, plant by
the side of all waters the tree whose leaves are for the
healing of the nations. The ability and the disposition
to read, the world over, furnishes a call to this work
which we may not innocently neglect. No one can
show from the Bible, or the experience of the past, that
mankind is not as powerfully affected by what it reads
as by what it hears. We would not imitate the church
of the dark ages by raising up ministers, and neglect-
ing the only effective weapons of their warfare. Before
the wide-opened eye of humanity it is ours to place the
Word, — the Word that, instinct with the divine Spirit,
shall change the heart, and restore in man the lost image
of his Maker.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty.fourth Annual Meeting of the Massiachusetts
Bible Society was held at the rooms of the Society, No. 16
Cornhili, on Monday, May 26, at 9 o'clock, a.m., the President,
Hon. Samuel H. Walley, in the chair.
The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., presented
his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Sixty-fourth Annual Report of the Trustees was pre-
sented, and it was
Votedf That the reading of the same be deferred till the
public meeting this afternoon.
The oflBcers of the Society were elected for the ensuing
year.
The Society then adjourned to attend the public services of
the Sixty-fourth Anniversary, at the Mt. Vernon Church, at 3
.o'clock, P.M.
Met according to adjournment.
The Scriptures were read and prayer offered by the Rev.
Solon Cobb of Medford.
The Report of the Trustees was read and accepted.
The Rev. William W. Newton of Brookline then delivered
the following Address : —
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ADDRESS OF REV. WILLIAM W. NEWTON.
As I rise, Mr. President, upon this anniversary occasion, to
add niy testimony as a minister of Christ to the preciousness
of our Englisli Bible, ray mind turns almost unconsciously to
that typical picture of the painter Kaulbach, — the ** Era of the
Reformation."
• With a prophet's insight and, a poet's soul and a painter's skill,
he has caught the ti'ue inspiration of that great awakening, and
has made of Martin Luther, with his upraised Bible, as central
and conspicuous a figure as Michael Angelo has made of Moses
clutching the tables of the law in his wrath, when first he beheld
the upraised symbol of Israel's defiant idolatry.
Gutenberg with his printing-press ; Columbus with his com-
pass; Galileo with his telescope; Shakspeare with his matchless
dramas, — all are grouped round the monk of Wittemberg. The
giving way of ignorance and superstition in that shock which broke
up the heavy slumbers of Europe; the new-found drift of the
world from darkness to light ; the dawning of fresh hope and
knowledge, — all are vividly portrayed upon the canvas. But it
is not the man of science or the man of literature, it is not the
man of mechanics or the man of war, who stands out conspicuous-
ly as the Hero of that period : it is the man who freed the soul
from error, the man who, Pr^metheus-like, brought down fire from
heaven ; it is the man whose eyes were opened, who heard God's
voice saying to him, as he went climbing upon iiis knees the hard-
worn steps of the Scala Santa at Rome, " The just shall live by
faith," — who takes the central place of this epoch.
Perhaps, sir, to-day some of us might give this central place in*
the intellectual awaking of that century to the philanthropist,
the man of science, or the utilitarian inventor; but the genius
of the painter is right, after all, when he makes all other represen-
tatives of knowledge move round the man with God's long-buried
Word in his hand, the man who knew no fear but that of sin,
the man to whose spiritual consciousness God spake and said,
** Let there be light, and there was light."
Of course, sir, we all know that our English Bible had its own
English ancestors: it was in no sense a transplant from the
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Continent Luther and Calvin translated the Scriptures for the
people and the churches they represented ; but we of the Anglo-
Saxon tongue had our Tyndale, our Coverdale, our Cranmer ; we
had the Bishops' Bible, and the version* which came from the
. Hampton Conference, — and which has stood the shock of three
centuries' criticism, — our own King James's Bible. Still, when we
seek for a typical picture, which by its combijiation will faithfully
represent a great, wide-spread period like that of the Reformation,
English and Protestant though we are, we willingly yield the
palm, and, with the painter, crown Luther as the acknowledged
Hero of the Reformation.
By this enthronement, then, of the man with the upraised book
as the hero of an age of intellectual and scientific marvels, is
meant the elevation of revealed religion over every other branch
of knowledge.
Science, by its induction al processes, nyiy find out many things
in nature and in art ; but it cannot find out the Almighty to per-
fection. Nature may tell me^nuch of the goodness and power of
God ; but it cannot quench sin, or put out the fires of remorse, or
assure me of my immortality.
I can find no forgiveness for sin in the summer's noon-day heat
or in the storm upon the seashore. I can see no such power as
that of prayer in the unmitigated reign of law about me. There
is no voice saying, " Cry ! " in the revelation of nature.
There are inferences to my creattire-hood^ but no call to ray
sonship, in the fields or on the sea ! And then I go back in thought
to those two upreared altars outside the guarded gates of Eden ;
arid there, in those far-off typical offerings of natural and revealed
religion, I see God's sanction pf that worship built upon the
remedial idea and upon the fundamental acknowledgment that
'* Sin lieth at the door."
Here, then, it is that we find revelation as the fire from heaven
upon the altar! The cold, unbloody, unaccepted heathen libation
of Cain, and the blazing sacrifice of Abel, show us from the very
outset of the race, the divine approval of revelation over natural
reason.
It is revelation which, streaming its light and fire from heaven,
touches the altar where the victim lies ; which accepts the offering
of humility, and passes by the unstained altar of self:asserting
pride ! It is revelation which gives us the prophecies and promises
of God-8 Worti ; which shows us the hand of God in the history of
the chosen people of Israel ; which makes them God's witnesses
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nn«i the conservators of his trutl^ in the earth. It is revelation
which prepared for us a Christian church, and then, like some fond
father, comes at last to lean upon the strong arm of the son whose
birth and infancy and ^youth he himself so carefully watched and
trained. To-day it i^ the Christian Church which defends and
parries the thrusts made through it at revelation. j£!neas-like it
carries fi'om this burning world, set on fire with sin, both the past
glory and the future hope of the race. It is revelation which
gives us our Christian Church and our Christian civilization.
Yes, it is revelation which makes of hardened, selfish sinners
self-denying saints, drawing to their lives and characters the
positive love and admiration of an envious world, that cannot
attain to such heights of excellence. In short, it is the Word
made flesh, dwelling among us, full of grace and truth, which
reveals to us God's thoughts of love, and makes the historic
Christ and the objective Church one with the first promises of God
to man, at that far-off period when men heard a voice and felt
a call, and said it was God revealing iiimself to their souls!
What, then, is there in this gift of revelation which binds so
closely the human soul to God, and exalts character in so thorough
and complete a manner?
I answer, revelation offers two great gifts, divine enlighten-
ment and divine zeal ! These are worked into the conscience of
mankind by the power of the Holy Ghost; and the red glare of
earth, which hangs about man, is changed into the golden shadows
of heaven, God's servants, like Cal«b of old, having now another
spirit.
I am speaking now of the individual soul, not of the class, not
of the church universal, not of humanity at large.
Divine enlightenment, this is the first gift which revelation
gives us. It endows us with the power of a clear and quick-act-
*ing conscience ; with a new and fresh range of thoughts of God ;
with strong, unquenchable religious convictions ; with a belief in
God and in a hereafter, wliich acts as the governing rudder of our
whole course of life ; with bright and happy thoughts of God ;
with a sense of the divine forgiveness of sin ; with the thought of
Christ's strong, saving love, — all these are elements of that moral
and spiritual enlightenment which comes from the lamp of revela-
tion.
And then follows divine zeal, as the other gift of revelation.
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See what this has done for the CKnrch and for the truth of Christ.
See in the history of the Church how^ the sublime motives of
Christianity have ever enlarojod and made vigorous our natural
stock of entliusiasm. Look at the apostles, drearily fishing on the
quiet Lake of Galilee ; look at Matthew, wearily transcribing the
names and taxes of his townsmen ; look at Timothy, Barnabas,
Apollos, and even Saul of Tarsus. See what a change came
over the spirit of their lives when they put away their nets, and
laid aside their pens, and rolled up their parchments, and went
abroad to do Christ's work.
They went to do God's will as the angels went upon the morn-
ing of our Lord's nativity in Bethlehem. Rivers stopped them
not; mountains kept ihem not back; the burning desert and the
stormy ocean felt the tread of their o'ermastering feet. In. their"
hearts was a kindling desire ; in their souls was foreknowlfedg^
of life! They travailed in spirit with the message of the gospel,
and nothing could hold them back.
Every branch that was bearing fruit was purged by Christ, that
it might bring forth more fruit. Their natural enthusiasm was
consumed by their new zeal of its mere naturalness, and a newer,
richer growth appeared, — the growth of Christian principle.
Then they counted not their lives dear unto them, that they
might finish their course with joy. What to them was the heads-
man's block or the inverted cross, the chain, the fagot, or the
stake? Their divine enlightenment helped them to realize
beyond which was dearer to them than the present. Their divine
zeal impelled them to endure as seeing Him who is invisible. The
wilfl beasts of the arena, the gladiators of the Coliseum, and the
tortures of the Mainertine Priso^i, could not check the devotion
of the apostles until the gods of the ancient world went down
into the past, like the stars in the western slope of heaven when the
sun in the east makes the cold gray of the morning blush with
the promise of advancing day.
Yes, Mr. President, wherever this revelation has gone with
the express authority of God, whetner by Jewish parchment or by
printed book, it has carried with it this twofold gift, — to the under-
siawling^ e)d\ghtenment ; to the inotwes^ the i^npuhe of Christian
zeal. Light for the head, and fire for the heart, this has ever
been the way in which the two-edged sword of tlie Spirit
has cut.
This, then, has been the twofold gift of the Word of God to
man.
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Strangely, too, the history of this book — its story of struggle —
has been precisely that of the persecuted militant Church. The
Latin motto, ^^Teneo etTetieor^ — " I'hold and am held," — has in-
deed been fulfilled in the* history of the Bible. It has nerved men
in honra of danger to defend it, and h:is ever been protected by the
strength it has itself supplied. It is the zeal of the Lord of hosts
which has perfoi-med this standing miracle of the bush burning,
but not consumed.
As the Eev. Treadwell Walden, in his admirable book, "Our
English Bible and its Ancestors," truly says, "It lives among us,
the venerable relic of a terrrble and stirring age. It came into
being amid persecution and exile. It was sprinkled with the ashes
of the stake and the blood of the block. It was trampled under
foot by one king, but it became the royal diadem of another. It
was tried as. silver is tried, and as gold refined seven times in the
fire ; for in seven successive crucibles of intellect, saintliness, and
scholarship was it gradually purged of its dross.
" It was commenced in the secret closet of a lone translator, hid-
defh amid the obscurities of a continental town ; it was finished in
the open chamber of a congress of scholars in the heart of the
metropolis of England.
"At the first in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils
of robbers, in perils of its own countrymen, in weariness and pain-
fulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings oflen,
in cold and nakedness, it reached repose at last in the courts
of princes and governors, in the cloisters of universities and .
cathedrals, and in the hearths ai\d homes of the millions of a
nation." t
So, sir, we love and honor the Bible for what it is to us, and for
all that it has been to our fathers. We love it for the light and the
'zeal it gives us; we love it for its exceeding great and precious
promises, and for the* inspiring motives it offers us. All that we
have and hope for is in this book. It is not to us a mere record
of the past. It is- not a fetish or a charm which we ignorantly
worship. We do not adore thfe book in any form of bibliolatry
or by any transubstantiation of the divinity into the forms of type
and paper ! The Bible is not to us as a curious specimen of any
' ,one age of the church alone ! it is the transmitted life and will of
God into 'the lives and characters of his children in all time: we
must not think of the Deity as lagging in the march of the ages ;
as failing to supply humanity with strength fitted for the day of
action. Grod's mercies, with respect to revelation, are "new every
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morning." To-day the Protestant Anglo-Saxon world in two conti-
nents, with an ocean rolling between them, is yet one in a sincere
and honest Christian effort to revise the hitherto untouched King
James's version, and give us, upon a broad, wise basis, the last re-
sults of to-day's critical scholarship. The Bible is not a past
power only, belonging to an age that is gone : it is incarnate in
the thought and philosophy of each new century of time. Had
I the time, I should like to show the proof of what I have here
been saying, mot by quoting the examples of saints and martyrs .
of the* early Church, but by showing the Bible's gift of enlight-
enment and zeal to men of all tinle and in every pursuit of
life.
The soldier, the statesman, the student, and the theologian have
drawn their highest inspiration from this shrine of God.
Cromwell felt the power of its inspiration when his men went
into battle singing the Psalms of David, when he said it was only
religion, or fidelity to God, which could overcome the Cavalier's
sense of honor, or fidelity to the king. Clarkson and Wilberforoe
in England, and Pastorius and John Woolman and others of the
retiring, unworldly order of Friends in our own land, felt the power
of this light of truth in their life-long labors to free the down-
trodden African race from the chains of the slave-ship and the
auction-stand. And to-day, sir, in the Church of Rome, we behold
with our own eyes a strong and radical school of thought-, unwill-
ing to put a man above the Church, the conscience, and the Scrip,
tures, denying the dogma of papal infallibility, and refusing to lock *
the Word of God, and give the- key over to the fickle judgment of
an erring mortal !
But why go abroad to fihd examples of the Bible's inspiration
to make men firm for the hour of trialj when within our own
circle we see those whose lives have been made strong by God's
Word building into those blank interstices of character men take
for ruins; men who are loyal to the convictions given them by
God's Word ; men who would not go with modern Balaks, or
speak what they would have them say, if they were offered by
them houses full of silver and of gold. As I speak, sir, of these in
our very midst \Vho through faith were valiant for the truth, there
comes before my mind the image of one who was the embodiment •
of character formed upon Bible teaching, and who, since the last
meeting of this Society has passed away from earth, — the honored
name of Maictoic Eastburn. Others older and more worthy than
I have paid their tribute to his life and character; but^ as I think
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of those who have found this Word of God a lamp to their feet and
a light to their path, I feel that I must pay my tribute of respect
to my late bishop, who, with faithful Enoch, had this most exalted
testimony, that he pleased God.
And now, sir, let us thank our God, upon every remem-
brance of such names as these, for the record of such lives. Let us
thank him for our free, unchained Bibles, and our open sanctuaries,
and let us realize our privileges. Lord Bacon relates, that at Queen
Elizabeth's coronation, when it was a custom to release prison-
ers, one of her courtiers besought her with a loud voice that now,
this good time, there might be four or five principal prisoners re-
leased : these were the four Evangelists and the apostle St. Paul,
who had long been shut up in an unknown tongue, as it were in
prison, so that they could not converse with the common people.
Let us, then, not detain these blessed prisoners of hope in our
midst otily ; let us send them about, doing good.
Let them go abroad, — yes, through all lands, — until that central
figure of the man with the upraised book be the picture of every
successive era of time, until the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of the Lord, and that prophetic verae of the Christian
poet be at last fulfilled, -^
" Waft, waft, ye winds, His storjr,
And you, ye waters, roll.
Till, like a sea of glory.
It spreads from pole to pole ;
Till o'er our ransomed nature
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
In blias returns to reign."
A hymn was sung, after which the Rev. I. G. Bidwell of
Worcester addressed the asa^mbly^
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ADDRESS OF REV. I. G. BIDWELL.
I ESTEEM it an honor, Mr. President, to be in any way identified
with the work of the American Bible Society, or of the Massachu-
setts Bible Society, which is the same thing essentially.
This society is now an everywhere accepted fact. It has passed
through its preliminary stages of infancy and childhood. Its ex-
istence and operations are no longer regarded with feelings of
doubt and uncertainty by good people. It has conquered the
situation, and is now recognized as one of the great moral and
Christianizing forces of the age, ■— a co-ordinate instrumentality
with the missionary and the Sunday-school cause.
We are not here, if I rightly understand the object of our meet-
ing, to whistle up new courage, as if our cause were staggering
under the blows of its enemies.
We believe that our Bible is the revealed word of God ; we
believe that the eternal God has pledged himself to the preserva-
tion and vindication of his own book. We believe, that, in spite
of all the dust and clatter of modern scepticism and free religiony
the Bible is stronger to-day than ever before, and is winning its
way into the confidence and love of men and of nations as never
before.
And we come together upon these anniversary occasions to
stimulate each other, to exchange greetings, to sing a song of joy-
ful thanksgiving in view of past successes, and go out to new labors,
refreshed by the thought, that, in the bonds of a common sympathy
and aim, we are co-workers with God in scattering the leaves of
the tree of life over the whole earth.
If I am not mistaken, I have either read or heard that the motto
of the American Bible Society is, "A copy of the Bible in 'every
home on this continent!" and that the watchword of the associ-
ated Bible Societies of the Church is, " A copy of the BiblQ in the
home and hand of every family in this earth ! "
I like these broad, cosmopolitan programmes ! I like these cam-
paigns that map the whole world, and whose lines gird a redeemed
race. They seem to kindle with the fire and faith of l^is love who
said, ** Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature." I like to face the unfaith of these babblipg days with
the simple theory and plan of th0 gospel, viz., t/^is world oivilized
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and Christianized by the energy and leavening life of the Bible. I
like to argue the fulfilment of the programme from the results of
the past ; and I believe that it is our privilege to celebrate our
annual gatherings in the spirit of jubilee and consummation.
But, in addition to these jnbilee expressions and views and feel-
ings, we need to restate and restudy first principles very often.
Our rejoicing should be intelligent, and our prophecy should be in
harmony with the fixpd laws of truth and progress.
Our society watchword is truly sublime : " A copy of the writ-
ten Word of God in every home in this world." Oh, will that
purpose ever be realized ? cometh that day indeed when the Bible
shall be read in every family of our race ? The mechanical and
financial aspect of these questions is easily solved. The popula-
tion of the globe is some 1,200,000,000. Giving five as the aver-
age number of each family, and we have about 240,000,000 of
families, calling for 240,000,000 copies of the Bible ; and these, at
twenty-five cents per copy, ask for $60,000,000. This is not an
impossible sum, in these days when merchant princes and railroad
kings accumulate $40,000,000 and $60,000,000 in private fortunes.
The publishing of 240,000,000 copies of the Bible is not an im-
possibility in these days .of power-presses. The American Bible
Society publishes 1,000,000, more or less, yearly. If all other condi-
tions were satisfied but the financial and the mechanical, it would
be an easy thing to realize this motto within ten years; and if all
other conditions were satisfied, it would not be many days before
men who now give one million and two millions to found a hos-
pital or endow a college would begin to dream about giving
$50,000,000 to supply this globe with the Bible.
When other things are ready, there will be no lack of money to
carry out our programme. There are individual men in England
and in the United States who are able to put a Bible into every
home in this world ; and, if the world was ripe for this consum-
mation, the blessed Holy Ghost would inspire the quick ambition
to do that work.
But between us and that high consummation there are many
difficulties and great labors. Continents are to be opened by the
slow processes of discovery, and States are to be entered by the
amenities of arbitration and political treaties. Languages are to
be learned, translations wrought out, hoary superstitions are to be
overthrown, the whole temper and constitution of tribes and races
are to be renetced, I^evertheless, in the face of all these obstacles,
and with the knowledge of all this hard work, we print this motto
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upon onr banners; and in the name of our God we set up oui
banners marked with this grand device, " A copy of the Bible in
every family in this world." But, supposing this motto realized,
What then ? We have put a copy of the Holy Scriptures into
each family on the earth. In their own language they can read
the whole volume, from Genesis to Revelation, just as we read it!
Now what ? What will this book do in these families ? What
will it accomplish in these communities? How will it affect these
individuals? It stands upon the library shelf in the midst of
twenty other books as large or larger than itself. It lies upon the
table in company with many other volumes. How does this Bible'
book differ from its companion book ? What will it do for these
families and individuals which those other books will not or can
not do ? Is there some great spell hid in this book ? What is the
ground of our confidence in it ? What is the corner stone, thought,
or principle, upon which the American Bible Society rests in its
work of publishing and scattering the Bible, without note or com-
merit ^ all over the earth ?
These questions bring me to the one single thought which I
desire to state, and, if possible, make emphatic. I have no new
theme, I have no startling theory, to present ; but, in the love of
this cause, I would, if possible, freshen up our confidence and
active interest in that wonderful book, which, in God's plan of
world-recovery, is twin-born with Jesus Christ. If it is not the
incarnate^ the flesh and blood wordy it is the written wordy and it is
the revealer of God to man.
Let me suggest this sentence as a kind of text for a few addi-
tional remarks.
THE SELF-ASSERTING POWER OP THE BIBLE.
We believe and claim that the Bible is unlike any other book,
because it connects directly with God and the supernatural world
in such a way as to demonstrate its own truthfulness to the con-
science and heart and intellect of any honest and devout reader.
It explains itself, it proves itself, it asserts itself, without human
help, and in spite of human opposition ! and, therefore, we think
if we can place it in the hands of a man or a family, it will be an
active, vitalizing agency to carry forward its own mission, which is
the publication of God's will to man. Of course we understand
the direct agency of the Holy Spirit in connection with the writ-
ten word ; but I am speaking of the Bible as a hook, — as a single
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specific instramentality with which we are working, and from
which we are expecting the most marvellous results.
Here is a small volume, made up of sixty-six sections, or books,
composed by forty different authors. It sprang from an insignifi-
cant tribe of Asia. It began to take definite book-form some fifteen
or sixteen hundred years before the Christian era, and grew into
completeness, book by book, until, after a growth of sixteen or
seventeen hundred years, it was finished about one hundred years
after the Christian era! This strange book, which has such a
strange history, we claim to be the direct and only official revela-
tion of God's will to the world. We claim that God communi-
cated the thoughts of this book to the minds of these men, and
that they spoke or wrote out these thoughts under the inspiration
and direction of the Holy Spirit. We claim that the knowledge
of this book is necessary in order to salvation, and that the gospel
programme contemplates the placing of this book in the hands
of every individual of the race, so that he may read it for himself
and know God and the things which pertain to his own peace.
And we further claim that these thoughts, when read, studied,
and meditated upon, have a peculiar and a supernatural influence
upon the human mind and heart ; that they are instinct with their
own self-evidencing life, so that to those who read them aright^
there results at once the assurance of their own divine authority,
and that knowledge of God which makes wise unto salvation.
We believe the testimony which the Bible gives to itself: " The
entrance of Thy word giveth light, giveth understanding to the
simple." " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirU, and
they are /(/e." The Word of God is " quick and powerful, sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart." It is impossible to find
words more expressive of the subtle^ pe^ietratifig, and self-assert-
ing power of the sacred Scriptures. They are essentially different
from other books. They have vital qualities that Homer and
Milton and Bacon and Shakspeare and Goethe and Dickens
have not ! The pulses of the Divine Life throb through these
words into human hearts, energizing the moral nature, and bring-
ing man face to face with the whole truth of God, and of the soul,
and of eternity. These are our claims for the Bible. We make
them without hesitation and without qualification. In the face of
all the opposition of these times, in the face of all the new dis-
coveries, and the new sciences, and the new theologies of this
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age, we occupy the position taken by the Church eighteen hundred
years ago, and claim that we are abreast with the oldest knowl-
edge, and with the newest science.
But our position is challenged. Disbelievers sneer at the old
book, and say that it is an outgrown composition. How shall we
defend ourselves ? We may not be able to trace the influence of
the Bible through the life of nations ; we may not be able to
discuss the problems of Latin and Greek and Hebrew and Syriao
and Arabic literature; we may not be able to speak definitely
about versions and manuscripts, and translations and revisions ; we
may not be able to explain chronologies, and geological epochs
and eras, and Egyptian hieroglyphics, and stone implement^ and
cave bears, and Nile potteries, and lake dwellings, and ape devel-
opments. What can we do in the din of this rationalistic defi-
ance ? What can the unlearned Christian do in the clatter of all
this impudent and exultant opposition ? Is he at the mercy of his
enemies? or has he a weapon with which to defend himself, and
cleave a wide path through all his foes? I am happy to answer
that the unlearned Christian is not weaponless in such disputatious
times as these. He is thoroughly furnished for defence, in the
face of the most subtle and cultured antagonisms I He carries
an Ithuriel spear, which is as potent in Boston as in Utah, in
college halls as in city sabbath schools or the backwoods; and
that weapon is the ^ible itself. There is no weapon so sharp and
strong and penetrating as the Bible itself. The Word of God is
the sword of the Spirit ; and, when wielded by the arm of faith, it
is irresistible to its enemies. To-day, as in past years, smoke-be-
grimed colliers and humble shoemakers and timid housewives
are equal to the tallest Goliaths of infidelity, through the discipline
and logic and love which come of prayerful study and knowledge
of the Holy Scriptures. And this fact contains a lesson which
D. D.'s and college professors and Christian scientists and Chris-
tian ministers ought never to forget.
Our supreme argument for the Bible is the Dible itself ^ in its
self-attesting power.
When rationalism declares that the Bible is effete, and just
about to perish, we ask it to explain the singular power by which
it has maintained its existence and position in human society and
in the world for the last eighteen hundred years. Here is a book
which was written by forty different men, occupying in its compo-
sition fifteen centuries. Shepherd boys, prime ministers, kings,
fishermen, Arab sheiks, tent-makers, assisted in writing it. And
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yet this manifold book is a perfect uniti/. It has one thread, one
story, from beginning to end. It has not been shaken apart ; it
cannot be. Other books become obsolete in language and lore ;
but this book is as neiOy eiud/reah^ and forceful in its adaptations
as ever. It is studied and criticised more closely each year, but
after such study and criticism, its beatUy and unity and divinity
are always more evident and convincing.
Of this book it has been truthfully said, " It is faultless. Ages
have discovered no flaw in it ; decay's effacing finger has left no
scar upon it ; all the untiring assaults of its great adversary, all the
dissolving acids of criticism, philosophy, and unbelief have failed
to taint its truth, impair its evidence, or dim its lustre. Finding
an enemy in every human heart ; hated by the world ; a stumbling-
stone to many, and an offence to all ; assailed by the mythologies,
philosophies, and religions of the world ; and, when the world
turned Christian, endangered still more by the subtle favor of its
votaries ; turned to merchandise, and sold like Joseph by his
brethren ; dipped, like his vesture, in blood by the Holy Apostolic
Inquisition ; sadly marred and wounded, even in the house of its
friends, — 'it has nevertheless triumphed over every assault, and
worsted every assailant,"
Whence has it such tenacity, such enduring, abounding life ?
This -miracle of the Bible, abiding forever, while man and man's
creations are in ceaseless ebb and flow, is of itself the full demon*
stration of its own divinity, and the full refutation of the cavils
of infidelity.
The author of the brilliant but soulless book entitled, "The
Religion of Humanity," tells us that " The Free-Religious Associ-
ation has commended the writing of A Bible of Humanity, and
that friends of the idea have made careful studies towards it," and
that " Chie scholar has been toiling long in t/ie Dritiah Museum^
collecting afid si/ting the materials of which it might be com-
posed^/ When that book is completed, and brought face to face
with the Bible, I am not afraid to prophecy that its destruction
will be more instant, pitiful, and complete than was the destruction
of the Philistines' Dagon when set up before the divine Shekinalh
We shall be curious to see the new " Book of the Soul," and
" Bible of Humanity." 0. W. Holmes's lines u|>on the stability
of science fit themselves to the Bible with equal force.
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" The ieeble sea-birds, blinded in the Btorms,
On some tall light-house dash their little forms.
And the rude granite scatters for their pains
Those small deposits that were meant for brains ;
Tct the proud fabric in the morning sun
Stands all unconscious of the mischief done ;
Still the red beacon pours its evening rajs
For the lost pilot with as full a blaze,
Nay shines, all radiance, o'er the shattered fleet
Of gulls and boobies brainless at its feet :
I tell their fate, though courtesy disclaims
To call our kind by such ungentle names ;
Yet, if your rashness bid yon vainly dare.
Think of their doom, ye simple, and beware ! "
The Bible is one of the standing miracles of literature in the
simple fact of the intelligibility, the flexibility, the universality, of
its language^ of its idioms, of its figures. Its thoughts are world-
thoughts. Its language is a world-language. The Bible is at home
in ei7ery human language. It can be translated into every
language and dialect of the race, without losing an essential
thought. The poorest translation, its rendering into the clumsiest
vernacular, leaves it still, as it is in the Hebrew or the Greek or
the English, " quick and powerful, sharper than any two-edged
sword." This cannot be said of any other book. The Bible has
been translated already into nearly two hundred different lan-
guages and dialects; and in all these translations it retains its
, peculiar characteristics and power ^! The breath of God has taken
possession of the book, and it has been appointed as the vehicle of
God's truth to the world. It cannot be killed. It cannot be cor-
rupted or perverted so as to lose its divinity; for God has pledged
his own holiness and almightiness to its preservation. '^ It shall
not return unto me void; it shall prosper in that whereunto I have
sent it." Poor translations and defective renderings and inten-
tional corruption would kill any other book; but these cannot kill
the Bible. Eighteen hundred years of blundering and defective
criticism have not been able to destroy one jot or tittle of this
book! It cannot be proved that one single essential thought or
idea has ever yet been lost from the Bible ! Here is a miracle that
is worthy the study of sceptical scientists ! Empires perish, islands
sink, animal races disappear, stars vanish from their orbits ; but not
one essential iota or punctuation point has been lost out of this
book, in its numerous translations into hundreds of languages,
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through these thousands of years! The Bible demonstrates its
own divinity by its own self-asserting power.
But this is seen most clearly in its influence and impressions
upon the minds and hearts of individuals. It has a way of assert-
ing itself in the conscience and in the consciousness of the iitdivid-
teal. It has a self-asserting power, such as no other book ever had.
There are 1,200,000,000 of souls upon the earth to-day. These
1,200,000,000 souls have each their own individuality. The
Bible is able to come to these varying individuals with 1,200,-
000,000 peculiar adaptations, exactly suited to the state, culture,
capacity, moral, intellectual, and spiritual wants, of one and all.
It can convince them all of sin and righteousness, and a judgment
to come. It can explain to them the true knowledge of them-
selves, of God, and of eternity. It can bring them all to their
knees, inspire the same prayer and confidence and joy in the
child and the gray-haired man, in the slave and the king, in Bacon,
Herschell, Webster, aiid the man who sweeps the street-crossings.
This is what the Bible can do ! This is what it does ! Granted
these people are all fools or fanatics ! but what means this strange
power which that book has over men? and what means the
strange influence which goes out from it, wherever it goes?
Strauss, or Renan, or R, W. Emerson, cannot deny that there is
this strange power in this book. They dare not deny the mental
clearness or the moral sanity and honesty, of Isaac Newton, of
Michael Faraday, of Sir David Brewster, of Benjamin Silliraan, of
Chief-Justice Salmon P. Chase. Here, then, is the proof of the
Bible which all can underetand, — its own self-attesting power to
the individual. The proof of the warmth of the sunbeam is the
sunbeam itself. The proof of the Bible is the Bible itself, in its
influence upon men and its results in society. There are no
wonders in the physical world that will compare at all with this
visible, historical, irrefragable wonder of the self^asserting* power
of the Word of God. It co-essentiates itself with the human
consciousness, with the spiritual wants; and men and women know
its truth just as tliey feel the warmth of sunshine or the breath
of wind. They know its trvith, not from science or history or
logic, but from its own impression and evidence.
When devout believers read the Word of God, it proves itself
to them as they read it ; and, whenever an honest sceptic will
read it prayerfully, asking God to let him find the light, God
stands pledged to accompany such reading with the energies of
the Holy Spirit to the awakening and conversion of skeptics and
unbelievers.
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I might maltiply instanoes to show the self-assertiug power of
the Word of God.
An infidel lawyer was reading the Bible carefully : he came to
the Ten Commandments and the moral law. " Who gave this
law to Moses ?'^ he asked; and his infidelity was slain. The Bible
had proved itself to him.
Father Hyacinth e says, that, when he was seventeen years old,
he wandered into the village church one evening, as they were
chanting the one hundred and thirty-third psalm, ^'Behold how
good and how pleasant I " A new world of love opened to him ; he
found God ; the Word had proved itself to him. A poor Hindoo
woman got hold of the Bible: she read it, and said, " These sacred
books of the Christians must have been written by a woman, they
say so many kind things about women. Our sacred books pour
contempt upon us women, but your books tell our husbands to
love us ; " and that poor pagan was a Christian. The Bible had
proved itself to her. It simply asserted the,love side of the gospel,
and demonstration was complete. But this is personal experience,
some one says. Personal experience, indeed I So it is, and it is
the highest kind of proof
It is experiment, demonstration in the consciousness. I trust we
have all thus found out the truth and sweetness of the Word of
God.
It is upon this principle of the self-asserting power of the Word
of God that the American Bible Society plants itself; and it is
because we believe in this principle that we are in a hun'y to
scatter the Bible, without note or comment^ over the whole earth.
We have no faith in the Boman Catholic theory, that the Bible
must first be explained by the Priest and Church, and that it is
not safe to give it to the common people. We do not underrate
the visible Church, with its ordinances and living ministry ; but we
do believe that t?te living Word and the witnessing Spirit are able
to save and sanctify men without sacraments or church ordi-^
nances. It Would be better for the World to lose every visible
Church organization to-day, than to lose the written Bible. But
both are necessary ; and God has united and co-ordinated them in
his wisdom and love.
The work of the Church is to scatter the Bible in all places.
The Bible Society is the facile hand which does this work.
Scatter these sacred books ; make them omnipresent. Scatter
them in hotels, railroad-depdts steamboat-saloons, prisons, police-
stations. Scatter them in rum-shopSj brothels, wherever they will
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be received, wherever men are confined, wherever they loange,
wherever they pass or congregate. Who knows what a passing
glance at the sacred book, or a chance perusal, may do for sorae
prodigal son ; what sober thoughts raay be aroused, what memo-
ries of a father's family altar, or a sainted mother's love ? Multiply
your colporteurs and Bible-readers and visitors on every side, and
keep them ever at work. It is God's living Word that they caiTy ;
and Gk>d himself, in the power and majesty of all his attributes,
has promised to back up his Word with the energies of his Holy
Spirit, and magnify the faith of those who are willing to work and
wait for him.
" Sow in the morn thy seed,
At eve hold not thj hand :
To doubt and fear, give thou no heed.
Broadcast it o'er the land.
" Thou knowest not which shall thrive,
The late or earlj sown ;
Grace keeps the precious germ alive.
When and wherever sown."
The exercises closed with a doxologj and the benediction.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the Com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for carrying
into effect the object of this Association ; which^ being read from
the Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was,
with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. : -^
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments, to be distributed among all persons inhabit-
ing within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly-settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who
shall, in writing, request to ^e members ; of every person who
shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less
than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as he
continues the payment of that sum ; and of every person who
shall subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less than fifty
dollars, he remaining a member during life, without being obliged
to further contributions.
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3. SubsoriptioDs, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the di-
rection of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the
organi2ation of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are
obtained, notice shall be given by the Committee, and also of the
time and place of the meeting of the Society.
4 The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet, and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer*
Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who shall
continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until suc-
cessors are chosen in their room ; and they, together witU eighteen
other members to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom
six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a
Board of Trustees.
6. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from
among the members of the Society, a Committee of three persons,
to continue in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees,
who shall have the management of the fund) and the distribution
of the books procured with it, subject and according to such reg*
nlations and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by
the Trustees at any meeting held on public notice given as afore-*
said ; and the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in his hands to the
order of the said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the princfples and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or Re*
cording Secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the Trustees
petitioned the General Court, and obtained the following
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ACT OF INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MAflSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord One Thotuiand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of MaaaachuAetU.
Whereas the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with manj
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a Society
for the pyrpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be appro-
priated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use
in the churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabit-
ing within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of
others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects of said
Society may be better carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act
of Incorporation.
Section 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representa'
then J in General Court assembled^ and by authority of the same. That William
Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D.D., the Rev. Joseph Eckley,
D.D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D., the Rev.
Abiel Holmes, D.D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D.D., the Hon. William
Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter C.Brooks,
John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Redford Web-
ster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the Rev.
John Fierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H. Walley,
together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter associate,
with them for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are, incorporated
into a Society, by the name of The Bible Society op Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature, and may
have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said Society shall be
capable of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid the be-
nevolent purposes of this institution any grants or devises of lands and
tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and subscrip-
tions of money, or other property, to be used and improved for the purposes
aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than thai
which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate,
real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the s^id Society may sue and be sued
in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecute
and defend suits with power of substitution.
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Sect. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society maj choose a Pres-
ident, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other
officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and
regulations, as to them shall appear necessary ; provided the same be not
repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it Junker enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and he
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said Society ;
at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same ; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approved by the Governor,
Feb. 15, 1810.
COMMONWEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-flve. An Act In addition to an Act to incor-
porate the Bible Society of Maasachaaetti.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —
Section 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society of Maasachusetts, shall hereafler be known by the
name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name sball
have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be sul ject to all its
liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been
changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any otber than the English language,
in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now authorized by
law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, any thing in the Act incorporating the said Soii-
ety to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor, Feb. 27,
1865.
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1851, the fol-
lowing By-Laws were adopted : —
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act
of Incorporation ; namely, "The raising a fund by voluntary con-
tribution to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments
of the version in common use in the churches of New England,
for distribution among all peraons inhabiting within the State and
elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who
cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE n.
Every regularly-settled clergyman, of any denomination of
Christians in the State, may become a member of this Society by
signifying his request in writing to that effect to the Recording
Secretary, who shall keep a record of all persons who shall so
become membei*s, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society,
so long as such payment is continued ; and the Treasurer shall
keep a list of all such persons. «
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the
Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording Sec-
retary.
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ABTICLB y.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen Vice-
Presklents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treas-
urer, and eighteen Trustees and an Auditor. The President,
Vice-Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries and
Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the Board of Trus-
tees, and the Recording Secretary shall be the recording officer of
that Board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the
Annual Meeting.
ABTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of
Trustees ; and he, and also the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries and
Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such
officers respectively.
ARTICLE vn.
The Trustees shall have the manas^ement of all the concerns of
tbe Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act of
Incorporation is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the
duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all
funds and donations, and generally have and possess all the power
and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the Society. It shall
be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting, to make and lay
before the Society a particular Report of all their doings, with all
such documents and vouchers as may be asked for by any member ;
and such Report shall be had and considered before the Society
shall proceed to the choice of Trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE vin.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the
Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and
at this meeting it shall be competent to transact any business
which the Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall
' be given by the Recording Secretary at least seven days before the
holding thereof, by notice published in at least one newspaper in
Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by
the Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three news-
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papers published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at
such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as
they may direct, or as the President may at any time call. Five
Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ABTICLS XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually
shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee, a
Committee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ABTiCLE xn.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of all
matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the appoint-
ment of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees, and the
defining of their respective duties ; the Committee on the Depos-
itory shall have the management of all matters connected with the
Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all of said Commit-
tees at all times, however, to be subject to the direction and control
of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE xni.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual
meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose by
vote of a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-MEMBERS.
Each Life-Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
and Testaments.
N.B. — The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ^ and they can be issued only
for the currenty net (or past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.
Abbe. Rev. Frederick R., Boston.
Abbe, Mrs. B'rederick K., **
Abbot, Charles H., LtnreH.
Abbott, Rev. Jacob J., Tarmouth, Jie.
Abom, John G., WakefieUU
Adams, Mrs. Catharine H., ContOay.
Adams, Elizabeth W., Derry, .V./7.
Adams, Frank N., Medway,
Adams, John Clark, Hopkinton,
*Adams, John Qiilncy, Qvlncy.
Adams, Nehemiah, D.D., Bontpn,
Adams, Stephen, West Afedway,
Adams, William, lirad/urd.
*Albree, John, Boaton.
*Albro, John A., D.D., Cambridge.
Albro, Mrs. Elizabeth H., jraliham,
Albro, Miss Annie B., **
Alden, Almira 8. C, Foxhoro*,
Alden, Ebenezer. Randolph.
*Alden, Mrs. Ann K., "
Alden, Rossell, CampeUo,
Aldeu, Miss Sarah B., Randolph*
Alden. Miss Softan, "
Aldrich, Mrs. Mary B., ITettboro*.
. Allen, Mrs. Cyrun, Franklin.
Allen, Rev. Xiithaniol O., Boston.
Allen, Richard II., BrairUree.
Alvord, Alvin, ShfWurne.
Ames, James S., Harerhtlh
Andrews, Arteman F.. AtM/y.
Andrews, C. L.. Bosttm.
Andrews, George W.. Danvtra.
Andrews, Stephen P., Ghmcester,
Andrews W. T., Boston.
Andrews, Thomas E., TloUiston.
Andrews. Walter II., WhUinaville.
*Appleton, Samuel, Boston.
•Appletoii, William, "
Archibald, Edward. Methuen.
Armcs, Miss Clara A.. CampeUo.
Armsby, Mrs. H. A., WhUinsrille.
Arnold. Susan O., Braintree.
Atwood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen, X.J.
Atwood, Mrs. Elizabeth M., *'
Atwood, E<lward S., Boston.
Atwood, John W., Bfrgen, X.J.
Babcock. Mrs. Nancy, Boston.
Babcock, Mrs. P. W., Sherbom.
Babcock. R^v. William R., Jamaica Plain.
Babson, Miss Maria R., Oloticester,
Bachelor, Mrs. Mary A., IVhitinsville.
Bacon, George W., Kewton.
Boconi Jacob, Gloucester.
*Bacon, Rev. James M., Ashby.
Bacon. .Toseph N., Netrton.
Backns, Rev. Joseph W., 77k>fiuu/on, Ci,
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dorchester.
Baker, Francis, Peabody.
Baker, Susan S., "
Balcom. Lincoln, Wtnchendon,
Baldwin, Miss Josephine L., Lynn.
Balmer, William, Jun., WhitinsvUU.
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord.
Bancroft, Amasa, Gardner i
Bancroft, Henry L., Millbury.
^Barber, Martin, Sherbom.
Barber, Sally C, "
Barbour, Rev. William M., Bangor ^ Me,
Barbour, Mrs. Eliza A., "
*Bardwell, Lieut. Charles S., Whately.
Barker, Hiram, Brighton.
Bardsley, Joseph, WhitinsrHle.
Barnard, William F., Marlboro*.
Barnes H. H., LoweU.
*Bames, W^illiam, Marlboro*.
Barnes, Zllpah, Henniker, N.ff.
Barrett, Nathan H., Concord.
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M., "
Bartlett, Rev. Edward (>., Providence, R.I.
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, Plymouth.
Bartlett, Thomas, Boston.
Barrows, Sarah M., Lakeville.
Bassett, Henry, Newton.
Bossett, Mrs. Lucretia C. Charlemont.
BasActt, Sarah E., Xeicburyport.
Butchelder, Mrs. Elizabeth H., Peabody,
Batchelder. John M., HolUston.
Batcheller. Ezra, North Broakjield.
Batchellcr. Mrs. Luthera C, *'
Batchelor, Miss Frances A., irhitinsvUle.
Batchelor, Stephen F., •*
Batt. Rev. William J., Leominnter.
♦Bait, Mrs. Mary !>., •'
•Bayley, Robert, Newburyport.
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B«al, Alexander, Boston.
Beal, Mm. Loaisa, Cohattet.
Reals, Isaac K., Camptllo.
Bean, Cyrus Beedc, Dover ^ N.ff.
•Beane, Rev. Samuel, Norton,
Bearse, Isaac. Natick,
Bearse, Miss OHve H., CentrevUie.
Beebe, James M., Boston.
Beebe, Mrs. James M., '*
♦Beebe. Charles E., '•
Beebe, Frances L., *'
Beebe, Edward P., "
Beebe, Emily B..
Beebe, Mary L.,
Beecher, Rev. Charles. Georgetown,
Beecher. Rev. WllHimi H., A'o. Brookfield.
Belden, Mrs. 3fariaDm) P., Whately.
Belden, William P., Gardner,
Belknap, Miss Martha M.. Framingkam.
Benner, Burnhara C, Lowell,
Benson, Frederick A., Xewton.
Btscoe, Mrs. Arthur G., ireAtboro\
BIscoe, Rev. Thomas C, l/xbridge.
Billings. Charles E., Xewton.
Blzby, Mrs. J. P.. Xoncood.
Blackstonc, Mrs. Lydia E., Chester y A\H,
Blanchard, Miss Frances C, Groton,
Bliss, Rev, Charles R., Wak^eld.
Bliss. Mrs. Charles R., ••
Blodgett, Benjamin C, Xeioion,
Blodgett, Simeon, South Deerjteld,
Blood, Cyrus W., Jfinchester.
Blood, Lyman, Groton.
Bodwell, Rev. Joseph C.^ffart/ordt Conn.
Bod well, Mrs. Catharine, **
•Bond, Georsrc, Boston.
Booth, Charles E., Chieopee.
B<»urnp, Thomas B., Foxboro*.
Boutwell, Mrs. Hannah H., Braintree,
Bowers, Luke K., Boston,
Bowers, Mrs. Cara H., *•
Brackett, Rev. Josiah, Charlestown,
*Brackett. James, Quincy.
Brackett, Lemuel, "
•Braman, Rev. Ii«aac, Georgetown.
Brandenberg,01iverC.W., S. Frandsco^ Cdl.
Brant. Aaron, Wakefield.
♦Breed, Rev. William J., Raynham,
Brewer, Cyrus, Boston.
Brewer, Mrs. C. F., Boston.
Brewer, John R., •'
Brlckett, Franklin, Haverhill.
Briggs, Miss Catharine Clark, Weiikam.
Briggs, Rev. William T., East Douglas.
BriggH, Mrs. Abby L., "
Brigham, Dexter P., Westboro\
Brigham, Mrs. Dexter P., •'
Brigham. Rev. Wlllard, MTinchendon,
Brock, Robert G., WhUinsriUe,
♦Brom field, Eli/nhcth, Boston.
♦Brooks, Peter C, Boston,
Brooks,. Peter C, Boston.
Brown, George M., Bradford,
Brown, Mrs. Harriet L., Boston.
Brown, Rebecca, WhitinsriUe,
Brown, Joseph, Groton.
Brown, Mrs. Mary L., Ilaverhill.
Brown, liobcrt K., WhitinscUle,
Bryant, Solon, •*
Bucklin, Simon S., Brookline,
Buell, George C-, Springfield.
Bulkley, Mrs. C. F., Plattsburgh, N. Y,
BuUard, Mrs. John, Jan., Afedway,
Burbeck, Samuel K., Boston.
Burge, Lorenzo, '•
Buruham, Robert W., Essex.
Burr, Charles C., Aubumdale.
Burrage J. C, Boston,
Burrage, Joseph, Arlington.
Burrage, Mary C, "
Burrill, AmosC, Uxbridge.
♦Burrill, Henry, Jan., East Abington,
Bush, Henry J., Westfield.
Bushby, Sophia W., Peabody,
Butler, Rev. Daniel, Boston,
Butler, Mrs. Jane D., •*
Cady, Daniel R., D.D., Arlington,
Cady. Mrs. Harriet S.,
Caldwell, Rev. W. E., Hyannis,
Camp, George, South Hadley Falls,
Camp, John,
Camp, S.imuel, Springfield.
Capen, Mrs. Charles, FranUngham.
Capron, John W., Uxbridge,
Capron Laura A. W., **
Capron, William C, "
Carleton, George H., Haverhill.
Carpenter, Rev. Carlos C, Boston,
Carpenter, Catharine K., Foxboro*,
Carpenter, Daniel,
Carpenter, Edson,
Carpenter, Horace, **
Carr, Charles R., WhUinsville,
Carr, John C, West Newbury.
Carrier, Rev. Augustus H., Minneapolis jMin,
Carruthers, Rev. William, Danvers,
Carter. Edward, Audover.
Carter, Joshua T., W hitinsville.
Carter. William H., LoweU.
Cary, George C., *V. Britlgewater .
Cary, Mrs. Mary D., Fox1roro\
Case, Mrs. Mary Olive, New York City.
Caswell, Lemuel E., Boston,
Cliamberlin, John, WhiiiHsville.
Chamberlain, Mrs. Samuel, Westboro*.
Chandler, Miss Frances E., Andover.
Chandler, H. H., Charlestown.
Chapin, Caleb T., Northboro*.
Chapin, John O., W hitinsville.
Chapin, Josiah L., Lawrence.
Chapin, Marcus. Monson.
Chapin, Milo, Springfield.
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Chapin, Miss Sarah, jrhUinwiUe.
Chapman, George H., Winchester.
Chase, Ann Bfarla, Haverhill.
Chase, Charles W., "
Chase, David B., WhitintviUe.
Chase, G^eorge S., HuverhiU,
Chase, Hezekiah, Lynn.
Chase, Robert, ITaverhill,
Chcever, Ira, Chelsea.
Child, Miss Anna O., Springfield,
Child, George U., Springfitld, O.
Child, Miss Lucy, Thetford, Vt,
Childs, Carlos, ffennikert N.H,
Cliilds, Horace, **
Choate. David, M.D.. Salem,
*Clap, James, Dorchester.
Clap, Mrs. Rebecca. Boston,
Clapp, James U., ^*
Clapp, John C, **
Clapp, Samuel, Foxboro*.
Clark, Rev. Edward L., New Haven, Conn.
Clark, Elbridge, Etut Afedway.
Clark, George, Concord.
Clark, James G., Andover,
Clark, John L., "
Clark, Jonathan, Winahester,
Clark, Rev. Joseph B., Jamaica Plain.
Clark, Julius L., IFttt Xewton.
♦Clark, Rev. L. F., WhUinavUle,
Clark, Mrs. Miranda D., Boston,
Clark, Miss Nelly, Sherborn,
Clark, Oliver R., Winchester.
•Clark, Rev. P. K., Charlemont.
Clark, Rowse R., Whitinsrille.
Clark, Rufus W., D.D., Albany, y. T,
Clarke, Mrs. Adeliza H., Medway.
Clarke, Rev. Dorus, D.D., Boston,
Clarke, Francis, Haverhill,
Clarke, George E., Jamaica Plain.
Clarke, Mrs. Sarah L., Boston.
Clary, John. Conway.
Clary, Mrs. 8. 8., Wareham.
Clcaveland, Waldo, South Deerjteld,
Clifford, Wyatt B., Chatham.
Clough, John K., Cambridgeport,
Cobb, Andrew B., S'ewton,
Cobb, Jacob, Abington,
Cobb, Rev. L. H., Springfield, Vt.
•Cobb, Richard, Boston.
•Codman, Charles R., '*
Codman, Mrs. Catharine, **
Coa, Laura E., WhUinsHUe,
Coe, Mary A., En$t Dottglas,
Ooggin, Rev. William 8., Boxford,
Cogswell, Doane, Bradford.
Cogswell, Bbenezer, Ipswich.
Colby, Albert, Boston.
Colby, Barak, Henniker, y.H.
Cole, Asa, West Afedway.
Cole, Miss Ella A., Medway.
Colo, John A. I
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Cole, John, West Moreland^ y,Bk
Conant, Charles E., Winchester.
Conant, Jennie A., Gardner,
Conn, Horace, Wobum,
Cook, Asa, Kewton.
Cook, Henry A.. WhitinsvUU.
Cook, Mrs. Maria R., Uxbridge,
Cook, J. Sullivan, WhitinsviUe.
Cooley, Mrs. Olive F., Charlemont,
Coolidge, Rev. Amos H., Leicester,
Coolidge, Joseph, Boston.
Coolidge, Lowell, Sherbom.
Coolidge, Mrs. Catharine, *'
•Copp, Joseph A., D.D., Chelsea,
Copp, Mrs. Fedora F., "
Cordley, Mrs. Lydia Q., Lawrence,
Corey, Mrs. Mary, Westboro*.
Cornish, Mrs. Elizabeth B., CenirevUle.
Corson, John, Haverhill,
Cousens, Beulah F., Newton Centre,
Cowdrey, Robert, Winchester.
Grafts, Mrs. Sarah P., Newton,
Crawford, Ellen A., Barre,
Crittenden, Miss Rebecca 8., Charlemont.
•Crittenden, Simeon, "
Crockett, Mrs. Eliza, Haverhill,
Crosby, Wilson, CentreviUe,
Crosby, Mrs. Eleanor L., **
Crosby, James, Boston.
Crosby, Mrs. Rebecca, "
•Cruickshanks. Mrs. Anna M., Spencer.
CruickBhanks,J.DeWitt, Wdbster Groves, Mo,
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary S., **
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary, Chelsea.
Cruikshanks, George, Whittnsville,
Cumings, Charles, Harvard.
Currier, Rev. Albert H., Lynn,
Curtis, Abner, East Abington.
Cushman, George H., North BridgewaUr,
Cashman, Mrs. Rachel B., **
Cushman, Joseph I., New Braintree,
Cntler, Rev. Calvin, AtHbumdale,
Cutler, Rev. El^ah, Boston,
Cutler, Rev. Samuel, Hanover,
Cutter, Charles A., Waliham,
Cutter, J. Dana, '*
Cntter, E., M.D., Wobum,
Cutter, Stephen, Winchester,
Cutter, Stephen H., '*
Dakin, Thomas L., Sudbury,
Dame, Henry, Peabody.
Damon, Albert P., Beading,
Damon, Mrs. Edward C, Concord.
Dana, Mrs. Edward H., Ipswich,
•Dana, Samuel, Bost*m.
Dana, Charles B., Wellesley.
Dane, John, Brookline,
Dane, John H., **
Daniell. Mrs. Eliza B., East Medway,
•DanicU, Otis, Boston.
Daniels, El\}ah D., S€Ui Medway*
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Daniels. Miy. Mariam W., Eait Afedway.
Daniels, Mrs. William. Aftd^oay.
Davis, Alfred X., N. WUmington,
Davis, Alvah M.. HnrerhUL
Davis, Henry L., Bradford.
Davis, George L., North Andover,
Davis, James, Boston,
Davis, John, JIfethuen.
Davis, John, Somerville.
Davis, Joshua H., ''
Davis, Lydia E., Dunstable.
Davis, Mrs. M. A.. Medway.
Davis, Miss Mary H., Concord,
Davis, Rev. Perley B.. Hyde Park.
Davis, Thaddeus Uriah, Dunstable.
Davison, (JeorgeW., WhitinsviUe,
Dawes, Rev. Ebenezer, Dighton,
Day, Milton B., Bradford.
Day, Robert L., Newton.
Dean, Miss Abbie T., Foxboro\
Dean, Clara L., Holbrook.
Denham, Rev. Oeorge, Beverly.
Denham, Mrs. Clara D., **
Dickerroan. Rev. Lysander, Quiiuiy, lU.
Dickson, Oliver, Concord,
Dickson, Mrs. Sarah C. *'
Dlx, Mrs. Elijah, Boston.
Diz, Samuel F.. Newton.
Doane, Ueman S., Charlestoum.
Dodd, Rev Stephen G., St. John, N.B.
•Dodge, Rev. John, North £roo^/Uld.
Dodge. Mrs. Ann 8., "
Dodge, Mrs. J. M. C, Andover.
Doggctt, Rev. Thos., Niagara FoUm, N. Y.
Doggett, Mrs. Frances L.,
Doggctt, William,
Doliber, Miss Sarah Lizzie, Marblehead.
*Dorr, John, Boston.
Dorr, Samuel, "
•Dow, Josiah, '*
Dowse, Mrs. Carrie D., Sherborn.
•DowHe, Edward, Dedham.
Dowse, Elizabeth R. L., Sherborn.
Drake, Rev. Ellis R., Afiddleboro'.
♦Dudley, P. W., WhUinsviUe.
Dudley, Mrs. Sarah A., *'
Dunham, Charles H., Winchester.
Dunham, Mrs. Mary L., **
Dunlap, Sumner, South Deerfleld.
Dunton. Hiram P., Spencer.
Dunn. Edward II., Boston,
Durfee, Rev. Chas. Stoddard, Newburyport.
Durgiu, James, West Newbury.
♦Dutch, M. Elizabeth, Boston.
Dutton, Mrs. Mary J., ••
Dwinell, Leonard, Millbury.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, Shrewsbury,
Dyer, Mrs. Maria D., Gloucester.
Eager, William, Boston.
Eames, Mrs. Nancy, Sherborn.
Eumes, Warrun, Wilmington,
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*Eastbnm, Rt. Rev. Manton, D.D., Boston.
Eastman, Rev. Lucius R., Jun., Framingluim
Eastman, Mrs. Jane C, **
Eaton, Mrs. Ann E., Wakejleld,
Eaton, Eben, Framingham,
Eaton, Edward, Medtoay.
Eaton, Miss Martha W., FUchburg.
Eaton, William, Boston,
Eaton, William J., Westbord*,
Eddy, Joshua, East jifiddldwro*,
Edwards, Mrs. Frances S., Dedham,
Edwards, Frederick B., N. Chelmsford.
Edwards, Maria F., <*
Edwards, Nathan B., "
Edwards, Nathan F.,
Edwards, Sybil R.,
Edwards, Victor E., "
Eldred. Lorenzo, Falmouth,
♦Eliot, Samuel, Boston.
♦Eliot, Samuel A., *•
Elliott. Robert, Globe llUage,
Ellis, Willard K., E, Medway,
BUs. Mrs. Elizabeth W., Obtrlin, O.
Ellsworth, Rev. A. A., Waterloo, Iowa.
Ellsworth, Miss A. G. W. C, '* "
♦El wet I, Robert, Boston.
Emerson, Annie A., tjancaster,
Emerson, Miss Ellen T., Concord,
Emerson, Frances Y., Lancaster.
Emerson, Jacob, Jun., Methuen.
Emerson, Mrs. Jacob, "
Emerson, R. V. C, Newton,
Emerson, William, Westboro*.
Emery, George F., "
Emery, Mrs. Harriet, North Weymouth.
Emery, Rev. Joshua, "
Emery, Mrs. Mary, Chatham.
Emery, Mrs. Sarah ^.,-^Newburypori,
♦Everett, Edward, Boston,
Ewing, Rev. Edward C, Enfield,
Fairbanks, Herschel, Haverhill,
Fairbanks, Herschel P. *'
♦Fairbanks, Stephen, Boston.
Fairbanks, Timothy R., Medway,
♦Farnsworth. Mrs Abel, Groton,
Famsworth, Ezra, Boston,
Farr, Alba A.. Methuen,
•Farwoll, Stephen T., Cambridge,
Faxon, Miss Rachel A.. Braintree,
Fay. Mrs. Addison G., Concord,
Fay, Charles H., WhUiftsvUle.
Fay, Cyrus, WesiboroK
Fay, .Josiah C, Hopkinton.
Fay. S. A. Westboro\
Fay er weather, Mrs. Sarah A., Weslboro*,
Fearing, Albert, Boston,
♦Fearing. Mrs. Albert, "
Fearing, Mrs. Maria A., So. Weymouth,
Felch, Isaac, Natick.
Field, John W., Boston.
Field, Mrs. Amelia C, *'
Field, Joel, inUlHroQUI,
Field, Mn. Edirln, XaattnurOle.
Fliber, Ulu Ellie, Mtdiuif.
Fleber, Mm. Lewii, £«(( ircdviv.
Fliher, Ullton U., JfaJioay C(Uiw<. -
Ftiber Bunuel T., CanUm.
Ftake. Dinierr U.U . Xenhurnporl.
Flake, Qeorce B., HMitlo:
Flike, Oeonte T,, AMiburHXirl.
71>k*, Maiyi'ldelln,
FIU.-11. Julin A., riuj,l-i:,!on.
■Fli., D»nld, D.b. /pwlok.
Flu. Un. HunahB. D., ■■
T1U, Dulel.Jaa., "
Flu, Dulel F.,
FLavR. Kcv. kuru; C, .VorlA Aildop4r.
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Pleufaer,
FleUher, Mm. Emity «., "
PJeuher. Junei,
Flewhtr, Mn. L. C, "
Fletcher. Bimael J., "
Fletcher, Un. Huiiiah C, UancMttttr.
Fleteher, Ihu W., Slom.
Flatabar.Kuief B., ''
naloher, Rer. Jimea, Oraton.
FleUher, Hn. Lfdlm U., ■'
Fletcher, BtUlmui, mncAaitrr.
Fletcher, Wllllun.
Flinn.Hn. ruiillnEi, Wabum.
FItDt. Mr*. Hinnih, Peaiodg.
FUDt, iMi 11.. SloUffhlOH.
Flint, ThOTdu, Boilan.
Floyd, ill.. Miiry J /■n.ftn.lf/.
FolKOr, Allen, Co«orr(. \\/}.
Fnrbiuh, Wlllltm. jnUtntHIK.
tori. Hev. Gwrge. rerHJUei. -V. T.
*Fl>rd, TbDinae A Smloil.
Ford, Tbamu A., XorUi Bridgtaater.
FOld, Un. £ 11 C.
Focdlsk, Chirlei, Oroton.
F<wdl«k, Frederick, "
•Fdidlck Ro>r>.
■•FM.IIfii.8iiinui-lW„"
Foidlok.MlMMurr, ■'
*FMter, K<«. Aaron. E. Charlrmeat,
Foeler. Rev. Addlnon P., JTuIdn.
er, Un. Hull
Foater. Hra
Foater.lfn. llnrrlelL, WinclitiuliHi.
p«Wr,lCn. Mary, Palmer.
Vnoeb, Un. Hwrtel B., Tauuton.
rrothlDBham. A. T. Cambridgi.
Fnllenon. Rev. Bradford U.. Palmtr.
Farber, Riit. Daniel L,. KeietoH Cenlrt.
Furber. Mr.. Maria B.,
Om". Giwln R., IFoban.
Uala, Rtt. Wakefield, KmlkampliHi.
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Qarretla, Rer Edmund Y.. PUltburg,
Qarretta.Mn. FranienU W., "
O-arrette, Flora Oertrnde, '■
QurMtA. Itaty Bprini, "
OarreiEe, Barah Arabella, Foxboref.
Oatei, Henry C, Chlcopte.
George. Un. Ellen K., '■
n, iln. Lulher, Grolon.
Olbbi,Oeor|iDL., iFhUi-uvUlt.
•Olbbi Mn. Mary BoiUin.
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A1lniiin,'HluIleb»c«1,,B<ufan.
ion, CharlM A,. Ne'ia Bralntree.
ion, Rer. Georgn L.. MmvAatfr.
■on, Mrt. flharlolKA.
Ooodell.n AofQilui. mtHmriOt.
Gordon, blobmon J Botlon.
Gordon, Mr*. Betweea, "
tloll. J K, nac-tport.
Gough, Herbert D., Wirrrttler.
Gaogh John B., Bouillon.
Goii|h,Un.UaryE.. "
d, Mr.. Biir.ih W., Wfltoro'.
Gourgaa, UIh Abby U., Dnuonl,
~ uriu.UlM Margaret U.. ■'
*Gray, Franoli C.. Aaiton.
Bray. Henry.
fny, Horaie. "
Gray, John C, "
Gray. William, Bolbront.
~ Bley, Rev. Edward H.. HaotrhUl.
Greeley, 3In. Edward H.,
•Greene, Rer. J. S. Copley. BrooUin:
inem. Rev. Richard G.. SprlngjItM.
Sreenwood.CharlviU., Oardnrr.
Greenwood, Mr*. Bally K., aiterbom.
3regory, Ker. Lewli, K'al Aumbur]/.
•Grew. John, Botiaa.
Grlgg^ChirlceU., WriUvn)'.
Grlgft*. I>r.8Binuel, "
Ortgti, M
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Hall, Hn. JoHiph V.. OriOon.
Han, Mn. Calharlnr K., mmcliaUr.
blrlon, ^fv, William J., Worenttr.
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Hamilton, R«t. B. F., BotUm.
Hamlen, Rev. Oeorgo M., T*mnU>n.
*Hammatt, Mrs. Mary, Bonton.
Hammond, Kev. William B., Acushtiet.
Hammond, Mrs. Louioo M., '*
Hardwlclc, Tboman, Quincy.
Hardy. Truman, Thompson, O,
Hare, Rev. George 8., Boston.
Harrington, Rev. Eli Whitney, N, Beverly,
Harlow, Rev. Rufus K., Afedway.
Hartshorn. Edward, Berlin.
Hart well, Lottie £., Orbton.
Haskell, William P., Xorth BrookMd,
Haakins. Myrick, LakeviUe.
Hastings. HoUis, Framinghnm.
*Hatch, Benjamin. East Falmouth,
Hatch, Anna 8., Bradford.
Hatch. Wellman Wllley, Atkinson, N,n,
Hatch, Mrs. Carrie L., " ••
Haven, George A., Campello.
Haven, Rev. John, Charlton.
Hawes, Mrs. A. L., Orafton.
Hawos, Oynthla, Wrentham,
Hawes, Julia, **
Hayden, Alice M., Holbrook.
Hayes, Rev. Stephen H., Boston.
Hay ward, Miss Clara, Braintree.
Hay ward, Ellas, "
Hayward, Miss Hattie L., ffhUintviUe,
Hayward, John, "
Hayward, Paul, Ashby,
Haywood, Mrs. Elizabeth O., F)ranklin.
Hazel, Mrs. Sarah L., OUmcester.
Hazlewood, Mrs. A M., Storuham.
Headley, Rev. P. C, Boston.
Healey, Rev. Joseph W., N. Orleans, La,
*Heard, John, Ipswich.
Hemenway, Miss Harriet, Groton.
Henshaw, Francis, Boston,
Henshaw, Mrs. Sarah W., "
Henshaw, Laura, *<
Honrick, Rev. William D., N. Amherii,
Hersey, Jacob, Foxboro*.
Hersey, 31 rs. Polly, Hingham.
Hewins, Mrs. Annette P., Foxboro^,
•Hewins, Levi R., "
Hewins, Miss Louisa B., '*
Hewitt, Joseph, North Bridgewater.
Hey wood, Martha W., Gardner,
^Higginson, Stephen, Jan., Boston.
HUdreth, Mrs. Mary R., OroUm.
Hill, Rev. George E., Southportt CI.
•Hill, Henry, Boston,
Hill. Jotharo, Wobum,
Hill, Philip E., Bridgewater,
Hills. Mrs. C. D., "
Hilton, Henrietta M., Afedtoap.
Hilton, Rev. John V., Kalamazoo, Mieh.
Hilton, William, Bradford,
Hitchcock, George M., Brin^/Md,
Hobart, Peter, BoUan.
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Hobton, Mlsa PriseiUa, JRowleif.
*Holbrook, Elisha, East Sandolpk,
Holbrook, E. Everett, Holbrook.
Holbrook, Mrs. Jenny M., **
Holden, Mrs. Sarah, Gr<\fU}n.
Holland, Mrs. Sarah B., Boston.
Holland, Mary Cecilia, Karih Bridgewater.
Holm, Jacob P., Maiden.
^Holmes, Abiel, D.D., Cambridge,
Holmes, Miss Elizabeth A., Bdvidere, lU.
*Holmes, Mrs. Fanny D., Norton.
Holmes. George W., Bridgewater,
Holmes, Miss Wealthy A., CwH^^eUo,
Holt, James A., Andover.
Holton, Thomas S., Wincheeter.
Homer. Charles W., Cambridge,
Hooker, George B., Sherhf'rn.
Hooker, Mrs. Martha V., Boeton.
•Hooper. Robert, "
Hoppln, Rev. James M., New Haoen^ CI.
Hosmcr, Miss Eliza., Concord.
Houghton, Cephas, Harvard,
Hovey, George O., Boeton,
How, Frederick, Damvers.
•How, James, Boston,
Howe. Mrs. Hannah Maria, Sherbom,
Howard, Cary, North Bridgewater.
Howard, David,
Howard, Mrs. H. Frances,
Howard, Mrs. Matilda P.,
Howard, Rev. Martin 8., WUbrdham,
•Howe, John, North Bridgewater.
Howe, Martha L., Gardner,
Howe. Samuel A., Weatbor&.
Howes, Mrs. Caroline H., Charlemonit,
Howes, Collins, Chatham.
Hoyt, Henry, Boston.
Hoyt, Mrs. Maria, Framingham,
Hoyt, Wm. H., Boston.
Hubbard, Mrs. Charles A., Conoord,
Hubbard. Cyrus M., Sunderland.
Hudson, Samuel, Uxbridge,
Hulbcrt. Charles, Boston,
Humphrey, Daniel, North Wegmouik,
Hunt, Mrs. Jerusha B., WhttinevilU,
Huntington, Matilda C, Peabcdg.
fiurd, Francis P., M.D., Wakefield,
Hutchins, Caroline M., Wee^fbrd,
Hutchins, William B., Lowell,
Hutchins. Maria J., **
•Hyslop, David, Boston,
Ide, Rev. Jacob, Jun., Mansfield.
Jackman. Mrs. Susan M., Medwag.
Jackson, Miss Caroline B., Newton,
Jackson, Henry W., Boeton,
Jackson, Laura B. L., '*
•Jackson, James, **
•Jackson, PaUlok T., **
Jaekson, Walter. Brookline.
Jameson, Rev. Ephraim O., Eaei Midway.
JeAries, Mfa« Oatharincr Amory, Boston.
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Jeokinf, Mm. Maria L., New Bet^/brd.
JenDlaon, Rev. Joseph F., Canton,
JepbsoD, Miss O. R., Brookline.
Jewett, Henry. PeppereU.
Johnson, Charles Q., Bradford.
Johnson, Mrs. Bmma E., **
Johnson, Francis, WinchetUr,
Johnson, P«ter R., HoUUton,
Johnson, Miss Rebecca, North Andotfer,
Johnson, Mrs. S. W.» Farmingion^ N.H.
Jones, Angnstns T., North Bridgewater,
Jones, Henry B., HoUUton.
Joslln, Mrs. A. L, Oxford,
Joy, Mrs. Abigail, Boston,
Jadd, Rer. BnrUs, ffeitboro^,
Jadd, Mrs. Rebecca Ann, *'
Jadson, Mrs. Mary O., Uxbridge,
Jtidson, WiUard, *•
Keep, N. 0., Botton,
Keith, Adelbert F., CampOto.
Keith, Albert,
Keith, Arsa B.,
*Keith, Charles, North Bridgetoater.
Keith, Bdward Bverett, Bridgewater,
Keith, Preston B., Campello.
Keith, ZIba C, '*
Kelly, Oeorge Reed, HaverhiU,
Kelton, G^rge, Cfardner,
Kempton, Mrs. Bllen, Orq/lon.
Kendall, Mrs. Abel M., Boston,
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., Winchetter.
•Kendall, William, JThUinwiUe.
Kendriok, John, HaverhiU,
Kendrlok, Mrs. Lydla F., ChatJmm,
Kerr, Robert W., Foxb^tro*,
Kerr, Jane K., **
Kettelle, Jacob Q., Boston.
Kilbon, Qeorge B., Springfield.
Kimball, Benjamin, 2d, HaverhiU,
Kimball, Rct. Caleb, Medway,
Kimball, Charles, Iptwich.
Kimball, Daniel W., Winchester,
Kimball, David, Bradford,
Kimball, Wallace L., "
Kimball, Mrs. Harriet W., LoweiL
Kimball, Mrs. Mary B., Falmouth,
Kimball, John R., Wobum.
Kimball, Mrs. Sylvia, Westboro^,
Kingman, Miss Eliza, Boston,
*Kingman, Miss Sarah, "
Kingsbury, Nathaniel, **
Kingsbury, John, Bra/dford,
Kingsbury, Rev. John D.,
Kingsbury, Katy,
Kingsbury, Martha,
Kittredge, Rev. A. E., Chicago.
Klttredge, C. Brigham, Westboro*,
*KnowIes, Rev. James D., Boston,
KnowltOB, Rev. Stephen, New Haven^ Ft.
Knox, Mrs. 8., Rock Island, III.
Labaree, Rev. John C, Ramdolph,
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Lambert, MiisfBUsabeth 0., Rowlqf,
Irfunbert, Thomas R., D.D., CharUstown,
Lambert, William T.,
Lamson, Edwin, Winchester,
Lamson, Mrs. Edwin, **
Lamson, Qardner Swift,**
Lamson, Helen, **
Lamson, Kate Glidden, **
*Lane, Anthony, Lancaster,
Lane, Rev. James P., Bristol,
Lane, Mrs. Emma L., **
Lane Rev. John W., Whatdy,
Lane, Mrs. Mary H.,
Lane, Mary B.,
Lane, John Eklward,
Lane, Richmond J., Bast Abington.
Langworthy, Rev. Isaac P., Chelsea,
Lasell, Josiah, IptiiinsviUe,
Lasell, Mrs. Jennie W., **
Lathe, Miss Sarah S., Or<n/ton,
Laurie, Inglis, Owatonnat Minnesota,
*llawrence, Amos, Boston.
Lawrence, Rev. Amos E., HousaUmie.
Lawrence, Asa, Oroton,
•Lawrence, Mrs. M. A.,
Lawrence, John,
Lawrence, Curtis, Bradford,
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, **
•Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy T.,*iriKoii, lie,
Lawton, Mrs. S. C, WhUinsviUe,
Laynd, John, **
Leach, Simeon, East Stoughion,
Learoyd, Addison P., Danvers,
Learoyd, Jotm S., "
Leavitt, Abner L., Hingham,
Leavitt, Mrs. Elizabeth Gh., Boston,
Leavitt, Rev. George R., Cambridgeport.
Lee, Rev. Samuel H., Cleveland^ O,
•Leeds, Benjamin, Brookline
Leeds, Benjamin, Boston.
Leeds, Mrs. Anne B., '*
Leeds, Miss Anne G., **
Lees, Mrs. Samuel, North BUlerica,
Lefiivour, Issachar, Beverly,
Lelaod, Calvin, Jun., Natick.
Leland, Mrs. Charlotte A., Sherbom,
Leland, Mrs. Lois, *'
Leonard, Eliza, Foxborc?.
Leonard, James Henry, Bridgewater,
Leonard, James M. **
Lewis, Reuben, Oroton.
Lewis, Mrs. Susan F., **
Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, Hingham,
Lincoln, F. W., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C, Sunderland.
Lincoln, Noah. Boston,
Little, Alexander E., WeUesley,
•Little, Rev. Elbridge G.,
Little, Mrs. Lucia S.,
Little, Sarah Isabel,
Little, etoart, WhttinsvUle,
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Little, Waldo F., NewUm CeiUre.
LltUe, William A., **
Littlcfield, Samuel, SomerviUe.
♦Llvermore, (George, Cambridge,
♦Locke, Ephralm, Boston.
Looml«, Rev. Elihu, Chesterfield, III*
Lord, Miss Anna M., Ipswich,
Lord, Rev. Charles E., Boston,
Lord, Edward A., Danvers,
Lord, John A., Peabody.
*Lord, Looisa O., Manchester,
Lorlng, Mrs. Hannah W., Newton (Mntre,
Loud, Arthur J., Boston,
Loud, Mrs. Martha B., Braintree,
Lovell, Miss Mary B., Afedway.
*Lowell, Charles, D.D., Boston,
Lumb, William, "
Lnnt^ Charles F., Winchester,
Lyman, Rev. George, South Amherst,
Lyman, Samuel T., Huntington.
Lyon, Miss Chloe R., CampeUo,
Macreading, Rev. Chas. S., Providence, R.I.
Maltby, Rev. Erastus, Taunton.
Mann, Miss Helen L., Greenfieid,
Manning, Otis, Littleton.
Manning, Edward W., Wobnm.
Manning, Walter H., Littleton.
Marble, Mrs. Mary £., Gr<\/ton.
Markham, Mrs. Priscilla V., Wrentham.
Marrett, Lorenzo, Cambridgeport.
Marsh, Mrs. Abby C, Georgetown.
Marsh, Eiixabeth C, Haverhill.
Marsh, E. J., Leominster,
Marsh, Lewis A., Chicopee,
Marsh, Miss Julia M., Haverhill,
*Marston, William, Boston.
Martin, George H., Bridgewater,
Mason, Miss Nellie A., Roylston.
Mattison, William, WhUinsviUe.
Maynard, Rev. Joshua L., Williston, Vt,
Maynard, Leander, Shrewsbury,
McElroy, Richard B., Afedway,
*McKean, William, Boston.*
McKeen, Phllena, Andover,
McKeen, Phebe, "
McKenzie, Rev. Alexander, Cambridge.
McKenzle, Ellen H.,
McKenzie, Kennett,
*McLean, Mrs. Ann, Boston.
McLean, Rev. John K., Springfield, III.
McLoud, Rev. Anson, Topsfldd.
Means, John O., D.D., Boston.
Means, Mrs. John O., "
Means, William G., Andover.
Mvrriam, AbnerH., Templeton,
Merriam. Homer. Springfield.
Merrill, Rev. James H., Andover.
Merrill, John K., Methuen.
Merrill, Mrs. Harriet H., JFinchendon,
Merrill, Rov. Truman A., Bemardston.
Merritt, Clarissa, Conway.
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Merritt, Mrs. Mary A., Montague,
Messenger, Miss Eliza, Fitchburg.
Mills, Rev. Charles L., Jamaica Plain.
Mills, Mrs. Rebeeca B., *'
Mills, Miss Lydia, Peabody.
Minot, William, Boston.
Minot, WUliara, Jan., "
Mizter, Mrs. Fanny L., **
Mlxter, Mrs. Mary R., Hardwiek,
Mixter, Mrs. S. E., Rock Island, lU,
Mooar, George, D.D., Oakland, Cal.
Moody, James, WhitintviUe.
Moore, Lewis, Sharon.
Moore, LllUe, Holbrook.
Moors, Joseph, Groton.
Moors, Rufus, " .
Moors, Mrs. Rnfus, Groton,
Mordough, Rev. John H., Portland, Me,
Morse, Charles H., Bradford,
Morong, Rev. Thomas, Ipswich,
Morley, Rev. Sardis B., Pittsfidd,
Morrison, Daniel T., Methuen.
Morrison, Miss Nancy T., Rowley,
Morse, Miss Abby P., Emporia, Kaniai,
Morse, Charles N., Foxboro\
Morns, Miss Emily A., Bradford,
Morse, Henry, Natick,
Morse, Ruftas W., Methtien.
Morse, William E., Bradford.
Moseley, Edward S., Newburyport,
Mosman, Walter B., AubumdaU.
Manger, Rev. Theo.T., Lawrence,
Munger, Mrs. T.T., "
Munroe, Miss Mary, Concord.
Murray, Rev. James O., ^ew- York City,
Murray, Mrs. Julia R., *'
Nason, Rev. Charles, WeHfieet,
Nason, Rev. EUas, BUlerica,
Needhsm, Lucie M., New Braintree,
Needham, Mrs. Mary P., Peabody,
Nelson, Jonathan H., Shrewsbury,
Newell George H., HoUiston,
*Newell, Montgomery, Boston,
Newhall, Lacy Ann, Stow,
Newman, Samuel, Peabody.
Newman, Miss Sarah A., Ipswich,
Nichols, Alfk-ed A., }Fest Amesbury,
Nichols, James R., Haverhill.
Nichols, Joseph, West Amesbury,
Nichols, Moses, HaverhiU.
Nickerson, Mrs. Temple W., Naniuclui,
Nightingale, Rev. Crawford, Groton,
Noon, Rev. Samuel H., N. E. Cor^flerenee,
*Norcro8s, Josiah, WeJe^field.
Norcross, Mrs. Joslah, **
Norton, Rev. Edward, Montague.
Nourse, B. Alden, Westboro*.
Nourse, Caroline Josephine, Boston,
Nourse Daniel, West Medway,
Nourse, Helen S., Boston.
Noufse, pusan M., Bolton.
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Noyes, Alv», North Bridgevoattr,
Noyefl, Jacob, Abington.
Noyes, Luke B., South Abington,
Noyei, RuAiB S., N. Bridgewater,
Oatley, G. D., WhUintviUe,
OAUn, Benjamin, Exeter^ y,H.
Odlln, Mn. E. T. «
Ordway, Aaron L., ^€i»-rorit CUy,
Ordway HIm Charlotte, Brad/&rd,
Ordway Herbert, "
Osborne, George F., Peabody,
Osgood, G«orge C, Lowell,
Osgood, U. B., WhUintviUe,
Packard, Bey. D. Temple, Brighton,
Packard, Edward C, North BridgewaUr,
Packard, 8. Edwards, 'Springfield,
Packard* 8. Franklin, Campello,
Packard, Miss 8uBle P., "
Packard, Zlbeon, Abington.
Pa|(e, Abigail L., Atkineon, N.H,
Paige George R., New Salem,
*Palne, Mrs. Sarah M., Holden,
•Paine, Miss 8arah C, <<
Palmer, Kev. Charles Ray, Salem.
*Palmer Rev. Stephen, Needham,
Palmer, Squire, South Deerfield.
Park, John C, Boeton.
Parker, Andrew, Gloucester,
Parker, Daniel, WhUinwille,
•Parker, John, Boston,
Paricer, Mrs. Sarah, "
•Parkman, Francis, D.D., "
•Parkman, Samael, "
•Parkman, Mrs. Sarah, "
Parmenter, Mrs. B. J. G., Athol,
•Parsons, Gorham, Botton.
•Parsons, William, *•
Parsons, Rev. R. C, Worcester,
Parsons, John, Jun., Saugus Centre,
Partridge, Clark, Medway.
Partridge, Joseph, HoUiston.
Patrick, Rev. Henry J., West Newton,
Patrick, Mrs. Martha L., '*
Patten, Mrs. John F., Lynn.
Patterson, David H., Methuen,
Paul, Frederick A., Lakeville.
Paul, Henry, Newton,
•Paul, Mrs. Henry, »*
•Paul, Luther, "
Paul, Luthpf, Jun., **
Paul, Miss Harriet, **
Paul, Miss Mary. *'
Paul, Mrs. Ruth B., Medway.
Payson, Miss Susan, Foxboro\
Payson, William P.,
Pearson, Miss Hannah J., Lowell,
Pease, George W., Salem.
Peck, Rev. David, Sunderland,
Peckham. Hubbard, Petersham,
Pelrce, Rev. Bradford K., Harlem, N. Y,
Peoples, Samuel, Natick,
Perkins, Beojamin C, Peabody.
Perkins, E. E., North Middlebord',
Perkins, Mrs. Elisabeth E., "
Perkins, Jalrus H., **
Perkins, James, Peabody,
•Perkins, James, Boston,
•Perkins, James, jun., "
Perkins, Miss Mary A., Brighton,
•Perkins, Thomas H., Boston.
Perley, Mrs. Abigail T., Salem.
Pcrley, Jacob, "
Perry, Miss Catharine H., Sherbom.
Perry, James, Danvers,
•Peters, Edward D., Boston,
Peters, Mrs. Lydla H., Berlin,
Pettee, Daniel, Sharon,
Pettee, Miss Eliza J., Foxboro*.
Pettee, Samuel Gardner, Stottghton.
Pettee, Willard, Forboro*.
Phillips, Alonzo P.. Medway, •
Phillips, George W., Saugus.
Phillips, Mrs. Geo.W., *•
•PhilllpB, Jonathan, Boston,
Phillips, Mrs. Sally, *<
Phillips, William, Boston.
Plckard, Rev. Daniel W., Oroveland,
Pickering, Henry W., Boston,
Pierce, Albert T., Stoughion.
•Pierce. Rev. Charles H., MUOmry.
Pierce, Isaac T. WhitinsviUe.
Pierce. Sylvester G., Winchester,
•Plerpont, Rev. John, Medford,
Pierson, Rev. William Henry, Ipswich,
Pike, John, D.D., Rowley.
Plumb, Rev. Albert H., Boston,
Plumb, Joseph Dart, **
Plumer, Mrs. Martha H., Rowley,
Plommer, Israel, WhitinsviUe,
Pogue, Mrs. Joseph, Orajlon,
Pollard, Joseph G., Wobum.
Pollock, Miss Emma A., WhitinsviUe.
Pomeroy, Fred. L., Sunderland.
Pond, Almira W., South Maiden,
Pond, John P., Boston.
Fond, Mrs. Nancy, Medway.
Pond, William E., Wrentham.
Pool, Solomon, Gloucester.
Poor, Joseph, Peabody.
Poor, Nathan H., "
Porter, J. Edwards. North BrooJ;field,
Porter, Samuel S., Winchester.
Potter, J. Sturgis, Newton.
Pratt, Cornelius, North Weymotith,
Pratt, David, **
Pratt, Galen, North BrUlgewtUer.
Pratt, Galen E., "
Pratt, Rev. George H., Harvard.
Pratt, Norton, Braintree.
Pratt, Phebe, Sherbom.
Pratt, Philip W., Abington,
Pratt, Zebulon, North MiddlOtoro*.
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Prentice, Miss JnlU, Orafton,
Prentice, Marvel, WhUin»ville.
Prentice, James A.,
PrentiBS, Luke,
•Prescott, William, Boston,
♦Prince, Rev. J. M., Oeorgetovm,
Prince, Mrs. Sarah B., Quincy,
Prltchard, William, Newburyport.
Proctor, Elizabeth O., PeaJbody.
Proctor, Henry H., "
Proctor, Mrs. Lucy A., Oloucetter,
Proctor, Thorndike, Peabody,
Puffer, Mrs. Josiah, Harvard.
Putnam, Mrs. Elizabeth T., OrqfUm,
Quincy, Thomas D., Boston.
Quincy. Mrs. J. C, "*
Quincy, Thomas D.,Jun. "
Randall, Franklin B., Dover^ N.H.
Randall, Flora Sarah, '*
Randall, Mary Elizabeth, **
Rankin, J. Eames, D.D., Washington^ D.C.
Rankin, Mrs. Mary, '*
Ray, George W., Medway Village.
Raymond, Helen S., Boston.
Read, Miss Martha, East AMngton.
Reed, Mies Caroline Q., Haverhill.
Roed. Horace, South Abington.
Reed, Miss Serissa, East Abington.
Reeves, Miss Ellen P., Wayland,
Rice, Mrs. Agnes L., Boston.
Rice, Edward, Wayland.
Rice, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Lawrence.
Rice, Mrs. Henry A., Boston,
Rice, Miss M. Augusta, Wesiboro^.
Rice, Miss Jenny M., "
Rich, Rev. Alonzo B., W. Lebanon, N.H.
Rich, Rev. A. Judson, Broo^field.
Rich, Mrs. Harriet L., "
Richards, Mrs. A. M., Bridgeport^ Ct.
Richards, James F-, Campello.
♦Richardson, Benjamin P., Boston.
Richardson, John W., Medway.
Richardson, Luther, Winchester.
Richardson, Miss Sarah E., Concord,
Richardson. Stephen, W. Medway.
Richardson, Sumner, JFinohester,
RIcker, Edmund, West Ametbury,
RIcker, George E., "
•Ritchie, Andrew, jun., Boston,
Robbins, Andrew, Groton.
liobblns, Chandler. D.D., Boston.
♦Kobblns. Edward H., ••
Roberts, Rev. Jacob, Auburndale,
Roberts, Mrs. Mary A., "
Roberts, Mrs. Ruth, MancJiester.
Robertson, Jnmes, Peabody.
Robinson, Charles W., Auburndale.
Robinson, H. W., North BridgewtUer.
♦Robinson, Rev. Reuben T., Wincheeter,
♦Robinson, Mrs. Clara A.,
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Rockwood, John. Oroton.
Rockwood, John T., Springfield,
Rockwood, Miss Polly S., Ashland.
♦Rogers, George, Boston.
Rogers, George L., Newburyport,
Rogers, Shubael G., Boston,
♦Rogers, Rev. WiUiam M., "
Russell, Sarah J., Framinghcun,
Russell, SamU W., New-England Cof^lurence.
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Safford. Rev. George B., Burlington, Vt,
♦Salisbury. Samuel, Boston.
Sanford, Mrs. Adeline D., Medway ViUag*,
Sanford, Edmund I., Medway.
Sanford, Henry D., Bridgewater.
Sanger, Edward G., Cambridgepori,
Sargeant, James C.. Oakham.
Sargent, Edmund, West Amesbury.
♦Sargent, Lucius M., Boston.
Sargent, Samuel G., Methuen.
SawtcU, Ephraim, Oroton.
Sawyer, George, Canq»ello.
Sawyer, Martha B., •*
Sawyer, Seth C, Holbrook.
Scales, Edward P., Newton,
♦Scudder, Charles, Boston,
Seudder, Mrs. Sarah L., "
Seagrave, Edward F., Uxbridge.
Seagrave, Mrs. Mary Ann, "
Sears, Miss Hannah M., Ashfield.
Seaver, A. W., Northbo%*o\
Seeley, Raymond H., DJ)., HaverMU,
Seeley, Mra. Fanny B., "
Selfridgeyr Thomas O., Boston.
♦Shattuck, Andrew, Oroton.
Shattuck, Mrs. Susan P., "
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah. Boston.
Sheldon, Rev. Luther H., Jamesburgh, N.J.
SheMon, Mrs. Sarah H., "
Shepherd, Thomas, Winchester.
Shirley, Rev. Arthur, Conway.
Shlverick, Miss Maria L., Campello.
♦Sigoumey, Andrew, Boston.
Sigourney, Henry, **
Slkes, Mrs. Otis, Conway.
Simonds, A Ivan, Boston.
SkiUlngs, David N., Winchester,
♦Slack, Ruggles, Boston.
Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., '*
Slafter, Mrs. Edmund F., '*
Sleeper, William C, Methuen.
Small, Amos T., West Amesbury
Small, Mrs Fidelia Porter, Millbury.
Small. Samuel A.,
Small, Samuel E.,
Small. Mra. Sumner, Netcton Centre.
Smith. Mrs. .^bbj P., Concord.
Smith. Henry F, "
♦Smith. Albert W., Westboro*.
Smith, Mrs. Lucy Jane, "
Smith, ^Crs. Clara J.. Sunderland.
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Smith, Mrs. Frances B. D., WMHntvUU,
Smith, Rer. Edward P., Brooklyn^ N.J,
Smith, George P., Bo9t<m,
Smith, Samnel, **
Smith, Joel, WhUintvUU,
Smith, Jonathan, **
Smith, Warren N., **
Smith, Mrs. Hattle J., QUnuietUr.
Smith, Matson M., D D., Harlfard^ Ct,
Smith, Hre. Mataon M., *<
Smith, Norman, Oroton,
Smith, Mn. Mary J., **
Smith, Richard, Peabody,
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, **
Smith, Mrs. Sarah. Andovtr,
Smith, William W., Conway.
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Snow, Amhrofe. South Hadley FalU.
Snow, Mrs. Caroline, AubumddU,
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Chatham.
Sonle, Henry M., South AbingUm.
Soathgate, Charles M., St. Johimiburjfy Vt,
Soathgate, Rev. Robert, Hatiford, Vt.
*8otitbgati*, Mrs. Mary Frances, **
Sonthworih, Mrs. Caroline M., Mtdway,
S^Muilding, Mrs. Charlotte A., Oroton,
Spaalding, John, Oroton Junction,
Spooner, William B., BoxUm,
Spring, Mrs Adela C, WhiHnatfUU,
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Bzra C, Manchester,
Stanton, Rev. George F., South Weymouth.
Stebbins, Rev. Milan C, Springfidd,
Sterens, Mrs. George, Lowell.
^Stevens, Korman C, Newton,
Stevens, Mrs. E . M. , * *
Stevens, Mrs. Benjamin F., Peabody,
Stevens. Samuel, Oloucetter.
Stickney. William H., Draeut,
^Stoddard, Lewis T., Brookline,
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San FraneiteOt Cal.
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F., "
Stone, Martha A., Newton Centre,
Storrs, Eanice C, Braintree, ,
Storrs, Richards., D.D.. **
Stowell, Mrs. Abby F., Concord.
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Deer^field,
Stowell, D. W. . Waltham.
Strong, Rev. Elnathan E., '*
Strong, Rev. J. C, Leech Lake^ Minn,
Strong. Mrs. J. C, " •' "
Studley, Austin. Eant Abington,
Studley Edward A.. Boston.
Sugden, Miss Mary, Braintree.
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Moneon.
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Foxboro\
Bwaxey, Mrs. Frances A*., Lynn,
Swett, Samuel W., Boaton.
Swift, Miss Lottie H., Andover.
SwlUer, Rev. Christopher J . Provincetown.
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Taft, MissBmllyA., **
Taft, Gnstevus E., <*
Taft, Mrs. G. B., *•
Taft, S. Jennie. **
Taft, Jacob, Uxfiridge.
Tapley, Gilbert, Danvert,
*Tappan, John, Bo»t<m.
Tarr, William J., Olouce»ier,
Taylor, Mrs. Malansa, Winchetter,
Teele, Rev. Albert K., MUton,
Teele, Mrs. Cornelia C, **
Temple, Mark M., Reading,
Tenny, Mrs. Joanna 8., SauguM.
•Tenney, Mrs. Mary P., Winchetter,
Tenney, Mrs. Apphla 8., Oeorgetown,
Terrj^ Rev. James P., South Weymouth,
Thacher, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park,
Thacher Miss Calisto C, AUlAoroK
Thacher, John, "
Thacher, Susan B., Portland^ Me,
Thacher, Mrs. Susan C, "
Thacher, William T., Hyde Park.
*Thatcher, Mary Lndlow, Middleboro*.
Thayer, Addison 8., Medway,
Thayer, Clara L., "
Thayer, Amasa, Braintree,
Thayer, B. F. E.,
Thayer, Ira,
«Thaycr, Mrs. Lllla,
Thayer, Annie M., Holbrook.
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Andover,
Thayer, Mrs. Martha C, "
Thayer, Oliver, Salem.
*Tliayer, Mrs. Jane, Boston,
Thayer, Robert H., New- York City,
Thayer, Sarah H., Braintree.
Thayer, William W., Uxbridge.
Thompson, Mrs. Averlck F., Wareham.
Thompson, Mrs. Emily B., Concord.
Thompson, Everett A., North Wobum,
Thompson, Samuel A., *'
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Eliza, **
Thompson, George R., North Brldgewater,
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, Wobum.
Thompson, Rtephen, Winchester.
Thurston, Rev. Richard B., St€tmford^ Ct.
Tlmlow, Rev. Heman R., Wolpole.
Tlmlow, Dana C, '*
Tinker, Russell, Chrc^lon.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E., WhitinsviUe.
Tolman, Rev. Richard. Hampton^ Va,
Tolman, Rev. Samuel H., Lenox.
Terrey, Miss Elizabeth L., South Weymouth,
Torrey, James, North Weynumth,
Torrey, Willard, Oroton.
Towne, William B , MUford, N,H,
Trask, Charles H., Jun., Manchester.
Trask, Mrs. A. H., "
Trask, Lizzie 'R.^Oloueesier.
Trask. Samuel, Peabody.
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TriboQ, Samuel. North Bridgewater.
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton.
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, Abktgton.
Trufant, Philip P.,
Tnifaot, Walter Ezra,
TTucker, Rev. Elijah W., Lebanofh Ci*
•Tucker, Jesse, Milton,
♦Tucker, Mrs. Mary R., "
•Tucker, Nathan, «
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, "
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W., Dorchuttr,
Tucker, John A., "
Tucker, William, ••
Tucker, William W., Boston.
TuAs, Charles, Andover,
Turner. Miss Alice Montgomery, Banddph.
Tuttle, Miss Martha E., Concord,
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, Oroveland,
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littleton.
Twichell, John M., Fitchburg.
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W., Boston,
•Underhill, Rev. John W., N. Amherst.
Upton,-Mrs. Lucy K., Peabody,
Uptoo, Moses T., Salem,
Vose, William H., Fitchburg.
Wadsworth, Mrs. Lacy, Milton.
Wadsworth, William, Boston.
Wakefield, Miss C, Beading.
Waldron, Rev. Daniel W., Boston.
Wales, Erastus, Holbrook.
Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Dean H., Andover.
Walker, Miss Frances A., HaverhUL
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Ashbg.
Walker, John 8., East Medwag,
Walker, Mrs. John S., "
♦Walker, Levi. Bridgewater.
Walker, Ellen A., **
Walker, Moses, HaverhiU.
Walker, Nathaniel. «*
Walker, Robert Gh.. Boston.
Walker, William M., Bridgewater.
•Walley, Samuel H., Boston.
Walley, Samuel H., **
Ward, Artemas, "
Ward, Miss Lydia, Saxonville,
Ward, Samuel, Boston.
Ward, Miss H. L. H., Lakeville.
♦Ward, Rev. James W., "
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L., **
Ward, Miss Susan H., *'
Ward, Salem T., Winchester,
Warflcld, Henry L., Buokland.
Warner, John, Kewton.
Warner, William, South Deerfield,
Warren, George W , Boston.
♦Warren, Mrs. Diantha A., Lynn.
♦Warren, Mrs. Maria, Chraflon.
♦Warren, Nehemiah, Stow.
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Warren, Jonaa, *^
♦Warren, Lucinda, "
♦Warren, William A., Winchester,
Washburn, William B., Greenfield.
Washburn, Mrs William B., ''
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Ontfton.
Watklns, Miss Abby A., Gloucester.
Weeks, Mrs. L. Caroline, North Dana.
Webster, Edward, Boscaiwen, N.H,
Welch, John, Boston.
Weld, James, "
Wells, Mrs. Martha D., Northborc^,
Wellman, Joshua W., D.D., Newton.
Wendell, Mrs. Catharine, Boston.
Wentworth, Albert, ffaverhill.
Westworth, Lewis, Bridgewater.
West, Peleg D., WhitinsviUs.
Wheeler, Ah\jah R., East Medway.
Wheeler, Mrs. M. B., Medwag.
Wbltcomb, Oscar L., Worcester.
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abble B.,**
Whitcomb, G. Henry, **
Whitcomb, Lewis, Holbrook.
♦Whltoomb, Reuben, Hdrpard.
♦Whitcomb, Reuben, Jun.,
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abby F.,
•Whitcomb. Mrs. Louisa D.,
Whitcomb, Miss Mary M.,
White, Aaron L., Medwag.
White Cornelius, Brookville.
White, Edmund, Holbrook.
White, Newton, *«
♦White, James, Boston.
White, Joel, Uxbridgs.
White, Josiah, Pttersham,
White, Mrs. MaryC, Pembroke, N.H,
White, Phineas A., WhUinsvUle.
White, Thomas, Holbrook.
Whitin, Arthur F., WhUinstfUle.
Whltin, Charles E.,
WhlUn, Charles P.,
Whltin, Mrs. Catharine H.**
Whltin, Edward,
Whltin, James F.,
Whitin, Mrs. Patience H.,**
WhiUn, Paul, "
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah J.,
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah R.,
Whiting, Lemuel, Groton,
Whitman, Charles, Lowell.
Whitmarsh, Mrs. Diantha, 8. Abington.
Whimarsh, Mary,
Whitmarsh, Miss Mary J.,
Whitmorc, Annie Maria, Lgnn,
Whitney, Charles H., Cambridgeport.
Whitney, Dora S., South Groton.
Whitney, Frederick, Westminster.
Whitney, Helen J., Stow,
Whitney, Isaac S., Gloucester.
Whitney, Israel, Boeton,
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Whitney, Mrs. Permella V., Peiertham,
Whitney, Richard D., SpringiMd,
Whitney, Mrs. Sasanna, Rutland,
*WiggleBworth, Thomas, Boston,
Wilbur, Joseph, Taunton,
Wlid, Daniel, Boston.
Wild, Miss Livia A., South Braintree,
Wilder Hattie W., South Acton.
Willeoz, Rev. William H., Reading.
Williams, Hiss Amelia P., Sunderland,
Williams, Rev. C. H. S., Concord,
Williams, Mrs. O. H. 8., *<
Williams, Rer. Edward F., Whitinsvilie.
Williams, Miss Elliabeth C, Oroton.
Williams, Miss Mary D., Greei\^Ui.
Williams, 8. H., Foxboro\
Williams, Thomas 8., Aubumdale.
Williams, Ephraim, Springfield.
Willis, Lueeba, Wayland,
Willis, Lucy Maria, "
Wilson, Rev. Thomas, Stoughton,
Wing, John O., Lowell.
Wines, Rev. C. Maurice, Haritfordf Conn.
Wlnslow, Pelham, E<ut Abington,
Winter, David Baker, Korthbridge.
Winthrop, Robert C, Boston,
*Winthrop, Thomas L., **
WIswell, Mrs. Liazle M., Chicago, IlL
^Withington, Otis, BrookHne,
Woloott, Mrs. Elliabeth, Peabodg.
Wolcott, William, "
Woodbury, Simon J., Sutton.
Wood, Mrs. Abtjab, Westboro*.
Wood, Cyrus K., Gardner.
Wood. Elizabeth O., Foxhor&.
Wood, Miss Jane A., OrafUm.
Wood, Joseph W., Whitinsvilie.
Wood, Mrs. E. 8., **
Wood, Mrs. Samuel F., Cheba^ford.
Wood, Mrs. Susan, Oroton,
Wood, T. Dwigfat, Westminster.
Wood, Theodore S., "
Woods, Mi«s Abble Wheeler, Maiden.
Woods, Austin Frank, Xew Braintree,
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, Boston.
•Woods, Samuel H., . "
Woodward, Ebenezer, NeMon.
Woodward, Miss Emily, Newton U. Falls.
Woodworth, Artemas B., Lowell.
Worcester, Miss Saille, Brighton.
*Worthington, William, Boston,
Wright, George L., MUteneaque.
Wyman, Charles, Lancaster.
Wyman, Rufus, Boston.
Wyman, William Q., FUchburg.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
Beoeipfes from April 1, 1872, to April 1, 1873.
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Abington, Second Congregational Ch.
and Society
South
" Mary Whitmarah (I
L. M.)
Evander Reed
Agawam, Feeding Hills Oh. and Soc.
Andovcr, South Cong. Cli, and Soc. .
♦• North Trin. Cong. Church.
'* A friend (1 i*. M.)
Ashby, Second Parish
Auburndale, Cong. Church and Soc. .
Ayer, Cong. Church and Society. . . .
Barre, Evang. Church aud Soc
BernardHton, Cong. Ch. and Soc. . . .
Boston, Old South Church
*' Park-8t. Church
S.8. Warren
First Mariners' Baptist Cb. .
Mrs. 3fcl.^ud, paid in silver.
Union Church
Mrs. Nancy Atkinson
Bradford, Cong. Church and Soc
•' Kev. John D. Kingsbury. .
Braintree, First Church
'• Livla A. Wlld(lL. M.)...
" Kachcl A. Faxon
Buckland, Cong. Church
Bridgewuter, James M. Leonard (1
L. M.)
Brookficld. a friend
Campello, Orthodox Cong. Church. .
Canton, Cong. Church
Chlcopee, 2d Church and Soc
3d •• ••
Centreville, Cong. Ch
Charletnontf Ch. East
Conway, Cong, Ch
Concord, Union Bible Soc
Chelsea, Mrn.N.A. M.Dutch
Danvers, Maple-st. H.S. (1 L. H.) .. .
Derry, N.U., Mrs. Plllsbury
Dunstable, Cong. Church
Duxbury , North- West Union Soc. . . .
Falmouth, First Cong. Church
Fitchburg, Calviuistlc Cong. Church
(A.B.S.)
Franklin, Cong. Church and Soc
Freetown, '• *' *'
Franklin County Bible Soc
Georgetown, Memorial Church (1 L.
M.)
Georgetown, a friend
Groton, Union Cong. Church and Soc
Groveland, •* '*
Hadley, Russell Church
Hamstcad, N.Ii., (>)ng. Ch
Hanover. Mass., First Cong. Ch
Haverhill, North Church and Soc. . .
•' West Cong. Ch. and Soc. .
Hatfield, Cong. Church and Soc
Harvard, Evang. Church and Soc...
$15 00
21 00
20 00
20 00
7 06
48 00
36 00
20 00
9 25
71 60
19 05
20 57
1 00
154 59
223 63
200 00
7 08
2 08
5 00
5 UO
69 40
6 00
44 00
20 00
5 00
9 01
20 00
5 00
52 85
29 28
36 03
40 00
10 10
17 00
47 95
100 00
10 00
20 00
1 00
6 75
2 00
28 00
95 37
16 65
8 39
16 75
37 26
60
21 00
11 00
19 71
6 00
8 00
60 00
20 00
73 75
16 00
Holliflton, Cong. Church and Soc. . . .
Hopkinton, •• •• " ....
Holbrook, " *• »*....
*• E.E. Holbrook
Hubbardston, Cong. Church
Lakeville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (I l.h.)
Lancaster, Evang. Church ana Soo. .
Lawrence. Lawrence st. Cong. Ch.. .
Leominster. Evang. Churcli and 8oo.
Longmeadow, Ladies' Benevolent So.
** Gentlemen's Benev. So.
Littleton, Orthodox Cong
Ludlow, Cong. Church and Soc
Lunenburg,'* '• •♦
Medway, Village Church (1 l. m.) . .
*» West. Cong. Church
" East, First Cong. Church .
Methuen, John Davis, Ann. Sub ....
Milbury. Second Cong Church
Middleboro', First Cong. Church
*• Central Cong. Church. .
Newbury port, Belleville Cong. Ch. .
• * Prospect'St. Ch urch . .
*' First Presbt. Ch. and
Soc
Newtonvllle, Cong. Ch. and Soc
New>England Conference of Meth-
odist-Episcopal Church
North Deer Tsland, Me., Second Ch.,
(A.B.S.)
Norwood, First Cong. Ch. (1 L. M.).
Orange, Central Church
Palmer, Second Church
Peabody, S. Cong. Church and Soc. .
Pepperell, Cong Church and Soc...
Petersham, Orthodox Cong. Church.
Phillipston, First Cong. Church
liev. Chas. F. Morse. . . .
Rowley, Cong. Church and Soc ....
Roxbury, West, South Evang. Ch. . .
Salem, South Church and Soc
** Crombie-st. Cong, Ch . and So.
Saugus, Cong. Church and Soc
Sharon, *• • " •♦
Saxonville, Edwards Church
Shelburne, Cong. Church aud Soc. . .
Shrewsbury, »* " "...
Shirley. Cong. Church and Soc
Springfield, Olivet Church (1 i.. M.)
** Indian Orchard Ch. So.
" Feeding-Hills Soc
Spencer, Cong. Church and Soc
*• '* Sabbath School
'* For supply of pulpit
Sudbury, Cong. Cnurch and Soc
Templeton, •• " *'
Townsend, " *' , "
Upton, Ellen M. Gore
Warwick, Trin. Cong. Church
Waverley, First Cong. Church
Westboro' Evang. Church and Soo...
Westfleid, a friend
$43 00
65 70
34 46
76 00
2 86
20 00
30 06
100 00
48 87
26 70
27 60
626
16 02
4 00
83 66
40 78
21 42
10 00
33 00
24 46
21 40
90 11
36 66
34 00
41 06
728 44
4 00
20 00
12 60
18 26
61 91
13 60
6 01
26 86
6 00
41 80
24 60
70 00
30 00
32 11
10 07
10 60
19 00
7 06
16 80
42 la
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766
20 70
4 86
25 00
12 41
12 67
6 10
200
600
26 46
83 66
26 00
50
WeymotiUi, FlrfiOong. Ch. and Soe. 990 84
** Sonth) Second Cong. Oh.
(lL.M.) 81 00
Weymoath.North, Pllffrim Cong. Ch. 24 70
Wobnrn, Cong. Charon and 8<m:. ... 78 00
Westmoreland, N.H., John Cole and
wife (1 L. M.) 20 00
Weatford, Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6 00
Wellfleet, South, Cong. Charch 6 00
Wilbn^am, Cong. Church and Soc. . 87 80
WhltinsTille, Cong. Oh. and Soe. . . * $770 25
Winchester, Cong. Charch 115 60
Whately, Cons. Charch 10 00
Winchendon. North Charch (1 L. M.) 35 00
Worcester. Central Church 48 35
" A friend 10 00
Yarmouth, First Cong. Oh. and Soc. 81 20
$5,438 89
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
A IHend in Massaehosetts to circu-
late the Bible in Foreign Lands,
A fHend in Boston 5 00
Eachel A.Faxon 5 00
▲ Mend in Boston 2 00
By Daniel Eames, Colporteur $10 53
uampden Benevolent Association,
interest on $200 in gold 6 00
$88 43
COLLECTIONS,
By Rev, E. F. SLAFTER, AgeiU of the American Bible Society.
Boston, Trinity Charch $1,180 00
** Emmanuel *' 718 00 ,
«• St. Paul's »• ©02 00'
*• Christ " 10 CO
Brookllne, St. Paul's Church 257 25
OwDBbridge, St. John's Chapel 45 00
Oambrldgeport, St. Peter's Church. . 0 35
Chelsea, St. Luke's Church 17 00
Dorchester. St. Mary's Church 20 00
Hedham, St. Paul's Church 00 80
VIramingham, St. John's Church. ... 25 00
Hanover, St. Andrew's Church 88 84
tiftwrence, Grace Church 21 68
Lawrence, St. John's Church $7 03
Longwood, Church of our Saviour. . 145 00
Newton Lower Falls, St. Mary's Ch. 46 28
Roxbury, St. James Church 70 60
Salem, Grace Church 80 70
Waltham, Christ's Church 22 00
Worcester. All-Saint's Church 86 50
Quinqy, Christ Church 18 04
Two Friends 50 00
Bev. Samuel Cutler 20 00
$8,450 68
LEGACIES.
Anbum, firom the estate of William
Craiff, Inpart $6,000 80
Boston, m>m the estate of Mrs.
Harriet W. Strong 100 00
** fh>m the estate of Miss Lucy
SpoflTord 80 00
Holbrook, finom the estate of Elisha
N. Ilolbrook $200 00
Whitiiisvllle, ft*om the estate of E.
W. Fletcher (1 L. M.) 100 00
$6,520 80
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS $270 00
WHOLE AMOUNT acknowledged In.the preceding lists $15,767 84
FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
1 give, devise, and bequeath to the Mabsachubktts Bible Society, Incorporated in the
yew eighteen hundred and ten, the sum of to be applied to the charitable uses
' purposes of the Society.
Lettebs plating to Agencies, or to the general interests and policy of the Society,
•hould be directed to the Rev. Damxel Butler, Recording Secretary, 15 Comhill, Boston.
twm Remittances for books, donations fh>m churches and Individuals, and orders for
books, should be addressed to Rev. Bluah Cutler, Agent, 15 OomhiU, Boston.
APPENDIX.
The following communication from the Corresponding Sec
retary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Boston,
received too late for our Report, we here insert : —
To the MaMachosetU Bible Society.
Dear Brethren, — We cannot value your aid to us too
highly. The work that the "Boston Young Men's Christian
Association " is doing is among strangers ; and, in a large number
of instances, the destitute young men are brought under our influ-
ence impoverished by dissipation. Many of these are the sons of
the most devoted and worthy fathers and mothers of the country
communities of our dear New England and the Provinces. The
majority of them received a mother's parting advice to use daily
the Bible, which she had placed in their trunks on leaving these
sacred and restraining influences for such scenes of temptation as
every city furnishes. This is manifestly forgotten by them in the
majority of cases that are brought under our notice. Many throw
away their Bible as a first step to a career of dissipation, and plunge
deep into sin of every kind, lose their situation in business, find
they are " feeding upon the husks ; " and then a thought of home,
a word by letter fi*om a mother or sister, the very pinohings of
hunger, or the cordial invitation of some friend, send them to our
Reading Room or prayer-meetings.
One of the first inquiries made by us is, Have you a Bible or
Testament ? We have given to such upwards of 1000 Testaments
a year for the p2L8iJifteen years, — the gift of your noble Society.
One young man pulled from his pocket a well-worn Testamenjt
a few days since, saying, " You gave me that when I was pretty
badly ofl*, three years and a half ago. I was led to Jesus then,
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through the words and prayers of this Association ; and it has
been my constant companion ever since." The following letter
speaks for itself: —
Boston Highlands, May 31, 1871.
L. P. Rowland, Secretary.
Dear Sir^ — I am so glad to send you these few lines, to inform
you that I have found peace for my troubled mind in the Testa-
ment you kindly gave me. I find Jesus invites the worst of sin-
ners to seek pardon and forgiveness through faith in God our
Father, and his death. I see in the book he was persecuted by
men, bruised and insulted for our sake. May the Lord of Hosts
enable me to realize the importance of keeping in my sight and
mind the value of the blessed teaching of his Word ! I trust I
shall sow seed for those, who, like mysclfj need to know of Christ.
I remain yours respectfully,
F. H. w.
In a public address in North Bridgewater upon the temptations
of young men, I referred to the circulation of the Bible and its
portions by the Bible Society of Massachusetts, and how we
should rejoice at its free circulation. I received the following a
few days after : —
"North Bridgewater, April 25, 187.3.
"Me. Rowland, — Please use the enclosed money to buy some
Testaments ; and let me suggest that you give them to young
persons you know about who would like to learn of Jesus, but are
too poor to buy one for themselves.''
In our daily prayer-meeting on board the United States Receiv-
ing Ship ** Ohio," we find many of the very best opportunities for
bestowing a Bible or Testament to be well used and fully appre-
ciated. The long days and weeks of leisure which these men
have at their disposal upon a man-of-war, furnish th^ best oppor-
tunity for useful reading.
We have to express our deep appreciation of the aid which the
Society has rendered us, in enabling us thus to give to all a por-
tion of Gk)d's Word. We hope that our distributions will continue
to be conducted with such care as to commend it to your approval
and aid.
I am faithfully yours,
L. P. Rowland, Cor. Sec.
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NoyeSf Alv», North Bridgevoattr,
Noyea, Jacob, Ahington,
Noyes, Luke B., South AbingUm,
Noyea, Rufus S., N. Bridgewater,
Oatley, O. D., WhUiMviUe,
Odiln, BeoJamlD, Exeter, y.H.
Odlln, Mw. E. T. «
Ordway, Aaron L., New-Tork CUjf.
Ordway Miss Charlotte, Bradford,
Ordway Herbert, *•
Osborne, George P., Peahody.
Osgood, George C, Lowell,
Osgood, U.B., WhUinaviUe.
Packard, Rev. D. Temple, Brighton,
Packard, Edward C, North BridgewaUr.
Packard, S. Edwards, 'Springfield,
Packard* 8. Franklin, CampeUo,
Packard, Miss Susie P., "
Packard, Zibeon, Ahington.
Pa|(e, Abigail L., AtkiMon, N.H.
Paige George R., New Salem.
*Palne, Mrs. Sarah M., Holden,
•Paine, Miss Sarah C, ^
Palmer, Kev. Charles Ray, Salem,
*Palmer Rev. Stephen, Needham,
Palmer, Squire, South Deerfield.
Park, John C, Boston,
Parker, Andrew, Olouceeter,
Parker, Daniel, Whitineville,
•Parker, John, Boston,
Parker, Mrs. Sarah, *'
•Parkman, Francis, D.D., **
•Parkman, Samuel,
•Parkman, Mrs. Sarah,
Pannenter, Mrs. B. J. G., Athol,
•Parsons, Gorham, Boston.
•Parsons, William, *•
Partons, Rev. R. C, Worcester.
Parsons, John, Jun., Saugus Centre,
Partridge, Clark, Medway.
Partridge, Joseph, HolUston.
Patrick, Rev. Henry J., West Newton.
Patrick, Mrs. Martha L., "
Patten, Mrs. John F., Lynn.
Patterson, David H., Methuen,
Paul, Frederick A., LakevilU,
Paul, Henry, Newton.
•Paul, Mrs. Henry, "
•Paul, Luther,
Paul, Luther, Jun.,
Paul, Miss Harriet, **
Paul, Miss Mary. '*
Paul, Mrs. Ruth B., Medway.
Payson, MIm Susan, Foxboro\
Payson. William P., "
Pearson, Miss Hannah J., Lowell.
Pease, George W., Salem.
Peck, Rev. David, Sunderland,
Pockham. Hubbard, Petersham.
Peirce, Rev. Bradford K., Harlem, N. Y.
Peoples, Samuel, Natick.
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Perkins, Beqjamln 0., Peahody,
Perkins, E. E., North MiddUhortJ^.
Perkins, Mrs. Elizabeth E., ''
Perkins, Jairus H., "
Perkins, James, Peahody,
•Perkins, James, Boston,
•Perkins. James, Jun., "
Perkins, Miss Mary A., Brighton,
•Perkins, Thomas H., Boston.
Perley, Mrs. Abigail T., Salem.
Perley, Jacob, "
Perry, Miss Catharine H., Sherhom.
Perry, James, Danvers,
•Peters, Edward D., Boston,
Peters, Mrs. Lydla H., Berlin.
Pettee, Daniel, Sharon.
Pettee, Miss Eliza J.. Foxboro*.
Pettee, Samuel Gardner, Stoughton.
Pettee, Willard, Foxhoro*.
Phillips, Alonzo P., Medway,
Phillips, George W., Saugus.
Phillips, Mrs. Geo.W., »*
•PhilUpn, Jonathan, Boston.
Phillips, Mrs. Sally, **
Phillips, William, Boston.
Pickard, Rev. Daniel W., Oroveland,
Pickering, Henry W., Boston.
Pierce, Albert T., Stoughton.
•Pierce, Rev. Charles U., MilUmry,
Pierce, Isaac T. Whitinsville.
Pierce, Sylvester G., Winchester,
•Plerpont, Rev. John, Medford,
Pierson, Rev. William Henry, Ipswich.
Pike, John, D.D., Rotoley.
Plumb, Rev. Albert H,, Boston.
Plumb, Joseph Dart, **
Plumer, Mrs. Martha H., Rowley.
Plummer, Israel, WhiHnsvUU,
Pogue, Mrs. Joseph, Or€{/ton,
Pollard, Joseph G., Wobum.
Pollock, Miss Emma A., Whitinsville.
Pomeroy, Fred. L., Sunderland.
Pond, Almira W., South Maiden.
Pond, John P., Boston.
Fond, Mrs. Nancy, Medway.
Pond, William E., Wrentham.
Pool. Solomon, Gloucester,
Poor, Joseph, Peahody.
Poor, Nathan H., "
Porter, J. Edwards, North Broolifield.
Porter, Samuel S., Winchester.
Potter, J. Sturgis. Netoton.
Pratt, Cornelius, North Weymouth,
Pratt, David, "
Pyatt, Galen, North BrUlgewater.
Pratt, Galen E., "
Pratt, Rev. George H., Harvard.
Pratt, Norton, Braintree.
Pratt, Phebe, Sherhom.
Prutt, Philip W., Ahington.
Pratt, Zebulon, North Middld>oro\
ANNUAL REPORT*
PRESEirrED BT
THE TRUSTEES
OP THE
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
May 24, 1875, being their Sixty-Sixth Anniversary.
WITH
AN ABSTRACT OF THE UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 15 CORNHILL.
PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON.
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Smith, B. B., Wet^/Md,
Bmlth, Mrs. Frmnce* B. D., WhUifUvitte,
Smith, Rev. Edward P., Brooklffn, N..7.
Smith, Qeor^e P., BotUm.
Smith, Samuel, *•
Smith, Joel, WhUinwOU,
Smith, Jonathan, **
Smith, Warren N., '*
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., OUmeetter,
Smith, Matron M., D D., Har^ord^ Ct,
Smith, Mrs. Matton M., *<
Smith, Norman, Oroton,
Smith, Mrs. Mary J., **
Smith, Richard, Peabody,
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, **
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, Andover,
Smith, William W., Conway,
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Snow, Ambrose. South Hadley Fatlt,
Snow, Mrs. Caroline. Aubumdale,
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Chatham.
Soule, Henry M., South Abington.
Sonthgate, Charles M., St. Johntbury^ Fl.
Southgate, Rev. Robert, Hartford, Vt,
♦Soutbgatf", Mrs. Mary Frances, **
Soathworth, Mrs. Caroline M., Mtdioay.
Sk>aulding, Mrs. Charlotte A., Oroton,
Spanlding, John, Oroton Junction,
Spooner, William B., BoHon,
Spring, Mrs Adela C, WhitinwiOe,
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Bzra C, Mancheiter,
Stanton, Rev. Oeorge F., South Weymouth.
Stebbins, Rev. Milan C, Springfidd,
Stevens, Mrs. Oeorge, Lowell.
*Stevens, Norman C, Newton,
Stevens, Mrs. E . M. , ' *
Stevens, Mrs. Benjamin F., Peabody,
Stevens, Samuel, Olaucetter.
Sdckney, William H., Dracut,
•Stoddard, Lewis T., Brookline.
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San P^ancUeo, Cat.
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F. , "
Stone, Martha A., Newton Centre,
Btorra, Eunice C, Braintree, ,
Storrs, Richards., D.D., "
Btowell, Mrs. Abby F., Concord,
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Deerfietd.
Stowell, D. W. , Waltham.
Strong, Rev. Elnathan E., *'
Strong, Rev. J. C, LeeoA 2>il;e, Minn.
Strong, Mrs. J. C, '* " **
Studley, Austin, East Abington,
Studley Edward A., Boston.
Sugden, Miss Mary, Rraintrec.
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Monson.
Sumner. Mrs. n. H., Foxboro\
Swazey, Mrs. Frances A., Lynn,
Swett, Samuel W., Boston.
Swift, Miss Lottie H., Andover.
Bwiuer, Rev. Christopher J , Provincetown.
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Taft, Miss Emily A., **
Taft, Oustavus E.,
Taft, Mrs. O. B.,
Taft, S. Jennie, **
Taft, Jacob, Uxifiridge.
Tapley, Gilbert, Danvers,
•Tappan, John, Boston.
Tarr, William J., QUmceater,
Taylor, Mrs. Malansa, Winchester,
Teele, Rev. Albert K., Milton,
Teele, Mrs. Cornelia C, '*
Temple, Mark M., Reading.
Tenny, Mrs. Joanna S., Saugus.
•Tenney, Mrs. Mary P., Winchester,
Tenney, Mrs. Apphia S., Oeorgetown,
Terry, Rev. James P., South Weymouth.
Thacher, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park,
Thacher Miss Calista C, Attld>oro»,
Thacher, John, *'
Thacher, Susan B., Portland^ Me.
Thacher, Mrs. Susan C, "
Thacher. William T., Hyde Park.
^Thatcher, Mary Ludlow, MiddUboro*,
Thayer, Addison S., Medway,
Thayer, Clara L., **
Thayer, Amasa, Braintree,
Thayer, E. F. E.,
Thayer, Ira,
«Thayer, Mrs. Lilla,
Thayer, Annie M., Holbrook.
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Andover,
Thayer, Mrs. Martha C, '*
Thayer, Oliver, Salem.
•Thayer, Mrs. Jane, Boston.
Thayer, Robert H., New- York City.
Thayer, Sarah H., Braintree.
Thayer, William W., Uxbridge.
Thompson, Mrs. Averick F., Wareham.
Thompson, Mrs. Emily B., Concord.
Thompson, Everett A., North Wobum,
Thompson, Samuel A., *'
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Eliza, **
Thompson, Oeorge R., North Bridgewater,
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, Wobum.
Thompson, Stephen, Winchester.
Thurston, Rev. Richard B.. Stamford, Ct,
Timlow, Rev. Heman R., Wolpole.
Timlow, Dana C, "
Tinker, Russell, Oraflon.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E., WhitinsviUe.
Tolraan, Rev. Richard. Hampton, Va,
Tolman, Rev. Samuel H., Lenox.
Terrey, Miss Elizabeth L., South Weymouth.
Torrey, James, North Weymouth.
Torrey, Willard, Oroton.
Towne, William B , MiJford, N,H,
Trask, Charles H.,Jun., Manchester.
Trask, Mrs. A. H., **
Trask, Lizzie K., Gloucester.
Trask. Samuel, Peabody.
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Tribou, Samael. North Bridgewaier.
Trowbridge, Mrs. A«a, Brighton.
Trufaut, Harriet Andrews, Abington,
Trufant, Philip P.,
Trufant, Walter Ezra,
^Tucker, Rev. Elijah W., LebanoUy Ct,
•Tucker, Jesae, MUton,
♦Tucker, Mrs. Mary R., "
•Tucker, Nathan, "
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, "
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W., DorcheHer,
Tucker, John A., "
Tucker, William, ••
Tucker, William W., Boston.
Tufts, Charles, Andaver.
Turner. Miss Alice Montgomery, Banddph.
Tuttle, Hiss Martha E., Concord,
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, Oroveland,
Tuttle, Thomas 8., Littleton.
Twlchell, John M., FUchburg,
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W., Boston,
♦Underhill, Rev. John W., y, Amhertt.
Upton,*Mrs. Lucy K., Peabody,
Upton, Moses T., Salem.
Vose, William H., litchbftrg.
Wadsworth, Mrs. Lucy, MUton.
Wadsworlh, William, Boston.
Wakefield, Miss C, Reading.
Waldron, Rev. Daniel W., Boston.
Walea, Erastus, HoUnrook.
Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Dean H., Andover.
Walker, Miss Frances A., HaverhHk
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Ashby.
Walker, John 8., East Medway,
Walker, Mrs. John 8., "
•Walker. Levi, Bridgeuxtter,
Walker, Ellen A., *•
Walker, Moses, Haverhill.
Walker, Nathaniel, **
Walker, Robert G., Boston.
Walker, WUliam M., Bridgewater,
•Walley, Samael H., Boston.
Walley, Samuel H.,
Ward, Artemas,
Ward, Miss Lydia, SaxonviUe,
Ward, Samuel, Boston.
Ward, Miss H. L. H., LakevHU.
♦Ward, Rev. James W., "
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L., ♦*
Ward, Miss Susan H., **
Ward, Salem T., Winchester.
Warflcld, Henry L., Buckland,
Warner, John, Newton.
Warner, William, South Deerfie^*
Warren, George W , Boston.
•Warren, Mrs. Dlantha A., Lynn.
♦Warren, Mrs. Maria, Orafton.
♦Warren, Nehemiah, Stow.
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Warren, Francis W., Stew.
Warren, Jonas,
♦Warren, Lucinda,
♦Warren, William A., Winchester.
Washburn, William B., Ortenfield,
Washburn, Mrs William B., "
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Onufton.
Watkins, Miss Abby A., Gloucester.
Weeks, Mrs. L. Caroline, North Dana,
Webster, Edward, Boscawen^ N.H,
Welch, John, Boston.
Weld, James, "
Wells, Mrs. Martha D., Northbord'.
Wellman, Joshua W., D.D., Newton,
Wendell, Mrs. Catharine, Boston.
Wentworth, Albert, HaverhiU.
West worth, Lewis, Bridgewater,
West, Peleg D., Whitinsville.
Wheeler, Ab^ah R., East Medway,
Wheeler, Mrs. M. B., Medway.
Whitcombj Oscar L., Worcester.
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abbie B.,"
Whitcomb, G. Henry, «*
Whitcomb, Lewis, Holbrook.
♦Whitcomb, Reuben, Harvard.
♦Whitcomb, Reuben, Jan.,
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abby F.,
♦Wliitcomb, Mrs. Louisa D.,
Whitcomb, Miss Mary M.,
White, Aaron L., Medway.
White Cornelius, BrookviUe,
White, Edmund, Holbrook.
White, Newton, "
•White, James, Boston,
White, Joel, Uxbridge.
White, Josiah, Petersham.
White, Mrs. MaryC, Pembroke^ N.H,
White, Phlneas A., WhUinsviUe.
White, Thomas, Holbfook.
WhiUn, Arthur F.. WhUinsviUe.
WhiUn, Charles E.,
Whltln, Charles P.,
Whitin. Mrs. Catharine H.**
Whitin, Edward, "
Whitin, James F., **
Whitin, Mrs. Patience H.,*'
WhIUn, PauU
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah J.,
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah R.,
Whiting, Lemuel, Oroton,
Whitman, Charles, LowtU.
Whitmarsh, Mrs. Diantha, 8. Abington,
Whimarsh, Mary, **
Whitmarsh, Miss Mary J., **
Whitmore, Annie Maria, Lynn.
Whitney, Charles H., Cambridgeport,
Whitney, Dora 8., South Oroton.
Whitney, Frederick, Westminster,
Whitney, Helen J., Stow,
Whitney, Isaac 8., Gloucester.
I Whitney, Israel, Boston.
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OFPICEKS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1875.
^restUents.
Hon. William Phillips 1809—27
Kev. John Pierce, D.D 1827—49
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D...1849— 64
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D.1854— 69
Hon. Samuel H. Wallev 1869
Uice«$re8nient8.
Rer. John Lathrop, D.D
Rer. John T. Kirkland, D.D...
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D
Rev. John Codraan, D.D
Rer. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D...
Rev. Francis Parkraan, D.D...
Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D.D..
Rev. Wm R. Nicholson, D.D...
William C. Plonkett, Esq
Edward South worth, Esq
John P. Williston, Esq
Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq
Charles P. Whitin, E6q
1809—16
1816—28
1828—44
1844—48
1848—49
1849—63
1868—61
1861—72
1862
1862—70
1862—72
1862
1862
1862
Lee Claflin, Esq 1862—70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq 1862—76
James S. Amory, Esq 1862
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D 1862
Elisha Tucker, Esq 1862
James B. Crocker, Esq. 1862
E. S. Mo«eley, Esq 1862
Charles A. Jessup, Esq 1870 — 72
Hon. William Claflin, LL.D..1871
Rev. Alex. H. Vinton, D.D..1872
Hon. WiUUm Hyde 1872
Hon. Timothy W. Carter..... 1878
Hon. Milton M. Fisher 1876
Conesponlitng i^ecrrtarUs.
Rev. Jos. Stevens Buckmin8ter.l809 — 13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher 1818—17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D 1817—18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D..1818 — 19
Rev. N. L. Frothingham, D.D.1849— 63
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.1868
HecorUfng Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D.D 1809—28
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D 1828—30
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor 1830—81
Rev. James D. Knowles 1881 — 32
Rev. William Jenks, D.D 1832—89
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. 1839— 44
Rev. William M. Rogers 1844—46
Rev. (jeorge W. Blagden, D.D. 1846— 49
Rev. George Richards 1849—62
Rev. Daniel Butler 1862
^Treasurers.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq 1809—11
Hon. Peter O. Thacher 1811—12
John Tappan, Esq 1812—36
Henry E<1 wards, Esq 1836—49
George R. Sampson, Esq 1849—62
Charles Henry Parker, Esq... 1862
Exccutibe
Rev. William E. Channing, D.D.1809— 18
Hod. Jonathan Phillips 1809—16
Stephen Higginson, E«q 1809—16
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. ...1816— 18
Edward Tuckerman, Esq 1816—30
Rev. Henry Ware, jun., D.D. ..1818—80
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D. 1821— 36
Charles Tappan, .Esq 1830—40
Committees.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D..1832— 86
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.1835— 49
Henry Edwards, Esq 1840—49
Rev. George Richards 1849—60
George R. Sampson, Esq 1849 — 62
Albert Fearing, Esq 1868
Rev. John 0. Means, D.D....1860
Charles Henry Parker, Esq... 1862
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at
the rooms of the Society, No. 15, Cornhill, on Monday, May
24, at 10 o'clock, a.m. The President, the Hon. Samuel
H. Walley, in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., presented
his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The report of the Trustees was read and accepted, and it
was voted to print the same.
The officers of the Society for the ensuing year were then
chosen.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Means, it was —
Voted^ That the thanks of the Society be presented to the
Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D. for the sermon delivered before
the Society last evening, and that he be requested to furnish
a copy for publication with the Annual Report of the Society.
Voted^ That an abstract of the Annual Report for 1874
be published with the Report for the present year.
Adjourned.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The Trustees of the Massachusetts Bible Society
are happy to report a year of usual prosperity.
The issue of the Scriptures exceeds that of the pre-
vious year, while falling slightly below that of two
years since. It is in substance the repetition of the
old ende«avor, to gain through the awakened interest
of the friends of the Bible the means for its difiusion,
and with these to scatter the good seed of the Word
through the neglected portion of our own borders,
and over the wider field of the woild. In the friends
that have bestowed their sympathy and aid, and in the
part we have been allowed to take in this great work,
we see abundant occasion for gratitude, and are fur-
nished with incentives to renewed labor.
. Since our last anniversary, a Vice-President of the
Society, Caleb Holbrook, Esq., of Norfolk Co., has
been removed by death. He was a good man, an
implicit believer of inspired truth, and has, we doubt
n6t, entered upon the rest it reveals.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and
seventy-five volumes. Nine thousand six hundred
and eighty were Bibles ; eight thousand four hundred
and eleven Testaments ; four thousand and twenty-
one Testaments with the Psalms, and six thousand
four hundred and sixty-three smaller portions of the
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Scriptures. Of these, twelve hundred and twelve
were in various foreign languages.
The gratuitous issues have amounted to seven
thousand eight hundred and six, at a cost of $3,128.44.
They have gone to various classes within the State,
while not a few have been granted in response to
applications from places beyond our limits. The
largest class of our beneficiaries have been, as here-
tofore, the seamen, whose wants have been ascertained
and supplied through the chaplain at their hospital,
and the missionaries laboring in their behalf Our
gifts are thus widely diffused, and over the sea and in
distant lands are doing their appointed work. At
home the growing endeavor to bring the young under
the influence of religious teaching, creates an increas-
ing demand of the Scriptures for this service, while
city missionaries and self appointed laborers in the
great field are ever conveying the gospel to the homes
that await its coming.
The Rev. Mr. Dwight, whose labors have been re-
ferred to in previous Reports, has been employed as a
colporter in this city for four months and a half In
this line we learn from his report that he has visited
over three thousand families. By far the larger part
of these belonged to our foreign population. To
forty-six destitute families the Scriptures were sold,
and were given to three himdred and seventy. The
books donated were mostly portions of the Bible.
His time was largely spent among the poor and un-
cared for, to whom he frequently read and repeated
the Scriptures as opportunity oflfered. His work was
mainly that of a Bible-reader, and in the wide field
afforded him his labors were abundant and hopeful.
During the past winter the city of Gloucester was
canvassed by a colporter. Twenty-four hundred and
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eighty-five destitute fauiiUes and individuals were
supplied, and eight hundred and sixty-eight copies of
the Scriptures were sold or given away.
The exploration and supply of the city of Lowell
was commenced in December. The col porter, Rev.
Mr. Willey, reports, that up to the close of our year
he had visited three thousand three hundred and
ninetv-two families. Of the nine hundred desti-
tute families one hundred and two were supplied.
Of these fifty-three were Roman Catholics. Two
hundred and eighty-two copies of the Scriptures were
sold, and five hundred and fifty-eight bestowed in
charity. He refers to the friendliness with which he
is received by all classes, and especially by the for-
eign population, and to their general approval of his
work, even in the instances where as yet they are
not prepared to avail themselves of his proffered
kindness.
Two years ago the friends of the Bible in Franklin
County commenced the exploration and supply of
their field. The work has advanced far towards its
completion, and has been thoroughly performed by
the voluntary labors of the people. Within a short
time a county society, auxiliary to the Massachusetts
Bible Society, has been- formed, and a depository
established in Greenfield.
The Episcopal churches in the State have been
visited by the Rev. Mr. Slafter, as in previous years,
and with the usual results.
The receipt.s of the society have been ^38,206.00 ;
viz., in donations, annual subscriptions, and legacies;
$12,646.53. Interest on the Durant fund and on
other property of the Society, $9,770.48. From
salesof Bibles, $8,789.48. From investment account,
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$5,800. Balance on hand May, 1874, $1,199.51.
The expenditures have been: for books, $13,285.06;
for incidental expenses, $1,867.71. Salaries of gen-
eral agent, distributing agents, depository agent and
assistant, $4,613.84. Donations to the American
Bible society, $2,710.58 ; to Thos. W. Durant, annuity,
$424.84 ; on investment account, $11,091.15 ; balance
in the Treasury, $3,212.82.
The property of the Society, including a fund of
$67,000 and its accumulations, given in 1868 to the
Society by Thomas W. Durant, subject to an annuity,
of $9,350 per annum during his life, amounts to
$123,398.50.
The American Bible Society, with receipts some-
what diminished, reports a year of encouraging labor.
In addition to the work done at the Bible House in
New York, where in seven foreign languages Bibles
have been printed, the Scriptures have been pub-
lished at Constantinople, Beirut, Bremen, St. Peters-
burg, Foochow, Pekin, Shanghai, and Lucknow. The
gratuitous work for the year has amounted to $248,-
792.34, of which sum $69,441.33 in cash were sent
to foreign fields, and nearly fourteen thousand copies
of the Scriptures that were printed here. Four hun-
dred and sixty-four thousand families have been
visited, and twenty-six thousand destitute families
supplied. Five hundred and forty-two auxiliaries are
reported as engaged in supplying their respective
fields. The expense of the agency employed by the
society is defrayed from the rentals of the Bible
House, and no portion of the gifts made to the society
are used for this purpose. The receipts for the year
were $577,569.80, of which $106,875.30 were from
donations, and $126,933.59 from legacies.
We can but advert to the pleasing evidence afforded
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us of the increasing diflfusion of the Scriptures, and
of their growing power in the world. Missionary
labor is steadily unclosing eyes hitherto closed in
ignorance, and an awakened moral life attests the
power of the Word. In lands where it has long
been known it deVfelops a new life. A marked
feature of the great religious awakening in our
fatherland is the prominence given to the Scriptures.
Great numbers have been drawn together to hear
them read, and in simple language explained. The
preaching, whose transforming power has been shown
in the new life of multitudes, has been made up
largely by the simple statements of divine truth.
In our own country, an association, covering every
part of its territory, numbering thousands of every
age, exists for the systematic study of the Bible.
Week by week they gather about some selected
portion of divine truth, and appropriate its discovered
treasures. While a few among us endeavor to weaken
the hold which the Bible has upon the mind and
conscience of the pubHc, the choicest scholarship
bends reverently and lovingly over. its pages, patiently
eliminating the verbal errors, which, in the course of
ages, and its numerous transcriptions, have crept into
its records. The lands where the Scriptures have
their origin are carefully explored, and the very
stones exhumed from the rubbish of ages, bear their
testimony to the truth of the Word by which we
stand. Manuscripts, whose date goes nearly back to
the time of the completion of the Sacred Canon,
prove the substantial accuracy of the divine records
as they have come down to us.
We are happy to notice the printing, in a cheap
form, of the Douay Bible, under the sanction of the
Roman Catholic Church, and to know that in this
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form it is* being . extensively circulated. Although
this version is far inferior to the one in general use^
and which by our charter we are authorized to circu-
late, it nevertheless • contains the Word of God, and
we rejoice that it is becoming the possession of thou-
sands hitherto destitute. *
In the present condition of the world, and in the
signs of new life that greet us, the words of the Master
sound the trumpet call to enlarged effort
Behold a sower went forth to sow ;
The field is the world ;
The seed is the Word of God.
SIXTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society was held
at the Rooms of the Revere Bank, on Monday, May 25,
1874, at 10 o'clock, a.m. The President, Hon. Samuel H.
Walley, in the chair.
The minutes of the last A*hnual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Chas. Henby Pabkeb, Esq., presented
his Annual Report, which was read^nd accepted.
The Sixty-Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees was read
and accepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for the en-
suing year.
The thanks of the Society were voted to the Rev. Phillips
Brooks, for the sermon delivered by him before the Society
on the evening previous, and a copy of the same was request-
ed for publication. (Note. — This request Mr. Brooks felt
compelled to decline.) •
Adjourned.
ABSTRACT OF THE SIXTT-FEPTH ANNUAL REPORT.
The Rev. Samuel H. Babcock, D.D., for eleven years a
Trustee of the Society, has within the year been called away
by death. He was punctual in attendance upon the meetings
of the Board, and heartily apjJroved of every measure fitted
to promote its work. In his death the Society mourns the
loss of a sincere friend and a valued helper.
The receipts of the Society have been ^2,704.50 ; from
the sale of books, $9,911.50; from donations, $9,606.75;
from legacies, $21,097.12; from dividends and interest,
$2,089.13. This excess above the ordinary i;eceipts of the
Society is mainly owing to sfiveral legacies received during
the year.
The expenditures have been : for Bibles and Testaments,
$14,043.29 ; donations to the American Bible Society, $8,406.-
25; salaries of secretary, depository agent, assistant and
^ colporters, $4,157.86 ; printing Annual Report, $188.50 ; rent,
postage, and taxes, $498.47 ; freight, $131 ; fuel, advertising,
insurance, wrapping paper, &c., $239.79.
A colporter has been employed for several months in this
city, and one in a portion of Cambridgeport and East Cam-
bridge. Their time was largely spent among the foreign
population, with whom their labors were abundant and useful.
The Episcopal Churches tn the State have been visited
during the year by the Rev. Mr. Slafter, and have made
their accustomed response.
There have been issued by the Depository, twenty-nine
thousand one hundred and thirty-three volumes. Of this
number, ten thousand five hundred and sixty-one were Bibles ;
nine thousand six hundred and eighty-seven Testaments ;
three thousand nine hundred and seventy Testaments with the
Psalms ; and four thousand nine hundred and fifteen smaller
portions of the Scriptures. The gratuitous issues amount
to six thousand seven hundred and thirty-one volumes, and
have cost $2,725.39.
SERMON,
BY EEV. WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, D.D.
Pb. XTiii. 30.
** The Word of the Lobd is tried.
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" The Word of the Lord " may mean either a single communica-
tion made by God to men, or the aggregate of these communications
in the Sacred Scriptures. In the verse before us it is probable that
the Psalmist had in his view some special promise which his life's
experience had verified ; but in the remarks which I wish to make^at
this time, I shall take the phrase as descriptive of the Bible as a
whole. The term "tried " denotes generally " put to the test; " but
here it has involved in it the additional idea that the trial has been
satisfactorily passed. When some great engineering work is fin-
ished, a railway viaduct for example, it is subjected to a rigid test
before it is opened for public traffic ; and when its strength has in
this way been fully proved, it is said to be " tried.*' Now, David's
life was, in some sense, such a trial of the Word of God. By his
struggles, his sorrows, his emergencies, — yea, even by his back-
slidings, — he had been, so to say, put forth, to test how great a
strain the promises of God would bear ; and so, at the close of his
career, he says in this, the even song of his day, " the Word of the
Lord is tried." " It has stood firm with me in all my trials, and
despite all my sins, therefore, let no one despair. That which has
been so firm beneath the weight even of my sinful tread, will sup-
port any one who trustfully ventures on it for himself." Thus
interpreted, the verse of my text is an Old Testament parallel to the
testimony of Paul when he says, "This is a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners, of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I
obtained mercy, that in me first (that is not first in order of
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time, but foremost in respect of g^ilt, a sinner of the first rank),
Jesus Christ might show forth all long suffering, for a pattern
to them which should hereafter believe in him to life everlast-
ing." But I do not dwell on this application of my text. I wish
rather to bring out before you to-night the fact, that as David's
experience proved the Word of God to be quick and powerful in
respect to separate promises or portions of the Scripture, so the his-
tory of these past eighteen hundred years has subjected the Bible as
a whole to the test of manifold experiments, the results of which
, most fully warrant us to say regarding it, " The Word of the Lord
is tried." The field which is thus opened up for our survey is
ample enough to afford material for many sermons ; for the present,
we must content ourselves with the merest outline of its different
sections.
I, I observe then, in the first place, that the Word of God has
been tried by the lapse of time, and has stood that test. This is
wonderfully true, even in respect to the preservation of the text in
which it is expressed. No ancient books in the Greek and Roman
languages have descended to us, with any thing like so near an
approximation to the form in which they came from their author's
han'ds as the Bible has. It is true, there are many various readings
in the different manuscripts ; but, considering the weary labor of
the copyists, and the number of times the copies have been multi-
plied, the wonder is that there are not many more differences than
actually exist. Moreover, the variations which do occur, do not often
affect the sense, and do not seriously endanger anyone of the funda-
mental truths of our religion. In one or two cases, they may dimin-
ish the number of proof-texts in support of a doctrine, but they do not
shake the doctrine itself. Happily the means of verifying the truth
of what I now say, has recently been put at the command oven of
the English scholar by the publication of the Tauchnitz edition of
the authorized version of the English New Testament, in wliich Tis-
chendorf, the learned editor, has given at the foot of each page the
English translation of the various readings in the three oldest Greek
manuscripts in the world, the Vatican, the Alexandria, and the
Sinaitic. A year or two ago, during a long railway journe}', I took
that book with me, as my travelling companion. I- went over it,
page by page, with the utmost care ; and when I had reached the
close I laid it down with the deepest conviction that, though a re-
vision of the Scriptures will be a great gain to the church, we have
yet in the version which is in our hands substantially the same New
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Testament, in almost every respect, that was in the hands of the
primitive church. Thus, even in this literal sense, the Word of the
Lord has stood the test of time.
But in another way the Word of the Lord has been tried by
the lapse of centuries, for it contains in it many predictions which
the course of history has fulfilled. It is a perilous thing for a
man to undertake to foretell future events ; and it is the more
perilous the farther away he places the era of the fulfilment, from
the date at which the prophecy is given. Mental shrewdness
might, in some cases, forestall what shall be to-morrow, or next
year, but it is God's alone to declare what shall be in the ages
that are to come. The wider the span of the arch, the greater is
the acknowledged skill of the architect; and the farther the ful-
filment of a prophecy is from the time at which it was uttered,
the more convincing is the argument that the prophet spoke by
divine inspiration. Now there are many cases of such fulfilment
of prophecy in the sacred Scriptures. I might here refer to the
Messianic portions of the Old Testament, which find their historical
counterparts in the Gospels and Epistles of the New ; but it may per-
haps be more satisfactory to turn your attention to a series of pre-
dictions which are having a portion of their fulfilment in the days
in which we live. Take, then, the predictions of Moses in the
twenty-eighth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, add to these our
Lord's own solemn denunciations, warnings, and prophecies, as
reported in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke ; then compare with
them the annals of Josephus, and the history of the Jewish people,
from the destruction of the lioly city down to the present age, and
what a marvellous correspondence do we see between the two?
The prophecy is a forecast epitome of the history ; the history is but
an expansion of the prophecy. For each chapter in the annals of
that remarkable people you may find an appropriate and descriptive
heading, in one of the verses of the prophecy ; and as to-day we
look upon the descendants of Abraham in the midst of us, and
observe how, mingling among us, they are yet perfectly distinct from
us, and how they are ready almost at a moment's notice to arise and
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return to that land to which, through all their various vicissitudes,
their hearts have ever turned with intensest longing, we see before
us a living evidence of the truth, that this book is from God. Here
is an arch spanning the whole historic age of the world, with one
abutment resting on the Mosaic era, and the other reared upon our
own, while the key-stone is in the words of Jesus Christ himself.
Who built that arch ? Where shall we find the human skill that
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can thus bridge over well nigh four thousand years ? Must we not
therefore come to the conclusion, as we gaze upon it, that its architect
was none otlier than He who reared the majestic dome of the starry
heavens, and hung the earth itself in space ? Men ridicule and
despise the Jew, but to me he has an interest that beloi\g3 to no
other nationality ; and ever, as I pass him on the crowded street,
and mark his well-known features, I feel myself sent back over the
long history of his race, and am constrained to say, as I read this
living volume of the evidences of the Bible, " The Word of the
LoiiD IS TRIED."
II. But I observe again, that the Word of the Lord has been tried
by the progress of science, and has stood that test. In the sacred
books of India, scientific theories have been so minutely propounded
and so completely identified with religious revelations that they
stand or fall together. Hehce the introduction of modern European
science into the public schools of that land has destroyed the faith
of educated Hindoos, and made them reject the books which their
fathers reverenced, while yet they have not been led to accept the
Word of God. But it has not been thus with the Bible. The ad-
vancement of scientific knowledge among its readers has not, per-
manently at least, affected their faith in its religious teachings.
Occasionally, indeed, it has seemed that this result must of neces-
sity be prpduced. Thus when Galileo turned his telescope to the
heavens, and the Copernican astronomy began to be received as
scientifically accurate, the authorities of tlie papacy fancied that
they saw in all this the beginnings of antagonism to the Word
of God, and fulminated their anathemas against the star-eyed
science. Some, too, from whbm better things might have been ex-
pected, joined in the malediction which was pronounced against it.
At length, however, it was seen that it was not the statements of the
Bible on astronomy that were affected by the new discoveries, but only
the human interpretations of these statements; and ere long these
interpretations were adjusted into such harmony with the facts of the
solar system that all fear was removed, and the Christian could sing,
only with more fervor and intelligence than ever, the beautiful words,
" When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man that thou
art mindful him ? and the son of man that thou visitest him ? ''
Given in the language of the common people, the IMble does not
refer to scientific matters in such a way as to anticipate the dis-
coveries of philosophers, and so proclaim them before the time; but
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a8 the instance of astronomy has made clear, it speaks of them in
such a way that its words, rightly interpreted, are found to be always
abreast of tlie latest achievements of scientific men. At present,
indeed, the apparent antagonism which was evoked at first by
astronomy, has again emerged in the case of geology, the antiquity
of man, the unity of the human race, and other similar subjects;
but the result in the former issue ought to re-assure all perplexed
spiritSj and bid them calmly wait until again it shall be demon-
strated that the Bible is secure. The case stands thus between the
opposite parties. The scientific man believes in the infallibility of
nature ; the theologian believes in the infallibility of Scripture, and
the differences lie not between nature and revelation in themselves
considered, but between human interpretations of them. The man
of science interprets the facts of nature in a certain way, and makes
certain deductions from them, but these interpretations and deduc-
tions are not infallible ; they are not yet received unquestionably
and unanimously by scientific men themselves. It is too soon,
therefore, to speak and act as if their interpretations of nature were
absolutely correct. Ag.iin, the theologian's interpretations of Scrip-
ture are by no means infallible. Many which were accepted in
former days have been disproved ; and of many more it must be
said that they are still uncertain. For instance, he would be a rash
man who should assert that he has discovered, with infallible ac-
curacy, the meaiMUg of the first chapter of Genesis, or who should
affirm that he can satisfactorily unravel the chronology of the •early
chapters of that book. The whole question of the interpretation of
these chapters must still be regarded as sub judice ; and the wise
course for both parties in this modern debate is to wait with mutual
respect for each other until God, in his providence, and by his Spirit,
shall lead to such interpretations of Nature and of Scripture as shall
make manifest the harmony of both. Let the man of science go on
with patient perseverance, and let him not take any mischievous
delight in flinging his theories in a crude form at the Word of God.
Let the theologian prosectlte his inquiries with diligence and de-
voutness, and let him give over calling men of science by evil
names. They seem sometimes to be working against each other;
but when they have correctly completed their several departments
of inquiry, it will be found that they have both been working for
the truth. As, in the tunnel underneath Mont Cenis, the work-
men began at opposite ends, and approached each other in apparent
antagonism, only however to meet and congratulate each other
in the middle over the completion of their glorious undertaking,
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because they were both working on the plan of the same surveyor ;
so I feel confident it will 3'et be with our theologians and men of
science. God, the great Architect, is working through them both ;
and by and by the mountain of difference which severs them from
each other will be tunnelled through, no more to form a barrier to
the progress of the candid inquirer. I cannot think, therefore, of
Theology and Science as if they were to remain in perpetual antag-
onism. They are elder and younger sister in the one family ; and
though occasionally they may seem to be at variance and speak
roughly to each other, let but some deep grief enter into the home,
or some heavy calamity fall upon the dwelling, and forthwith the
pride of the younger will be laid aside and the jealous}' of the elder
will be forgotten, and science will find her place of rest and solace
on the bosom of theology. The triumphs of the men of science
are our victories too, for has not Paul said, " all things are
YOURS " ? We may rest assured that truth in one department can
never falsify that which has been ascertained to be true in another.
Hence, from the experience of the past, I have no fear as to the
future. To-day, again, the Bible is in the crucible. Let us calmly
wait the issue, and anew it shall be said, this time with more
meaning and fervor than ever before, *• The Word of the Lord is
TRIED."
IIL I remark, in the third place, that the Word of the Lord has
been "tried by the eftbrts of its enemies, and has stood that test.
One of the most brilliant of living English essayists has in his
"Eclipse of Faith "given us a dream which he has called *Hhe
blank Bible." He indulges in the imagination, that, on a certain
day, all the Bibles in. existence, and all the quotations from the
Bible in the works of authors^ became so much blank paper, and in
a strain of the richest humor, now and then alternated with the
deepest pathos, he shows how much our literature has been beholden
to the W^ord of God. It was only a dream ; but if the wishes of some
men had been granted, or if their efforts had been crowned with
success, it might have been no dream, but a terrible reality. A
lieathen emperor, in the pride of his power, declared that he would
blot the name of Christian out of existence, and he did every thing
that ingenuity could devise to carry his threat into execution ; but he
passed away, and the liible and its believers remained. Centuries
after, corrupt and miscalled Christian ecclesiastics and rulers did all
that cruelty could think of to destroy the Word of God and those who
valued it, but in vain ! How marvellously has God taken care of
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' his own book ! I will venture to say, that if one half the zeal which
has been shown by men to destroy this Bible had been exerted to
put out of existence the work of any classic author of Greece or
Rome, it would have been completely successful. What book has
been so often burned as the Bible ? . By the hands of priests and
bishops, and, that the ignominy might be more apparent, sometimes
even by the hand of the common hangman himself, it has been
thrown into the Are ; but alas ! for all mere human efforts it has
been the Phoenix of the Eastern fable^ and, rising from its ashes, it
has flapped its wings in proud defiance of their vain attempts.
•Sometimes, in literal truth, it has seemed, as if at the very mo-
ment God had protested against their folly and said to them,
"Why will ye imagine a vain thing?" An instance of this sort,
for the truth of which I can avouch, may here be narrated. Some
twenty-six years ago, while I was attending the Theological Hall at
Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Lindsay of Glasgow, one of my beloved
professors, went as a delegate from the United Presbyterijin Clmrch
to attend the Synod of the Evangelical Churches of France. The
meeting was held in an obscure provincial town, the great majority
of whose inhabitants were Roman Catholics, who, not relishing the
assembly of so many Protestants in the midst of them, got up a
mob, which, obtaining a French Bible, proceeded to the market place
and burned it with every demonstration of noise and triumph. The
following morning Dr. Lindsay went out with a French pastor, to
look upon the scene of the riot ; and, as he turned over the ashes of
the fire, he observed a small piece of paper, with blackened edges,
among them. Picking it up, he was curious to see what was printed
on it ; and, as he looked, he could scarcely read for tears. On the
one side were these words, " that the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than pold, though it be tried with fire might be
found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ." And on the other side those, " for all flesh is as grass, and
all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass withereth, and
the flower thereof falleth away, but ' the Word of the Lord endureth
forever.'" It was as if God, in the " calm patience " of his divinity,
thus silently protested against the madness of men, not only for
their reproof, but also for the encouragement of his saddened people.
Rea^l the history of the English Bible, with which the names of
Tyndale and Coverdale are imperishably associated, and you will
rise from its perusal not only execrating the tyranny and intolerance
of men, but also adoring the goodness and faithfulness of God, who
by his watchful care over his own Word did make " the wrath of
men to praise him, and restrained the remainder thereof." *
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Nor only from the malice of these, as we may call them, its exter- *
nal enemies, has the Bible been preserved ; it has stood the assaults
of infidelity directed against the truth of its contents. Like some
impregnable fortress, in the hollows around wliich you may pick up
the various missiles which one generation of assailants after another
have hurled at it, while its hoary walls remain unbroken ; so the
Word of God has withstood the attacks of manv successive armies of
infidel objectors. The assailants have gone, the book remains. The
arguments of the first infidels are now read only in the pages of
the noble men who stood forth to make reply to them ; and, in more
recent times, how many leaders have advanced to assail it, with*
haughty boasting that it would speedily be defeated ! Now it is
Voltaire, now it is Tom Paine, and now it is David Hume ; now it
is Strauss, and now it is Kenan ; now a popular demagogue, like
Bradlaugh, and now a sneering aristocrat, like the Duke of Somer-
set; but somehow the Bible remains. It keeps its hold on men's
hearts. It retains its place in the reverence and admiration of the
best of the people. Again and again, in tlie estimation of its ad-
versaries, it ought to have been demolished; but it will not die,
because it partakes of the indestructibility of the God who gave it.
My brethren, as we think of these recurring attacks on it, we are
reminded of the motto of the French Protestants, surmounting an
anvil which is surrounded by blacksmiths,* at whose feet lie many
broken hammers ; it may be thus translated, —
'* Hnmmcr away, ye rclwl bands !
Your hammers break, God'6 anvil stands."
"The Woud of tiik Lord is tried."
IV. But I observe, fourthly, that the Word of the Lord has been
tried by the experience of its friends, and it has stood that test.
And here, the difficulty is not what I shall got to say, but what I
shall select, among the many things that press for utterance. The
anxious sinner, in the crisis of awakening, when his iniquities stood
like spectres before him and called for vengeance on his head, has
tried it and entered through it into joy and peace. The earnest
believer, steadfastly setting his face heavenward, has tried it, and
has been led by it to the highest nobleness of cliaracter and the
sternest integrit}*^ of principle. The desponding saint, walking
through the valley of shadow, and crying in bitterness of heart,
" Hath the Lord forgotten to be gracious ! has he cast me off for-
ever?'' has tried it, and forthwith the lament has changed into a
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song, " Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou dis-
quieted within me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him,
who is the health of my countenance, and my God." The poor man
and the indigent, who knows not where to look for bread, and pines
beneath the pressure of penury, has tried it; and* as he has read of
Elijah at the brook, and of the manna in the desert, above all, as
he has followed the footsteps of Him " who had nowhere to lay His
head," he has been revived, and has gone forward in trust to find
the help which was already provided for liim. The sick one lan-
guishing in her chamber, and feeling her very weakness an agony,
h^ tried it, and forthwith has turned her couch into a pulpit from
which she preaclied to all around her of the sustaining grace and
faithfulness of the Lord. The dying man, with eternity in view, has
pillowed his head on the promises of this blessed Word, and, with the
light of heaven's own glory on his face, he has fallen asleep in the
possession of its peace. But what shall I more say ? for the time
would fail me to tell how often it has been tried by the artisan in
the workshop, and the merchant at his desk ; by the prisoner in the
dungeon, and by the martyr at* the stake ; by the sailor in mid-
ocean on the deck of the burning ship, and b}*^ the miner in the pit
with the stifling deathdamp creeping up to him, or the narrow
shaft falling together above him ; by the Christfan general on the
battle-field, and the wounded soldier in the crowded hospital ; b}'
the lone traveller in the African desert, and the poor stranger in a
solitude as drear, treading the crowded streets of the great city. In
every variety of scene and circumstance and experience, this Word
has been tested by some believing soul ; and therefore we may surely
say "The Word of the Lord is tried."
But not alone in their own rich experience have the people of
God tried his Word: they have put it to the test, also, by employing
it as the means of benefiting and blessing the world. What has this
book accomplished in the hands of our missionaries, and by the
blessing of^God's Spirit? Go to the islands of the Southern Pacific
and 3'ou will see. There, before the eyes of this very generation, it
has been put to the proof; and in the course of little more than
forty years, a whole community has been elevated, by its instru-
mentality, from barbarism and idolatry, up to Christianity and civil-
ization. And, among older communities, those nations lead the van
whose people best know and love and obey the Word of God. The
Bible has made Great Britain and America what they are to-day.
In the diffusion of the Word of God, therefore, lies the hope of the
world ; and the form which our thanksgiving for our own blessings
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should assume is that of disseminating aifiong others the sacred
Scriptures to which we owe so much. When, therefore, you are asked
again to-night, to continue your efforts in behalf of the noble Bible
Societ}', which is laboring not only in the spread of the Word abroad,
but in its division at home, let your consecration of yourselves
be worthy at once of the book, and of the blessings which it has
brought to you. And if there be any here to whom as yet that
Bible has been no bene^t, let me beseech them to give heed to it
now! When the baronet of Abbotsford was dying, he asked Lock-
hart, his son-in-law, to read to him. " What book shall I read ? '•'
said Lockhart. " Can you ask ? " replied Sir Walter : " there is but
one Book." And so Lockhart read to him from the Gospel by John.
Ah ! friends, there is but one book that can tell you the way of life,
and light your path for you through the world. That book is in
your hand. You have been taught to read it. It is at your peril if
you neglect it. Oh I it is an awful thing to have a Bible. Im-
proved, it will guide you to heaven. Despised, it will bo the mill-
stone round your neck to sink you deeper in perdition. Which is
it to be with you ?
Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries ;
Happiest they of human race
To whom God has {^ranted grace,
To read, to fear, to liope, to pray,
To lift the latch and ope the way ; •
But better had they ne'er been bom
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Mav God add his blessing ! Amen.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY
FORMED PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the Com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for carrying into
effect the object of this Association ; which, being read from the
Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with
one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows ; viz., —
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THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments, to bo distributed among all persons inhabit-
ing within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others.
2. The Society shall bo composed of all regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who
shall, in writing, request to be members; of every person who
shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less
than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as ho
continues the payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall
subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars^
he remaining a member during life, without being obliged to further
contributions.
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3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direc-
tion of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the organi-
zation of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained
notice shall be given by the Committee, and also of the time and
place of the meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet, and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer,
Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who shall
continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until suc-
cessors are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen
other members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six
shall be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a Board
of Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a Committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of the
books procured, with it, subject and according to such regulations
and directions as shall from time to lime be prescribed by the Trus-
tees at any meeting held on public notice given as aforesaid ; and
the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in his hands to the order of the
said Committee.
G. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to j
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or lie-
cording Secretary', to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the Trustees
petitioned the General Court, and obtained the following
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ACT OF INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas the persons hereafler named in this Act, together with man/
other citizens of this Cdmoionweahh, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund hy vohmtary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common
use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all persons in-
habiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of
others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects of said
Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society more
.extensively diflused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of
Incorporation.
Section 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Itepre-
sentcUivesy in General Court assemhledj and by authority of thf same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D.D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D.D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Elipbalet Porter, D.D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D.D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D.D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., llie Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Red
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires,
the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel
H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
asiociatc, with them for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
• incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible Society op
Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature, and may
have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said Society shall be
capable of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid the be-
nevolent purposes of this institution any grants or devises of lands and
tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and sub-
scriptions of money, or other property, to be used and improved for the
purposes aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it farther enacted. That the said Corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than
that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole
estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
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Sect. 5. Be it Jurlher enacted^ That the said Society may cboose a Pres-
ident, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other
officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and
regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not
repugnant to tlie constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and he
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said So-
ciety ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place
of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same;
may choose the ofRcers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest
in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said So-
ciety, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the princi-
ples of thb institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approved by the
Governor y Feb. 15, 1810.
COMMONWEALTH OF M^VSSACHUSKITTS.
In the jear Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-fire. An Act In addition to an Act to incor-
porate the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by i\e Senate and House of Representatives^ in General Court
assembled^ and by the authority of the same, as follows : —
Section l. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafler be known by the
name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall
have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its
liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been
changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English language,
in the same manner and to the same extent as thev are now authorized bv
law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in
the churches in New England, any thing in the Act incorporating the said
Society to the contrary notwithsUnding. — - Approved by the Governor, Feb.
27, 1865.
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1851, the fol-
lowing By-Laws were adopted : —
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act of
Incorporation ; namely, " The raising a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches of New England, for dis-
tribution among all persons inhabiting within the State and else-
where, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot
be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLB II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signi-
fying his request in writing to that effect to the Recording Secretary,
who shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members,
in a book kept for that purpose.
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ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the Treasurer shall keep
a list of all such persons.
ARTICLE~IV.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the
Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Eecording Secretary
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen Vice-
Presidents, Corresponding ^ Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treas-
urer, and eighteen Trustees, and an Auditor. The President,
Vice-Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, and
Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the Board of Trus-
tees, and the Recording Secretary shall be the recording officer of.
that Board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the
Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Boartl of Trus-
tees; and he, and also the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries and
Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such
officers respectively.
ARTICLE VIL
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act of
Incorporation is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the
duties of all officers, dfrect the collection and appropriation of all
funds and donations, and generally have and possess all the power
and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the Society. It shall
be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting, to make and lay
before the Society a particular Report of all their doings, with all
such documents and vouchers as may bo asked for by any member ;
and such Report shall be had and considered before the Society
shall proceed to the choice of Trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the
Monday preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year; and
at this meeting it shall be competent to transact any business
which the Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall
be given by the Recording Secretary at least seven days before the
holding thereof, by notice published in at least one newspaper in
Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may^^be called at any time by
the Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three news-
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papers published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at
such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as
they may direct, or as the President may at any time call. Five
Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually
shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee, a Com-
mittee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XIL
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the dirQction of all
matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the appoint-
ment of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees, and the
defining of their respective duties; the Comnaittee on the Deposi-
tory shall have the management of all matters connected with the
Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all of said Commit-
tees at all times, however, to be subject to the direction and
control of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual
meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose by
vote of a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-:\IEMBERS.
Each Life-Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the D%positor3^, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
and Testaments.
N.B. — The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order; and they can be issued only
for the current, not for j^'Jst years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.
Abbei Rev. Frederick R., Botton,
Abbe, Mrs. Frederick R., *•
Abbot, Charles H., Lowell.
Abbott, Rev. Jacob J., Yarmouth^ J/e.
Aborn, John G., Waktfield,
Adams, Mrs. Catharine II., Conway.
Adams, Miss ElLta M., WHbrahomi.
Adams, Elizabeth W., Derry, N.ff.
Adams, Frank N., Medway,
Adams, John Clark, Hopkinton.
*Adams, John Quinoy, Quiney.
Adams, Nehemiah, D.D., Boston.
Adams, Stephen, jresi Medtoay.
Adams, William, Brculford.
*Aibree, John, Boston.
♦Albro, John A., D.D., Cambridge.
Albro, Mrs. Elizabeth S., WaUham.
Albro, Mi«s Annie E., •*
Alden, Almira S. C, Foxhoro\
Alden, Ebenczer, linndofph.
*Alden, Mrs. Ann K., ^
Alden Russell, Campetto.
Alden, Miris Sarah B., Randolph.
Alden, Miss Susan, '*
Aldrich, Mrs. Mary B., Wettboro*.
Allen, Mrs. Cyrus, Franklin.
Allen, Rev. Nathaniel G., Boston.
Alien, Richard H., Braintree.
Alvord, Alvin, ^elburne.
Ames, James S., llaverhiU.
Andrews, Artemas F., Ashby.
Andrews, C. L., Boston.
Andrews, George W., Dangers.
Andrews, Stephen P., Gloucester.
Andrews, W. T., Boston,
Andrews, Thomas E., HoUUton.
Andrews, Walter H., WhitinsvUle.
*'Appleton, Samuel, Boston.
*Appleton, WUliam, "
Archibald, Edward, Methuen.
Armes, Miss Clara A , Campello.
Arms, BIrs. Charles, South Deerfitld.
Arms, Harriet £.
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Armsby, Mrs. H. A.', WhUinsvUle,
Arnold, Susan O., Braintree.
At wood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen^ N.J.
Atwood, Mrs. Elizabeth M., Salem,
Atwood, Edward S., Boston.
Atwood, John W., Bergen, X.J.
Avery, Rev. Wm. F., Conway.
Baboock, Mrs. Nancy, Boston.
Babcock, Mrs. P. W., Sherbom.
Babcock, William R., D.D., Jiim/rfea Plain.
Babson, Miss Maria R., Gloucester.
Bachelor, Mrs. Mary A., WhitinsvilU.
Bacou, George W., Neicton.
Bacon, Jacob, Gloucester.
*Bacon, Rev. James M., Ashby,
Bacon, Joseph N., Xewton.
Backus, Rev. Joseph W., Thomastont Ct.
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dorchester.
Baker, iiYancis, Peabody,
Baker, Susan S., '*
Balcom, Lincoln, Winchen€lon.
Baldwin, Miss Josephine L., Lynn.
Balmer, WiUiam,Jun., WMHnsvUU.
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord.
Bancroft, Amosa, Gardner.
Bancroft, Henry L., Milbury.
*Barber, Martin, Sherbom.
Barber, Sally C, •'
Barbour, William M., D.D., Bangor , Me.
Barbour, Mrs. Eliza A., "
*Bardwell, Lieut. Charles S., }rhaMy.
Barker, Uiram, Brighton. •
Bardsley, Joseph, WhitinsvUle.
Barnard, William F., Mafiboro'.
Barnes, H. II., Lowell.
♦Barnes, William, Marlboro'.
Barnes, Zilpah, nenniker, N.II,
Barrett, Nathan U., Concord.
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M., "
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., PUt^ld,
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, Plymouth.
Bartlett, Thomas, Boston,
Barrows, Rev. Justin S., N.E, Cot^ference.
Buimin, Ifn. AdallBe E., S. K. Conf.
BuTowi, Sarah il lotrriUc.
Buaett, AbEeJ UridgeirattT.
Baiietl, Hporr ffaeton.
BuKIl.Un. LucrelUC. CAorfowni.
BuHit, iiBfsh K., A'eiribHniport.
baldielder, U». Eliiatwlb H., Ptaio^.
BBtchtltler, Joba M , HoOStoa.
BMClieUer, Eira. jVort* lirovkfleld.
Batelieller.Mrt. UibcmC, *'
Batdiolor, M[aa Fnano A., triOlinniUi.
Balebelor, .Strpbcn F., "
Ball. U«T. IVUllain J., Ltomintter.
•Batl.Un.]lH7D.,
•Baylcy, kobett, Ntwbaryport.
BmI, Aleiander, Jfaiiun.
Bu],1Irt.TAul>a, -i>Aajie<.
Bcali, Iiaac ^^, Camptllo,
Bean, Cyrua Bcede, /Juwr, JT./r.
•Bcaue, Kcv. liamurl. .Vurton.
Be«n«, >IJ99 UKve A., Cm(rm'U(.
Bwlw, Fraiicca L., "
BeetiF. ):^HHnli-,
Becbe, Uary L.,
UcechBT, Key. Charles, OeorgetoicH.
BhcIiit. Kcv. WtLUam H.. .Vo. UroolfftOd.
Bcldca, an. Msiiannc P., triuUtlf.
Bcldvn, WllltaiD V. Uurrtiwr.
Bc.kDSp,Jli-.>^iinbaU- J'-ramlnghan.
ileaaa. lliimliuni U., /.uuwlf.
BlUiiiga, CharluJi Sfrtm.
UUb] . H». .1 . 1'., Xvrmiad
Blaclutone, Mra. LyaUi k^., Ckater,
Blake, Monliuer, U.l>.. lU'inl..n.
BIIh, Uev. UtiorlttK K., H:,hjlM.
BlliH, lira. Cliarlti R.,
Blodgvtr. Ilrujainiii C, Xfrlan.
Blailgetl, liluu-uu, Sualh iMerjIeliL
Bloul. Ujrus W., iriucAeitar.
BlDud, I.f luad, <iiat.m.
Bwlviill, IIi'V. Jowph C., Il-irl/itnl, Q-ni
BodwfrU, Mm. Catharluv,
•Band, Uwjrjw, Jioil-m.
Bootli, Ciiurli-^ U., CAimfM-.
Bnckeit, Lvniucl.
■Breed. Utv. WLllL.iin.r Ratinluiia.
Brcoer, Cyrul, Dmloti,
Br««cr, Mr». C. P., "
Brewer, John S.,
[Iricktll, Fraiiklln, naeerkUI.
Brlgga.UlMC'aiharlne Clark. WaAam.
Brlggi, KcT. WlUiam T., Eatt Douglat.
Brigna, Ifn. Abb/ L.,
BrlBbam,ltexlerP., Wtttbon^.
Brighnm, Urt. Ueiiirl-., ■'
*l<rlgliam, Ilev. WUlanl, VlniAciidDB.
Bn»k,&abflrtO., irAl«B((*J«.
•Bromlleld Elliabelh, Iloitm.
Broulu, »ei C. S.. Soul\ nt*rM<l-
'Oruoki. I'elcrC., £o»foii.
Brown, Un. Uarrivl L., UoitoK.
UrowD, ICebucca, WhiUatvUtt.
Hrowu, Joseph, Qrotoa.
UrowD, lira. Mary L., aavirhla.
Kronn, Itubert K , IFHainieUle.
Urranl, SoIod,
Itudilln, SliuOD S., AnMl-liM.
UuuU, Gi'orge C, Si>rl«i[iicM.
Bulkley, lira. C. K, I'liiUiburgh, ,V. Y.
Bullanl, Mrs. .lohu, Juu., Medwan.
Bullard, Ur>. Mary W., Shtrbura.
iturbi'ck. ^aniuul K., J^niton.
iturnhaiu, Hubert W., Enar.
Burr. Charii'i C. ^VinnuAitc.
Burrage, J. ii., Benton.
Burr»ps .loiepb, ArUagton.
Buirage, MarjC,
Burnll, Amo. C, fxtri-ise.
•BurHII, Henry, jun, K,M AMagton
1(t»1i. IKoiry .1 WalfitU.
Buahby, Sophia W.. i'oitndy.
Buller, Her, Daniel, Jlatum.
Bu1h!r,M».JanvI>., "
Cndy, Uaniel U,. J).l»., Artingloa.
Caily, lira, llurrlel X.,
C.iUvfell, Iter. W. K., Ilsaaaii.
Ct,:a\\ deorge, Stntth llnJleg Kill:
C»i.lli, Siirjiuf]. Si.ri„-,fl.A.I.
leiuu, <ieoDtc II., ILiverhill.
[wnlcr. i!ev. Cariiu C , l!-«-l m.
pi-iiier, ralliarluB K,, t'-i^iiru',
peuier, Daniel,
ptM[rr. l-:.l>c>n,
penler. Iluruce,
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Carr» Charles R., WhiHfuviOe.
Can*, John C, West Xewbury.
Carrier, Rev. A. U., MinneapoliBt Min,
Carruthcrs, Kev. WUliam, Danvert.
Carter, Edward, Andover,
Carter, Joshua T., Whitintville.
Carter, William H., Lmcdl.
Cary, George C., N. Bi-itlgewattr,
Cary, Mr«. Mary D , Foxboro\
Case, Mrs. Mary Olive, New York City.
Caswell, Lemuel E., Boston.
Cate, Georgiana W., Haverhill.
CHamberUn, John, WhUinsvUle.
Chamberlain, Mrs. Samuel, Westbar</.
Chandler, Miss Frances E., Andovtr.
Chandler, U. U., Chnrlestown.
Chapln, Caleb T., Northboro\
Chapiu, John O., WhUiMviUe.
Chapln, Josiah L., Lawrence.
Chapin, Marcus, Monson.
Chapln, Milo, Springfield.
Chapin, Miss Sarah, WhitinsvUle.
Chapman, George II., Winchetter.
Chase, Ann Maria, HaverhiU,
Chase, Charles W., "
Chase, David B., Whitinsvillet.
Chase, George S., HaverhiU.
Chase, Hezelciah, Lynn.
Chase, Hezeliiah S., Boston.
Chase, Robert, HaverhiU.
Cheever, Ira, Chelsea.
Child, Miss Anna G., SpHngfield.
Child, G6orge 11., Springfield, O.
Child, Mi»» Lucy A., Thct/ordy Vt.
Childs, Carlos, Ucnnikert N.H.
Childs, Horace, *<
Choate, David, M.D., Salem.
♦Clap, James, Dorchester.
Clap, Mrs. Rebecca, Boston.
Clapp, Jamejt B.,
dapp, John C.,
Clapp, Samuel, Foxhoro\
Clark, Rev. Edward L., Kew Haven, Conn.
Clark, Elbridge, Etist Medway,
Clark, George, Concord.
Clark, James G., Andover,
Clark, John L., "
Clark, Jonathan, Winchester.
Clark, Rev.*Jo8eph B., Jamaica Plain,
Clark, Julius L., West Newton.
•Clark, Rev. L. F., WhitimvUle.
Clark, Mrs. Miranda D., Bi>ston,
Clark, Miss Nelly, Sherbom.
Clark, Oliver R., Tewksbury.
♦Clark, Rev. P. K., Charltmont.
Clark, Rowse R., Whitinsvil^e.
Clark, Rufus W., D.D., Albany, N. T.
Clarke, Mrs. Adeliza U., Medicay.
Clarke, Dorus, D.D., Boston,
Clarke, Francis, Haverhill.
Clarke, George E., Falmouth,
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Clarke, Mrs. Sarah L., Botton.
Clary, John, Conway.
Clary, Mrs. S. 8., Wareham.
Cleaveland, Miss Harriet A., S. DeerfieJd.
Cleavcland. li^iss Sarah L., **
Cleavelaud, Waldo, South Deerfleld,
Clifford, Wyatt B., Chatham.
Clough, John K., Cambridgeport,
Cobb, Andrew B., Newton.
Cobb, Jacob, Ahington,
Cobb, Rev. L. H., Springfield, Vt,
♦Cobb, Richard, Boston,
♦Codman, Charles R., '*
Codman, Mrs. Catharine, "
Coe, Laura E., WhUinscille.
Coe, Mary A., East Douglas.
Coggin, Rev. Willium 8., Boxford,
Coggswell, Caleb, Essex.
Cogswell, Doane, Bradford,
Cogswell, Ebenezcr, Ipswich.
Colby, Albert, Boston,
Colby, Barak, Henniker, N. H,
Cole, Asa, West Me/Uoay.
Cole, Miss Ella A., A fed way.
Cole, John A., *•
Cole, John, Westmoreland, N.H.
Conant, Charles E., WincheMer.
Conant, Jennie A., Gardner.
Conn, Horace, Wobum.
Cook, Asa, Newton.
Cook, Henry A., Whitimwilte.
Cook, Mrs. Maria R., Uxbridge,
Cook, J. Sullivan, Whitinsville,
Cooley, Mrs. Olive F, Charlemont,
Cx>olidge, Rev. Amos H., Leicester,
Coolidge, Joseph, Boston.
Coolidj^^e, Lowell, Shcrborn,
♦Coolidge, Mrs. Catharine, "
♦Copp, Joseph A., D.D., Chelsea,
Copp, 3Irs. Fedora F., ••
Cordley, Mrs. Lydla G , Lawrence,
Corey, Mrs. Mary, Westboro*,
ComiMh, Mrs. Elizabeth B., CentrevilU.
Cor«on, John, Harerhill.
Cousens, Beulah F., Newton Centre.
Cowdrey, Robert, Winchoter.
Crafts, 3Irs. Sarah P., Newton,
Crawford, Ellen A., Bnrre.
Critteudeu, MUs Rebecca S., Charlemont,
♦Crittenden, Simeon, •* *
Crockett, Mrs. Eliza A., Harerhill.
Crosby, Wilson, Centreville.
Crosby, Mrs. Eleanor L., **
CrOsby, James, Boston.
Crosby, Mrs. Rebec<;a, *•
♦Cruickshanks, Mrs. Anna M., Spencer,
Cruicksbanks, J. DeWitt, Rockford, III.
Cruickshanks, Miss 3Iary S., •• •'
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary, Chelsea.
Cruikshanks, George, Whitiwfville,
Cumings, Charles H., Harvard.
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Cunningham, Mn. John, Oloucuttr.
Cunier, Uev. Albert 11., Lynn.
CurtU, Abner, East Abinyton, *
Cushman, George U., North BridgtwaUr,
Cnshman, Mrs. Rachel B., "
Cushman, Joseplf I., New Uraintres,
Cutler, Rev. Calvin, Auburn'lai€.
Cutler, Kev. Elijah, Boston.
CuUer, Rev. Samuel, Hanover.
Cutter, Charles A., Wnltham.
Cutter, J. Dana, ••
Cutter, E., M.D , Wobum.
Cutter, Stephen, Winchester.
Cutter, Stephen H., "
Dakin, Thomas L., Sudburg.
Dame, Henry, Penbotly.
Damon, Albert P., Reading.
Damon, 31 rs. Edward C, Concord.
Dana, Mrs. Edward, Ipswich.
*Dana, Samuel, BosVm.
Dana, Charles U., Wellesley.
Dane, John, Brookliiie.
Dane, John H., **
Daniell, Mrs. Eliza B., East Medwa^.
'^Daniell, Otis, Boston.
Daniels, El^ah R , East Medway.
Daniels, 3Irs. 3Iariam W., East Afedway.
Daniels, 3Irs. William, Medway.
Davis, Alfred N., N. Andorer.
Davis, Alvah 31., HaverhUl.
Davis, Henry L., lirad/ord.
Davis, George L., North Andover.
Davis, James, Boston.
*Davis, John, Methuen.
Davis, John, Somerville.
Davis, Joshua H., "
Davis, Lydia K., Dunstable.
Davis, 3Irs. M. A., Medioay.
Davis, 3Iiss 3rary U., Concord.
Davis, Rev. Perley B., Hyde Park.
Davis, lliaddeus Uriah, DnnsUdtle.
Davison, George W., Whitinsville.
Dawes, Rev. tbenrzor, Diyhton.
Day, 3Iilton B., Bradford.
Day, Robert L., Newton.
Dean, 3Iis8 Abbie T., Foxboro^.
Dean, Clara L., Holhrook.
Denham, Rev. George, Beverly.
Deuham, 3Irs. Clara D., "
' Dickerman, Rev. L) zander, Quincy, III.
Dickson, Oliver, Concord.
Dickson, Mrs. Sarah C, "
Dix, Mrs. Elijah, Boston.
Dix, Samuel F., Netoton.
Doane, Heman S., Charlestoian.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen G., St. John, N. B.
*Dodge, Rev. John, North Drookfield.
Dodge, 3Irs. Ann S., "
Dodge, Mrs. J. M. C, Andover.
Doggett, Rev. Tho8\, Niagara FaUt, N. T,
I>oggett, Mrs. Frances L.,
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Doggett, William, Niagara F<dU, N. 7.
Doliber, Miss Sarah Lixzle, Afarblehead.
*Dorr, John, Boston.
Dorr, Samuel, **
*Dow, Josiah, "
Dowse, BIrs. Carrie, D., Sherbom,
*Dow8e, Edward, Dedham.
Dowse, Elizabeth R. L , Sherbom.
Drake, Rev. EUis R., Middlrhoro*.
♦Dudley, P. W.. WhUintviUe.
Dudley, Mrs. Sarah A., '*
Dunham, Charles H., Winchester.
Dunham, Mrs. Mary L., ** *
Dunlap, Sumner, South DeerJMd.
Dunton, Hiram P., Spencer.
Dunn, Edward H., Boston.
Durfee, Rev. Chas. Stoddard, Troy, N. T.
Durgin, James, West Newbury.
♦Dutch, M. Elizabeth, Boston.
Dutton, 3Ir8. Mary J., **
Dwinell, Leonard, MiUbury.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, Shreicsbury.
Dyer, Mrs. 3Iaria D., Oloucester.
Eager, William, Boston.
Eames, 3Irs. Nancy, Sherbom.
Eames, Warren, \Viluiington.
♦Eastburn, Rt. Rev. 3(anton, D.D., Boston,
Eastman, Rev. Lucius R , Jr., Framingham.
Eastman, Mrs. Jane C, N. E. Conf.
Eaton, 3Irs. Ann E., Wakejteld.
Eaton, Eben, Framingham.
Eaton, Edward, Afedway.
Eaton, Miss 3Iartha W., Fitchburg.
Eaton, Lucian, South Deerfidd.
Eaton, \Villiam, Boston.
Eaton, W^illlam J., Westbord'.
Eddy, Joshua, East Middleboro*.
Edwards, Sirs. Frances S., Dedham.
t^dwards, Frederick B., N. Chelmsford.
Edwards, Maria F., "
Edwards, Nathan B., "
Edwards, Nathan F., *'
Edwards, Sybil R., "
Edwards, Victor E., "
Eldred, Lorenzo, Falmouth,
♦Eliot, Samuel, Boston.
♦Eliot, Samuel A., •*
Elliott, Robert, Olohe VUlage.
Ellis, WiUard K., East Medway.
Ells, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Oberlin, O.
Ellsworth, Rev. A. A., Waterloo, Iowa,
Ellsworth, Mrs. A. G. C. C, •*
♦Elwell, Robert, Boston.
Emerson, Annie A., Lancaster.
Emerson, Miss Ellen T., Concord.
Emerson, Frances V., Lancaster,
Emerson, Jacob, Jun., Methuen.
Emerson, Mrs. Jacob, "
Emerson, R. V. C, Newton.
Emerson, William, Wettboro^.
Emery, George F., **
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Emery, Mrs. Harriet, North Wtjfmouth.
Emery, Rev. Joahua, **
Emery, Mrs. Mary« Chatham,
Emery, Mrs. 8arah M., Kewburyport.
♦Everett, Edward, Boston.
Ewing, Rev. Edward C. Enfield.
Fairbanks, Ilcrscbel, Haverhill.
Fairbanks, Herschel P., *'
♦Fairbanks, Stepben, Bonton.
Fairbanks, Tirootby R., Medwny.
♦Farnsworth, Mrs. Abel, Oroton.
Famsworth, Ezra, Boston.
Farr, Alba A., Methuen,
♦Farwell. Stephen T., CambrUlge.
Faxon. Miss Rachel A., Braintree,
Fay, Mrs. Addison Q., Concord.
Fay, Charles IL, WhitineviOe.
Fay, Cyrus, Westboro*.
Fay, Josiah C, Hopkinton.
Fay, 8. A., Weatboro*.
♦Fayerweather, Mn. Sarah A., Weet-
boro*.
♦Fearing, Albert, Boston.
♦Fearing. Mrs. Albert. *•
Fearing, Mrs. Maria A., So. Weymouth.
Felch. I:»aac, Naiick.
Field, Jolm W., Boston.
Field. Mrs. Amelia C, '*
Field, Joel, Mittinetigue.
Field, Mrs. Edwin, yewtonville.
Fisher, Mi^s ^-lliza, Medway.
Fisher, 3Irs. Lewis, Kant Medway.
Fisher, Milton M., Afedwny Villnye.
Fisher, Samuel T., Canton.
Fitike, Daniel T., D.D., Ntwburyport.
Fiske, George B., Jloiliston.
Fiiiko, George T., N&ohuryport.
Fiske, Mary FideUa, "
Fitch. John A., Hopkinton.
♦Fitz, Duulel, D.D , Jpawich.
Fitz, Mrs. Hannah B. D., •'
Fitz, Daniel, jun.,
Fitz, Daniel F.,
Flagg, Kev. Kufus C, North Andover.
Flanders. Joseph, JlavcrhiU.
Fletcher Ephraiiu S., WhitirisciUe.
Fletcher, Mrs. Emma A., "
Fletcher, Mrs. Emily M., "
Fletcher, James,
Fletcher. Mrs. L. M.,
Fletcher, Lewis C,
Fletcher, .Samuel J.,
Fletcher, Mrs. Hannah C, Manchester.
Fletcher. Isaac W., Stoic.
Fletcher. Nancy B , •'
Fletcher, liev. Jnme.H, Groton.
Fletcher, Mrs. Lyilia M., "
Fletcher, .Stillniun, Winchester.
Fletcher. Wliliam,
Flinn, Mr*. I'aulina, Wobttrn.
Flint, Mrs. Hannah, Peahody.
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Flint, Levi M., SUmghion.
Flint, Thomas, Danvere.
FloycT, Miss Mary J., Peabody.
Folger, Allen, Concord, N.H,
Forbush.WiUlam, WhitinevUle.
Fork, Kev. George, Ver$SUe»f N. T.
♦Ford, Tliomas A., Boston.
Ford, Thomas A., North Bridgewater,
Ford, Mrs. Eliza C, "
Fosdick, Charles, Oroton.
Fosdick. Frederick, "
♦Fosdick, Rose, "
♦Fosdick, .Samuel W., "
Fosdick, Miss Mary, "
♦Foster, Rev. Aaron, E. Charlemont.
Foster, Rev. Addison P., MtUden.
Foster. Mrs. Hattie D., "
Foster. Mrs. Eliza C., Rowley.
Foster, Mrs. Harriet L., Witiehendon.
Foster, Mrs. Mary, Palmer.
♦Francis, Ebenezer, Boston.
Frankle. Mrs. Jones, Haverhill.
French, Mrs. Harriet S., Taunton.
Frothin<{ham, A. T., Cambridge.
FulKrton, Rev. Bradford M., Ptdmer.
Furbcr, Rev. Daniel L., Newton Centre.
Furber, Mrs. Maria B., "
Gage, Gawin K., Woburn.
Gale. Rev. Wakefield, Easthampton.
♦Gale. Mrs. Wakefield,
Gale, Justin Edwards, *'
Gallot, Nathan, Oroton.
Galloup, I>avid R., Peabody.
Gammel, Kev. Screno D.. Boxford.
Gardner, WUlie F., Gardner.
Garrette, Kev. Edmu'ud Y., JAicrosse^ Wis,
Garrctte, Mrs. Franzenia W., *•
Garrette, Flora Gertrude,
Garrette, Mary Spring, *
Garrctte, Sarah Arabella, *'
Gates, Henry C , Chicopee.
George, Mrs. Ellen K. , "
Gibson, Mrs. Luther, Groton.
Gibb^, George L., WhUinsvillt.
♦Gibbs, Mrs. 3Iary, Boston.
Gilbert, Benjamin I^., "
Giles, Mrs. Elizabeth W., RockpoH.
Giluian. Miss Rebecca I., tioMon.
Gleusou, Charle.s A., \ew llrnintree.
Gleason, Rev. (ieorge L., Manchester.
Glcasou, Mrs. Charlotte A., "
Gleuaon, liev. J. F., Wlltiam^burg,
Gleu-son, Mrs. Olive M., ••
Goodell, H. Augustus!, Whitinsrille.
Goodwin, A. E., Wfst Ameshnrtf
Gonlon, .Sumtiol J., B».<fon,
Gordon, .Mr». Rebecca, '•
Gordun, Jeannie, ''
Gott, J. R.. Rockport.
Gough, Herbert D , Worce^der.
Gough, John B., Doylston.
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OiMgh, Kn. ittTj E., fiovUtim.
Qoold, Krs SBmh W., irwitom'.
Ooursu, Ulna Abby II., Concord.
Goorgw Ml8> Hargsret U., "
•GnnI, Uoifi, ADitnn,
Gnisie, ReT. Thomin G., AppHon, Wii.
Gnrtt. Mri. Amuidi K., SundtrJand.
•Grar, rr»Dd< C, liailoH.
•Gray, Beorr,
Grif, John C.. "
Gray, WUKun, flo/aiwt.
Greelar, Rev, EdwMil »., HavtrhUl, If.H.
Gr«e1e7, Un. EdwwTl H., " "
•Greene, Eei. J. S. C<>pl«T. Brooatiit.
Grseoe, !te.. Blchsril U., aprli^0M.l.
Onenwood, CIibt);? H., Gardner.
Greenwood, Hn. Snlly K., Sherl.am.
Grcfory I^■l■ Ls» H . jr«( -ImMturji.
Origg«, Gblrlea D., Walborg'.
Grlggi, Samuel, "
Grini, Mn. 8. M., "
». CnroUne. Foibom'.
Cultirn
■!, ChorU
ud D.,
IlHle, D. Fruk, Chicoiirf.
Hale, E. J. U., aarcrhill.
Hale, Un. K.J. M., "
Hall. Rev. AHen J., iMittvlOe.
Hall. Mr*. Joseph F., Orotan.
Hall. Xra. Sanh A., iMimtillt.
Ham, lira. Calharlne K.. mafhrUrr.
HamblBton, Rev Wiill.ni.F lyoretiltr.
Hamlllon, Itcv 11. ]•., Iloalan.
Hamllloa. E. D., Conteay.
llumli-n, Itvv, i';.-i)r^'c Si. TOarilan.
•namnutl, Mn. Uair, Hotlon.
Hammond, Ker. WUIiain B., AeuHmH.
Hammond, Xn. Lonlie H.,
fiardn Irk. Thomas, Quincn.
Hardy Trun
e, Ber. (iea
a.Th<m
n,0.
Rayward, Hbi Clara, BrabilrK.
Ilayward, ELIm,
Hayward, MluHattleL., JriiUlnnlUe.
llayoiTd, Paul, Alibg.
!!aviv,„),l. llri-, Ellialwth C, J^anUln.
Haiel, Mn. Sarah L., Olouatlfr.
Hsilewood, Hr>. A. M., Evertlt.
IhHilW. livv. 1' C. Button.
Ileatey, Bev. Joaeph W., JT. Orliam, La.
'Heard, ,Ioli». Ipta-i-h
ll.m.-ui.uv .Mi" llnrrifl. Orofoii.
Heaibaw, Ftands, Button.
Henihaw, Hra. Sarah W., "
Uenahaw, Lanra,
Ill-nick, Hvv WIUinmD., Onrdnlr.
Hetiey, Jacob, Foxboro'.
Heraey, Mn. Folly, mngham.
Hevrlni Ura. Annellv P., Faxbvn'.
Ilewins.LcvlE.,
HeKlna,JljgaI.uuJ«uE.,
yewhl, jD'eph, A'f>rU Jtridffeieaiert
Heywood, Manila W Oardner.
IKgcinBOn, Stephen, Jun., Boilon
Hildrtlh. «r«. Mary R , OroloH.
Iim, Kev (ieorse E . SouUiporl, Conii.
*IJIll. Heory, Boiton.
HUl,JDlham, Voburn.
HUton. WlllUm, liriuir-in
V. liiil^i.s K., MMud
Ilartsh
Harlivfll. I,tp|llv E., Grolon.
Bafkell, William P., JVorM SrooAKtU.
Baakini, Myrick, laktrUlt.
Haatlngi, Hotii!, J^wnfn^k'im.
•Baleh, Benjamin, K,itl Fntmaulh.
Ealeh, Anna S., Itraiiford.
Batch, Well man WlUey, ..IfjUiuim, A^S.
Batch, Slra. C'airle L., ■■ "
.. Canptlh.
HBTcn, Kev
forge M„ BrimlMd.
■Kolbr
k, K. Evei
nolbmoi.
Holbrook. Mr*. Jenny M , "
all. arnfUm.
KaUand, Mn. Sarah £., Batmi.
Holland, Mary Cecilia, A'ortA Brtdgtwattr.
jBcobP., MiUnt.
,es, Abtel, D.D., CimUHdge.
rh-tltrt, 10.
Holm
•Holmi
llo
9, Mb
MltaPaanyD., ATorfe
e W Bridgemltr.
ealllif A , CampOio.
Hollon, Tbomai S., trineliater.
"omer, Chailei W., Camb^gt.
ooker, George H. Si.HTlwm.
Hooker, Mn. Martha V., BoitOH.
*Hoopar. Uobert, "
Hoppio, Ker. Jame) M. , ATeio fldHD, Conn
" uwr, Mlti Kllia, CV>ficf>rd.
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Howard, Gary, Narih Bridgewattr,
Howard, David, **
Howard, Mrs. H. Frances, **
Howard, Mrs. Matilda P., "
Howard, Ker. Martin S., WUbraham.
^owe, John, North BridgeuxUer,
Howe, Martlia L., Gardner.
Howe, Samuel A., Westboro*.
Howes, Mrs. Caroline H., CharUmont,
Howes, Collins, Chatham,
Howland, Mrs. Hannah M., Contcc^,
Hoyt, Henry, Boston,
Hoyt, Mrs. Maria, FramingJiam.
Hoyt, William H., Boston.
Hubbard, Mrs. Charles A., Concord,
Hubbard, Cyrus M., Sunderland,
Hudson, 8arauel, Vxhridge.
Hulbert, Charles, Boston,
Humplirey, Daniel, North Weymouth.
Hunt, Mrs. Jerusha B., Whitinsville.
Huntington, Matilda C, Peabody.
Burd, Francis I'., Wakejield.
Hutchins, Caroline M., Ifett/ord,
Hutchins, William E., Lowell.
Hutchins, 3Iaria J., "
*Uyslop, David, Boston,
Ide. Rev. Jacob, Jun., Mansfield.
Ide, Mrs. Jacob, Jun., '*
Jackman, Sirs. Sutsan M., Medway.
Jackson, Mi»s Caroline U.. Newton,
Jackson, Henry W.j-Boston.
Jackson, Lnura E. L., *'
*Jackson, James, "
•Jackson, Patrick T., *•
Jackson, Walter, Brookline.
Jamef^on, Kev. Kphrnim O , EoMt Medway.
Jeffries, Miss Catharine Amory, Boston.
Jenkins, Mrs. Maria L., New Betlford.
Jennison, Rev. Jor<eph F., Canton.
Jeplison, Miss C. R., Brookline.
Jewett, Henry, Pepperell.
Johnson, Charles G., Bradford.
Johnson, Mrs. Emma E., *'
Johnson, Fraucin. JVinrhcster.
Johnson, Peter R., IloUUton.
Johnson, Bli.ss licbccca, North Andover.
Johnson, Mrs. 8. W., Framinghnm, N.IT.
Jones, Augustus T., North BrUlgewcUer.
Jones, Henry E., HoUUton.
Jones. Joseph, Holbrook.
Joslin, Mrs. A. L., Oxford.
Joy, Mrs. Abigail, Boston.
Judd, Rev. Burtis, Westbor<P.
Judd, BIrs. Rebecca Ann, "
Judson, Mrs. Mary C, Uxbridge.
Jttdson, Willard, "
♦Keep, N. C, Boston.
Keith, Adelbert F., Campello.
Keith, Albert,
Keith, Azra B.,
*Kelth, Charles, North Bridgewater.
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Keith, Edward Everett, Bridgew iter,
Keith, Preston B., Campello,
Keith, Ziba C, ••
Kelly, George Reed, Haverhill.
Kelton, George, Gardner.
Kempton, Mrs. Ellen, Grafton.
Kendall, Mrs. Abel M., Boston.
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., Jflnchester.
*KendaU. WiUiam, WhUinsvUU.
Kendrick, John, ffaverhUl.
Kendrick, Mrs Lydia P., Chatham,
Kerr, Robert W., Foxhoro\
Kerr, Jane K., **
Kettelle, Jacob Q., Boston.
Kielblock, Jane L., CharJestown,
Kilbon, George B., Springfield.
Kimball, Benjamin, 2d. Harerhill,
Kimball, Rev. Caleb, Mfdway.
Kimball, Charles, Tpswich.
Kimball, Daniel W., Winchester.
Kimball, David, Bradftrrd,
Kimball, Wallace L., "
Kimball, Mrs. Harriet W.. Lowell.
♦Kimball, Mrs. Mary B., Falmouth.
Kimball, John R., Wolmm.
KimbaU, Mrs. 8ylvia, Westboro*,
Kingman, Miss Eliza. Boston.
''Kingman. Miss Sarah, *'
Kingiibury, Nathaniel, **
Kingsbury, John, Bradford,
KingMbury, Rev. John D., ••
Kingsbury, Katy,
Kingsbury, Martha,
Kittrcdge, Rev. A. E., Chicago.
Kittredge. C. Brigham, Westboro*,
♦Knowles, Rev. James D., lioston.
Knowlton, Rev. Stephen, Neto Hacen^ Vt.
Knox, Mrs. S., Rock Island^ III.
Labaree, Rev. John C, Randolph.
Lambert, Miss Elizabeth G., Rowley.
Lambert, Thomas R., D.D., Charlestown.
Lambert William T., "
Lamson, Edwin, Winchester.
Lamson, Mrs. Edwin, **
Lamson, Gardner Swift, *•
Lamson, Helen, •'
Lamson, Kate Glidden, *'
♦Lane, Anthony, Lancaster.
Lane, Rev. James P., Bristol, R.I.
Lane, Mrs. Emma L., "
Lane, Rev. John W., Whatrly.
Lane, Mrs. Mary U., ••
Lane, Mary E., '*
Lane, John Edward, "
Lane, Richmond J., East Abington.
Lang\%'orthy, Rev. Isaac I*., Chelnea.
Lascll, Josiuh, Whitinsville.
Lasell, Mrs. Jennie W., *•
Lathe, Miss Sarah S., Grafton.
Laurie, Inglis, Owtitonna, Minn.
♦Lawrence, Amos, Boston.
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Lawrence, Rer. Amos E., Houtatonie,
Lawrence, Asa, Groton.
^Lawrence, 3Irs. M. A., **
Lawrence, Jolin,
Lawrence, CiirtU,
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, "
^Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy T., IFUton, Me.
Lawton, Mrs. 8. C, WhitimnUe.
Laynd, John, "
Leach, Simeon, East Stomjhton,
Learoyd, Addlaon P., iJanvert.
Learoyd John 8., "
Lcavitt, Abner L., Hingham.
Leavitt, Mrs. I-Utcabeth G., Bo»ion.
Leavitt, Rev. George U., Canil/ridgeport,
Lee, Mrs. liuth M., Conway.
Lee, Rev. Samuel H., Clecdatul, O.
* Leeds, ISeiijamin, Jirookliue.
Leeds, Benjamin, Boston,
Leeds, Mrs. Anne B., *'
Leeds, Miss Anne G., "
Lees, Mrs. Samuel, Xorth liilUrica.
Lefavour, Isi<achar. Bectrly.
Leland, Calvin, jun., Xatick.
Leland, Mrs. Charlotte A., Sherbom.
Leland, Mrs. Lois, **
Leonard, Elixa, Foxboro\
LiK>nard, James Henry, BridgeuxUer,
Leonard, James M., '*
Lewis, Reuben, Oroton,
Lewis, Mrs. Susan F., "
Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, Hingham.
Lincoln, F. \V., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C, Sunderland.
Lincoln, Noah. Boston.
Little, Alexander E., WeHesley.
♦Little, Rev. Elbrldge G.,
Little, Mrs. Lucia S.,
Little, Sarah Isabel,
Little, Stuart, Whitinsville.
Little. Waldo F., Stwton Centre.
Little, WiUiam A., '<
Littlefield, Samuel, SomerviUe.
♦Livermore, George, Cambridge.
♦Locke, Kphraiiii, Boston.
Loomis, Rev. Elihu, ChesterfitUi, III.
Lord; Abraham, Jpswich.
Lord, Miss Anna M., "
Lord, Rev. Charles E., Boston.
Lord, Edward A., DanverSt
Lord, John A., Peabody.
♦Lord, Louisa C, Manchester.
Loring, Mrs. Hannah W., Sewton Centre.
Ivoud, Arthur J., Boston.
Loud, Mrs. Martlia li., Braintree.
Lovell, Miss 3Iary B., Mvdwny.
♦Lowell, Charles, D.D., Boston.
Lumb, William, ••
Lunt, Charles F., IFinchester.
Lyman, Rev. George, South Amherst .
Lyman, Samuel T., Huntington.
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Lyon, Hifls Chloe R , CampeUo.
Macreoding, Rev.Chas. 8., Providencft R L
Makepeace, Mrs. Helen M., Gloucegter.
Maltby, Rev. Erastus, Taunton,
Mann, Miss Helen L., Gre^njield.
Manning, Otis, littlfton.
Manning, Edward W., trotmrn.
Manning, Walter H., LUtlrton.
Marble, Mrs. Mary E., Orq/lon.
Markham, Mrs. Priscilla V.. Pinnfrett Ct.
Marrett, Lorenzo, Cambridgeport.
Marsh, Mrs. Abby C, Georgetown.
Marsh, Eliza\>etb C, Haverhill,
Marsh, E. J., Leominster.
Marsh, Lewis A., Chicopee.
Marsh, Mbs Julia M., Haverhill.
♦Marston, William, Boston.
Martin, George H., Britlgetpater.
Mason, Miss Nellie A., Rtiyalston,
Mattison, William, WhUinsrilU.
Maynard, Rev. Joshua L., jmiistonf Vt.
Maynard, Leander, Shrewsbury.
McElroy, Richard B., Medway.
♦McKeau, William, Boston.
McKeen, l*hilena, Andover.
McKeen, Phebe,
McKcnzie, Rev. Alexander, Cambridge,
McKenzie, EUen H., *•
McKenzie, Iveunet, "
♦McLean, Mrs. Ann, Boston.
McLean, Rev. John K., Sprlngfieldt lU.
McLoud, Rev. Anson, Top^fittd.
Means, John O., D.D., Boston,
Means, Mrs. Jolin O., "
Means, William G., Andoper.
Merriam, Abner H., Templeton.
Merriam, Homer, Springfield.
Merrill, Rev. James H., Andover,
Merrill, John K., ALthmn,
Merrill, Mrs. Harriet U., Winche.ndon.
Merrill, Rev. Truman A., BeriMrdston,
Merritt, Clarissa, Conway.
Merritt, Mrs. Mary A., Montague.
Messenger, Miss Eliza, Fitchf/urg.
Mills, Rev. Charles L., Jamaica Plain.
Mills, 3Irrt. Rebecca B., <'
MilU, Miss I^ydia, Peabody.
Minot, WillUim, Boston.
3Iinot, William, Jun., "
Alixter, Mrs. Fanny L., "
Mixter, Mrs. Mar>' R., Hardwick.
Iklixter, Mrs. S. E , Jto>:k Island, lU.
Mooar, George, D.D., OttkUiml, Col,
Moody, James, Whitinsville.
Moore, Lewis, Sharon.
Moore, Lillle, Holbrook,
Moors, Joseph, Groton.
Moors, Rufus, **
Moors, Mrs. Rufus, "
Hordough, Rev. John H., Portland^ Me,
Morse, Charles H., Boston,
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Horong, Rer. Thomas, Ipnrtch.
Morley, Rev. Sardls B , Pitt^eld,
Morrison, Daniel T., Methuen,
Horrison, Miss Fancy T., Rowley.
Morse, Miss Abby P., Emporia t Aiansas.
Morse, Charles N., Foxboro*.
Morse, Miss Emily A., Bra4ford'
Morse, Henry, Naiick.
Morse, RuAis W., Methtten.
Morse, William E., Ilradford.
Moseley, Edward S., Newburyport.
Mosman, Walter B., AuburndaU.
Manger, Rev. Theo. T., Lawrence,
Manger, Mrs. T. T., **
Manroe, A. LeB., Medway.
Manroe, Miss Mary, Concord,
Marray, Rev. James O., New York City,
Murray, Mrs . J ulia R. , "
Nason, Rev. Charles, Wel{fleet,
Nason, Rev. Elias, BUlericti.
Needham, Lucie M., New Braintree.
Needham, Mrs. Mary P., Peafjody.
Nelson, Jonathan H., Shretosbury,
NeweU, George H., HollUUm,
*Newell. Montgomery, BotUm,
Newhall, Lucy Ann, Stow.
Newman, Samuel, Peabody,
Newman, Miss Sarah A., Ipsurich,
Nichols, Alfred A., West Amesbury,
Nichols, James R.. HaverhUl,
Nichols, Joseph. West Ameibury.
Nichols, Moses, JliwerhiU.
Nickerson, Mrs. Temple W., Nantucket,
Nightingale, Rev. Crawford, Oroton,
Noon, Rev. Sanmel H., N. E. Conference,
*Norcro8s, Jovian, Wiik^eid.
Norcross, Airs. Josiah, '*
Norton, Rev. Ekiward, Quincy,
Nourse, B. Alden, JFesthoro',
Nourse, Daniel, JFest Medway.
Nourse, Helen S., Boston,
Nourse, Susan H., Bolton.
Noyes, Alva, North Brul^ewaterx
Noyes, Jacob, Abington.
Noyes, Luke B., South Abington.
Noyes, Rufus S., N. Bridgewater,
Oatley, G. D., WhUineville.
Odlin, Benjamin, Exeter, N.H,
Odlin, Mrs. E. T., "
Ordway, Aaron I^., New York City.
Ordway, Miss Charlotte, Bradford,
Ordway, Herbert, "
Osborne, George F., Peabody.
Osgood, George C, Ixnoell.
Osgood, H. B., WhUinsviUe.
Packard, Rev. D. Temple, Los Angelas, Col.
Packard, Edward C, North Britlgewater.
Packard Mrs. Maria L., CampeUo,
Packard, S. Edwards, Springfield.
Packard, S. Franklin, CampeUo,
Packard, Miss Susie P., "
Packard, Zibeon, Abington,
Pago, Abigail L., Atkinson, N, IT,
Paige, George R., New Salem.
'^Palne, Mrs. Sarah 31., Holden,
*Paine, Miss Sarah C,
Paine, WUUam L., So. Wellfleet.
Palmer, Rev. Charles Ray. Bridgeport*
♦Palmer, Rev. Stephen, Needha'ih,
♦Palmer, Squire, South Deerfield.
Park. John C, Boston.
Parker, Andrew, Gloueester,
Parker, Daniel, Whitinsville,
♦Parker, John, Boston,
Parker, Mrs. Sarah, **
♦I*arkman, Francis, D J)., **
♦Parkman, Samuel, "
♦Parkmau, Mrs. Sarah, '•
Parmenter. Mrs. E. J. G., Athol,
♦Parsons, Gorham, Boston.
•Parsons William, ••
Parsons, Rev. R. C, Worcester.
Parsons, John, jun., Saugus Centre,
Partridge, Clark. Medway,
Partridge, Joseph, HoUiston.
Patrick, Rev. Henry J., West Newton.
Patrick, Mrs. Martha L., **
Patten, Mrs. John F., Lynn.
Patterson, David H., Methuen,
Paul, Frederick A., LakevilU.
Paul, Henry. Newton.
♦Paul, Mrs. Henry, *•
♦Paul, Luther, •*
Paul, Luther, '*
Paul, Miss Harriet, "
Paul, Miss Mary, *•
Paul, Mrs. Ruth B., Medway,
Fayson, Miss Susan, Foxboro*.
Payson, William P., **
Pearson. Miss Hannah J., Lowell,
Pease. George W., Salem.
♦Peck, Rev. David, Sunderland.
Peckliam, Hubbard, Petersham.
Peirce, Rev. Bradford K., Boston.
Peoples, Samuel, Naiick.
Perkins, Benjamin C, Pealiody.
Perkins, E. E., North Midtileboro,
Perkins, Mrs. Elizabeth E., "
Perkins, J aims H., ^'
Perkins, James, Peabody.
♦Perkins, James, Boston.
♦Perkins, James, Jun., '*
Perkins, Miss Mary A., Brighton,
Perkins, Robert S., Danvers.
♦I'erkins, Thomas H., Boston.
Perley, Mrs Abigail T., Salem,
Perley, Jacob, "
Perry, Aliss Catharine H., Sherbom,
Perry, James, Danrers.
Perry Mrs. Ruth O., Marlboro\
♦Peters, Inward D., Boston.
Peters, Mrs. Lydia H., Berlin,
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Pettee, Daniel, SharoH.
Pettee, Miss KUza J., Forhoro.
Pettee, Samuel Gardner, SloughUm.
Pettee, Willard, Foxboro*.
PbiU!i>8, Alonzo P., Afedway.
Phillips, George W.. Saugug.
Phillips, Mrs. Geo. W., "
^Phillips, Jonathan, Boston,
PhUlips, Mrs. SaUy,
Phillips, WiUiam,
Pickard, Kev. Daniel W., Groveland.
Pickering. Henry W., Boston.
Pierce, Albert T., Stouffhton.
♦Pierce, Rev. Charles H., MQlhury.
Pierce, Isaac T., WMtinavUle.
Pierce, Sylvester G., Winchester,
•Pierpont, Rev. John, Afed/ord.
Plerscn. Rev. William Henry, Somerville,
Pike, John, D.D., Rowley,
Plumb, Rev. Albert U., Boston,
Plumb, Joseph Dart, "
Plumer, Mrs. Martha H., Rowley.
Plummer, Israel, WhUinsvUU,
Pogue. Mrs. Joseph, Orafton.
Pollard, Joseph G., Wobum.
PoUock, Miss Emma A., WMHnsviUe,
Pomeroy, Fred L., SunderUintl.
Pomft^t, Mrs. Sarah T., Webster,
Pond, Almira W., South Maiden,
Pond, John P., Boston.
Pond, Mrs. Nancy N., Midway.
Pond, William E., Wrentham,
Pool, Solomon, Gloucester.
Poor, Joseph, Peabody,
Poor. Nathan H., "
Porter, J. Edwards, Korth Brool^/leld.
Porter, Samuel S., Winchester,
Potter, J. Sturgis. Neieton,
Pratt, Cornelius, Xorth WeymotUh,
Pratt, David, ••
Pratt, Galen. Xorth Bridgewater.
Pratt, Galen E., *•
Pratt, Rev. George II.. Seabrookt N.ll,
Pratt, Norton, Braintree,
Pratt, Phebe, Sherbom.
Pratt, Philip W., Abington,
Pratt, Zebulon, Xorth Middleboro^.
Pray, John J., Lowell.
Prentice, Miss Julia, Grafton,
Prentice, Marvel, WhitinevUU.
Prentice, James A., "
Prentiss, Luke, **
♦Prescott, William, /Boston.
♦Prince. Rev. J. M., Georgetown.
Prince, Mrs. Sarah B., Quincy,
Pritchard, William, Xewfmryport,
l^octor, Elizabeth 0., Peabody.
Proctor, Henry H., "
Proctor, Mrs. Lucy A., Gloucester,
Proctor, Miss Mary P., Peabody.
♦Proctor, Thomdike,
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PaiTer, Mn. Josiah, Harvard,
Putnam, Mrs. Elizabeth T., Ore^ton,
Quincy, Thomas D., Boston.
Quincy, Mrs. J. C, '*
Quincy, Thomas D., Jr. "
Randall, Franklin B., Dover, N,H.
Randall, Flora Sarah,
Randall, Mary Elizabeth,
Rankin, J. Eames, D.D., Washington^ D.C.
Rankin, Mrs. Mary, "
Ray, George W., Medieay VUlage.
Raymond, Helen S., Boston,
Read, Miss Martha, East Abington.
Reed, Miss Caroline G., Haverhill,
Reed, Horace, South Abington.
Reed, Miss Serissa, East Abington,
Reed, Mrs. Susan B., Xorth BrooJ^fUld,
Reeves, Miss Ellen P., Wayland,
Rice, Mrs. Agnes L., Boston,
Rice, Edward, Wayland.
Rice, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Lawrence,
Rice, Mrs. Henry A,, Boston.
Rice, Miss M. Augusta, Westbor&,
Rice, Miss Jenny M., **
Rich, Rev. Alonzo B., W, Lebanon, X.H,
Rich, Rev. A. Judson, Broo^field,
Rich, Mrs. Harriet L., "
Richards, Mrs. A. M., Bridgeport, Ct.
Richards, James F., Campdlo,
♦Richardson, Bei^amin P., Boston.
Richardson, John W., Medway.
Richardson, Luther, Winchester.
Richardson, Miss Sarah E., Concord.
Richardson, Stephen, W, Medway,
Richardson, Sumner, Winchester,
Ricker, Edmund, West Amesbury,
Rioker, George E., *<
♦Ritchie, Andrew, jun., Boston,
Robbins, Andrew, Oroton,
Robbins, Chandler, D.D., Boston,
♦Robbins, Edward H., "
Roberts, Rev. Jacob, AubumdaU.
Roberts, Mrs. Mary A., **
Roberts, Mrs. Ruth, Manchester.
Robertson, James, Peabody,
Robinson, Charles W., Aubumdale,
Robinson, H. W., Xorth Bridgewater.
♦Robinson, Rev. Reuben T., Winchester.
♦Robinson, Mrs. Clara A., **
♦Rockwood, John, Groton.
Rockwood, John T., Springfield.
Rockwood, Miss Polly S., Ashland,
♦Rogers, George, Boston.
Rogers, George L., Xewburyport,
Rogers, Shubael G., Boston,
♦Rogers, Rev. William M., "
Russell, Sarah J., lYamingliam.
Russellisam'l W. ,XeW'England Co^flerenee.
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Safford, Rev. George B., Bwrlin^fton, Ft
♦Sallibury, Samnel, Boston,
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Sanford, Mrs. Adelfne D., Medway HUage.
Sanford, Edmund I., Afedway.
Sanford Henry D., Bridgeieater,
Sanger, Edward G., Cambrulgeport.
Sargeant, James C, (ktlAam.
Sargent, Edmund. West Ameabury.
*Sargent, Lucius M., Boston,
Sargent, Samuel Q., Methuen.
Sawtell, Kpliralm, Oroton.
Sawyer, George, Campello.
Sawyer, Martha B., "
Sawyer, Seth C, Hdtbrook,
Scales, Edward P., Newton,
Soott, Uev. Joseph, Maiden,
*Scuddcr, Charles, Boston,
Scudder, Mrs. Sarah L., "
Seagrave, Edward F., Uxbrlfge.
Seagrave, Mrs. Mary Ann, •*
Sears, Miss Hannali M., Asl^eld,
Searer, A. W., Northboro*,
Seeley, Kaymond U., D.D., Haverhill,
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B., *'
SeUVidge, Thomas O., Boston,
*Sbattuck, Andrew, Oroton,
Shattuck, Mrs. Susan P., '<
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah, Boston,
Shaw, Mrs. Nancy, Suuth Weymouth.
Sheldon, Rev. Luther II., Jamesburffh, N.J.
Sheldon, Mrs. Sarah H., **
Shepherd, Thomas, Winchester,
Shirley, Uev. Arthur, Conway.
*Sigourney, Andrew, Boston.
♦Sigoumey, Henry, "
Sikes, Mrs. Otis, Conway,
Simonds, Alvan, Boston.
SkUlings, David N., Winchester.
*Slack, Kuggles, Boston.
Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., **
Slafter, Mrs. Edmund F., **
Sleeper, William C, Methuen,
Small, Amos T., West Amesbury.
Small, Mrs. Fidelia Porter, Millbury.
Small, Samuel A.,
Small, Samuel E.,
Small, Mrs. Sumner, Newton Centre,
Smith, Mrs. Abby F., Concord,
Smith, Henry F., '*
♦Smith, Albert W., Westboro\
Smith, Mrs. Lucy Jane, *'
Smith, Mrs. Clara J., Sunderland.
Smith, E. B., Wes^eld.
Smith, Mrs. Frances E. D., Whitinsville,
Smith, Rev. Edward P., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Smith, George P., Boston,
Smith, Samuel, "
Smith, Joel, Whitinsville,
Smith, Jonathan, *'
Smith, Warren N., "
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., Gloucester,
Sndth, Miss Mary E., Sunderland.
Smith, Mataon M., D.D , Harford, Ct,
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Smith, Mrs. Matson M., Jlar^ord^ Ci.
Smith, Norman, Oroton.
Smith, Mrs. Mary J.' S
Smith, Richard, PetAody,
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, *'
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, Andocer.
Smith, William W., Conway
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Snow, Ambrose, South Hadley Falls,
Snow, Mrs. Caroline. AuhumdeUe,
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Ch(Uhnm.
Soule. Henry M., South Abington.
Southgate, Charles M., St. Johnsbury^ VI,
♦Southgate, Rev. Robert, nartford, VL
♦Southgate, Mrs. Mary Frances, **
South worth, Mrs. Caroline 31., Medway.
Spauldiug, Mrs. Charlotte A., Oroton,
Spaulding, John, Ayer.
Spooner, William B., Boston,
Spring. Mrs. Adela C, Whitinsville,
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Ezra C, Manchester.
Stanton, Rev. George F.. South Weymouth.
Stebbins, I^ev. Milan C, Sitringfldd.
Stevens, Mrs. George, Lowfll.
♦Stevens, Norman C, Newton,
Stevens, Mrs. E. M., '*
Stevens, Mrs. Benjamin F., Peabody.
Stevens, Samuel, Gloucester.
Stickney, William H., Dracut.
Stoddard, Charles U., North Brookfield,
♦Stoddard, Lewis T., Brookline.
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San FranciseOtCaL
Stone, Mrs. MatUda F., "
Stone, Martha A., Newton Centre.
Storrs, Eunice C, Braintres, •
♦Storrs, llichard S., D.D. "
Stowell, Mrs. Abby F., Concord.
Stowell, Cyrus A., Strufh Deerfield.
Stowell, D. W.. Westjield,
Strong, Rev. Elnathan E., TTaltham,
Strong, Rev. J. C, Leech Lake, Minn.
Strong, Mrs. J. C, «' •• "
Studlcy, Austin, East Abington.
Studley, Edward A., Boston.
Sugden, Alliis Mary, Bruintree,
Sumner, Rev. Charlerj B., Monson.
Sumner, Mrs. H. U., Foxboro\
Swan, Frederic M., Dorchester,
Swazey, Mrs. Frances A. ^ Lynn.
Swett, Samuel W., Boston,
Swift, Miss Lottie 11.. Andi)ver.
Switzcr. Rev. Christopher J., Provincetown.
Tan, Mrs. Elizabeth K., WhUinsvUle.
Taft, Mi.^s Emily A., •'
Tuft, Gustavus E.,
Taft, Mrs. G. E.,
Taft, 8. Jennie,
Taft, Jacob, Uxbridge,
Tapley, Gilbert, Danvers,
♦Tappan, John, Boston.
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Tarr, William J., Gloucester,
Taylor, Mrs. Alalansa, Winehe$ter.
Teele, Rer. Albert K., Milton.
Teele. Mrs. Cornelia C, "
Temple, Mark BI., Heading.
Tenny, 3Irs. Joanna S., Sangus.
*Tenney, Mrs. Mary P., WincheMer.
Tenney, Mrs. Apphia S., Geirrgeiown.
Terry, Rev. James P , South WeymmUh.
Thacber, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park.
Thacher, Miss CaliDta C, Attleboro*.
Thacber John, •'
Thacher, Susan B., Portland^ Me.
Thacher, Mrs. Susan C, "
Thacber, William T.. Hyde Park.
♦Thatcher, Mary Ludlow, Afiddleboro',
Thayer, Addison S., Medway,
Thayer, Clara L., »*
Thayer, Amaisa. Braintree,
Thayer, E. F. E.,
Thayer, Ira,
♦Thayer, Mrs. Lilla, •*
Thayer, Annie M., IJolbrook.
Thayer, Mrs. Kno», Xorih BridgeuHiter.
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Andover,
Tliayer.JIrs. Martha C, '*
Thayer, Oliver, Saltm.
♦Thayer, Mrs. Jane, Boston.
Thayer, Robert H., New York City.
Thayer, Sarah H., Braintree.
Thayer. William W., Uxbridge.
Thompson, Mrs. Averlck F., Wareham.
Thompson. Mrs. Emily B , Concord.
Thompson, Everett A., North Wotmm.
Thompson, Samuel A., *•
Thompiton, Mrs. Anne Eliza, "
Thompson, George R., North Bridgewater.
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, W<A)urn.
Thompson, Stephen, Winchester.
Thurston, Rev. Richard B., Stan\ford, Ct.
Timlow, Rev. Ileman R., IFalpole,
Timlow, Dana C, "
Tinker, Russell, Grafton.
Tobey, Miss Jennie E , WhUinsville.
Tolman, Rev. Richard, ^ampf on, Va.
♦Tolman, Rev. Samuel II., Lenox.
Torrey, Miss Elizabeth L., S<futh Weynumth.
Torrcy. James, North IVeymouth,
Torrey, Willard, Groton.
Toulman. Rev. Wm. Vi., Newton Upper Falls.
Towne, William B., Milord, N.H.
Trask, Charles H. Jun., Manchester.
Tra!>k, Mrs.A. il., "
Trask, i^izzie R., Gloucester.
Tratik, Samuel, Peahody.
Tra»>k, Samuel P., Danrers.
Trlbou, Samuel, North Bridgewater,
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton.
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, Abington.
Trufaut, Philip P.,
Trufant, Walter Ezra,
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♦Tucker, Rev. El^ah W , LdHKnont Ct.
♦Tucker, Jesse, Milton.
♦Tucker, 3rni. Mary R., "
♦Tucker, Nathan, ••
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, "
Tucker, Mrs. Hannah W., Dorduster.
Tucker, John A., "
Tucker, WlUiam, "
Tucker, Mrs W. L., •«
Tucker, William W., Boston.
Tufts, Charles, Andover.
Turner, Miss Alice Montgomery, Randolph.
Tuttle, Miss Martha E., Concord.
Turtle, Miss Sarah, Chroveland.
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littleton.
Twichell, John M., Fitchburg.
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W., Boston.
♦Underbill, Rev. John W., N. Amherst.
Upton, 31 rs. Lucy K., Peabody.
Upton, Moses T., Salem.
Vose, William H., Fitchburg.
Wadsworth, Mrs. Lucy, Milton.
Wadsworth, Wililaro, Boston.
Wakefield, Miss C, Heading.
Waldron, Rev. Daniel W., Boston.
Wales, Erastus, Holbrook.
Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Dean H., Andover.
Walker, Miss Frances A., HaverhiU.
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Ashby.
♦Walker, John S., East Medway.
Walker, Mrs. John S., "
Walker, Levi, Bridgewater,
Walker, Ellen A., "
Walker, Moses, HaverhOl.
Walker, Nathaniel, " ,
Walker, Robert G., Boston.
Walker, William M., Bridgewater.
♦Walley, Samuel U., Boston.
Walley, Samuel H., "
Ward', Artemas, "
Ward, Miss Lydia, SaxonviUe,
Ward, Samuel, Boston.
Ward, Bliss H. L. H., Lakeville.
♦Ward, Rev. James W., ••
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L., •«
Ward, Bliss Susan H., **
Ward, Salem T., Winchester.
Warfield, Henry L., Buckland.
Warner, John, Newton.
Warner, William, South Deerfield.
Warren, George W., Boston.
♦Warren, Mrs. Diantha A., Lynn.
♦Warren, Mrs. Maria, Grafton.
♦Warren, Nehemiah, Stow.
Warren. Francis W., Stow.
Warren, Jonas, "
♦Warren, Ludnda, "
♦Warren, William A., Winchester.
Washburn,. William B., Greenfield.
Welota, JofaD, £ott«it.
Wald, JuDti, •'
M^ella. M™. M.rlba D., JfortMitn)'.
Wellnian, jDibuiiW D.D„ ^ffiiidin.
IVcnrJelt, lira. Cslhartor. lluilon.
W«ntworth, Albpn, JIiKtrhai. .
Wcdtworth, I^wi,. JtrldgrmUfr.
WesioD, .Itmei L. S.. marahrm.
«>!t,l'rk-e t'., iriiilinnUU.
Wh*«lei, Aliljiili l! , E411I Mfilimv
Wheeler, lln..M. it Me^wag.
WlMler, Mlsj s„i,i,u W i-mbody.
Whlloonib, I iMir L.. Worcett^.
WhlUsomb, Un. Abble E., "
Whltoimb.G. Henry, ■'
WUIoomb. Lewlt, KoUiroat.
*Whlteomb, Ueubca, Sanard.
Wbdoonib, llt»,j\bby F '•
•Wliltcoiiib, Mrs, Loiil's I1., "
Whltoomh, J!Im Mbti- M.. "
While, Asron [.., 3Muy.
While CanwUua, BrcotritU.
Wtdti Bdmniid, A'aOtwiit.
Wliil*. Kewlon,
•Whlls,Jauii>s, Holloa,
Whit*, Jwl. Vxbridgt.
WUU, Jotlib. rettrtkam.
WWW, tan. Marj C /'ra.ftrots, W.ff,
WUta, PblneiuA., iPAfKnn^fe.
While, Thorn 119. n.ilbrnai.
WU^, Arthur F., Whitiiuvm*.
Whltls.Chu-leiE.,
WbitlD,Chul«HP.,
•Wmtln, Mm. Catharine H. "
WUlln, EdKMd, "
Whllln, Junea F., ••
WblliD, Un. ritleoM H., '•
Whllln, 1-Mil, "
WblUa,Hn. SuahJ.. "
Wldtln,lfn. SonbB., "
IVbiling. Lemiitl, Gr„to<i.
WJilUnDU, t'Jiariw, Lrncrll.
Wbitmanh. Ura. Dlutba, 3. AMngton.
WUtnutnh, Marj, ■'
Whttminb, UlBiUaryJ.. "
IVbiunor^.. A mil... Maria, Lgnn.
Whilnef, CbarlM H., Cambridgtperl.
WhltnajF, Darn a Soai/i araloH.
WUtDcf, Frrdcilck. IFatminiUr.
WbiUMj, llelra J SUm .
Whltnsj, Rkhari D., BpHnafOd.
Wbltnpy,Hn. Suunna, Itntlaml.
Whittaker. Iter, (ieorge, SprinaflOd
Wblllaker, Un llarriel,
IVhtitemure. Mrs Hai^- R. .S.. Wtitbonf.
-Wlggloawonb. Iboina.. *«!.-«.
Wilbur, Joaeph. Tu<^iiian.
Wild, Uaak'l, ami™
Wild. Ul<a UtIbA., South llraintrtt.
Wilder, llatde W SoiUh Aft^ii.
WUIrai.EeT Wllllum H.. *«k«iW-
WUllama, Ulaa Amelia 1'., Sanderland.
WUliaiu, KcT. C. H. S., Contord.
WUllima. Hn. C. H. 8 .
Wmiann.Rei. F^wardF., )FIIUJHn>ille.
ntllljiraa. HUa EKiabeth C, Oroltm.
WUllama, Uiaa Mary D., QreBtfitld.
William*, S.II„ ^ortv™.
-wmiania, Thumaa S.. AiibvmdaU,
WlllUmi Epbraln, £j>r<iijDtrU.
Wlllia, LuHba. Waybmd.
WUlIa. I.uey Maria, "
'Wllaon. Itev. Tbomai, BtoughUnt.
WUfan, Mra C. J..
WlDR, John C, lAKBtU.
Wlnca, Bev. C. Uaurloe, Hartfiird, Conn.
-VVlnler, bavid Baker. NoriKbridgt.
WInthrop, Robert C, Bolton.
'Winlhrop, Tboiai I,., "
Wlnrell, Un. Lliile H., Ckieago, lU.
•WItblnaon, Otla, Bmoaint.
Woloolt. Hr*. EUiabeth, Ptabodt.
Woleott. William, <■
Wowtbury. Slmnii J., StUto».
Wood, Mr^. Abljrtli, Tr.ifftnru'.
Wood, Cyma K., AiUmmlvim.
Wood. Elliabelh C, TOjrbortf.
Wood, Mil) Jane A., Ontfton.
Wood, Joaeph W., WMtinmittt.
Wood. Mn. £. 8.,
Wood, Hn. Samuel F., CKdntford.
Wood. Mn. Suaan, QrMon.
Waod.T, Dwlg^I, Wftmbuter.
Wood, Theodores., '■
Woodi, Utia Abble Wheeler. JTiiMn.
Wooda, Auattn Frank, jVcif Itrriinlmt.
Woodi, ,lowph Wheeler. BoiIoh.
WrlKlil, Owrgu L. JfUtiataffut.
Wyntan. Cbarloa Lnnaatter.
Wyman, Ituftii, Botlon.
Wymas, WllUam C, PUeUitrg.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLB COUXTT.
West Barnst able , Cong. Ch $8 24
Denniit/ 8outh Long. Vh 8 01
Falmouth, First I'ong.Ch. and Soc. 18 25
South Welltleet.Cong. Ch. aud Soc.
(IL.M.) 22 00
$56 60
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Easton, Evangel. Cong. Ch 18 72
Fairhaven, Cong. Ch. and Soc.. .. 9 05
Mansiicld, Cong.Ch and Soc.( 1 L.M.) 12 00
$30 77
ESSEX COUNTY.
AndOTer, North Trin. Cong. Ch. . . $35 00
Boxford, Cong. Ch and Soo $13 00
Andover. Chupel Ch. and Congre-
gation , 87 60
Bradford, Cong. Ch. and Soc 14 96
E^.xex, (.'ong. Cn. Sab. Sch (1 L. M.) 20 00
Georgetown, Cong. Ch. ana Soc (1
L.M.) .32 50
Gloucester, Cong. Ch. and Soc. (2
L.M.) .f. 63 23
Grov« laud. Cong. Ch. and Soc 10 00
iDHwlch, First rh. '• " 22 00
llarerhill, ( Vniro Cong. Ch. (1 l.m.) 20 00
Newburyport, Whitiield Cong. Ch. :W IC
Belleville ♦• " 90 00
Newbury, Fir.'»t < ong. Ch. and Soc. 19 25
North >aupu!», Sabbat li School .... 6 00
I'eabody, Cong. Ch. aud Soc. (IL.
M.) 33 56
Saugud, Cong. Cli. and Soc 39 20
Salcui, Croiut)iu-st Ch 6^1 30
'* South Ch 4u 74
Went Anu'.sbury, Cong. Ch. and
Soc. (1 L. .M.) 60 00
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Conway, Cong.Ch. (2 l.m.)
Gie«'UhcM, Fir-il i on^. Ch. and Soc.
^«'Cond •• " "
3Ioutai:uc, Cong. Ch. and Soc
Urau^r, •' " ♦•
i*>outh i)eeiliol(l, Sarah L. Cleave-
land (1 L >i.)
Sundirlami, <'oug. Ch. and Soc ...
Whuiley, Coug.Cli.andftoc. (2 l.m.)
(i72 45
64 46
12 75
25 W
lo CO
2 fcW
20 00
20 (JO
41 I>9
$it(» 4^
IIA>. PDKN roi NTY.
f hlcopc*'.S<-cou«l Cong.Ch.and Soc.
•• liunl ••
Ix)ngnieadow, f.adio^' Moncv. Aua.
< it'll! U'lni-n's •'
I'alnuT. Sefomi ( li
Springtk'ld, 1 hirti Ch. Soc
Ficdiug liiUs.Cong.Ch.
$n2
r>o
2! 4:.
20 75
8 ••>4
5 50
-■; I
West Springfield, First Ch.' 16 00
Wedtfield, Second Cong.Ch.and Soc. 131 20
$280 05
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Amherst, North Cong. Ch $50 00
'* FirKt Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20 78
Greenwich, E. V. Blodgett 6 oa
Granby, Cong. Ch. and Soc 32 60
Uadley, Ku8»ell Ch. aud Soc 12 36
•• First Ch. and Soc 11 35
•' South FaUa Cong. Ch 82 iO
Northampton, Edwards Ch. and
Soc 41 61
Weathampton, Cong. Ch 24 00
$280 13
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Cong. Ch. and Soc $13 25
Ashland Cong. Ch. and 3oc 2:) 06
Aahley, ♦' '• 18 17
Ariington, •• •' 80 02
Box borough. Cong. Ch 3 06
( oucord, Cnion Bib. i^oc 89 00
Groton, Union Cong, Ch. and Soc. 63 60
llollistou, Firttt Coug C h. and Soc. 43 00
Littleton, Cong. Ch. and ^oc 6 Ou
Lowell, John-st. Ch. aud Soc 42 30
• Kirk.Mt " " 98 00
3fedford, Mystic <'ong. Ch 3o 46
Newton. Eliot Ch. aud Soc 104 81
IVpperell, Cong. Ch 14 06
Saxonville, Coug. (.'h. aud Soc 14 60
Sudbury, •' " .... 20 00
Tewkabun-, " »♦ .... 6i .•«
Town.xend llarbor. < 'ong. Ch 7 60
Wakelield, Coug. Ch 2110
Waverley, Rev. Daniel llutler 15 00
Westford, Edward Carlton 100 00
** Con. Ch. aud ^^^oc 2 60
Woburn, M. E. Ch 7 00
$800 76
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Cohastett, Second Cong. Ch. and
>oc $I9S3
Dwlhain, Flr:«t Ch. aud .^oc. OS 13
Foxborough. (.'oug. Ch. au-1 Soc. . 31 GO
Franklin. First t oug. C!i. and >oc. 20 3.)
lioibrook, Wiuthrop Ch. and Soc.
(2L. m.) 09 73
Hydi' I'ark, First Ch and >oc 14 66
Mill way Village, i'oug. Ch. and
.'^oc. ( 1 L. M.) 33 10
Medway Ka^t,Cong. ( h. and >oc.. \:'2 :i5
'• We.^t, ><'C.nid (;oug. Ch... 27 00
Modilold, i:<.v. J. N. U. Kutou 5 00
K:uidol])h, Cong ( ii. ami "OC 110 02
Wn-iifliam, Cynthia Ila\\r.>4 5 (K)
\V('> mouth. South liiion ill 7 50
fecund Coug (.h. and
Soc. (1 L.M.) 20 00
$4:)4 14
46
PLTXOUTH GOUKTT.
Ablnfftoii, South Cong.Cli. and Soo.
Brookton, First Cong. Ch
•* Porter Cong. CU. and Soc.
Cainpello, Orthodox Cong. Ch. and
Bridgewater, Cong. Ch. and 800. . .
'* Central bq. Ch. and
80c. (1 1..M.)
Hanover, Cong. Ch
Uingham, Evangel. Cong. Ch
•* First Ch. Soc
LakeviUe, Cong, Ch. and iSoc
Middleboro, First Coug. Ch
" North, E.K.Perkins..
" Central. Ch. and boc. .
Plympton, Cong. Cn
BockJAnd, Cong. Ch. and Soo
$20 15
25 00
20 00
42 85
14 30
22 00
3 60
5 26
78 00
24 60
8 80
6 00
68 78
3 40
100 CO
$431 71
SUFFOLK COUNTr.
Boston, Old South Ch. and Soc. ... $147 00
•' Soutli, PliiUlps' Cong. Ch. 43 42
" Park-st. Ch U8 04
" Highlands, Mrs. McCloud. 50
" K.D.Warren 400 00
** Higtdands, Eliot Ch. and
Soc 63 31
Boston, Dorchester Village Ch . . . . 30 07
" Alrieud 60
Boatoa, Dorchester. Thos J> Qulncy
(1L.M.)
Boston, Baptfiit Bethel Ch. and See.
" D.Whlston
Brighton Evan. Ch. and Soc
WORCESTER COrNTT.
Clinton, First Erangel.Ch.and Soc.
West Boylston, First Coug. Ch
Grafton, Cong. Ch
Harvard, "
Hubbardston, "
I.,eouiiuster
" North
Leicester, First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
Lunenburgh, " "
Northbridge, WhltinsvUle Cong.
Ch
Shrewsbunr, Cong. Ch
Webster, Cung. ch
Westboro', Cong. (;h. and Soc
Worcester, a friend
Winchendon, North Cong. Ch. aud
Soc
Worcester, Central Cong. Ch
** Old South Coug. Ch. and
Soc
20 00
10 60
200
43 21
^867 46
$4t83
11 20
47 00
10 50
6 67
10 76
3 60
13 00
260
832 26
13 00
10 00
lao 00
12 00
27 76
2140
21 83
$1216 16
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
Annual Collections and Subscrip-
tions $100 00
Boston, Captain Winslow, Trust
l!\ind 17 82
Hennlker, Nil., Cong. ( h and Soc. 24 60
Frybur^h. He., Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7 00
New Englan<l Conterencc
of M. E. Ch. (0 L.M.) . . $003 89
Providence, M. E. Ch 345 40
East Maiue, <' 132 77
1082 16
W. 31. Mellcn, Local Agent $89 63
New Ilautpshire, John Cole and
wife 20 00
Edgartown, Mrs. Gannett 2 00
^eeKonk and East Provideuce.Cong.
Ch 8 30
Swanton, Vt., Henry Stone 3 00
" Harriet U. Stone ... 2 00
$1366 30
COLLECTIONS.
By the Rev. E. F. Slatter, District Superintendent for the American Bible Society.
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Boston, Trinity Church |
Eniniuuucl **
St. I'aul's ••
St.Mark's ••
Clirist "
Miss Bradford
Mr. George f:urtis
Boston Highlands, St. Jauies'
Church
Brooklinc. St Paul's Church
Nevrton, Lower Falls, St. Mary's
Church
Quincy, Christ ( -hurch
Haverhill, Trinity Church
030 00
0(>6 00
411 00
26 76
10 00
2 00
60 00
60 66
143 03
81 42
m 18
6 00
Newton, Grace Churcli $29 60
•*' Miss S. B. C 10 00
Cambridge, St. John's Chapel $41 00
S. Boston, St. Matthew's Church. . . 31 60
Chebea, St. Luke's i hurch 16 24
Taunton, St. John's Church 16 61
Lawreuw', Grace church 25 60
South GrovelHnd,ht . .1 ames' Church 13 00
Hedlium, St. Paul's Church 37 00
Charlestown, >t. John's Church, (1
L.M.) 20 00
Lincoln, St. Anne's Church 8 68
$27i0 68
LEGACIES.
Aabam, Craig estate $465 00
Boston. Estate of Mary Tufts, wid-
ow of (Gardner Tults 80 00
Framingham, e^tuteof Nancy Bent 688 00
Uolbrook, estate of Elisha N. llol-
brook 200 00
liiddletou, estate of Charlotte U.
I'row 374 10
Northbridge, estate of E. W. Flctch-
er $100 00
Reading, 3Irs. C aldb Waketicld 20 00
Salem, estate of N. 1*. Dike 100 UO
Waltham, estate of Daniel Farrar 1228 76
Whitinsvllle, estate of 3Irs. Aun
Dudley 60 00
$3,206 85
FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Society,
incorporated in the year cijjhteen hundred and ten, the sum. of
to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and policy
of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel Butler, Recording
Secretary, 15 Cornhill, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and individuals, and
orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah Cutleb, Agent, 15
Cornhill, Boston.
Bible Rooms of the Massachusetts Bible Society, 15 Cornliill, Bos-
ton. AH the issues of the American Bible Society, comprising upwards
of two hundred and fif>y distinct volumes, are sold at cost. Bibles and
Testaments in some thirty diflerent languages. Orders by Mail or other-
wise. E, Cutler, Agent,
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY
THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON.
MAY 29, 1876.
BEING THEIR
SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY.
> < ♦ »-4-
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 15CORNHILL.
1876.
OFFICERS
OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY. 18767. '
— ^xi:««
Hon. SAMUEL H. WALLEV.
Rev. ALEXANDER H. VINTON, I). D., Sufiolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Ifcrkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Franklin Ccmnty.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL. D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HAWES, Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
CorresponHtng ^ecrrtarg.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. I).
l&ecorHing ^ecretarg.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Crtasurer.
CHARLt:S HENRY PARKER, Esq.
*Suliitor.
AMOS W. STETSON, F.sq.
Crtistres.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS. U. D.
Rev. chandler ROBniNS. D. D.
Rev. ANDREW P. PEABODV. D. D.
Rev. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU. D. D.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS.
Rev. GEORGE F. PENTECOST.
Bishop ISAAC W. WILEY.
Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rev. SAMUEL E HERRICK.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
Hon. CHARLES r. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R MARVIN. Esq.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER. F^sg.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE. Esq.
A.MOS W. STE'l-SON. E<q.
GEORGE P. DENNY. Rig.
Hon. E ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Executtbe Committee.
TO WH().\f APPLICATIONS ARK TO BK MADE FOR BIHLRS.
Rev. John O. Means, Charles Henry Parker, and Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM 1809 TO 1876
m 9
Hon. William Phillips. .
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf. LL. D.
)Pre0ttients.
1809 — 27
1827—49
1849—54
Hon. Richard Fletcher. LL. D.
Hon. Samuel H. WaUey.
« 854— 59
1859
Vict )Prestlients.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D D. .
Rev. Henry Ware. D. D.
Rev. John Codman, D. D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. Francis Parkman. D. D. .
Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham. D
Rev. William R. Nicholson. D. D.
William C. Plunkett, E«;q.
Edward Southworth. Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. William B. Washburn. LL. D
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles P. Whitin. Esq. .
D.
1809—16
1816— a8
i8a8— 44
1844—48
1848—49
1849—53
1853 — 61
x86i — 7a
186a
I 86a — 70
X 86a— 73
1 86a
186a
i86a
Lee Claflin. Esq.
Caleb Holbrook. Esq.
James S. Amory. Esq.
Hon. John H. Clifford. LL. D.
Elisha Tucker. Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq. .
EL S. Moseley, Esq. .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D
Hon. William Hyde.
Hon. Timothy W. Carter.
Hon. Milton M. Fisher. .
Hon. John A. Hawes.
i86a — 70
i86a — 75
1 86a
1862—76
i86a
t86a
1 86a
1870—72
1871
187a
1872
1873
1875
1876
CorresponHtng Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, . 1809—13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, 18 13 — 17
Rev. Charles Lowell. D. D. . 18x7—18
Rev. Francis Parkman. D. D. . 1818 — 49
Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham. D. D. 1849 — 53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. . 1853
Rev. John Pierce. D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp. D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosyenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles. .
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
iSlecorlitng Secretaries.
1809—28
i8a8— 30
1830—31
1831-33
1833-39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Rev. William M. Rogers,
Rev. George W. Blagden. D. D.
Rev. George Richards, .
Rev. Daniel Butler, .
» 839— 44
»844— 45
»845— 49
» 849— 5a
1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan. Esq. .
treasurers.
1809 — II
i8ii — la
1 81 2 — 35
Henry Edwards, Esq.
George R. Sampson. Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
»835— 49
1849—62
i86a
Exectttibe Committees.
Rev. William E. Channing. D. D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips, .
Stephen Higginson, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware. Jr., D. D. .
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D.
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman. D. D. .
1809—18
1809 — 16
1809—15
1815-18
1816—30
1818—30
1821—35
1830—40
183a— 35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D
Henry Edwards, Esq.
Rev. George Richards. .
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing,
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper,
> 835—49
1840—49
1849 — ^
1849—62
1853—76
i860
1862
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts
Bible Society was held at the rooms of the Society, No. 15
Cornhill, on Monday, May 29, at ten o'clock, A. M., the Presi-
dent of the Society, the Hon. Samuel H. Walley, in the
chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Chas. Henry Parker, Esq., presented his
Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Sixty-Seventh Annual Report of the Trustees was read
and accepted.
The oflficers of the Society were then elected for the coming
year.
It was voted to adjourn to the public meeting on Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock.
Agreeably to the vote of adjournment, the Society assem-
bled at the (new) Old South Church on Wednesday afternoon
at three o'clock, p. m., and listened to an address by the
Rev. John Hall, D. D., of New York, which is printed with
the Annual Report.
ANNUAL REPORT.
In recounting the events of the year at this our
annual gathering, we are often called, not only to speak
of wojk performed, but of workers who have finished
their course. To this custom the present occasion
furnishes no exception. Since our last meeting the
Hon. Albert Fearing has been called to his rest and
reward. For thirty-three years he served the Society
as Trustee, and was for twenty- three years a member of
its Executive Committee. During this long period the
Society has enjoyed the benefits of his wise counsel and
his ready aid. A Christian philanthropist, quick to per-
ceive the evils of society and cheerfully consecrating his
time and his wealth to their removal, he ever felt that
the world s hope and the world s cure is to be found in
the possession of divine truth and in obedience to its
teachings. For this he labored while he lived, and
being dead he still speaks in his parting gift to the
Society and in the richer legacy of his remembered
life.
There have been issued from the Depository during
the year twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and
twenty-six volumes. Of these, ten thousand eight
hundred and forty-eight were Bibles ; eight thousand
five hundred and eighty-six Testaments ; three thousand
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six hundred and fifty-nine Testaments with the Psalms,
and five thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
smaller portions of the Scriptures. Of the whole num-
ber, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four were
in various foreign languages.
The gratuitous issues have amounted to nine thousand
four hundred and fifty-five volumes, costing $3,267.87.
They have been appropriated as follows : — To sea-
men^ one thousand eight hundred and four ; Mission
Sabbath Schools, eight hundred and sixty-four ; City
Missions, one thousand one hundred and eighty-five ;
Public Institutions, three hundred and thirty-one ; to the
destitute in Massachusetts, two thousand one hundred
and eighty-seven ; in Maine and New Hampshire, one
hundred and thirty-one ; in the South and West, three
hundred and sixty-eight ; by colporters, two thousand
five hundred and eighty-five.
The exploration and supply of the city of Lowell,
begun in December, 1874, has been finished during the
past year. The colporter, Rev. Mr. Willey, spent nine
months in this work, visiting nearly eight thousand
families, of whom eighteen hundred and sixty-eight
were destitute of the Scriptures, one hundred and forty-
one being Protestants. One hundred and forty-eight
destitute families were supplied, four hundred and four
copies of the Scriptures were sold, and eleven hundred
and twelve given away. Of the nearly three thousand
Catholic families visited, twelve hundred were in pos-
session of the Douay Bible. In summing up his labors
he says: — ** A few families I failed to reach. Some
were absent ; some moved into neighborhoods after I
had visited them ; some did not understand my work
and were too much occupied to listen to the statement
of what I was doing, and others still, and among them
members of our churches, annoyed by my visit, rudely
shut the door upon me. With these few exceptions, I
have been kindly received by all classes. I have circu-
lated the Scriptures in eight different languages. The
books have been received with many expressions of
gratitude, and will, I have no doubt, be carefully read.
With many it is the first time they have owned the
Scriptures. The destitution, I have found, has not been
confined to the poor.' In connection with my special
work I have endeavored, and with success in several
instances, to promote attendance upon public worship
among the very large class who statedly neglect it.
In furtherance of the work I have attended on the
Sabbath, and during the week, jneetings to the number
of several hundred. My labors have been severe, but
have been cheerfully performed in the conviction that
I was doing the work of the Master and promoting
the welfare of my fellow men."
Upon the completion of his work in Lowell, Mr.
Willey commenced the canvass of the city of Lawrence.
Thus far he has visited four thousand one hundred and
seventy-six families ; supplied one hundred and nine
destitute families, of which ninety-six were Protestant ;
has sold one hundred copies of the Scriptures, and
bestowed in charity one hundred and thirty-two. Of
the nineteen hundred and fifty Catholic families visited,
five hundred and fifteen had the Douay Bible.
During the year, the city of Taunton has been can-
vassed by a colporter, Rev. Mr. Leonard. In a little
over three months he called upon four thousand one
hundred and twenty-four families. Of the forty-three
destitute Protestant families, forty were supplied, and
forty-nine destitute individuals. One hundred and
twenty copies of the Scriptures were sold and one
lO
hundred and forty-six were given to the poor and
destitute.
For a portion of the year a colporter, the Rev. Mr.
Dwight, has labored in portions of this city, principally
occupied by our foreign population. Of the two thou-
sand one hundred families visited, but five hundred and
fifty were Protestant. Three hundred and fifty copies
of the Scriptures were distributed, largely by gift. His
visits were principally among the poor, and in hundreds
of their families he read the Scriptures and offered
prayer. His reception was such as greatly to en-
courage him in his work.
The Rev. Mr. Slafter has labored for a portion of the
year among the Episcqpal Churches of the State, and
their contributions form a very important part of our
total receipts.
The income of the Society for the past year amounts
to $29,760.54. In donations and legacies, $9,219.26.
Sales of Bibles, $7,649.10. Interest and dividends,
$8,679.36. Cash on hand at the beginning of the year,
$4,212.82. The expenditures have been: for Bibles,
$11,127.67; donations to American Bible Society,
$2,790.78 ; to Thomas W. Durant, on annuity account,
$45o ; salaries and colporters, $4,888.88 ; Annual Report
and expenses of Anniversary, $221 ; rent, freight, and
incidental expenses, $1,623.84. Balance in the Trea-
sury, $2,822.19. Carried to investment account toward
annuity of $5,ooo, and accumulated interest due Thomas
W. Durant as per contract, $5,836.18.
The completion of a century of our nation's life,
naturally leads to a review of its history. In this
review there is much to interest the friends of the Bible,
for it reveals the fact that the founders of our govern-
ment regarded the general diffusion of The Book among
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the people, as a work so important as rightly to demand
the public care. Thus, in 1777, when, in consequence
of the war, the usual sources of supply were cut off, the
subject of printing an edition of the Scriptures was
referred by Congress to a committee, who reported
adversely, from the fact, ** that the proper types for
printing the Bible are not to be found in this country.*'
They further recommend, that twenty thousand Bibles
be purchased abroad, a measure which was also found
to be impracticable from the blockade that virtually
closed our ports. When private enterprise had suc-
ceeded in printing a Bible, the edition was examined
by a committee appointed by Congress, and afterwards
by a vote of that body commended to the people.
Thirty-one years later, the friends of the Bible, to sup-
ply the existing need of the Scriptures, organized associ-
ations, which, extending with the increase of the people,
now cover nearly every portion of our inhabited terri-
tory. The first Society was formed in 1 808. Our own
Society, the third in the series, was formed in the year
following.
The vast collection at Philadelphia of rare, curious
and useful articles, the product of the genius and art, .
and productive and beneficent industry of the world,
contains nothing more interesting to the friend of his
race, and nothing that more accurately indicates the
world's true progress, than the apartment containing
the Bible in the shapes it has borne for the past four
centuries, and in the hundreds of tongues in which it is
now imparting its truths to an awaking world. It is
estimated that one hundred years ago there were not
more than four millions of Bibles in existence, in fifty
languages and dialects. One single Society, the British
and Foreign, in the seventy-one years of its life, has put
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in circulation nearly seventy-four millions of copies of
the Bible and portions of the Bible, in over two hundred
languages and dialects, and has expended nearly forty
millions of dollars in translating, printing and dissemi-
nating the Scriptures.
Twelve years after the formation of the British and
Foreign Bible Society, the American Bible Society was
formed. In sixty years its total issues of Bibles and
Testaments and portions of the same, have amounted to
over thirty-three millions of copies in fifty different
languages. It has expended in this work more than
seventeen millions of dollars.
Since this associated effort of the friends of the Bible
for its dissemination began, the Christian scholarship of
the world has produced not far from two hundred and
fifty versions of the Bible or parts of the Bible, and two
hundred languages and dialects have thus for the first
time been enriched with the literature of this Book.
Indeed, peoples not a few are indebted to the friends of
the Bible for a written language, with its unnumbered
benefits. Their speech has been reduced to writing,
that thus in their own tongue they might possess the
oracles of God. Through the medium thus provided
for the entrance of divine truth, light on all subjects per-
taining to their good finds entrance. They emerge from
barbarism ; a new intellectual and moral light is theirs ;
they have come under those influences through which,
in ever growing improvement, our race shall reach its
appointed destiny. The Bible was the first printed
book bestowed upon the then world of readers. As
successive portions of the human family, by philan-
thropic and Christian labors are added to that world,
the Bible is usually the first book in their language. It
is the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night to the
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oppressed tribes of earth in their journey to the prom-
ised land.
In the success that has attended this work hitherto,
and in the opening fields at home and everywhere that
invite our occupation, we are furnished with induce-
ments to continued and increased exertion. Deeply
regretting that the means furnished for this work have
been so inadequate to its proper performance, we are
yet thankful for what has been effected, and commit the
results of our work to His care, without whose blessing
our best intended labors are vain.
ADDRESS
OF
REV. JOHN HALL. D.D
My Dear Christian Friends :
It is a very great pleasure, and, as I esteem it, a very high honor lo
speak here to-day on behalf of the Massachusetts Bible Society, — one
of the oldest organizations for this noble purpose of Bible diffusion,
upon this continent. And in attempting to discharge the duty that is
assigned to me in this hour, I shall not address myself in any degree
to the learned and the scholarly, who cannot be supposed to need
instruction, even if I were capable of giving it ; but I shall tr}' to
speak to the good sense of the average Christian person, upon the
subject of the Bible, the difficulties that appear in our time to be
thrown in the way of receiving it, and the light in which we ought to
regard, as it seems to me, these difficulties. And I trust that that
good Spirit of God, who has inspired the Word, and whose grace and
enlightenment have been so fervently invoked, will assist me in
speaking the truth, so that what is uttered here may forward this
great cause, and at the same time promote the instruction and
encouragement of God's people who are gathered together in con-
nection with his Word.
And surelv it cannot be considered a mere coincidence that the
Bible and the highest civilization do so uniformly go together ; — and
if any one were disposed to regard it as a coincidence, it would be
extremely difficult for him to account for the uniformity with which it
is presented among the nations of the earth. Either on the one hand
we must hold that the Bible is the cause of this high civilization, or
we must be willing to admit on the other, that highly civilized people
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exhibit a very great preference for the Word. And then again the
difficulty would be very great to account for the fact that there is such
an uniform cleaving to the Bible on the part of tribes and kindreds
and nations and communities that have been, by the hypothesis,
civilized in other ways, and without its instrumentality. And yet
there is a strange perverse misreading, as it seems to me, of many
important matters that are akin at least to the question that is before
us to-day. There is no manner of doubt, for example, that among
widely diffused races, and from the most ancient times, there has
been a tendency to create a priesthood, and to offer sacrifices, so as to
propitiate the Deity. Now, it has been sometimes suggested that the
Hebrew race only traveled in the way in which other races of men
have traveled, and that the sacrifices that are presented to us so
frequently in the Scriptures, are only one variety of this widely
diffused habit and tradition found among the races of men. Bui
surely it would be more reasonable and more just to suppose that
somewhere very near the fountain-head of the race, this institution of
sacrifice came to man commended by very high authority, and that its
origin among the tribes of men is to be found in this commendation,
— so that wherever men were scattered and dispersed in the progress
of the ages, they carried with them the broken memories and the
hereditary traditions of this most ancient appointment.
In the same way there are found in some of the early oriental
religious literatures, certain maxims and counsels and statements of
principle that are confessedly not unlike many things that we find, for
example, in the book of Proverbs ; and accordingly it has been
suggested that there is a common origin, and that these statements in
the Bible stand upon substantially the same basis upon which these
admirable maxims stand in the literatures to which I have alluded.
But surely it would be a more reasonable thing to reverse this
argument, and to suppose that these various oriental religious systems
derived these maxims, — that have been applauded, it sometimes seems
to me, a little disproportionately, — derived them from the traditions of
this revelation, a portion of which confessedly was given to our race
at a very early period of its history.
It is the fashion in some quarters just now to write up Mohammed-
anism, upon the ground of some admirable elements that are found
in its authoritative writings. Five hundred years after this, it would
be competent, upon somewhat the same kind of ground, to write up
the Book of Mormon, because it also contains some exceedingly
admirable statements, but which a candid and dispassionate reader
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will be apt to trace, as he would in the case of the Mohammedan
book, to a source higher than man s original and native powers, up to
that revelation that has been given in the beginning and recorded in
this Word.
It is a very well known circumstance, that among very widely
scattered races of mankind, and in the most opposite portions of the
earth, there has been a certain degree of sacredness connected with
the serpent, and a great tendency on the part (»( many of our race to
indulge in some form of serpent worship. It is well known how
many allusions there are in the ancient mythology, and in the
legendary literature of ancient nations, to serpents and to dragons, and
to their battles with the saints, and to the victories achieved over them,
and to the celebrity thus won by the victors. The story of ** Saint
George and the Dragon," and the still older story associated with Sl
Patrick and his banishment of serpents, may be taken as specimens
of these still widely circulated traditions. Now, it has been suggested
that in consequence of these widely circulated traditions, the Bible
story of the serpent, with which the Book begins, is to be placed in
the same category, and regarded in the same light in which we regard
these strange mythological productions. But surely it would be more
just and candid to reason in another way, and to suppose that some-
where near the fountain-head of our race there was some injurious
contact with the serpent, — some mischief supposed to be done by the
serpent to the race, some victory over it announced, and some close
connection between that triumph and the welfare of the human race,
and that these have been sounding down the ages in broken memories,
in strange and occasionally distorted forms, but all attesting what a
deep hold this matter had taken upon the human memory at the
beginning, and how profound the impression was that the incident
made upon mankind.
There have been usually two motives by which men have been
actuated in presenting their worship. In some instances they have
set up their priesthood and they have offered their sacrifices, not so
much in the hope of acquiring positive benefit, as in the hope of
deprecating wrath that they apprehended ; while, in the other in.stance,
they have been expecting positive good, and have come with their
services, as with their petitions, in the hope of brin^rini; this positive
good down upon them. Now it is not difficult to sec how both these
principles might come into operation as men sunk lower and lower
in ignorance, superstition and degradation, and so there might
come out of that original history verified in the Book of Genesis,
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that widely diffused serpent- worship of which, we apprehend, the
most perverse misreadings have sometimes been presented in our
literature.
If it be permitted to me, it seems that a rough and ready illustra-
tion of the principle that I am just now adverting to, might be found
in our own history. It is known to many here how many persons
have from year to year been exerting themselves to discover Capt.
Kidd's supposed treasures, upon the banks of the Hudson, and along
the whole of this northeast shore. Now, there is no difficulty to any
one who knows the history, in explaining that fruitless search in
which men engage from time to time. There was a real Capt. Kidd,
and he did really hide actual treasure. It is a matter of history that
it was discovered in Gardiner's Island. The Governor of the State of
Massachusetts, very properly I presume, took possession of it, and it
must have made a considerable stir at the time. Vague rumors,
floating traditions, broken statements in relation to that became
diffused over the country. But the point on which your attention is
to be fixed is this, — that there needed to be the nucleus of fact to
give origin to this widely spread tradition and this body of vague
expectation. There must be one original sound in order to originate
the echoes. And so, we take it, it is fair and just to believe concern-
ing that large class of facts with which our current literature deals,
and so much of which it is inclined at first sight to treat as legendary
and mythical. There must have been a body of original fact, in
order to originate and maintain these broken memories and floating
traditions that have been passing down among the various tribes and
races of our scattered humanity.
In the time in which we live, the assault upon the Bible has taken
a form akin to the times themselves, — as indeed always will be the
case. There was a time when men were inclined very much to
discuss questions of pure and abstract evidence ; and then Hume
came forth with his assault on the ground of miracles. There was a
time and a place when men were inclined to cast off every kind of
yoke and trample upon every sort of authority ; and then Voltaire and
Rousseau, and others of their class, made their assaults upon the
Word. And it seems to me that if any one is inclined to be dis-
couraged as to the present condition of this blessed Book in the
estimation of mankind and in the thought of the Christian Church,
he may take great confidence to himself from a comparison of the
present style and type of assault, with the style and type of assault in
former days. In the time, for example, when Voltaire and his
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associates led their assault, there was far more of educated mind
against the Word than there is now. There was for more of strong
public sentiment against the Word than there is now. There was far
less living religion to sustain it than there is now. For it is no libel
upon the churches of those days, to say that there was comparative
deadness among them. The power that was represented by these
men and their associates in their assault upon the Word was great, —
out of all proportion to the power that is represented by present
assaults ; while on the other hand, the numbers, the character, the
union, the living enthusiasm, and the spiritual godliness on the part
of the friends of the Bible now, are out of all proportion to the
corresponding qualities that were found in the days when religion had
to resist the assaults of Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, and men of that
class.
The age in which we live is devoted in a very high degree to the
pursuit of physical studies ; and among some of the students of this
class there has been confessedly a tendency to ignore the historical
authority at least of portions of this blessed Book. Now, it is a very
easy thing for you and me, dear friends, to form to ourselves a
somewhat exaggerated notion of the numbers, character, influence
and extent of hostility on the part of these men. I should be
the very last to utter a depreciatory word in relation to the students
of natural science, who have done so much to widen the range of
human knowledge. I should be inclined to make very little indeed
of that so-called conflict between the Christian religion and scientific
inquiry. There does not seem to me to be nearly so much of it as
one might suppose from current literature. Why, only take the
trouble to think for yourselves, how many distinguished names you
would at once recall that are supposed to be enlisted in hostility
against the Word. The popular mind would enumerate Darwin, and
Tyndall, and Huxley, and perhaps two or three more men of the
same class ; and in point of fact there the list ends. Then, again,
when you come to analyze these men, you find that a number of
them are very conspicuously before the public, because of their facility
of communicating knowledge in a popular way. One or two of
them are most admirable popular lecturers. When you come to
analyze them a little further, you are forced to this conclusion, — that
they have a very ardent appreciation each of the other, and that they
continually avail themselves of opportunities each to magnify the
services and exalt the names of the others.
You may say that their books are extremely widely studied, and
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that that is proof what a strong hold they have upon the general
public mind. Now, I happen to have it on the authority of one of
the most intelligent and cultivated publishers and booksellers in the
city of New York, that by far the largest number of purchasers of
these books are found among the men of my own profession. It is
the clergy as a whole who mainly buy the works of Darwin, Huxley,
Tyndall and the rest ; and I say it is eminently creditable to them,
that they are the purchasers to such a large degree. They have no
fear of the result ; and they feel that it is right to look at the difficul-
ties in a manly and honest way; and they wish to be competent
instructors of their people, and to know therefore the difficulties that
are put in the way of the people. Now, it seems to me that when a
just-minded and candid man has taken these things into account, he
will be apt to feel that even on this side the opposition that seems
to be raised to the Bible in our time is by no means so alarming
or so formidable as at first sight it might appear.
There is one other consideration that it seems to me ought to be
taken into account I think it a very unlikely thing (I don't speak
now of intimate personal knowledge, but upon general principles) —
I think it a very unlikely thing that these men would be willing to
arrange themselves as opponents of the Bible. I think it a very likely
thing that many of them would resent the imputation to them of
conclusions that have been supposed logically to follow from their
doctrines, or the corollaries and deductions that have been drawn by
comparatively illiterate men, who wished to put forward their own
unbelief under the auspices of very distinguished names. I think it
a very likely thing, for example, that Mr. Darwin goes to his parish
church like other well-conditioned Englishmen of his class and
society ; and that he would take it as something offensive to him, if it
were charged upon him that his independent scientific speculations
were intended by him, or even adapted in their own nature to throw
discredit upon these Holy Oracles ; and I feel very sure, that as
Christian men we ought, in honesty and justice, to be fair in our esti-
mate of these men, and to give them credit for the precise position in
which they stand, and the precise ground which they occupy.
There is one other extenuating circumstance that I feel persuaded
we ought to take into account. It is an age that is extremely favorable
to the pursuit of physical studies. These studies are very closely
connected with "bread and butter" considerations. Their results can
be utilized very promptly, and turned into money and influence and
position. Great numbers therefore are drawn towards studies of this
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class. Now, I can hardly help thinking (I speak this with great
deference and some timidity, — not as a thing that I know intimately,
but as something that on general principles I should be inclined to
anticipate) — that men long accustomed to the successful pursuit of
purely physical studies would thereby be in some degree disqualified
for entering in perfect fairness upon what may be called spiritual,
religious investigation. I reason in relation to myself in some such
way as this : Suppose I had been in the habit for many years of laying
out my mental strength, such as it is, upon physical investigations.
To-day some one puts a powder into my hand, and I put it into the
crucible. To-morrow some one puts an unknown substance into my
hand, and I try it by chemica 1 tests. The next day some one puts
another unknown slibstance into my hand, and it is put upon the
dissecting table and tried with the scalpel. I get the mental habit
of mastering things, and feeling that they must needs submit in my
hands to physical tests. And when this has become the bent of my
mind, so to speak, the bent of my disposition and habit, then there
comes this Book to me, and it challenges my belief and acceptance.
But I cannot bring the scalpel to bear upon it. I cannot put it in the
crucible. It will not go on the dissecting table. It challenges other
tests, and demands that it shall be examined by laws appropriate to
itself ; and the pride of my nature is in some degree aroused, and I
am inclined to say, '*I will not submit to this thing, that will not
attest itself to me as other things have been wont to attest themselves
to me. I decline to bow down to it with reverence." Now, I am
inclined to think that we ought to take these extenuating circum-
stances into account when we would form a just opinion, moral
and evidential, of the apparent jarring and collision between the
students of physical science on the one hand, and the adherents of
this blessed Book on the other.
But, dear Christian friends, the line of thought upon which I would
especially desire to fix your attention in continuation, is this : That
this pursuit of physical studies is only one of the large number of
concurring lines along which the human mind is traveling, in the
advances of our times. Let me indicate to you two or three of these
concurring lines. There is, for example, the science (for I think it
deserves to be so called) of Archaeology. It never had so many enlight-
ened and enthusiastic adherents as it has at this moment. Some of
the very best minds of our race are deeply interested in its pursuit.
Nearly three thousand years ago the Chaldean monarch determined to
found a Royal Library. The facilities to be sure were not very great
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— plates artificially constructed, cakes of soft clay with letters made
up)on their surface, and then the cakes baked to the requisite degree
of hardness and laid upon the shelves, with their rude literature.
This did not make a very auspicious beginning for a Royal Library.
But when more than two thousand five hundred years have passed
away, the value of them begins to be apparent. True, the city is
besieged and burned — burned perhaps over and over again. True,
the men who would read the books in the library must dig up their
broken fragments from the mounds and ruins. But a London news-
paper sends Mr. George Smith to do that very thing, and he does
it, and brings back the tattered leaves, so to speak, of these old
royal Chaldean works ; and to the student of Archaeology they give
the most unexpected corroboration to the ancient histories of the
most ancient of these books. Soon after Colenso and men of his
class have been weakening apparently the evidences upon which
Genesis is commended to our judgment and faith, from those com-
paratively new departments of human thought, there come corrobo-
rative evidences that show at what an early stage of human history
the human fall and the human sin, and the judgments that came
upon the race, and the deluge, and the fire from heaven, had taken
a firm hold upon the memory, and may we not believe also, upon the
conscience of mankind.
Now, the point I wish you to carry away with you is this : That in
Archaeology, everything that has been discovered, everything that men
have yet learned, is in the direction of sustaining and upholding this
blessed Book. There never was a time when men were giving so
much attention to ancient art as at this present moment — the art
particularly that is concerned with pottery and man's early efforts to
subsidize the earth and convert it into forms of beauty as well as into
forms of value. This is receiving the closest attention at the present
time : and every one that has looked into the matter knows how much
light is cast through these potter)' investigations upon the manners
and habits, the usages and the degrees of civilization that the peoples
of the earth have had at specific periods. A few months ago a very
cultivated New York gentleman, engaged upon the daily press of the
city, and who I am assured is the highest authority upon this continent
upon questions connected with art of this kind, was good enough to
deliver a lecture in a scientific course there, and among the many
interesting things that he brought out, this was one — that pursuing
investigations upon this line, independently and without any specific
relation to the Bible, he was compelled, as an intelligent investigator,
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to believe that the history of our race does not materially differ in
point of time from what may be regarded as the accepted chronology
as it is given in this blessed Book ; — in other words, that investiga-
tions into the history of ancient art, particularly in the line of pottery
manufactures, goes to show that there is no such antiquity to be
ascribed to our race as has sometimes been asserted for it on the part
of literary men.
But these are not the only lines upon which the human mind is
now going forward. I do not need to tell you how very earnest and
enthusiastic are the inquiries that many push in the direction of
Geography. The race seems to be bent upon subduing and ruling
over the earth, and therefore it must know the earth, no matter
through what perils. The north pole, or whatever else is unknown,
is an object of contemplation to the enthusiastic geographer. It is
very well known to many of you that for many years there has been
a special expedition from this continent engaged in the exploration of
Palestine. There has been a corresponding expedition from the
British Christian people, — the land being divided between the two
parties. Every one knows how many allusions there are contained in
this Book to the places of the Old Testament — more particularly
Syria and the neighborhood. Every one knows how easy it is to
detect forgeries when there is a free and frequent mention of places.
Now, surely it ought to occur to a man of good sense, that if the
Bible is questionable upon this line of investigation, the unbelievers
had better send out an exploring expedition and detect the impostures.
But it is the Christian people that send these expeditions. At least
they show the confidence they have in the Book. If they doubted it,
instead of giving their money to sustain these efforts, why, they had
better pay the gentlemen to stay at home and let nothing be said on
the subject. But they do not
I remember in one of the Teachers' Meetings of the church over
which I preside, hearing a very good illustration given by a thoughtful
young fellow. Whether it was original with him I cannot say.
Practically it does not matter. It will serve my purpose here if
you will permit me to repeat it. In one of the manufacturing
towns of England there were a great many thefts being committed at
the works of a cloth manufacturer. The webs of cloth were taken
away before they were finished, and before they were marked, when
identification of them as the property of a particular individual was
excessively difficult. Suspicion at length fell upon a particular person,
and he was arraigned, and some of the cloth found, as it was believed,
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in his possession. He went into the courts and defended the case,
and challenged the accuser to prove anything against him. ''Where
is the mark? where is the evidence that this is your cloth?" Well,
every body knows how alike one web of cloth unfinished is to another
web of cloth unfinished, and the question looked embarrassing ; when
a long-headed foreman of the works where the mischief was being
done, stood up and said to the jury, "Gentlemen, there were no
marks put upon this cloth, but the way in which we dry the cloth is
this: we have frames, and we stick hooks through each end of the
web, and then we stretch it until it dries. Now, if that is our cloth,
let some of you gentlemen of the jury go with me to the works, and I
will show you the hooks on which we stick the webs, and if that is our
cloth, the holes in the web ought to fit the hooks that I will show
you. " They thought that was a very common-sense test, and they
tried it ; and surely enough the hooks and the holes corresponded,
and a verdict was given for the owner of the cloth, and of guilt upon
him who had stolen it.
Now, it is so, Christian friends, — it is so with this Book upon the
geographical line. What a multitude of places it names ! How
fearlessly it deals with them, — important places, insignificant places,
great places and little places. It names their distances, fixes their
relations, and does all this with the consciousness of men who knew
they were telling the truth. And men have gone to the place, and
have searched and examined and sifted and scrutinized, and without
one single exception yet noticed, the hooks and the holes fit to one
another, and the book is commended to us on the geographical line,
as being a true book with a veritable and reliable history.
History, that I have just now mentioned, is another of the lines on
which men have been intent for some time past. I do not suppose we
have ever had so many intelligent students of history as we have at
this moment ; and if we do not seem to be producing great books
uf)on the subject, we have a very widely diffused knowledge upon
the matter. Now, I think it will be admitted by every one, that
history has not contributed any considerable share to the hostility and
opposition to the Bible : while on the other hand, history is willing
to admit that it has received valuable assistance in its pursuits from
the testimony of this blessed Book. The older men who are here
recollect very well what an impression was made years ago by the
introduction of what was called the "destructive style of criticism.*'
It had its origin in one of the German universities, and, like every-
thing new and plausible, it spread very rapidly. One distinguished
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man applied the * * destructive criticism " with ruthless relentlessness to
portions of Grecian and Roman History, and for a time he and his
colleagues seemed to carry the day. Homer disappeared in the mists.
Troy went down into, not only oblivion, but nothingness ; and we
were taught to believe that the very place itself was no more than a
myth, and that such a thing as Troy, there was no reason to believe
ever actually existed. But Mr. Schliemann goes over : and he makes
investigations upon the spot ; and he disinters Troy ; and he introduces
us to Priam ; and he gives us at least reasonable ground to believe that
we may still (however they may have troubled us in our school-boy
days) — we may still have kindly recollections of Hector and Agamem-
non and Andromache and Menelaus and Paris and the fair Helen
herself, not as myths, but as real personages, around which we may
be willing to believe that the genius of Homer and of his times has
flung a nimbus of enthusiasm — a kind of poetic glory. But the
point I want to make here is the same as that already illustrated by
Captain Kidd. There must have been — the human mind is being
compelled to believe by history, — there must have been the nucleus
fact in order to originate the circumstances, the mass, if you will, of
embellishment, or even of exaggeration.
Now, if it is true that upon these various lines of human investi-
gation,— Archaeology, Art, History, Geography, — all the evidences that
are brought to bear, and all the results that are reached, are confirma-
tory of God's Word, instead of adapted to weaken its authority, this
ought in all candor to be taken into account by us when we attempt
to form an estimate of the value of that difficulty (to put it in the
mildest way) that physical science seems to throw in the path of this
our blessed Bible.
The other day I had occasion to converse with a man, who, if I
were to name him, (and he is a New Englander, although not now in
New England,) would be accepted as a very high authority upon
metaphysical studies. I said to him, ** Do you feel any apprehension
as to the authority of the Word being in any degree shaken by the
successful prosecution of studies in your particular line?" He seemed
to look with some degree of surprise upon my putting the ques-
tion. *'Why, certainly no," he said, '*the more we know of mental
science the more we see that it, with its discoveries, if you may
so call them, and its ascertained results, constitute a part of that great
whole with which God is dealing in the world, and His perfect
knowledge of this human mind is illustrated and manifested on every
page of the Word. "
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It is true there are men who feel some degree of difficulty upon
this ground : — that the Book of Genesis does not certainly, —
admittedly — does not speak in scientific language of the history of the
world and the commencement of our race. And now, I would like
to say a word or two touching that difficulty in the minds of some.
It is demanded (when you put it in the direct and simple way) that
we should have in the Bible an inspired scientific history of the world
and our race — an ''inspired history.'' Well, suppose we had an
inspired history ; is there any good reason why we should have the
human mind furnished in that particular direction, and not furnished
in other kindred directions? Why should not the chemist demand an
inspired chemistry, the philosopher an inspired philosophy, the phre-
nologist an inspired phrenology. Then, if inspired in each department,
there must needs be perfection ; and then we have all the various
"ologies" given to us in perfection, — phrenology, neurology, archaeo-
logy, — every one of these different departments of which you can
think, each adherent demands, — and by the theory has his demand
supplied, — that he will have inspired information upon this question.
Well, if that is the case, there is an end of human investigation.
There is no longer any stimulus to any one to scrutinize, sift, analyze.
Here are the results, and nothing can be added to them, and nothing
taken from them.
Well, but it may be said, "It ought at least to be in scientific
language. " Scientific language, as every thoughtful man knows, is
continually fluctuating and changing. The garment, in other words,
must be expanded as the body grows. Grant this, to begin with, that
we ought to have the first part of our Bible in scientific language.
The scientific language of what era, pray.^ The scientific language
of what age, pray.^ Must it be the scientific language of the age of
Moses } Who can say that that has not been actually conceded ?
"Weil," but you say, "that is imperfect. That is what we object
to.'* Well, the scientific language of what era .^ Say the scientific
language of our own era. Then it would not have been intelligible
to all the centuries past ; then it would be obsolete, if science is to
advance as it has done — obsolete at no distant time in the ages to
come. Well, but suppose it is demanded that there should be
scientific statements on this particular department of human knowl-
edge, then ought there not to be scientific statements of every other
department of human knowledge, that the Bible in the least degree
touches. But, suppose there is. Then what would the magnitude of
our Bible be, — every department of human knowledge touched ; every
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department of human knowledge touched in scientific terms, — touched
in perfect scientific language, — touched by inspiration, and therefore
made perfect and complete ? The idea of a Pocket Bible will be out
of the question. Many of you know the Encyclopaedia Britannica, one
of our very valuable collections of human knowledge, in twenty-two
solid quarto volumes, with an index into the bargain. But that would
seem to me to be a very primer, in comparison with what the work
must be that would exhaust every , department of human knowledge
that the Bible has occasion to touch, and that would touch them all
exhaustively, in scientific language upon which improvement would
be out of the question. It is better for us to have this book as it is,
even though men occasionally dare to bring against it charges of
being obsolete, than to have a book, such as by the hypothesis it
ought to be if it would satisfy these, as we think, unreasonable and
extravagant demands.
This Book is not obsolete in anv true sense, dear Christian friends.
If you have an itinerary of a hundred years ago, it is obsolete. You
cannot travel by it any more. Railroads by themselves have changed
all the ways of traveling. If you take a medical book of a hundred
years ago, it is practically obsolete ; medical science has gradually
advanced. If you take a book of military tactics of a hundred years
ago, it is substantially obsolete. The improvements in gunnery have
changed military tactics. But who supposes for a moment that this
Book is obsolete in any such sense as that ? God has not changed.
He who is the same yesterday, and to-day and forever, Jesus Christ,
has not changed. The Holy Spirit has not changed. The human
heart has not changed. Moral qualities have not changed. Right and
wrong have undergone no variation. The human soul as yet has
undergone no substantial change. The devil has not yet modified his
tactics. Heaven is the same. Hell, its dark and awful shadow, is still
the same, and the way of reaching the one and escaping the other is
still the same. And while this is the case, this Book never can be
obsolete. *'The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The
testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."
I have sometimes wondered whether our friends who devote them-
selves to the study of purely scientific matters, would not with pro-
priety learn a little hesitation, not to say modesty, from the results of
their past efforts, and the weakening of the positions that they have
sometimes been led to lake. There is not, for example, any more
respectable name in science than that of Sir Charles Lyell. I remem-
ber many years ago how popular for a time his uniformitarian theory
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was. Do not many of you recollect the application he ventured to
make of that uniformitarian theory, to a single bone of a human body
that was found at the foot of a cliff on the Mississippi? There was but
a single bone ; but that bone succeeded in achieving for itself a greater
degree of notoriety than many a whole man has been able to acquire
in the world. It was the most famous bone of all its time. There
it was. at the foot of the cliff, and Sir Charles had his uniformitarian
theory applied to it completely, and he was able to say just how long
it took for the forming of riparian masses ; and he put his theory
and the bone together, and he said in a rather non-committal way,
"assuming that this theory can be sustained, and assuming that this
bone was actually where it was found, then we are bound to believe
that there has been a human population in the valley of the Mississippi
for at least a hundred thousand years." But the trouble was that they
were both assumptions, and that both assumptions were speedily upset.
The uniformitarian theory had to go by the board, for men soon
began to know that the Mississippi will send down far more clay in
one year than in another. And then some one came along and said,
** Sir Charles, if it were asserted that there used to be a graveyard at the
top of the cliff, and that by the action of the river the cliff was under-
mined and fell and the bone with it, would not that assist you in
coming to a simpler explanation of this discovery.? " The worthy man
was obliged to acknowledge that he could not disprove it. And so
the whole theory in regard to the bone was effectually demolished.
I hope it is not irreverent to the men of science, but I have some-
times amused myself as I passed over the country with speculations as
to what might come to pass in New Jersey in future days at one of the
railway cuttings. They have cut through two or three great ledges of
rock to get from the Jersey fiats into the back country. The cutting
has been very deep, and into what I am sure is an ancient geological
formation — one which is extremely hard. Now, will you suppose for
a moment one of these cuttings to stand open for a generation. In
the progress of time, two or three railway companies get together, and
having ceased to fight each other, consolidate their lines, and this
cutting becomes useless to them and they fill it up. And by and by a
great city grows over the place. Then, in the course of years, it
happens that a church or a bank is to be built, and in making the
necessary excavations, the workmen fall unwittingly upon one of these
closed-up cuttings. The geologists come along and can tell you how
old the stone is that is there — two hundred and fifty thousand years at
least. They open one of these filled-up pits, and as the workmen dig
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out the rubbish, to their amazement and surprise they come uj)on
•* Vinegar Bitters/' or "Elixir of Life," or "Hall's Balsam," if you
will. And ihey get the theor}' and the fact perfectly established.
There is no doubt about it. There it is in good, big, clean, legible
English letters upon a formation two hundred and fifty thousand
years old. That may seem to you very ridiculous and absurd. But
there are things that are only to be laughed at.
When I was a clergyman in Dublin, a good many years ago, there
was a new road being made over what is verj' classic ground in that
fair island. It was the localilv of the famous battle of Clun'arf —
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where Br)'an Boroihme vanquished the Danes, — a very laudable thing
in him. In making the road, they came upon a number of bones, and
they had never before found anything in the least degree like them.
They were not the bones of man, woman or child. What could they
be? It was upon the place where this famous battle was fought ever
so many hundred years ago. Workmen have come to find out that
such curious things bring a price in the scientific market. (The story
of flint arrow-heads is a curious one in that direction. ) They come
to find out that these things are salable. In the course of a little
time the report came in that a numerous collection of bones had been
found in the place where this battle had been fought, and the theory
was at once formed that they were human bones, and that they must
be the bones of persons unlike the present occupants of the island.
There was a good deal of flurry about the matter. But in my parish
there was a bright young medical student — a thoughtful fellow,
thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the Baconian philosophy. (I
am glad to .say that he is now Professor in the University, and a very
admirable one at that. ) Instead of speculating at the distance of
three or four miles, he thought he would go up to the spot and see
the bones. He got the men to dig a little deeper, and they dug out
some more bones. At length he came upon an iron ; and then a
second, and then a third, and then a fourth : and he .said to them,
"What are those .^" And they said, "Those are the shoes of a
donkey." "Yes, certainly," said he, "and those are the bones of
the donkey, and it is nothing but the bones of a donkey that you
have been making all this fuss about.'* [Laughter. ]
Let us not, dear friends, leap to rash and hasty conclusions touch-
ing this blessed Book. Let us not be afraid, although there be here
and there statements and allegations which at the moment we cannot
explain. There are many things we cannot explain, which yet we
believe, and if there is anything that Christians, on purely scientific
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and historic ground, ought to be brave enough and patient enough to
do, it is this : To wait for further light and to believe that, as in time
past, so it will be in time to come — a little learning leads men away
from the Bible, and more will bring them back to it.
This Book has been tried. Scientists have tried it already, and it
has not suffered at their hands. In some instances they have realized
that old fable of the viper that set about gnawing the file ; and as it
saw the chips it concluded it was making considerable headway with
its work, until the chips began to be tinted with blood, and then the
viper, at length and for the first time, awoke to the fact that it was
rubbing off its own teeth instead of making a hole in the file.
History has tried this Book, and History owes more to the Book
than the Book owes to History. Bad men have tried this Book ;
they have tried it with ignominy and contempt and scorn. There
were days when they thought it safe to heap ridicule upon it. They
do not heap ridicule upon it now. No man claiming a place for
himself among educated scholars would now dare to speak of this
.Book in the language that was thought to be proper enough in the
lips of Voltaire. Good men have tried this Book — good men of
every class and of every condition — lawyers like Sir Matthew Hale,
soldiers like Havelock and Stonewall Jackson, legislators like Wash-
ington and like Wilberforce, popular educators like Arnold and
like Alexander, scientific men like Sir Isaac Newton and Whewell,
and many another of that class. They have tried it in every variety
of condition and of circumstances. They have tried in their lives, in
their temptations, in their sorrows, in their adversities, and in their
prosperity, and the Book has not failed. And, dear Christian friends,
you may try it too with confidence. You may lean upon it without
fear. You may love it without reserve. Yon may stand up for it
without flinching. You may clasp it to your bosoms without being
ashamed of it. ** The Word of the Lord endureth forever."
It is in some wav with this written Word like the Word Incarnate —
the blessed Jesus. He had a true humanity. He was tired, He was
hungry, He wept, He felt like a man ; and men, looking at these
manifestations of true humanity, said to themselves, "That is all. Is
He not the carpenter's .son ? Do not we know His mother and His sis-
ters, and all about Him ? " It is so with this Book. It has, if I may
so say, a true humanity. Here these words are, printed upon com-
mon paper, with common letters — you put the same in your news-
paper; printed with common type — other books are so printed;
printed with common ink — you can get plenty of it in the stores. It
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speaks in human language. It has varieties of style, varieties of char-
acteristic, varieties, if you will, ©f features and distinction in the com-
munication of thought. In other words, it has its human side ; and
men, looking at these things, and looking at these alone, will be apt
to think it is a mere human book, the outcome of human conscious-
ness,— the results of human thought and emotion spread over its
pages. But when they come to look deeper, it is like the Word Incar-
nate, There is Deity along with the humanity. There is that which
human consciousness did not create, and which human consciousness
does not comprehend until enlightened by that Spirit that comes from
the Father of Lights. And, as we take the Word Incarnate, and
lean upon Him, and trust Him, and believe Him, and love Him,
and say of Him, *' Whom, having not seen, we love, and in whom,
though now we see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy un-
speakable and full of glory, " so let us take this Book, cling to it,
rest upon it, love it, diffuse the knowledge of it, and give our money
to circulate it.
And let us not hesitate in our belief; let us not waver in our
conviction that the more completely this Book takes hold of the judg-
ment and the conscience and the conviction of this American people,
the stronger guarantee is there that the Nation will hold on its way,
and be made, in time to come, a yet greater blessing to the nations of
the earth than it has been in the days that are past.
So I commend to you, dear friends and brothers, this noble work
of your State Society. I commend it, if it be needful, yet more to
your affections, yet more to your consciences, yet more to your judg-
ment, yet more to your liberality. Scatter the healing leaves. Send
your representatives abroad with them. They may have some diffi-
culties and some discouragements now, — you and they — but they that
sow in tears, in the world's great harvest, shall reap with abounding
joy. God bless you, and bless the work that He giveth you to do.
Note. If any apology is needed for the style of the foregoing paragraphs, it is
in the fact that they are a report of an unwritten address, and that the colloquialisms
are reproduced with literal exactness.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
JiLY 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the Com-
miiiee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for carrying into
effect the object of this Association ; which, being read from the
Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with
one amendment, accei)ted and adopted as follows ; viz., —
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a fund
by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and
Testaments, to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within the
State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who
cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergymen
of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall, in
writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall subscribe
to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less than two dollars, and
who shall remain a member so long as he continues the payment of
that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and pay to the
Treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, 'he remaining a member
during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for ihe purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direc-
tion of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the organization
of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice
shall be given by the Committee, and also of the time and place of
the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet, and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer,
Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a Board of
Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any meet-
ing, of which public notice shall be given by the President, Treasurer,
or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the
members of the Society, a Committee of three persons, to continue
in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, who shall have
the management of the fund, and the distribution of the books pro-
cured with it, subject and according to such regulations and directions
as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Trustees at any meet-
ing held on public notice given as aforesaid ; and the Treasurer shall
pay the moneys in his hands to the order of the said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes afore-
said, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the
purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regu-
lar notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or Record-
ing Secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be
necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions
of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the Trus-
tees petitioned the General Court, and obtained the following
Act of Incorporation.*
ACT OF INCORPORATION
CommoniDealt]^ of iWlasisiad^utfetto.
In the year of our Lord One Thoisund Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate the
Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common
use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all persons
inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of
others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects of said
Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society more
extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of
Incorporation.
Section i . Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives^ in General Court assembled^ and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D.. the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall,
Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires,
the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel
H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate, with them for the purposes aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible Society of
Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body cor-
porate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature,
and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said Society
shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid
the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or devises of lands
and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and
subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and improved for the
purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said Corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than
that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole
estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other
officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and
regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not
repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be and he
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place
of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same ;
may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest
in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said
Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the
principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approved by
the Governor, Feb, 15, 18 10.
CommoniDealtl^ of iWa00ac]^u0ett0.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate the
Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the StncUe and House of Representatives, in GenercU
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by the
name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall
have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its
liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been
changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now author-
ized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common
use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incorporating the
said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor,
Feb. 27, 1865.
BY- LAWS.
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At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 185 1, the
following By-Laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act of
Incorporation ; namely, **The raising of a fund by voluntary contri-
bution to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently
supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the Recording Secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in
a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE IIL
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued : and the Treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording Secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen Vice-
Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer,
and eighteen Trustees, and an Auditor. The President, Vice-Presi-
dents, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, and Treasurer, shall
each be ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees, and the Record-
ing Secretary shall be the recording officer of that Board. These
officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ^^r-^fib Chairman of the Board of Trustees;
and he, and also the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries and Treasurer,
shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers respec-
tively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act of Incorpo-
ration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of
all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the Act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every Annual Meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular Report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such Report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of Trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Monday
preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this meet-
ing it shall be competent to transact any business which the Society
can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by the
Recording Secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof, by
notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as they
may direct, or as the President may at any time call. Five Trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee, a Com-
mittee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the Trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the Committee on the Depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's Depository for
the sale of Bibles, — all of said Committees at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE Xin.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose by vote of
a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-MEMBERS.
Each Life-Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and
Testaments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by personal
application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for the
current, not for past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BAKNSTABLB COUNTY.
Centreville Congregational church.
Falmouth Congregational church.
Yarmouth First Congregational church.
BSRKSHIRS COUN*^.
Alford, Almira Milligan.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Easton, Congregational Society,
Fairhaven, Mrs. A. P. Wilder.
Norton, Congregational church.
Taunton, by Rev. H. P. Leonard, Local
Agent,
|io oo
as 75
33 75
$69 50
$5 00
I7 00
15 00
13 45
109 25
I144 70
|a 00
DUKES COUNTY.
Edgartown. a friend,
ESSEX COUNTY.
Andover, South church, I43 43
Free church. a6 31
Bradford. First church. (3 l. m.) 45 10
Danvers. First church, (a L. M.) 40 00
Maple street church, ^i l. m.) 44 41
Georgetown. Or. Memorial church, (i l. m.) 3a la
Gloucester, Congregational church. (3 l.m.) 53 91
by W. M. Mellen, Local Agent. 25 32
Groveland. Congregational church, 13 75
Haverhill. Central Congregational church, 12 35
North Congregational church. 27 43
Lawrence. Haverhill street Methodist
Episcopal church, 20 34
Lawrence st. Congregational church. 43 54
Manchester, Congregational church. 10 40
Newburyporl. North Congregational ch. n 57
Whitfield Congregational church, 15 53
Belleville Congregational church. 75 35
Peabody. South Congregational church, 83 95
Salisbury and Amesbury. Cong, church, 6 63
Saugus. Congregational church, 14 73
Wenham. Congregational church, 25 00
Salem. South Cong church, (2 L.iM.} 94 64
North Andover. Congregational church, 10 00
Ipswich. First Congreg.iiioaal church. 25 00
$799 80
FRA.S'KLI.N COUNTY.
Bemardston. Congregational church, I2 00
Conway, Cong, church, additional,; 3 00
South Deerfield, Cong, church. '2 l. m.) 40 00
Greenfield, Second Congregational church, 58 39
Heath, a friend, 5 00
Orange, Conzrcijational church, 4 63
Shelbume. Mr. Uavid Fisk, 50 00
Warwick. Congregational church, 6 00
Whatcly, Congregational church, 7 07
I 176 09
Franklin Co. Bible Soc. on Book Acc't, 236 53
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Chicopee, Second Cong, church, $x8 80
Tnird Congregational church, 23 75
South Hadley r alU. First church. 31 00
Hampden Co. Bible Soc. Int. account, 13 80
Longmeadow, Ladies' Bene v. Association, 21 37
Gentlemen's Benevolent Association, 23 2$
Monson, Congregational church, i 00
Palmer, Second Congregational church, 8 88
West Springfield, First Cong, church, 18 00
Wilbraham, Cong, church, (i l. m.) 52 25
$212 90
Hampden Co. Bib. Soc. on Book Account, 87 68
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Amherst. North Congregational church,
Belchertown, Congregational church,
Elasthampton, Payson Cong, church,
Greenwich, Rev. E. P. Blodgett,
Hadley. Russell church.
Second Congregational church,
Hatfield, Congregational church,
Northampton, Exlwards church,
Westhampton, Congregational church.
$27
00
46
00
35 39
3
10
II
7«
8
•5
46
00
28
70
18
00
$224 15
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Congregational church,
Ashby, Congregational church,
Ashland, a friend,
Cambridge. North avenue Cong, church,
A friend,
Carlisle, Mrs. Patton,
Concord, Bible Society, (2 l. m.)
Groton. Congregational church, (2 i^ m.)
Lincoln. Congregational church.
Holliston, Congregational church,
Littleton. Orthodox Cong, chin'ch.
Lowell. Pawtucket Cong, church,
Kirk street Congregational church.
By Rev. W. Willcy. Local Agent,
Maynard, Congregational church,
Melroie, Congregational church,
Natick, First Congregational church.
North Reading. Congreg.itional church,
Newtonvillc. Central Cong, church,
Pepperell, Congregational church,
Saxonvillc. Edwards church,
Shirley, Congregational church.
Sherborn. Ladies' Bcncv. Soc. 1,2 L. M.)
Shirley, Conijregational church,
Tewksbury, Congregational church,
Townsend, Orthodox Cong, church,
Waltham. Methodist Episcopal church,
Trinitarian Congregational cliurch.
Miss Sarah E. Smith,
Westford, Congregational church.
Woburn, Methodist Episcopal church.
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NORFOLK COUNTY.
South Abington, Congregational church.
Braintrec. Congregational church.
Cohasset, Second Congregational chiuxh,
Dedham, Allin Evangelical church,
Foxboro*. Congregational church,
Franklin, Congregational church,
Medway, M.M.Fisher,
East Congregational church,
Milton, Congregational church,
Randolph. First Congregationsil church,
Sharon, Congregational church,
Stoughton, Congregational church.
South Weymouth, becond Cong, church,
(l L. M.)
Walpole, Congregational church,
Weymouth, Union church,
Fir«t church.
North Weymouth, Pilgrim church.
Weymouth and Brainiree, Union church,
WcUesley. Congregational church.
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PLYMOirTH COUNTY.
Brockton, Porter Evangelical church, $31 4a
Campello, Congregational church, 23 25
Hanover, First Congregational church, a 16
Middleboro*. First Congregational church, 39 3a
North Middleboro', Cong, church, (1 l. m.} aa 09
Lakeville, a friend, 50
Plymouth, Mrs. Jane B. Gordon, (i l. m.) ao 00
Plympton, Congregational church, a 00
Rockland, Congregational church, 75 00
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Boston, Old South church.
i97 64
Baptist Bethel church,
»7 44
Amos W. Stetson,
2$ 00
David Whiston,
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A friend.
50 00
Chelsea, Central Cong. S. School,
560
Charlestown. Winthrop church.
50 00
Dorchester, Second church.
xia 00
Village church.
a8 67
South Boston, Phillips church.
54 ao
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WORCESTER COUNTY.
Gardner, First Congregational church,
Lancaster, Congregational church.
Leicester. First Congregational church,
Leominster, Orthodox Cong, church,
Lunenburg. Con^egational church.
New Braintree, Congregational church.
North Brookfield, First Cong, church,
(t L. M.)
North Leominster, Congregational church.
Royalston, Congregational chureh,
Shrewsbury, Congregational church,.
I40 00
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19 00
»7 07
x6 00
Spencer, Congregational church.
Upton, Mrs. E. M. Gore,
Whitinsville. Congregational church,
Westboro'. Congregational church.
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Winchendon, North Cong, chtirch, $15 68
Mrs. Sally M. Hyde, 4 00
Worcester, Central Congregational church, 37 73
West Boyblon, First Cong, church, xo 70
f i.aso 77
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
Wilbraham, Annual collection.
East Providence, R. I., Cong, church.
Providence Conf. Meth. I^is. church.
New England *' "
New Hampshire "
Maine
East Maine
Fryeburg, Me., Congregational church,
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COLLECTIONS
Bjf Rfv. E. F. Sla/ter, District SupcrintendeiU
/or the American Dibl* Society.
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a67 69
505 80
ai9 87
190 3*
ixa 96
63*
Trinity church, Boston,
Emmanuel church, Boston,
St. Paul's church, Boston,
Christ church, Boston,
St. Matthew's church, South Boston,
(L. M. A. B. s.)
Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis, Boston,
St. Luke's church, Chelsea,
St. John's church, Cambridge,
St. Paul's church, Brookline,
Christ church. Quincy,
St. John's church, Jamaica Plain,
Church of Our Saviour, Longwood,
Sl Thomas' church, Taunton,
St. Paul's church, Stockbridge,
St. John's church, Northampton,
St. James' church. South Groveland,
Grace church, Lawrence,
Trinity church, Haverhill,
St. Andrew's church, Hanover,
Church of the Ascension, Ipswich,
St Ann's Church, Lincoln,
Trinity parish, Weymouth, (l. m. a. b.
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389 00
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100 00
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LEGACIES.
Ashfield, Asarelah Sears. (^ L. M.)
Brockton. Perry Southworth.
Wood's Hole. Braddock GifTord.
Webster, N. H., Paul Dodge. (1 l.
Elizabeth Hallock.
M.)
Sxoo 00
50 00
xo 00
30 00
xo 00
$aoo 00
FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Society,
incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum of to be
applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and policy
of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel Butler, Recording
Secretary, 15 Comhill, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and individuals, and
orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah Cutler, Agent,
15 Comhill, Boston.
Bible Rooms of the Massachusetts Bible Society, 15 Cornhill, Bos-
ton. All the issues of the American Bible Society, comprising upwards
of two hundred and fifty distinct volumes, are sold at cost. Bibles and
Testaments in some thirty different languages. Orders by Mail or other-
wise.
E. Cutler, Agent,
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
MASSACHUSEHS BIBLE SOCIETY
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
MAY 28, 1877,
RRING THRIR
SIXTY-inGIlTII ANNIVERSARY.
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BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET.
1877.
THOMAS TODD,
9rinttr,
CQNGKSGATIONAL HOUSE,
BOSTON.
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OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1877-8.
President.
Hon. SAMUEL H. WALLEY.
Vice- Presidents.
Rev. ALEXANDER H. VINTON, D. D., Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL. D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HA WES, Bristol County.
ELISHA tucker, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex Count>'.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Trustees.
Rbv. JOHN O. MEANS, D. D.
Rkv. chandler ROBBINS, D. D.
Rev. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D. D.
Rbv. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D. D.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS.
Rev. GEORGE F. PENTECOST.
Bishop RANDOLPH S. FOSTER, D. D.
Rbv. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rbv. SAMUEL E. HERRICK.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esq.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Executive Committee.
to whom appucations are to be made for bibles.
Rev. John O. Means, Charles Henry Parker, and Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1877.
Hon. William Phillips, .
Rev. John Pierce, D. D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D. .
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D.
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. .
Rev. John Codman, D. D. .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D.
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingham, D. D.
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D. D.
William C. Plunkett, Esq. .
Edward Southworth, Esq. .
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL. D.
Stephen balisbury, Esq.
Charles P. Whitin, Esq.
Presidents.
1809—27
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL. D.
1827—49
Hon. Samuel H. WaUey. .
«849— 54
Vice Presidents.
1809—16
Lee Claflin, Esq
1816— a8
Caleb Holbrook, Esq.
1828—44
James S. Amory, Elsq.
1844—48
Hon. John H. Qifford, LL. D.
1848—49
Elisha Tucker, Esq.
1849—53
James B. Crocker, Esq.
1853—61
E. S. Moseley, Esq.
1861—72
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
1862
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D.
1862 — 70
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D. D
1862—72
Hon. William Hyde, .
1862
Hon. Timothy W. Carter, .
1862
Hon. Milton M. Fisher,
1862
Hon. John A. Hawes,
1854—59
1859
1862—70
1862—75
1862
1862—76
1862
1862
1862
1870—72
1871
1872
1872
1873
1875
1876
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1S09 — 13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, . 1813 — 17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. . 1817 — 18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. i8i8 — 49
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849—53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1853
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles,
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
1809—28
1828—30
1830—31
1831—32
1832—39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1839—44
Rev. William M, Rogers, . 1844 — 45
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1845—49
Rev. George Richards, 1849 — 52
Rev. Daniel Butler, . . 1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan, Esq.
Treasurers.
1809 — II
1811 — 12
1812—35
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835—49
1849—62
1862
Executive Committees.
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D. 1809— iS
Hon. Jonathan Phillips, . 1809 — 16
Stephen Higginson, Esq. . . 1S09 — 15
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1815 — 18 '
Edward Tuckerman, Esq. . 18 16 — 30 '
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. 1818—30 1
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D. 1821 — 35
Charles Tappan, Esq. . . . 1830 — 40
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. 1832 — 35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Henr>' Edwards, Esq. .
Rev. George Richards,
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing, .
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper,
1835—49
1840—49
1849—60
1849 — 62
1853—76
i860
1862
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts
Bible Society was held at the rooms of the Revere Bank,
No. TOO Franklin Street, on Monday, May 28, at 10 o'clock,
A. M., the President of the Society, the Hon. Samuel H.
Walley, in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and
approved.
The Treasurer, Chas. Henry Parker, Esq., presented his
a
Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Sixty-Eighth Annual Report of the Trustees was read
and accepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for the com-
ing year.
Adjourned.
ANNUAL REPORT.
" Ye have the poor with you always, and whenso-
ever ye will ye may do them good." This declaration
of the great Teacher is a perpetual warrant for the
prosecution of the work in which as a society we are
engaged, and affords unfailing encouragement for its
prosecution. The poverty which consists in the desti-
tution of divine truth exists in every community, and
success, greater or less, will crown every well-directed
endeavor for its removal. In the prosecution of our
work during the year the various methods hitherto
used have been employed. Portions of the State have
been canvassed by colporters, who have sold the Scrip-
tures to all classes as opportunity has offered, and have
supplied ascertained destitutions wherever practicable.
Access has bden had to large numbers of destitute per-
sons through our seamen's chaplains. Sailors visit this
port from every part of the world. Not a few of these are
every year confined for a season in the hospital, where
they enjoy the sympathy and friendly counsel of those
who labor for their good. In the leisure thus secured,
and in the removal from the influences usually sur-
rounding them, they welcome the Bible, and are for the
time being its constant readers. Effects permanent
and most happy not seldom result from the possession
of the Scriptures by these wanderers of our world.
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Doubtless some of the seed falls by the wayside, and
some among the thorns, and some where there is no
deepness of earth, but we are allowed to believe that
some falls into good ground and brings forth fruit,
and for this we thank God and take courage. One
thousand nine hundred and sixty-one copies of the
Scriptures in our own and in many foreign languages
have thus been distributed, and are now making their
way to every shore washed by the great and wide sea.
Through the various missions established for the
benefit of the poor in this city, one thousand and seven
hundred copies of the Scriptures have been circulated.
This number is six hundred in excess of that given
last year. They have been borne to numerous homes
of want and sickness, by those whose acts of kindness
and whose manifested sympathy and interest have
availingly recommended the message of the Master to
His suffering poor.
To the schools of destitute and Sabbathless chil-
dren, five hundred and fifteen copies of the Scriptures
have been given, in response to the application of those
who are endeavoring to gather these neglected and
straying lambs to the fold of the Good Shepherd.
Another means of diffusing the Scriptures among
the needy is found in that, as we confidently believe,
growing number who from the love of the truth and
the love of their neighbor, have sought out the wants
existing around them, and at the Depository found
their supply. In addition to these ordinary methods
of distribution, the series of meetings held in this city
the past season, and the especial efforts made for the
reformation of the intemperate, have largely increased
the demand for the Scriptures.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository, twenty-five thousand four hundred and
seventy-one copies of the Scriptures, nine hundred and
seventy-four copies of which were in various foreign
languages. The gratuitous issues have amounted to
nine thousand seven hundred and fifteen volumes, cost-
ing $3,331.91. Fifteen thousand seven hundred and
fifty-six copies have been sold.
A colporter, Rev. Mr. Willey, was employed for
several months in the beginning of the year in Law-
rence and Methuen. He visited two thousand five
hundred and ninety-three families, of which eight hun-
dred and seventy-five were foreign. Fifty-seven des-
titute families were supplied with the Scriptures.
Five hundred and eighty-six copies were sold and be-
stowed in charity. Since the completion of this work,
Mr. Willey has canvassed the city of Newburyport,
under the direction of the Merrimac Bible Society.
For three months a colporter, Rev. Mr. Dwight, has
been employed in this city. His visits, numbering in
all two thousand three hundred and seventy-three,
have been largely among the poor, to many of whom
he has read the Scriptures and given instruction as
opportunities have offered. With two hundred and
ninety-eight destitute families he has left portions of
the Scriptures. He has sold and given away five
hundred and fifty-three volumes, mostly portions of the
Bible.
The income of the Society, including the balance on
hand at the beginning of the year of $2,822.19, has
amounted to $26,653.05, viz.: donations and legacies,
$7»053.i6; sales of Bibles and Testaments, $7,642.91 ;
interest and dividends, $9,134.79. There has also
been sent from various parts of the State directly
to the American Bible Society the further sum of
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$10,318.22. The expenditures have been, for Bibles
and Testaments, $10,340.12 ; donations to the Ameri-
can Bible Society, $ 1 ,036.86 ; salaries and colporters,
$5,037.30; investments, $3,879.28; rent and taxes,
$1,370.51; annual report and expenses of Anniver-
sary, $201.75 ; repairs of Depository at Beacon Street,
freight, postage and incidentals, $455.65 ; cash on
hand in the treasury, $2,140.36; in the Depository,
$2,190.41.
The lease of the premises at Cornhill, long occupied
by the Society as its Depository, having expired on
the last day of March, it was not deemed advisable
to renew it, and on the first of April the Depository
was removed to its present quarters at No. 8 Beacon
Street. The change, far too long delayed, is every way
most desirable. The rooms are on the lower floor, are
tasteful and easy of access, and at diminished cost fur-
nish every desirable facility for our work.
The American Bible Society reports a year of unu-
sual prosperity. Its income exceeds that of the year
previous by several thousand dollars, and while its sale
of Bibles at home has been diminished somewhat in
consequence of the general depression in business, its
foreign work is constantly enlarging. In addition to
the assistance given by missionaries and other friends
of the Bible, the enlarged work has rendered it neces-
sary to send laborers to Turkey and Japan and China,
and on our own Continent to several of the South
American States and Mexico. The sum of $80,000
has been expended in the foreign field, and the work
of supplying the wants of our own country is going
on with increasing efficiency.
Amid the revolutions and convulsions that disturb
our world, the work in which we are engaged moves
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steadily forward. The wide and rapid diffusion of the
Scriptures is one of the marked features of our times.
The obstacles that have confined the circulation of
the Scriptures to a comparatively small portion of our
race are disappearing, and the time cannot be distant
when, translated into every language, they shall become
the common possession of the world. To a consum-
mation so desirable our labors, however feeble, are
tending, and we work on, in full view of that surely
approaching day when " the knowledge of the Lord
shall fill the earth, even as the waters cover the seas."
The Four Gospels ; their Differences and their
Essence,
A SERMON.
By rev. CYRUS D. FOSS, D. D.,
President of Wesleyan Univershtt.
yohn XX: J I. — "But these are written that ye might believe
THAT Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing ye might have life through His name."
The things referred to here are the signs spoken of in the pre-
vious verse : " And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence
of His disciples, which are not written in this book." These signs
were the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus, and were intended
to produce faith in him as being the Messiah, the Son of God, and
the real Saviour of sinners. Beyond all question the resurrection of
Jesus is the crucial fact on which the Scriptures rest the demonstra-
tion of the truth of Christianity. An inspired Apostle, the most
logical of them all, reasons about it on this wise : " If Christ be not
raised your faith is vain, and our preaching vain ; ye are yet in your
sins ; they also that have fallen asleep in Christ have perished."
Thus the Scriptures rest upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ the
whole system of Christianity. If that fails us there is no Gospel,
and our faith is utterly vain. I may, therefore, without any strain-
ing of these words which constitute the text, make them apply to
the whole of the four Gospels — the four records of the earthly life
of Jesus Christ ; and may say that all these records are for the
same purpose as the account of the resurrection, which is the seal
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and crown of the whole. So if Jesus* resurrection was intended to
prove Him to be the Christ, the Son of God, and a life-giving Sa-
viour, the same is true of the whole of the records given us by the
four Evangelists.
I desire now, by the help of that Holy Ghost, whose presence
and aid we all invoke, to lead your thoughts to a bird's-eye view of
the four Gospels, especially as they are illumined by what Pressens^
impressively terms, " the fifth Gospel" — that is, the history of Chris-
tianity. And I shall strive to point out, in the first place, the differ-
ence between the four Gospels and the characteristics of each ; and
then to make a summary statement of the essence of their teaching
concerning the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I. First let us note the characteristic differences of the four
Gospels,
I. The inquiry thus suggested leads us at the outset to ask, Why
four Gospels] Why more than one? Why did not God inspire
some one of the four Evangelists to give us a complete biography
of Jesus Christ ; of every word he uttered, of every act he per-
formed ? We should then have avoided the necessity of seeking for
that minute and perfect harmony between the different records
which has been the effort and the despair of all commentators.
There is a question logically anterior to this, which we will consider
for a moment : What is the object of any Gospel ? The answer is
given us in the text. It is to produce faith without sight. It is to
awaken in the minds of men a vivid conception of, and a firm be-
lief in, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom the vast majority of the race
have never seen, and will never see until the judgment day. Now
so much as this is plain I am sure ; to bring about this result it
is best that the record or records should come through men. It
is not the dry and splendid light of the intellect alone that we
want on this theme ; it is the warm light and vivid coloring of truth
incarnated, living, moving and breathing before our eyes. God
does not therefore write the Gospel on two tables of stone, as he
did most fitly the law ; but on the fleshly tables of the heart. Nor
do angelic scribes hand down a perfect biography of Jesus from the
skies. No ; human beings can best receive and be most profited
by a Gospel which human minds have received, which human
hearts have felt, which human hands have written, tingling as they
wrote. So God has been pleased to reveal himself in this way.
But why more than one record "i Because no one human mind
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can take in the whole Gospel, and, hence, no one mind can give it
out There are several sides to the life and character of Jesus
Christ just as of any other man. If you wish to find out about John
Wesley you are not content to read Watson's brief memoir; nor
the fuller records contained in Stevens' admirable " History of the
Religious movement of the Eighteenth Century, called Method-
ism ; " nor the three portly volumes of Tyerman's most disenchant-
ing* yet wondrously enchanting biography. You read all these.
You read also Wesley's journals, and his letters and his sermons,
and everything you can find that he has penned ; and thus going
about him on all sides, and considering him under all circum-
stances, at last you find out the man.
I hold it to be a remarkable arrangement in the Divine economy
that we have several Gospels instead of one. I say " arrange-
ment," for I cannot believe that He who watches the fall of every
sparrow, and numbers the hairs of our heads, has left the number
of records of the life and death and glorious resurrection of His
only Son, to be the result of accident. Each of the Evangelists re-
ceived such impressions concerning Christ as were adapted to his
own nature and wants, and within the range of his capacity, and
each reproduced his impressions in his narrative. I therefore like
the titles, " The Gospel according to St. Matthew," etc. It is what
Matthew saw and felt of the Gospel, and so of the rest. And there
was a difference. Some acts and words of Jesus especially arrested
the attention of one of them; some of another. Each records
some things which all the others omit. Each omits some things
which others record.
2. Note some of the things for which we are indebted to only a
single one of the Evangelists, Matthew alone gives us, in their com-
pleteness, the Sermon on the Mount, the commission of the Apos-
tles, the discourses concerning John, the denunciation of the Scribes
and Pharisees ; and the parable of the tares, the hid treasure, the
pearl, the draw-net, the unmerciful servant, the laborers in the vine-
ward, the two sons, the marriage of the King's son, the talents and
the ten virgins. Mark is to be credited with no considerable addi-
tional matter, (having given us but one parable unrecorded else-
where, viz. : the one illustrating the great law of spiritual growth,
" first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear ; ")
but he has numerous vivid descriptive touches, which serve the
double purpose of making. his narrative most real and life-like, and
of carrying the conviction that he was an eye-witness; such as
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these : ** There was no more room, no, not so much as about the
door ; " ** The blind man cast away his garments and leaped up
and came to Jesus ; ". " He looked on them with anger ; " " He
was looking around to see her that had done this thing;" "Jesus
sat over against the treasury.'' Luke alone gives us the parentage
and birth of John the Baptist ; the details of Jesus' birth ; the
hymns of Zacharias, of the Virgin Mary and of Simeon ; the single
recorded incident in Jesus' boyhood, and the most instructive state-
ment that he was still "subject unto his parents, and that he increased
in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man ; " and the
full narrative of the ascension, (Mark having only announced the
fact.) He alone tells us of the widow at Nain, the ten lepers, the
healing of the ear of Malchus, the two debtors, the good Samari-
tan, the friend at midnight, the intercession for the barren fig-tree,
the pharisee and the publican, the rich man and Lazarus ; of Jesus'
visit to the synagogue at Nazareth, of the ministering women who
accompanied our Lord through Galilee, of the first miraculous
draught of fishes ; and of the lost silver, the lost sheep, and the
lost son. John's Gospel is freighted with more riches peculiar to
itself than all the others put together. I cannot here even indicate,
much less cite, a tithe of the unique treasures of this most wonderful
Gospel. Its first utterance reveals its essence. It is preeminently
the Gospel of the Word. It shows us not so much God working as
God spoken. "As in the synoptical Gospels the Incarnate Son is
mainly displayed to us in the operative majesty of outwardly exer-
cised omnipotence, so in the fourth Gospel he is mainly revealed to
us in the majesty of conscious unity with the Eternal Father."
The very marked peculiarity of the biography of Jesus by his
bosom friend will be sufficiently suggested if we remember that it
gives his discourses much the most fully. For example, that on
" the bread of life," the one to the woman at the well, and his vale-
dictory- address (filling three long chapters ;) and still further, while
the other Gospels account for less than two years of Christ's public
ministry^ and that chiefly in Galilee, this shows us a ministry of
about three years, a large part of it in or near Jerusalem.
3. Consider also fA^ different characteristics of the four men and
of their styles^ and then tell me whether "these four holy pictures,
painted by four loving hands, of him who was * fairer than the sons
of men,' were not given us that by var^'ing our postures we might
catch new beauties and fresh glories." Matthew was a tax gath-
erer ; chosen doubtless to that office, because he had in some other
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occupation displayed the qualities of attention and method. How
naturally might we expect from such a man skillful grouping of
events and a well ordered narrative. There are in particular three
very signal examples of profoundly instructive and artistically perfect
groupings of Jesus* words and deeds ; of parables in the thirteenth
chapter ; of prophecies in the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth ; and
" the glorious garland of miracles" in the eighth and ninth. Every
author has his peculiarities of style. Matthew's is antithesis. He
tells us in close proximity of the Prince of Peace and the bloody
H^rod; of the adoring Magi and the flight into Egypt; of the
marvelously beautiful baptism and the terribly tragic temptation.
Mark had an impulsive nature. He was a second Peter. He
wrote under Peter's eye, and like Peter, once, at least, fell away ;
twice Chrysostom thought, and also Gregory the Great and others,
believing Mark to be the young man with the hastily-seized linen
garment, who followed a little way and then fled. He held a graphic
pen, and loved the circumstantial in word, gesture and look. He
was the most realistic of the Gospel painters. I -have already
given several instances of that vivid and minute fidelity which is
almost impossible in romance, and which stamps the second Gospel
as a veritable statement of facts witnessed by its author. Who but
an eye-witness would have written thus ? " The waves were beating
into the ship and he was in the hinder part of the ship asleep on a
pillow ? " Luke was a physician and a man of culture, the only
Gentile among the Evangelists ; a reflective man, qualified to dis-
cern and record motives, as he often did ; eminently fitted to give
us the connections of events : and so it has been said that while
Matthew wrote a narrative, and Mark memoirs, Luke wrote a his-
tory. John was the theologian, tlie holy mystic, the apostle of
absolute truth, the adoring lover of his Lord, and so most like him.
4. These different characters of the men, together with the spe-
cially different objects of their writings, the great purpose being all
the while the same, gave to their works very different characteristics.
We can only glance at the peculiarities of the Gospels. The Gos-
pel of Matthew was primarily the Jews' Gospel. Matthew was a
pious Jew, and while his book was to have a world-wide interest, it
evidently had also a special adaptation to those of his own class
who were patiently waiting for the Messiah. It was an important
part of his purpose to invite attention to the fact that the New Tes-
tament had its roots in the Old, that Jesus was the Christ ; and so
he begins with the genealogy of the Saviour. In his first chapter
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he traces Him back, step by step, all the way to David. In the
second he gives three distinct fulfillments of prophecy ; and so he
challenges the attention and the faith of every man who believed in
the ancient Scriptures.
Mark's Gospel was written at Rome, probably under the influence
of Peter, and it has just as evident an adaptation to the Roman
world. The Roman was no great talker, but very active — so
Mark's Gospel is eminently the Gospel of action. In Rome it was
customary to deify heroes for their deeds, and if it was proposed to
enroll some new name among the gods, every Roman would ask the
question, What has he done ? Mark therefore omits the genealogy
of Christ, mentions his baptism in three verses and his temptation
in two, gives no full account of Christ's sermons, but proclaims in
the ears of the heathen of the imperial city his mighty acts. In his
first chapter we have a narrative of three distinct miracles, beside
the general statement that " He healed many that were sick of
divers diseases, and cast out many devils."
Luke had still a different object. His object is more comprehen-
sive. He treats of the sayings of Jesus more particularly than Mat-
thew, and of his deeds more particularly than Mark. Matthew traces
Jesus up to David ; Luke traces Him to Adam — it is not merely
the Son of David, it is the Son of Man, whom he preaches to the
world. He is not content simply to tell of the twelve apostles, but
of the seventy disciples. He gives us the account of the good
Samaritan, and makes Jew and Gentile alike. He is a kind of
Paul among the Evangelists, teaching that salvation is as wide as
the world.
Then comes John. He is not content, as Matthew was, to trace
Jesus back to David; as Luke was, to trace him back to Adam.
He begins at the beginning — "In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." And from
that divine starting point, he shows us the meaning of Jesus' pre-
dicted name, Immanuel ("God with us"). Oh! this wonderful
fourth Gospel, written by him who had "leaned on Jesus' bosom"
until he caught the richest music of His throbbing, divine-human
heart, and had faithfully walked with Him long after all the other
apostles had received their martyr-crowns ! Clement calls it " the
Gospel of the spirit;" Pressenstf, "the Gospel of the idea;"
Ernesti, " the heart of Christ ; " Augustine s:iys, " While the three
other Evangelists remain below with the man Christ Jesus, and
speak but little of his Godhead, John, as if impatient of setting his
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foot on the earth, rises from the very first words of his Gospel, not
only above earth, and the span of air and sky, but above all angels
and invisible powers, till he reaches Him by whom all things were
made."
Such, in rapid outline, are some of the differences between the
Four Gospels, and some of the special characteristics of each,
II. In the second place, let us inquire after the sum and essence
of the teachings of the Four Gospels, as interpreted by that " fifth
Gospel " which the whole history of Christianity furnishes.
Now, suppose you were to undertake the office of giving to an
intelligent and thoughtful heathen, who had never studied these
records, an answer to the question. Who is Jesus ? What is the
statement in these records ? and what is the truth of the records as
commented on and more fully expounded by the history of the
Christian religion ? What is their teaching about that man who
once walked the earth ?
I. The first part of the answer to this question, I think, would
be this : These five Gospels — Matthew's, Mark's, Luke's, John's
and God's — ( these five Gospels — the four and the sublime com-
mentary on them furnished by almost nineteen centuries of Chris-
tian history, ) teach, to begin with, that Jesus was the most wonder-
ful man that ever lived upon the face of the earth ; a man who had
none of those appliances for becoming famous which the great men
of the world have had. He was not an author ; He was not a sci-
entist ; He was not a philosopher ; nor a statesman, nor a warrior.
He never wrote any books ; no proclamations ; no letters ; not one
line nor word that has survived Him j when He wrote. He wrote in
the dust. He revealed no scientific truth to man ; no new philo-
sophical system ; no arts of diplomacy. He assumed no control
of the governments of the world. He had no army, no sword ;
He rebuked the only disciple who ever drew sword for Him, and
healed the mischief that the sword had wrought. And yet, some-
how, this man has made himself more famous than any other man.
Infidels admit this. I state the fact and for a moment leave it.
You would also have to say, concerning this man Jesus, that He
was a man of a unique, moral and intellectual character; that in these
respects He stands alone among men in this world. Let me tell
you what his enemies said. A Roman lady wrote to her husband,
" Have thou nothing to do with that just man." That weak-kneed
and forever infamous governor, whose name is known to the world
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only because of his connection with Jesus, said concerning Him
three times, " I find no fault in Him." His verdict has become the
verdict of the whole skeptical world ; " I find no fault in Him at
all." Judas said concerning Him, " I have shed innocent blood."
The dying thief said, ** He hath done nothing amiss." The centu-
rion said, " Truly this man was the Son of God." And He Him-
self said — and His witness is true — "Satan cometh and hath
nothing in me ; " and " Father, I have glorified Thee on earth ; I
have finished the work thou gavest me to do."
Not only is he morally unique among the sons of men, but intel-
lectually also. In all His teachings that have been reported to us
men have never found one error. And still further, they have never
added one iota to His teachings on moral and religious subjects.
Behold Him going forth into this world — a map of which He had
never seen — moving about among men immensely His superiors in
all that education can do, pitched upon by wary lawyers who had
put their heads together to puzzle Him. Behold Him at all hours,
subject to the keenest inquisition and never saying — no matter
how profound the question — as our Judges of Courts of Appeals —
even those who have sat on the bench forty years, are obliged to
do — ** Decision reserved." On the instant, this wonderful man
answered all questions, and not only answered them correctly, but
in his brief answers brought out without a single mistake those prin-
ciples of casuistr}' that have for eighteen hundred years been the
solvents of all questions of conscience. What an intellect had He !
In eighteen centuries, during which the human mind has been
immensely and amazingly busy, men have not added to His teach-
ings one jot. If any man challenges the statement, let him point
out to us from all other sources the first ray of moral or religious
truth that has been added to the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth.
2. In the next place, the text teaches us that this " yesiis is the
Christ" Every Jew understood very well what that meant : to
begin with, that He was the fulfillment, (not the fulfiller alone,)
of all Messianic prophecy ; that all prophecy about the Messiah
from the beginning is to meet in Him and be fulfilled in Him.
When he is on the cross, He is represented as looking down the
line of prophets to know if any one has uttered the least word of
unfulfilled prophecy, which He must fulfill before He dies. The
record runs thus : —
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accom-
plished, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, saith, ' I thirst' "
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In scanning the line of prophets who had uttered Messianic pre-
dictions, beholding the face of David, He sees what I doubt
whether David did see — one iota of prophecy — the dotting of an
"i," the crossing of a "t" — a word not yet fulfilled — "I thirst."
Then was fulfilled that apparently insignificant prophecy, " In my
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." And then he said, " It is
finished," and gave up the ghost. All prophecy concerning the
Messiah meets and is fulfilled in Him.
Another thing must come to pass ; He must be that wonderful
double personage ; the most unique of sufferers, and the most tri-
umphant of monarchs. He must be a strange individual, only one
side of whom the Jews could see. They, looking for a monarch
who should make them the kings of the world, saw only one side.
We see both. As we study it, the fulfillments which He gave us in
His life and character are amazing. Read Isaiah liii, " a root out
of a dry ground ; " ** despised and rejected," ** bruised for our iniqui-
ties ; " and then go back and read, " unto us a son is given, and his
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his
government and peace there shall be no end." Yet this mysterious
and most incomprehensible double picture is perfectly realized in
Jesus Christ. These records are given us to show that Jesus is the
Christ.
3. Let us now advance another step. The Messiah Jesus is
also "M«f Son of God.'' Suppose that in my place, the form of
Jesus Christ were standing here to-day, and that He, looking on you
with infinite tenderness, should say to you, " Whom do men say that
I, the Son of Man, am } " What would be your answer ? I would
answer, first of all, O, Lord, they are busy concerning Thee ; in
eighteen hundred years they have not forgotten Thee. O, brethren,
the world very well knows that around the person of Jesus Christ the
battle is to bi waged on whose issue depends the Christian religion.
They do not talk much about Mohammed now ; not much of Confu-
cius ; Julius Cffisar and Napoleon the Great are nowhere : men do
not care for them. But our libraries are full of books about Jesus.
Strauss and R^nan, Pressens^, Liddon — men of all shades of opin-
ion — write about Him and inquire about Him. The world is full
of this wonderful man. And further, I should have to answer.
Some say Thou art a fancy portrait ; that these Evangelists struck
out pictures with their rough pencils, which are bright and beauti-
ful enough for the world to look at for eighteen hundred years.
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And more than that, that this fancy portrait has changed the face
of the world, and killed polytheism and the old civilization, and
brought in the new. But those who say this are so contemptible in
number that we leave them. Many say, " He is a myth." They
say that He is an individual like Prometheus, who perhaps once
lived, and that accumulated imaginings have gathered about Him
until He is far more fancy than fact — and that this is the Jesus of
the Gospels. But brethren, no myth has ever been possible in the
world since history began. A myth cannot live in the light of his-
tory : and history was born before Jesus. When Jesus came into
the world pens wrote ; and there were public transactions of
empires. Jesus was not a myth.
Then suppose He should say, " Whom say ye that I am ? " I,
like Peter, would be the glad spokesman for you all and say, " Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'' In proof of this let us
consider, first. His testimony about Himself; secondly, the affection
and confidence He inspired in those who knew Him ; last of all,
the successes He has achieved. The argument suggested by His tes-
timony concerning Himself seems to me irresistible. The disciples
of John the Baptist said to Him, " Art Thou He that should come,
or do we look for another ? " Jesus replied, " Go tell John again
the things which ye do hear and see ; the lame walk, the blind re-
ceive their sight, lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised, and the
poor have the Gospel preached unto them." That is His answer.
He claimed in His own right to work miracles. His testimony
about Himself proves Him divine ; because either He was a fanatic
or an imposter, or else He told the truth. And if He told the truth
He is divine. But He was not a fanatic with crazed brain ; He
understood Himself. He was not only the teacher, but the embodi-
ment of truth. He has the clearest intellect in all history. Was
He an imposter ? We see how infidels themselves have given that
up ; they say He believed what He said. And so His testimony
about Himself proves Him divine. ^' Si Christus non Deus non
bonus'^ If He be not God He is not a good man.
Consider that He was an unlettered Galilean. His neighbors said,
"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mar}'?" And behold His
power over His disciples. Look at St. Paul ! at his willingness to
preach at Rome ! Rome, the mistress of the world, that had made
the Mediterranean sea " a Roman lake," girt with the emblems of,
humanly speaking, resistless power. You know how the word of
the Roman Emperor was law from the Nile to the Thames. You
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know how tyrannical power was centered in the Roman throne.
There is now in one of the galleries of France a picture represent-
ing this Idea very finely, showing you the amphitheatre at Rome
crowded with its eighty thousand spectators, and the gladiatorial
combat going on. One man having brought the other down, with
raised sword he uplifts his eye to the Vestal Virgins, that they may
signify whether the poor wretch is to live or die. And they turn
the hand to say " Let him die." Power ground to powder the rights
of man, and made the State everything. Yet, in the midst of those
scenes of power that overspread the Roman empire, I find a little,
homely, unprepossessing man writing a letter, in which he says, " I
am ready, so much as in me lies, to preach the Gospel to you that
are at Rome also ; for it is the power of God unto salvation." Oh,
what a marvelous influence was the knowledge of this person on
those that believed on Him. ^
Then as to His success. There is nothing so successful, brethren,
as success. There is nothing that carries such conviction, as the
logic of events. Now, has Jesus done anything on this planet to
justify His claim .^ He has done this marvelous thing: He has out-
lived Himself. There was a time when thousands of men would
have died for the love of Julius Caesar. There was a time when
every grenadier in France would have stood between a cannon-shot
and Napoleon But that time has long past in his case. Some of
you were alive when he died ; and who now cares for him ? Even
Frenchmen go to his mausoleum as a kind of holiday pastime.
Napoleon is no more. But there is one grave whose ashes never
grow cold — that grave where Joseph of Arimathea expected to lie,
but where the body of Jesus was lain. I said, " one grave whose
ashes never grow cold ; " I now say, one rifled grave, whose glor}'
beams out throughout the universe, and the love of which men can
never lose, because it once was occupied and now is empty. There
are thousands on the earth to-day who would die for Jesus Christ,
yet they never saw Him. Let me withdraw that ; they have seen
Him. There is a sixth sense which God opens, and it can obey
the call, " Behold the Lamb." We have seen Him to-day. Men
doubt whether Jesus ever lived. He is more than all to many in
this audience to-day. He is the one reality.
These forms will soon fade, but we behold Him by faith, Jesus
Christ risen from the dead — risen "to give repentance and remis-
^on of sins. And we are His witnesses of these things."
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In the days of Julian the Apostate, that mighty monarch who set
himself to overturn Christianity, there was a humble Christian who
was asked, one day, by Julian's most celebrated orator, with that
sneer which only a Roman could put on in those days, " What is
the Galilean carpenter doing now ? " The humble Christian raised
his face and said, "The Galilean carpenter is making a coffin."
And it was only a few months before the coffin was done, and in it
the prostrate form of Julian the Apostate lay, and classic polytheism
was ended. It is not very long ago since Voltaire said, ** In twenty
years the Almighty will see fine sport in France ; " but before the
twenty years were up the Galilean carpenter had another coffin
ready, and in it lay the prostrate form of the French monarchy.
And it is within our easy recollection that the modem Nebuchad-
nezzar of the nations. Napoleon the Little, said to himself, " See
this great nation which I govern, and this magnificent capital which
I have beautified ; I will water my soldiers* horses in the German
Rhine, and my cavalry shall ride through the streets of Berlin."
And behind him stood the Pope and said, " Do this, my best ser-
vant, and my temporal power shall be established again among the
nations." And the Galilean carpenter was building another coffin,
and in less than two months there lay in it the temporal power of
the Pope ; and a little later, the prostrate form of Napoleon III.
And ever since " the Galilean carpenter " has been building coffins
for His enemies, and weaving crowns of immortal amaranth for His
friends.
I have been greatly interested many times, to see what men will
say about Him, climbing by the stairway of lofty conceptions and
then stopping short of the truth. The Knights of old called Him
the mirror of all chivalry ; the monks of the middle ages, the pattern
of all asceticism ; the philosophers, the enlightener in all truth ;
Fenelon, the most rapt of mystics ; Vincent de Paul, the most
practical of philanthropists. An English poet writes :
" The best of men
That e're wore earth about Him was a sufferer^
A soft, meek, patient, humble, trancjuil spirit.
The /frj/ true gentUman that ever breathed."
A skeptical historian calls Him "the explanation of all histor}'," and
says, ** In all my study of the ancient times, I have always felt the
want of something, and it was not till I knew our Lord that all was
clear to me. With Him there is nothing that I am not able to
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solve." Napoleon declares, " Between Him and whoever else in
the world there is no possible term of comparison." Such are a
few hints at the testimonies of the unbelievers and half believers,
extorted from them by their sense of the superhuman character of
Jesus.
4. Last of all, and best of all, yesus is a real Saviour. ** These
things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God ; and that believing, ye might have life through His
namey This is the golden clasp of the girdle ; this is the centre of
the truth, He came to save the lost. O, if sin and trouble were im-
aginary, then a fancy portrait or a myth would answer for a Saviour.
If the three Hebrew children had only been cast into a painted fur-
nace of painted fire, then a painted Saviour would have answered.
But when real men were cast into a real furnace of fire, then only
a real Deliverer was worth anything to them. O thou afflicted soul,
" In the furnace God may prove thee,
Hence to bring thee forth more bright ;
But can never cease to love thee,
Though art precious in His sight.
God is with thee,
God, thine everlasting light." •
Sin is real. St. Paul says, " When I would do good, evil is pres-
ent with me. What I would, I do not, and what I would not, that
I do. O, wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the
body of this death I "
What would a fancy sketch or a myth be to such a man as that ?
But hear this : " There is now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit ; for
the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus haA made me free from
the law of sin and death."
My dear friends, I do not think of any illustration of this simplest
and most fundamental truth that has so impressed it on my mind as
an incident I heard from the lips of Bishop Janes. He told of a
'Jewish lady in Baltimore who gave herself to Jesus. There was a
protracted meeting in progress, in which there was noticed a Jewess,
several evenings. And afterward her experience came to the
knowledge of the church in this way : her husband, a gay man of
the world, was in the habit of passing his evenings with congenial
friends at the theatre or other places of amusement, leaving her
alone at home. To relieve the monotony of an evening, (the Meth-
odist church in which a protracted meeting was in progress, being
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situated in the same street,) she slipped out, and, impelled by curi-
osity, attended one of the services. The first evening's service left
no particular impression. The question simply arose in her mind,
just as a cloud flits over the sky, " Suppose that Jesus was the
Messiah ? " The next night, Jesus was again preached, and before
the sermon was over the question became more than a question ;
she said to herself, "Jesus was, perhaps, the Messiah," and it
greatly distressed her. On the third night the thought seized her
soul and shook it through and through : " Jesus was the Messiah "
Of course there came with it — inevitably to a Jewess — the convic-
tion, " I am lost forever, for my people slew Him ; " and in that
spirit she went home sobbing and wailing. Her husband returned
at midnight, and she met him in tears and said at once, " Go to
some Christian neighbor's and borrow for me a New Testament."
He tried to laugh her out of her impressions, or argue her out of
them j but it was of no use, and so for the love he bore her, he
went out, at half-past twelve in thfe morning, and rang up a Chris-
tian neighbor. When he came to the door the caller said, " I beg
your pardon, but will you be so kind as to lend me a New Testa-
ment." You may be sure the request was most cheerfully granted.
The neigl)bor thought, " There is work in that house to be done for
Jesus to-night ; " and as soon as he could properly dress himself,
he hurried to a Christian brother's, and with him repaired to the
Jewish mansion. The door was instantly opened and the mistress
met them with a smile, saying, " I have found Jesus ! " And then
she told the story 1 have told you, with this addition ; she said that,
when the Testament was put into her hands, she went into her own
room alone and, kneeling, she lifted up her face to Heaven and
cried, "O, Lord, God of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
give me light, give me light ! " She opened the Testament with
closed eyes, and chanced to open it where my Bible is open now, at
the beginning of the Epistle to the Romans. She read slowly ; the
verses went tearing through her soul like hot thunderbolts, until she
came to the sixteenth verse, " For I am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ j for it is the power of God unto salvation unto every one
that believeth, A? tA^ Jew first^'' here she stopped. Her bursting
tears blinded her. She looked again. It is "to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek."
As she read these words, she believed them and was saved, and
knew it. When the Christian brethren came she was a Christian.
Do men tell us that this is a fancy ? that there is no reality repre-
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sented by such an experience as this ! When a lion becomes a
lamb ! When a drunkard becomes sober ! When a mean, low,
driveling youth is made a very apostle ! When Saul passes over
into Paul ! When a Jewess becomes a Christian ! Only God works
moral miracles like these.
So in every temptation, in every trial, in every emergency, the
road out is the same. This Jesus, who is the Christ, and the Son
of God, gives life when the soul is ready to perish, through faith in
His own blessed name. Look into the dungeons of the Inquisition.
There is the dreadful oublietU^ with only one round entrance from
above and that covered with a closely fitting marble slab ; egress
there is none. Down there men were thrust to be starved by
inches : bread enough for to-day, one ounce less to-morrow, one
ounce less the next day, and so on, until in misery and wretched-
ness, they died of starvation, amid blackness of darkness. Yet
when one such dungeon was opened, there was found the skeleton
of a man, and eighteen inches above it, written with a piece of coal,
with the bit of coal still between the skeleton's fingers, this inscrip-
tion:
" Oh, Christ ! They may separate me from Thy church, but they
cannot separate me from Thee."
Oh, ye sons and daughters of sorrow and of sin, hear ye the word
of the Lord, and believe it, for the comfort and salvation of your
souls. Jesus is the Christ. He is the Son of God. Believing on
Him ye may now have life through His name. By leaving the
world He became omnipresent in it for all time. Just before He
disappeared from the gaze of His triumphant disciples at Bethany,
He said to them, " Lo I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world." And then ** He lifted up His hands and blessed them ;
and it came to pass, while He blessed them. He was parted from
them, and carried up into Heaven." Ever, ever, Thou once crucified
and now glorified and omnipresent Redeemer, stand Thou before
our eyes, as Thou wast last seen by Thine infant church, with Thy
hands extended over Thy people to bless them !
** The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
He will not, He will not desert to its foes ;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
He will never, no never, no never forsake."
Amen, and Amen.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the Com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for carrying into
effect the object of this Association ; which, being read from the
Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with
one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows ; viz., —
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhab-
iting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall,
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less than two dol-
lars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the Treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining
a member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direc-
tion of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the organiza-
tion of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained,
notice shall be given by the Committee, and also of the time and
place of the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer,
Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a Board of
Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a Committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of the
books procured with it, subject and according to such regulations
and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Trus-
tees at any meeting held on public notice given as aforesaid ; and
the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in his hands to the order of the
said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes afore-
said, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect
the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on reg-
ular notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or Re-
cording Secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the Trustees
petitioned the General Court, and obtained the following Act of
Incorporation.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
(Sammanurealtlt of J^u^n^thnatttii.
In the year ol our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate tha
Bible Society of MassachuMtts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Soeiety
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives ^ in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purposes aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body cor-
porate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature,
and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons disposed
to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or devises of
lands and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests,
and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and improved
for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacit}% and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution. •
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessar)', provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be and he
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the
said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the
principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Afifiroved by
the Governor, Feb. 13, 18 10.
(!I!ommonu;tatth of '^^^ut'kvi$t\i%.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall
have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its
liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been
changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrar}^ notwithstanding. — Approved by
the Governor, Feb. 2j, iS6^.
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 185 1, the
following By-Laws were adopted.
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act of
Incorporation ; namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary con-
tribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of
the version in common use in the churches in New England, for dis-
tribution among all persons inhabiting within the State and else-
where, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot
be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signify-
ing his request in writing to that effect to the Recording Secretary,
who shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become mem-
bers, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society
for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording Secretary'.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen Vice-
Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treas-
urer, and eighteen Trustees, and an Auditor. The President, Vice-
Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, and Treas-
urer, shall each be ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees, and
the Recording Secretary shall be the recording officer of that Board.
These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Trustees ;
and he, and also the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries and Treasurer,
shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers respec-
tively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act of In-
corporation is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the
duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all
funds and donations, and generally have and possess all the power
and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the Society. It shall
be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting, to make and lay
before the Society a particular Report of all their doings, with all
such documents and vouchers as may be asked for by any member ;
and such Report shall be had and considered before the Society
shall proceed to the choice of Trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE VI n.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the Recording Secretary at least seven days before the holding
thereof, by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspa-
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pers published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at
such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as
they may direct, or as the President may at any time call. Five
Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee, a Com-
mittee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of all
matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment
of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees, and the defin-
ing of their respective duties ; the Committee on the Depository
shall have the management of alY matters connected with the Soci-
ety's Depository for the sale of Bibles, — all of said Committees at
all times, however, to be subject to the direction and control of the
Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote
of a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-MEMBERS.
Each Life-Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depositor}^ annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and
Testaments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current^ not iov past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.
Aobe, Rer. Frederick R., Boston,
AW>e, Mrs. Frederick R., *«
Abbott, Charies H., Lowell,
Abbott, Rev. Jacob J.» Yarmouiht Me.
Aborn, John G., ]Vake/ield,
Adams* Mrs. Catherine H., Conway,
Adams, Miss Eliza M., H^Uhraham,
Adams, Elizabeth W., Derry, N, H,
Adams, Frank N., Medwny.
Adams, John Clark, Hopkinton,
Adams, Neherofab, D.D., Boston,
Adams, Stephen, IVest Medway,
Adams, William, Bradford,
Albro, Mrs. Elizabeth S., ]VaItham,
Albro, Miss Annie £.. '*
Alden, Alroira S. C, Foxboro',
Alden, Ebenezer, Randolph,
Alden, Russell, Campello,
Alden, Miss Sarah B., Randolph,
Alden, Miss Sasan, "
Aldrich, Mrs. Mary B., Westboro\
Allen, Mrs. Cjrrus, Franklin.
Allen, Rev. Nathaniel G., Boston,
Allen, Richard H., Brainiree.
AIMS, Willis, Barre, xV. Y.
Allls, Myron, "
Allis^ Elliot, '•
AUis, Edward, Madison, Mick,
Allls, Elliot, "
A His, John, Conivay.
Allis, Irving. Whately.
Allis, Mrs. Cornelia A., Whately.
Alvord, Alvin, Skelburne,
Ames, James S., HaverhUl.
Ames, Jarvis A., N. E. Conference,
Ames, R. N., " "
Andrews, Artemas F., Ashby,
Andrews, C. L., Boston,
Andrews, (Jeorge W., Danvers.
Andrews, Stephen P., Gloucester,
Andrews, W. T., Boston.
Andrews, Thomas E., Holliston,
Andrews, Walter H., Whitinsville.
Archibald, E^lwanl, Methuen,
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Arroes, Miss Clara A., Campello,
Arms, Mrs. Charles, SoiUk Deerfield,
Arras, Harriet E., " *«
Armsby, Mrs. H. A., Wkitinsville,
Arnold, Susan O., Braintree,
Atwood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen<, X, J,
Atwood, Mrs. Elizabeth M., Salem,
Atwoo4l, Edward S., Boston,
Atwood, John W., Bergen^ N, J,
Avery, Rev. William F., Conway,
Babcock, Mrs. Nancy, Boston.
Babcock, Mrs. P. W., Skerborn.
Babcock, William R., D.D.^ Jamaica Plain,
Babson, Miss Maria R., Gloucester,
Bachelor, Mrs. Mary A., WkitinsvilU,
Bacon. George W., Newton,
Bacon, Jacob, Gloucester,
Bacon, Joseph N., Newton,
Barkus, Rev. Joseph W., Tkomaston, Ct,
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dorchester,
Bak^r, Francis, Peabody,
Baker, Susan S., *'
Balcora, Lincoln, Winckendon,
Baldwin, Miss Josephine L., Lynn,
Balmer, William, Jr., WkitinsvUle,
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord,
Bancroft, Amasa, Gardner,
Bancroft, Henry L., Millbury,
Barbour, Wm. M., D. D., New Havens Ct,
Barbour, Mrs. Eliza A., " " ••
Bard well, Francis C, Wkately.
Barker, Hiram, Brighton.
Bardsley, Joseph, WkitinsvilU,
Barnard, William F., Marlboro",
Barnes, H. H., Lowell.
Barnes, Ztlpah, Henniker, N. H.
Barrett, Nathan H., Concord.
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M.. •*
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., Pittsfield.
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, Plymoutk.
Bartlett, Thomas, Boston
Barrows, Rev. Justin S., N. E. Conference,
Barrows, Mrs. Adeline E., " '*
Barrows, Sarah M., Lakexnlle.
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BftMett, Abiel, Bridgewater,
Baraet, Henry, Newton.
BasMtt, Mrs. Lucretia C, Charlttiumt,
Bassett, Sarah E., Nnvburyport.
Batohelder, Mrs. Elizabeth H., Btverly.
Batcbelder, John M., Holiisttm.
Batcheller, Ezra, North Brookfield.
Batcheller, Mn. Luthera C, "
Batchelor, Miss Francis A., WhitinsvUU.
Batchelor, Stephen F., *'
Batt, Rev. William J., Stoneham,
Beal, Alexander, Boston.
Beal, Mrs. Louisa, Cokasset.
Beals, Isaac N., CamJ^Uo,
Bean, Cyrus Beetle, Dover, N. H.
Bearse, Isaac, Natick.
Bearse, Miss Olive A., Centreville.
Beebe, Mrs. James M., Boston.
Beebe, Frances L.,
Beebe, Edward P.,
Beebe, Emily B.,
Beebe, Mary L.,
Beebe, Marcus F., IVilbrakam.
Beecher, Bev. Charles, Georgetown.
Beecber, Rev. William U , No. Brookfield.
Belden, Mnt. MariHniie P., H'hately.
Beldeii, William P., Gardner.
Belknap, Miss Martha W., Framingham.
Benner, Bumham C, Lowell.
Benson, Fre«lerick A., Newton.
Bigelow, I. B., A^. J?. Conference.
Bigelow, Mrs. Lucy A., Sherborn.
Biscoe, Mrs. Arthur G., Westboro'.
Biscoe, Bev. Thomas C, Holliston.
Billings, Charles £., Newton.
Bixby, Mrs. J. P., Norwood.
Blackstone, Mrs. Ly<lia E., Chester ^ N. H.
Blake, Mortimer, D.D., Taunton.
Blauchard, Mrs. Abby W., Brook/ield.
Bianchard, Miss Frances C, Groton.
Bliss, Rev. Cbarles R., Wakefield.
Bliss, Mrs. Charles R., <<
Blodgett, Benjamin C, Newton.
Blood, Simeon, South Deerfield.
Blood, Cyrus W., Winchester.
Blood, George D., Groton.
Blood, Lyman, Groton.
Bodwell, Rev. Joseph C, Hartford^ Conn.
Bodwell, Mrs. Catharine, *' *•
Booth, Charles E., Chicopee.
Bourne, Thomas B., Foxboro*.
Boutwell, Mrs. Hannah H., Braintree.
Bowers, Luke K., Boston.
Bowers, Mr». Clara H., *•
Boyden, A. G., Bridgewater.
Brackett, Rev, Josiah, Charlesto^vn.
Brackett, Lemuel, Quincy.
Bran«lenberg, O. C. W., San Francisco, Cul.
Brant, Aaron, Wakefield.
Brewer, Cyrus, Boston.
Brewer, Mrs. C. F., "
Brewer, John R., "
Brickett, Franklin, Haverhill.
Brlggs, Miss Catharine Clark, Wenham.
Brlggs, Rev. William T., East Douglas.
Briggs, Mm. Abby L. , " "
Brigham, Dexter P., Westboro'.
Brigham, Mrs. Dexter P., "
Brock. Robert G., Wkitinsville.
Brooks, Rev. C. S., Putnam, Ct.
Brown, George M., Bradford.
Brown, Mrs. Harriet L., Boston.
Brown, Rebecca, Wkitinsville .
Brown, Joseph, Groton.
Brown, Mrs. Mary L., Haverhill.
Brown, Robert K., Wkitinsville.
Bryant, Solon, **
Bucklin, Simon S., Brookline.
Buell, George C, Springfield
Bulkley, Mrs. C. F , Plattsburgk, N. V.
BuIIard, Mrs. John Jr., Medway.
BullanI, Mrs. Mary W., Skerborn.
Burbeck, Samuel K., Boston.
Burge, Lorenzo, "
Bumham, Robert W., Essex.
Burr, Charles C, Auburndale.
Burrage. J. C, Boston.
Burrage, Mary C, Arlington.
Burrlll, Amos C, Uxbridge.
Bui»h, Henry J., Westfield.
Bnshby, Sophia W., Peabody.
Butler, Rev. Daniel, Boston.
Butler, Mrs. Jane D., "
Caily, Daniel R., D.D., Arlington.
Cady, Mrs. Harriet S., *'
Caldwell, Rev. W. E., Hyannis.
Camp, George, Soutk Hadley Falls.
Camp, John.
Camp, Samuel, Springfield.
Candlin, Rev. Joseph, Sontkampton.
Capen, Mrs. Charles, Fratningkam.
Capen, Rev. John, A^. E. Conference.
Capen, Mrs. Kev. John, " "
Capron, John W., Uxbridge.
Capron, Laura A. W^., "
Carleton, Horace, Metkuen.
Carleton, George H., Haverhill.
Carpenter, Kev. Carlos C, Boston.
Carpenter, Catharine E., Foxboro*.
Carpenter, Daniel,
Cari)enter, Edson,
Carpenter, Horace,
Carr, Charlt'S U . Wkitinsville.
Carr, John C, West Newbury.
Carrier, Rev. A. H., Minneapolis, Min.
Carruthers, Rev. William, Pittsfield.
Carter, Edward, Andor>er.
Carter, Joshua T., Wkitinsville.
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Carter, William H., Lowell,
Gary, Qeorge C, Brockton,
Gary, Mrs. Mary D., Foxhoro\
Case, Mrs. Mary Olive, New York City.
Caswell, Lemuel E., Boston,
Cate, Oeorgiana W., Haverhill.
Chad wick, Alonzo C, Lawrence.
Chamberlln, John, IVkitintvUU.
Chamberlain, Mrs. Samuel, WeUhortf,
Chandler, Miss Prances E., Andover.
Chandler, H. H., CharUstown.
Chapin, Caleb T., Nortkboro\
Chapin, John O., IVkitinsvilU.
Chapin, Josiah L., Lawrence.
Chapin, Marcus, Monxon.
Chapin, Mile, S^ing/ield.
Chapin, Miss Sarah, Whitinsville.
Chapman, Qeoi^ H., ]Vinchester,
Chase, Ann Maria, Haverhill.
Chase, Charles W., "
CliAse, David B., IVhitinsvUle.
Chase, (leorge S., Haverhill.
Chase, Hezelciab, Lynn.
Chase, Hezekiah S., Boston.
Chase, Robert, Haverhill.
Cheever, Ira, Chelsea.
Child, Miss Anna G., S^ingfield.
Child, George H., S^ingjield, O.
ChiM,MissLucyA., Thetford, Vt.
Childs, Carlos, Henniker, N. H.
Childs, Horace, •' ♦*
Choate, David, M.D., Salem.
Clapp, James B., Boston.
Clapp, John C, •«
Clapp, Samuel, Foxboro*.
Clark, Rev. Edward L., New York.
Clark, Elbridge, East Medway.
Clark, George, Concord.
Clark, James G., Andover.
CUrk, John L., *'
Clark, Jonathan, IVinchester.
Clark, Rev. Joseph B., Jamaica Plain,
Clark, Julius L., West Newton.
Clark, Mrs. Miranda D., Boston.
Clark, Oliver B., Tewksbury,
CUrk, Bowse R., WhitinsvUU.
Clark, Rufhs W., D.D., Albany, H. Y.
Clarke, Mrs. Adeliza H., Medway.
Clarke, Dorus, D. D^ Boston.
Clarke, Francis, Haverhill,
Clarke, George E., Falmouth.
Clarke, Mrs. Sarah L., Boston.
Clarke, Elizabeth L., •*
Clary, John, Conway.
Clary, Mrs. S S., MiUon,
Cleveland, Miss Harriet A., South Deerfield.
Cleaveland, Miss Sarah L., '< **
Cleaveland, William, <* *<
Clifford, Wyatt B., Chatham.
Clough, John K., Cambridgeport,
Cobb, Andrew B., Newton.
Cobb, Jacob, Abington.
Col»b, Rev. L. H.. S^ingfield^ Vt.
Codman, Mrs. Catharine, Boston.
Coe, Laura E., Whiiinsville.
Coe, Mary A., East Douglas.
Coffin. Mrs. C. A., Lynn.
Coggin, Rev. William S., Boxford.
Coggswell, Caleb, Essex.
Cogswell, Doane, Bradford.
Cogswell, Ebenezer, ipswick.
Colbum, W. W., N E. Conference.
Colby, Albert, Boston.
Colby, Barak, Henniker, N. H.
Cole, Miss Ella A., Medway.
Cole, John A., "
Conant, Charles E., Winchester.
Comint, Jennie A., Gardner.
Conn, Horace, Woburn.
Cook, Asa, Newton.
Cook, Henry A., Whitinsville.
Cook, Mrs. Maria R., Uxbridge.
Cook, J. Sullivan, Whitinsville.
Cooley, Mrs. Olive F., Charlemoni.
Coolidge, Rev. Amos H., Leicester.
Coolidge, Joseph, Boston.
Coolidge, Lowell, Shtrborn.
Copp, Mrs. Fedora F., Chelsea.
Cordley, Mrs. Lydia G., Lawrence.
Corey, Mrs. Mary, Westboro^.
Cornish, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Centreville.
Corsoe, John, Haverhill.
Cousens, Beulah F., Newton Centre.
Cowdrey, Robert, Winchester.
Crafts, Mrs. Sarah P., Newton.
Crawfonl, Ellen A., Bar re.
Crittenden, Miss Rebecca S., Charlemont.
Crockett, Mrs. Eliza A., Haverhill.
Crosby, Wilson, Centreville.
Crosby, Mrs. Eleanor L., **
Crosby, James, Boston.
Crosby, Mrs. Rebecca, "
Cruiukshanks, J. DeWitt, Rock/ord, lU.
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary S.. Chelsea.
Cruickshanks, Miss Mary, Chelsea.
Cruikshanks, George, Whiiinsville.
Cummingf, Charles H., Harvard.
Cunningham, Mrs. John, Glimcester.
Currier, Rev. Albert H., Lynn.
Curtis, Abner, East Abington.
Cushnian, George H., Brockton.
Cushman, Mrs. Rachel B., <*
Cushman, J«>seph I.> New Braintree.
Cutler, Rev. Calvin, Auburndale.
Cutler, Rev. Elijah, Boston.
Cutler, Rev. Samuel, **
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Catler, James T., Dorcfuster.
Gutter, Charles A., Waltkam,
Cutter, J. Dana, '<
Cutter, E., M.D., Cambridge,
Cutter, Stcplien, IVincfuster.
Cutter, Stephen H., **
Dakin, Thomas L., Sudbury.
Dame, Henry, Peabody.
Damon, Albert P., Reading.
Damon, Mrs Edward C, Concord.
Dana, Mrs. Edward, Woodstock^ Vt.
Dana, Charles B., WeUesley.
Dane, John, Boston.
Dane, John H , "
Daniell, Mrs. Eliza B., East Afedway.
Daniels, Elijah B., **
Daniels, Mrs. Maria m W., East Medivay.
Daniels, Mrs. William, Medway.
Davis, Alfred N., North Andover.
Davis, Alvah M., Haverhill.
Davis, Henry L., Bradford.
Davis, George L., North Andover.
Davis, JameH, Boston.
Davis, John. Somerxnlle.
Davis, Joshua H.. "
Davis, Lydia K., Dunstable.
Davis, Mrs. M. A., Medivay.
Davis, ^liss Mary H., Concord.
Davis, Kev. Terlcy B., Hyde Park.
Davis, Tlinddeus Uriah, Dunstable.
Davison, George W., Whitinsville.
Dawes, Kev. Ebenezer, Dighton.
Day, Milton B., Bradford.
Day, Mrs. Alice A., "
Day, Robert L., Newton.
Dean, Miss Abbie T., Foxboro\
Dean, Clara L., Holbrook.
Denham, Uev. Georgt*, Beverly.
Denham, Mre. Clara D., "
Dickinson, Mi-s. Myra F., Whately.
Dickerman, Kev. I^ysander, Quincy^ HI.
Dickson, Oliver, Concord.
Dickson, Mrs. Sarah C, '<
Dight, Rev. A., N. E. Conf.
Dix, Mrs. Elijah, Boston.
Dix, Samuel F., Newton.
Doane, Heraan S., Charlestoron.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen G., St. John, N. B.
Dodge, Mrs. Ann S., North Brookfield.
Dodge, Mrs. J. M. C, Andover,
Doggett, Rev. Thos., Niagara Falls, N. V.
Doggett, Mrs. Frances L., **
Doggett, William, Niagara Falls, N. V.
Doliber, Miss Sarah Lizzie, Marblehead.
Dorr, Samuel, Boston.
Dowse, Mrs. Carrie D., Sherborn.
Dowse, Eliza C, "
Drake, Rev. Ellis R., Middleboro' .
Dudley, Mrs. Sarah A., WhitinsviUe.
Dunham, Charles H., Winchester,
Dunham, Mrs. Mary L., "
Dunlap, Sumner, South DeerfUld.
Dunton, Hiram P., Spencer.
Dunn, Edward H., Boston.
Durfee, Kev. Chas. Stoddard, Troy, N. Y.
Durgin, James, West Newbury.
Dutton, Mrs. Mary J., North HaijUld.
Dwinell, Leonard, Milibury.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, Shrewsbury.
Dyer, Mrs. Maria D., Gloucester.
Eager, William, Boston.
Eames, Warren, Wilmington.
Eaton, G. F., N. E. Conf.
Eastman, Rev. Cyrus L., A''. E. Conf,
Eaton, George F., **
Eastman, Rev. L. R., Jr., Framingham.
Eastman, Mrs. Jane C, N. E. Conf.
Eaton, Mrs. Ann E., Wakefield.
Eaton, Eben, Framingham.
Eaton, Edward, Medway.
Eaton, Miss Martha W., Fitchburg.
Eaton, Lucian, South Deerfield.
Eaton, William, Boston.
Eaton, William J., Westboro\
Eddy. Jobhua. East Middlebor^ .
Etlwards, Mrs. Frances S., Dedham.
Edwards, Frederick B., A'^. Chelmsford.
Edwai-ds, Maria F., *•
EdwardSf Nathan B., **
Edwards, Nathan F., **
Edwards, SybU R., *•
Edwards, Victor E., *«
Ela, D. h., -V. E. Conf.
Elder, Rev. Hugh, Salem.
Eldred, Lorenzo, Falmouth.
Elliott, Robert, Globe Village,
Ellis, Willard K., East Medway.
Ells, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Oberlin^ O.
Ellsworth, Rev. A. A., Waterloo, Iowa.
Ellsworth, Mre. A. G. C. C, *« "
Emerson, Annie A., Lancaster.
Emerson, Miss Ellen T., Concord.
Emerson, Frances V., Lancaster.
Emerson, Jacob, Jr., Metkuen.
Emerson, Mrs. Jacob, **
Emerson, R. V. C, Newton.
Emerson, William, Westboro\
Emery, George F., •*
Emery, Mrs. Harriet, North Weymouth.
Emery, Rev. Joshua, "
Emery, Mrs. Mary, Chatham.
Ewell, Rev. John L., Waverley.
Ewing, Rev. Edward C, Enfield.
Fairbanks, Herschel, Haverhill.
Fairbanks, Herschel P., '*
Fairbanks, Timothy R., Medway.
Earns worth, Ezra, Boston.
Farr, Alba A., Methuen.
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Faxon, MIn Rachel A., Braimtree,
Fay, Mn. Addiaon G., Concord,
Fay, Gbarle» H., IVhiimtviH*.
Fay, Cynw, IVestboref.
Fay, Joaiah C, Hopkinton,
Fay, 9. A., lVettboro\
Fenn, J. W., N. E. Con/.
Fearing, Mn. Maria A., So. IVeymouik.
Felch, Isaac, Natick.
Field, John W., Boston.
Field, Mrs. Amelia C, <<
Field, Joei, MUtineagMt.
Field, Mre. Edwin, NrudonvilU.
Fiaher, Miaa Eliza, Medway.
¥1aher, Mrs. Lewis, East Medway.
Fisher, Milton M., Medway VUUge.
Fisher. Samuel T., Canton.
Fiske, Mrs. A. W., BrookJUld.
Fbk, N. B., A^. E. Con/.
Fbk, Geo. W., Danvers.
Fiske, Daniel T., D. D., Nrwburyport,
Fiske, George B , Holliston.
Fiske, George T., Newburyport.
Fiske, Mary Fidelia, *«
Fitch, John A., Hopkinton.
Fits, Mrs. Mary C, Tops/ield.
Fits, Daniel, Jr., Ipswick.
Fits, Daniel F., ••
Flagg, Kev. Rufus C, Nortk Andover.
Flanders, Joseph, Haver kill.
Fletcher, Ephraim S., WkitinsvilU.
Fletcher, Mrs. Emma A., **
Fletcher, Mrs. Emily M., ••
Fletcher, James, *<
Fletcher, Mrs. L. M., •»
Fletcher, Lewis C, «•
Fletcher, Samael J., **
Fletcher, Mrs. Hannah C, Manckester.
Fletcher, Isaac W., Stovo.
Fletcher, Nancy B., '*
Fletcher, Kev. James, Groton.
Fletcher, Mrs. Lydia M., •*
Fletcher, Still man, IVinckester.
Fletcher, William, «*
Flinn, Mre. Paulina, H^olmrn.
Flint, Mre. Hannah, Peabody.
Flint, Levi M., Stougkton.
Flint, Thomas, Danvers.
Floyd, Miss Mary J., Peabody.
Folger, Allen, Concord^ N. H.
Forbush, William, WkitinsvUU.
Fork, Rev. George, Versailles, N. Y.
Ford, Thomas A., Brockton.
Ford, ilrs. Eliza C, «'
Fosdick, Charles, Groton.
Fosdick, Frederick, *«
Fosdick, Miss Mary, ••
Foster, Rev. Addison P., Jersey City^ N. J.
Foster, Mrs. Hattie D.,
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Foster, Mrs. Harriet L., IVincktmUn,
Foster, Mrs. Mary, Palmtr,
Frankle, Mrs. Jones, HaverkiU.
French, Mrs. Harriet S., Taunton,
Frothingham, A. T., Cambridge,
Fullerton, Rev. Bradford M., Palnur.
Furber, Kev. Daniel L., Hewton Centre.
Furber, Mrs. Maria B., *'
Gage, Eliza Ann, Bradford.
Gage, Gawin R., IVobnm.
Gale, Rev. Wakefield, Eastkampton.
Gale, Justin Edwards, **
Gallot, Nathan, Groton.
Galloup, David R., Peabody,
Gammel, Rev. Sereno D., Box/or d.
Ganlner, Willie F., Gardner.
Garrette, Rev. Edmund Y., Lacrosse, IVis,
Garrette, Mrs. Franzenia W.,
Garrette, Flora Gertrude,
Garrette, Mary Spring,
Garrette, Sarah Anibella,
Gates, Henry C, Ckicopee.
George, Mrs. Ellen K., **
George, Rev. F. T., N. E. Con/
Gibson, Mrs. Luther, Groton.
GibbH, George L., U^'kitinsville.
Gilbert, Benjamin R., Boston.
Giles, Mrs. KUzubetli W., Rockport.
Glliiian, MlMt Kebecca I., Boston.
Gleason, Cliarles A., New Braintree,
(ileason, Kev. George L., Manckester.
Gluason, Mrs. Charlotte A., "
Gleason, Kebecca T., Dorckester.
Gleason, Rev. J. F., Nor/olk, Ct.
Gleason, Mrs. Olive M.
Goodell, H. Augustus, WkitinsvUU.
Gooilwin, A. E., West Anusbnry.
Gordon, Samuel J., Boston.
Gonlon, Mrs. Rebecca, *•
Gordon, Jeannle, *'
Gott, J. R., Rockport.
Gough, Herbert D., Worcester.
Gough, John B., Boylston.
Gough, Mrs. Mary E., "
Gould, Mrs. Sarah W., Westboro\
Gourgas, Miss Abby M., Concord.
Gourgas, Miss Margaret U., *'
Grassle, Rev. Thomas G., AppUton, Wis.
Graves, Mrs. Amanda R., Sunderland.
Gray, Horace, Boston.
Gray, John C, **
Gray, William, Holbrook.
Greeley, Rev. E. H., Haverkill, N. H,
Greeley, Mrs. Edward H., *•
Greene, Rev. Richard G., Orange , N. J.
Greenwood, Charles H., Gardner.
Greenwood, Mrs. Sally K., Skerborn.
Gregory, Rev. Lewis, West A mesbury.
Oiigfs, Charlei D , Wiuktr^.
OHgn, Swnoel, "
Grin^ »n. S. H., "
HiilJ. Arthur H., Brad/tri.
Hall. Mr». Mary. A,^ia.
Hall. AllL-e D.,
Hall. Mra. Anglv M , "
HhII, Harriet E.,
Hall. Kev. Allen J.. L^HttviUt.
Hall, Mn. JoHi>b7 GrtUm.
Hall. .Mr». jarali A., Latrn-iUt.
Ham, Mrs, Cntharina K.. lfim:h,i,r.
Hawbleloii, Mr.. 8. D., A'. E. Cfnf.
Hnmbhlnn, Rer. WUllam J., "
Hanillinn, Kcv B. F i9ki(.->
Hamilton, ¥.. D., Camay,
Hamlsn, Kev OsofgoM., TayHlcn.
Hanion, Cbu. Lute, S .Vrt-marlni, .V. H
Hammiiuil, Ra« William B.. Anahmtl.
Hammoml Mra. LouIhM.,
HanlKloli, Thcunaa, Qriiay.
Hanlf Truiun Tlumfi,^. O.
Hate, Rev. OeortaS., ,««/(■•,
Harnulen Mlu Mary A.,^n.»if>r.
Harrlnsloti, Rht KU Wlillney. A'. Brtirrly
Uarluw. Hat. Ilufiw K , Mtilnvty.
Har
Hamsnwaj, Mlu Hanlst. Gritn.
Ilenahaw. FnucU, BrHm. ■
Hen^haw. Mra. Saiali W., ■>
Heiishav. Ijiura.
I['<rrirk. K..'. -\\-lllUin D.. Gmrdmtr.
Hener, Mn, Polly, Himflutm.
Hewins, Mn Aiinetia P , Ftxitr,'.
Htwiiu, MlH Lonlu E.,
HllUtn, Henrlelta M., MiJ^aa^.
Illllnn, Itev. .Tohn V.. Bailrfi.
Hilloii. William. Bra4ftrJ.
llH.'l.iwk, (ieorgi; M., Brimfitld.
Hobarl, Pelar. StUin,.
Hohnii, MlH Piindlla. RrtnUj.
Ko)l
nrd. Btri
Harlwiill, I.nltla E., Orilsn.
Haakell, Wllllaui P.. .V, Br<vifi,U.
Hasklna, Myrlck. Lakt^-IU,.
Ha*IiUKi>, UoIIIb, Frammgham.
Hatch, AiiiiaS.,^ru4rui'i/.
HaUh. Wellman Wlllxy, Aiki^sn. .V
Hatcli,Mn.CarrisL.,
Haven, George A., CamfrlU.
Haven, Bby. John, Charllt..
Hawea, Mn. A. L., Grafts,.
Haven, Cynlhla, U'nar^in.
HawpK, Julia,
Hnyden, AUcs M., Hi^l^i,^.
Ilay.'«, llev Stephen II., ««f,7».
Hayn», Etnma )!., T,^h^„J H«rl,«
Hay wanl, Mlu Clara, Brainlrti.
Haywarcl. Kllaa, "
Baywant, Mite Haltie L., ll-iilimfil.
Haywar-I.-Iahn,
Hayward. PanI, AMy.
Hayfood, Mn. Elliabeth C, Fratikli
Haiel, Mr». Sarah L., Glt-ciiUr.
Hailewnod, Mn. A. H., F.rtntt.
Headley, Kev. P. C, Aki/m.
Healey, Hav. Jowph W., K. OrLans.
»k, E. V.
Dk, Mn. Jenny M„
1, Mn.Sanli. (>a/>«>.
HDlland. Mn. Sarah £., Brrlm.
Ilolland, Mary Cecilia. Bratklni.
Tolm, Jacob P.. Jlf,M^«.
lolinec. Miu t^linbelh A.. BilvUtrt, .
[olnief , Mln Wealthy A.. Camftlh.
1, Thoi
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Hopiilii. Kev. Jamea
"".Mnier, Mine Ellia,
ouKhton, CephHI. /
1. Kev. M
IIow Frwleri
Hawe,Mr>.lIanD^ Maria, SHrritrm.
Howe.SannelA., Wtuim^'.
Howei. Mrt. Caroline K., Clun-ltmtnl.
Aik/lrU.
Kowaf, ColKni, C/ailkam.
and, Mn. Hannah M., Cmwa^.
Hoyt, HcnTy. B,>lr».
Hnyt, Mra. Marin, Framingkam.
Jloyc Wllllani H., BBtlaa.
. Chariei A., Cnturd.
aTt.,S>-HdrrlaiJ.
lludaoii, Samuel, Uxiridtt.
Hulbert, Clla^le^ BetliiH.
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Hamphrey, Daniel, N. Weymotak.
Hunt, Mrs. Jeratlia B., WhiiinsvUle,
Huntington, Matilda C, Peahody.
Hurrt, Francis P., IVakefield.
Hutchinson, Elijah, Danvers.
Hutchins, Caroline M., West/ord.
Hutchins, William E., LowtU.
Hatchins, Maria J., '*
Ide, Rev. Jacob, Jr., Mansfield.
Ide, Mrs. Jacob, Jr., "
Jackman, Mrs. Susan M., Medtaay,
Jackson, Miss Caroline B., Newton.
Jackson, Henry W., Boston,
Jackson, Laura E. L., "
Jackson, Walter, Brookline.
Jameson, Rev. Ephraim O., East Medway.
JefFries, Miss Catharine Amory, Boston.
Jenkins, Mrs. Maria L., AVw Bedford.
Jeniii*ion, Rev. Joseph F., Canton.
Jephson, Miss C. R., Brookline.
Jewett, Henry, Pe^perell.
Johnson, Charles G , Bradford,
Johnson, Mrs. Emma E., **
Johnson, Francis, iVinckester.
Johnson, Peter R., Holliston.
Johnson, Miss Rebecca, N. Andover.
Johnson, Mrs. S. W., Framing^ham, N. H.
Johnson, Alice C, Northampton.
Johnson, Cora K., BUukington.
Johnson, Minnie L.,
Johnson, Chandler,
Ji)hnsou, Edward A., Orange, N. J.
Johnson. Eftie D., "
Jones, Augustus T., Brockton.
J'mes, Henry E., Holliston.
Jones, Joseph, Holbrook.
Joslin, Mrs. A. L., Oxford.
Joy, Mrs. Abigail, Boston.
Judd, Rev. Burtis, IVestboro' .
Judd, Mrs. Rebecca Ann, "
Judd, Mrs. Abby F., "
Judson, Wiliard, Uxbridge.
Keith, Rev. A. F., Danielsonville, Conn.
Keith, Albert, Campello.
Keith, Azra B., •*
Keith, Edward Everett, Bridgetvater.
Keith, Preston B., Campello.
Keith, ZIba C,
Kelley, George Reed, Haverhill.
Kelley, Miner, Chico^ee.
Kelton, George, Gardner.
Kempton, Mrs. Ellen, Grafton.
Kendall, Mrs. Abel M., Boston,
Kendall, Mrs. Lovine B., Sfiring^eld,
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., lyinchester.
Kendlg, Rev. A. B., xV. E. Conference.
Kendrick, John. Haverhill,
Kendrick, Mrs. Lydla F., Chatham.
Kerr, Robert W., Foxioro*.
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Kerr, Jane K.,
Kettelle, Jacob Q., Boston.
Kielblock, Jane L., Charlestown.
Kilbon, George B., S^ring/uld.
Kimball, Benjamin,'2il, Haverhill.
Kimball, Rev. Caleb, Medwxy,
Kimbiill, Charles, Ipswich.
Kimball, Daniel W., IVinchtsUr,
Kimball, David, Bradford,
Kimball, Walhice L., "
Kimball, Mrs. Harriet W., Lowell,
Kimball, John R., lyobnrn.
Kimball, Mrs. Sylvia, ]Vestboro\
Kingman, Miss Eliza, Boston,
Kingsbury, Nathaniel, **
Kingsbury, John, Bradford.
Kingsbury, Rev. John D. **
Kingsbury, Katy,
Kingsbury, Martha,
Klttredge, Rev. A. E., Chicago,
Kittredge, C. Brigliam, lVestbjro\
Knowlton, Rev. Stephen, New Havent Vt,
Knox, Mrs. S , Rock Island^ HI.
Labaree, Rev. John C, Randolph,
Lamb, Mrs. W. A., Holdsn.
Jjambert, Miss Elizabeth G.. RowUy.
Lambert, Thonuis R., D.D., Charlestown.
Lambert, William T.. *'
J^amson, Mrs. Edwin, Winchester.
Lamson, Gardner Swift,
Lamson, Helen,
Lamson, Kate Glidden,
Lane, Rev. James P., Bristol^ R. I.
Lane, Mrs. Emma L.,
Lane, Rev. John W., IVhately.
Lane, Mrs. Mary H.,
Lane, Amy Sanders,
Lane, Wallace R.,
Lane, John Edward,
Lane, Mary E. Chapman, Kingston^ N. H.
Lane, Richmond J., Rockland,
Langworthy, Rev. Isaac P., Chtlsea.
Lasel, Josiah, WhitinsvilU,
Lasell, Mrs. Jennie W., "
Lathe, Miss Sarah S., Grafton,
Laurie, Inglls, Owatonna, Minn.
Lawrence, Rev. Amos E., HouscUonic,
Lawrence, John, Groton.
Lawrence, Curtis, "
Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, "
Lawton, Mrs. S. C, fVhUinsville,
Layml, John, **
Leach, Simeon, East Stoughton.
Learoyd, Addison P., Danvers,
Learoyd, John S., "
Leavitt, Abner L., Hingham.
Leavitt, Mrs. Elizabeth G., Boston.
Leavitt, Rev. George R., Cambridgeport,
Lee, Mrs. Rath M., Conway.
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Lee, Kev. Samuel H.» Clevelaiui, O.
Leeds, Benjamin, Boston.
Leeds, Mn. Anne B., **
Leeds, Mrs. Samuel, North BUUrica,
Lefkvour, Issachar, Beverly.
Leland, Calvin, Jr., Natick.
Leland,Mr8. Charlotte A., Sherborn.
Leland, Mrs. Lois, <'
Leonard, Elisa, Foxboro*.
Leonard, James Henry, Bridgewater.
Leonard, James M., *'
Lewis, Mrs. Maria J., So. Weymouth.
Lewis, Reuben, Groton.
Lewis, Mrs. Susan F., "
Lincoln, Kev. Calvin, Hingham.
Lincoln, F. W., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C, Sunderiattd,
Lincoln, Noali, Boston.
Little, Alexander E., . Wellesley.
Little, Mrs. Lucia S., *<
Little, Sarah Isabel, "
Little, Stuart, Whitinsville.
Little, Waldo F., Auburndaie.
Little, William A., "
Littletield, Saumel, Somerville.
LoomiM, Kev. Klihu, Chtster/ield^ lit.
Lord, Abraham, Ipswuh.
Lord, Mixt* Anna M., **
Lord, Kev. Charles E., Boston.
Lord, Edward A., Danvers.
Lord, John A., Peabody.
Loring, Mrs. Hannah W., Newton Centre.
Loud, Arthur J., Boston.
Loud, Mrs. Murtha B., Braintree.
* Lovell, MliiH Vary B , Medway.
Lumb, William, Boston.
Lunt, Charles F., IVinchester.
Lyman, Kev. George, Northampton.
Lyman, Samuel T., Huntington.
Lyon, Miss Chloe K., Campello.
Macrejuling, Kev. Ch. S., Providence^ R. I.
Makepeace, Mrs. Helen M., Gloucester.
Maltby, Kev. Erastus, Taunton.
Mann, Misss Helen I^., Greenfield.
Manning, Otis, Littleton.
Manning, Ed%\Hnl W., Wobnrn.
Marble, Mrs. Mary E., Gra/ton.
Markhani, Mrs. Priscilla V., Pom/ret, Ct.
Marrett, Lorenzo, Cambridgeport.
Marsh, Mrs. Abby C, Georgetaivn.
Marsh, Elizabeth C. Haverhill.
Mar»h, E. J., Leominster.
Marsh, Lewis A., Chico/ee.
Marsh, Miss Julia M., Haverhill.
Martin, (leorge H., Bridgewater.
Mason, Miss Nellie A., Royalston.
Mattison, William, Whitinsville.
Maynard, Kev. Joshua L., WUliston, Vt.
Maynard, Leander, Shrewsbury ,
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McElroy, Richard B., Medway,
McKeen, Philena, Andover.
McKeen, Pbebe, *<
McKenzie, Rev. Alexander, Cambridge.
McKenzle, Ellen H.,
McKenzie, Kennet,
McLean, Rev. John K., Springfield^ III.
McLoud, Rev. Anson, Topsfitld.
Means, Rev. James H., I>. D., Dorcktsttr.
Means, John O., D.D., Boston,
Means, Mrs. John O., "
Means, William G., Andover.
Merriam, Abner H., Templeton.
Merriam, Homer, Springfield.
Merrill, Rev. James W.^Andcver,
Merrill, John K., Methuen.
Merrill, Mrs. Harriet H., Winchendcn,
Merrill, Rev. Truman A., Bernardsion.
Merrill, William, N. E. Conference.
Merritt, Clarissa, Conway.
Merritt, Mrs. Mary A., Montague,
Menler, Cyrus E., A'. E. Conference.
Me8ler,Rev. 1. A., *• "
Messenger, Miss Eliza, FUchhurg.
Mills, Itev. Charles L., Andover.
Mills, Mrs. Rebecca B., •»
Mills, Miss Lydia, Peabody.
Minot, William, Boston.
Minot, William, Jr., •'
Mixter, Mrs. Funny L., "
Mixter, Mrs. Mary R., Hardwick.
Mixter, Mrs. S. E., Rock Island, III.
Moo.ir, George, D.D., Oakland, CeU.
Moo«ly, James, Whitinsville.
Moore, Lewis, Sharon.
M<M)rc, Lillie, Holbrook.
Moors, Joseph, Groton.
Moors, Rufus, **
Moors. Mrs. Kutus, *'
Montague, Wm. H., North Brookfield.
Mordough, Rev. John H., Portland^ Me.
Morse, Charles H., Boston.
Morong, Rev. Tliomas, Ipswich.
Morley, Kev. Sardis B., Pittsfield.
Morrill, Eilward H., Norwood.
Morrison, Daniel T., Methuen.
Morrison, Miss Fancy T., Rowley.
Morse, Miss Abby P., Emporia, Kansas.
Morse, Charles N., Foxboro\
Morse, Miss Emily A., Bradford.
Morse, Henry, Natick.
Morse, Kufus W., Methuen.
Morse. William E., Bradford.
Moseley, Edward S., Newbury port.
Mosman, Walter B., Aid>urndaU.
Munger, Rev. Theo. T., Lawrence.
Munger, Mrs. T. T.,
Munroe, A. LeB., Medivay.
Mull roe, Miss Mary, Concord,
Nft«.n, nev. CharlBD. SV,!!JI„I.
^acoii, Rev Eliu. Bi/I,'ua.
un, I.ucle M.,.\V-^ Brainlrrt,
K<1*on, Jonathan H., s^rmihir^.
Kaw*l], George H. HsIIUIon.
Sawhall, LQcy Ann ^(<-Tt.,
Kewnuii, Samuel, PutliaJy.
KswinaD, MIib SArnb A., Ifmkli.
Nlcliols, Alfred A., if„IAmjiimy.
Nlcholi, JoHpb, " "
Nlcholi, Jusw R., HimTkm.
Nkfaola. MoH*. "
Ti'lckersnii. Mn, Tsmple W., CkkofB,
HltbUngale, Rs«. Craoforcl. ^MfM.
Koon.BcT.AirreH N. E. Can/n-intt.
Soon, her. Samnel H., " •'
Nori:roM.Slni.J«l«h, Wmlufitld.
yarton, R«*. Eilwanl, Quincy.
Noam, 6. AlJen, WhiSot,,'.
•iMrJtv
S., Srii,
KoqiM. Soaan M., Btlion.
Nojea, Alva, ft™i/o».
No)-M, Jacob. Aiiitgtett.
Horn, Laka B., ^«/« Aiineltn.
Hojiaa, JtoOi* S., .V Bridtmalir.
Oatlny, 6. D. WhaimvOU.
W,\\n,atmiKmVD,£t,lir, t/. H.
Odllii,Mn.£.T., " •'
Ocdoaj, Aaron L., ^»i fVnl Ciiy.
<Mwa7, Hlaa Cliarlolie, Bradfrrd.
OcdwaT, Harbart, "
Olborns.'Oeorge r PcatcJy.
Owwd. Rev, AI>n)iHni M. U. E. Cttf.
O^ood, QsargeC., Litirl/.
Ottaoi, a. B,. U'iitiHn-ilU.
OTcrbeck. Mn. Jurgnn O., Gluuiisltr.
PaekaM, Rb». D. Tsmple.ZM ^.^/m, Co/.
Packard, £<lward 0.. Jtrsfktti,.
PKkard, Mra. Maria L., CamftlU.
Packard, 8. nanklln, ••
Packanl, MlMSnXeP.. "
Packard, S. Blunnlp. HfrinsAtlJ.
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Palmer, Hev Charlea lU^, Brutriftrt.
Park, Jolin C., Btitci^
Parkac Danlal, iVliiiKitiai,,
Haiksr M». ^aiab.AnrM.
Pannenter, Hra.E. J. U., H(iW.
Panam, Rer. R. C, WerciOtr.
Panona, John, Jr.. SaMgia Cmiri,
Partridge, Clark, Mrdmif.
Partrldga, Joaaiih. HtUilt
Patrick, Bar. Hmr; J.
Patrick, Hn.Haraij> I
iv„l NrwUK.
Paul, Banrr. >frailim.
Paul.LaUiBr, "
Panl, MlM BaiTlat, "
Paul, Mlia Marr, "
Paul, Mn. Roth B., mdvutf.
Pajton, UlH Soaan, Ftiiard.
Pearw>n, Mil* Hannah J.. LrfBiH.
Pflaae, Oeorga W., SaUm.
Peckham, HabbanI, PtUrskam.
Peine, Rev. BmlRird K,, BaUn.
People., >..m.Lrl. \\,i:A.
Porklna, lii-iLJi'mlii i ■., !;ai«fy.
Perklna, Mn. :
Perklna, JalnisU^ •<
Perkins, Jamee, PnUtdy,
Perklna, HIM Mar; A , Brithitn.
Perklna, Robert 3.^ Danrtrt.
Porlej, Haikell, G^rrtilinm.
Peile)', Mn. Abigail T., S-Uim.
Perley, Jacob, "
Perrin, Rot, Wlllard T., JV. E. Cim/iT,
PecTjr, Ulu Catharine H.. SIkrhrn.
Perty,JaniB>,Zia«ivri.
Parry, 'Mn. Rnlli O. , Mitrlbfra'
Peton, McB. l.fdla H., Btrlin.
Fe[enHn,,Iolin, .V, E. C«t/trtmt.
Pettea, Daniel, sliarax.
Pettee, TA\tA^Va»,4.,Fsikor,i'
Pettee, Samuel Onnlner Siei-fkisM.
Pettee, Wlllard, Ftihcrs'.
PhUUpa, Alonio P., Midt^y.
Phillip*, Oeorge W., Saifui.
Piillllpe, Vr,, Ui'.i, IV.,
PbllUpa, Mra. Sallj, BaUtn.
Philllpa, WlUlam, •'
Piekortng. Henry W "
Plarca, Albert T,, Slmf/Uen.
Pierce, luacT., IVhiiitnill,.
P1erc«,SyliMterO., JfiW^ri/fr.
Wullun H
Pike,
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PlDmb, her. Albert H
Plumb. JoaeptaDart,
Pliini-T, Jlr*. Martha «.,Rtwliy.
PliiiuiHur, Israel, Wlulimivah.
Pui^ji?, Mrti. JoaephiCr-ii/linii.
Pollard, JneephO, tVatwis.
Pollock, Mlu Emma A., lI'Miliniva
P.'moroy, Fred L., H^tdrrhnd.
Ponifrei, .Mn. Sarah T WriUrr.
Pond, Almlra W., Simli Ma/dm.
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Pond, John P., Boston.
Pond, Mrs. Nancy N., Medway.
Pond, William E., Wrtntkam.
Pool, Solomon, Gloucester.
Poor, Joseph, Peahody.
Poor, Nathan H.,"
Porter, J. Edwards, Nortk Brookfield.
Porter, Emma L., " "
Porter, Samuel S., Winchtster.
Potter, J. Sturgis, Newton.
Pratt, Cornelias, North Weynumth.
Pratt, David, " "
Pratt, Oalen, Brockton.
Pratt, Galen E., «
Pratt, Rev. George H., SeSf^rook, N. H.
Pratt, Norton, Braintree.
Pratt, Phebe, Sherborn.
Pratt, Philip W., Abington.
Pratt, Zebulon, North MiddUbortf.
Pray, John J., Lowell.
Prentice, Miss Julia, Grafton.
Prentice, Marvel, Whitinsville.
Prentice, James A., "
Prentiss, Luke, "
Preston, Dea. Samuel, Danvers.
Prince, Mrs. Sarah B., Quincy.
Pritchard, William, Newburyport.
Procter, Joseph O., Gloucester.
Proctor, Elizabeth O., Peabody.
Proctor, Henry H., "
Procter, Mrs. Lucy A., Gloucester.
Puffer, Mrs. Josiah, Harvard.
Putnam, Mrs. Elizabeth T., Grafton.
Quincy, Thomas D., Boston.
Quincy, Mrs. J. C, ««
Quincy, Thomas D., Jr., '<
Randall. Franklin B., Dover, N. H.
Randall, Flora Sarah, " *•
Randall, Mary Elizabeth, " "
Rankin, J. Eames, D.D., Washingtouy D. C.
Rankin, Mrs. Mary, " ♦«
Ray, George W., Medway Village.
Raymond, Helen S., Boston.
Read, Miss Martha, East Abington.
Reed, Miss Caroline G., Haverhill.
Reed, Horace, South Abington.
Reed, Miss Serissa, East Abington.
Reed, Anna, Rockland.
Reed, Mrs. Susan B., North Brookfield.
Reeves. Miss Ellen P., i^ayland.
Rice, Mrs. Agnes L., Boston.
Rice, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Lawrence.
Rice, Edward, Wayland.
Rice, Kate A.
Rice, Mrs. Henry A., Boston,
Rice, Miss M. Augustus, Westboro\
Rice, Miss Jenny M., «
Rich, Rev. Alonzo B., W. Lebanon, N.H.
Rich, Rev. A. Judson, Brookfield.
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Rich, Mrs. Harriet L.,
Richards, Mrs. A M., Bridgeport, Ct.
Richards, Mrs. £. S., A'', f . Conference.
Richards, James F., Campello.
Richardson, John W., Medway.
Richardson, Luther, Winchester.
Richardson, Miss Sarah E., Concord.
Richardson, Stephen. West Medway.
Richardson, Sumner, Winchester.
Richardson, Rev. W. G., N. E. Conference,
Richardson, Mrs. C. 0., Concord.
Ricker, Edmund, West A mesbury.
Ricker, George E., »' *•
Bobbins, Andrew, Groton.
Robblns, Charlotte M., "
Bobbins, Chandler, D.D., Boston.
Roberts, Re%^ Jacob, Auburndale.
Roberts, Mrs. Mary A., •*
Roberts, Mrs. Ruth, Manchester.
Robertson, James, Peabody.
Robinson, Charles W., Auburndale.
Robinson, H. W., Brockton.
Rodliff, Horatio H., A^. E. Conference.
Rockwood, John T., Springfield.
Rockwood, Miss Polly S., Ashland.
Rogers, C. S., N. E. Conference.
Rogers, George L.. Newburyport.
Rogers, Sliubael G., Boston.
Russell, Sarah J., Framingham.
Russell, Samuel W., N. E. Conference.
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Saflbrd, Be v. George B., Burlington, Vt.
Sanderson, Alonzo, N. E. Conference.
Sanford, Mrs. Adeline D., Medway ViUetge.
Sanford, Edmund L, Medway.
Sanford, Henry D., Bridgewater.
Sanger, Edward G., Cambridgeport.
Sargeant, James C, Oakham.
Sargent, Edmund, West Amesbury.
Sargent, Samuel G., Methuen,
Sawtell, Ephraim, Groton.
Sawyer, George, Campello.
Sawyer, Martha B., "
Sawyer, Seth C, Holbrook.
Scales, Edward P., Newton.
Scott, Rev. Joseph, Maiden.
Scudder, Mrs. Sarah L., Boston.
Seagrave, Edward F., Uxbridge.
Seagrave, Mrs. Mary Ann, <*
Sears, Herman, Dingwell, Ashfield.
Sears, Arthur Eldredge,
Sears, Asarelah Vinton,
Sears, Edward Ewlng, "
Sears, Miss Hannah M., **
Seaver, A. W., Northbord.
Seeley, Raymond H., D. D , Haverhill.
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B.,
Selden, John Lincoln, Ashfield.
Self ridge, Thomas O., Boston.
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Sbawy Mn. Hannah, Boston.
Shaw, Mrs. Nancy, Sotdh Weymouth,
Sheldon, Rev. Lather H., Easton.
Sheldon, Mrs. Sarah H., "
Shepherd, Thomas, Winchester.
Shirley, Rev. Arthur, Conway.
SIkes, Mrs. Otis, ''
Shumway, Mrs. Emma P., Groton.
Simonds, Alvan, Boston.
SkillinKB, David N., Winchester.
Slafber, Rev. Edmund P., Boston,
Slafter, Mrs. Edmund P., *'
Sleeper, William C, Metkuen.
Small, Amos T., West Amesbury,
Small, Mrs. Pidelia Porter, MilUmry,
Small, Samuel A.,
Small, Samuel E.,
Small, Mrs. Sumner, Newton Centre.
Smith, Mrs. Abby P., Concord.
Smith, Henry P., "
Smith, Mrs. Lucy Jane, Westboref.
Smith, Mrs. Clara J., Sunderland,
Smith, E. B., Westjield.
Smith, Mrs. Frances E. D., Whiiinsville.
Smith Qeorge P., Boston.
Smith, Samuel, '<
Smith, Joel, WhitinsvUie,
Smith, Jonathan, "
Smith, Warren N., "
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., Gloucester.
Smith, Miss Mary E., Sunderland.
Smith, Matson M., D.D., Hartford, Ct.
Smith, Mrs. Matson M., Hartford^ Ct.
Smith, Norman, Nashua^ N. H.
Smith, Mrs. Mary J., Groton.
Smith, Adolphus, Danvers, III.
Smith, Richard, Peabody,
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, *<
Smith, Mrs. Sarali, Andover.
Smith, William W., Conway.
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Snow, Ambrose, South Hadley FcUU.
Snow, Mrs. Caroline, Auburndale.
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Chatham,
Soule, Henry M., South Abington,
Southgate, Charles M., Dedham.
South worth, Mrs. Caroline M., Medway,
Spaulding, Mrs. Charlotte A., Groton.
Spaulding, John, Ayer.
Spofford, Mrs. Julia Ann, Bradford.
Spooner, William B., Boston,
Spring, Mrs. Adela C, Whitinsville.
Stacy, Albert, Concord,
Stanley, Ezra C, Manchester,
Stanton, Rev. George P., SotUh WeymoiUh,
Stebbins, Rev. Milan C, Springfield,
Stetson, Mrs. Hannah B. D., Quincy,
Stevens, Mrs. Oeorge, Lowell,
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Stevens, Mrs. Bei^amin P., Peabody,
Stevens, Samuel, Gloucester,
Sdckney, William H., Dracut,
Stoddard, Charles H., North Broohfleld,
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San Francisco^ Cal,
Stone, Mrs. Matilda P., '<
Stone, Martha A , Newton Centre.
Storrs, Eunice C, Braintree,
Stowell, Mrs. Abby P., Concord,
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Deerfield.
Stowell, D. W., Westfield,
Strong, Rev. Elnathan E., Waltham.
Strong, Rev. J. C, Leech Lahe, Minn,
Strong, Mrs. J. C, " ** *•
Studley, Austin, East Abington,
Studley, Edward A., Boston.
Sugden, Miss Mary, Braintree,
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Monson.
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Foxboro*,
Swan, Frederic M., Dorchester,
Swasey, Mrs. Prances A., Lynn.
Swett, Samuel W., Boston.
Swift, Miss Lottie H., Andover.
Switzer, Rev. Christopher J., Weston^ yt.
Taft, Mrs. Elizabeth E., Whitinsvi/le.
Taft, Miss Emily A., "
Tafl, Gustavus E.,
Taft, Mrs. G. E.,
Taft, S. Jennie, *'
Taft, Jacob, Uxbridge.
Tapley, Gilbert, Danvers,
Tarr, William J., Gloucester.
Taylor, Mrs. Malansa, Winchester,
Taylor, Geo. S., Ckicopee.
Teele, Rev. Albert K., Milton.
Teele, Mrs. Cornelia C, "
Temple, Mark M., Reading.
Tenney, Mrs. Joanna S., Saugus.
Tenney, Mrs. Appbia S., Georgetown,
Thacher, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park.
Thacher, Miss Calista C, Attleboro\
Thacher, John, "
Thacher, Susan B., Portland, Me,
Thacher, Mrs. Susan C, " **
Thacher, William T., Hyde Park.
Thayer, Addison %.■, Medway.
Thayer, Clara L., "
Thayer, Amasa, Braintree.
Thayer, E. P. E.,
Thayer, Ira,
Thayer, Annie M., Holbrooh.
Thayer, Mrs. Enos, Brockton.
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Andover.
Thayer, Mrs. Martha C, **
Thayer, Oliver, Salem.
Thayer, Robert H., New York City.
Thayer, Sarah H., Braintree.
Thayer, WUliam W., Uxbridge.
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Thompson, Mrs. Averiok F., IVareAam.
Thompson, 'Nf.n, Emily B., Concord.
Thompson, Eyerett A., North tVo^ttrn.
Thompson, Samuel A., "
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Eliza, "
Thompson, George R., Brockton.
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, ff^'odnrn.
Thompson, Stephen, H'^inchtster,
Tharston, Rev. Richard B., Stamford, Ct.
Timlow, Rev. Heman R., WalpoU,
Timlow, Dana C, <'
Tinker, Rassell, Grafton,
Tinkham, Mr8.Aderd, Bar re Centre , N.Y.
Titus, E. A., A''. E. Conference.
Tohey, Miss Jennie E., WkUinsvUle.
Todd, Mrs. Thomas, Concord.
Tolman, Rev. Richard, Hampton^ Va.
Torrey, Mrs. Elizaheth L., South Weynumth.
Torrey, James, North Weymouth.
Torrey, Wlllard, Groton.
Toulman, Rev. Wm. R., NewVn Upper Falls.
Towne, William B., Miiford, N. H.
Towne, Joseph H., Salem.
Towne, Mrs. Bosina C, '<
Towne, John C, '*
Trask, Charles H., Jr., Manchester.
Trask, Mrs. A. H., "
Trask, Lizsie R., Gloucester.
Trask, Samuel, Peahody.
Trask, Samuel P., Danvers. •
Tribou, Samuel, Brockton.
Trowbridge, Mrs. Asa, Brighton.
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, Abingion.
Trufent, Philip P., '«
Trufant, Walter Ezra, *'
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, Milton.
Tucker, John A., Dorchester.
Tucker, William, •*
Tucker, Mrs. W. L., "
Tucker, William W., Boston.
Tufts, Charles, A ndover.
Turner, Miss Alice Montgomery, Randolph.
Tuttle, Miss Martha E., Concord.
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, Groveland.
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littleton.
Twichell, John M., Fitchburg.
Tyler, Frank H., Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W., Boston.
Upton, Mrs. Lucy K., Peabody.
Upton, Moses T., Salem.
Vandervoort, Mary F., Dorchester.
Veazie, Eliza, Danvers.
Vose, William H., Fitchburg.
Wads worth, Mrs. Lucy, Milton,
Wads worth, William, Boston.
Walt, Daniel, N. E. Conf
Wakefield, Miss C, Reading.
Waldron, Be v. Daniel W., Boston.
Wales, Erastus, Holbrook.
Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston,
Walker, Dean H., Andover.
Walker, Miss Frances A., HaverkiU.
Walker, Bev. Geo. F., Blackstone,
Walker, Mrs. John S., E. Medway.
Walker, Levi, Bridgewater.
Walker, Ellen A., "
Walker, Moses, Haverhill.
Walker, Nathaniel, "
Walker, Bobert O., Boston.
Walker, William M., Bridgewater.
Walker, £«lwMrd A.,
Walley, Samuel H., Boston.
Ward , Artemas, ' *
Ward, Miss Lydla, Saxonville.
Ward, Samuel, Boston.
Ward, Miss H. L. H., LakeviUe.
Ward, Mrs. Caroline L., *•
Ward, Miss Susan H., '<
Ward, Salem T., H'inckester.
Warfield, Henry L., Buckland.
Warner, John, Newton.
Warner, William, S. Deer field.
Warren, George W., Boston.
Warren, Francis W., Stow.
Warren, Jonas, "
Washburn, William B., Greenfield.
Washburn, Mrs. William B., **
Waterman, Mrs. Caroline, Grafton.
Watkins, Miss Abby A., Gloucester.
Weeks, Mrs. L. Caroline, N. Dana.
Webster, Edwanl, Boscawen, N. H.
Welch, John, Boston.
Weld, James, <*
Wells, Mrs. Martha D., Nortkbor^.
Wellman, Joshua W., D. D., Maiden.
Wendell, Mrs. Catharine, Boston.
Wentworth, Albert, HaverkiU.
Went worth, Lewis, Bridgewater.
Wesson, James L. S., IVilbrakam.
West, Peleg D., IVkitinsville.
Wheeler, Abijah R., E. Medway.
Wheeler, Mrs. M. B., Medway.
Wheeler, Miss Sophia W., Peabody.
Whltcomb, Oscar L., Worcester.
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abbie E., «*
Whltcomb, G. Henry, "
Whitcomb, Miss Mary M., Harvard.
Whitcomb, Mrs. Abby F., "
White, Aaron L., Medway.
White, Cornelius, Brookville.
White, Edmund, Holbrook.
White, Newton, "
White, Joel, Uxbridge.
White, Josiah, Peter skam.
White, Solomon, N. Middlebord.
White, Mrs. Mary C, Pembroke, N. H.
White, Phineas A., Wkitinsville,
White, Thomas, Holbrook.
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Wbitin, Cbarlet £.,
Whitin, CharletP.,
Whitin, Edward,
Whitin, James F.,
Whitin, Mra. Patience H., '*
Wbitin, Paul,
Whidn, Mrs. Sarah J.,
Whitin, Mrs. Sarah B.,
Whiting, Lemael, Groton.
Whitman, Charles, Lowell.
Whitmarsh, Mrs. Diantha, S. Abingdon,
Whitmarsh, Mary,
Whitmarsh, MUs Mary J.,
Whltmore, Annie Maria, Lynn.
Whitney, Charles H., Cambridgeport.
Whitney, Dora S., Sontk Groton.
Whitney, Frederick, Westminster.
Whitney, Helen J., Stow.
Whitney Isaac S., Glimcesttr.
Whitney, Israel, Boston.
Whitney, Mrs. Permelia V., Petersham.
Whitney. Richard D., Springfield.
Whitney, Mrs. Susanna, Rutland.
Whittaker, Rev. George, Westfield.
Whittaker, Mrs. Harriet, "
Whittemore, Mrs. Mary E. S., lVestboro\
Wilbur, Joseph, Taunton.
Wild, Daniel, Boston.
Wild, Miss LiTia A., 5'. Braintree.
Wilder, Hattie W., South Acton.
WiJIcox, Rev. William H., Reading.
Williams, Miss Amelia P., Sunderland.
Williams, C. H. S., Concord.
Williams, Mrs. C. H. S., '<
Williams, Rev. fedward F., WhitinsviUe,
Williams, Miss Elizabeth C, Groton.
Williams, Miss Mary D., GretnJUld.
Williams, 8. H., Foxboro*.
Williams, Ephralm, Springfield.
Willis, Lnceba, Wayland.
Willis, Lucy Maria, **
Wilson, Rev. Thomas, Eaton^ //. Y.
Wilson, Mrs. E. P., "
Wing, John C, Lowell.
Wines, Rev. C. Maurice, Hartford, Ct.
Winslow, Pelhani, E. Abingion.
Winter, David Baker, Northbridge.
Winthrop, Robert C, Boston.
Wiswell, Mrs. Lizzie M., Chicago, III.
Wolcott, Mrs. Elizabeth, Peabody.
Wolcott, WlUlara, • ••
Woodbury, Simon J., Sutton.
Woo<l, Mrs. Abijah, lVestboro\
Wood, Cyrus K., Ashburnham.
Wood, Elizabeth C, Foxboro\
Wood, Miss Jane A., Grafton.
Woo<i, Joseph W., WhitinsvilU.
Wood, Mrs. E. S., **
Wood, Mrs. Samuel F., Chelmsford,
Wood, Mrs. Susan, Groton.
Wood, T. Dwlght, Westminster.
Wood, Theodore S., **
Woods, Austin Frank, New Braintree.
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, Boston.
Woods, Frederick R., N. E. Conf.
Woodward, Ebenezer, Newton.
Woodward, Miss Emily, Newton U. Falls.
Woodworth, Artemas B., Lowell.
Worcester, Miss Sallle, Brighton.
Wright, George L., MUtineague.
Wyman, Charles, Lancaster.
Wyman, Rufus, Boston.
Wyman, William G., Fitchburg.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Centreville, Conmgational church, ^9. 10
Falmouth, First Congregational church, 20.25
Yarmouth, First Congregational church, 32.12
$61.47
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Attleboro', Second Congregational ch. $30.13
Taunton, Westville Congregational ch. .50
#30.63
SS.SBX COUNTY.
Boxford, Second Congregational ch. $7. 10
Bradford, Congregational church, 5.00
Danvers, First church (2 l. m.) 40.00
Georgetown, First Congregational ch. 12.57
Orthodox Memorial church, 46-57
Groveland, Congrej^ational church, 7.00
Haverhill, North Congregational church, 20.00
Lawrence, Haverhill st. Methodist E. ch. 21.36
Lawrence st. Congregational church, 70.72
South Congregational church, 8.50
Alonzo C. Chadwick, (i l. m.) 20.00
W. Willey, Local Agent, 123.14
Ipswich, First Parish church, 18.14
Lynn, Central Conjjregational church, 29.55
Methuen, First Parish church, 20.07
W. Willey, Local Agent, 28.24
Newburyport, Whitefield Cong, church, 14.65
North Congregational church, 11.00
Prospect Congregational church, 14. 67
Belleville Congregational church, 74.13
Salem, Crombic st. Congregational ch.
(i L. M.) 54- » 7
South Congregational ch. (i L. M.) 95.25
Saugus, Congregational church, 9.54
Wenham, Congregational church, 7.19
West Newbury, Second Cong, church, 8. 50
Gloucester, Evangelical Cong, church,
(1 L. M.) 30.16
$797.22
FRANKLIN COU.VTY.
Ashfield, Congregational church,
Bemardston, Orthodox Cong, church,
Conway, Congregational church,
Greenfield, First Congregational church,
Second Congregational church.
Orange, Central Evangelical church,
Sunderland, Congregational church,
Whately, Congregational church,
Franklin Co. Bible Soc. on Book Acc't.
$S.o8
2.00
30.00
6.46
21.40
4-4»
12.94
$88.20
67.18
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Chicopee, Second Cong. ch. (2 l. m.) $41.27
Feeding Hills, Congregational church, 8.53
Holyoke, Methodist Episcopal church, 6.00
Longmeadow, Gentlemen's Benevolent
Association, 24.80
Ladies' Benevolent Association, 18.20
Monson, Congregational church, 21.77
Palmer, Second Congregational church, 8.44
Springfield, Olivet church, 27.45
West Springfield, Park street church, 30-00
Westfield, Second Congregational ch. 32.91
#219.37
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
North Amherst, Congregational church, $37.00
North Hadley, CongregationaU church, 10.20
Northampton, Florence Cong, church, 54*36
First Congregational church, 57. 19
Edwards church, 23.53
South Hadley Falls, Congregational ch. 27.80
First church, 26.60
Northampton, Dea. W. L Edwards, 7.70
$244.38
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Ashby, Congregational church, $4«5o
Auburndale, Conirregational church, 62.14
Concord, Union Bible Society, 98.00
South Framingham, Congregational ch. 34*oo
Holliston, Congregational church, 22.14
Littleton, Evangelical Cong, church, 8.25
Newton, Elliot church, 60.50
Newtonville, Congregational church, 28.17
West Newton, Second Cong, church, 45-55
Medford. Mystic church, 49-62
Saxonville, Congregational church, 21.4a
Methodist Episcopal chiirch, 3.00
Somcrville. Franklin street Cong, church, 14.39
Sudbury, Congregational church, 17.60
Townsend, Congregational church, 6.20
Waverly, Congregational church, 16.00
Westford, Congregational church, 2.00
Woburn, Congregational church, 54-00
Hopkmton, Congregational church, 29.11
Tewksbur>', Congre^'ational church, 21.25
$597.84
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Cohasset. Second Congregational ch. $i9-t7
Dedhain. .Allin Congregational church, 106.71
Franklin, First Congregational church, 10.81
Foxboro. Congregational church, 20.86
W. H. Judson, 2.00
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Holbrook, Winthrojp Cong. ch. (i l. m.) $51.05
E. £. Holbrook, 50.00
Hyde Park, First Congregational church, 12.35
Medway, Congregational church,
East Medway, Congregational church,
Norwood, First Cong. ch. (i l. m.)
Stoughton, First Congregational church,
South Weymouth, Second Congrega-
tional church, (i l. m.)
Union church,
Walpole, Congregational church.
26.11
22.00
22.77
3.60
ao.oo
5.00
11.66
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central sq. ch. (i l. m.) $24.25
Brockton, Porter Evangelical church, 20.87
Duxbury. Rev. B. Otheman, 10.00
Marshfield, First Congregational church, 15.86
Middleboro. First Congregational church, 11.63
Plympton, Congregational church, 2.40
Rockland, Congregational church, 50.00
$135.01
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Central Congregational church, $158.02
Old South, Congregational church, 126.47
South Boston, Philhps Cong, church,
Boston, S. D. Warren,
Baptist Bethel church,
Boston Highlands, Ger. M. E. church,
Dorchester, Village church,
Brighton, Evangelical Congregational ch
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch,
50.61
400.00
10.26
5.00
16.21
. 39-56
10.00
$816.13
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Barre, Evanj^lical Congregational ch. $13.52
Brookfield, Congregational ch. (i l. m.) 46.40
North Brookfield, 50.00
Clinton, First Evangelical church, 25.00
Fitchburg, Rollstone church, 12.00
Harvard, Congregational church, 29.00
Leominster, Congregational church, 3.50
Lunenburg, Congregational church, 2.00
Oxford, First Congregational church, 14.00
Uxbridge, EyangeTical Con^. church, 41.25
Westboro, First Congregational church, 85.70
Webster, First Congregational church, 16.00
Winchendon, North Congregational ch. 20.00
Whitinsville, Conj^egational church, 849.50
West Boylston, First Congregational ch. 7.56
Holden, Congregational church, 11.70
$1227.13
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
Boston, a friend, $1.00
Boston Highlands, a friend, 4.00
Campello, Calvin Hatch, 3.00
Chelsea, Kf iss Ann M. Dutch, 10.00
Conway, T. P. Field, ^ 2.00
Fryeburg, Me., Congregational church, 6.40
Great Fsdls, N. H., First Cong, church, 13.00
Hampden Co., Bible Soc. Int. Acc't. 13.20
Holbrook, yearly bequest of
E. N. Holbrook, ^ 200.00
Hadley, Mrs. T. S. Huntington, 1.00
New Eng. Conf. M. E. church. 439'65
Providence, Conf. M. E. church, 222.83
Rockland, S. M. Bailey, (i L. m.) 20.00
Sherborn, a friend, .50
Sudbury, a friend, 5.00
$941.58
COLLECTIONS.
By Rev. E. P. Sla/Ur, District SuperinUn-
dent for the A merican Bible Society.
St. Paul's church, Boston, $100.00
Rev. Samuel Cutler, 10.00
St. Paul's church, Brookline, 150.51
St. Matthew's church, South Boston, 21.00
St. James church, Boston Highlands. 49.50
St. Luke's church, Chelsea, 15.00
Grace church, Lawrence, 36.18
St. Andrew's church, Hanover, 26.00
Church of the Ascension, Ipswich, 9.00
Church of our Saviour, Longwood, 159*67
St. Paul's church, Dedhanu 30.00
St. James' church, North Cambridge, 10.00
Trinity church, a member, Boston, 5.00
Mr. Porter, Boston, 5.00
Miss Sarah Hemans, Boston, 5.00
Trinity church, Lenox, 40.00
$671.86
LEGACIES.
Sturbridge, estate of Maiy A. Bullock, $25.00
Whately, estate of Eliot C. Allis, 500.00
Northampton, estate of Eunice Wright, 339.50
Estate of Lydia Smith, 300.00
Craig Estate, 81.00
$124550
FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Soci-
ety, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum
of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the
Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and
policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel But-
ler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and individ-
uals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah
Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Bible Rooms of the Massachusetts Bible Society, 8 Beacon
Street, Boston. All the issues of the American Bible Society,
comprising upward of two hundred and fifty distinct volumes, are
sold at cost. Bibles and Testaments in some thirty different lan-
guages. Orders by Mail or otherwise.
E. Cutler, Agent,
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THB
PH$$itt|ii$ilb ^tltb ^umt^,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
MAY 27, 1878,
BRING THEIR
SIXTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON :
DEI^OSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET.
1878,
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OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1878-9.
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
Vice-Presidents.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER. Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy \V. CARTER, Hampden County.
Ho.N. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL. D., FrankHn County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY. Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq.. Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN. LL. D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Es<j., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HA WES, Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Trustees.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS, D. D.
Rbv. CHANDLER ROBBINS, D. D.
Rbv. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D. D.
Rbv. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D. D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D. D.
Rev. GEORGE F. PENTECOST.
Bishop RANDOLPH S. FOSTER, D. D.
Rbv. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rbv. E. S. ATWOOI).
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Es^j.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Es<.).
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Hon. JOHN P. PUTNAM.
Executive Committee.
TO WHOM APPUCATIONS ARE TO BB MADE FOR BIHLES.
Rev. John O. Means, Charles Henry Parker, and Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1878;
Hon. William Phillips,
Rev. John Pierce, D. D.
Hon. Samuel Greenleaf, LL. D.
Presidents.
1809—27 j Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL. D. . > 854— 59
1827—49 ' Hon. Samuel H. Walley, . 1859—78
«849— 54 I Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, . 1878
Vice-Presidents.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D. .
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D. .
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. .
Rev. John Codman, D. D. .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D.
Rev. NathM L. Frothmgham, D. D.
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D. D.
William C. Plunkett, Esq. .
Edward Southworth, Esq. .
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL. D.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq.
Charles P. Whitin, Esq.
Lee Claflin, Esq.
1809 — 16
1816—28
1828—44
1844-48
1848—49
1849—53
1853—61
1861 — 72
i86a
1862 — 70
1862 — 72
1862
1862
1862
1862 — 70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. .
James S. Amory, Esq. .
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL. D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq.
James B. Crocker, Esq.
E. S. Moseley, Esq.
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D. D
Hon. William Hyde, .
Hon. Timothy W. Carter, .
Hon. Milton M. Fisher,
Hon. John A. Hawes,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, .
1862-75
1862
1862—76
1862
186a
1862
1870—72
1871
1872
1872
1873
1875
1876
1878
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1809 — 13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, . 1813 — 17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. 181 7 — 18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1818—49
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849—53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1853
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles,
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
1809—28
•1828—30
1830—31
1831—3*
1832— 39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. . 1839 — 44
Rev. Wiiliam M. Rogers, . 1844 — 45
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. 1845—49
Rev. George Richards, 1849—52
Rev. Daniel Butler, 1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan, Esq.
Treasurers.
1809 — II I Henry Edwards, Esq.
181 1 — 12 George R. Sampson, Esq. .
1 812 — 35 Cliarles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835—49
1849—62
1862
Rev. William E. Channing, D.D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips,
Stephen Higginson, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D.
Charles Tappan, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D.
D.
D.
Executive Committees.
1809—18
1809 — 16
1809 — 15
1815—18
1816 — 30
1818—30
1821—35
1830 — 40
1832—35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
«835— 49
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
1840—49
Rev. George Richards,
1849—60
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
1849 — 62
Hon. Albert Fearing, .
1853—76
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
i860
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1862
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, .
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held in the rooms of the
Society, No. 8 Beacon Street, on Monday, May 27, at
10 o'clock, A; M., the Hon. Jacob Sleeper in the
chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., pre-
sented his Annual Report, which was read and
accepted.
The Sixty-Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees
was read and accepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
the coming year.
Adjourned.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Assembled at the Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society, our thoughts first of all revert
to the loss which the Society has sustained during the
year in the removal by death of its esteemed President,
the late Hon. Samuel Hurd Walley. A lineal de-
scendant of the first President, the venerable Phillips,
like him presiding over the Society for a period of
eighteen years, he ever manifested through his long
term of service an interest in this work, derived from
an honored and pious ancestry. Amid the engrossing
labors of a responsible financial position and the
pressure of impaired health, love to the Book and the
race it is commissioned to enlighten were the inspi-
ration of his cheerful and efficient labors. To the
friends of this charity who have preceded him in work
and in rest he has been joined, we doubt not, in the
companionship of just men made perfect in heaven.
During the year there have been issued from the De-
pository twenty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-
eight copies of the Scriptures. Of these one thou-
sand five hundred and twenty-six were in various
foreign languages. Eight thousand four hundred and
seventy copies were bestowed in charity, at a cost of
$2,441.60. Twenty-one thousand one hundred and
ninety-eight copies were sold. As usual, the largest
number of recipients has been found among the men
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of the sea, two thousand and forty-eight copies having
been distributed among them. These are now making
their way over the wide ocean, in their inspired teach-
ings fit representatives of Him who, when on earth,
often in the prosecution of his work encountered the
perils of the sea. This is a very important field for
the distribution of the Scriptures, and is, we believe,
faithfully cultivated. Nearly two thousand copies
have been circulated among the poor of this city, by
those appointed to labor among them. To mission
schools eight hundred and seventy-eight copies have
been given, while seventeen hundred and twenty-eight
copies have through various agencies been conveyed
to the poor in different parts of the State.
Early in the year a colporter canvassed the towns
of West Newbury, Merrimac, Salisbury and Amesbury
in Essex County. Twenty-six hundred and fifty-six
families were visited, two hundred and forty-one of
which were without the Scriptures. Of these forty-
three were Protestants. One hundred and ninety-
seven copies of the Scriptures were sold, four hun-
dred and seventy-three were given to the poor, and
seventy-nine destitute families were supplied.
A colporter has been employed for a portion of the
year in Hampshire County. He has visited two
thousand one hundred and thirty-nine families, ninety
of which were without the Scriptures. Four hundred
and ninety-three copies of the Scriptures were sold, and
one hundred and nineteen were given to the destitute.
For a little more than three months a colporter has
been employed in this city. His time was spent
among those who are largely oppressed with material
want, and the sorer famine of the Word. Among the
more than twenty-five hundred families visited, the
time to a large extent was occupied in reading the
Scriptures and in endeavoring to awaken an interest
in the truths they unfold. To three hundred and
fifty-five destitute families some portion of the Script-
ures was given. In the extreme poverty of the people
little was effected in the way of sales, only thirty
being thus disposed of out of the four hundred and
ninety copies distributed.
Experience has abundantly shown the benefits of a
thorough distribution of the Scriptures among the
people at intervals of a few years. By this means the
poor, " always with us," are sought out and supplied.
To the young it affords an opportunity, often im-
proved, of purchasing their first Bible. Not a few
individuals are found who by advancing age are quite
unable to read the Bibles in their possession. . Such a
work awakens an increased interest in the study of
the Scriptures, and not unfrequently an abiding recep-
tion of the message they convey. The time has more
than come when this work should be performed in
many portions of our Commonwealth, and we ear-
nestly hope that the means may be furnished by the
friends of the Bible for its prosecution.
The receipts of the Society, including the income
from its invested funds — which are largely the gift of
Mr. Thomas W. Durant, and for which an annuity is
due during his life — have been as follows : From do-
nations and legacies, $11,831.96; from the sale of
Bibles and Testaments, $8,541.77 ; return of bank tax
from the State, $762.66 ; interest and dividends, $8,-
771.77; cash on hand at the beginning of the year,
$4,330.77 ; amounting to $34,288.93. The expendi-
tures have been for Bibles and Testaments, $12,194.54 ;
salaries and colportage, $4,645.59; donations to the
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American Bible Society, $3491.25; Thos. W. Durant,
$450; rent, taxes, and fixtures in the Depository,
$1,101.04; Annual Report and Sermon, $179.27;
invested to provide for annuity, $8,967.72 ; postage,
freight, wrapping paper, etc., $772.92; cash on hand,
$2,486.60.
The American Bible Society, with a reduced income,
reports an increase in the number of copies printed
and in the amount of its charitable work, which ex-
ceeds the sum of two hundred and fifty-nine thousand
dollars. Four hundred and twenty-nine thousand
families, scattered over the States of our Union, are
reported as having been visited during the year, forty-
six thousand of which have been supplied. Ninety
thousand dollars in cash have been expended upon
work abroad, besides twenty thousand copies of the
Scriptures sent from this country. A missionary
writes from Constantinople : " It is utterly impossible
to supply enough Bibles and Testaments for the de-
mand of the Russian army. Mr. Bliss sends box after
box to Adrianople, as fast as he can get them from
Europe, and a box is almost always sold off within
forty-eight hours. The soldiers seem ready to pay
anything for the books. God grant his blessing to
this seed-sowing." One hundred and ten persons
have been employed abroad in the distribution of
the Scriptures, and their enlarged circulation at home
and abroad is both a cause and an effect of the im-
provement so widely manifested in our world.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports a
year of unusual activity. The war recently waged in
the East has created facilities for the circulation of the
Scriptures, which the Society has not failed to im-
prove. At the last accounts more than one hundred
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and sixty thousand Bibles and Testaments had been
sold or given to soldiers in the Russian army, and the
distribution had been far greater, but for the inability
to transport the books. Over a wide extent of the
inhabited world, and in most of the languages and
dialects now spoken, it has circulated not far from
three millions of copies of the Scriptures.
The sacred writer, looking with prophetic eye down
the ages, declares, " I saw another angel fly in the midst
of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach
unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue, and people." What he saw
in vision is rapidly becoming apparent to our sight.
For nothing is our age more distinguished than for
the wide and ever widening diffusion of divine truth.
Since the commencement of the present century the
versions of the Bible have increased from fifty-four to
two hundred and fifty-seven ; and by individual and
associated effort is the divine message borne, with the
rapidity of an angel's flight, to the nations. The time
cannot be distant when the truths of revelation in
their own language shall be made known to all the
people inhabiting our world.
In obedience to the Master s command we engage
in this work, a work which will not cease till every
family over the broad earth shall possess the oracles
of God.
ANNUAL ADDRESS,
By rev. a J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D.,
OF PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Bible Societies are something more than convenient channels
for the wide distribution of the Holy Scriptures. They represent
and proclaim the common settled faith of our churches as to the
legitimate place occupied by the Bible in our literature, and in the
civilization of which that literature is only the expression and the
exponent.
Our platform commits us to the defense of the Bible against
three classes of opponents : Against the atheist or the deist, who
calls in question the necessity and the possibility of an authorita-
tive revelation from God; against the rationalist, who refuses to
entertain the denial of the atheist or the doubt of the deist, but
who insists that every revelation from God to man, both as to its
form and contents, must authenticate itself to human reason ; and,
finally against the Romanist, who breaks faith with the atheist and
deist and the rationalist, but who maintains that it is neither wise
nor safe to encourage a universal study of the Holy Scriptures, in-
asmuch as so high and holy an oracle demands a compactly-formed
organization of skillful interpreters.
In the face of these three classes of opponents we maintain the
authenticity, the plenary authority, and the perspicuity or the uni-
versal intelligibility of that revelation which God has made unto
men in the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments.
We insist, first of all, on the fact of a divine revelation. And
we insist upon it on the a priori ground of the antecedent proba-
bility, nay, the moral certainty that such a disclosure of the Divine
Will as the human heart preeminently longs for will be given to
man. The only rational cosmogony is that which leads us to the
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acceptance of the philosophy of a personal God, which, through
the operation of what are called " efficient causes," conducts us to
recognize the sovereignty of " final causes," until we come to con-
sider the entire universe as simply the organ for the expression and
the execution of the Holy Will of the Living God. The current
scepticism of our day, touching miracles, providence and prayer,
grows out of a crude, mechanical, hard, unspiritual philosophy of
the universe. It is materialism in disguise ; and with bated breath
its advocates seek to strike out of our common phraseology those
three great words, and the marvelous thoughts they represent,
**Soul," "Moral Law," "God." Start with either of these three
great verities and you are inevitably conducted to the other two,
and you are sure to undermine and to overwhelm all sceptical
speculations ; for these speculations are based upon an insufficient
and hasty induction from the facts of human consciousness, and
the facts of human observation and experience. We may call into
the service of our argument the logical law of supply and demand,
or the logical law of harmony — for the two are one and the same
thing.
Passing through the entrance-doors of your Museum, not far away
from here, you will see, on the right hand and on the left, great
slabs upon which are fossil footprints. Your naturalist will take a
photograph of those fossil footprints, and will be able to construct
very speedily and very accurately the form of the animal, now-
extinct. He will do more than that ; by a study of its anatomy,
and of its internal organization, he will conduct you, with infalli-
bility of argument, to the period during which and the zone in
which that animal lived, and will even tell you the food that it
devoured. And he does all this by a rigid adherence to the law of
harmony ; by assuming the logical postulate that everywhere and
always organization and condition face and supplement each other.
You do not find alligators amid the burning sands of the Lybian
desert ; nor do you find camels beneath the torrid sun of humid
Brazil. Organization and condition always supplement each other.
And with the same infallibility of argument are we conducted from
a study of man's native organization, the secret, irrepressible gravi-
tation of his being, to the zone that he inhabits and to the supply
that alone is able to meet the demands of his nature. Prove to
me that man cares for nothing but those things that supply his ma-
terial necessities, that his entire being is satisfied if you give him
food and shelter, and the argument is conclusive that he is a.deni-
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zen only of the material creation. But prove to me that he has a
conscience, prove to me that he makes moral distinctions, that he
discerns intuitively that betwixt .star and star there rolls no such
distance as there rolls between the right and the wrong, and I
prove to you, by that very analysis and by that very confession,
that he is the subject of moral government — that he stands in
personal relation to the living God, without whom moral law and
moral government are utterly inconceivable.
Now, nothing is so characteristic of man, as distinguishing him
from the merely sentient creation, as the deep-seated, powerful pas-
sion to know what lies behind ordinary observation — to know what
are the forces that pulse and throb beneath and behind the spheres
that touch upon the senses. The animal lives in the present and
lives for the present. Man's mental life moves in the atmosphere
of the past and the present and the future. There is in the very
structure and in the movements of his thought an element of in-
finity, by which he breaks away from all the limitations of time, and
dwells in the illimitable past and in the endless eternities to come.
Your horse is perfectly content if he has a good stall, if he has
plenty of hay and oats and water — if you treat him kindly. He
does not ask how horses fared before him. He does not care what
becomes of horses when they die. But a man is not satisfied with
eating and drinking and sleeping and dying — not even in his
childhood. He asks about the past, he inquires about the future.
He is busy in his secret thoughts with the questions of his origin,
the meaning of his present existence, and his destiny. These are
the thoughts that stir him always. Hence the charm of history to
all men ; to know how men lived and toiled before we came into
existence. This, too, is the secret of that power which magic,
in all its forms, has always exercised among men — in the form
of astrology or sooth-saying, fortune telling or spiritualism. Men
have studied the courses of the stars; they have examined the
entrails of victims that have been offered in sacrifice ; they have
watched the flight of the birds ; they have sought to organize a
science of necromancy — communing with the spirits of the de-
parted ; they have spent time, money and energy, freely and
lavishly — because there is in the human heart an irrepressible,
insatiable passion to know what lies in the heart of the future.
That passion, friends, in some way must be gratified. If men turn
away from the oracles of God, there spring into existence lying
oracles to which they will pay their devotions. When Saul turned
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away from the living God he sought out the witch of Endor ; and
the sudden rebound from the boldest and the most blasphemous
atheism to the grossest superstition has been a frequent historical
occurrence, and is one of the most marvelous and significant of men-
tal and moral phenomena. Some oracle men will have and must
have ; and it may be said that a man is no longer a man when he
can honestly say that he cares not what becomes of him when he
dies.
Now we argue from the logical law of harmony, or of supply and
demand, that the questions which man asks by the irrepressible
pressure of his being, the questions that he asks notwithstanding
the disquietude and the pain that they cause him, the questions
whose continued recurrence gives to philosophy all its charm and
to the history of the world all its moral majesty, must receive
authoritative answer. The inquisitive soul points to the answering
oracle. And so the argument conducts us, not merely to the possi-
bilit}', not merely to the probability, but to the moral certainty of
an authoritative revelation of the will of God to man. If the child
be seeking the Father, and if amid all its wanderings its cry is still
for Him, it is orfly because the Father is seeking the child, and be-
cause that seeking of the Father's heart is the supreme law of the
universe. And having thus cleared the ground, the evidence is
abundant and accumulative that the Bible contains a satisfactory
reply to all the deepest questions of the human heart.
But we insist, in the second place, on the plenary authority of
this revelation of God's Will in his Holy Word. The original, the
eternal, the immutable Word is none other than Jesus Christ, the
Son of God and the Son of Man — the God-Man, *'in whom dwelt
all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." That, I take it, is the
central truth of our common Christianity. And from the fact of
the Incarnation we deduce inevitably and infallibly the doctrine of
plenary inspiration. If Christ be what he claimed to be, and what
the Church has always acknowledged him to be, then an appeal to
the Scriptures on which He hath set the seal of His endorsement,
must be ultimate. We cannot go beyond it. The fact of the In-
carnation settles the question of the plenary authority of the Scrip-
tures of the Old and the New Testaments. You may still dispute
about verbal, or mechanical and dynamic inspiration. Your theo-
logical terminology may be all unsettled ; the postulate remains
that, in the last appeal, the reason of man must bow to the Word
of God, and not the Word of God to the reason of man.
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A great deal has been said recently about " the authority of our
moral intuitions." The Word of the Lord Jesus Christ, friends,
is infinitely more authoritative than the moral intuitions of the
whole race — fallen in sin as that race is — for the same reason
that the testimony of one man who sees clearly is worth a great
deal more than the surmises of ten thousand men who are blind, or
whose vision is dimmed. The authority of Jesus Christ then is
greater, in the nature of things, than possibly can be the moral
intuitions of a race that has been blinded by reason of its sinful-
ness. For one, I confess that I am old-fashioned enough not to
believe, as some intimate, that the doctrines of our common
Christianity in these days are passing through serious revision.
They have been in the crucible from the beginning until now, and
no hysterical protests, on this side of the Atlantic or the other,
will subvert the Truth of God ; that is more settled than the ever-
lasting hills. There is a great deal of nonsense, as the venerable
Dr. Hodge, of Princeton, intimated recently, about all the talk as
to the "currents of modern thought." There is a great deal of
mental agitation in our day. There has always been mental agi-
tation. So long as men think there will be agitation ; just as the
surface of the great sea is never at rest, but is lashed into gigantic
waves by the merest breath that passes over it. But the fiercest
storm that leaps with its thunderbolts out of the blackest sky upon
the surface of the Atlantic does not so much as send a tremor
through the solid globe on which we stand, or render insecure, for
even a moment, the great universe of which we are a part. Agita-
tions there will be ; but the Truth of God is forever firm, and will
be triumphant even to the enc}. And we ought to have a great deal
more faith in the government of God than we have alarm at the
agitations that go on about us, or at the currents of modern
thinking.
Now this is not to set Reason and the Bible over against each
other, as if they were antagonistic. It is simply reminding our-
selves that the human reason is a very partial and a veiy fallible
thing — that the reason of man needs a teacher. Of course, men
ought to be guided by reason — always guided by reason ; but
whose reason, pray tell me ? There are infinite heights and depths,
and endless gradations, in reason. God's Word addresses itself to
my intelligence ; and only so much of this Word as I understand
\s> practically authoritative to me. It must "find me," as Coleridge
said ; the Word outside of me must be reproduced and authenti-
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cated in my personal experience. But is my present apprehension
of the Truth of God the standard by which every utterance of the
Divine Will is to be measured ? Am I omniscient ? Am I infal-
lible ? Am I sure that I have sounded all the seas, scaled all the
high summits, and swept over all the continents- of truth? Am I
omniscient ? So long as I am not omniscient I ought to be a very
modest man. I ought not to sit in judgment upon the declarations
of Infinite Wisdom and of Infinite Power.
I am certain of one thing, friends — and my conviction gathers
force from the whole broad sweep of intellectual progress — that in
the end the purified, disciplined intellect of man will walk hand in
hand with the utterances of prophets and apostles, and of Him
whose authorized representatives they are. But it is well for us to
remember who is the pupil and who is the teacher. It is not the
Bible that is to bow to human reason, but it is human reason that
is to bow to the Bible. In the person of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and in the persons of His authorized and commissioned representa-
tives, the highest, holiest reason speaks to us, and in the name of
reason we stand with uncovered heads and with docile tempers
before these teachers sent from God.
I conclude by noting that we insist, not only on the authenticity
and the plenary authority of the Holy Scriptures, but also on their
perspicuity, or universal intelligibility, and that this commits us to
the wide distribution of the Bible. I need not detain you on this
point. More important than light and pure air and plenty of sun-
shine to the physical health of a community is the wide-spread
living knowledge of the Word of God, to secure social peace and
permanent commercial prosperity. The living knpwledge of the
Word of God is our surest defense against all the evils that threaten
us in State and in Church. Communism never can become practi-
cally dangerous, so long as the thought of a people is dominated
by the truths of the Word of God. " Mexicanism " in government
will be speedily frowned down if only the public conscience once
masters and is mastered by the doctrines set forth in the thirteenth
chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans ; and Romanism we need
not fear, though we are called constantly to watch against it, so
long as this Book is left us in our vernacular tongue, and so long
as ten thousand presses are busy every day, the wide world round,
in scattering copies of the Scriptures of the Old and the New Tes-
taments.
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There is a curious legend of a king against whose life there was
a secret conspiracy. The story runs that an enchanted cup was
placed in his hands, filled with the richest and the most fragrant of
wines, but holding, in invisible solution, the fatal poison. As that
cup was poised in his hand he made over it the mystic sign of the
cross, and spoke over it the Word of God. It shivered in his grasp.
Friends, the true antidote to all the evils that beset us, all the
dangers that threaten us, is the Word of God living in the heart,
whether of the man or of the nation. The secret, subtle power of
that Word, quickened into life and fruitage by the ever-present,
always-operating Spirit, will check and overthrow all schemes of
wicked conspiracy. " He that dwelleth in the secret place of the
Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Thou
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow
that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness,
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Because thou
hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy
habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague
come nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the Com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a Plan for carrying into
effect the object of this Association ; which, being read from the
Chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with
one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows ; viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhab-
iting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergy
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall,
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less than two
dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the Treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining
a member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direc-
tion of the Committee appointed to report a plan for the organiza-
tion of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained,
notice shall be given by the Committee, and also of the time and
place of the meeting of the Society.
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4- The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer,
Corresponding Secretar}', and a Recording Secretary, who shall
continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until suc-
cessors are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen
other members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom
six shall be clerg}'men and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a
Board of Trustees.
5. The Trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the President,
Treasurer, or Recording Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a Committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of the
books procured with it, subject and according to such regulations
and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Trus-
tees at any meeting held on public notice given as aforesaid ; and
the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in his hands to the order of the
said Committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an Act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purp>oses
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or
Recording Secretary', to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, the Trustees
petitioned the General Court, and obtained the following Act of
Incorporation.
ACT OF INCORl^ORATION.
(Commonwcaltli of PajSijSiarhUjSiettj^.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate the
Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches of New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section, i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate andHonse of Repre-
sentatives^ in General Court assetnbled^ and by authority of the same, That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D.,the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purposes aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of lands and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other propert}', to be used
and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars^
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall sec fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted^ That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers prfnted
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap*
proved by the Governor ^ Feb, /j, 18 jo.
(Sommotturealth of PaietjSiarhuieKtfjet.
In the year Ei.^htccn Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives^ in General
Court assembled^ and by the authority of the same^ as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not
been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor^ Feb. 2j, iS6j,
BY-LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 1851, the follow-
ing By-Laws were adopted.
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its Act of
Incorporation ; namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary con-
tribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of
the version in common use in the churches in Xew England, for
distribution among all persons inhabiting within the State and else-
where, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot
be conveniently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clerg}'man, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signify-
ing his request in writing to that effect to the Recording Secretary,
who shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become mem-
bers, in a book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the Treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the Treasurer not less than
twenty dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the
Society for life, and shall be so enrolled by the Recording Sec-
retary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, fourteen Vice-
Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treas-
urer, and eighteen Trustees, and an Auditor. The President,
Vice-Presidents, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, and
Treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees,
and the Recording Secretary shall be the recording officer of that
Board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the Annual
Meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees; and he, and also the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries and
Treasurer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such offi-
cers respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The Trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the Act of In-
corporation is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the
duties of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all
funds and donations, and generally have and possess all the power
and authority vested by the Act aforesaid in the Society. It shall
be their duty, however, at every Annual Meeting, to make and lay
before the Society a particular Report of all their doings, with all
such documents and vouchers as may be asked for by any member;
and such Report shall be had and considered before the Society
shall proceed to the choice of Trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the Recording Secretary at least seven days before the holding
thereof, by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
Trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspa-
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pers published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at
such meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as
they may direct or as the President may at any time call. Five
Trustees shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The Trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an Executive Committee, a Com-
mittee on Agencies, and a Committee on the Depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The Executive Committee shall have the management of the
funds, and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with
them ; the Committee on Agencies shall have the direction of all
matters connected with the agencies of the Society, the appoint-
ment of all agents, subject to the approval of the Trustees, and the
defining of their respective duties ; the Committee on the Deposi-
tory shall have the management of all matters conneqted with the
Society's Depository for the sale of Bibles — all of said Commit-
tees at all times, however, to be subject to the direction and control
of the Trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-Laws may be repealed or aniended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote
of a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-MEMBERS.
Each Life-Member of this Society shall be allowed to receive
from the Depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles
and Testaments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order; and they can be issued only
for the current, not iox past years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Centreville, CotiKTegational church, $7.15
Falmouth, First Con^egational church, 21.75
Yarmouth, Congregational church, 30 80
BRISTOL COUNTV.
Attleboro*, Second Congregational ch.
(2 L. M.}
Falls Village, Congregational ch.
Mansfield, Congregational church,
Norton, of which ^20 is from Mrs. E.
B. Wheaton to const. Rev. N. G.
Dean, l. m.
Taunton, West Congregational church,
Winslow, Congregational church,
Wcsthampton, Congregational church,
$59.70
$81.87
9-75
7-79
41.00
12.00
11.71
7-78
$171.90
ESSEX COUNTY.
Andover, North Conjjregational church, $15.00
South Congregational church, 20.00
West Congregational church, 18.00
Free Congregational church, i3-3o
Bradford, First Congregational church, 3900
Boxford, First Congregational church, 12. iK
Second Congregational church, 6.12
Danvers, Maple St. Cong, church, iS.fn)
Essex, First Congregational church, 22.36
Georgetown, Orthodox Memorial ch. 21.64
Gloucester, Congregational church, 22.89
Groveland, Congregational church, 8.5S
Hamilton, Congregational church, 11.60
Ipswich, First Congregational church, 20,35
Lawrence, I*awrence Street church, 18.51
South Congregational church, 8.57
Lynn, First Congregational church, 20.14
Lynfield, Congregational church, 5.17
West Newburj', Congregational church, 5.00
Newburyport, Whitfield Cong, church, 7,00
Belleville, Congregational church, 72.50
Salem, South Congregational church, 45-50
Topsfield, Cong, church, (i l. .m.) 27,50
West Newbury, Second church, 10.00
$549.60
FRANKUN COUNTV.
Buckland, Congregational church,
Conway,
Greenfield. Second Cong, church,
First Congregational church,
Shelbume Falls, Congregational church,
Shutesbury, Congregational church,
Sunderland, Congregational church.
^7-45
36.85
59-^5
9.08
4.33
1. 00
1. 00
$119.36
HAMPDEN COUNTV.
I..ongmeadow Ladies Benev. Assoc $18.05
Monson, Congregational church, • 14.49
Palmer. Second church, 10.17
Springfield, Olivet church, 14.14
Memorial church, 30.48
Westfield, Second church, >7-9»
Wilbraham, Congregational church, 15-25
$120.49
HAMPSHIRE COUNTV.
North Amherst, Congregational church, $40.67
North Hadley, Congregational churchi 7.55
Hatfield, Congregational church, 57'Oo
Middlefield, Congregational church, 20.57
$125.79
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton. Congregational church,
Arlington, Congregational church,
Ashby, Congregational church,
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim church,
Conc<)rd, Union Bible Si>ciety. (2 l. m.)
Groton, Union Congregational church,
Hopkinton, Congre^tional church,
Littleton, Congregational church,
Lowell, John bt. Cong, church,
Naticlc, First Congregational church,
Pepperell, Congregational church,
SaxonviUe, Edwards Cong, church.
Sherbom, Ladies* Benev. Assoc. (1 l. M.
Stoneham, Congregational church.
Tewksbury. Congregational church,
Waverley, Con^egational ch, (1 l. m.)
Waltham. Trinitarian Cong. ch.
Town&end Harbor, Cong, church.
$3.00
39-32
4.00
16.94
96.00
36,10
35-2i
7.58
21.87
4400
33.60
17.00
) 20.00
10.50
24.00
29.05
6.75
$468.05
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Franklin Co. Bible Soc.
on Book Acc't. $96.43
Cohasset, Second Congregational ch.
Fr>xborough, Congregational churcli,
Franklin, Congregational church,
Hingham, Evangelical Cong, church,
HolUston, Congregational cnurch.
$15.56
38.26
10.94
3-50
".50
Holbrook, Winthrop Congregational ch. 14.00
East Med way. Congregational church, 13.60
Quincy, Evangelical Cong, church,
Randolph, First Congregational ch.
Welleslev, Congregational church,
L. Ff. Horton,
Weymouth, First Congregational ch.
North Weymouth, Pilgrim church,
South Weymouth, Second ch. (1 l. m.)
Weymouth and Braintree, Cong, church, 23.00
Wrentham, Congregational church, 21.40
20.00
77.00
7.21
X0.00
16.20
10.00
20.00
>3»3.i7
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridftewater, Central Square Cone. ch. $25.35
Brockton, Porter Evang. Cong, church, 14.65
Campello, Congregational church, 37->°
Duxbury, Rev. B. Otheman, 5.00
Hanover, First Congregational church, 2.00
Rockland, Congregational church, 5o.cx>
$134.00
SUFFOLK QPI'NTV.
Boston, Old South church,
Shawmut Congregational church.
South Boston, Phillins Cong, church,
Dorchester District, Village church,
Boston, Union Temple church.
Baptist Bethel church,
WORCBSTBK COUNTY.
$98.84
95.78
4K.60
13.33
20.00
6.70
$283.25
Blackstone, Congregational church, $20.00
North Brookfield, t irst Cong, church,
(1 i»M.) 50.00
West Brookfield, Congregational ch. 18.00
Dana, North Congregational church, i.oo
Gardner, First O>ngregational church, 24.97
Harvard, Congregational church, 1.25
Lancaster, Congregational church, 20.35
Leominster, Orthodox Cong, church, 1.25
North Congregational church, 6.50
Leicester, First Congregational church, 10.00
Lunemburg, Congregational church, 1.75
Oxford, First Congregational church, 18.27
Sutton, First Con^egatiimal church, 22.85
Royalston, First Gcmgregational church, 86.50
South, A Friend, ^ 1.00
West Bojrlston, Congregational church, 6.00
Whitinsville, Congregational church, 767.50
WinchendoUj North Cong, church, 14.61
Weslboro', Lvaiv^. Cong, church, 81.54
Uxbridge, First Evang. Cong, church, 30.00
Upton, First Congregational church, 10.00
?i»93.34
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
Boston, Mrs. Geo. Curtis, $100.00
S. D. Warren, 200.00
Edwin H. Sampson, 20.00
A Friend, 1,00
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, 10.00
Edgartown, G. G. 2.00
Hampden, Benev. Assoc. Int. Acc*t. 6.15
N. £. Conference, M. E. church, 354-26
Providence Conference, M. E. church, 199.50
East Maine Conference, M. E. church, 186.32
Holbrook, yearly bequest of £. N.
Holbrook, 200.00
Holbrook, yearly bequest of E. E. H. 50.00
Amesbury, W. Willey, Local Agent, 12.83
Merrimack, W. Willey. Local Agent, 38.41
West Newbury, W. Willey. I.ocal Ag»t. 16.11
Westmoreland, N. H. Mrs. M. E. W.
Cole, 4.70
$1401.27
COLLECTIONS.
The foHotkfing sums Aavr hten received frotn
Protestant Ef>iscop€U churches andf&r'
warded to the A m. Bible Society.
Trinity Church, Boston,
Emanuel church, Boston,
St. Paul's church, Boston,
Church of our Saviour, Longwood,
$772.25
285.00
203.00
154.00
$1413.25
LEGACIES.
Boston, A Fiicnd, (1 L. M.)
Hingham Estate of Hon. Albert Fear-
ing, Specific legacy 5 Shares I.a'.v-
reiice Duck Co., par value per share
$1,000.
Wevmouth, Wm. T. Brigham, Exec,
ot estate of Susan Tufts,
Balance from Craig Estate,
$279.18
5000.00
100.00
«5.39
$5394.57
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Soci-
ety, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum
of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the
Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and
policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel But-
ler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and indi-
viduals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah
Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
E. Cutler, Agmt.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
||3$$3t|ti$tib ^lib ^0tbl^,
AT THEIR ANxVUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
MAY 26, 1879,
BBING THEIR
SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON :
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1879.
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OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1879-80.
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.,
Vice-Presidents.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HAWES, Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., BarnsUble County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D.D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Rsv. JOHN O. MEANS, D. D.
Rkv. chandler ROBBINS, D.D.
Rbv. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D.D.
Rkv. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D.D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D. D.
Rbv. GEORGE F. PENTECOST.
Bishop RANDOLPH S. FOSTER, D. D.
Rbv. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rbv. E. S. ATWOOD.
Trustees.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Es^.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esg.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Hon. JOHN P. PUTNAM.
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Executive Committee.
to whom applications are to bb madb fob biblbs.
Rev. John O. Means, Charles Henry Parker, and Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1879.
Hon. William Phillips,
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Hon. Samuel Greenleaf, LL.D.
Pretidentt.
1809-27
1827-49
1849-54
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D. . 1854-59
Hon. Samuel H. Walley, . . 1859-78
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D., 1878
Vice-PreaidenU.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D.
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. .
Rev. John Codman, D. D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D. D.
William C. Plunkett, Esq.
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq. .
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL.D
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles P. Whitin, Esq. .
Lee Claflin, Esq.
1809-16
1816-38
1828-44
1844-48
1848-49
1849-53
1853-61
1861-72
1S62
1862-70
1862-72
1862
1862
1862
1862-70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. ,
James S. Amory, Esq.
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq. .
E. S. Moseley, Esq.
Charles A. Jessup, Esq. .
Hon. William Qaflin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.
Hon. William Hyde,
Hon. Timothy W. Carter,
Hon. Milton M. Fisher, .
Hon. John A. Hawes,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper,
1863-75
1862
1862-76
1862
1862
i86a
1870-72
1871
1872-78
187a
1873
1875
1876
1878
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, . 1809-13
Rev. Samuel C. Thacher, . 1813-17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. . . 1817-18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 181^49
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849-53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. . 1853
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor,
Rev. James D. Knowles, .
Rev. William Jcnks, D. D.
1809-28
182&-30
1830-31
1831-32
i><32-39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Rev. William M. Rogers,
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Rev. George Richards,
Rev. Daniel Butler, .
1839-44
1844-45
1845-49
1849-52
1853
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher,
John Tappan, Esq. .
Treasurers.
1809-11
l8ll-12
1812-35
Henry Edwards, Esq.
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835-49
1849-62
1863
Executive Committees.
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips, .
Stephen Higginson, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. .
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D.
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
1809-18
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
1818-30
1821-35
1830-40
1832-35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D
Henry Edwards, Elsq.
Rev. George Richards,
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing,
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper,
1835-49
1840-49
1849-60
1849-63
1853-76
i860
1862
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Massachu-
setts Bible Society was held in the Chapel of the Old
South Church, on Monday, May 26, at 3 o'clock, P. M.,
the Hon. Robert C. Wu»jthrop, LL.D., in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., pre-
sented his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Seventieth Annual Report of the Trustees was
presented, and it was moved that the reading be deferred
till the public meeting.
The officers of the Society were then elected for the
coming year.
Adjourned.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The record of the past year differs but little from
that of previous years. As hitherto, by individual and
associated effort, the ever-occurring destitution of the
Scriptures has in numerous instances been ascertained
and supplied, and the number of books sold exceeds that
of the year previous by nearly two thousand copies.
This increase has occurred mainly among the cheaper
varieties, the new twenty-five cent Bible and the five cent
Testament having been largely called for. Indeed, by
far the largest number of books sold at the Depository
are of the cheaper kinds, such as are within the easy
reach of all but the extremely poor.
During the year, there have been issued from the
Depository thirty-one thousand one hundred and sixty-
two copies of the Scriptures; of which number seven
hundred and thirty-eight copies were in various foreign
languages. Twenty thousand and thirty-nine were sold.
Eleven thousand one hundred and twenty-three were
bestowed in charity, at a cost of $2,578.77. Through
sailors' chaplains and other friends of the seamen, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight were given to
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the men of the sea. One thousand two hundred and
fifty-six copies were distributed among the poor of this
city; seven hundred and sixty-three to mission schools;
to public institutions, six hundred and thirty-one; to
destitute persons in Massachusetts, four thousand six
hundred and two; to the destitute in other States, eight
hundred and ninety-one.
A colporter was employed for a portion of the year
in Hampshire East. He visited eight hundred and
ninety-eight families, and sold and bestowed in charity
one thousand and twelve volumes.
The towns of Blandford, Russell, Montgomery, Tol-
land, East and West Granville, in Hampden West, have
been canvassed by the resident pastors, with such assist-
ance as they could gain from their people. Uniform
testimony is borne by them to the happy effects of this
work. It has afforded to pastors a pleasant introduction
to families not accustomed to attend public worship, and
thus created an impression that this is a part of the
aggressive work demanded of each local church in
behalf of the community around it. "I find," writes
one of these pastors, "the greatest destitution among
the youth. When a child is able to read, it should have
its own Bible. It has occurred to me that each church
should have a depository, where children can be fur-
nished with a Bible when able to read it. Sure am I
that our churches are bound to see that the families
among whom they are located are furnished with the
Word of Life."
The towns of Carlisle and Chelmsford, in Middlesex
County, have been visited, and among the five hundred
and sixty families comprised in these towns, two hundred
and forty-six copies of the Scriptures were sold and
given away.
The towns of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Plymp-
ton, and Brockton, in Plymouth County, have been can-
vassed by a colporter. Among the four thousand and
ninety-three Protestant families visited, one hundred and
seventy-eight were without the Scriptures, and with two
exceptions were supplied. Six hundred and seven copies
were sold, and eight hundred and four were given to
the poor. Twenty-five Roman Catholic families accept-
ed the gift of a Bible.
For five months a colporter has labored in this city.
His visits, amounting to over three thousand, have been
largely among those whose hard earthly lot is but faintly
reached by the hallowing influence of Divine Truth.
To these he has read and explained those portions of
the Word especially adapted to their condition, and
with many of them has sought in prayer the blessing of
God. To these weary pilgrims through a wilderness
unrelieved by the anticipation of a promised land be-
yond, it has been his happiness to speak of One who
pities and forgives, and through whose help they may
find deliverance from the habits that enslave them.
None but the most ignorant and the intemperate have
refused to hear the Scriptures read, and their power to
interest the lowest form of humanity is abundantly man-
ifested. Our colporter has been particularly encouraged
by the reformation, a few months since, of a very intem-
perate man, through the reading of a copy of the
Scriptures which he had given him. To five hundred
and sixty-three destitute families he has given portions
of the Bible.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
From the sale of Bibles and Testaments, $7,936.70;
from donations and legacies, $11,111.39; income from
general fund, subject to an annuity and interest on
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accumulations of the same, $9,545.41; cash on hand at
the beginning of the year, $2486.60. The expenditures
have been: For Bibles and Testaments, $10,516.77; do-
nations to the American Bible Society, $4,279; salaries
and colportage, $4,746.87; to Thos. W. Durant, $500;
assessment of Lawrence Duck Co., $1,666.67; rent,
freight, postage, printing, insurance, advertising, fuel,
gas, stationery, etc., $1,226.57.
The American Bible Society, with which our own is
connected as an auxiliary, reports an income, from dona-
tions and from the sale of Bibles, of over $462,000 —
being an increase of over $15,000 above the receipts of
the previous year. The amount expended in gratuitous
work reaches the large sum of over $263,000. Of this
amount $110,000 was in cash appropriations to the work
in foreign lands, besides thirty-four thousand five hun-
dred and twenty copies of the Scriptures sent from this
country. Six missionaries, employed in translating the
Scriptures, have been supported in whole or in part.
The translation of the Bible into the Turkish language,
upon which the labor of many years has been bestowed,
is now completed, and the Scriptures are thus made
accessible to the millions speaking this language. In
Japan, the translation of the New Testament has been
carried on, and will, it is hoped, be finished the present
year. In China, the version now in general use has
been revised, and portions of the Scriptures have been
translated into several dialects. Tours of exploration
have been made in Egypt, Greece, Syria, Persia, and the
Caucasus. The preparation and distribution of the
Scriptures in foreign lands are assuming larger propor-
tions each year, in connection with missionary labor
and by its own independent agency. One hundred and
thirty-nine colporters have been employed abroad, and
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two hundred and thirty-eight thousand copies of the
Scriptures put in circulation. At home one hundred
and seventeen colporters have been employed, princi-
pally in the Southern States. They have visited four
hundred and forty-five thousand families, and of the
seventy-seven thousand found destitute, fifty-three thou-
sand were supplied. The year has been one of great
activity; and past success and ever-widening fields in-
vite to enlarged efforts.
We may appropriately refer on this occasion to a
kindred institution in the Old World, an institution that,
on its catholic basis and in its beneficent influence, em-
bodies and illustrates the Christianity of our fatherland.
At the recent anniversary of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, it was stated that its issues during the
year had amounted to three million three hundred and
forty thousand — in more than two hundred languages
and dialects. Four hundred thousand portions of the
Bible were given away at the Paris Exposition, the
happy effects of which distribution are coming to light
through the colporters. In addition to this, the sales in
France have amounted to ninety-eight thousand copies.
Fifty thousand copies have been sold in Italy by colpor-
ters. Nearly half a million of New Testaments have
been furnished to the Russian soldiers since the com-
mencement of the late war. The movements of this
noblest of human organizations remind us of those pro-
cesses of nature by which the needed waters are taken
from the sea and dispensed in fertilizing rains over the
islands and continents of the world.
The activity that prevails in this department of
Christian labor, and the wide extent it covers, are among
the marked and hopeful features of our age, and are
fitted to strengthen our hopes for the future. It is in
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fullest sympathy with every well directed effort for the
improved condition of our fellow-men. It is Divine
Truth, and the love it awakens, that nerves the arms of
the toilers in the great field of our common humanity.
In its power to save we have an unshaken belief. That
humanity and religion alike plead for its diffusion, we
know. While permitted to bestow the gift to all accord-
ing to our ability, we would continue in our work, re-
membering the words of the Master: "The field is the
world; the seed is the Word of God."
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
By rev. ALEXANDER B. JACK. D. D.,
OF HAZELTON, PA.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL. D.,
PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY.
I AM sincerely sensible, ladies and gentlemen, of the
honor of presiding, for a second year, over this venerable
Society. Instituted, as it was, in 1809, it is on the verge
of completing seventy full years of existence. It is thus
but five years younger than the great British and For-
eign Society, which we all gratefully recognize as the
parent and preeminent Bible Society of the world. It
is six or seven years older than the great American Bible
Society, to which we are proud to serve as an auxiliary.
Our own sphere of operations is a narrow one, when
compared with the world-wide range of these grand
national institutions. But we rejoice in being privileged
to cooperate with them both in carrying the Sacred
Scriptures to every household and every hearthstone
which they may not yet have reached, and in thus tes-
tifying our deep personal sense of their priceless value to
every human heart.
Threescore years and ten, as the Psalmist has said,
may be taken as the term of individual life; and few
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persons reach that term without the consciousness of
some abatement of natural strength. But the life and
vigor of an Association have happily no such limit. In-
deed, we may well feel, and we all do feel, to-day, that
our Society is still in its prime; and that, though its
temporary officers and agents may droop or disappear,
its own age can only be counted and measured by the
perpetuity of its object. The Word of our God endur-
eth forever; and certainly, as long as the earth and the
world shall continue as they now are, this Society, and
Societies like this, must go on, and will go on, generation
after generation, in the glorious work to which they are
devoted and consecrated. The prophecy and the prom-
ise are with them : ** They that wait on the Lord shall
renew their strength ; they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint."
In congratulating you, therefore, as I heartily do,
that we have safely and successfully arrived at our
Seventieth Anniversary, I cannot but feel that even
seventy times seventy years will be counted hereafter as
but a day in our history, in view of that immeasurable
future which, as we are all persuaded, is to witness the
spreading triumphs of "the Truth as it is in Jesus."
Let me only detain you longer while I present to
you the distinguished clergyman who has kindly come
to us from a distance, to address the Society on this
noteworthy Anniversary, the Rev. Dr. Alexander B.
Jack, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania.
ADDRESS.
Some years ago a distinguished missionary was called to labor
beneath the sunny sky of a flourishing heathen isle. One day while
engaged in the field he required a tool which lay at some distance.
Taking a piece of paper, he wrote on it with a pencil, and handed it
to a servant, who knew what he wanted. The servant started off with
the paper, and handed it to a brother missionary. The missionary
read it ; and when the very tool they wanted was given to the mes-
senger, without one word or sign on his part, the untutored savage,
totally ignorant of writing, or how man could thus communicate with
man, was filled with amazement, and looking on the paper with a sort
of awe, he raised it from the ground, examined it with rolling feyes,
and soon pronounced it "speaking paper." So, even so, wherever
you find a man who loves his Bible, you have a " speaking paper."
And there are just as many such papers here as there are believers ;
for so soon as God, by the instrumentality of man and the power of the
Holy Spirit, writes His word in love and truth upon a sinner's heart,
that man becomes a living Bible, a walking Bible, a speaking Bible ;
and it is just because it is greatly to be desired that all this audience
should be living Bibles, walking Bibles, speaking Bibles, that I venture
on behalf of this society to lay before you the claims of the Bible as
the Word of God.
In opening up the subject, as there may be some in this assembly
who wish to know what is meant when it is said that the Bible is the
Word of God, I would ask you, for your instruction, to notice the fol-
lowing particulars :
First, observe the emphasis of the sentiment, the Word of God.
Christ was God manifest in flesh ; the Bible is God manifest in language.
The syllabic presence of the Eternal is in the Bible. The vocal abid-
ing of the Almighty is in the Bible. Language breathed from ever-
lasting lips makes up the Bible.
Again, if it is the Word, it is of course all the Word. All Scripture
— every sentence, every syllable, every utterance — is given by inspira-
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tion of God. What a sublime conception that gives you of the Bible !
To think that what now lies here once lay in the mind of Deity. To
think that what is now enshrined in syllables was once enshrined in
God. To think that all those Bible sentiments now circulating round
our breathing world were breathed by God into the soul of man.
Again, if it is the Word, if it is all the Word, then it is an unim-
provable Word. To alter Scripture is to alter God. To touch the
truth is to touch Jehovah's temple. This book is perfect, even as
God is perfect. Such in brief is the explanation of the sentence,
" The Bible is the Word of God."
I may put this before you in the form of an illustration. To mod-
ern science we are indebted for some rapid and very wonderful com-
munications. Our messengers of business now pass almost instanta-
neously along the earth, through the bowels of the mountain, through
the crowded city, even through the great wide sea. On they fly ; no
distance wearies them, no storms or winds can stay their progress ;
they carry along, on lightning wing, unspoken and unwhispered secrets
from man to man. Now what these needles — if you have ever seen
them working, as they are moved by an unseen spirit — what these
needles, moving to another's will, are in the hands of him who seated
in his office an hundred miles away commands and conducts the tele-
graph ; such, if I may be permitted to compare the small with the
great, were holy men of old in the hands of Him who seated up in
Heaven guided their fingers or their pens. We are told that holy men
of old wrote. How did they write? "They wrote as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost." And while it is true that different por-
tions of this book are called by different names, it is also true that all
these different portions are just so many branches of one tree. They
are one in their origin, and one in their inspiration ; one in their end,
and one in their object. They are so many streams flowing from a
single fountain, so many beams shooting forward from a single sun.
The whole of this Bible, from Genesis to the Apocalypse, is baptized
in inspiration, and may be named in that one short sentence of the
Apostle Paul, " An Epistle of Jesus Christ."
Now opposed to these sentiments is the opinion of some who hold
that the writers of the Bible needed at one time to be superintended,
at another time to be directed, at another time to have thoughts sug-
gested to their minds ; as if the Sun of Righteousness had just looked
out of Heaven for an hour, flung His rays on one page, and left
another in comparative obscurity. But where have you a hint of that
in Scripture ? If no such hint is there, what right have I, or any man,
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to make distinctions ? Is it not evident that the prophets and apostles
needed more than superintendence, direction, or suggestion, since
books very similar to theirs might have been produced, and yet error
have occurred ? If these thijigs are so, I hold that the Holy Spirit not
only told them what to write, but how to write, and that apart from
this it is hardly possible to conceive of inspiration at all. If the Holy
Ghost gave the thoughts, He must in some sense have given the
words. God would never communicate truth to man, and leave man
to communicate that truth imperfectly. Men very often mistake the
language of each other, even when they think they cannot be misun-
derstood. Therefore, though the writers of the Bible may have been
compelled to write with accuracy, our faith in their accuracy rests
exclusively on the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
But some one may say : Let us stop here for a moment ; let us look
at this ; let us think of it. Here is a dry list of places ; here is a cata-
logue of names ; here is a host of genealogies. What inspiration could
be needed for such things as these ? There are many who can easily
understand how some passages of Scripture awaken the conviction that
" Holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." But
what inspiration was needed for that valley of dry bones, known as the
book of Chronicles ? The answer to this is very simple and satisfactory.
Let me give it you in this form : Your child knows that the letter you
have written has come from you. He sees your fatherly fondness breath-
ing all throughout it. " It is my father's letter," he cries, " I trace his
loving heart in every line of it." Your actual handwriting may not be
on the page, sickness or some other casualty may have rendered an
amanuensis necessary ; but your child knows your letter, notwithstand-
ing— knows it by an instinct, an intuition of affection that needs no
other proof. And how would he treat some brother schoolmate who
might ask : What of your father do you discover in this or that, in this
list of places, in that catalogue of names, in this advice about a clock, in
that instruction about a book? Would he not resent the imperti-
nence ? Would he not grasp more tightly the precious document ?
Would he not say at once : You may be far too knowing to sympa-
thize with me, but there is enough in every line of this to make me
know my father's voice ; and if he has been at the pains to write down
simple notices of common things, I see nothing strange in that. I
love him all the better for his kindness ; and now, whatever you may
say, I shall still believe that my father had a gracious meaning in all
he wrote to me ?
Still, some one may say: This may all be true of the facts of
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Scripture ; but surely you would not contend in this way for the very
words. If we get the Bible's scope and purport, we get enough. In
some of our Bible controversies we have heard very much of this.
The world has stood aloof, and mocked at our anxiety for the Bible,
the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible. We have been asked in
scorn : What would the world suffer if we should expunge the Song of
Solomon, or the visions of Zechariah ? The answer is : To talk about
what the world would suffer is only to beg the question. We are the
pledged depositaries of a sacred treasure. We are God's trustees for
future ages. As we have received, so must we transmit. We dare not
measure the depth of the Almighty's purposes by our puny intellects.
We dare not obliterate this and the other portion of the Bible, because
they may happen to have been abused. We dare not curtail our Fath-
er's legacy, because some of his apostate children are quarreling with
its dry details. Had the Jews acted after this fashion, of how many
authentic vindications of our Saviour's mission would the world have
been left in ignorance. Who could have dreamed that Zechariah's
"thirty pieces of silver," or that his king, lowly and "riding on an
ass," were ever to receive fulfillment ? Who could have thought that
Jeremiah's Rachel weeping for her children was ever to form a part of
the history of Jesus Christ ?
In making these remarks, I trust that no one will misinterpret what
I say. You will not understand me as contending for what is called
"mechanical dictation." The writers of the Bible were not mere
machines. They continued to be men. The influences of the Spirit
did not supersede natural talent. They no more changed a man's
style than they changed a man's handwriting. I can believe that
Matthew took short-hand notes, his discourses have such an air of
freshness about them. I only contend that the Holy Ghost clothed
these notes in language, and so clothed them that all Matthew's pecu-
liarities as a man were impressed upon the parchment. The writers
of the Bible wrote according to their peculiar tastes and tempera-
ments. There was the rhymer, there was the annalist, there was the
dry and tedious chronicler. All of these were pressed into the Spirit's
service ; and that Spirit so guided their pens, so directed their thoughts,
that every word they wrote was really the Word of God, and that in a
sense no less exact than if the Spirit had dipped His finger in the
light of Heaven, and traced the Bible on the everlasting hills.
Again, you are not to understand me as maintaining thaf all the
words of Scripture are the ipsissima verba, the identical words of God
himself. Literally, the Bible is not the Word of God. There are lies
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in the Bible, those for example of Annanias and Sapphira. There is
craft and cunning in the Bible : that which develops itself in Satan's
speeches. There is bad theology in the Bible : that which is expressed
in the sentiments of the friends of Job. There are songs in the Bible :
the ballads of the Pentateuch, and lasher's popular melodies. In
such instances inspiration refers not to the thought, but to the correct
and authentic record of it. It is simply a fact that these things were,
and that their preservation has been effected for the sake of God's
believing people ; and therefore, although the Bible as a whole has not
the seal of God to its truth, it has the seal of God to its utility ; and
when we speak to you of the Bible being God's Word, you are to
simply understand that it is God's communication, for that is the
meaning of the Hebrew term.
And now having made these remarks on the inspiration of the
Bible, let me proceed, very briefly, to consider some of the more popu-
lar arguments which infidelity has used against it. And here, that my
meaning may be plain, I will make the following supposition : I will
suppose that you have found in an old library some old manuscripts,
covered with the dust of ages. When they are opened and wiped
clean they appear to be certain pamphlets, which when put together
make up what is called the Bible, that professes to be the Book of
God. Now, I want to know what you would do with these old manu-
scripts. Suppose you had found an old copy of this sort in vellum,
and that you take it to an intelligent infidel. There are few such per-
sons, but there are a few. Well, we will suppose the infidel under-
stands these manuscripts as they are placed before him in their origi-
nal tongues, Hebrew, Chaldee, Greek. That would of course be a
peculiar case ; but we will suppose such a case, for the sake of argu-
ment. You give these papers to him, and you say: What do you
think of them ? Why, it is said that this series of pamphlets, from
Genesis to the Apocalypse, make up God's Book. So you put them
into his hands, and you want to know what a sensible and intelligent
infidel would think of them. Well, he might make some objections,
and his first remark very likely would be that there are a great many
books of that sort in the world already ! You would reply : There are a
great many books of that sort in the world already ! How many ? I am
not very widely acquainted with that kind of literature ; but how many
pretend to the same thing ? Oh ! there is the Book of Mormon, the
Koran of Mahomet, and the Shasters of the Hindoos. He stops there.
He stops at three ; for there are only three. He cannot mention any
more. This being the case, you put the Bible in competition with
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these three. It is not very likely that you have read them ; but we
will suppose that you have, and that you understand them. You take
the Book of Mormon first, and hardly have you looked at it before you
spurn it away as an impious and clumsy lie. An old minister lay long
in his bed, a hopeless hypochondriac. As he lay there, he amused his
leisure hours by writing imitations of the Apocalypse, the images of
Ezekiel, and the visions of the prophet Daniel. These were subse-
quently collected, and passing through artful hands became the basis
of an outrageous system of rascality and licentiousness. You take the
Koran next. You examine it with the eye of a critic. What is the
result ? It is a plagiarism ; it is stolen from the Bible ; and is withal
a very bad imitation of the original. So that is set aside ; and now
you only have one left. Well, you examine the Shasters, and your
decision is that of infidels themselves — that if there is any revelation
from God at all the Bible is that revelation. This decision no modern
infidel may have put into words, but all of them admit it in fact.
They write books against the Bible, but never against the Book of
Mormon, the Koran, or the Shasters. They know that it would be
unnecessary to disprove them. The Bible is the only book they try to
overthrow ; therefore they virtually acknowledge that this is the only
book that is likely to be a revelation, if there is one.
" Still," the infidel may say, " this book cannot be true, because it
opposes science." The answer is : Do you understand science, and do
you understand this book? Have you compared the one with the
other, and clearly learned that there is a fair opposition ? " Oh, yes,"
says the infidel, " the book itself, in the first part called Genesis, begins
with a statement that contradicts science ; it leads us to infer that the
world is only six thousand years old, and science asserts that the world
has been millions of ages in existence." Be it so. Does the Bible
contradict the assertion.^ Begin again and read it. The first two
verses affirm that " In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon
the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
waters." Now, notice here that the expression "without form and
void " is a Hebraism for infinite space. If this be true, science and
the Bible are at one. Science says that the earth has existed millions
of ages, and the Bible that the earth was first in a condition of chaos,
but for how long it does not state. Besides, let it be remembered that
those who were accustomed to transcribe the old manuscripts always
left a space between the second and third verses of the first chapter
of Genesis. This they did before geology was born, or thought of.
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It is therefore a mistake to suppose that the Bible opposes science.
On the contrary, if you investigate the matter, you will find that,
instead of the Bible opposing science, you must go to the Bible to
assist you in your scientific explorations. What do the best geologists
tell us ? They tell us that if we will look at the strata of the earth,
we shall find that at one time it was impossible for a human being to
live on it. This is one of their most positive assertions. Moreover,
they tell us that if we examine the marks on the surface of the earth,
we shall find that the world in its present form has not been in exist-
ence more than six thousand years. There are no marks of progress
that necessarily carry us further back. If the world had been older
than the Bible represents it to be, then we should find manuscripts and
monuments that would take us beyond that time. These two facts,
then — first, that there certainly was a period when no human being
could live on the face of the earth ; and secondly, that the earth has
not been inhabited more than six thousand years — these, I say, are
facts which the Bible had determined long before geology had a
being. Therefore the Bible helps science.
Again, the infidel goes on to say that he cannot believe this book
has come from God, because of the imperfection of the Old Testament
saints, and because of the ceremonial imperfections of the Jewish law.
Now, if you look at the imperfection of the Old Testament saints, you
-will see that this only proves that the book is honest, since, in record-
ing the history of imperfect men, it gives us the evil that is in their
characters as well as the good. If in recording their history it had
made them all good and perfect, the infidel would have said : " This is
too good to be true ; " while others would have objected that it would
not be a book for man as man, because it is of no use to any one. A
history of perfectly good men is not a history adapted to the wants of
this fallen world. No, we want a history of saints that were once
great sinners, and who, from being great sinners, became great saints.
We want a book containing the lives of men with like passions as our-
selves ; enduring the same trials, and looking to the same God for
mercy. Then, as to the imperfection of the Mosaic law, no one will
deny that as a system it was infinitely superior to any system prevalent
among the heathen, and that its adoption even now would be a great
reformation to more than half the world. The rites, rituals, and
ceremonies of that law were the simple and rudimentary school-rules
under which the childhood of the world was placed until it should
attain to manhood, and be fit to be under Christ. Some one may say
that we should have had a perfect Gospel to start with, and that there
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was no necessity for this gradual development. The answer is that
everything we know, or ever heard of, is marked by this development
We come into the world as infants, and rise by degrees to manhood.
It is with the hoary head that we usually associate wisdom and experi-
ence. The oak never grew to greatness in a day ; it takes a century
to harden it and bring it to maturit)'. Star by star the hosts of heaven
march out. Foot by foot the tide comes creeping in upon the shore.
So it is with all God's works. They are all progressive, and if this
Mosaic law has come from Him, we have reason to expect that it will
have the same progressive adaptation.
Now these are some of the more popular arguments of infidelity,
and without discussing these and others at greater length, I turn round
upon the infidel, and ask : If this Bible did not come from God, will
you please to tell us from whom it did come ? What author had the
taste, the capacity, and the disposition, to make such a book as this ?
It seems clear that it did not make itself, for if so, it is the only book
that has been its own author. However silly a book may be, it takes
some little talent to make its words run into sentences, and some
degree of intelligence to put them together. It is so with everything
else. It is so with the statue, for example ; when we examine a statue,
we conclude that the sculptor who produced it had skill and taste
enough to produce a statue of that kind ; and when we look at a rose,
we say it could not bloom by chance, but that all its parts were laced
and interlaced by the joint operations of the laws of nature. We say
of the statue that it is a work of art ; of the rose, it is a work of God.
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Let us try the Bible by the same rule.
I need hardly say that no evil spirit or malicious devil would make
such a book as this. Satan would not make it, because this book is
good, while he is bad. The whole purpose of the book is to counteract
his wiles, and put us on our guard against him. Nor need I stop to
show that no man of ordinary capacity could have made this book.
There are finer shades of moral power here, and greater purity
of feeling here, than are to be found in books of human author-
ship.
Who, then, wrote this book } I observe that it is manifestly writ-
ten not by one man, but by many ; and that these men must have lived
in distinct and distant ages of the world. In view of this, we cannot
suppose that the writers of the Bible ever put their heads together to
deceive mankind. It is not a conclave of choice and learned spirits
entering into some grand confederation to impose upon our simplicity.
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These men never met. One was dead before the other began to write
at all. How, then, shall we account for the oneness of design, so
apparent in this book ? How shall we unravel the golden thread that
runs from Genesis to the Apocalypse ? Surely, we require some
author living on through all the centuries, until the last number has
been added. Surely, we require some one who does not die as man
dies, but who remains to superintend the publication of these
pamphlets, and to employ the prophets and apostles as His
amanuenses.
I have said that there is oneness in the Bible. Some of you may
want to know in what that oneness consists. To understand it, you
must go back to the book of Genesis. There you read : "The seed of
the woman shall bruise the serpent's head." There, also, you find our
first mother saying, on the birth of Cain : " I have gotten a man from
the Lord," thinking that Cain was Christ. Why was not Cain the
Christ ? I cannot tell ; but this very thought of Eve is the thought
that runs through all the Bible. Turning from Adam who fell, it
points us to one who should never fall. The prediction of His coming
is its text of prophecy. The law of His coming supersedes all other
laws. The oath of his coming is the only oath that is uttered by the
tongue of God. This truth is the basis of the patriarchal and the
front of the Jewish dispensation. The theocracy exists for it. Sinai
shines with it. The temple is invested with it. Death-bed benedic-
tions mingle with it. Has this book any pathos ? It is to speak of
Christ. Has this book any affection ? It is to turn to Christ. Has
this book any tears } It is to shed them at the Saviour's feet. No Alps,
no Andes, no lofty peak or towering pyramid was ever more distinct
on shore or sea than is Messiah on the page of Scripture. " To Him
gave all the prophets witness ; " and to yon shadowy outline sketched
in Eden, the hand of Prophecy adds unnumbered lines, until there
stands before us the second man.
This thought to which I have adverted is one which stamps the
Bible with a unique, extraordinary, and transcendent value. It is
comparatively of little moment for a man to be learned in the history
of the Bible, in the scholarship of the Bible, in the criticism of the
Bible, even in the morality of the Bible. The great matter is that he
should be both acquainted and impressed with that method of atoning
righteousness, that plan of justification by faith, which it is the
specific object of the Bible to unfold, unwrap, unlock, set home, and
apply.
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" Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries.
Happiest they of human race
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray ;
Tu lift the latch, and lead the way.
And better he had ne'er been born
Who reads to doubt, or reads to scorn.'*
We have considered the claims of the Bible and some of the evi-
dences by which that claim is sustained. If there is truth in the asser-
tions which have been made, you will not be surprised to hear me say
that there is no scheme you are so safe to further as the circulation of
the Word of God. You may have your doubts about other things, but
this at least is all right. You may not be satisfied with some evangeli-
ical mission ; you may shake your head, and say, I have no confidence
in the plan ; you may button up your pockets, and declare you do not
believe in it. But what objection can you urge against the universal
circulation of a book which is sustained by evidence that cannot be
gainsaid, and which has manifestly been sent from Heaven as a
" Tree of Life, the leaves of which are for the healing of the nations."
Think of the changes that are likely to be affected when this book
is read bv every member of the human race. Think of the conversion
of untold multitudes of heathen now bowing down to stocks and
stones, or silting in "the darkness and shadow of death." Think of
the fruitless eflforls of the Papacy to hinder its dissemination — efforts
which are to us as the guns of a sinking ship ; they tell to the startled
world that the ark of the Papacy is among the breakers. I go back to
the period of the Crusades, when along the banks of the Rhine, and
wandering over the plains of Germany, thousands and tens of thou-
sands went shedding the blood of the poor trampled Jew, and even the
blood of their own confreres^ in their engagement to rescue the fancied
sepulchre of our blessed Lord from the hand of the haughty Saracen.
My friends, your purpose is much more sublime, your weaix)ns much
more glorious and more pure. Your work is to rescue souls. Your
power is not in the falchion or the spear, but in the Sword of the
Spirit, which is the Word of God.
Look for one moment at the individual effects, the domestic effects,
the political effects of this book. First, individual effects. Go to the
heart of Africa, and look at Robert Moffat. He is coming down to
the Cape of Good Hope, bringing a man with him who is called the
** Devil of Africa." He was a savage, and no one who came in con-
tact with him could regard himself as safe. A word touched that
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man. The Gospel came and melted his heart. Look at India, look at
Greenland, look at Labrador, look at any mission of the Christian
church, and you will find that wherever a single word of this book
comes home to a man's conscience, he sits down calm and gentle as a
Uttle child.
Look, again, at its domestic effects. Look at this woman lying on
a bed of sickness, her face suffused with a hectic flush, the wild shoot-
ing gleam of the fire of death. She lies there almost etherealized
enough by consumption to pass into Heaven without going to the
grave. She has pain, but she has also peace ; for the Spirit of God is
with her, and the Word of God is her comfort. Look at that descrip-
tion which Cowper gives us of the English cottage woman,
" Working quietly at her own door,
Pillow and bobbins all her little store."
And laboring on,
*• A poor woman who
Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,
A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew."
Then look at the contrast he draws between Voltaire, with all the
splendor of his genius and all the renown of his life, and that simple-
hearted woman " never heard of half a mile from home."
Look, again, at the political effects of this book. Look at two
countries lying close to each other ; you can go from one to the other
in a very few days. I refer to the two Americas. One distinguished
by its vine-clad slopes, marked by beauty, genius, and imagination
(and I know of no people under Heaven who, if they had the Bible,
would stand out so distinguished as the people of South America).
Well, look at that country and our own. Look at it ever rocking amid
the surges of insurrection and revolution ; the other standing out, as
thank God it does stand out, a place to which all the nations of the
earth can come, and from which they will ^never be driven away.
What makes the difference ? Not the sunny clime and gorgeous
scenery of the one; not the force and fervor of the other. The
only thing which has made North America what it is to-day is the
power of religious truth and the force of that living Word, which is
the kindler of all genius, and the strongest breakwater against all
crime and insubordination.
I am careful to make these remarks because we hear so much in
certain quarters of substitutes for the teaching of the Word of God.
Men crowd our press-rooms, crowd our platforms, crowd our pulpits, to
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inculcate sentiments which have ruined empires and ruined human
souls.
We are told, for example, that if we would renew and renovate
the world, we must form the morals of the rising race, and train our
offspring to social virtues. Let this, it is said, be our first endeavor.
Ulterior attempts are only wasted. The spear of truth rebounds. To
all such objections we say, circulate the Bible.
Then we afe told that there are social evils eating out the heart of
this great republic, brutifying the mind, corrupting the morals, degrad-
ing the affections of old and young. Let these plagues, it is said, be
removed. Let men be lifted to respect, and acquainted with principle.
To all such objections we say, circulate the Bible.
Then we are told that the ordinance of preaching is too highly val-
ued, too disproportionately indulged ; that acts of devotion should be
our chief employment during worship ; that the effect of exhortation is
but brief and transitory, at best but the impression of the speaker's
thoughts. To all such objectious we say, circulate the Bible.
Then it is said that the doctrine of atonement — that doctrine which
we regard as the cardinal doctrine of the Christian system — must be
veiled and guarded, encumbered with shadows, or uttered in dark enig-
mas ; that if we would move the mind we must have outward impres-
sion, dramatic show, scenic device, moving censors, tender litanies,
pealing chants, awful aisles. To all such objections we say, circulate
the Bible.
The "bow of the cloud spans but a segment of the earth. The bow
of the covenant, resting its limbs on the poles, spans the great globe
itself This Bible contains a panacea for all the evils that afHict the
race; for men of every color and clime and character; for the man of
the forest, and the man of the wild ; for those who are shivering at the
poles, and for those who are scorching on the line. And could I now
pass before you men of every abasement, the most mentally and phy-
sically enfeebled, the most wretched, the most barbarous, the most
squalid, the most sanguinary ; the worst of heathen, the prowlers of the
desert, the thugs of India, the cannibals of the South Pacific ; as this
procession was winding past you, this Bible would have to say : These
are the partners of your being ; these are the tenants of your earth ;
these are the heirs of your futurity ; these are your brothers, though of
low degree.
And now in closing and in conclusion, men and brethren, let me
entreat you to "thank God and take courage." By one of old it was
said : " The tree is known not by its leaves or by its blossoms, but by
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its fruit ; " and tried by that test, it may be safely affirmed that the Bible
is the greatest benefactor man has ever had. Wherever it comes,
peace broods on the lake, righteousness flows in the stream, men weld
their swords into ploughshares, their spears into pruning-hooks, and the
spider weaves her web across the cannon's mouth. Art, awaking
from the sleep of centuries, begins to clothe herselif in strength and
beauty, to construct a chariot on which speech outstrips the wind, and
competes with the lightning's flash. Science hammers from the rocks
their long-buried secrets, weighs the sun and measures the sky, foretells
the motions of the planets, and calculates the distance of the stars.
Literature, new-born, examines all the dreams of the sages, this lamp
of the upper sanctuary burning brightly in her hand. Philosophy no
longer panders to carnal appetite or sordid passion, but with all the
singing gladness of conscious purity, becomes the guide of our higher
thinking, and the minister of our holier virtues. And poetry, before
how sensual and trifling, now dips her sparkling cup in the river of the
" Water of Life," or bathing herself in the light of Heaven, becomes
for the first time holy.
And religion at length comes back to be a dweller in man's heart ;
and devotion lifts herself from the dust, and puts on the garments of
holiness ; and the reign of vice and sensuality is smitten as with a
dead palsy ; and old forms of error that have grown hoary with age
are abandoned in disgust, or flung like a stranded vessel to rot upon
the beach ; and the pride of tyranny and the lust of power sink down
weary and silent in death, their victims snatched like a pearl from the
dust, to be added to the crown of Jesus Christ.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the commit-
tee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying into effect
the object of this association ; which, being read from the chair, was
considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with one amend-
ment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles
and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within
the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures,
and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all. regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall,
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dol-
lars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining a
member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction
of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organization of
the society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice
shall be given by the committee, and also of the time and place of
the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice g^ven as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a board of
trustees.
5. The trustees, or the greater part of them present at any meet-
ing, of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer,
or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members
of the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office
during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the man-
agement of the fund, and the distribution of the books procured with
it, subject and according to such regulations and directions as shall
from time to time be prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held
on public notice given as aforesaid ; and the treasurer shall pay the
moneys in his hands to the order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incor-
porate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid,
and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the pur-
poses of this institution.
7. When the Societ)' shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regu-
lar notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be neces^
sary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of
the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, the trustees peti-
tioned the general court, and obtained the following act of incorpo-
ration.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Ei^ht Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate the
Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives^ in General Court assembled^ and by authority of the same^ That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.^
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hard, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill^
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Societ}', by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used
and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall sec fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — AP'
proved by the Governor, Feb. 75, 18 10,
CommontDfaltf^ of i9a00acf)uiBett0«
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachi'setts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not
been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb, 2y, iS6^,
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 185 1, the follow-
ing by-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its act of
incorporation ; namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conve-
niently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the StcUe^ may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the society shall be a presidenti fourteen Vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretaty,. treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, vice-presidents,
corresponding and recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be
ex-officio members of the board of trustees, and the recording secre-
tary shall be the recording officer of that board. These officers shall
all be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting. .
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ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be cx-offido chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regidar semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at anytime call. Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committees at all times^ however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These by-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpos^i by vote of
a majority of those present
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE-MEMBERS.
Each life-member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Tes-
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current not ioT past years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
nARNSTABLR COUNTY.
Falmouth, Fint Congregational church f 1 13.00
Centreville, Congregational church, 6.00
nRISTOL COl'NTY.
Attleboro*, Second Cong, church,
Eatton, Congregational church,
North Kastnn, church of the Unity,
Mansfield, Congregational church,
Norton, Congregational church,
Taunton, Winslow Cong, church,
$IQ.OO
^43-45
5.10
3-79
8.61
30.00
.S.ao
FssRX CCl'NTY.
AmeKbury and Salisbur)', Union Evan-
gelical chtirch, f 2.45
Andovcr. South Congregational church, 50.00
Danvers, Maple St., Cong. S. School, 33.25
Georgetown, First Cong, church, 4.00
Gloucester Harbor, Evangelical church, 40.00
Ipswich, First Cimgregational church, 20.00
South Congregational church, 16.00
Lynn, Central Congro^atittnal church, 20.00
Springfield, Kvangclical Conn, church, 3.«m
Ncwburyport, Hciievillc Cung. church, 70.78
Whitfield C»)ngregati«)n.il church, 9.50
North Andover, Congrc;.!atioMal church, 15.00
Marblehcad, Fir>t Cong, church, 10.50
Salem, Crombie St. Cong, church, 31 .32
."^outh church, 57 <><>
PealKtdy, South church, 26. iS
West Newbury, First Con^;. church, 5.00
FRANK I.IN i'trNTV.
Greenfield, Second Cong, church,
Northfield, Cong, church,
Franklin Co. Bible Society,
HAMrSlilKK (•■H'NTV.
Amherst, North Conxregaiional ch.
Belchertown, by I^>cal Agent,
X North Hadlcy, Congregational church,
#4M'^2
$2:00
10.00
21.12
^451. 12
548.65
19.00
11.86
HAMPDKN aiUKTY.
Hampden Benevolent Association,
Interest Account, 12.00
Chicopee, Second Congregational ch. 30.27
Blandford, Congregational church, 10.00
Monson, Congregational church, >i*95
Longmeadow Gent's Benev. Assoc. 17.55
I..adies Benev. Assoc. 18.73
South Hadley Falls, Congregational ch. 1S.04
Palmer, Congregational church, 5.00
Springfield, South Congregational ch. 10.90
Olivet Congregational church, I3<43
West Springfield, Congregational ch. 10.00
Springfield Memorial church, 12.24
East Granville, Rev. W. Scott, 9 00
I17q.11
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central Square Congrega-
tional church (1 i> M.), ^S.oo
Hanover, First Congregational church, 1.80
Kingston, A. J. Rice, Agent, 20.04
Marshfield, First Congregational ch.
(I L. M.), ao.oo
Middleboro*, Central Congregational ch. 19 00
North Middleboro*, Cong. ch. S. School, ao.oo
Duxburv, Rev B. Otheman, 5.00
SI'KKOI.IC COU.VTY.
Boston, Old South church.
Baptist I'.eihel,
S. L). Warren,
E. H. Sam])son,
Mrs. Geo. Curtis,
A Friend,
A Friend,
Boston Highlands, Highland church,
German M. E. church,
David Weston,
South Boston, Phillips church.
West Roxbury, South Cong, church,
Chelsea, Miss A. Dutch,
Dorchester, Village church,
*7V-5»
*ii3-S4
I152.10
S.06
200.00
20.00
loaoo
1.00
.50
4.00
3.00
8.00
31-47
33.50
10.00
a 1.05
$582.68
37
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Braintree, Mica R. A. Faxon, $5*oo
Brookline, Harvard ConKregational ch. 109.65
Cohasset, Congregational church, 9.07
Dedham, First Congregational church, 74*17
Foxboro*, Congregational church, 14.34
Franklin, Congregational church, 16.00
Grant ville, Congregational church, 78. 10
Hingham, Evang. Congregational ch. 6.53
Holbrook, E. E. Holbrook, 50.00
East Medway, Congregational church, 15.00
West Medway, Congregational church, 17.58
Norwood, Congregational church, 14- 34
Walpole, Congregational church, 17.45
Weymouth and Braintree Union church, 18.56
South Weymouth, Second Cong. ch. 20.00
Union Congregational church, 30.00
South Abington Cong, church, (i l. m.) 30.1a
$Sa5-8i
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Brookfield, Evang. Congregational ch. $10.00
West Brookfield, First Cong, church, ao.oo
North Brookfield, First Cong, church, 50.00
West Boylston, First Congregational ch. 8.25
Blackstone, Congregational church, 10.78
Dana, Congregational church, i.oo
Hardwick, Congregational church, ii-74
East Douglass, Congregational church, 10.00
Gilbertville, Congregational church, 19.10
Fitchburg, Kollstone church, 15.00
Leominster, Orthodox Cong, church, 1.25
Lunenburg, Congregational church, 2.00
North Leominster, Cong, church, 3.00
Northboro', Congregational church, 20.00
Princeton, Congregational church, S.oo
Spencer, Congregational church, 51.00
Shrewsbury, Congregational church, i5>7i
Peterehani, Congregational church, 2.56
Westboro', Congregational church, 67.43
Webster, First Congregational church, 18.00
Uxbridge, Evang. Congregational ch. 20.00
Whitinsvilie, Congregational church, 799<75
Winchendon, North Congregational ch. 22.19
MIDDLBSBX COUNTY.
Acton, Congregational church, $9'*S
Ashby, Congregational church, 11.25
Brighton, Evang. Cong, church, 60.00
Charlestown, Winthrop church, 15.00
Cambridgeport, Prospect St. church, 5.84
Concord, Union Bible Society, 92.00
South Fraroingham, Congregational ch. 36.00
Harvard, Congregational church, 3.50
HoUiston, Congregational church, 17.62
A Friend (4 l. m.), 80.00
Lowell, First Congregational church, 37. 1 1
South Congregational church, 2.00
Lexington, Hancock Congregational ch. 1.04
Littleton, (Congregational clyirch, 4-75
Newton, Eliot church, a.oo
Pepperell, Congregational church. 34-59
Somerville, Broadway Cong, church, 10.00
Stoneham, Congregational church, 15.00
Tewksbury, Congregational church, 28.25
Winchester, Congregational church, 75>6o
$530.80
Ml.<«CBLLA.NEOUS DONATIO.NS.
East Providence and Seekonk, Cong. ch. $9.09
Edgartown, Mrs. A. G. Gannett, i.oo
South Windham, Vt., Mrs. P. C. Jen-
nison, 2.45
N. E. Conference, M. K. church, 358.94
$371-48
COLLECTIONS.
Tht following sums kavt hcen received from
Protestant Episcopal ckurcfus and for-
warded to the A m. Bible Society.
Trinity church, Boston, $736.00
Emmanuel church, Boston, 240.00
St. Paul's church, Boston, i93-<k>
$1,169.00
I LEr.ACIE.S.
Tewksbury, bequest of Wm. Taylor, $5,700.00
I Marion, bequest of John Pitcher, 64.02
Holbrook, yearly bequest of £. N.
Holbrook, 200.00
$i,i9<).7f)
$5,964.02
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Soci-
ety, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum
of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the
Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and
policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel But-
ler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and indi-
viduals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah
Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
«
E. Cutler, A^nt.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THK
Massachusetts Bible Society,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
MAY 24, 1880,
BEING THRIR
SEVENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
i88o.
Thomas Todd, Printer,
CONtiRRCATIONAL HOUSE, B«»sTON.
r
OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1880-81
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL. D.
Vice- Presidents.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL. D., Middlesex Countv.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HA WES, Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent.
REV. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS, D. D.
Rev. chandler ROBBINS, D. D.
Rev. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D. D.
Rev. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D. D.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D. D.
Bishop RANDOLPH S. FOSTER, D. D.
Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rev. EDWARD S. ATWOOD.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esy.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Es«.»
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Es<t.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Hon. JOHN P. PUTNAM.
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Executive Committee.
to whom appucations are to be made for bibles.
Rev. John O. Means, D. D., Charles Henry Parkek, Es*^,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1880.
Hon. WUliam PhUHps
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Hon. Samuel Greenleaf, LL. D.
Presidents.
1809-27
1827-49
» 849-54
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL. D. 1854-59
Hon. Samuel H. Walley . . 1859-78
Hon. Robert C. Winthropp LL. D. . 1878
Vice-Presidents.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D.
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. .
Rev. John Codman, D. D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D.
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D. D.
William C. Plunkett, Esq.
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq. .
Hon. WiUiam B. Washburn, LL. D,
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles P. Whitin, Esq. .
Lee Qaflin, Esq.
1809-16
1816-28
1828-44
1844-48
1848-49
1849-53
1853-61
1861-72
1863
1862-70
1862-72
1863
1862
1862
1862-70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq.
James S. Amory, Esq.
Hen. John H. Qifford, LL. D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq.
E. S. Moseley, Esq. ^ .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq. .
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D. D
Hon. William Hyde .
Hon. Timothy W. Carter .
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Hawes
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
1862-75
1862
1862-76
1862
1862
1862
1870-72
1871
1872-78
1872
1873
1875
1876
1878
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster 1809-13
Rev. Samuel Thacher 1813-17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. 1817-18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. . 1818-49
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingham, D. D. 1849-53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D. . 1853
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor .
Rev. James D. Knowles .
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
1809-28
1828-30
1830-31
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler .
1839-44
1844-45
»845-49
1849-52
1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq. .
Treasurers.
1809-11
1811-12
1812-35
Henry Edwards, Esq.
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835-49
1849-62
1862
Executive Committees.
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips
Stephen Higginson, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. .
Rev. Benjaunin B. Wisner, D. D.
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
1809-18
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
1818-30
1821-35
1830-40
1832-35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D
Henry Edwards, Esq.
Rev. George Richards
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
1835-49
1840^49
1849-60
1849-62
1853-76
i860
1862
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-first Annual Meeting of the Massachu-
setts Bible Society was held in the Chapel of the
[New] Old South Church, on Monday, May 24, at 3
o'clock, p. M., the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL. D., in
the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Treasurer, Charles Henry Parker, Esq., pre-
sented his Annual Report, which was read and accepted.
The Seventy-first Annual Report of the Trustees was
presented, and it was moved that the reading be deferred
till the public meeting.
The Officers of the Society were then elected for the
coming year.
Adjourned.
REPORT.
The Society whose anniversary we have met to cele-
brate attains to-day an age exceeding by a year the limit
assigned to the earthly life of man. Its birth occurred
early in the present century, — a period destined to be
forever memorable for the associations, religious and
philanthropic, which had then their beginning. For cen-
turies confessors and martyrs had translated the Script-
ures ; in prison and exile, and at the stake, they had con-
tended for the right to possess and impart them. In the
fulness of time God gave them the victory, and Protestant
Christendom rejoiced in the uplifting power of an un-
fettered Bible. It was at the period referrred to that the
benign influence of the Scriptures was shown in the
numerous activities devised to convey the written Word
to those needing it, and to remove or alleviate the various
ills that afflict our race. These streams of beneficence
we trace back to their one source, the Word of Life,
which, like the River of Paradise, parting into many
heads, is conveying light and healing to the world.
The Massachusetts Bible Society was among the
earliest of the associations formed for aggressive Chris-
tian work in our State. The means at its disposal, and
the field opened to its occupation, contrast strongly with
those existing to-day. The city, then the town^ of
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Boston, contained but thirty thousand inhabitants. In
the State there were less than half a million, while the
population of the whole country was but seven millions
and a half. No opening for this work existed beyond
the sea, and previous labors had not developed the best
methods of ascertaining and supplying existing wants at
home. Hence, in the reports of the first year we are
told that three hundred Bibles had been procured, of which
number thirty six had been sent to the prison of the
town, eleven poor families had been supplied, fourteen
had been given to the almshouse, and measures were
being taken by which they could distribute the remain-
der where they would be the most useful. But while
unacquainted with existing wants and with the needful
details of the work, of the importance of the work itself
they had no doubt. In the preamble of the Constitution
adopted by the Society, the purpose is avowed to cir-
culate the Scriptures in Massachusetts and elsewhere ;
and that the last word had no narrow or restricted meaning
is evident from the recorded utterances of that early day.
Their words have the ring of the true missionary of the
cross. In one of the earlier meetings of the Society
the Rev. Dr. Channing thus eloquently pleads for the
vigorous prosecution of the work, then just begun :
" No sincere Christain can need argument to convince
him that he is bound to contribute to the diffusion of
Christianity through the world. This is a religion de-
signed for all nations. Jesus Christ commanded his
disciples to preach it to every creature under heaven ;
and shall we^do nothing in aid of his great design? Is
the gospel the appointed instrument of God for restoring
the world to purity and peace ? Has the son of God
died to impart this invaluable blessing to our race ? Have
holy men of all ages toiled and suffered to diffuse it
through the earth? and to perpetuate it to unknown
generations; and shall we do nothing to extend the
knowledge and honor of this salutary truth of the Word
of eternal life ? "
These are the words of prophets and apostles, and of
the whole army of the faithful in past ages. They are
the words of the fathers. Shall they not find a fitting
response in the hearts and hands of the sons ?
Soon after the formation of the American Bible So-
ciety in 1816, associations auxiliary to it were formed
extensively in the State, through which the work was
mainly performed till the year 1849, when the State
Society partially reoccupied its original field, and al-
though many have continued to make their contributions
to the National Society, the State Society has maintained
in this city a Depository for the distribution of the Script-
ures by sale or gift, from which have been issued one mill-
ion one hundred and sixty thousand copies of the Script-
ures, of which three hundred and twenty-one thousand
were bestowed in charity. The larger portion of the
State has several times been visited and re-supplied with
the Scriptures, and eighty-eight thousand dollars have
been given to the American Bible Society. The amount
of the donations sent from the State directly to the
treasury in New York we are unable to state, but the leg-
acies during this period have amounted to nearly two
hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
• While this brief recital of the work performed by the
friends of the Bible in our Commonwealth creates a
feeling of regret that we have fallen so far behind our
ability, it no less excites our gratitude that we have been
inclined even to this extent to convey to our neighbors
at home and our neighbors everywhere the written
Word of God.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository forty-two thousand four hundred and five
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copies of the Scriptures. One thousand nine hundred and
ninety-two of these were in various foreign languages.
Of the whole number, twenty-five thousand seven hun-
dred and ninety-five were sold, and ten thousand six
hundred and ten were given to the destitute, as follows :
to seamen, two thousand three hundred and thirty-six ;
City Missions, one thousand four hundred and fifty ;
Mission Sabbath Schools, four hundred and three ; pub-
lic institutions, seven hundred and forty-three ; destitute
in Massachusetts, three thousand five hundred and
eighty-one ; to the destitute in other States, eight hun-
dred and seven ; to life members, twelve hundred and
ninety.
During the year the towns in Hampden County, east
of the river, with the exception of Springfield, have been
canvassed by a colporter, who has also visited West
Springfield and Southwick, and a portion of Agawam.
The towns of Westfield and Chester, and a portion of
Agawam, have been re-supplied through the labors of the
friends of the Bible, residing there. The work has been
commenced in Holyoke, and it is expected that it will be
completed in Springfield the present year. Five thou-
sand six hundred and thirteen families were visited.
Two thousand and seventy-three copies were sold, and
one hundred and eighty-three donated to the poor and
unsupplied.
For four months and a half a colporter has been em-
ployed in this city. His time has for the most part
been spent in portions of the town occupied by people of
various nationalities and of differing creeds, but living
in a nearly uniform condition of poverty and neglect,
and utter indifference to everything not relating to their
material wants. Among their wretched homes he has
labored for months without meeting a single person
engaged in mission work. He has read the Scriptures
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as opportunity ofifered, and in every practicable way
endeavored to awaken an interest in their teach-
ings. His heart has been cheered by the interest
occasionally manifested in the Bible, and the apparent
gratitude with which it has been received. In the
course of his labors more than fifteen hundred families
were visited, and four hundred and twenty-seven copies
of the Scriptures, mostly portions of the Bible, were
distributed. The statements made by our colporter
afford painful evidence that the land of the shadow of
death is not far from our dwellings.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
From sale of Bibles and Testaments, $8,212.83; dona-
tions, $6,688.74 ; legacies, $8,644.19; interest and divi-
dends, $9,240.23; bank tax return, $672.73; cash on
hand at commencement of the year, $693.62 ; making
a total of $34»i52.34-
The expenditures have been as follows : Cash paid
for Bibles and Testaments, $10,621.31; donations to
American Bible Society, $1,395 ; salaries and gratuity,
$4,264.87; for colportage, $1,408; rent, $700; gas,
freight, annual report, and incidental expenses, $724.98 ;
balance to pay Annuitant, as per contract, $15,038.13.
In addition to the sums received into our treasury, there
has been sent from Massachusetts to the American
Bible Society the additional sum of $10,139, which did
not pass through our treasury.
The American Bible Society reports a year of unusual
activity. Its receipts have been largely in excess of
those of the preceding year, and its issues have reached
the large number of one million three hundred and fifty-
six thousand, of which number two hundred and seventy-
two thousand were circulated in foreign lands. At
home one hundred and twenty-two colporters have been
employed, largely in the Southern States, and have circu-
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lated one hundred and thirty-seven thousand copies.
Among the more than one half million families visited,
seventy thousand were found destitute of the Scriptures,
and supplied.
In foreign lands the year has been marked by unusual
activity. Aid has been afforded in translating and
printing the New Testament in Japanese, and in carry-
ing forward the translation of the Old Testament, as
also in translating portions of the Bible in several of the
colloquial languages of China. The work has been
carried on in Turkey and Egypt and Syria and Greece,
and an agent has been appointed for Persia, and for
Mexico. One hundred and nineteen thousand dollars
have been appropriated for the foreign work the present
year. The boundaries of its field are steadily enlarged
by the increase of missionary labor, and by the growing
* results of its own independent agency.
There is much in the history and present condition of
this work to awaken gratitude and quicken our zeal.
Obstacles have been removed, new paths have been
constantly opened, and the blessing of multitudes at
home and abroad have rested upon it. From Bibleless
homes in our own land, and from an awakening world,
arises the cry, " Come over and help us."
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
BY HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL. D.,
President of the Society.
We come, ladies and gentlemen, to the celebration of
our seventy-first anniversary, in fewer numbers than we
could have desired, and in fewer numbers, I may add,
than we had a right to expect, in view of the Cause,
and of him who is to plead it. But we come, notwith-
standing, with renewed gratitude to God for all that
we have been privileged to do in the past, and with
renewed hope and resolution to accomplish still more in
the future.
The report of our Trustees, which has just been read
by our faithful Recording Secretary, Rev. Mr. Butler,
has sufficiently informed you of the details and of the
extent of our operations during the year which is now
closed ; and I should in vain attempt to add anything
either important or interesting to what is contained in
that report. Yet I cannot refrain from a few introduc-
tory words this afternoon.
We are passing through a year which is likely to
become notable in history for the great number of
centennial or semi-centennial anniversaries of which it
will have witnessed the celebration. Institutions of
almost every description have held, or are preparing to
hold, commemorative festivals of this sort during the
present year. The Boston Natural History Society has
recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The Ameri-
can Academy of" Arts and Sciences is to celebrate its
hundredth anniversary on the day after to-morrow. The
State of Massachusetts will hardly forget that her con-
stitution of government was adopted just a hundred
years ago. The landing of the Governor and Company
of the Massachusetts Bay, with the charter of the Colony,
just two hundred and fifty years ago, is to be commemo-
rated at Salem next month. The two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Boston is to be
the subject of a sumptuous celebration in September.
The first Church in Dorchester, and the old First
Church of Boston, are to observe their two hundred and
fiftieth anniversaries, also, in June and October respec-
tively. I know not how many more of such occasions
may be in contemplation for this blessed year of our
Lord, 1880.
Meantime I cannot forget that there is another com-
memoration which belongs to this year, — not here,
particularly, not to our own city, or commonwealth, or
country, exclusively, for it is world-wide in its character,
— and which has peculiar claims on the remembrance
and attention of Societies like this. Reaching back for
its subject not merely for a hundred years, or for two
hundred, or for two hundred and fifty years, but to a
period when there was no America on the map of the
world, and no Columbus or Cabot to discover an Amer-
ica, — it yet challenges an American recognition, and an
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American sympathy, no less than it appeals to the hearts
of Protestant Christians, certainly, in every land on which
the sun shines.
You will have anticipated me, I am sure, as referring
to the fact that, to the year 1380 is assigned the com-
pletion of the first translation of the whole Bible into
the English language ; and that this is thus the 5CX)th
year, — the semi-millennial, — of that grand work of
John Wycliffe. To him the glory belongs of having
been the first to give the whole Bible to the English
people in their own tongue, without note or comment.
He did the work heroically, in the face of threats, de-
nunciations, and excommunications, which, — inasmuch
as a fortunate stroke of paralysis, a few years after it
was finished, had saved him from absolute martyrdom, —
found their ultimate satisfaction in committing his bones
to the flames, and casting their ashes into the sea.
We have had better translations of the Sacred Scrip-
tures since his day. We have had revisions and
commentaries of all sorts, with the latest results of
scientific discoveries, of philological criticism, and of
archaeological researches. We welcome them all. Cer-
tainly, we are not afraid of any of them. Moses will
still stand as the grandest of historians and law-givers.
David will still be the sweet Psalmist of Christendom,
as well as of Israel. Isaiah will still startle and thrill
and convince us by the surpassing majesty, as well as by
the marvelous minuteness, of his sublime prophecies.
And Jesus Christ, as portrayed in the Gospel, will be
the same, ''yesterday, to-day, and forever." Critics and
commentators will help us and not hurt us. No weapon
formed against the Word of God will prosper.
But whatever may have been done, or may still be
done, for the Bible, that old first translation and its
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heroic author, can never fail to be remembered with
gratitude and veneration ; and I should be sorry to have
this occasion pass away without this brief but distinct
recognition of his claim to no second share in the mani-
fold anniversary honors of the year 1880.
And now without trespassing longer on your attention,
I hasten to present to you the Rev. Dr. Alexander
McKenzie, who has kindly consented to deliver our
annual discourse.
ADDRESS.
BY REV. ALEXANDER McKENZIE, D.D.,
OF Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. President : — We do well year by year to come up to the
house of the Lord to give thanks to Him for His most Holy Word.
If its work were finished, and it were laid aside like an old ship, or a
veteran whose campaigns are over, it has been great enough and good
enough for a perpetual thanksgiving. If its worth and work had no
enlargement, we should still be called upon to rejoice in the permanent
blessings which are in it and are steadily flowing from it for the good
of the world. But, as a matter of fact, we have new occasion for an
annual celebration of its wealth and power, in that these are increasing
as the years go on. The Bible never was so great as it is to-day.
Not a line has been added to its familiar pages ; a line which had
been added has been withdrawn. Yet the Book is larger and fuller
than ever, and of greater value to the world.
It is truly written that the Word of the Lord endureth forever. It
is also written that the Word of God is not bound. Its perma-
nence is not that of the mountain which presses down upon the plain,
and remains the same from century to century. It is rather the per-
manence of the tree, which keeps its identity and holds its place, yet
sends its roots deeper down and its branches further out, and multiplies
its leaves for the delight and refreshment of man. Rather it is the
permanence of the man, who retains his personality, yet, if he be manly,
increases in wisdom and love, grows in grace and in the knowledge of
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our Lord and Saviour, and makes to himself a greater power for
good.
If we regard the Bible in its relation to the necessities of men we
shall mark its increased value.
I speak especially of our English Bible when I say that men never
needed its instruction more than now, and were never so much shut
up to it. The truths which it was given to impart cannot lose their
importance. In the quickened activity of our time their interest can-
not but be enlarged. Men are searching the unseen world they live in,
and sending their questions through the spaces where we see no
inhabitant. Of God, and duty, and destiny they are inquiring. The
whence and whither of life they ask to know. The chief end of
man and the way to his chief well-being they are seeking to find.
Whatever the motive or the spirit, these sublime themes are diligently,
painfully pursued. Meanwhile the voices of nature grow more con-
fused, and the voices of teachers more divided. The oracles have
grown dumb. How far this is warranted we need not now pause to
consider. In the extension of its territory it is necessary that know-
ledge should be cantoned. Yet no man should be ignorant of the
things which most concern his duty and his welfare. We cannot
stand with both our feet on either sea or land, and be broadly
wise ; to stand firmly we must rest on both. By the study
of material things and physical forces we cannot come to an
adequate knowledge of God or of ourselves. We have always
known this. The professional students of nature are impressing the
fact upon us. They tell us that we have sought and found too
much in the world of which we are a part. They change our
demonstrations to inferences. They limit the declaration of the
heavens and the revelation of the firmament. Sometimes in a reck-
less but sometimes in a reverent spirit they do. I do not
speak of these things to complain of them, but to declare our indepen-
dence. If these men do not go beyond the truth they do us no harm.
They make it more needful that in some other way we come to the
knowledge of ourselves and of Him who made us. They make it
more certain that in some other way we can attain to this knowledge.
What God does not say through the heavens, He will say, if we need
to know it. The knowledge of material things by its increase makes it
evident that we can know spiritual things which concern us more.
The lessons of nature witness to the probability of a spiritual revela-
tion which shall instruct us in that domain of our being where nature
fails us. The rigid finger of the fossil points to the prophet of the
voice The enlarged knowledge of the ways of God should convince
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us that we can have the knowledge of God Himself. To know more
of the body should make us sure we can know more of the soul. Our
Lord gave men the bread which nourished the flesh that they might
look for the bread which nourishes the spirit.
This knowledge which we must have, for which our spirit cries out
within us ; which the world of nature refuses to furnish, and which her
priests tell us is not in her ; which the growth of less important learn-
ing makes almost certain, we find here in the Book. Its voice has lost
nothing of its distinctness or authority; it has gained in both since
other voices have faltered and fallen under silence. More solitary
than of old, the Bible is more grand than ever. More indispensable,
it is more valuable. Still it answers our questions, and it will
answer them. Deserted of the masters we come up to its serene and
sacred bights to hear from the radiant cloud the words of eternal
wisdom and everlasting life, " I will not leave you comfortless.
Because I live, ye shall live also."
Besides this increase in the relative value of the Bible, there is an
enlargement of its absolute and intrinsic worth.
1. It is of more worth because it is of worth to more men.
The number of persons who read the Bible and take it for their
guide is steadily increasing. Churches are rising up through our own
land, and in all lands. Men who believe utterly in the Book are
wandering through the waste places of the earth and among its
populous countries with the open Bible in their hands. They read,
and the people hear. Some become doers of the Word, and thus
become its witnesses and ministers. Every year enlarges the number
of believers. The gates of the cities turn at the coming of the
messengers, and the closed continent lies open at their approach, with
its broad plains and trackless jungles ; its great rivers and massive
mountains; with its riches, and its blackness; its ivory, and its
cruelty ; its millions of men, and no God. The book of the Acts of
the Apostles gains new chapters. The former record has really never
ended. It runs on like a broad, swift stream. We stand on its banks
and watch it till it passes beyond our sight, still going on and on.
When the writer laid aside his pen St. Paul was " preaching the king-
dom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus
Christ," and he has been preaching and teaching through the centuries
since. Other men took up his words and have repeated them in their
generations. The Scriptures which he received and by commandment
enlarged have girdled the earth with their lines, and the lines are
already twisting into a cable which will hold the continents together.
2. The Bible is greater than ever because it is great to men more
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than ever. It is not merely that more men have received it as a book.
It has gone into the lives of more men, and become a living force in
them. Its law has more authority, its mercy more acceptance. It has
gained the confirmation of the conscience and assumed the control of
the life. It is in more character and will, and therefore has more
influence, which is to be continued and increased. A telescope is not
made larger by having other telescopes made ; but the telescope as an
instrument and institution is enlarged. A Bible is no greater for the
making of other Bibles, but the Bible as an institution, and an element
of control, is the larger. Making Bibles, and readers, and doers, makes
the Book the more. The continual extension of the Church of God
means the augmented power of the Word, which is the magna charta
of His kingdom.
3. We have to add to this that the truths of the Bible are receiving
fresh illustrations, which at once increase their vitality and assure
their permanent influence. I am not able to sing the whole of the
first verse of Cowper's familiar hymn. I sing three lines with delight,
and falter on the fourth : —
" A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic, like the sun :
It gives a light to every age,
It gives ." ^
Oh, grandly true ! But is it true that it " borrows none " ? The light
gives itself to the surrounding atmosphere, but it draws from the
atmosphere something, — that which makes it shine. The Bible is
indeed independent of the age and of the world itself; but the age
lightens its pages, and the world interprets and illustrates its teachings.
Through the study of the works of God we better understand His
methods as they are partially disclosed in His Word. Science is mak-
ing a commentary on the simple annals of creation, and furnishing the
plates which adorn and explain the text. From the prevalence of law
and design and force discovered in the common things about us, we
are made more sure of the force and design and law which rule in the
higher realm of mind and spirit. The principle of the Bible, that sowing
precedes reaping, and reaping follows sowing, both in time and in
kind, gives to our work a distinctness of character and result which
makes it possible to live prudently and fashion the years which are to
be. The book of Genesis and the gospel of St. John seem unlike ;
but they begin with the same great truths, and the deeper we read into
the elder record, the brighter will be the path which on the later pages
leads us into the high spiritual life of the sons of God.
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Our own experience, and the combined experiences which make
history, are giving original illustrations of the Biblical fact of a divine
Providence. To-day the lily wears the beauty with which God has
clothed it, and the sparrow rests in the security of His watchful care.
We have found that the winds and waves do obey His will. If the
miracle is over, the work remains. We cannot read history and see
through the words without coming upon design and finding the will of
One who rules above men and nations and events. What good men
are working for, and devout men are praying for, and the church is
waiting for, is becoming true, — the petition of our childish lips, " Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done." As of old, God raises up leaders
and priests and prophets. The Christ finds and calls apostles. He
rules in men. He governs events. From a brass screw comes a boat-
load of bread for starving Turks and fighting Englishmen, and from the
bread rises Robert College to hold up the flag of our republic above the
Bosphorus, and bring in liberty and truth. An embroidered slipper,
growing under a Christian woman's hands, opens the sealed doors which
Imprison the Zenana women of India, and lets in comfort and light.
Read the story of Christian missions to find the Bible incidents
repeated in the signal working of God's providence in the line of
his own plan.
So have we accumulating evidences of His love, and mercy, and for-
bearance. We read these and believe. The former instances make
them clear ; but our own lives make them clearer. We believe that
which was by reason of that which is, and this grows while we sleep.
The love and kindness of the Bible make their own witness to its worth.
"Truly," said a girl-wife in India, "truly your Bible must have been
written by a woman, it contains so many kind things about us." This
entrance of its mercy into stricken lives, giving them comfort and hope,
makes the mercy more. We comprehend the pity and gentleness of
the Word when we find the living illustration of its compassion.
Prayer never had so much confirmation as now glorifies it. The
interceding prophet, the importunate widow, the suppliant mother,
. the beseeching publican, have been a thousand times repeated since
they passed on. The Bible is rich in its witnesses when it would teach
us to pray. But it is growing richer in those whom the centuries bring
forward, in the multitudes who to-day throng about its mercy-seat, and
come boldly to its throne of grace.
Thus it is that the truths of the Bible are more and more strongly
asserted and confirmed and illustrated as year succeeds to year.
The very sentences of Holy Scripture have in many instances
acquired an independent character which has enhanced their value
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and the power of the Book in which they belong, from which they
derive their force. They have taken hold upon human experience, and
given expression to the highest and deepest thoughts of men. This has
added to their meaning and worth. The call of our Lord to those
who labor and are heavy laden ; the beatitudes, which lie aa a benedic-
tion on good men's lives ; the evangel in the gospel, with its declaration
of God's love for the world ; the cry of the publican for mercy ; the
resolve of the prodigal to go home ; the question of the jailer at
Philippi, and its answer, — these have a being of their own. There is
a separate personality in the Saviour's last prayer with His disciples ;
in St. Paul's description of charity, and in his triumphant portrayal of
the resurrection. One after another we find these true, and thence-
forth they are more true than ever.
The Psalms have much of their power in that they are the utterance
of real life in its changes. The men believed, knew, felt ; therefore
they wrote. We see the hand of God, and we see the heart of man.
Such men have never ceased to be. Names change, life keeps its
course. The thoughtful man, whose years are many, can sing the
psalter through, and set his own name for the pronouns. It has been
called the " sacred book of the world." How old it is, and it is ever
young. The churches have worshiped in its inspiring strains, rising
in its exultation, bowing in its confession and lament. The people have
sung its melodies, — merchants, sailors, ploughmen ; sages, soldiers,
priests ; mothers with their children, kings with their people. Finely
has the story been told before. Cromwell led his men to victory at
Dunbar with the 68th Psalm ; Luther strengthened his heart with the
vigor of the Psalms. Wallace had his psalter hung before him at his
execution, and died with his eyes fixed upon it. Polycarp, Hildebrand,
Huss, Columbus, Xavier, Melancthon, Jewell, gave their last breath to
the words of a psalm. One psalm alone has engraved itself on the
lives of men. The penitence of the contrite soul has loved to breathe
out its miserere. Thomas Arnold had the 51st Psalm read to him when
he lay dying, and John Rogers recited it as he went to the stake.
Jeremy Taylor transformed it into a prayer. Lady Jane Grey repeated
its cry for mercy as she ascended the scaffold, and Sir Thomas More
as he laid his head upon the block. Augustine had written on the
wall opposite the bed where he lay sick, "The sacrifices of God
are a broken spirit," and Bernard passed on with this verse upon
his lips. We draw these instances from other days. They might
be found nearer to our time and in our time. The Hebrew
parchment lives in the reverent sentence which looks down from
the Royal Exchange in London, down on the busy streets and the
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hurrying throng of men claiming ownership and holding in brief
possession :
** The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.*'
When our ancient and honored university sought words of blessing for
her sons, the lesson of her watchful centuries, the embodiment of her
faith, she found them not in the classic poet and philosopher, or the
Roman orator, but in the scroll of the Hebrew, prophet. The words
stand back to back with the names of men who have died for their coun-
try, face to face with men who are living for their country. In that su-
preme moment when the fond mother gives the men to their work, over
their heads they can read the legend of her hope, Qui autem docti
fuerint fulgebunt — " They that be wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the
stars for ever and ever."
Thus more and more is the Bible making illustrations of itself.
Men are raised up steadily who confirm the power of its teachings.
They stand with us and share our life. Every year produces them, and
in the act gives us more for which to rejoice in the Word of our God.
4. We are able at this time to recognize the increased value of the
Bible in the fact of the new version soon to be given to the world.
It is strong testimony to the hold which our English Bible has
upon the hearts of the people, and to their conviction of its sanctity,
extending even to the English words it uses, that there has been a
tacit consent to let the work of improvement be so long delayed.
The common heart, loving the words upon which it has been nurtured,
has been unwilling to have them changed. " They are good enough,"
the people have said.
It is testimony, also, to the intelligence with which the Bible is
held, to the reason which is not superstition, and to the faith which is
more than attachment, that the thoughtful readers of the Book have
cheerfully yielded to the wisdom of Christian scholars when they have
said that they were able to improve the work of the Christian scholars
who wrought so nobly in their day, whose work has lived by right and
ruled by righteousness. The researches of the intervening centuries
have brought us nearer to the words which " holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." They have brought also
the ability to transfer the thoughts of God into our mother tongue with
greater accuracy. The time has come when the church and the world
should have the advantage of these prolonged studies and labors.
Reverent scholars, in the spirit of their predecessors, loving the
Book and confident of its divine power, are making the knowl-
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edge of the few the possession of the many. We shall keep the
old and strengthen it with the new» It will be more than ever
the Word of God. The Bible has had many versions as it has
gone out to the nations. The entrance into a new country means
the entrance of the Scriptures into the language of the country.
As the gospel went eastward, the Greek changed to the Syriac.
When it went westward, it passed into the Latin. It has been
transformed into the, languages of the world, that the marvel of
Pentecost might be repeated, and every man hear it in his own
tongue wherein he was born. Our English Bible is a monument to
the growth of learning and piety. It is not the work of one man
or one time. It has this advantage over the other vernacular versions,
that it is the result of the protracted labors of many men, working
apart and working together. The words on the title page of our
Bible are a disclosure of the methods of its making, — "Translated
out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently
compared and revised." This is the method of the new version, which
is to use the resources which diligence has acquired.
The gain is evident. It is worth something to be able to make this
fresh assertion of our confidence in the Book. Our ripest scholarship
presents to the world its ripest fruit, and it is the Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments. It is worth something to be able to silence
the unfriendlv and untrue assertion that the friends of the Bible knew
it to be full of errors, and did not dare to correct them, or to inform the
people of their existence. The truth is that the deviations of our
version from the best Greek manuscripts have been well known. Not
only have they been known to the clergy, but they have been stated
with the utmost frankness in the numberless commentaries and other
treatises which have been placed before all intelligent men and women.
The new version is to gather up these separate suggestions, determine
their value and set them in their places, that they may be read con-
veniently and with confidence. Students will find little that is new,
but they will find an orderly arrangement of all that is good, made by
hands competent for the pious work. Preeminently the new version is
in the interest of the people. The value of it is in this : that they will
read with greater accuracy what it has pleased God to have written in
the Book which for evermore bears His name.
Let it be known that Protestantism has no secrets. It keeps
nothing under lock and key. Its records lie open. It has but one
book of divine authority, and that it offers to the sage and to the child.
It gives its best and all its best to every one who will receive it.
Within and without its illumined pages it writes its word of liberty
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and intelligence, that " no prophecy of the Scriptures is of any private
interpretation."
We turn the pages down which the hands of holy men have traced
the thought of God, over which has run the sanctifying blood of the
martyrs of the truth, out of which have come courage, and peace, and
life for the heroes of the church and the benefactors of the world ; and
as we turn, we may read with a liberal expectation the promise of our
Lord, that "when He, the spirit of truth, is come. He will guide you
into all truth."
For the greater Bible let us have the greater thankfulness to-day.
5. We may increase this by our confidence that the Bible is to be
more truly esteemed, and therefore better read, in the time to come.
From the furnace into which its sentences have been cast, sometimes
cruelly, they come out to win the admiration of good men. We feel
sure of the result. The Bible is to hold its p ace. We believe that it
is to have a higher place than it has held, and a deeper and broader
influence. I think I interpret correctly the confidence with which we
keep this anniversary. We mourn, and with reason, that something of
the reverent homage which has been paid the book has perished or
been obscured. It is much to be regretted. The reverence may
return. Meantime there is something on the other side. I think upon
it for my comfort, now that we need the solace of hope. I trust it
will commend itself to you. This is not demonstration, but confidence
and expectation. If the Bible is read by many with more questioning,
it seems to be read by some with more thinking. There is more pains
to find out what is written. Perhaps the Bible was never studied
more earnestly than now, perhaps never more intelligently. If the
right to judge and separate is carried too far, possibly what is retained
has the greater force. We are able to distinguish between inspiration
and truthfulness. We wish devoutly that all persons held the high
belief in the inspiration of the Bible which has always characterized
this Society. That may come. While we wait for it, we are permitted
to see that a man's belief in the Bible as a revelation from God may
be defective, while yet he accepts its teachings and acknowledges the
duty to obey them. If he be sincere in this, he must be led to some-
thing better than he has. If, as we believe, the Bible is growing in
value, it will grow in power. People will find it out ; then they will
read it better. We can trust and wait.
Out of the present confusion we are quite sure to come into a more
settled state, when truth will be clearer. Then the Bible will be
greater. In this we have a common interest. We can have nothing
to fear. The Book will always be God's Word to us. The
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human element, of which so much is made when men would speak
lightly of it, has two sides. We can present the other. If they
were men who wrote, they were men. If they brought their
infirmities to the writing, as we are told, they brought their in-
telligence also. Those things can hardly be absurd or incredible
which men like Moses and Isaiah, John and Paul, believed in all the
intensity of their character. They had better means than we of know-
ing whereof they wrote, and they wrote. By all their manhood
and good sense they will stand as good witnesses to their own
words. The introduction of the human element is not against us
but for us.
The future may bring many discoveries ; we have no cause to fear
them. If they bring us anything better than the Bible, then we gain
by that ; if only that which is inferior, we have our common sense left.
Let the light shine ; let it burn. If any belief turn to ashes, we will
warm ourselves in the fire whose light gleams upon our face and shines
along our path.
In view of these considerations, it is safe to say that the Bible w^ill
be read better than in the time past ; not by all men, but by those
who read it. It will mean more to them. The evidence of its divinitv
will be larger. Its claim to peculiar confidence will be recognized.
It will be the guide of men in practical righteousness.
We are becoming reasonably sure of some things. This period of
disorder and questioning will be succeeded by a period of conviction
and quiet. Changes may come, but changes will be followed by
repose. Such is the course of events. What we already know, we are
to use ; and as the knowledge improves, the results of it will be larger.
We are to read on from what we know into what we need to know ;
from the alphabet into the literature. W^e are now sure of God, and
duty, and immortality ; keeping to these we advance into more light,
and as we move, the truth will win the commendation of our conscience
in the sight of God. What has come by the years, let it be received by
the years, while with a patient searching we find new treasures day by
day. To the obedient truth will come. The willing man shall know
the will of God. Every child, every child-like spirit, shall be taught.
As the Bible has become greater in itself, so can we become greater to
hold it and be blessed by it. Thus shall we be greater to give it
to the world. We may not see its immediate influence as did the
fathers. The times have changed. It was a dull and blind world into
which the English Bible entered. ** All the prose literature of England,
save the forgotten tracts of Wyclif, has grown up since the translation
of the Bible by Tyndall and Coverdale. So far as the nation at large
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was concerned, no history, no romance, hardly any poetry, save the
little known verse of Chaucer, existed in the English tongue when the
Bible was ordered to be set up in the churches. . . . For the moment,
however, its literary effect was less than its social. . . . But far greater
than its effect on literature or social phrase was the" eflFect of the
Bible on the character of the people at large. The Bible was as yet
the one book which was familiar to every Englishman."
Its influence, has continued. It is not less real because less striking.
It has done a deep work which will not pass away. The Bible is
needed to preserve and enlarge this. New generations need the old
truth, which is ever new. The strangers entering our gates must be
met by the man with the Book. The ships which traverse the seas
must bear its comfort, and strength, and companionship on their lonely
and perilous way. The isles wait for it. The countless millions whom
we are just touching must have its wisdom and grace. The Book will
bless man. As in the watered Relds in its own prophetic page,
everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever it shall come, shall
live. Let Tyndall speak to us as we go hence, " For we have not
received the gifts of God for ourselves only, or for to hide them ; but
for to bestow them."
We have received, and are receiving. We will give, and let the
light shine brighter and yet brighter unto the perfect day.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the commit-
tee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying into effect
the object of this association ; which, being read from the chair, was
considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with one amend-
ment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles
and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within
the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures,
and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dol-
lars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining a
member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction
of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organization of
the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice
shall be given by the committee, and also of the time and place of
the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a board of
trustees.
5. The trustees or the greater part of them present at any meet-
ing, of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer,
or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members
of the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office
during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the man-
agement of the fund, and the distribution of the books procured with
it, subject and according to such regulations and directions as shall
from time to time be prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held
on public notice given as aforesaid ; and the treasurer shall pay the
moneys in his hands to the order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incor-
porate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid,
and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the pur-
poses of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regu-
lar notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be neces-
sary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of
the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, the trustees peti-
tioned the general court, and obtained the following act of incorpo-
ration.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
Cotnmontoraltf) of iBBMSLt^uantfi*
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D.,the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and
improved for the purposes aforesaids.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Sodety may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to thein shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further en€u:ted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap-
P'^oved by the Governor, Feb, /j", i8io.
Commontoealtt^ of ina00aci)U0ett0«
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had
not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb, 2y, i86s»
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 185 1, the follow-
ing by-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its act of
incorporation ; namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State ^nd elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conve-
niently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE n.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, vice-presidents,
corresponding and recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be
ex-officio members of the board of trustees, and the recording secre-
tary shall be the recording officer of that board. These officers shall
all be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authorit)*
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society'
a particular report of. all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at any time call. Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committees at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These by-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Tes-
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current not ior past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLB COUNTY.
West Barnstable Cong, church,
Falmouth, First Cong, church,
Yarmouth, First Cong, church,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Attleboro, Second Cong, church,
EUiston Cong, church,
Norton, Wheaton Cong, church,
Taunton, Winslow Cong, church,
^5.85
$34.30
4.25
50.00
8.50
$87.05
BSSBX COUNTY.
Beverly, Washington St. Cong, ch..
$11.04
Amesbury Mills Cong, church,
10.50
Andover Chapel,
68.56
Bradford Cong, church.
101.70
Gloucester, Evangl. Cong, church,
3500
Groveland Cong, church.
6.00
Ipswich, South Cong, churdi,
17.00
First Cong, church.
32-95
Lynn, Central Cong, church,
14.00
First Cong, church,
5.a8
L>-nnfield Center, A Friend,
I. CM
Lawrence, South Cong, church.
3-75
Andover, South Cong, church,
50.00
Danvers, Maple St. Cong. ch. and
Sabbath school (2 l. m.),
40.00
(Georgetown, First Cong, church.
4.a5
Newburyport, Whitfield Cong, church,
10.24
Belleville Cong, church.
62.00
West Newbury, Cong, church,
5.00
Salem, South Cong, church.
33.01
Crombie St. Cong, church,
54.00
Saugus, Cong, church.
4.07
Topsfield, Cong, church.
18.04
$587.39
FRANKLIN COU.STV.
Conway, Cong, church.
$29.05
Greenfield, First Cong, church,
5- 50
Shelbume, Cong, church,
"•95
HAMPDBN COUNTY.
Chicopee, Cong, church,
Longmeadow, Gents' Benev. Assoc.,
Longmeadow, Ladies* Benev. Assoc.,
Monson, Cong, church,
Mitteneague, Cong, church,
Palmer, Second Cong, church,
Springfield, South Cong, church.
Olivet Cong, church,
West Springfield, First church,
Wilbraham,
West Springfield, A Friend,
HAMPSHIRB COUNTY.
Belchertown. Cong, church,
Amherst, North Cong, church.
North Hadley, Cong, church,
Greenwich, Rev. E. P. Blodgett,
9.15
10.4a
25.00
15.10
14.48
a6.oo
17.05
t.oo
$176.50
$46.50 I
$21.00 !
«6.75
»8.55
$74.53
MIDDLBSSX COUNTY.
Holliston, Cong, church.
Concord Union Bible Society,
Acton, Cong, church,
Ashby, Cong, church,
Ashland, Cong, church,
Ariington, Cong, church,
Cambridgeport, Prospect St. Cong, ch.,
Framingham, Plymouth Cong, church.
Harvard, Evangl. Cong, church,
Hopkinton, Cong, church.
South Framingham, Cong, church,
Littleton, Ortho. Cong, church,
Peppcrell, Cong, church,
Lowell, First Cong, church,
Newton, Eliot Cong, church,
Somerville, Franklin St. Cong, church,
Saxonville, Edwards Cong, church,
Southboro, Cong, church,
Sudbury, Cong, church,
Sherbom, Ladies Benev. Asso. (1 l. m.),
Townsend, M. E. church,
Townsend, Cong, church,
Tewksbury, Cong, church,
Waltham, Cong, church,
Waverly, Cong, church,
Lowell, Kirk St. Cong, church.
$18.00
91.00
6.00
435
12.00
25.00
3i-»4
4.00
6.25
33-49
81.50
5-75
19.04
43-59
5.00
9.00
21.10
9-43
9.00
2aoo
3.50
5.50
2aoo
35.48
21.86
"4-57
$634.45
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NORFOLK COUNTY.
Cohasaet, Cong, church, $9*4>
Braintree, First Cong, church, 12.04
Dedham, First Cong, church, 40.20
Franklin, First Cong, church, 8.23
Grantville, Cong, church, 48.29
Hingharo, Evangl. Cong, church, 16.85
Holbrook, Winthrop Cong, church, 21.68
Yearly Bequest, E. N. H., 200.00
Yearly Bequest, E. E. H., 25.00
Hyde Park, Cong; church, 1 1.74
South Abington, Cong, church, 16.84
Foxboro, Cong, church, >9>5o
East Medway, Cong, church, 8.50
West Medway, Cong, church, 13-83
South Weymouth, Union Cong, ch., 10.00
Second Cong, church (i l. m.), 20.00
Randolph, Clara Belcher, .60
Weymouth, Holman F. Vickery, 5.00
Weymouth and Braintree, Cong. ch.. 23.50
Walpole, Cong, church, 12.25
Wellesley, Rev. P. D. Cowan, 10.00
$543.47
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central Sq. Cong. ch.
(1 L. M.), S22.50
Brocton, Miss Deborah S. Thayer
(i L. M.), 20.00
Lakeville, Cong, church, 23.12
Marshfield, Ortho. Cong, church, 7.09
Middleboro, First Cong, church, i4-7S
Plympton, Cong, church, 4.46
Plymouth, Pilgrimage Cong, church, 14.59
Scituate, Cong, church, 6.19
$112.70
SUFFOLK COyNTY.
Boston, Old South church,
#149.20
A Friend,
1.00
Baptist Bethel,
4.78
Nancy B. Curtis,
100.00
E H. Sampson,
20.00
Dorchester, Village church.
12.91
Roxbury, Imnuuiuel Cong, church.
1.00
S288.89
WORCXSTBR COUNTY.
Blackstone, Cong, church, lM.36
Brookfield, Evangl. Cong, church, 20.00
North Brookfield, First Cong, church, 50.00
Gardner, First Cong, church, 15.00
Globe Village, Evangl. Free church, 23.02
Gilbertrille, Cong, church, 41-37
Fitchburg, Rollstone Cong, church, 8.00
Oxford, First Cong, church, 13.35
East DougUss, Cong, church, 10.40
Leominster, Orthodox Cong, church, 4.50
North Cong, church, 2.75
Millbury, Second Cong, church, 5.00
Princeton, Cong, church, 5.00
Spencer, J. L. Bush, 1,000.00
Sutton, Cong, church, i9>73
Uxbridge, Evangl. Cong, church, 15.00
Warren, First Cong, church, (5.00
Westboro, Evangl. church and soc., 54.20
Winchester, Cong, church, 63.52
Winchendon, North Cong, church, i9>o9
Worcester, Central Cong, church, 88.35
West Brookfield, Cong, church, 18.00
Whitinsville, Cong, church, 786.67
Westfield, First Cong, church, 20.50
Second Cong, church, 20.50
Baptist church, i3<5o
M. E. church, 13.00
West Boylston, Cong, church, 7.44
$2,363.27
MISCSLLANEOUS.
E. Sanderson, agent,
Hampden Benev. Assoc. Int. Ace.,
Great Falls, N. H., First Cong, ch.,
N. E. Conference M. E. ch. (15 l. u.\
Springfield, C. £. Thompson,
S1.48
12.00
7-50
345.17
1. 00
$367-15
COLLSCTIONS.
T'Ar following sums have been received /rom
Protestant Episcopal Churches and /or-
warded to the A m. BiHe Society :
Trinity church, Boston, $860.00
Emanuel church, Boston, 336.00
St. Paul's church, Boston. 84.00
$1,280.00
LBGACISS.
Tewksbury, Estate of Wm. Taylor. $891.30
Dedham, from Est. of Josh. Bingham, 250.00
Methuen, balance of bequest, J. F.
Ingalls, 12.50
Portland, Me., bequest of Sarah Chase, 10.00
Hadley, from bequest C. B. Smith, 425.00
Newburyport, from estate of Anna W.
Noyes, 2,000.00
Marion, balance bequest John Pitcher, 35.89
Boston, from Moses Day estate, 5,000.00
Leominster, additional from estate of
Dolly Johnson, 42.00
$8,666.69
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible S«)ci-
ETY, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum
of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of tht*
Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and
policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel I*it-
LER, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and indi-
viduals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah
Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
E. Cutler, A^t-nt
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF TUB
Massachusetts Bible Society,
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. IX BOSTON,
MAY 23, 18S1.
HBINU THEIR
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY,
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, S BEACON STREET,
iSSi.
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OFFICERS
OP THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1881-82.
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL. D.
Vice-Presidents.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN. LL. D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER. Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HAWES, Bristol County.
ELISHA TUCKER, Esq., Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D. D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor. •
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent.
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees.
Rbv. JOHN O. MEANS, D. D.
rbv. chandler ROBBINS, D. D.
Rbv. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D. D.
Rbv. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D. D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D. D.
Bishop RANDOLPH S. FOSTER, D. D.
Rbv. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rbv. EDWARD S. ATWOOD.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY, D. D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
THEOPHILUS R. MARVIN, Esq.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Hon. JOHN P. PUTNAM.
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Executive Committee.
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARB TO BB MADB FOR BIBLBS.
Rev. John O. Means, D. D., Charles Henry Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1881.
Hon. William Phillips
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Hon. Samuel Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. John Lathrop, D. D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D. .
Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. .
Rev. John Codman, D. D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL. D.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Rev. NathM Frothingham, D. D.
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D. D.
William C. Plunkett, Esq.
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Willbton, Esq. .
Hon. William B. Washburn. LL. D.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq.
Charles P. Whitin, Esq. .
Lee Claflin, Esq.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckrainster
Rev. Samuel Thacher
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D.
Rev. John Pierce, D. D. .
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor .
Rev. James D. Knuwles .
Rev. William Jenks, D. D.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq. .
Presidents.
. 1809-J7
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL. D.
■ »854-59
. 1827-49
Hon. Samuel H. Walley .
. 1859-78
. 1849-54
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL. D. .
1878
Vice-Presidents.
. 1809-16
Caleb Holbrook, Esq.
. 1862-75
. 1816-28
James S. Amory, Esq.
1862
. 1828-44
Hon. John H. CliflFord, LL. D.
1862-76
. 1844-48
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
1862
. 1848-49
James B. Crocker, Esq. .
1862
• 1849-53
E. S. Moseley, Esq
1862
. 1853-61
Charles A. Jessup, Esq. .
1870-72
. 1861-72
Hon. William Claflin, LL. D. .
1S71
. 1862
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D. D.
1872-78
1862-70
Hon. William Hyde . !
1872
1862-72
Hon. Timothy W. Carter .
. 1873
. 1862
Hon. Milton M. Fisher .
1875
. 1862
Hon. John A. Hawes
1876
. 1862
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
187S
1862-70
rrespondini
g Secretaries.
1809-13
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
, 1818-4V)
1813-17
Rev. NathM L. Frothingham, D. D
1849-53
. 1817-18
iiecording
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
Secretaries.
■ 1853
. 180Q-2S
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D.
. 1839-44
. 1828-30
Rev. William M. Rogers .
. 1844-45
. 1830-31
Rev. George W. Blagden. D. D.
. » 845-49
. 1831-31
Rev. George Richards
. 1849-52
• 1832-39
Rev. Daniel Butler
. 1852
Treas
urers.
1809-11 I Henry Edwards, Esq.
1811-12 George R. Sampson, Esq.
1812-35 Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835-49
1849-62
1862
Executive Committee.
Rev. William E. Channing, D. D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips
Stephen Higginson, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D. .
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D. .
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D. D.
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, T). D. .
1809-18
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
i8i«-3o
1 82 1-35
1830-40
1832-35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D
Henry Edwards, Esq.
Rev. George Richards
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
Hon. Albert Fearing .
Rev. John O. Means, D. D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
1835-39
1840-49
1849-60
1849-62
1853-76
i860
1862
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-second Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held at the Rooms of the
Society, No. 8 Beacon Street, on Monday, May 24, at
10 o clock, the Vice-President, the Hon. Jacob Sleeper,
in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Report of the Treasurer, Chas. Henry Par-
ker, Esq., was presented and accepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for the
coming year.
Adjourned.
REPORT.
During the past year there have been circulated from
the Depository thirty-four thousand and forty-nine vol-
umes. Of these, eight thousand nine hundred and forty-
one were Bibles; thirteen thousand two hundred and
twenty-one New Testaments; three thousand and ninety-
nine Testaments with the Psalms, and eight thousand
seven hundred and eighty-eight smaller portions of the
Bible. Of these, twenty-two thousand two hundred and
seventy were sold, and eleven thousand seven hundred
and seventy were bestowed in charity, as follows:
through Life Members, eleven hundred and seventy; to
sailors, two thousand seven hundred and sixteen ; to the
poor in this city, mainly through those appointed to
labor among them, one thousand seven hundred and
forty-one ; to mission Sabbath schools, five hundred and
sixty-six ; to charitable and penal institutions, four hun-
dred and seven ; to the destitute and poor in Massachu-
setts, three thousand seven hundred and forty-seven; to
the destitute in other States, seven hundred and eighty-
two; to the Young Men's Christian Association, four
hundred and twenty-nine ; to Christian work in Portu-
gal, two hundred and twelve. Of the whole number,
one thousand six hundred and fifteen were in various
foreign languages.
During the greater part of the year, a colporter has
been employed in canvassing the towns in the northern
and western portions of Worcester County. In Middle-
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sex, the towns of Groton, Pepperell, Tyngsborough, Dun-
stable, and Tewksbury have been supplied. In Spring-
field, the work has been begun, and will, it is expected,
be completed during the year. For three months a col-
porter has been employed in Boston. He called upon
nearly eleven hundred families, representing every na-
tionality known among us. By earnest address, accom-
panied frequently by prayer, he endeavored to gain en-
trance for the Word to homes as yet unblest by its influ-
ence. An extract from his report discloses one of his
methods of working : " I have adopted the practice of
giving a copy of the New Testament to such children as
have it not, on two conditions: ist, They shall promise
me that they will, unless unavoidably prevented, read
daily ten verses in course to their mothers ; 2d, That
they will commit to memory weekly one verse of Script-
ure, beginning with the Sermon on the Mount, and
recite it to their mother. I have learned that one of the
young misses to whom I gave a Testament on the
above conditions, has hopefully experienced its renewing
power in her heart and life." Over ten thousand fami-
lies have been visited, and one hundred and ninety poor
and destitute supplied. Two hundred and fifty-two indi-
viduals for the time being not connected with families,
have also been supplied.
Experience has abundantly demonstrated the value of
a systematic distribution of the Scriptures. Wants oth-
erwise unknown arc supplied, and saving attention to
the truth is not unfrequcntly created by this form of
labor. Revivals of religion have resulted from the faith-
ful performance of this work. It was not enough that
the feast was spread and the guests invited. Importu-
nity was needed, and a renewed invitation was carried
to each home and urged upon the acceptance of each.
The highways and hedges among us are still populous
with those who await the footsteps of Him that bringeth
glad tidings.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
From the sale of Bibles and Testaments, $7,725.00;
donations, j56,7 10.50; legacies, $3,715.00; investments,
$5,299.99; from dividends and interest, $8,770.05; bal-
ance in the treasury and depository at the beginning of
the year, $296.40, making a total of $32,516.94. The
further sum of $16,294.86 has been paid from Massachu-
setts directly to the American Bible Society.
The expenditures have been as follows : Cash paid for
Bibles and Testaments, $8,792.87 ; donations to the
American Bible Society, $1,334.00; salaries, $4,168.04;
colportage, $1,010.63; rent, taxes, water, freight and pos-
tage* $1,045.26; printing Annual Report, fuel, gas, and
incidentals, $281.39; investments, $8,954.00; paid to
Thomas W. Durant, $319.50; balance in the treasury,
$6,611.25.
The American Bible Society reports a year of in-
creased activity, both in its home and foreign fields. Its
ssues in this country have amounted to one million one
hundred and fifty-eight thousand copies, while three
hundred and forty thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
volumes have been furnished for the work abroad. The
gratuitous work of the year has reached the large
sum of $342,585.00, of which amount $108,120.00 was
in cash appropriations to foreign lands, besides grants of
Scriptures sent from this country.
One hundred and ninety-eight colporters, working
mostly in the Southern States of the Union, have circu-
lated two hundred and two thousand five hundred copies
among the six hundred and ninety-one thousand families
they visited. In addition to this work of the Society,
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three thousand and five hundred volunteer unpaid dis-
tributors are reported. While everywhere the work has
exceeded that of past years, especial reference is made to
Japan, respecting which we are told : " More striking
than anything else is the. readiness of the Japanese to
purchase and examine the Scriptures now accessible to
them. Individual colporters have sold two and three
hundred copies of the Gospels, and in one case five hun-
derd copies in a single day. Dr. Gulick had occasion to
print in 1880 more than eleven million pages of Scripture,
an increase of sevenfold over the preceding year, besides
what were furnished to other societies. He supplied the
British societies with thirty-seven thousand nine hun-
dred and forty-four copies of portions of the Scriptures,
and issued in other ways sixty-five thousand nine hun-
dred and seventy-three."
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports a year
of usual efficiency and success. In donations and lega-
cies, j5572,ooo.cx) have been received, and the receipts
from all sources have reached the large sum of $1,047,-
000.00. In two hundred and forty languages and dia-
lects they have issued two millions eight hundred and
forty-six thousand copies of the Scriptures. Upon their
labors scattered over almost every accessible portion of
the world, rests the blessing promised to those who sow
beside all waters. Its wide and most beneficent labors
fairly express the love of a great Christian nation to the
truth and their desire for its extension.
Nothing indicates more clearly the advance of Chris-
tianity in our world than the number of translations of
the Scriptures, in whole or in part, which the present
century has produced, amounting in all to two hundred
and twenty-six. The various languages spoken by man
are rapidly becoming the medium through which he
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may hold converse with his Maker. Divine revelation,
like the river of paradise, parted into four heads, in
ever-deepening flood is carrying life and healing to the
nations.
Five hundred years ago, the English-speaking people,
numbering at that time three millions, received the gift
of the Bible in their own tongue. The obstacles attend-
ing its diffusion, from the inability to multiply copies of
the book and from the persecution that attended its pos-
session, are well known. With varying fortune it has
made its way down the centuries, the pillar of cloud by
day and of fire by night to the ever-increasing host that
has camped about it in rest and followed it in action.
To-day a hundred millions in both hemispheres, speak-
ing the language of Wickliffe and happy in the fruit of
his labors, gratefully welcome another advance of the
work he began, in the revision of the New Testament,
now so happily completed. The star that for centuries
has shone upon our homes, and the homes of our fathers,
now
. . . "tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore
Flames on the forehead of the morning sky."
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
BY HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.,
President of the Society.
It was only yesterday, my friends, — owing to absence
from the city, and other accidental causes — that I
learned that this seventy-second Anniversary Meeting of
the Massachusetts Bible Society was to be held here
this evening. I am most glad to find myself in this
goodly House of Congregational Worship, which I have
never visited without something of peculiar interest and
edification ; and I offer the best thanks of the Society,
of which I am here as President, to your excellent Pas-
tor, Dr. Webb, for the use of it. Happily, — in view of
the short notice I have had, — the duties which devolve
on me on this occasion required but little preparation,
and I shall proceed to their formal discharge, after a
very few introductory words, which, I am sure you will
all agree with me, have not unnaturally suggested them-
selves to me this evening.
By a striking coincidence, I received yesterday,. simul-
taneously with the notice of this meeting, one of the
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large Presentation copies of the Revised New Testa-
ment, kindly sent to me from the American Committee
of Revision by Dr. Schaff, the accomplished and devoted
President of that Committee. take pleasure in ac-
knowledging it publicly on this occasion, and in offering
my hearty congratulations to the Committee on the ter-
mination of their arduous labors. And I may well con-
gratulate this Society, also, and this whole congregation,
and all the millions of people on both sides of the Atlan-
tic, to whom the Word of God is dear, on the comple-
tion of this most interesting and important work.
I have had, of course, no sufficient opportunity for ex-
amining and considering the specific changes which
have been made in the translation of the Sacred volume.
Nor would it become me to undertake to pass judgment
on what has been done by so distinguished and learned
a company of English and American scholars, — even if
I had enjoyed the fullest opportunity of reviewing their
work.
Their labors are entitled to be judged by their peers ; —
if, indeed, their peers can anywhere be found ; — and we
who pretend to no profound Biblical scholarship, or crit-
ical acquaintance with the editions and languages and
texts, and ancient manuscripts and codices, which such
a revision has compelled them to pore over and study,
may well accept the result with gratitude and with
confidence.
We all know that the onerous and responsible task
has been undertaken and performed diligently, lov-
ingly, conscientiously, scrupulously, reverently, — in the
fear of God, and not in any fear of men. We know that
some of the most gifted minds of alniost every different
theological school and denomination have cooperated
in the result. We know that the men who have been
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engaged in it have prized the old Bible of their homes
and churches as highly and as tenderly as any of us
can have done, and that they would have shrunk, as ear-
nestly as any of us could have shrunk, from every un-
called-for change or modification of the substance or
the language of the endeared version of our fathers.
But, for myself, I rejoice to be equally assured, that
they have not shrunk from any alterations or omissions
which they found to be demanded by a conscientious
and scrupulous fidelity to the original. We can afford
anything better than to have a jot or a tittle added to
the Word of God, or a jot or a tittle taken away from
that Word, by any human interpolation, interpretation,
or omission. The solemn and well-remembered warning
with which St. John concluded his wonderful book of
Revelation may justly be construed as covering and
including the whole Gospel.
We may well rejoice, as a Society, and as individuals,
at the fresh and eager interest which the preparation
and publication of this Work have already awakened in
all quarters; — kindling new zeal in the searching of the
Scriptures by the careful comparison of the new ver-
sion with the old. And whatever may be the ultimate
judgment upon its merits, and whether, or not, it shall
take the place of the old Bible of King James, in our
churches, in our homes, or in our hearts, we must all
feel that it will prove a most welcome and valuable aux-
iliary in the study of the Gospel.
Meantime, it cannot fail to be an unspeakable satis-
faction and comfort to every devout believer in Christ,
that, after ten years of assiduous labor and study, this
accomplished and learned company of Revisers have
found so few substantial errors in the old version of
1611, and have made so few verbal alterations in the
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text that is so dear to us all; — and that we are thus
once more confirmed in our cherished convictions of the
authenticity and truth of the Holy Scriptures, and that
in them we have indeed the words of eternal life.
The Bible itself is its own best witness. Its very ex-
istence after so many ages, its miraculous composition
by those inspired men, and its marvelous preservation
from all the accidents of time and chance, bespeak noth-
ing less than the hand of God. No evolution produced
that volume; and no revolution of thought, or act, or
human will, can ever prevail against it. Revisions and
new versions may improve, or may impair, the letter;
but they can never change its essential character. The
Gospel of Jesus Christ, through which he brought life
and immortality to light, like its Divine Author, is "the
same yesterday, to-day, and forever."
It is now my privilege to call upon the Rev. Dr.
Payne, President of the Wesleyan University at Dela-
ware, in Ohio, who has kindly consented to deliver our
Annual Discourse.
Tfie Bible Tried and Triumphant.
A DISCOURSE.
By rev. CHARLES H. PAYNE, D. D., LL. D.
President of Ohio Wesleyan University.
(Dblawarb, Ohio.)
Ps. xviii: jo — "The word of the Lord is tried."
I PeLi: 2^ — "The word of the Lord endureth forever."
I cannot be insensible to the honor and the responsibility
connected with the service to which your kindness calls me
to-day. The occasion is one which, by reason of its historic
associations, as well as its immediate significance and direct
object, cannot fail to kindle the fires of emotion in every
Christian heart.
This old and most venerable Bible Society, which to-day
celebrates its seventy-second anniversary, this honored Presi-
dent, whose name is familiar in both hemispheres of our globe,
the distinguished line of ancestors through which that name
has come down to him, from that conspicuous historic figure —
the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this
illustrious State that, by its respect for the " Higher Law,"
has won for itself the worthy name of the " Biblical Common-
wealth ; '* all remind us that this occasion is one of no ordinary
interest, but is linked with holiest memories and worthy of our
best thought. I would that the unrelenting duties of a too busy
life had left me ampler time to bring you thoughts more worthy
of the occasion. ^
The most important religious event of the present century
cannot be absent from our minds to-day, and must give
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additional interest to the theme which legitimately demands
our attention. The completion of that great work on which
distinguished scholars, on both sides of the ocean, have for
years been engaged, has at length been reached. The revised
New Testament is now an accomplished fact. To-day for the
first time we eagerly peruse it, as it comes to us, fresh from the
hands of the revisers, and anxiously scan its pages to see how
many familiar words, dear to us by hallowed associations, we
miss ; and whether the new form will rob the precious volume of
any of the old and sacred charm. To-day the greatest Book of
all time begins a new career, with slightly changed outward
form, but with the same unchanging spirit which has made it
the miracle of the ages.
It is a fitting time to pause and bring under brief review the
claims of this tried and trusty Book.
A ship was laboring in tempestuous seas, its sides smitten
and its decks swept by fierce waves. The passengers looked
in consternation and terror upon the scene, when the com-
mander's calm and assuring voice was heard saying: "This
ship has weathered many a severer storm than the present ; she
is thoroughly tried and perfectly trustworthy; give yourselves
no alarm." That word gave cheer to many a palpitating heart
Humanity is tossing on the troubled sea of time, with all its
hope and its final destiny committed to this Book of books — the
Bible. Amid the fierce war of opposing forces, with the realiza-
tion of the measureless interests involved, what marvel if the
solemn question should start in many a heart and tremble on
many a lip: " Is this book a safe depository for such momentous
interests and priceless treasures.^" With what assuring con-
fidence comes this inspiring utterance, confirmed by the history
of the ages : " The word of the Lord is tried ; ** " the word of the
Lord endureth forever ! '*
Tried indeed is that priceless Word which this Society seeks
to spread among the needy millions of earth. It is in the cruci-
ble to-day, as it has been through the long ages, but, as with
the Hebrews in the fiery furnace, the presence of an unseen
Power seems so to guard it with a sacred charm, that not a trace
of the burning flame can be found upon it. But rather as the
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fires burn with fiercer rage and the ages wear away, this Sacred
Book sheds an ever increasing luster and manifests its divineness
with ever intensifying power.
I. Let us give brief consideration to the fact that this Divine
Book has been thoroughly tried and its value fully tested.
1. It has been tried in the fires of bitter opposition and
destructive criticism. Why should men hate and assail the
Book that brings them such messages of love and hope?
Because it condemns their sin and brings them face to face
with a holy Being for whom they have no affinity. The boast
that a bold and talented blasphemer had recently been greeted
with a large audience, and could command such an audience at
his pleasure, has been appropriately answered by a daily secular
paper: "Yes; the witty, \)laspheming infidel will not soon be
likely to lack an audience, because there are multitudes of men
who want to believe that the Bible is false."
But, from whatever cause, the fires of adverse criticism have
been kindled around this Holy Book through successive ages.
Now, it is sheer unreasoning infidel hate, and now it is plausible
science, with its antagonistic theories, seemingly appealing to
men*s reason ; now, it is the secular power which arrays itself
against God's word, and now it is ecclesiastical power, which, in
God's name, seeks to restrain the spread of his own truth. But,
as the attacks upon the fervid Wycliffe and the intrepid Luther
only gave them greater distinction before the world, so every
assault upon this Divine Word has revealed its value and
extended its sway.
2. How thoroughly has the Bible been tried by the crucial
tests of advancing civilization ? Suppose, for a moment, that it
were the production of the unaided intellect of man! What
mind of earth's* most transcendent genius can scan the future
and discern the secrets that lie hidden in the coming centuries,
so that never a fresh discovery of the far-advanced ages shall
falsify the utterance of the far-back years, in the infancy of the
race ? What wisdom of Zoroaster or Plato can stand the ordeal
of the nineteenth century.^
But here is a Book, portions of which reach back to the dim
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twilight of historic times, upon whose pages the discoveries of
the on-moving centuries, the revelations of man's latest and
highest wisdom, have been pouring their intense beams, and lo !
like the burning bush of Horeb, it remains unconsumed ! Not
a single essential feature is disproved or discredited ; nay, rather,
its heavenly origin and authority are attested by every new ray
of light which man's increasing knowledge sheds upon it. The
archaeologist has dug among the buried ruins of Egypt, Assyria,
and Babylon, only to find on temple, cylinder, and lettered stone,
corroborations of this Sacred Book. The physicist has searched
through the arcana of nature, and brought forth her secrets ; the
astronomer has scaled the heavens and weighed in his balances
the starry worlds ; the ethnologist has explored the remotest parts
of the earth and studied the races of mankind ; the historian
has traced the streams of human history back to their sources ;
the philologist has investigated the origin and development of
the babbling tongues of earth ; an army of honored and learned
men have wandered through every realm of science, in all her
vast domain of earth and sky, witfi microscope and telescope,
and from every department of human learning, and every pursuit
of her votaries, each patient investigator has returned to give
new sanction to the Sacred Scriptures and add new emphasis to
the demonstrated fact : '* The word of the Lord is tried," and its
truth " abideth forever."
What one of those great granitic facts which startle and thrill
us as they stand first revealed in God's Word, — the existence of
a Supreme Being, the heavenly origin and immortal destiny of
man, the oneness of the human race; the divine creation and
the unity of the physical universe, — has scientific discovery
cast a single shadow upon ?
What race of human beings has Humboldt, or Speke, or Living-
stone, or Stanley, discovered that did not bear some trace of the
Creator's image, give some prophecy of a glorious future, and
attest the high philosophy of St. Paul, declared under the shadow
of the Athenian Acropolis, that "God hath made of one blood
all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth ?*'
How far in advance of this most ancient volume has this
enlightened nineteenth century reached ? Look around you
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to-day and behold the splendor of its achievements! — its
proudest products, in government, in law, in philosophy, in
science, in art, in literature ; mark whatever wins the admiration
of men, holds them in willing subjection, leads them upward to
sublimest heights of conquest ; the origin and inspiration of all
this progress and greatness are found within this Book. Prog-
ress the world has indeed made, but only as guided by the
wisdom of these divinely illumined pages ; nor can the borrowed
light ever transcend its divine source.
What laws excel those of Moses .^ What poetry that of
David and Isaiah ? What proverbial wisdom that of Solomon ?
What scientific descriptions the sublime language of Job.^
What philosophy that of Paul ? What lofty moral principles
the Sermon on the Mount .^
The very language of this marvelous Book proclaims its
divine origin ; its authority, its sublimity, its truthfulness, all
bespeak their heavenly birth. When one remembers the wild
and extravagant opinions advocated by the wisest philosophers
and most learned men of their age, all along the track of history,
the accuracy and sublimity of the Scriptures in describing that
concerning which the combined wisdom of their time knew
positively nothing, is no less than a stupendous miracle, bearing
unmistakable testimony to their heavenly source.
How far have the most brilliant discoveries of science in this
advanced century gotten beyond that majestic creative scene
when, " in the beginning," God said : " Let light be, and light
was?"
Astronomy has revealed the wonders and splendors of the
rolling spheres, but the grandest revelations of the telescope
do not surpass the sublimity of the language with which this
Holy Book, far back before the birth of modern astronomy, bids
men behold these matchless marvels, exclaiming : " Lo, these
are parts of his ways, but the thunder of his power who can
understand ! "
The light from a thousand million worlds comes streaming on
the sacred page, only to emphasize its sublime utterance : " The
heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth
his handiwork."
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For long ages men have stood in amazement, gazing on the
shining worlds that roll in silent majesty above us, and wondered
whether there were any kinship between those far-away spheres
and this planet of earth; longing for some voice to break the
silence, some message to assure us of the sisterhood of worlds.
At length the long preserved silence has been broken ; the mes-
senger from the distant worlds has come, flying on swiftest wing
and clad in the white robe of light ; he has entered the chemist's
laboratory and written his sublime message in ineffaceable char-
acters in the solar spectrum, declaring the unity of origin and
harmony of purpose of all the countless worlds that people
boundless space, and bidding us read the latest and loftiest truth
of science, in perfect harmony with the teachings of the Inspired
Book — the universe is one, the hand that formed it is one, the
matter that constitutes it is one, the laws that govern it are one»
the plan and purpose that everywhere pervade it are one ; all
things come from God the Creator; all belong to God the
Father.
Turn on the electric light of the nineteenth century and read
the Bible under its searching glare ! The glorious truth flames
forth in splendor : " The word of the Lord is tried." " Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."
3. This Book has been tried and its value attested by its
demonstrated adaptation to the varied conditions and multiplied
wants of humanity.
The experience of the race has settled a few things. Water
quenches thirst, bread satisfies hunger, a few medicines are
specifics for certain diseases. Thirty-three centuries of accred-
ited history have proved that the Bible, and the Bible alone,
meets the necessities of the human race.
All man's wants are here supplied. All his ills are here
remedied. All his wrongs are here redressed. His spiritual
nature, always and everywhere seeking sustenance and rest,
always and everywhere seeks in vain, until coming to this divine
source it finds the bread, which eating, it hungers no more, the
rest, which securing, its weariness is at an end.
There is no member of the great family of man who does not
want deliverance from his guilt ; the one only relief is here made
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known : a pure and perfect object for his affections ; such a
being the Bible alone reveals : a certain guide to virtue ; all other
guides flash false lights on our way : a remedy for a disordered
nature ; here is proffered the only cure : relief from the restless
discontent of the heart ; here, and here only, is the needed rest :
certain knowledge of the dread hereafter ; here, " life and immor-
tality are brought to light : " supporting strength in the dying
hour ; this Book alone points out the way to achieve victory over
" the last enemy," death.
The ignorance, the poverty, the oppression, the wrong, the
misery of earth's teeming millions, all find their cure in propor-
tion as these leaves from the " tree of life," " for the healing of
the nations " are scattered over the earth, and brought into con-
tact with the fevered hearts of men.
Is this a beautiful and brilliant theory to fade away like many
a philosopher's dream ? Nay, the ages of time and the millions
of earth's groaning denizens bear witness to these gracious
truths. *' The word of the Lord is triedl' and a countless multi-
tude of witnesses attest its truth. Nations have accepted it
and been lifted into prominence and power. Individuals in all
classes and conditions have tested its value and found solace and
strength. That poor man tried its virtue, and it opened to him
imperishable treasures more valued than the wealth of a kingdom.
That slave, suffering the bondage of body, or mind, or soul,
sought its proffered deliverance, and his shackles fell off, while
his prison door flew open, and he walked forth into " the glorious
liberty of the sons of God." That sorrowful weeper drank at this
Sacred Fount, and his tears became as crystal lenses through
which he saw the Hand of Love above him and the Land of
Hope before him, and his weeping was changed into joy. That
bereaved one with smitten heart, sighing for
... the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still I
came hither for its holy consolations, and heard a precious mes-
sage falling from the lips of the Mighty Conqueror, saying : " I
am he that liveth and was dead and am alive forevermore, amen,
and have the keys of death and of hell ; " and through falling
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tears he beheld the "vanished hand" beckoning, and heard the
"voice" that was "still" calling to a reunion amid the change-
less scenes of the golden city above.
Yes, this Sacred Book is " tried," and proved true in its every
promise and prophecy and warning.
It reveals the worth of man as immeasurably greater than the
whole material universe, and makes manifest the tender sympathy
of our common Father, so that we cannot but believe with an
illustrious astronomer that, " a single tear ebbing from the heart
of humble sorrow is of more value, in the sight of God, than a
legion of suns."
How could humanity spare this Holy Book!
Blot out of existence any other book, the loss may indeed be
keenly felt. Paradise Lost — the world misses its loftiest epic !
The Novum Organon — physical science feels the void ! The works
of Kepler and Newton — astronomy halts in its progress ! But blot
them all out — all works of science and philosophy, of history and
literature, all the sacred books of time — save the one preemi-
nent Book — the Sibylline Oracles, the Shasters, the Zendavesta,
the Vedas, the Koran, and great as would be the loss, the human
intellect could reproduce what once it has created, and the race
of man would press forward to its lofty goal, achieving yet
greater triumphs than the past has witnessed. No heart would
break ; no hope would die ; no vitalizing force would be eliminated
from society.
But blot out the Bible ! A darkened world gropes in rayless
gloom; a sluggish world finds no worthy motive for its noble
powers ; a suffering world obtains no relief for its ills ; a sorrowing
world knows not where to assuage its grief; a guilty world has
no remedy for its awful burden ; an orphaned world weeps for a
lost Father ; the hands go back on the dial of time, hope dies in
the hearts of men, and a pessimistic wail of despair sweeps over
the shuddering race of men, like the knell of approaching doom.
n. Because this Word of the Lord has been thus tried and
has stood the fiery ordeals of the ages, it is therefore a sure
foundation upon which humanity may build its labors and its
hopes.
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It is the one foundation upon which the individual may
securely build his character and successfully base his life-work.
No other truth seems more trite than this, yet none is farther
from the grasp of men and more difficult of practical realization.
The youth who accepts it as the base of all his building has his
fortune in his own hands, and his future glows with the light of a
promise that will never fade into disappointing gloom.
Any degree of skepticism concerning the divine origin and
authority of the Bible is an element of weakness in one's charac-
ter and a stumbling-block in his way to real success. The high-
est degree of personal faith brings the largest measure of per-
sonal power. Elijah, the terror of kings, Moses, the leader and
law-giver of a nation, Paul, the greatest of heroic men, Jesus, the
world's Conqueror, are illustrious examples of a firm belief in
the divine Word, as a potent force in an individual life. Who-
ever grasps this unchanging Word with an equally unyielding
tenacity will follow closely in their footsteps. A skeptical age
is barren of heroes and fruitful of pigmies. Greatness thrives
on faith and languishes on unbelief.
There is no matter of world-wide interest which educators and
philanthropists need to watch with greater apprehension than the
decay of faith in the Holy Scriptures and the baneful prevalence
of unbelief.
The culture that magnifies the wisdom of men and minifies the
wisdom of God, that exalts Science by the humiliation of her
twin sister Religion, " is blind and cannot see afar ofif," and is
certain to lead its subjects to ultimate mortification and failure.
One ray of divine light leads to greater victories and richer treas-
ures than a thousand rush-lights of human learning. He who
plants in his own mind or in that of another a single seed of
sacred truth has given to that mind a new stimulus and a new
strength, the possibilities of which can never be measured.
The greatest peril of our day is the tide of skeptical question-
ing of God's Word, which is sweeping on its rapid current a
number of somewhat thoughtful people. The greatest hope of
our day is the probability that the current will soon set the other
way, and the ever-living word of truth will " have free course and
be glorified," as never before.
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Not only must the individual make the Bible the basis of all
his hopes of success; it is equally the foundation of all true
national greatness.
No graver question ever confronted a nominally Christian
nation than that which to-day confronts the American nation,
viz.: its practical attitude toward God*s Holy Word. What
shall be the policy of the nation and the State in respect to this
preeminent Book ? Shall it have an honored place in the work-
ing policy of the nation, entering as a positive factor into its
schools, its legislation, its administration in home and foreign
relations ?
Shall recogfiition or repudiation be practiced ? Shall honor or
dishonor be accorded to it ? Shall our children be taught to
revere and obey its sacred teachings by its presence and benign
influence in the schools where they are educated, or shall its
expulsion from those schools, silently, yet inevitably, inspire
within them a disrespect and disregard for its holy truths ?
These are questions that must be answered; nay, they are
receiving a practical answer throughout our national domain.
Neutrality is impossible. Proscription in the schools is practi-
cally to place upon the Bible national dishonor. Banishment from
the public schools must and will be logically followed by banish-
ment from all national recognition and from our national life.
That such will be the issue of the present contest is our greatest
national peril. We do well to pause and ponder before such a
fatal step is taken. We do well, on such an occasion as the pres-
ent, and wherever our words may exert the slightest influence,
to utter our solemn warning against such a wide and perilous
departure from the practice of our venerated fathers.
How far removed from such a policy was that of the distin-
guished ancestor of the honored President of this Society,
to whom I have before alluded — the devout and patriotic
Governor Winthrop, and all that illustrious band of gen-
uine statesmen and patriots who laid the foundations of our
national greatness in this old historic Commonwealth! That
much-revered Bible that crossed the ocean in the Mayflower
with those heroic men — a copy of which, owned and oft-read by
the devoted Elder Brewster, your Massachusetts Historical
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Society still holds in sacred custody and cherishes with becoming
reverence — taught these worthies a higher ,wisdom, following
which, they built upon solid and enduring foundations, which we
should beware of striking from under our national structure.
We do well to heed the words of that later gifted son of Massa-
chusetts, Daniel Webster, in this impressive utterance: "If we
abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go
on prospering and to prosper; but, if we and our posterity neg-
lect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a
catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound
obscurity;" and ere the echo of these pregnant words has died
upon our ears, let another word of warning come to us from
New York's illustrious son, William H. Seward, who says :
'* The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever
growing influence of the Bible." That influence must be fos-
tered, and not hindered, by the nation that seeks power and perma-
nence. ** Them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise
me shall be lightly esteemed," is God's word of promise and of
warning for nations, as for individuals ; while that other solemn
note of alarm sounds in our ears the timely admonition : " The
nation and kingdom that will not serve me shall perish."
God and His divine Word must be honored by the nation and
the State in all their varied relations and official acts; in the
treatment of the red man of the forest, and the almond-eyed
Chinese, and " our brother in black."
In solving the gravest and most difficult problem of the age,
that of the liquor-traffic, with its entailment of incalculable woes
and curses, this Book of Inspired Wisdom is the only safe guide,
and will lead to swiftest and surest deliverance. Heeding its
warnings, we shall take care that we do not "frame mischief into
a law," nor have " fellowship with the throne of iniquity," nor
become " partakers of other men's sins."
Only as this favored nation follows the teachings and fosters
the influence of this God-given Book, will it escape the peril
arising from the incoming of the hosts of heterogeneous peoples
from foreign lands, bringing to our shores the baneful seeds of
socialism and communism and nihilism. It is beyond all ques-
tioning that for our nation, established and lifted to its present
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greatness under the direct influence of the Bible, fww to forget
its Christian origin and history, now to abandon its long-tried
and virtually Christian policy, and, under the specious name of
neutrality or pure secularism, practically to ostracize God*s Holy
Word, would be to foster the growth of all these pernicious
seeds of civil and social evil — which flourish in the soil of skepti-
cism, and in an atheistic atmosphere — and would soon cover the
land with many a death-exhaling upas tree. May a Beneficent
Providence avert such a fate, and the light of Divine Truth lead
the nation to yet loftier heights of greatness and of power !
The Word of the Lord is tried, the Word of the Lord is true,
the Word of the Lord is the only foundation of success or hope
in the individual and the nation ! One other fact demands our
thought :
in. The Word of the Lord is to be triumphant.
The Bible is rapidly and unquestionably marching forward to
universal conquest. It cannot be defeated ; it is immortal truth
panoplied with the imperishability of its Author.
It cannot be effectually bound nor restrained ; as well attempt
to " bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion," or " guide Arcturus with his sons," or set " dominion "
to " the ordinances of heaven."
The visitor in Rome enters the church of San Maria in Via
Lata, occupying the spot which tradition has marked as the
place where St. Paul lodged with the centurion. Descending to
the crypt he reads inscribed upon a pillar these memorable words
of the imprisoned apostle: "But the Word of God is not
bound." Whether it were on that very spot that the illustrious
Christian hero passed a portion of his prison life in Rome, may
not be definitely known ; but startled by those historic words as
you read them in the light of the added centuries, you cannot
but recall the scene when that distinguished " prisoner of the
Lord" gave utterance to them; and you cannot but stand in
amazement, in that gloomy crypt, as you remember how the
words of this inspired apostle sounded out from his place of con-
finement, and have been echoing round the wide world from that
day forward, each century adding emphasis to their meaning
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and volume to their influence. Surely, "the Word of God is not
bound" and the ages bear witness to its ever-widening sway.
It is a bold attitude which this uncompromising Book assumes,
as to-day it looks into the face of this nineteenth-century civiliza-
tion, with its strong tendency to discredit the miraculous, and
fearlessly asserts its claims to a supernatural origin and a divine
authority. And despite the rationalistic spirit of the age, this
Book forces a recognition of its claims from the most advanced
scholarship and the highest wisdom of our times. While the
last century with all its discovery and progress has not added a
single genuine ground for questioning the divine origin of the
Bible, nor presented a single new obstacle to its reception, what
new victories has this Book won ; what marvelous progress in its
path of conquest has it made !
Concerning its victories of confirmation^ I have already spoken,
and need only add a sentence from that illustrious astronomer.
Sir John Herschel, who says : " All human discoveries seem to
be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more
strongly the truths contained in the holy Scriptures;" and this
emphatic testimony from Professor Dana, one of our foremost
naturalists, who. concerning the Mosaic record of creation, says :
" There is so much that the most recent readings of science have
for the first time explained, that the idea of man as the author
becomes utterly incomprehensible. By proving the record true,
science pronounces it divine ; for who could have correctly nar-
rated the secrets of eternity but God himself.^"
Concerning the spread of this marvelous Book over the
nations of earth, and its translation into their varied tongues,
time fails me to speak. The first translation of the Holy Scrip-
tures into our English language by the great reformer, John
Wickliffe, five hundred years ago, has just been commemorated
with becoming ceremonies of stately and imposing character.
What a significant and prophetic event was that opening of
God*s Word to the common people ! What rapid stages of prog-
ress and triumph have followed in close succession ! Within the
present century new translations have been made in about two
hundred and twenty-six languages ; not a few of these languages
were not rich enough to furnish a word with which to express
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the sublime and precious thought brought to them in this
priceless message from heaven ; no word for atonement^ forgive-
ness, gratitude, zxi6, many another; and so the translator must
seek for an equivalent. But this heaven-sent message will
awaken these holy emotions and beget these heavenly tempers
in the hearts of earth's benighted ones, and as their lives become
enriched their impoverished language will share in the enrich-
ment, and the desolate hearts of men everywhere shall know
what the sweet spirit of forgiveness and the holy affection of
gratitude is, as this beneficent Book achieves its destined tri-
umphs over the earth.
Yes, great victories are behind it ; greater triumphs are before
it. Its teachings are to be declared to all the peoples of this
teeming earth ; its principles are everywhere to prevail ; its
promises are to pave the pathway of unborn millions from the
city of sin below to the city of our God above; its hopes are to
inspire the hearts of the whole race of man the wide world over ;
its never-waning light is to break in upon the "habitations of
darkness " and flood the earth with the radiance of a new creation.
Fellow-workers in this worthy cause, our duty and our privi-
lege are clear. If this Book is of heavenly origin, if God is its
author, and in it He has made known the great truths which
men need to know, and which it is His will that they should
know and obey, then, to publish these inestimable truths, to
diffuse this divine light, is at once the most ennobling work and
the most exalted privilege of life.
Wickliffe, and Luther, and Tyndale, and Judson, and Martyn,
and Carey, and Van Dyke, and a nameless, but honored, host
besides, have wrought for humanity a work of unparalleled im-
portance, and every one who, in the humblest way, aids in plac-
ing a copy of this Sacred Volume in the hands of a brother man.
or in dropping one of its seed truths in his heart, touches
humanity with the " superlative educational force " of all time,
and his labor cannot be in vain nor lose its reward. In this sub-
lime work I bid this venerable Society and this sympathetic
audience God-speed.
We may learn a lesson of inspiration, faithfully to do the work
which our age imposes upon us, from that pictorial illustration,
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alluded to by Dr. Storrs in his oration at the Wickliflfe celebra-
tion : Wickliflfe is represented in one age as kindling a spark,
Huss in another as blowing the spark to a flame, and Luther
later on, waving on high the lighted torch. That torch is to-day
within easy reacl^ of every hand throughout the Christian world.
Let the millions of nominal Christians everywhere quickly and
eagerly seize this flaming torch of divine truth and bear it over
all the countries and to all the peoples of this sin-smitten earth,
until every land shall gleam in its radiance and every heart shall
glow in its light.
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the commit-
tee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying into effect
the object of this association ; which, being read from the chair, was
considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with one amend-
ment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles
and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within
the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures,
and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dol-
lars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining a
member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction
of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organization of
the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice
shall be given by the committee, and also of the time and place of
the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a board of
trustees.
5. The trustees or the greater part of them present at any meet-
ing, of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer,
or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members
of the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office
during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the man-
agement of the fund, and the distribution of the books procured with
it, subject and according to such regulations and directions as shall
from time to time be prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held
on public notice given as aforesaid ; and the treasurer shall pay the
moneys in his hands to the order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incor-
porate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid,
and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the pur-
poses of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regu-
lar notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be neces-
sary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of
the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, the trustees peti-
tioned the general court, and obtained the following act of incorpo-
ration.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
^oimnontDealtf) of ;^a00aci)U0Ctt0*
In the year of ou Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Sodety of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives^ in General Court assembled^ and by authority of the same^ That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further tnacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and
improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be H further enacted^ That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it ^further enacted. That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap-
proved by the Governor, Feb, 75, 18 10,
<Sammaitive»Ub at Pn^^nrlitt^rtt^.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachuaetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had
not been changed. '
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb, 27, 186^,
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 185 1, the follow-
ing by-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its act of
incorporation ; namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conven-
iently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the SMe^ may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, vice-presidents,
corresponding and recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be
ex-officio members of the board of trustees, and the recording secre-
tary shall be the recording officer of that board. These officers shall
all be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings in March
and September in each year, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at any time call Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committees at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These by-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Tes-
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current, not iox past years.
MEMBERS FOR LIFE.
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.
Abbe, ReT. Frederick R., Boston,
Abbe, Mrs. Frederick R., '*
Abbott, Charles H., Lowell.
Abbott, ZebedUh, IViMck£sior,
Abbott, Mrs. Zebedlah, •<
Abom, John O., fVakefiold.
Adams, Miss Eliza M., lyiltrnkam.
Adams, Elizabeth W., Dtrry^ N. H.
Adams, Frank N., Evtrett.
Adams, John Clark, Ho^kinton.
Adams, Stephen, IVgst Mtdway.
Adams, William, Br«ulford.
Albro, Mrs. Elizabeth 8., IValikam.
Albro, Miss Annie E., **
Alden, Almira S. C, Foxboro.
Alden, BeT. Ebenezer, MarskJUld,
Alden, Russell, Camilla.
Alden, Miss Sarah B., Randolph.
Alden, Miss Sasan, **
Aldrich, Mrs. Mary B., Wtsiboro.
Allen, Mrs. Cyrus, Franklin,
Allen, Rev. Nathaniel G., Boston.
Allen, Richard H., Braintree.
Allis, Willis, Barre, N, Y.
AUis, Myron, " "
Allis, Elliot, «« •«
Allis, Edward, Madison, Mick.
AUIs, Elliot, «* «•
Allis, John, Conway.
AUis, Irvinfc, H^katofy.
Allis, Mrs. Cornelia A., WkateUy,
AlTord, Alvln, Shelhtmo,
Ames, James S., Haverkill.
Ames, Jarvis A., N. E. Confer onct.
Ames, R. N., <' "
Andrews, Artemas F., Ashhy,
Andrews, C. L., Boston.
Andrews, George W., Banners.
Andrews, Stephen P., Gloucester.
Andrews, W. T., Boston.
Andrews, Thomas E., Holliston.
Andrews, Walter H., IVhitinsviUe,
Angler, Miss Emma B., Foxboro.
Annis, W. H., E. Pepperell,
Archibald, Edward, Meiknen.
Armee, Miss Clara A., Campello.
Arms, Mrs. Charles, Soutk Deer/Uld.
Arms, Harriet E., <* *<
Armsby, Mrs. H. A., IVkHinsville.
Arnold, Susan O., Braintree.
Atkinson, Rev. W. H., I/, E. Conference,
Atwood, Mrs. Abby, Bergen, N. y.
Atwood, Mrs. Elizabeth M., Salem.
Atwood, Rev. Edward S., Boston.
Atwood, John W., Bergen, N. y,
Avann, Rev. Joseph F., N. E. Conference.
Avery, Rev. William F., Lamsboro.
Babcock, Mrs. Nancy, Boston,
Babcock, Mrs. P. W., Skerbom.
Babcock, Rev. William R.
Babson, Miss Maria R., Gloucester.
Batchelder, John Mason, Holliston,
Batchelder, Emily, •<
Bachelor, Mrs. Mary A., WkitistsviUe.
Bacon, Jacob, Gloucester.
Bacon, Joseph N., Newton.
Backus, Rev. Joseph W., Roekpille, Ci,
Baker, Mrs. Eleanor J. W., Dorchester,
Baker, Francis, Peabody,
Baker, Susan S., "
Baloom, Lincoln, Winckendon,
Baldwin, Miss Josephine L., Lynn.
Balmer, William, Jr., WkitinsvilU.
Ball, Miss Elizabeth, Concord.
Bancroft, Amasa, Gardner.
Bancroft, Henry L., Millbury.
Barbor, Mrs. Anna, Skerbom,
Barbour, Wm. M., D. D., N^ew Haven, Ct,
Barbour, Mrs. Eliza A., ** **
Bardsley, Joseph, IVkitinsvUU.
Bard well, Francis C, Wkately.
Barker, Hiram, Brighton,
Barnard, William F., Marlboro.
Barnes, H. H., Lowell.
Barnes, Zi'pah, Henniker, N. H.
Barrett, Nathan H., Concord,
Barrett, Miss Rebecca M., Concord.
Bartlett, Rev. Edward O., Kingston, R. I.
Bartlett, Mrs. Eleanor C, Plymoutk.
Bartlett, Thomas, Boston,
BUTOW*, B«T. JuUn S., Jf. E. CtufirK
Bunwa, Hn. AdellM E., " "
BuTOWi, Mn. Ella, OmJUamd, Cal.
BuTom, Buali H., LaJHvilU,
BmmU, ^biel. Bridgrmaur
BMMtt, Hcnrr Nrmlm.
BuMt^ Sanli E., Hmturypsri.
BUebtldM', Mn. £liub«th U,. Ljmt.
BMebddeT, Proucli, Evtnii.
B>tch«ldar, Jfllin H.. Hdlisi^.
Bktebetdar, Boiirt, W.aMrJtBa,.
Bkliheller, Ein,y/frft BrpdIrfirlJ
BUcballBT. Mn. LotberaC,
Batthalor, Mia Fimnoli A., Ifkilaarilli
•.0. B.,;
Boabe, Hmrcna F., Wiltratam.
BaMtiar, Rst. CliarJaa
BMObar, Itev. WillUni H.
Baldmi, Mn. HkriwiiM P., Ifliaitfy.
BaMrni, WlllUm P., GarJutr.
B«lllTi>p, Ml» Manila W., Framiiiftam.
fiell, H«r. Saniael, S^millt.
Bsmli. Mn. Lyillii C, ^V. E. Caii/trrnti.
Bamta, Mn, LydU A., " "
Bsmla, Fnnk M.,
Up^m-r, [iunnnin C. £<««a
Beat, Hn. Ellubetb C, K. HadUy.
Bait, Mn. L. U., A^. £. Ctn/irrmtt.
BI|clow, 1. B., N E. fV^W'
Blgalow, Mn. Laoy S., J'*#r4»^..
Blgelov, Hsnl7 C. DtJkam.
Bteeoa, Mn. Artliur Q., W,tihtn>.
BUooe, Rer. Thomaa C HelliUii
i(imi>gi.<:lisr)eiE. NfB.I„H.
HIack
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Mn. LtdLa
K... ClustT
BUka
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Blsncl
MlH rui«
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BllM,
lUlM,
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Ckitags.
BIM,
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ChBrtea R.,
lilclg
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Blood
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Blood,Cy™T., W^K
kuUr.
Blood
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EeD., Gr^m.
Blo«l
Lyn
lan. Gr*i*M.
utw«ll,Mn.
anah H., An.
Bowen, Luke E.. ^ ■dwrr.
Bowmi, Mn. Clkn H., ^ iu/«bt.
Bafdan, A. O., BriJj-ttealtr.
BnokflO, ReT Joalab, CkarUil-wn.
Braokett, I^muel, Qimc^
Bnndsnberi, O. C. W.. San Frantim, CnJ.
Brant, Auon, Ifakijltld.
v.H^v.
Brlgta, MIn Cktbarlna Claik, WtmJtam.
BriKga, Bs(. WlUlmin T^ Bml DtHfUu.
Brioi, Mn. Abbj L., " "
Brlna, Ralan R.. " '■
Brighui, Daxter P., IVuittr:
Brlghun.Mrn. Dnxti>r P
Rr..tk,K.ibciIO., H-Julmn.illt.
Brookt, Bar. C. S., FiUmim, CI.
Brown, Gbdub M., Brad/trd
Brown, Mn, Harriet L., BrnMcn.
Brown, Rabecca, WkitnuuilU.
Brown, Mn. Mai? L., HmtrkiU.
MK.. «
Ilr,a.>
e.Theodon
1. WH.lit
. , BrtaUimt.
Bnell, Owrge C, W. Sfrinifitld.
Bulkley, Mn. C. P., RwHur/trd Par,
Bulluil. Mn. John, Jr., MUtvaf.
Balloni, Mn. Hikry W., Sk^rhcm.
jurbvck, SniDuiil K., Bi»Um.
JurgcM, EdwaM P., Dtdkam.
Siiniliam. Robert 'W JSatx.
JaiT, CbiirlM C j^uiurfiJalt,
Burntge, J C , Bmi-m,
Burnsa, Maty C, A-rlrngt^m.
Burrill, Atnut.<?, Uilitidgo.
Buah.BonryJ Watfitld.
Bushbj, Sorlili. M'., /•Mf«^.
Bullet, Rer. Daniel. Bta*H.
Butler, Mn. Jana D., "
BoUar, Mn. Henrtatta N„ JAAh^.
C/Mly Mn. HattlBl S.. IfniUBr..
j Camp, Hunual, Sfrirngfiitd.
Ca|<eii, Mn.Ctiarles, Framinglam,
I Capen, Kev. Juba,^V £. CM/rrcM
Cnpan, Hn. lie' Jabn, «
Capion, John W., ^xir^^.
Capron, Laura A. W., "
I CarlatoD, Horace, M'ftan.
CulaMn, 0«nrt* H.. HavrkiU.
CtlpanUr, B«t. Cltrloi C, Btiltn.
Cuptnler, CKtharina E., Prxier:
C»n>«n"f. DmiIbI. "
C«r[»ntBr, E<l»on, "
Clrpenler, HuraM, "
Cmt, Cfanrls R., WAHftniOi.
Curr, John C, »■*«( ymtwr^.
Curler Rev. &. H.,MimmtM'm »tlmi.
('•rrotliers, Kev. Wlllliin, fairi^pn.
Carter, EUimrd, AKdnir.
Carter. JmhiiaT., Wh^inrrillt.
Caner, Wlllliun H,. Lmtll.
Carr, awr(s C, Brnkltn.
Cary, Hn. Marj D., Ftxhtra.
CaM, Mm. M»TJ Oll»», f/n Ytrk Cilj.
Ul<vp1I, T^nuK!] E., Atfifn.
Catc, Usoistana W., Havtrkm.
rhunbsrllii Ji.lin, H-I,ilif„v,l!,.
Uln. »n. 9
r. Mix Piiii
Chand
Chandlar, H. K., CkarUilr^
CbapiD, Caleb T., NtrtUtn.
Chapin, John O., WhilinnUU.
Cb^n, Jotlah L..Zdiomcr.
Cbapin, MatCQ*, jibiuM.
Chapin, VLWo.s^rintMd.
Cbapin, HluBarah, Wkiiinn,ah.
Chapman, Qe<irm H WmckiiUr.
Ohaae, Cliatlu W,, SaKimUlt liUmJt.
CbaH, DaTid B., WAilinrwiai.
Chaaa, Osorfe S.. Camiridrt.
Cbau. Hnsklab.^Tn.
CbaM, H^kla). S. B^„^.
Cbaa«, Itol^ri, Ntvrrkm.
Sheerer. i™,C*fi,n,
CblW. Milt Anna O., SfriMf/liU.
Cblld, Oeotig H., Sfri.gfi,U, O.
Child, l.Dej A,, Tllrl/arJ, Vt.
GUM*. CurlM, H,->.iktr, H. H.
Cblhia, Uonin, "
ChoaM, DstIiI, H.D., Stitm.
Clapp, Janwa B., BtiiltH.
Cla[9, John C-t "
Clapli, Stniiiel, Faitare.
Clapp. Preileriuk A., tfrntiltr.
Clark, Be7 EUwar.l L., A-™ Ytrk.
Clark, Elbrldgu. Eiui Mrdmir.
dark, aearge. Covert.
Clark, Jamaa a., A ndmr.
dark, John L., •>
Clark, Jonalban, Wbuluiltr,
Oarfc, Re*. Joseph B., Daickt'itr.
Clark, Julius L., Wnl tfmttn,
CUA, U» Miranda D., BiHtm.
Clartl, Oilier R., Tm/uhirr.
Clark, Roww B., WkiiinrrHU.
Clark, Rutiu W., D.D., ^tt*,^, AT. K
Clarke, Hn. Adellia H., MAav-
Clarke, Donu, D.D., Bttfm.
ClMke, GeoraeK., FnlmrHlti.
Clarkn, Hra. Sarah L., BttitH.
Clarke, Elliabeth L., "
Clary Mra. S. S., ii/iUn.
CleTeUnd, MlMimrrleE A., SetOk OirrJbU.
Cleaiolano. Mlu Sarah L , Stxtk 4fivm.
aiHota. Wyatl B., O^lkam.
C1i>»gfa, John K., Ciimiridgifart.
Cobb, AndieiT B., Ntat'it.
Cos^n
., Btjs/trd.
CDKiwell, l><utne, BraJ/trd.
Uolburii. W. W., A", S. Ctnftrwua.
Colbj, AlbMt. A«fn.
Colbf, Barak, HiMiUirr, If. H.
Cola, MlH Ella A., iOdw,.
Cole, John A., C*i»v>.
Col», llaiiil S.. A' «. Cfnfima.
Conant, Cbarlee E., Wimcktttir.
Conant, Jennie A., Gardmr.
Conn, U<jia?«, tftiiTH.
' Cook. Ah, If twin.
Cook, llcnrf A., fkilianritlr.
Cnok, »r>. Maria K., Vntridti.
Cook, J. Sulllian, IVUtinniUi.
CoDlldge, Uet.AmiH 11 LmriUr.
Coolld(«, JiMUplI, Setlnn.
Coolldge, Lowull. Slurhin-ii.
r:cR>iH-r, Mr>. La,i\-n\»,, AlO^art,
Copp, Mn. FSdora P., CtnbH.
Cordley, Mn>. Lydla Q.,Lawrinzt.
Carey, Mn. Mary, WtUbsrt.
CoriitiaLi, Mn. Kilisbslh B., CnlrtwiUt.
CarH», Jotin, HamrkHI.
CaDHM, fiaulali *., Ifr^i,. Ctntrt.
Cowdrey, Bobcrl, U^i^knUr.
Co»l«y, SflT. Jtaild S., If E. Ctn^rwrntt.
CralU, Mn. Sarah K, Jfralaa,
CrltUnden, Mlu Kebecca S., Ckar/iimnU.
CruukBtt, Mn. Ellca A., Havt,-kM.
Croaby, Wil»n CitirnUI,.
Croahy, Jaraea, Bnlci.
Croaby, Mn>. Kvbecca, BusI^k.
Crnlckabanka, -J, DeWIti, Ki-mka, Wit.
Cralckahanke, MiMMaryS., " "
Cnikkahank^ HIM Mary, CMma.
CrulkitHUika, Geori*, WkiUMrwUli.
CiunnlDg*, Chailea H., Harmard.
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Cannlngham, Mrs. John, Glouctster.
Carrier, Bev. Albert H., Lynn.
Gurtlfi, Abner, Rockland.
Cashing, Rev. John R., A''. E. Conference.
Cashman, George H., Brockton.
Gonhman, Mrs. Rachel B., Brockton.
Coshman, Joseph I., New Braintree.
Catler, Rev. Calvin, AuburndaU.
Cutler, Rev. Elijah, Boston.
Catler, James T., Dorckester.
Cutter, Charles A., Waltkam.
Cutter, J. Dana, "
Cutter, E., M.D., New York City.
Cutter, Stephen, Witukester.
Cutter, Stephen H., <*
Dakln, Thomas L., Sudbury.
Dame, Henr}', Peahody.
Damon, Albert P., Rettding;.
Damon, Mrs. Edward C, Concord.
Dana, Mrs. Edward, Woodstock^ Vt.
Dana, Charles B., WelUsley.
Dane, John, Boston.
Dane, John H., '*
Danlell, Mrs. Eliza B., East Afedway.
Daniels, Elijah B., "
Daniels, Mrs. Mariam W., "
Daniels, Mrs. William, •*
Dascomb, Rev. Alfred B., IVestminster, Vt.
Davis, George L., Nortk Andover.
Davis, Alfred N., *• "
Davis, Alvah M., Haverhill.
Davis, Rev. Chas. E., IVebster.
Davis, Henry L., Bradford.
Davis, James, Boston.
Davis, John, Soinerville.
Davis, Joshua II., "
Davis, Lydia K., Dunstable.
Davis, Mrs. M. A., Afedway.
Davis, Miss Mary H., Concord.
Davis, Rev. Perley B., Hydt Park.
Davis, Thaddeus Uriah, Dunstable.
Davison, George W., Whitinsville.
Dawes, Rev. Ebenezer, Taunton.
Day, Milton B., Bradford,
T>KSt Mrs. Alice A., "
Day, Robert L.., Newton.
Day, El vena M., Bradford.
Dean, Miss Abbie T., Foxboro.
Dean, Clara L., Holbrook.
Dean, Rev. Wm. N. T., Norton.
Dean, Mrs. Clara F. C, "
De Bevoise, Rev. Gabriel. Leominster.
Denham, Mrs. Clara I)., Dartmouth.
Dickinson, Mrs. Myra F., Whately.
Dickerman, Rev. Lysander.
Dickson, Oliver, Concord.
Dickson, Mrs. Sarah C, Concord.
Dight, Bev. A., N. E. Conference.
Dix, Mrs. ElUah, Boston.
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Dix, Samuel F., Newton.
Doane, Ileman S., Charlestown.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen G., St. yohn, N. B.
Dodge, Mrs. Ann S., Boston.
Dodge, Mrs. J. M C, Andover.
I>oggett, Rev. Thos., Niag-ara Falls, A\ Y.
Doggett, Mrs. Frances L., ** **
Doggett, William, «• *•
Doliber, Miss Sarah Lizzie, Marblekead.
Dorchester, Rev. Daniel, Jr., A'. E Conf.
Dorchester, Mrs. Merial A., '* "
Dorchester, Mrs. Clara, **
Dorchester, Ernest D., "
Dorchester, Rev. Daniel, ** **
Dorr, Samuel, Boston.
Dowse, Mrs. Carrie D., Sherborn.
Drake, Rev. Ellis R.
Dudley, Mrs. Sarah A., fVhitinsville.
Dunham, Charles H., Winchester.
Dunham. Mrs. Mary L., '*
Dunlap, Sumner, South Deerfield.
I Dunlon, Hiram P., Spencer.
Dunn, Edward H., Boston.
Durfee, Rev. Chas. Sto<]dard, Troy^ N. Y.
Durgin, James, West Newbury.
Dutton, Mrs. Mary J., Nortk Hat^eld.
Dwinnell, I^onard, Afillbury.
Dyer, Rev. E. Porter, South Abingdon.
Dyer, Mrs. Maria D., Gloucester.
Eager, William, Boston.
Eanies, Warren, tVilmingion.
Eastman, Rev. Cyrus L., A^. E Conference.
Eaxtman, Rev. L. R., Jr., Framinfham.
Eastman, Mrs. Jane C, A^. E. Conference.
Eaton, George F., N. E. Conference.
Eaton, G. F., «• "
Eaton, Mrs. Ann E., Wakefield.
Eaton, Ebon, Framingham.
Eaton, Edward, Afedway.
Eaton, Miss Martha W., Fitchburg.
Eaton, Lucian, Whately.
Eaton, William, Boston.
Eaton, William J., U'estboro.
Eddy, Joshua, East Aliddleboro.
Edwards, Mrs. Frances S., Dedham.
Edwards, Frede ick B., N. Chelmsford.
Edwards. Maria F , "
Edwards, Nathan B., "
Edwards, Nathan F., ••
Edwards, Sybil R.,
Edwartls, Victor E,, «*
I Kla, D. H., A'. E. Conference.
Elder, Rev. Hugh, Salem.
Eldred, Lorenzo, Falmouth.
Elliott, Robert, Globe Village.
Ellis, Willard K., East Afedway.
Ells, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Oberlin, O.
Ellsworth, Rev. A. A., Galesburgy III.
' Ellsworth, Mrs. A. G. C. C. *•
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Emerson, Annie ▲., Boston.
Emerson, Mlis Ellen T., Concord.
Emerson, Prances V., Boston.
Emerson, Jacob, Jr., Metkuon.
Emerson, Mrs. Jacob, **
Emerson, R. V. Ct Newton.
Emerson, William, IVtst^oro.
Emery, George F., *•
Emery, Mrs. Harriet
Emery, Rev. Joshua
Emery, Mrs. Mary, Chatham.
Ewell, Rev. John L., MiUhury.
Eifting, Rev. E4lward C, En/Uid.
Fairbanks, Herschel, Haverhill.
Fairbanks, Herschel P., "
Fairbanks, Timothy R., Medway.
Farnsworth, Ezra, Boston.
Farr, Alba A., Methuen.
Faxon, Miss Rachel A., Braintree.
Fay, Mrs. Addison G., Concord.
Fay, Cyrus, Wesiboro.
T9i^i^ Josiah C, Hopkinton.
Fay, 8. P., Westboro.
Fenn, Z.yN .y N. E. Conference.
Fearmg, Mrs. Maria A., So. H'ey month.
Felch, Isaac, Natick.
Field, John W., Boston.
Field, Mrs. Amelia C, Boston.
Field, Joel, Mittineagut.
Field, Mrs. Edwin, NewtonvUle.
Fisher, Miss Eliza, Medway.
Fisher, Mrs. Lewis, East Medway.
Fisher. MUton M., Medway Village.
Fisher, Samuel T., Canton
Fisk, N. B., N. E. Conference.
Pisk, George W., Danvers.
Fiske, Mrs. A. W., Boston.
BIske, Daniel T., D.D., Newbury port.
Fiske, George B., Holliston.
Fiske, George T., Newbury port.
Fiske, Mary Fidelia, <'
Fitch, John A., Hopkinton.
Fitz, Mrs. Mary C, Topsfield,
Fitz, Daniel, Jr., Ipswich.
Fitz, Daniel F., Cambridge.
Flagg, Rev. Rufhs C, Fairhaven, Vt.
Flanders, Joseph, Haverhill.
Fletcher, Mrs. Emma A., WhitinsvilU.
Fletcher, Mrs. Emily M., *•
Fletcher, Lewis C, "
Fletcher, Samuel J., "
Fletcher, Mrs. Hannah C, Manchester.
Fletcher, Isaac W., Sto^v.
Fletcher, Nancy B., "
Fletcher, Rev. James, Manchester^ Vt.
Fletcher, Still man. Winchester.
Fletcher, William, "
Flinn, Mrs. Paulina, IVoburn.
Flint, Mrs. Hannah, Peabody.
Flint, Levi M., Stoughton.
Flint, Thomas, Danvers.
Floyd, Miss Mary J., Peabody.
Folger, Allen, Concord^ N. H.
Forbush, WUIiam, WhUinsvUle.
Ford, Rev. George, Versailles^ N. Y.
Ford. Thomas A., Brockton.
Ford, Mrs. Eliza C, '•
Fosdick, Charles, Fiichburg.
Fosdick. Frederick, "
Fosdick, Miss Mary, "
Foster, Rev. Addison P., Jersey City^ N.y.
Foster, Mrs. Hattie D., *• «* •*
Foster, Mrs. Eliza C, Rowley.
Foster, Mrs. Harriet, IVinchendon.
Foster. Mrs. Mary, Palmer.
Frankle, Mrs. Jones, Haverhill.
Prary, Rev. Lucien H , Weymouth.
Freeman, Mrs. Edwin, Norton.
French, Daniel, H'altham.
French, Mrs. Harriet S., Taunton.
Frothingham, A. T., Cambridge.
Fullerton, Rev. Bra^lford M., Paimer.
Farber, Rev. Daniel L., Nrtvton Centre.
Furber, Mrs. Maria B. , "
Gage, Eliza Ann, Bradford.
Gage, Gawin R., Woburn.
Gale, Rev. WakefleUl, Easthampton.
Gale, Justin Edwards, <*
Galloup, David R., Peabody.
Gammell, Rev. Sereno D., Lynn.
Gardner, Willie F., Gardner.
Garrette, Rev. Edmund T., Atlanta, Ga.
Garrette, Mrs. Franzenia W., " "
Garrette, Flora Gertrude,
Garrette, Mary Spring,
Garrette, Sarah Arabella,
Gates, Henry C, Chicopee.
George, Mrs. Ellen K., Chicopee
George, Rev. P. T., N. B Conference.
Gilson, Mrs. Luther, Groton.
Gibbs, George L., WhitinsvilU.
Gilbert, Bei\Jamin R., Boston.
Giles, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Rockport.
Gleason, Charles A., New Braintree.
Gleason, Rev. George L., Manchester.
Gleason, Mrs. Charlotte A., **
Gleason, Rebecca T., Dorchester.
Gleason, Rev. J. P., Norfolk, Ct.
Gleason, Mrs. Olive M.
Goodell, H. Augustus, WhitinsvilU.
Goodwin, A. E,, West A mesbury.
Gordon, Solomon J., New York City.
Gordon, Mrs. Rebecca, " *'
Gordon, Jeannie, " "
Gott, J. R., Rockport.
Gough, Herbert D., Worcester.
Gough, John B., BoyUton,
Gough, Mrs. Biary E., BoyUton.
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Ooold, Hn. Sarah W., WtHitrJ.
Qonld, Eei. Alb«rt, N. K. Canfmma,
QonTgu, MIn Abb; H., Cinu^d.
Oruils, Bai. Thamu Q., AfpUIr*, Wit.
Oms, Hn. Amanda B., StmdirUnd.
Qnj, Horace, Bmilen.
Qtvj, John C, "
Qrar.Winiun, fftltr^i.
Qrwlar, Kit. E. H., Hat^iUI, N, H.
OmlST, Mrs. lUward H.,
Oreane, K"V. llk-b«r.l O , Oranti, If. J.
ar«enwood, Charlei H., Gardtur.
Oraenwood, Mm. SallJ K., Sluritri.
Orogorj, Snv. Lenlc, LimiiiH, Jfit,
QriggiiCharlet D., WiiOm-^.
Orisp, Hra. 8. H., "
Oront. Hn. Franeea J., Cmrvrd.
l3roTPr,Mn, Carol Lne, ^urirro'.
Oulld, Calvin SrJikam.
UulttTsr Ixmaei, C»ar/tili>tn.
Hadls;, Samuel D., StmirvilU.
Hall, D. Fruli, Ckiu^w.
Hale, Hn. E. J. H., Havtrlua.
Hall, Arthur H., Brai/vd.
Hall, Hn. Mary, Aihfitld.
Hall, Alice D.,
Hall.Mra. AogleM., •■
Hril, Harriet E.. •■
Hall, Riiv, Allen J., La-ussOli.
Hall, Mn. Joteph ?., (^r^fg:..
Hall, Hn. Sanh A., LaHttvUU.
Ham, Mn. Cnlberine K. Wim-kiilir.
Hamblaton, 3f n. S. Ti., jV' f Ct^/trt-a.
HamUeton, Rev ^lltlaui J "
Hamilton. Bai. J). F B«,i<iii.
Hamlllon, R. D., Coprc^.
Hamlen, Rer. aearge M., Tamtam.
HaoBon, Cha*. Jjin*, S. Nmmartrl, N. H.
Hammond. Rev. Vlllkm fi., AcmiIohI.
Hanaford, Rct. H. A.. Bt^ferd.
Hanafard, CharltH H., CliidtH.
Hardwich, Tliomat, Qaincf.
Hard; Tmman, Tkomfion, O.
Hamden, MIbi {.Inry A., Glmntir.
Harrington, Ebt. Ell 'Wliliner, A'. Brvrrlj.
HbtIov Re*. l{ufu>K..A>dWa^.
Hartahom, Edvanl, Berlit.
Uarltttll, Lottie E., GnisH.
Haakalt, WlllUm P., A-. Rycckfi.ld.
Haiklna,Hyrip)i Lairvlllr.
Haatlngs, Holih, Frami'<tka>H.
Haleh, Anna S., Bradford.
Hatch, Wellman Willei, Alkiman. N. H
Hatch, Mn. Ciirrle L., '■ "
HaTen, Qeorgs A., C«mflh.
Haven, Kei. John.
Haw«, Mn. A. L., Gra/Un.
Harden, Al>cg M., He/trttli.
Hnj.!.. Re.. SMiihen H.. Jaifo
Kayward, HlH Clan, Braintnt.
Hayward, Ellat, ■•
Hayward, HlH HatUe L., H^kUiiamilli.
HaywanI, John, "
Hayoard.Paul, ^jA^t.
Haywood, Hn. Elliabelb C„ Pran/rlm.
Hatel, Hn. S&tnh L.. Gl^n^iir.
Haalawood, Hn. A. U., Rvtrill.
y, Ilev.
. C, S,
Harrlck.Sev WllIlBm II.. CarAfr.
Harrlck.Urn.lMarlan P S/mcrr.
Heney Mn. Polly, Hirifkam.
Hewlna. Hn. Annette P., Ffxtar^.
Hewlna. Mlai Loulaa B., '■
HawlU, Jo«eph, Sr«cH^..
Ueywood. Martha W C«rd'tr.
Hlldreth, Mn.MnryB. Grain.
Hlll.Bev Gcorgf E., S^mikfarl, C™n.
Hltl, Jotham.M'j,^...!.
HIUl, Rei. Charle* D., A'. E. Ctnftrtna.
Hllli, Hn.OiarleiD.
H111>, Emma J.
UUlon, Rot. John V.. Dhb^, Cai.
Hilton, William, Brad/ard.
Hllabcock Gvoj^yi., BrimfiaU.
Hobeon. Miu FrlKllla. Bet^ty.
Hnlbrook, E. Eierttl, Heltraak.
Holbrooh, Hra. Jenny M.,
Hi<lbnK>k,Hr>.CBrDllneM Sa. WiymnM.
HDlJon.Mrt. Sarali, Gra/in.
Holland, Mn. Sandi E., Bailam.
Holland, Mary Cecilia, Br^iltlan.
Halm, Jacob P., Mald/n.
Uulmei, MIh Elliabelh A., Bahidtra, tl!.
Holme*. MliB Weal I by A., CtmftUt.
Holt. Janies A., AiiJavar.
Hooker, George IS-, S^r^ara
Hopplli, Ben. JanieB M., N^Havta,
UuiBitir Aia Kllia, C^nrard.
llouRliton Ccpliaa, HarT^rd.
Hovey, Qeorge O., Bailan,
HowanI, Cary, Bracttaa.
Howard. I>avld,
Howard.Mn.H. France* '■
Howard. Mtk. Molilila P., "
Howanl, Kev. Hanln S., Ifi/h-aiaai.
Howard, Mn. Marv C,
Hon
l.Mre.
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Howe, Mrs. Hannah Maria, Skerborn.
Howe, Martha L., Gardner.
Howe, Samuel A., lVesthoro\
Howe, John C, I^^rtk HadUy.
Howes, Mrs. Caroline H., CkarUmont,
Howes, Mrs. Almon, AshfitUL
Howes, Collins, Ckaihnm.
Hoyt, Mrs. Maria, Framingham.
Hoyt, William H., Boston.
Hnbbard, Mrs. Charles A., Concord.
Hubbard, Cyrus M., Sunderland.
Hudson, Samuel, Uxhridg*.
Hnlbert, Charles, Boston.
Humphrey, Daniel, N. Woymoutk.
Hunt, Mrs. Jerusba B , WkitinsvUU.
Huntington, Matilda C, Poabody.
Hurd, Francis P., Wakefield,
Hutchinson, El^ah, Danvers.
Hutchins, Caroline M., West/ord.
Hutchins, William E., Lowell.
Hutchins, Maria J., *<
Ide, Rev. Jacob, Mansfield.
Ide, Mrs. Jacob, "
Jacknian, Mrs. Susan M., Medway.
Jackson, Miss Caroline B., Newton.
Jackson, Henry W., Boston.
Jackson, LAura E. L., "
Jackson, Walter, Brookline.
Jackson, Rev. Samuel, N. E. Con/eronce.
Jameson, Rev. Ephrsim O., East Medway.
Jeffries, Miss Catharine Amory, Boston.
Jenkins, Mrs. Maria L., New Bedford,
*Jennison, Rev. Joseph F.
Jephson, Miss C. R., Brookline.
Jewett, Henry, PepperelL
Johnson, Charles O., Bradford.
Johnson, Mrs. Emma E., *'
Johnson, Francis, Winekester,
Johnson, Rev. Chas. T., Boston.
Johnson, Peter R., Holliston.
Johnson, Mira Rebecca, N. Andover,
Johnson, Mrs. S. W., Framingkam, N. H,
Johnson, Alice C, N ortkampton.
Johnson, (^ora R., Blackington.
Johnson, Minnie L., *'
Johnson, (Chandler, '*
Johnson, Edward A., O range ^ N, J,
Johnson, Effle D., '*
Johnston, J. W., Boston.
Jones, Augustus T., Brockton,
Jones, Henry E., Holliston.
Jones, Joseph, Holhrook.
Joslin, Mrs. A. L., Oxford.
Joy, Mrs. Abigail, Boston.
Judd, Rev. Burtis, N. E. Conference.
Judd, Mrs. Rebecca Ann, •• *'
Judd, Mrs. AbbyF., «« ••
Judson, Willard, Uxbridge,
Keith, Rev. A. F., Danielsonville, Conn,
Keith, Albert, CampelU,
Keith, Azra B., «
Keith, Edward Everett, Bridgewaier.
Keith, Preston B., Campelh.
Keith, Ziba C, <*
Keith, Nahum William, N. MiddUbore\
Kelley, George Reed, HaverkiU.
Kelley, Miner, Ckicopee.
Kelton, George, Gardner,
Kempton, Mrs. Ellen, Grafton.
Kendall, Mrs. Ahel M., Boston.
Kendall, Mrs. Lovine B., Springfield.
Kendall, Mrs. Mary E., t^incketter.
Kendig, Rev. A. B., N. E. Conference.
Kendrick, John, HaverkiU.
Rendrlck, Mrs. Lydia F., Ckatkam.
Kerr, Mrs. Jane K., Foxben^o*.
Kettelle, Jacob Q., Boston,
Kielblock, Jane L., Ckarlesiown.
Kilbon, George B., Springfield.
Kimball, Geo. E., Bradford.
Kimball, Herbert W., i*
Kimball, Benjamin, 2d, HaverkiU.
Kimball, Charles, fpswick.
Kimball, Daniel W., IVinckester.
Kimball, David, Bradford.
Kimball, Wallace L., «
Kimball, Mrs. Harriet W., Lowell. *
Kimball, John R., IVohim,
Kimball, Mrs. Sylvia, Westbor^.
Kingrman, Miss Eliza, Boston.
Kingsbury, Nathaniel, "
Kingsbury, John, Bradford,
Kingsbury, Rev. John D.,
Kingsbury, Katy
Kingsbury, Martha, "
Kingsbury, Charlotte <*
Kingsbury, Charlotte M.. '<
Kittredge, Rev. A. E., Ckieago,
Kittredge, Mrs. Ann Maria. HaverkiU.
Kittredge, C. Brlgham, lVestboro\
Knowlton. Rev. Stephen, New Haven^ J't.
Knox, Mrs. S., Xock Island^ III,
Labaree, Rev. John C, Randolpk,
Lamb, Mrs. W. A., Milford, N. H,
Lamb, Ellen Augusta, ** **
Lambert, Miss Elisabeth G., Rowley,
Lambert, Thomas R., D.D., Ckarlestown.
Lambert, William T., ••
Lamson, Mrs. Edwin, Boston.
I>am8on, Gardner Swift, **
Lamson, Helen, **
Lamson, Kate Glldden, "
I^ne, Rev. James P., Hyde Park.
Lane, Mrs. Emma L., " *'
Lane, Rev. John W., N. Hadley.
Lane, Mrs. Mary H., **
Lane, Amy Sanders, *'
Lane, Wallace B., <*
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lufl, John Edvud, If. HtdUy.
Lang, Mn. D. O , Ctwrd.
L«n<, Marr E. ChaiUDiiit, Km/aatt
Luie, Rlohinond J., Rsikland.
I*ng»otlhT. Hcv. Iiuc P., Clulim
Lucl Jmliil], WkitimvilU.
I«Mll,Mra. Jannle'W., "
LMba, MIh Su&b S., Gnt/lm.
B. Rer. Amo* E.. /fmlsK <
», John. Gmtsn.
LawteiiM, Ml*. <'urtli, "
Lawton, Mr*. S. <;., WhiiiiuvilU.
tdTiHl, John. "
LSBsh, Slmaon, EatI SlimflUrti.
LeuO)'d, A<l<llion P., Damtri.
Le*ro]il> Jobn S., ''
Lsftiitt, Abner L., ftimgliam.
LuTltl, Mn. EllnbaU] G., Au»»
LskTilt, Ear. Oeorge K., Camiriilgrfarl.
Lm, Mr*. Ruth M, Cmtn».
Lm, Be*. Siusuel K., C/n>
Leeda, Mn.
«n].n
iinaB., '
BclmT
'* BiUtTk«.
Inland, ('«]vln,
LsUnd, Mr*. ChAtlotle A.. SkirierH.
Lsland, Mr>. I-olii, "
LalHiid, Mm. M«t Ann, '•
LMnard. Ellu. Ffibtrs'.
Leonard, June* Henrf. BtidfmMUr
Leonard, Jarnm M..
Lewi*, Mr*. Maria J., St. Wtymmlk.
Levli, Reuben, Gro/m,
Lawla, Mr*. HuHin F., "
tJb1Me,Jennlan- BraJ/orJ.
Lincoln, Rev, iTitlrln, HlHfham,.
Lfnwln. F. W., Ptslm.
Une:1n, JaoiM L. i'., SmtdtrlaHii.
Lincoln, Noab, Biaisn.
IJItIs, Aleuiider K., WiUtilty.
Little, Mn.LuclnK,,
LKlle, Sarah Isabel,
Little, Slimrl, Wh,lin^,Ut.
Lltlle, ^VnMo V.. Atihtrida/,.
Little, WIlllHin A„ •>
LlitltlieM ^amaet. S^KuniU,-
I,oonil», Rev tlJbu, CitiUrfitU. HI.
Lord, Abraham, Ifimrick.
Lonl,Mh(iAiinaM., >•
Lord, Rev, Cbarln T... B.=,lc».
Lord, Ediiaid A Danv^,.
Loring, Mr*. Ilmn
Ljmi
, Rev Geo
Ljman.ReT Pirxm Wllll>lon.£r£:,lrrr«iu>.
Ljoli Mlu L-hloe R. Cai^Uc.
J Macrradlni, Her C\i.fi.,/'m«/fKt, Jl. /.
1 Makepeace, Mn.He]snM.,Ctsr>^aii(,^A'.K
I Mallby, RcT £iMtu>, r««toi.
{ Mallalian, he*. W P., Ctf/m.
I Mann MIm Helen L. Orm/tU.
! Manning, Otla,Z,w/r(M.
j -MannliK, Ednratd W., Wttmn.
Marble, Mrs. MarrE. Graft-,.
Markbam Mr*. Prtadlla V-.^-on!/^*/, Cr.
I Marretl, I,jiranaa, Camiridftfrrt.
Manb, Mn. Abbj 0., Girrplmm.
Manh, Klliabeih-I'.i^dtvr^li'tf.
Marab, E. .L, LMmi.iirr.
Manh, I^>la A., Ckici/rt
Marf]
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nln, Oenrgr U., Bridettuattr.
son, MiM Nellie A., Ki^a/iUm.
Maltlaon, William, WhUinaillt.
Majnard, Rev. Joabna L, WitliiM. Vi.
Marnard.Mra. MarjP M,,m,rJ
Maynard, l*«iiilur Slirr^,;i.rt
11 ri 11 1.1,.,], Hi.v,.Iol,n, .V«/Ki
McElroj. Richard B., Uidtoaj
.McKeen. Phllana, AHdmr.
McKenilr, Re*. Aleianrler, Camh-idf
McKenile, P.llcn H.,
McKenile. Kennet.
McLean, Ka*. Jobn K., S^lMgfitU. HI.
Mclymcl. Re*. Aneon. TififiiU.
MoVliilon.lie*.PotlcrM.,A',£,c-„yW™.*.
Moan*, Re*. Janiea II., D.I>., D^tktiHr.
Mean*. John O., D.T>,, BsilaH.
Means, Mr*, John I
■, Ke*. Ja*.
ma.,.
F., Rr^ding
, S/ri«f/irld.
.Meeler. llov 1. A.,jV, £ Canfirimc
Mosenger, Ml** Ellia, FilcUurg.
Mllla, Bev.Charle* L., A^dterr.
.Mills, Mn. Rebecca R., "
Mill*, Mlw> Lydia, P,ai«ly.
Mlnut, William, Bsilt-.
Mlnol, WlllLsm.Jr., ■'
Milter, Mn. Fanny L., "
MliUr, Mn. Mar; R.. Hardmki.
Miller. Mn. S. E.. RkIi It/ami, III.
.Mgoor, Oeocf*, U.D., OalUnHd, Col.
.Moodjr, ■TunFI, WkiimnilU.
Moore, Lewli, Simrtn.
Moore, LII1I*, Helir—k.
Moon, tiutus, CrfAn.
Moon, Mn. Riiftii, "
MonUKae, Wm. El., Ntrtk Brtrkfitld.
Mnrdoath. Rot. Jobn II., PnrVuHd, Mr.
^f^tw, I'hHrlea II.. !>i,ltK.
MorniiK. ReT. TlionilH. //nv.VA.
Morlojr, Rev iSKnlia B. Fili,fi,ld.
Morrill, Edwanl II., fftrmsxl.
Morrlnon, iNmlal T., M,l*-rH.
MnralMin, MIh N«nry T., ;Co«/<r.
Morw. Mlu Ahby P.. Emporia, Kaniai.
Mom, MIts Ktnllj A., Bradf«'d.
Mone, IlBnr.T, ,Va/«*.
Morw, Mn. Mmr^ H., Sinak Wiytnimlk.
Mom. Riif Dl W.. Mttkmn
Mone. wmmm E., Brad/vd.
r, Re». Tlieo. T.. JVm
^ Mi» M
Miinmr,
Munroe.
.MuMock, K. 1'., HeHifi l-Uiagt.
Miiniwn,K«v.A.r.,D.D,.V.£. CsK/frriKT
Murray, Ite*. June* O., PriKcUn, N. J.
Miimy. Mnt, Jnll* It., "
Nawni, Rot. I'faiirlse, H'rlljbri.
Nu
I. Kef. I
n, Billm
Ke4l. Ret. Janathan. A^iuam.
Metdluin, Luda M Nn„£rah
Kfwlhun. Mn. Mmir P Pr^indy.
NelKn,J(<DatbanII.,»i
Hennll. George H., //j/ftj
Nawliall, I.ncx Ann, J''<m>.
Newman ^mot-I P,ni^Jy.
Nawinan, .Mlia Sarali A., //m-itk.
Nlehob, Alttol A., HVir ,4«ri^rr.
Nlchol*. .loteph W
Slcboln, Jama* R., Havn-k.ll.
Nlrhuli, MrniM.
NIckanon Mn. Temple W., Ckitatr, ill.
NiKlilJnRale, Rot •'ni»rord,««(M.
Nonii. Kei. AlCnxl, A'. £. C^n/iri-K:
Noon, RsT. John,
Noon, Kav. Ramuel H., " "
Korcroee, Mn, Joslah, H'ltktfirld.
Norton. Kav. Eilmnl, Quiiity.
Noar», B. AMe« JfVnAm.'.
. S., Hill
N07M, Alia, BrKhlon.
Nor..,.la«,b,^*/.,r-.,.
Nc>]r«*, Lake II., Stmik A
Nnjree, Rufti* S.. BrtckUi
Oatler.G. D., Ifkilmniib
Odlln, Benjamin, Eitlrr,
Cllln. Mn. B. T., ■'
Ordwa;, Aaron L., .V,^
Ordwa)., M
«r. Her
(,'harlatle, Rrad/i^d.
nra P., Ptakady.
Oaborna. Oao
Oigooil, Oe«rge <'.< Lc^xU.
OnCood. H. B.. U-kili-uvillt.
Overbeek, Mn. Jargen O., Glmteiltr.
Packar<],G>lward<-., £r«*/M.
Pnckanl, Mra. Maria L., Camfr/h.
Pnckanl, H. Pranklln, '■
PaiAaiil. Ml» .Sunle P., ■'
PackiRl, ». E.l"aM», Si.rmsfi'».
PnrkanI, Itn. IhusTI., N E. Ctn/m.
Packanl, ZIbeon, Aiinttt*.
Page. Abigail I., AlhinnH, N. H.
1-alge, (Isorge R,. Xm Saltm.
Paliie, William h., S«uk IfM/hn.
{■ilmer. Bev. -i.l.arlei Ray, BrUftfrrl.
Piu-ker. Daniel IfkilmnilU.
Parker, Mn.Sarali, Bs,M.
Parka, Rar.Latghlon, "
Panneniei, Mn. E. J. U.. Aiksl.
ParKonii, Rev. K. ■;., Wtrmitr.
Paraniii', John, Jr., Saugut Cnltr.
Parlrlilge, < lark, Midvay.
PHrtrldga. Joeeph, HMiiint. ^
Pattirk, ReT. Henry J., ITnf .VnM."
Patrick, Mn.MartbaL., "
P»IUii 3lra. John P £/u.
PnItanu>ii,T>arl<lII., Mrlkmn,
Paul, Pre-lerick A., Lakni/lt.
Paul, Henry.
Panl, Luther,
I PHuLMiMlIarrlM, "
I Paul, Mlai Mary,
I Paul, Mn. Ruth R.. TammtuH.
I Pny*on. Mln Suun, Fsiturit'.
Paypon. William P..
I Psabmly. l>ea. Eben, Daivtrt.
' Peanon. MIh Hannah J„ Liwtll.
! PeaK. Oeorg* W., SaUm.
j IViklmm HiibUani P.lrr^k^m.
\ Pelm, Etev BraJror(IK.,A»if»i.
Peoplea, Kaniuet NatUk.
I Perkliia. Benjamin r„ P/tttify.
I Perkins, R. E., .Vrrtk MiddlikfTi-' .
Perklna, Mn. Eliwbelh E., '■
Parklna, Jalrua tl. B-i^m.
Perklna, Jamea, P,»t^y
Petkln^ Hlaa Mary A., Brigkitf
' Perklna, Robert S., Z>,imwi.
: Parley, HaakalI,Cr>r<v(«wi.
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Piirlar. Mrs. Abigail T., Smitm.
Perlejt. Jaeob. "
Parrln, Ber. Wlllud T., f/. E. Cti^ftrim
Pmry, Mlai Cafhirl.ia H„ Sluritr-.
Panj. Mr!. BuUi 0., ilarli^re-
I>gteri, Mn. I.jdla Jl., A>-/«.
PctnrHn, Jabn, A' £, Can/trtntt.
PMtM, imillel.^^rir^.
rettM, MIh Blita J., Ptikvt'
Pause, Wlllard, "
PUnipa, Alonio P.. Mi.Anu'.
Plillllp*, M«. Oeo. W., ^a.i.,i«.
F^IIIlpa, Mn. Sallj, ««/«.
Pbimpa, WlllUm, "
PIckeHnn.TJeTirTW "
Plena, IiaacT., WhilinnilU.
Flarce, S^Wnlar <]., iVimttuiitr.
Plarce, Re>. Cha*. M., Mi^^fiiU.
noraon, tlev, WllllBm Henrj, Stmirvilh
Pike, John, D.I>., JFn./iT'-
Plko, Prof, A. W.. H^lint..
Pldmb.RM.AIlwn II «<.ii«..
Plamb, Joaaph Dart, ••
Plamar, M™. Martba H., Kni^.
PI am mar, Iiraet, WkUinnilU.
fnKiia, ^l™. Joseph, Grtftsji.
Pollanl, Jweph G., If .A,^
PalUid, Geoivea., ••
Proclor, Ellutbalb O., Pu^mly.
Proctor, Kenrj H., "
Procter, Joaeph O., GUmiiUr.
Procter, Mr», Lucjr A , "
Procter, Adeline W.,
Qolnoy, Mra. J, C.
In B„ Z)iw>r, N. H
Ranrfall, Flow Sarah, " "
Ranilall, Mary Elliabetb, "
Bankin, J, Eunaii, D.D., ifaJiBtfitH, D. C.
Rankin, Mm. Marj, "
Bajminntl. Helen .S., ffufn,
Raad, MiH Martha. RatkUnd
Rwd, MIM Carotins G., HmrrkiU.
Reed, Hnraee.
Reed, MIh Sarlua. RxU^jid.
Rice, Edward, i
Pomfret, Mr*. Sarah T., W,i,i^.
VnvA. Almlra W., Sewlk IHald,,.
Pond, Jnhn P., Boiltf.
Pnnd, William K., Wm/t^m.
Pool, aolomin, aievr,l,r.
Poor, Joaeph, Ptalmfy.
Poor, Nathan H.. "
Porter, J, Btwarila, .VwT* Brs^^tld.
Porter, Emma L,, " <-
Porter, Samaal S.. IfmciuiUr.
Pottar, J. SliiF(l(, .Vntf^s.
Pratt, CornalloB. Nerik W^mnlh
Pratt, I>atW,
PraU,<}aIeiiK.,
Pratt, Her GeorgeH., *1.|^,«,
Pratl, Nortnn, BrainlrK.
Pratl, Phol«, Skrrharn.
l*rart, Phlllji W Aii^oH.
Piatt, Zet.alon,jV«-ri MuUUkari.
PcsT, Jnbn J.. LbvuII.
Prantlea, Mlu Julia, Grafle«.
Prantl™, '^^«^Tal, WkiiuuvitU.
Ilanllxa, Lnke,
Preaion, Dea. Samuel, Dawvirt.
Prince. Mis. Sarab B., BaiUn.
I'rltchard. William, A'».Wr;.n-/,
Rich
Re>. Alonu) B
Re.. A. Jurt,^o
Mr». Harriet 1
Ulcbardo
Rk'harda
DavW.
',BriJt.^. C
Rlchar.1
Danlal. Jr
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Rich
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trdK, Mr.. E, 8.
•nl-. Jame. F
nnleon, John W
Bicker, George E., ■■
Ripley, Henry, /)=,wri.
Knbblna. Andrew, Gralrn.
Bobertr. Ilav. -lu-i.h, a^
Bobens, Mrs. Mary A.,
Bnbertn, KIra. Buth, Mm
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RobliMon, H. W., Brockton,
Roflllff, Horatio H., N. E, Conftrtnee.
Kockwood, John T., Springfield.
Bockwood, MiM Polly S., Ashland,
Bogeiv, C. S., N. E, Con/erenct.
Rogera, George L., Newhmry^U
Rogers, Shubael 0.» Boston.
RoMell, Sarah J., Framingham.
RoMell, Samuel W., N. E. Con/trtnct.
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Kafford, Bev. Oeor^ge B., Burlington, Vt,
l^anderson, Alonzo, N, E, Conference.
Sanderson, ReT. Geo. E., ** *•
Sanderson, Edwin.
Sanford, Mm. Adeline D., Northioro\
Sanford, Eilmand I., Medway.
Sanford, Henry D., Bridgewater.
Sanger, Edward G., Cambridgeport.
Sargeant, James C, Oakham,
Sargent, Edmund, Merrimae,
Sargent, Samuel G., Methuen.
Savage, Clara A., Springfield,
Sawtell, Ephrairo, Groton,
Sawyer, George, Campello,
Sawyer, Marl ha B., "
Sawyer, Seth C, Holbrook.
Scales, Edward P., Newton.
Scott, Rev. Jo»ep1i. Maiden,
Scudder, Mrs. Sarah L., Boston,
Seagrave, E«lwani F., Uxbridge.
Seagrave, Mrs. Mary Ann, **
Sears, Herman Dingwell, Ashfield.
Sears, Ajrthur Eldredge,
Sears, Asarelali Vinton,
Sears, Etlward Ewing,
Sears, Miss Hannah M.,
Seaver, A. W., Northbor^.
Seeley, Baymond H.. D.D., Haverhill,
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B., "
Selden, Jolin Lincoln, Ashfield,
SelAridge, Thomas O., Boston.
Shattuck, Mrs. Susan P., Groton.
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah, Boston.
Shaw, Mrs. Nancy, South IVeymonth,
Sheldon, Rev. Lutber H., IVestborc^.
Sheldon, Mrs. Sarah H., **
Shepard, Mrs. Lucy B., Newbury port.
Sbepheni, Mnt. L. P., Lynn.
Shepherd, Thomas, Winchester.
Shirley, Rev. Artliur, Conway.
Shumway, Mrs. Emma P., Groton.
Sibley, Jennie W., Bradford.
Simonds, Alvnn, Boston.
Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., "
Slafter, Mrs. Eiiiiiund F., «
Sleeper, Williuin C, Methuen.
Sloper, Rev. Pliiiiens C, Charlton.
Small, Amos T., Merrimae,
Small, Mis. Fidelia Porter, Millbury,
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Small, Samnel A., Millbury.
Small, Samuel E.,
Small, Mrs. Sumner, Newton Center.
Smith, Mrs. Abby F., Concord.
Smith, C. WilUrd, Wobum,
Smith, Henry F., Cotuord.
Smith, Mrs. Lacy Jane, IVestbord,
Smith, Mrs. Clara J., Sunderland.
Smith, E. B., Westfield.
Smith, Mrs. Frances E. D., tVhitinsvilU.
Smith, George P., Boston,
Smith, Samuel, "
Smith, Joel, WhitinsvilU.
Smith, Jonathan, **
Smith, Warren N., "
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., Gloucester.
Smith, Miss Mary E., Sunderland,
Smith, Matson M, D.D., Hartford^ Ct.
Smith, Mrs. Matson M., "
Smith, Norman, Groton,
Smith, Mrs. Mary J., **
Smith, Adolphus, Dannerst III.
Smith, Richard, Peabody.
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, "
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, Andovor.
Smith, William W., Conway,
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Snow, Ambrose, South Hadley Falls.
Snow, Mrs. Caroline, A ubumdaU,
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Chatham,
Soule, Henry M., South Abington.
Southgate, Charles M., Dedham,
Southworth, Mrs. Caroline M., Medway.
Spaulding, John, Ayer,
Spauiding, Mrs. Charlotte A., "
Speigbt, John, WilbreJtam.
SpoflTord, Mrs. Julia Ann, Bra4ford.
Spooner, William B., Boston.
Spring, Mrs. Adda C, WhitinsviUe.
Stacy, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Exra C, Manchester.
Stanton, Bev. George F., South H^eytnouth.
Stebhins, Bev. Milan C, Springfield.
Stetson, Mrs. Hannah B. D., Quincy.
Stevens, Mrs. George, Lowell.
Stevenf, Mrs. £. M., Newton,
Stevens, Mrs. BeiOaniin F., Peabody.
Stevens, Samuel, Gloucester.
Stickney, William H., Dracut,
Stoddanl, Charles H., North Brookfield.
Stone, Mrs. Alibie £., A^. E. Conference.
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San Francisco^CeU.
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F., **
Stone, Martlia A., Newton Center.
Storrs, Eunice C, Longmeadow,
Stowell, Mrs. Abby F., Concord,
Stowell, Cyrus A., South Deerfield,
Stowell, D. W., H'estfield.
Strong, Bev. Eluathan E., Aubumdale.
BtroTiK, B«T. J. C. Cktin Lmt. C™., Hhm.
Tlmlo», R»T. Haman R.
8ln>n(, Mn. J. C, " '■ '■
Timlev, Dan ■ C.
StDdlajr, Anrlln, R«kUnd.
Tinker, UuiKSIl, i;™/«».
atadlaj. EdiraH A.. Bo,l«^
Tlnkhsm Mr.. A,talM,.B"^,C«.(«-,V. K
BDBdan. Wm Mory, B^lnir.,.
Bamnar, Rst. riuirl« B.. SontnUU.
Tobey, MiH Jennia E., WhUmnUU.
TO.W, Mr.. Thorna*. C™-W.
SwMi, redaricW Dfrckiiltr.
Tolmai, Be.. KIpbaM, «'<i-^«.. V..
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Torraj, MIh EllMbeih L.,5«a »■<►«„(*.
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Torrey, Mlu Maria K.,
Sirlft, HIh Lottie H., AnA^r.
TomT. MlM Maria,
Torrey, Jame., N^lk U'.ymtWi.
Taft. Mn. Eli»t»th B., WhamniU..
Torrey. WillanJ. Cr,,;,™.
Taft,MluE<nnTA.,
T«n,u™u™E,
Towna. WilTlam B., MiV/^d. N. H.
Taft, Mm. 0. E ,
Te«M, Joaepb H., Saltm.
Taft. 8. Jannia,
Towne. Mr.. Roalna C, "
Tafl, Jacob. Ujh-:dt'.
To-ne, John C.
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T»n,Willi.m.T,.<7/=i.f,^y„.
Tnuk, Mn.A. H., "
Traak, l.leiia E., <;/?««(«■
Taylor. Geo. 9., Chicoh'-
Traak, Samuel, Ptaitdj
T«ela,R«.. Albert K., ifilUn.
TiMk, flatnuet P.. />-««■..
T«le,Mr..Con,8HaC.. "
Tribou, Samuel Bmhtr*.
Temple, Mwlt M,, ;?«*-,-
TrDObrliltce, Mr.. Am. BritkloH.
Tenner. Mr.. jMnnaS.,.r«.^,
Trnfant. Harriot ArMlrfWj, Atifttn.
Tenner. M™. A|.ph<» H., C«r^/««.
Trurant. n.llip P.,
Thacber. Mr.. An»a B.. W^A /-.ri.
Thaoher. Mia. CMllsta C., Allltisn'.
Tueker, Looise Julia, Diirckr^rr.
Thacber. .lobn.
Tufker. Qniiiry,
niachar, Siimi. »., P„,!and. Mi.
TluKbar.Mr..Hu*RnC., •■
Tucker' M™. W.'l.,
Ttacher, William T-, W,* /-*,*
Turker. Mr.. NHlhan. ilili,..
Tbarer, A-)iliw>ii N.. t»',i/ .mJih^.
Tucker, William W„ Bnlon.
»h«rer,Cl.r»I~. -
Tufl..n.arl«,^„rf™r.
Tluirer. E. F. E.,
Turner, Mix. Alice MnntKOmary, ffai(</«>«.
Thajar. Im,
Turner, Hiram N., WarrtiUr.
Thajer, Annie M., HMr«A.
TiiItTc, Ml« Mar.b» E.. C<,.t„d.
Tbajrar, lVbor>.]i S., £r«iifi
Thajer, Kit, Eniw, BrocHtn.
Tuttle, Thoma. R., £,«/,/«.
Tbayer, Re». J. Henrj, Afidiwr.
Twichell, .lolin M., FHilUmrf.
Thajer, Mr.. Marlhn C. "
Tyler, Pjaiik 11., Br«il/ird.
Tbayer, OilTer, .Tn/,-..
Tyler,.JcroineW fl„(M,
Thftjar, Rolwrt H.. Km V:.rk Cii,.
Upton, Mm, Lucy K., P.ahJy.
Thayar, Sarkb II.. BrniHlra.
Uplon.Tilii-B.T., J'.,/,™.
Tb«Tar, Wtlliam W.. Uxbrldi,.
Van-levonn Sinry F D;,T,-tu,ur.
ThomiBon, Mm. Averick F., W^rti^m.
Veaile, Kllia, Damiri.
Vlniiig, A. Elllc-t, J™/* mymaHI,.
Tbomimoii. Everett A., .Vor/A W^nr^.
Vn», William H Piukturg.
ThoniDson. Mr.. Anne Ellia, ■'
Wa.l»»orlb.Mr..Lnoy MMt^.
Thoni|»on, George It., «,«*«■.
Tbompimn, Franklin S., MiddUlvrs' .
"Wall, Dai.lfl \'. E CtH/trtntt.
Thomr-mn, Trf«l. WaMn. W^.rn.
V{wM\M.SV..,V.. Rradi^,
Thompson, Siapban, WinchtiUr.
Walden, Ml.. Paulina J.. Lym..
Thornton, Frederick M., Bradford.
Walden. Paulina J.,
Thorslnn, Bev. Richard B., St-m/ard. CI.
WalJron, Be.. Daniel W., J,rf«.
Wain, Eraaloa, HMriKk.
Wiln, MIh Mar7 Ann, Bnltm.
Wftlksr, Rsi. Aftr/ S.. Sftncir.
WH]kor,lMAn H.. Andavrr.
r, Etiitanl A
Want, HiB Lfdlk, Sajt«n>Mt.
Wird, Siunue). J»r<i«,
Ward, M<M H. L. H. LalmilU.
Ward, Mn. Otollna L., "
Ward, MlH Siuan H., "
Vfart. Salem T., WiMckiiUt.
Wurfield. Henry L., BmkUmd.
Warner, Jnbn, Ntwtnt.
Warner, William. ^. DnrJUld.
Warran, Georjo W., BtiioH.
Warren, yranel* W., Ji'™.
Warren, Joiwa, "
Wuliburn, WlUUni B , Gr-nfigU.
Waahbum, Mn. William B., ■•
Watarnian, Hrn. CarollDe. Gra/tan.
WaUlnn.MrB. AhbyA., C;o«-«i.--.
Weaka, Mn. L. Caroline. ,V. Dnna.
WsbaUr, lC<lviir<I, BHcamn, f/. H.
Wsleh, Jobn, BcI,m.
Wald. Jam
VelK M
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Wei><l«l). Mr>. Caih»rlne, A.»r>..
Wentvorth, Albert, ffwtrkiU,
Wantmrth, Lcoli. Sridttivalir.
Wawan, Jamm L. 5<., IfJIiraJuiK.
Wett, Peleg I>.. Wkii.-inillr.
Vbeaton, Mn. Sllia B., NrrteH.
Wbeelar. Abljah It.. E Midaiay.
WlieeIer,Mr*. M. B.,
Wbeeler, Mlu So|iliia W., Ptaitdy.
Whltcomb. OKar L., Wn-tnUr.
Wbltcomb, Mn. Abble E.. "
Wbltcomb, O. Henry.
Whltcomb. Mix Mary M., Harsurd.
Whlleomb, Mr*. Abbj F,, "
Wblte, Aaron L ,AMhurttGrr<^, Minx
WblU, Cnniollur. Sronhiillt.
While. EilmunJ, Hfar-sok.
WblM,Kewlon,
Wblte, Juel, Uitridgt.
Whita, Jo.li.ll, P,UTikam.
WUte.Solomoii, N. M,4dlii«ra\
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I White, MIh LInIa M., SkM MVrwo'*-
I WlilW, PhlnaaaA., Wkitmnait.
' Wblte, Thomaa, Hslintk.
Wlillln, Artbar F., Ifkilitnau
WhlUn.CliarletE., "
Wbitin, Charlea P.. "
Wbltin, Edward, "
Wbitin, jAmeaF., "
Wbliln, Mr*. Patlaoee B... "
Whllla, Panl, "
Whilln, Mn.Sarah J., "
Wbltin, Mr*. Sarab B., "
Wbltlni;, Lemaal, Grrlnt.
' WliltmanA, Mn. Dlantba, KnUand.
I ■Whliiiiarah, Hiu'7, "
' Whltmarah, MlHHarj J.,
Whltmon, Annie Maria, L^mm.
Whitney, Charlea H., Ctmtridffn-
WbltneT, T>nra S.. .f^nfA Grrimt.
Whitney. Fiwlerick, tfrilmhulrr
Whitney, Hclnn J Sl,rw.
Whitney, liaac H Chucriirr.
Wbttney. larael, Bttim.
Whitney, Hra. Permalia V., PHrrtlum.
riiltnay, Rlcbanl D., S^rincfitbt.
riiltnay, Mra. Saaanna, Rutland.
Whltiaker, Rai. Oeorge, N. E. Cn/tmut.
WhlKakar. Mn. Harriet, •• "
Wbitlaker, Key. N. T.,
Whittakar, Helen S., " •'
Whlttemora, Mn. Mary E. 9., WtMtrf.
WUttemora. William F., B-altn.
Wlgiml, ItBF. Vl ll.m, N. E. Cutftma.
Wisiijill. Rnv wmUim. Shriaiivy.
Wilbur. ,loi^jA, T,.u»f»«,
Wlld,tMl.l"l,Oo,'i,/.
Willi, Wlaa LiTlaA.,.!'. BTumtn*.
Wilder, that lea W.
Wilder, Hi.llleW SoulkAtttK.
Wllklni, MIh Anna S., Btilmn.
I Wlilard. MliaHartbaA.. ■'
Wlllcoi, ReT. William H , Radint
WilllamK. Mlw Araelia P., SMmUrUnd
Wllllama,C. H. H., Cntrrd.
I Wllllanu, Mn.C. H. S., "
I WIUIaiDa, Bav. E<lward P., CJUner.
Wllllama.MlMEllinbeihC. Orf»tn.
Wllllanu, Hlu Miiry D., Grn<v^it^.
Wllllama. S. H.i/'.i^r.i'
I Wltllami, Kpbralm. S/rmefiiU.
Wllllama, MIn Utile F ^siteL
Wmia, Lacaba, IVayiud.
Willi*, Lai; HwIb, ■'
Wllaon, Rev. Thomaa, Suit*, N. V.
Wllaon,Mn. E.P., " "
Wllaon, Mn, C. J., B/iIbh.
WlDg.JobD Q.,LtmtU.
52
Wines, Rev. C. Maarioe, Hmri/prd, Ct.
Winftlow, Pelham, Rockland.
Winter, David Baker, riortkbridge,
Winthrop, Robert C, Botton.
Wtowell, Mrs. Lizzie M., Chicago, lU.
Woodbury, Simon J., SuHon.
Wood, Mrs. AbUab, WcMtboro.
Wood, Cyrus K., Askbumham,
Wood, Elizabeth C, Foxbor:
Wood, Miss Jane A., Gra/ion.
Wood, Joseph W., H^kHimsviUc.
Wood, Mrs. E. S., **
Wood, Mrs. Samuel F., Chelmsford.
Wood, Ifrs. Susan, Groton.
Wood, T. Dwight, Leominster
Wood, Theodore,
It
Wood, Mrs. James B., Concord,
Wood, J. Clarence, BridgtwaUr.
Woods, Austin Franic, New Brmintree.
Woods, Frederick 'ELfN.E. Conference.
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, Boston.
Woods, Mrs. Sarah C, N, E. Conference.
Woodward, Ebenezer, Pfewton.
Woodwazd, Miss Emily, Newton Highlands.
Woodworth, Artemas B., Lowell
Worcester, Biiss Sallie, Brighton.
Wright, George L., Mitiinengue.
Wyman, Charles, Lancaster,
Wyman, Rufos, Boston.
Wyman, William O., Fitchhmrg.
Jones, Elisha A., E. Medway.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BAKNSTABLB COUNTY.
Falmouth, Cong, church,
Waquoit Cong, church,
.South Dennis Cong, church,
Yarmouth, FirKt Cong, church,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Attleboro*, Second Cong, church.
Easton, Evan. Cong, church,
Mansfield, Cong, church,
Taunton, Winslow Cong, church,
BSSBX COUNTY.
AndoYcr, South Cong, church,
Boxford, Cong, church,
Danvers, First Cong, church,
Georgetown, First Cong, church.
Orth. Memorial church,
Groveland, Cong, church,
Ipswich, First Cong, church.
South Cong, church,
Lynn, Central Cong. ch. and soc.,
Newburyport, Whiiefield Cong, ch.,
Belleville Cong, church.
North Andover, Cong, church,
Peabody, South Cong. ch. and soc.,
Salem, South church,
Crombie St. church,
Saugus, Cong, church,
Wenham, Cong, church,
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Coleraine, Cong, church,
K. C. Bib. Soc.,
Shelburne, Cong, church,
Sunderland, Cong, church,
Shutesbury, Cong, church,
HAMPOBN COUNTY.
Agawam, Cong church,
Blandford, Cong, church,
Chicopee, Third Cong. ch. (i u m.).
Second Cong, church,
Longmeadow, Ladies* Benev. Soc.,
Gents.' Benev. Soc.,
1 1 5.00
10.00
5.00
25.00
8.60
8.17
'S-35
^.90
I50.00
la.oo
25.00
4.10
19.50
525
3«.7i
i2.a6
33.45
16.19
36.78
15.00
57.18
45.93
40.00
14.78
' 3.88
#a.oo
7».35
4.7a
13.00
5.00
I96.07
In. 86
20.80
21.00
18.70
18.15
10.35
Monson, M. E. church,
6.00
Cong, church,
I3-4*
Springfield, First Cong, church,
iiS SI
Olivet Cong, church,
ao.67
South Cong, church.
1S.91
Memorial church,
3S.1S
Tolland, Cong, church,
8.40
Palmer, Second Cong, church.
7.00
Wilbraham, Cong, church.
S0.95
West Springfield, Park St. church.
26.59
♦369.03
HAMPSHIRB COUNTY.
Amherst, No. Cong. ch. and soc..
♦so-oc
Hadley, First Cong, church,
6.78
North Hadley, Cong, church,
7.91
South Hadley, Cong, church.
11.35
l75*M
MIDOLB5BX COUNTY.
Acton, Cong, church,
♦3.50
Ashby, Cong, church.
10.10
Arlington, Cong, church.
10.00
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Cong, church,
19.it>
Prospect St. church.
4398
Concord, Union Bible Soc,
314.00
Framingham, Plymouth ch., a friend.
$00
HoUiston, Cong, church,
15.11
Littleton, Cong, church.
5.00
Lowell, First Cong, church.
55-45
Newton, Eliot church.
61. 03
Sauconville, Edwards Cong, church,
13 cx>
Sherbom, Ladies* Ben. Ass'n. (11. m.
t, 30.00
Somerville, Franklin St. church,
7.04
Stoneham, Cong, church.
3.00
Pepperell, Cong, church.
3.50
Tewksbury, Cong, church.
21 50
Townsend Harbor, Cong, church.
4.15
Waltham, Trin. Cong, church.
6.80
West ford, Cong, church and society,
11.95
Wobum, Cong, church,
39.00
Winchester, Cong, church,
73.30
I645.54
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Brain tree, Cong church.
I15.00
Cohasset, Cong, church.
7.86
Dedham, First Cong, church.
83.68
East Medway, Cong, church.
10.00
Hyde Park, First Cong, church.
33.88
54
Hingham, Evan. Cong, church, lo.ga
Holbrook, Yearly Bequect, E. N. H., 200.00
Franklin, Cong, church, 9.56
Grantville, Cong, church, ix.95
North Weymouth, Pilgrim Cong, ch., 10.00
South Weymouth, Second Cong. ch.
(1 L. M.), 20.00
Union Cong. S. S. (a boy), .07
Weymouth Landing, Cong, church, 5.00
Wellesley, Rev. P. D. Cowan, s-oo
Randolph, First Cong. ch. and toe., R3.01
Wrentham, First Cong, church, 26.00
WaU>ole, Cong, church, 1900
I538.93
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Trin. Central Sq. Cong.
church (i L. M.), 139-So
Brockton, Porter Cong, church, ai.oo
Campello, Orth. Cong, church, 23.00
Hanson, Cong, church, 6.25
Marshfield, First Cong, church, 8.00
Middleboro', North Cong, church, 16.20
North Middleboro*, a friend, 5 00
South Abington, Cong, church, 17.05
North Rochester, Cong, church, 13.00
Rochester, Cong, church, 3S.25
Rockland, Cong, church, 25.00
Wareham, Cong, church, 21.16
I233.41
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Beaton, Miss F. WiUiams,
iS-oo
E. H. Sampson,
20.00
First Baptist Bethel,
700
Mrs. Curtis,
100.00
S. D. Warren,
400.00
Old South church,
200.85
A. W. Stetson,
20.00
Chelsea, First Cong, church,
8.65
Dorchester, Village Cong, church,
4581
Second church,
266.53
Brighton, Evan. Cong, church,
43.00
Chelsea, First Cong, church,
325
Charlestown, Winthrop Cong, church,
25.00
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch,
15.00
Charlestown, a friend.
2.00
A Friend,
3.00
WORCESTBK COUNTY.
Athol, Cong, church,
Boylston, Cong, church.
North Brookfield, Cong, church,
11,165.09
115-83
3025
3400
East Douglass, Cong, church, 1 10.65
Fitchburg, Rollstone Cong, church, 8.80
Gilbertville, Cong, church, 27.00
Harvard, Cong, church, 5.50
Gardner, First Cong, church, 35 96
Lancaster, Evan. Cong: church, 17.17
Leicester, First Cong, church and soc, 45.18
Leominster, Orth. Cong, church, 7.00
Petersham, Cong, church, 2.10
Princeton, Cong, church, 5.50
Royalsion, Cong, church, 96.25
Southbridge, Cong, church and soc., 50.53
Southboro', Pilgrim Cong, church, 34-69
Sutton, First Cong, church, 13.75
West Boylston, Cong, church, 7.84
Warren, Cong, church, 15.00
Winchendon, North Cong, church, 19 00
West Brookfield, C^ong. church, 5.00
Whitinsville, Cong, church, 703.40
Worcester, David Whitcomb, 100.00
Worcester, Central Cong, church, 102.83
MISCELLANBOUS.
N. E. Conference, M. E. church,
Hampden Benev. Ass*n., interest ac.,
£. Sanderton, local agent,
£. Sanderson (personal), x l. m.,
J. H. Brown, local agent,
J. H. Soren,
Koxbury, a friend,
COLLECTIONS.
$ii393 >3
1335-33
l2.on
9.85
20.00
3-94
1.00
z.oo
I383.02
Th€ foUotuing^ turns hare been received from
Protestant EpiscoPeU ehureheSt anJ, iy
aj^eemeni, forwarded to the Am. BibU
Society :
Trinity church, Boston, 898.00
Emanuel church, Boston, '53 00
St. Paul church, Boston, 183.00
Total Am't of donations.
|i,334.oo
$6,781.17
LBGACIKS.
Peter Smith, bequest, $50000
Cath. B. Smith, bequest, 15.00
Legacy from sale of Perry estate, 1,000 00
Legacy from Jane W. Wight, Boston, 2,000.00
Lcjsacy of Chs. R. Merrill, Newbury-
port, for Bibles to be sent to the
far West, 200.00
l3,7«5«>
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible Soci-
ety, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the sum
of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the
Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests and
policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel But-
ler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and indi-
viduals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev. Elijah
Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
E. Cutler, Agent,
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THB
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, IN BOSTON,
MAY 2U, 1882,
BBING THBIK
SEVENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1882.
OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1882-83.
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice. Presidents.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., FrankUn County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN A. HAWES, Bristol County.
Hon. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D.D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent.
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS, D.D.
Rkv. chandler ROBBINS, D.D.
Rbv. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D.D.
R«v. WILLARD F. MALLALIEU, D.D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D D.
R«v EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Rbv. EDWARD S ATWOOD.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY. D.D.
Rbv. GEORGE S. CHADBOURNE.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
HEZEKIAH S. CHASE, Esq.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esti
GEORGE P. DENNY, Esq.
Hon. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARREN, Esq
SAMUEL G. SNELLING, Es<^
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Executive Committee.
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARB TO BB MADB FOR BIBLBS.
Rev. John O. Means, D.D., Charles Henry Parker, Esg.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1882.
Presidents.
Hon. William Phillips
ReT. John Pierce, D.D. .
Hon. Samuel Greenleaf, LL.D.
Rev. John Lathrop, D.D.
Key. John T. Kirkland, D.D. .
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D. .
ReT. John Codman, D.D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL D.
ReT. Francis Parkman, D.D. .
ReT. Nath'l Frothingham, D.D.
ReT. William R. Nicholson, D.D
William C. Plunkett, Esq.
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq. .
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL.D.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles P. Whitin, Esq. .
Lee Claflin, Esq.
1809-27
1827-49
« 849-54
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D.
Hon. Samuel H. Walley .
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents .
1809-16
1816-28
1828-44
1844-48
1848-49
1849-53
1853-61
1861-72
1862
1862-70
1862-72
1862
X862
1862
1862-70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq.
James S. Amory, Esq.
Hon. John H. Qifford, LL.D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq. .
E. S. Moseley, Esq .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq. .
Hon. WiUiam Claflin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D
Hon. WiUiam Hyde .
Hon. Timothy W. Carter,
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Hawes
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
Hon. H. M. Cushing
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminister
Rev. Samuel Thacher
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D.
Rev. John Pierce, D.D. ,
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor
Rev. James D. Knowles .
Rev. William Jenks, D.D.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq. .
1809-13
1813-17
1817-18
Rev. Francis. Parkman, D.D. .
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingharo, D.D.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
Recording Secretaries.
1809-28
1828-30
1830-31
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler
Treasurers.
1809-11
1811-12
1812-35
Henry Edwards, Esq.
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Executive Committee.
Rev. William E. Channing, D.D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips .
Stephen Higginson, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. .
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D. .
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D.
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. .
1809-18
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
1818-30
1821-35
1830-40
1832-35
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D
Henry Edwards, Esq.
Rev. George W. Richards
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing
Rev. John O. Means, D.D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
1854-59
1859-78
1878
1862-75
1862
1862-76
1 86a
1863
1863
1870-72
1871
1872-78
1872
1873
1875
1876
1878
1883
1818-49
"84^53
1853
1839-44
1844-45
1845-49
1849-52
1852
1835-49
1849-62
1862
1835-39
1S40-49
1849-60
1849-62
•853-76
i860
186a
1876
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-third Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held at the Rooms of
the Society, No. 8 Beacon Street, on Monday, May
29, at 3.30 o'clock p. M.» the Vice-President, the
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The report of the Treasurer, Charles Henry
Parker, Esq, was presented and accepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
the coming year.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Slafter, it was
Resolvedj That this Society heartily approves of the purpose
of the American Bible Society to enter upon the work of a gen-
eral resupply of the whole country with the Holy Scriptures;
and that the subject be referred to the Board of Trustees, with
the recommendation that they adopt measures for an active and
effective cooperation in this important work.
Adjourned.
REPORT.
Among the events of the past year demanding our
attention, is the removal by death of two members of
the Board of Trust, viz., the Hon. John Phelps Putnam
and Theophilus Rogers Marvin, Esq. Judge Putnam
had held the office for only four years, and his official
duties had seldom allowed his attendance at the stated
meetings of the Board, but he was known and honored
as one whose character was formed on the teachings of
the Divine Word, and whose life was devoted to its
diffusion.
Mr. Marvin had been connected with the Society for
thirty-five years — only one name preceding his on the
roll of members — and until prevented by the infirmities
of advanced age, had regularly attended the meetings of
the Board, and in every practicable way manifested his
interest in the work of the Society. They have entered
the circle of the honored dead whose remembered lives
shall be ever an inspiration to continued effort with
those that remain.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository twenty-eight thousand five hundred and
forty-two volumes. Of the whole number, seventeen
thousand five hundred and thirty-four were sold, and
eleven thousand and eight bestowed in charity. One
thousand five hundred and ninety-three were in various
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foreign languages. The gifts were as follows : To life
members, twelve hundred arid thirty ; to seamen, three
thousand and thirty-two ; city missions, eleven hundred
and sixty-seven ; mission Sabbath schools, three hundred
and seventy-two; public institutions, five hundred and
forty-nine; Young Men's Christian institutions, seven
hundred and forty-two; destitute in Massachusetts, three
thousand and thirty-one ; out of the State, eight hundred
and twenty-five. The number issued this year is six
thousand less than last year, and is, we think, to be
accounted for by the very large sale of Revised New
Testaments through the trade.
A portion of the city of Springfield has been can-
vassed during the year; also the towns of Stow, Box-
boro', Sudbury, Southboro', and Marlboro', in Middlesex
county, and the towns of Wareham, Marion, Mattapoisett,
and Rochester in Plymouth county. For a portion of
the year a Bible distributor has been employed in Bos-
ton. Six thousand and sixty-two families were visited,
and five hundred and seventeen destitute families and
individuals were supplied, and two thousand and eigh-
teen copies were sold and bestowed in charity.
From this statement it appears that while the demands
made at the Depository upon the Society in behalf of
the destitute have been met, it has also addressed itself
to the work of ascertaining by personal visitation the
needs of those who cannot otherwise be reached. This
form of labor commends itself as a legitimate and very
important part of our work. Our Saviour tells us of
one who made a great feast and invited many. The
response, however, did not satisfy his benevolence. To
the homes of the absent he sent his servants to repeat
the invitation and urge its acceptance. There are many
families that will in no other way become possessed of the
Scriptures. But our errand is not alone to the wholly
destitute. An opportunity is in this way offered to the
young to obtain their first copy of the Bible, and to the
old to replace by larger print the Book no longer legible
to their fading eyesight. Furthermore, an opportunity
is thus afforded for a friendly commendation of the Book
and its teachings. The ground is thus in some measure
prepared for the reception of the good seed. The com-
pany who have spoken as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost are thus introduced to the homes where they are
to abide. Great advantages exist for the performance
of this work. No class of persons interesting themselves
for the good of others, receive as a general thing a more
hearty welcome. They come upon no doubtful errand.
They enter into no disputes. They quarrel with no one
on account of his belief. They come to introduce the
Master in his recorded life and words. They bring good
tidings of good, and beautiful on the mountains are their
feet to not a few whose dwellings they visit. These
statements are confirmed by the reports of those
engaged in the work. Families are by these efforts
gathered into churches, and are brought under the
power of new social and religious influences. Thus in
the twofold work of the Society are we permitted, accord-
ing to our means, to follow the example of the great
apostle whose boast, in the review of life, it was, that he
had made known the gospel not only publicly but from
house to house. We hope to increase this form of labor
the present year.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
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From the sale of Bibles and Testaments, $7,11343;
from donations, $4,777.2^; income from general fund
subject to an annuity and interest on accumulations of
the same, $12,691.36; from return of bank tax, $845.95;
cash on hand at the beginning of the year, $6,611.25.
The expenditures have been : For Bibles and Testa-
ments, $8,853.51; donations to the American Bible
Society, $1,221; colportage and salaries, $4,774.64; to
Thgs. W. Durant, $464; rent of Depository, $900;
safety-vault (two years), $100; printing Report, $135.78;
freight, $100.82 ; anniversary expenses, $50; insurance,
heating, advertising, and sundries, $177.88.
The American Bible Society reports the year past as
one of usual prosperity. Its receipts for the year have
amounted to $552,000, a reduction of $54,000 from the
receipts of the previous year. This diminution of
receipts has not occurred in the ordinary gifts of the
Society, but from the falling off of legacies, which were
less by $96,000 than were received the previous year.
Nearly 1,100,000 copies have been put in circulation at
home, and over 430,000 abroad, forming an aggregate of
over a million and a half. One hundred and sixty-four
colporters have been employed at home, and two hun-
dred and fourteen abroad. Seven hundred and fourteen
thousand families have been visited, and eighty-two
thousand who were destitute supplied. The Society is
about to undertake the resupply of the United States,
and appeal confidently to the friends of the Bible for the
means to accomplish an undertaking so freighted with
good to our land.
The British and Foreign Bible Society, at its sev-
enty-eighth anniversary, recently held, reports a year of
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extended operations, both at home and abroad. Three
millions of volumes, in more than two hundred lan-
guages have been circulated during the year. Its work-
ing force has numbered three hundred on the continent
of Europe, and two hundred in the regions beyond.
An increasing number of friends, increasing means,
ever widening fields of occupation, and the manifest
blessing of God mark the history of this noblest of asso-
ciations formed for the diffusion of truth.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
(Sommontoealti) of iifla00aci)U0rttd.
In the year of ou Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the nible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore ettacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives^ in General Court assembled^ and by authority of the same^ That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during tlie pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and
improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap-
proved by the Governor, Feb. /j, iSio,
In th« year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had
not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb. 2y, iSdj.
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 185 1, the follow-
ing by-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its act of
incorporation ; namely, "The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conven-
iently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State^ may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer,
and eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding
apd recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ex-officio mem-
bers of the board of trustees, and the recording secretary shall be the
recording officer of that board. These officers shall all be chosen by
ballot at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the
second Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise
ordered by the president, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at any time call. Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committees at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII,
These by-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Tes-
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current^ not for past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Falmouth, Cong, church,
South Dennis, Cong, church,
Yarmouth, First Cong, church,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Attlcboro*, Second Cong, church,
Mansfield, Cong, church,
Norton, Trinitarian Cong, church,
Taunton, Winslow Cong, church,
BSSBX COUNTY.
Amesbury, Cong, church,
Andover, Free Christian church,
Danvers, First church S. S.,
Danvers, Maple St. Cong, church,
Groveland, Cong, church,
Gloucester, Evan Cong, church,
Ipswich, First Cong, church.
South Cong, church,
Lynn, Central Cong, church,
Newbury port, Whitfield Cong, church,
Belleville Cong, church,
Peabody, South Cong church,
Salem, Crombie St. church,
Tabernacle church,
Wenhara Cong, church,
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
EzaX Charlemont, Cong, church,
Franklin Co. Bib. Soc. B'k Ac, 132 72
Shelburoe Falls, Cong, church,
Sunderland, Cong, church, (i l. m.),
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Agawaro, Cong, church,
Blandford, Cong, church,
Chicopee, Third Cong, church,
Second church,
$17.00
2 00
20.00
$39.00
$30.00
8.81
36.10
12. 32
$87.23
$1364
53.00
15.00
15.1^
I. ID
15.00
17-44
11.00
3525
7.00
42.44
30.00
2930
22.09
2 90
$3»0 34
$11. ao
3 00
30.00
$44 20
$4.44
10.00
4.00
2383
Hampden, Benv. Ass*n Interest Ac, $9*5o
Longmeadow, Ladies' Benev. Ass'n, 18.85
Gents.' Benev. Ass'n, >5'75
Monson, Cong, church, 30.45
Palmer, Second Cong, church, io.8a
Springfield, Memorial church, 26.7a
First, 64.88
Olivet, 17.10
South, 17.75
West Springfield, Park St. church, 15 03
Mittineague, Cong, church, 17*85
Wilbraham, Cong, church, 24 60
$311.57
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Amherst, No. Cong, church.
North Hadley, Cong, church,
Hadley, First Cong, church,
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Cong, church,
Ashby, Second Cong, church,
Arlington, Cong, church,
Bedford, Cong, church,
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim Cong, church.
Prospect St. church.
Concord, Union Bible Society,
Groton, Cong church,
Hopkinton, Cong, church,
Littleton, Cong, church,
Lowell, First Cong, church,
Geo. F. Willey,
Newton, Eliot church,
Pepperell, Cong, church.
South Framingham, Cong, church,
Somerville, Franklin St. Cong, church,
Sudbury, Cong, church,
Tewksbury, Cong, church,
Townsend, Cong, church,
Wakefield, Cong, church,
Waltharo, Trin. Cong, church.
$30.00
6.6S
7'a5
$43-93
$3.50
a.15
20.00
4.73
1308
27.80
8800
40.00
16.40
3-50
4438
5.20
6.00
6.15
100.00
704
14.69
1 8. 50
430
10.00
10.82
$446.24
CohuMI, Second Cod(, church,
Dedhim, Fl.iiCong. chuich,
Poiboro' Cong, church, (l L. M.),
Eld Medway, Coof. church,
Rolbraok,Yur)/'beque>l E. K. H.
So. WcrnuHitb, S«. Can|, ch.,(i i.
Wilpolc, Com. church,
Wellute;, Rev. P. D. Cenn,
Weymouthft Bninlrec, Un™ Cooi
Eul Doiiglu. Cent, chnich.
Dm*, Conf. church,
Filchburg, Rollitone Gmg. church,
Karvird, Cong, church,
Bridtewjter, Trin. Central Sq. Cong, ch ,«}4-S0
Bnicklan, Porter Enn. Cong, church, 17.;;
Hauon, Cong, church, 6.>]
HattapoiMtl Cong, church, idck
Nonh Uiddlcboro', a friend,
Plfmouth, Church of the Pilgrimage,
RocUuhI, Cong, church.
South Abingion, a friend,
Uelh. Epi>. church,
BouoD, S. D. Warre
E. M. SanipiQD,
Mr. Kawka,
MiH F. Wllliami,
A Ijfc Member,
Old South church,
Hn. J. L, Bremer, (
Baptiil Beihel chore)
Nanc* B. Cuiti>,
Cbarl
a flic
ttinily chuiih, B
emmMuet chunl
St Paul's church,
APPENDIX.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the commit-
tee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying into effect
the object of this association ; which, being read from the chair, was
considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with one amend-
ment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles
and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within
the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures,
and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergy-
men of every denomination of Christians within the State, who shall
in writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall sub-
scribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dol-
lars, and who shall remain a member so long as he continues the
payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall subscribe and
pay to the treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars, he remaining a
member during life, without being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction
of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organization of
the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice
shall be given by the committee and also of the time and place of
the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors
are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen other
members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall
be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a board of
trustees.
5. The trustees or the greater part of them present at any meet-
ing, of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer,
or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members
of the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office
during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the man-
agement of the fund, and the distribution of the books procured with
it, subject and according to such regulations and directions as shall
from time to time be prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held
on public notice given as aforesaid ; and the treasurer shall pay the
moneys in his hands to the order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incor-
porate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid,
and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the pur-
poses of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regu-
lar notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted
by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be neces-
sary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of
the members.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
lASSACHUsms Bible Society.
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON,
MAY :i8, 188:^,
BRING Til KIR
SEVENTT-FOTJETH ANNR^RSAEY.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1883.
Sljnj
OFFICEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1883-84.
President.
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents.
Hf)N. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampilen County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Esq., Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol County.
Hon. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
JAMES B. CROCKER, Esq., Barnstable County,
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, D.D.
Recording Secretary.
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq,
Auditor.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent.
Rev. ELIJAH CUTI.ER.
Trustees.
Rev. JOHN O. MEANS, D.D.
Rev. ANDREW P. PEABODT, D.D.
Rbv. WILLARD F. MAIXALIEU, D.D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS BROOKS. D.D.
Rbv. EDMUND P. 8LAFTER.
Rbv EDWARD S. ATWOOD.
Pbof, ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
Rbv. GEORGE S. CHADBQURNE.
Rev. RUFUS ELLIS, D.D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
HEZEKIAH 8. CHASE, ESQ.
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Hon. GEORGE P. DENNY.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARREN, E8Q.
SAMUEL G. SNELUNG, Esq.
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Hon. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
Executive Committee.
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ABB TO BE MADE FOB BIBLES.
Rev. John O. Means, D.D., Charles Henry Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1883.
Presi
Hon. William Pbllltp* .
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Hun. Rlt^hird Flelrher, LL.D. .
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ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting of the Mas-
sachusetts Bible Society was held at the Rooms
of the Society, No. 8 Beacon Street, on Monday,
May 28, at 10 o'clock, a. m., the President, the
Hon. Robert C. Winthkop, in the chair.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The report of the Treasurer, Chakles Henry
Parker, Esq., was presented and accej^ted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
the commg year.
Voted to accept "An Act authorizing the Massachusetts
Bible Society to hold additional real and personal estate.
'' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives in General Court assembled, and by authority of the
same, as follows : —
"Section 1. The Massachusetts Bible Society, originally
incorporated by an Act passed the fifteenth day of February,
in the year 1810, is authorized to hold real and personal estate
to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars.
" Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.'*
" House of Representatives, March 14, 1883.
" Passed to be enacted.
" Geo. a. Marden, Speaker.''
" In Senate, March 16, 1883.
" Passed to be enacted.
"George G. Crocker, Fresident.''
Approved by the Governor^ March 17, 1883.
Adjourned.
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY.
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The Seventy-fourth Anuiversary of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held in St. PauPs
Church, Boston, on Sunday evening, May 27, 1883.
After religious services, conducted by the Rev.
Dr. Courtney, Rector of the Church, the Hon. Robert
C. Winthrop, President of the Society, delivered the '
introductory address.
We have come here this evening. Ladies and Gen-
tlemen, to celebrate the seventy-fourth anniversary of
the Massachusetts Bible Society, one of the oldest
societies of its kind in our country, and only five years
younger than the great British and Foreign Bible
Society in London. Our religious exercises having
been concluded, it devolves upon me, in conformity
with our usage, to offer a few introductory remarks
before calling upon the Secretary for his annual re-
port, after which our anniversary discourse will be
delivered by the eminent rector of the Church in
which we are privileged to assemble.
I may be pardoned, perhaps, in rising for this pur-
pose, for not forgetting that it has happened to me,
during a long life, to preside at many meetings, on
many public occasions;, here and elsewhere — in more
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than one hall of legislation, and over more than one
association connected with history, with literatiu'e,
with education, with science, with philanthropy, with
religion. But I cannot come again to this chair, which
I have been peraiitted to occupy at our successive
anniversaries for some years past, without feeling
afresh that whatever of interest, whatever of useful-
ness, whatever of distinction and honor may attach to
other positions of the sort, it is here, as the President
of this Society, that I am brought into the most direct
relation with all that is highest, most sacred, and
most enduring.
Other objects of associated effort, however worthy
. and valuable, are comparatively temporary in their
nature and limited in their range. But so long as
this earth shall be the abode of intelligent human
beings, and until time shall be no more, the work in
which we are engaged must go on, and will go on
triumphantly. Individual officers and managers and
members, generation after generation, will pass away
and be forgotten ; but our work will not pass away,
nor pause for an instant, until all be fulfilled. Every
day enlarges the field of such a labor. Every month
adds new millions to the number of those to whom the
Bible is to be carried, and to many of whom it is to be
carried as a new book. Every year opens new high-
ways for it to reach the very ends of the earth. And
the very ends of the earth will be reached, and the
Gospel be carried to every creature.
Wlio doubts that the Word of God is to have free
course and be glorified in all time to come, as in all
time past? Yes, to have a hundredfold freer course,
and to be a hundredfold more glorified, than in any
time past? For one, I should sooner doubt tomor-
row's sunrise, or the succession of harvest-time to the
glorious sunmier months which are at last opening
upon us. Who of us does not feel assured that the
volume, for whose unceasing publication and circula-
tion we are organized to take part in providing, is
destined still and ever to be counted as the Book of
Books; the choicest of all possessions to those who
have it, the most needed by those who have it not;
the book which has inspired, and is inspiring, and will
never fail to inspire, whatever is worthiest and most
exalted in hmnan thought, word, and act ; affording at
once the wisest counsels for the present, and the
surest and only hoi)es and promises for the future !
The bravest and most hopeful among us are, I
know, somethnes disposed to despondency, and almost
to despair, as they witness such floods of lawlessness
and infidelity swelling and sweeping over our own
and other lands, and dashing down so many of the
old landmarks of morality and religion. But we
may all take comfort and courage in thinking of
the great and glorious things which the Bible has
already done for mankind since the opening of the
Christian era, and which can never be lost. From
what other source has all true civilization, directly or
indirectly, emanated? What other influence has so
elevated humanity, so lifted the poor and humble, so
freed the oppressed, so enlightened the ignorant, so
inculcated peace and good will among the nations, so
proclaimed the brotherhood of man under a common
Father, so restrained and rebuked vice and crime, and
brought the indispensable sanction of future responsi-
bility and future judgment to the support of earthly
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laws and human government? From what other
pages than those of the Bible have all the grand
philanthropies of modern times derived their incen-
tives and examples? What can legislation do but
confess that all its laborious statutes are little more
than the detailed application to existing society of the
laws first promulgated on Sinai, and of the two great
commandments into which those laws were condensed
and crystallized by Him who died for us on Calvary?
And even Science, after all the marvellous discov-
eries it has of late accomplished, and all the signal
triumphs it is daily achieving: — now soaring to the
skies, questioning each particular star and comet
and remotest nebula, and analyzing the very tints
and texture of the sun itself; now sounding the
depths of the sea and spreading out its countless
contents, animate and inanimate, to be the subject
of an Exposition for princes to inaugurate and the
world to admire ; now exploring and searching the
caves and caverns of the earth, and laying bare to
our insatiate gaze the long-buried treasures of Ilion
or Assos, or the hardly less interesting outcomes of
mounds and shell-heaps in our own land; and now
suspending in mid air, over the broad current which
had so long separated the two great sister cities of
our continent, that stupendous bridge over which
travel and traffic may pass and repass unimpeded
from hom* to hour, and look down upon the tall
ships sailing freely beneath them ; even Science, I
say, in all the just pride of these and a hundred
other successes, has never found, and never can
find, any other fixed and steadfast point of depart-
ure, or any other sure and final resting place to
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fall back upon, save in that sublime announcement,
in the very first verse of the Bible — "In the be-
ginning God created the heaven and the earth."
In this connection I cannot but recall the fact that
it was my privilege, just a year ago, in this very
month of May, while in London, to represent our
American Academy of Ails and Sciences, at the public
funeral of one who has been held as the greatest
philosopher and naturalist of our day and generation.
It was solemnized at Westminster Abbey, and his
remains were laid at the side of those of Sir John
Herschel and Sir Isaac jS^ewton. The highest peers
of the realm were among the pall-bearers, and all
who were most distinguished in church and state, in
art and literature, in science and theology, were
gathered around his grave. The Burial Service of
the English Liturgy was read or chanted, and, as a
part of it, the wonderful chapter of the Epistle to
the Corinthians, in which the great Apostle, as with a
pencil of electric fire, draws that glowing distinction
and contrast which no material science can ever
overlook or confound, and which shines and sparkles
on the pages of Holy Writ like the milky way across
the heavens above us: "There are celestial bodies
and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial
is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we
shall also bear the image of the heavenly." Xever
before, it seemed to me, had those old familiar texts
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sounded so new, so full of meaning, so convincing, so
sublime, as when read in presence of all that was
mortal of one whose masterly researches and deduc-
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tions and theories, — however modestly, conscienti-
ously and reverently conducted and pursued, as we
owe it to him to remember that they always were —
had probably done more to disturb the faith of the
Christian world than any utterances since that glo-
rious Epistle was written by St. Paul.
And certainly, my friends, that solemn tribute to
the genius and virtues of Darwin, by the highest
authorities of the English Church as well as of the
English Nation, was a most memorable and im-
pressive attestation, from which we trust there may
be no appeal, that no discoveries of modem science,
and no theory or doctrines of evolution, even if uni-
versally accepted and adopted, are ever to be counted
incompatible with a firm and unwavering belief in
one God, as the Creator of heaven and earth, and in
one Lord Jesus Christ, who brought life and immor-
tality to light through the Gospel.
I do not forget, in conclusion, that this Massachu-
setts Bible Society — like the great American Bible
Society at New York, of which we are an auxiliary,
and like the still greater British and Foreign Society
in London, the record of whose brilliant celebration
of its seventy-nmth anniversary has just reached us
— with an account of nearly a hundred millions of
copies, in nearly two hundred and fifty languages,
already distributed — is in no sense a doctrinal or
sectarian association. Our dealings, as a Society,
are with ,the book, and not with any particular inter-
pretations of the book. The Bible, pure and simple;
the Bible, without note or comment; this is all we
are concerned with. Questions of inspiration and
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interpretation, of creeds and doctrines, we leave to
the Churches. Our single aim has been, and is,
to do our share in co-operating with those on both
sides of the Atlantic, who have been so long and
so successfully engaged in publishing the Holy
Scriptures in every language, and sending them to
every land.
Founded in 1809, the original Constitution of this
Society, written and reported by our great Massachu-
setts Chief Justice of the olden time, Theophilus
Parsons, embraced in its terms every denomination of
Christians within the State. The revered Channing
was one of its first executive committee, and the
eloquent young Buckminster its first recording sec-
retary ; while its officers, and managers, and members
from that day to this, have included, and still include
Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians,
Universalists, Presbyterians and Episcopalians alike.
God be thanked that it has been so ! God grant that
it may never be otherwise ! Let us all hope and trust
that it may never cease to be among the peculiar
glories of the Sacred Scriptures, that all ,who pro-
fess and call themselves Christians shall be seen
rallying around them together, in unity of spirit
and in the bond of peace. In such a united sup-
port the cause of the Bible will be secure; and in
the security and advancement of that cause are for-
ever involved the best hopes of humanity, in our
own land and throughout the world.
It only remains for me to call upon our devoted
Secretary, the Rev. Mr. Butler, for his Annual
Report.
ANNUAL REPORT.
In presenting their seventy-fourth Annual Report,
the Trustees of the Massachusetts Bible Society are
reminded of associates who during the past year have
been removed by death. One of them, the Rev.
Chandler Robbins, D. D., had served the Society as
Tioistee for twenty-two years, having been chosen in
1861 to succeed Rev. Dr. Lowell. A lover of the
truth, sincerely believing in its divine origin, and
its destined triumph over the evils that prevail in the
world, it was ever his happiness to aid in giving to
others the lamp by whose light we fully trust he has
been guided to the home of just men made perfect.
We are also called to record the death of the Hon.
John A. Hawes, a Vice-President of the Society for
Bristol County. A friend to all that promotes the
welfare of society, we share with a wide circle of
friends the sorrow occasioned by his early removal.
During the year there have been issued fi'om the
Depository thirty-two thousand six hundred and
eighty-five copies of the Scriptures. Of the whole
number, twenty-two thousand two hundred and
seventy-nine were sold, and ten thousand four hun-
dred and six bestowed in charity. They were given
as follows: To seamen, three thousand and forty-five;
City Missions, one thousand six hundred and ninety-
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four; Young Men's Christian Associations, eight hun-
dred and four ; Mission Sabbath Schools, four hundred
and ninety-eight; Ufe members, twelve hundred and
forty; public institutions, one hundred and eighty-
seven; destitute in Massachusetts, two thousand four
hundred and twelve; in the other States, five hundred
and ninety-six. Of these, two thousand two hundred
and eighty-five were in various foreign languages.
In the work of Bible distribution, a portion of the
City of Springfield has been canvassed. Two thou-
sand one hundred and sixty-five families were visited;
one hundred and eight destitute families and individ-
uals were supplied, and one thousand and ninety-one
copies were sold or bestowed in charity. The towns
of Wakefield and Reading, in Middlesex County, have
been visited, and in Essex County the cities of Glou-
cester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester, Beverly, and
Marblehead have been canvassed. Six thousand and
eighty-one families were visited, twelve hundred and
ninety-nine co[)ies were sold and given, and two hun-
dred and forty-eight destitute families and individuals
were supplied.
Through the month of March, a colporteur was
employed among the Canadian French residents in
the State. Of three hundred and fifty families he
visited, three hundred and twenty were destitute of
the Scriptures. Sixty-two of these were supplied.
As the version offered them was one sanctioned by
the Romish Church, the general indifference to the
Scriptures thus caused is most noteworthy. We
confidently anticipate the coming of the time when all
the professed friends of the Master will rejoice in the
possession of His message.
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Experience has abundantly demonstrated the use-
fulness of the systematic distribution of the Scriptures.
Wants otherwise unsupplied are met, and saying
attention to divine truth is not unfrequently secured
by this form of labor. Still, it is to a great extent
a work of faith. The warrant for its performance is
found in the connnand of the Master. Its var3ring
and frequently delayed fruits often suggest the par-
able of our Lord: " So is the kingdom of God, as if a
man should cast seed into the ground, and should
sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up he knoweth not how." The
growing necessity for the prosecution of this work is
seen in the increasing numbers of those who neglect
public worship on the Sabbath, and who in conse-
quence feel little desire» to furnish their families with
the Scriptures. To such homes will Christian philan-
thropy impel us, while we bear on our lips and in oiu*
hands the glad message of the Master.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
From legacies, $5,248.72 ; donati(ms, $4,025.36 ; sales
of Bibles, $8,175.70; return of bank tax, $863.70;
income from general fund, subject to payment of
annuity of $5,000 and interest and accumulations of
the same, $11,655.15; balance at the conunencement
of the year, $3,080.35. Tlie expenditures have been
for Bibles and Testaments, $10,226.85; donations
to the American Bil)le Society, $1,380; salaries,
$4,108.12 ; colpoitage, $1,003.62 ; rent, $900 ; inci-
dentals, $1,534.03. Balance in depository, $113.24;
balance in treasury, $3,198.38.
In connection with the reference to the amiuity of
$5,000, and accumulations of the same, we desire to
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say that our friend, Mr. Thos. W. Durant, who has in
the past been a large contributor to the funds of the
Society, and who, is the subject of said annuity, still
lives at an advanced age, retaining unabated interest
in its objects and designs.
The American Bible Society reports a year of ex-
ceptional success both in the character and extent of
its operations. Its receipts from all sources have
amounted to nearly six hundred thousand dollars.
The work of re-supplying our country with the Scrip-
tures has been vigorously prosecuted. Eight hundred
and twenty-five thousand families have been visited
in twenty-eight States of the Union, and ninety thou-
sand destitute families supplied. ?fot less than sixty
thousand copies have been sent to Mexico and South
America. Eleven hundred and fifty-six thousand
have l)een printed at home, and four hundred and
fifty-eiglU thousand in foreign lands. Xew versions,
new fields, enlai'ged issues, and an increasing number
of laborers are among the hopeful results of the year.
To the great company of believers of various names
who are endeavoring in our own land and on distant
shores to kindle the light of a pin*e Chi-istianity, it has
cheerfully lent its aid, following the host as a supply
train, and freely furnishing the weapons of its peace-
ful and most l)eneficent warfare.
Aftei' the Kepoil of the Secretary had been read,
the liev. Dr. Couitney, Rector of St. Paul's Church,
delivei'ed the Sennon, which is printed on the follow-
ing pages.
SERMON
BT THE
Rev. FREDERICK COURTNEY, S.T.D.
HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD. — REV. XIX : 13.
There have been always conflicting statements about the
Bible. Some have claimed for it so much, which afterwards
being challenged, had to be abandoned, that both authority
and value seemed to be destroyed. Others appear to us to
have hastily and unwisely given up much which should not
have been surrendered, and admitted as sound, objections
which were quite capable of being answered.
The extravagant claims made for its absolute correctness
in every minute particular, or for its infallibility ; the bold-
ness and persistence of the attacks made upon it ; the courage
with which it has been defended, and the virulence with
which it has been assailed, arc all so many evidences, cumu-
lative in their character, to the importance of the volume.
I purpose on the present occasion to make some small
inquiry into the subject, and to indicate something of the
value of the Bible, which will involve the duty of doing what
we can to distribute it, and so spread tlie knowledge of its
contents.
We have so long been accustomed to speak of the Bible as
the Word of God, that we have practically identified the two
as if they were synonymous, whereas they are not. Bible
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and book are synonymous, and the books of the Old and
New Covenants (or Testiinients as they are commonly called)
were spoken of as the Bible or the Book, as being before
all others in importance and estimation.
If we were to disregard this explanation, and to be guided
only by popular erroneous indentification of the two terms —
Bible and Word of God — we should be not a little startled
to hear Job, in the oldest of all the books of the Bible,
saying, " I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than
my necessary food," and wonder how such a declaration of
possession of God's Word could be consistent with the asser-
tions made by Isaiah (xl : 8) and repeated by Saint Peter
(Li: 25) that '"the word of the Lord endureth forever:"
when clearly there was no single portion of our present Bible
then in existence, and the Word of God's mouth which Job
esteemed so highly, is unknown to us.
There was certainly a very small portion of our present
Bible in existence during the childhood of Samuel^ and yet it
is said, " The word of the Lord was precious in those days,"
which shows us that this expression and the Bible are not
synonymous terms. Jeremiah did not by any means confound
the word of the Lord with a written book, for he says, " His
word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up within my
bones," which passage may be compared with the well-known
saying of the Psalmist, *' Thy word have I hid within my
heart that I might not sin against Thee," and with the corres-
ponding advice of Saint Paul, " Let the word of Christ* dwell
in you richly in all wisdom." There is also to be noted
the direction of God by the prophet, (Jeremiah xxiii : 28,)
" He that hath My word let him speak My word faithfully."
'* Thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my
heart " is another declaration of Jeremiah, in which is no
reference to a book* of any kind, unless it be to the writings
which now bear the name of that prophet. The expression
'* the word of the Lord came," is a common one in the Old
♦Some ancient nianiismiUs road **tho Lord,'' otluTs, " (tchI." — Note, by
licciserSf 1881.
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Testament ; is used of Saint John the Baptist, in whom the
prophetic office was revived after a silence of more than four
hundred years, and is amongst the reported remarks of our
Lord Himself; — "If He called them gods unto whom the
word of God came : " in none of which instances does the
expression denote the Bible as we have it.
Let us therefore now ask what we may consider the phrase
" The Word of God " to indicate. We believe that God is
intelligent personality [which is the property of spirit, as
individuality is of body, — Lacordaire^'] and that man partakes
of that nature, united in his case to a body, by means of
which he is related to all the rest of the material creation.
The highest state of existence to which man can attain is
called eternal life, and this consists in the knowledge of God,
"whom to know is life eternal." But this knowledge, instead
of being at once, and completely, -given, is imparted to man
very gradually ; though there are special persons to whom,
and special times at which it is given in greater degree.
Thus the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews says, " God
having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by
divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of
these days spoken unto us in His Son."
One source of the knowledge of God is the visible ci^eation,
as Saint Paul says in his Epistle to the Romans, " The invisible
things of Him from the foundation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead." And again, in his address to
the Lycaonians at Lystra, " He left not Himself without wit-
ness, in that He did good and gave ns rain from heaven, and
fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness ; "
in both of which utterances it is clear that the revelation of
God is regarded as made to man's spirit by his reasoning
powers being exercised upon outward pRenomena. But this
presupposes two things fundamental to our present inquiry,
viz. : The existence of a revealing spirit beliind and under
such phenomena, and the possession by man of a capacity to
recognize this fact and to judge of and accept this revelation.
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Were this all that was necessary, there would be little or np
difficulty, but tlie next consideration is forced upon us by sad
experience, viz. : That there is something hindering this reve-
lation ; for not all uaen aver that such is the right way of
regarding this material universe, and the regular succession
of the seasons ; while those who do, frequently lead lives
which are not in accordance with such principles — lives not
of grateful obedience to God's laws, but of flagrant viola-
tion of them.
Once more. Those who do admit the principles laid down
by the Apostle, also believe that God reveals Himself through
the events of human history, and that much of the knowledge
of God may be obtained from a right consideration of the past
course of humanity, supplementary to that which must be
deduced from observations of what is popularly called nature.
Only here again there is the same hindrance, some loudly
proclaiming that no such deductions are justified by the pre-
misses, and others who accept the conclusions, leading lives
not in accordance with the knowledge they profess to have
tjiereby obtained. This thing which in both these instances
hinders either the recognition of a revelation of God or its
due effect, is generally called sin — a moral error, affecting
man's spirit, biassing his intellect, and rendering him incap-
able of receiving the revelation of God which these sources
were intended to convey to him.
As sin is co-extensive with the human race, all individuals
and all ages are, according to the degrees in which they are
sinners, hindered in this matter of the revelation of God ;
and the multiplying of the human family increasing the
amount of the sum of human guilt, and sinners consorting
with sinners naturally intensifying transgressions, the knowl-
edge of God would become lost and the world sink into
eternal death. This is very much the conclusion of Saint
Paul as to the condition of the Gentile world, as he has given
it in the first chapter of his Epistle to the Romans; and
most thoughtful men feel compelled to admit its correctness,
however unwilling they may be to do so, from the awful-
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ness of the picture, which in such lurid coh)r8, upon so black
a background, is there painted by that master hand.
Was there, under these circumstances, nothing to be
done? Was man, having blocked up the two paths by which
the light of truth could penetrate his soul, to be left in the
blackness of darkness forever? Was Infinite Wisdom to be
convicted of folly, and Omnipotence to find itself baffled?
No! man, whose inward ear refused to be instructed by his
eye, whose reason drew incorrect conclusions through the in-
fluence of a perverted moral sense, was to have his attention
arrested by an audible voice. A law-giver promulgating a
correct code of moral and ceremonial law, a priest perform-
ing sacrificial functions, a judge executing vengeance and
administering justice, a prophet recalling a forgetful people to
allegiance to God and announcing His judgments as impend-
ing over their heads, a king ruling in the fear of God, a poet
uttering strains of heavenly wisdom and entrancing sweetness,
and all these bearing witness to One who was to come and
complete the revelation, doing away sin, and bringing in
everlasting righteousness; these were the modes by whi^h
God provided that the knowledge of Himself should not
perish from the earth, but should be given in ever-increasing
measure, and in the end should be universally received until
'' They shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and
every man his brother, saying. Know the Lord; for all shall
know Me from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the Lord;'' and, again, ''AH thy children shall be
taught of the Lord ; " and again, twice over, in Isaiah and
Habbakuk, ''The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Now, each of these utterances, by which the knowledge of
God was maintained and increased, is called the word of the
Lord, and the Book in which many of them were preserved,
was very naturally also called the Word of God. It was
gradually compiled, in some instances by those who were the
mouth-pieces of the different messages; in others by historians,
who collected what they could, and who would look upon the
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various portions as of greater or less importance, according as
their spiritual state enabled them to appreciate and receive
the revelation thereby given. In the best of men, whether
those who uttered the revelations granted them, or those who
gathered up and wrote what they heard, there was a measure
of sin, producing imperfection both of entire appreciation and
complete reproduction, which would necessarily attach to the
written record ; though it is not unreasonable to conclude that
this was very generally and largely overcome by the Spirit of
God, seeing we have a notable instance of such supernatural
overbearing of moral perversity furnished by the story of
Balaam, and can add to it the generalization of Saint Peter,
that " it was revealed to the prophets, that not unto them-
selves but unto us they did minister the things which are
now reported unto you by them that have preached the
Gospel unto you."
Still, we certainly ought not to be surprised, if we find after
the lapse of centuries, and manifold transcribing, that greater
knowledge and more careful sifting have shown inaccuracies
and discrepancies due to human carelessness, or a desire to
make facts fit preconceived theories, or to those chances for
the coming in of error to which all things intrusted to man's
care and subject to man's tampering with must be exposed.
We have only been treating, thus far, of the Old Testa-
ment. All through it runs an undertone of expectation, a
sense of waiting for something to come, an incompleteness
which is to be replaced by fulness. Ceremonies, sacrifices,
types, figures, events, persons, are felt to prefigure something
of which they are anticipations ; revelations of portions, pre-
pare men to receive more ; the occasional enunciation of princi-
ples awakens a hope in those who are spiritually enlightened ;
and so, the servants having come and gone, it only remains
for the Son to appear, proclaimed by His herald, and to give
both by word and life the perfect revelation of God. And as
before, so now, that revelation is conveyed by audible speech
to the spirit of men ; but it gathers up all into itself. The
meaning of the revelation which outward nature and human
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history convey, — the nature and requirements of God; the sin
of man ; his pardon and reconciliation ; and his duty, over-
shadowed by the love and care, the help and grace of God ;
and then the gift of the Holy Spirit to aid in both the recep-
tion of this revelation and the production of its due effect in
the renewed lives of those who receive it: and this revela-
tion contained in and given by Jesus Christ, the " Word of
God," was committed to men, some of whom wrote what they
were able to receive of it, some spoke portions of it to others,
who, in their turn (as Saint Luke, for instance, states was the
case with himself), " having traced everything out carefully
from the very first, set forth a declaration of those things
which are most surely believed among us ; " while others in
Epistles, showed the application of the revelation to human
needs, and the necessary consequences of its reception and of
its rejection ; until Saint John in Patmos wrote the account
of the future history of the Church, and depicted the comple-
tion of the mystery of God, when the revelation which had
been gradually vouchsafed before, and was completed in
Jesus Christ, should have accomplished its work, and the fate
of man be finally sealed.
Christendom has always believed that the only sure and
complete revelation of God is Jesus Christ, who is therefore
called '* The Word of God ; " that all messages from God,
therefore, are portions of that one Message, — Jesus Christ;
all messengers representatives of the one Messenger, — Jesus
Christ; all lawgivers, prophets, priests, judges, kings, poets,
psalmists, types of the one only True Psalmist, Poet, King,
Judge, Priest, Prophet, Lawgiver, — Jesus Christ: and that
the record of their message and history, and of His message
and history, and that of the establishment of the Christian
Church, is, because it is the only record we possess of Him
and them, the Word of God. And though, through human
imperfection and sin hindering the illumination of the Holy
Spirit, there may be supposed an inadequate ajjprehension of
the revelation, and a doubtful application of meaning in one
part to events narrated in another ; and in the many copies
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made by many scribes before the age of printing, as by poor
printers since, errors of more or less magnitude may exist in
the Bible as we have it now ; sj^ill the Church has been so
impressed with the conviction of the substantial accuracy of
the Word, that she has decreed that " Whatsoever is not read
therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required
of any man that it should be believed as an article of the
Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation/'
Let a man be convinced that the opinion of the infallibility
of the Bible is orthodox, without a personal reception of the
revelation of God in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will rest
content in selfish satisfaction at the possession of the Book ;
but let him open his soul to Christ the only Revealer of the
Father, the only "Name under heaven given among men
whereby" he must be saved, the One "in whom are hid all
the treasures of wisdom and knowledge ; " let him find " Christ
made of God unto him wisdom and righteousness and sancti-
fication and redemption ; " and in proportion to the clearness
with which he apprehends this, under the teaching of the
Holy Spirit, will be his love and veneration for the Book in
which the record of this revelation is contained, and his desire
and effort to multiply copies thereof, and to send them into
all the world, believing that those who are destroyed for lack
of knowledge will 'find healing in its pages; those who are in
darkness will become light in the Lord ; those who are dead
will hear the voice that therein cries, " Awake thou that
sleepest and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light." '
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
CoimnonfoeaUiy of fflassacinisrtts.
In the year of our Lord One Thonsand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
WnsBBAS, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a Society
for the pmpose of raising a fmid hy voluntary contribution, to be appropriated
in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabiting
within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others ; and whereas,
in order tliat the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be carried
Into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively diffused, they
have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incorporation.
SBcnoN 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Rejyresen-
tativeSy in General Court asHeinbled, and Ivy authority qf the same^ That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Red-
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the
Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster,* and Mr. Samuel H.
Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate, with them for the piUTiose aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible Society of Mas-
BACHIT8ETT8.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislatiu^, and may have
a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the sai(i Society shall be capable
of taking and receiving from any persons disiiosed to aid the benevolent pur-
poses of this institution any grants or devises of land and tenements in fee-
simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or
other property, to be used and improved for tlie piuTWses aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That the said poiix)ration shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to piu"chase and hold any real estat^i other than that
which may l)e given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate, real
and personal, of said Society, shall not exceeil the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars.
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Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may sue and be sued
in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecute
and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a Presi-
denty Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other officers
as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and regulations as
to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not repugnant to the
constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. G. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed in
Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said Society; at
which meeting the said Society may api)oint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approned by the Governor, Feb,
15, 1810.
CommonlDfaltfy of fllassacintsetts.
In tho year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-flve. An Act in addition to an Act to incor-
porate the Bible Society of MassachiisettB.
Be /( enacted f/y the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled, and by the authority qf the same, a^ follows :
Section 1. Tlie Corporation heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by the name
of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall have, hold,
and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its liabilities and
obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English language, in
the same manner and to the same extent as they are now authorized by law to
distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, anything in the Act incorporating the said Society
to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor, Feb. 27, 18(J5.
BY-LAWS.
At the aDnual meeting of the Society, May 28, 1851, the following
By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purposes set forth in its act of incor-
poration, namely : ** The raising of a fund by voluntary contribution, to
lie appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England for distiibution among all
persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without
the aid of others/^ «
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the StcUe, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who shall
keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a lK>ok
kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a list
of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall ha a i)resident, fourteen vice-presi-
dents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, s^d an auditor. The president, corresponding and
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recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ez-officio members of
the board of trustees, and the recording secretary shall be the recording
officer of tliat board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
Tlie president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incorpora-
tion is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of all
officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and dona-
tions, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty, how-
ever, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society a
jjarticular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any mmnber; and su(^h report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceeil to Uie choice
of trustees for the year then next ensiung.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Monday
preceding the liu^it Wednesday in May in each year; and at this meet-
ing it sliall be conii)etent to transact any business which the Society
can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by tlie recoil-
ing secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof, by notice
published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at lejist three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such meet-
ing excepting that which is specilied in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-armual meetings on the second
Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise ordered
by the president, and such other special meetings jus tliey may direct
or as the j>resident may at any tuiie call. Five trustees shall be a
quorum to transact business.
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ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their fii-st meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a committee
on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE xn.
The executive committee shall have the management of tlic fimds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters coimccted
with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents, subject
to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their respective
duties; the coimnittee on the depository shall have the management
of all matters connected with tlie Society ^s depository for the sale of »
Bibles — all of said committees at all times, however, to be subject to
the direction and control of the ti'ustees in all respecte.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present.
privile(;es of life members.
Each life membci of tliis Society shall be allowed to receive fro?l
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Testa-
ments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by pei*so-
nal application, or to their order; and they can be issued only for the
currctUt not for ;>flw^ years.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED PREVIOUS TO
ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying
into effect the object of tliis association ; which, being read from
tlie chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was,
with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be api)ropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabit-
ing witliin the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied
without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall in writini;, request to be members ; of every person who
shall subscribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than
two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as he con-
tinues the payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall
subscribe and pay to the treasurer a sum not less than fifty
dollars, he remaining a member during life, without being
obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the
direction of the committee a})pointed to report a plan for the
organization of tlic Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are
obtained, notice shall be given by the committee and also of the
time and place of the meeting of the Society.
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4. The •Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until
successors are chosen in their room; and they, together with
eighteen other members, to be elected by ballot at the same time,
of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall
form a board of trustees.
5. The trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall he given by the president,
treasurer, or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of
the books procured with it, subject and according to such regula-
tions and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by
the trustees at any meeting held on j)ublic notice given as afore-
said ; and the treasurer shall pay the money in his hands to the
order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to in-
corporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable j)owers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or
recording secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserviniic the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
LIFE MEMBERS
MADE FROM MAY 21, 1881, to MARCH 31, 188;^, BY THE PAYMENT
OF TWENTY DOLLARS OR UPWARDS.
Angler, Mary Brewster
Avann, Mrs. Rev. J. M.
Bates, Rev. L. B.
Beckman, Rev. 6.
Bemis, Rev. N.
Bremer, Mrs. J. L.
Briggs, William H.
Butler, Henry H.
Butler, Clementina
Coolidge, Sarah A.
Dodge, Rev. John W.
Dyer, Frances Adelaide
Gordon, Mrs. Rev. J. W.
Hammond, Horatio
Hammond, C. H.
Herrick, Rev. A. H.
Jones, H. L.
Knox, Rev. W. E.
Leeds, Benjamin
Leeds, Mrs. Annie
Leeds, Miss Annie
Marsh, Rev. Francis J.
Manning, Mrs. Edward A.
Neal, Rev. Jonathan
Noon, Mrs. L. E.
Newton, Rev. A. F.
Pomeroy, Rev. F. T.
Pickles, Rev. J. D.
Foxboro.
N. E. Conference.
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Boston.
Worcester.
Waverly.
Melrose.
Sherborn.
Yarmouth.
South Weymouth.
N. E. Conference.
Neponset.
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N. E. Conference.
Cambridgeport.
N. E. Conference.
Roxbury.
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Walpole.
N. E. Conference.
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Marlboro.
N. £. Conference.
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Robinson, Miss Julia F.
Smith, Rev. C. N.
Slye, Miss Rosie
Simmons, H. S.
Smith, Mrs. Nancy B.
Sperry, Rev. Willard 6.
Staples, Rev. C. W.
Tirrell, Stella L.
Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth
Trotter, Rev. John
Upham, Samuel F.
Whitney, F. W.
Whitney, W. F.
Young, Rev. Charles
Neponset.
N. E. Conference.
Lowell.
Newtonville.
North Hadley.
Peabody.
N. E. Conference,
South Weymouth.
Acton.
Bermuda.
N. E. Conference.
Leominster.
Ashbumham.
N. E. Conference.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
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tlD.I»
ADiJOTer, Chapel churcli,
Bnulford. Fli*t Conjt. cbnrch,
Duiren. H*pl« 3t. " "
Georgetown, nrat " "
Gloucester, EvuiK' " "
HtunlltoD, " "
Ipswich, Flnt '■ "
Ipswich, South " "
Lynn, Central " "
Newbaryport, BellertlleCong.ch.,
Newboryport, nmt Preeb. church,
NewbnrTport, Whltefleld Cong, ch.,
Pekbody. South Cong, church,
Rowley, Cong, cbnrch,
■Pninklln Co<mt;r Bible Bepoa it
HoDtiBaSi Cong, chnrch,
Nortbfleld, Cong, cbnrch,
Sbelbume Co., Cong, chnrch,
tu.oo
Ti.eo
Ackwam, Conf;. church,
Chicopee, Tblrd Cong, church,
Huupden Benef. Ass'n Interest A<
Longmudow, Uect. Bentv. Sue.,
Longme»dow, Laillps' l^rnet Soc.,
Monson, CoDg. church,
SprlDgfleld, First Cong, church,
Springfield. Olivet CoDg. cbnrcb,
Kprlngfleld, Sonth Cong, chnrch,
West apriDRfleKl, Pnrk St. church, IB.Sr
West SpringfleKl, Second Church, WM
WUhraham, Cong, cbuicb rl L. v.), 31.90
tlW.19
HAMPBIIIIIK COl'XTV.
Amhervt, N'oith Cong. chDrob, (ll.(n
faihettTllle, ConR. ehurch, T.H
Hadley, FlntCoug. church. I.8T
North Hadley, Cong, church, B.T9
9S2.1T
Acton, EviuigelJcal 'Cnng. chnrch, $iM
-cpuri. l'ilb:riiii chnrch,
.(■rnrt. prospect St. cbnn
['iiii.ii Bible Boclet;,
)eo. F. Wllley,
' rntiin Cong, church,
.aclLes' Ben. Au'n U l_ M.}, 20.00
Franklin St. church, 00.00
Tramlngbam, Cong, cbureh, 43.1T
iiy Mre.Orloll, J»
Wnverley, Cong, churob (1
HOKFOLK COUNTY.
CnhBsset, Second Cong, church, ttJO
Franklin, CongrPKatlonal chnrch. KM
Sou I ?i Weyiuoa Ih . Second Congrega-
linnal '-luirch (1 1_ M.), 2W»
WxliHile. Ci'iiE- chaich, (I I. H.), 2B.M
W^llp^lpy, Rev, P. C. Cowan, lO.OO
Weymoolb, PIrst church, 8.811
BTldse"C*ti Central Sqnare ch.,
HalUu, (D.W.).
Ultldleboro, Firm Coog. cboreh,
Flymoalti, Cburcb oT PUgrlmaire,
t'ptoD, Cong, chnrcb, 9M
Wmtboro', CoDK. chUTCb, 40.11
^ Wnt BojIstOD, First Cong, cboicb, 8.tl
. WbltlniTllle, Cong, chutcb, SUM
WiDcbBDdoD, North CoDK- cbnich, UM
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Rl-FF<ILK C'OrXTT.
Boitnn.A Friend.
Bocton, k Friend,
BMtOD, B*ptlBt Betbel,
BoatOD, DaTld We«ton,
BoatOD, M. O. N.,
Boeton. Mis. Nuicr B. Cnitli,
BMtan. Old South Cliureli,
ChiirlBStowii, First Cnae- Cburch,
ChelUB, MIbs a. M. Smith,
Dorchester, J. W. Field. ».M
82RMG
. Ain», local mgentcollectioiii, MM
' B]IKlnilierly,lDcalaKeDtcollectiona, 1.0S
r. B. CODlerence H. E. cburcb, »UT
Aabbjr. Coos- church, i
Athol, Etang. ConK.cbDrcli,
BtwUield, Cong. -church,
KaH Doiiglai, Cong, church.
niehharg, DoUfttone Cong, ciiarcb,
Qardner.lnrat Cong, church.
Var*mrd, Cong, church,
Leieeeter, Firm Cong- ■church.
LeomlDBler. onh.Cong (■huroh.
MillbnrT, Second Cong, church,
NorUi Btooliltelil, First Cons, cburch.
Sturhrld);;, Coni^. cburch,
SnUoD, a Friend.
Snttun, Cong, church.
zn.00
91,380.00
LEOACIBH.
] Estate of John C. Whltln, of
WbltiiuTUU,
[ EsUteofMaiyTenDey, of New-
bucyport. by Leonard Tennej,
Estate of John Pttcber,
ANNUAL REPORT
PRKSENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible
ETY,
AT TIIKIK ANNIAli MEETING IX BOSTON,
M A Y tJ(5, 1SS4,
BEING TIIKIK
SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAKY.
■♦"4-^-»-4-
n O S T O N :
DEPOSITORY, s BEACON STREET,
1884.
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OFFICERS
OF THB
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1884-85.
President,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vloe-Presidents,
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAFT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM IIY1)E, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
STEPHEN SALISBURY. Esq.. Worcester County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LI..D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
JAMES S. AMORY, Esq., Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol Coimty.
Hon. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
Capt. GEORGE L. LAWRENCE, Bamstjible County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Recording Secretary,
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer,
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent,
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees.
Rbv. ANDREW PBABODY, D.D.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.
Rbv. EDWARD 8. ATWOOD.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
Rev. GEO. 8. CHADBOURN.
Rev. RUFU8 ELLIS, D.D.
Rbv. GEO. A. GORDON.
Rbv. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE.
Rev. ELNATHAN E. STRONG, D.D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
HOK. GEO. P. DENNY.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARREN, ESQ.
SAMUEL G. SNELLING, Esq.
ALDEN SPEARE, Esq.
Hon. WALBRIDGB A. FIELD.
LEANDER REAL, EflQ.
Hon. E. H. BENNETT.
Executive Committee,
TO whom applications ark to be made for bibles,
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Charles Henry Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1884.
Presidents.
Hon. WUlUm PhllUpfl
Rey. John Pierce, D.D.
Hon. Samuel Oreenleaf , LL.D
180»-27
1827-49
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D. .
Hon. Samuel H. Walley
Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop. LT^D.
Vice-Presidents.
Rey. John Lathrop, D.D. .
Rey. John T. KJrkland, D.D. .
Rey. Henry Ware, D.D.
Rey. John Codman, D.D. .
Hon. Simon Greenleaf , LL.D. .
Rey. Francis Parkmau, D.D. .
Rev. Nath'l Frothingham, D.D.
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D.D
William C. Plunkett. Esq.
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL.
Stephen Salisbury, Esq. .
Charles 1*. Whitin, Esq. .
Lee Claflin, Esq. .
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. .
1809-16
1810-28
1828-44
1844-48
1848-49
1849-53
1853-61
1801-r2
1862-83
1862-70
1862-72
D. 1862
1862
1862
1862-70
1862-75
James S. Amory, Esq. .
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq.- .
James B. Crocker. Esq.
Edward S. Mosoley, Esq. .
Cliarlos A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. William Clatlin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D
Hon. William Hydo
Hon. Timothy W. Carter .
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Hawes .
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
Hon. H. M. Cushing .
Hon. John E. Sanf ord
(leo. L. Lawrence, Esq.
Henry N. Taft, Esq. .
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Jos. Stephens Buckminster 1809-13
Rev. Samuel Thacher . . . 1813-17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D. . . 1817-18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 181&49
Rev. Nat'l L. Frothingham, D.D.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. .
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter .
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D.D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor
Rev. James D. Knowles
Rev. William Jenks, D.D.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq.
1809-28
18'J<C30
1830-31
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, D.D.
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rfv. Geo. ^V. Blagden, D.D.
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler
Treasurers.
1801M1
1811-12
1812-35
Executive
Rev. Wm. E. Channing, D.D. . 18(n)-18
Hon. Jonathan Phillips
Stephen Higginnoii, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
Edward Tucker man, Esq. .
Rov. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D.
Rev. Benjamin B. Wianer, D.D
Charles Tappan, E8<i. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
1818-30
1821-36
1830-40
18:)l'-35
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Committee.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
Rev. Geo. Richards
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hun. Albert Fearing .
Rev. John O. Means, D.D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D.
1854^
1869-78
1878
1882
1862-76
1862-82
1862-83
1862
1870-72
1871
1872-78
1872
1873
1875
1876-8QS
1878
1882-83
1883
1881
1884
184»^
18634U
1884
1839-44
1844^
1845-49
1849-52
1852
183M9
1849^
1862
183!^^
1840-49
18494»
1840-62
1863-76
1860-83
1862
1876
1884
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Massa-.
CHUSETTs Bible Society was held in the rooms of
the Society, No. 8 Beacon street, on Monday, May
26th, at half-past 3 P. M. The chair was taken by
the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, President of the So-
ciety.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Annual Report of the Trustees was presented
and accepted.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer of the Society,
Charles Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and ac-
cepted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
the coming year.
Adjourned.
ANNUAL EEPORT.
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To the long roll of friends who were once with us,
but who have ceased from their labors, we are called
to add the name of the Rev. John Oliver Means, D. D.
lie was chosen a Trustee of the Society in 1860, and
served as Chairman of the Executive Committee till
his death, which occun'ed at the close of the last year.
For many years a successful pastoi*, he was at the time
of his 4cath occupying an important position in a
kincb^ed institution. In his death we mourn the loss
of one whose character and abilities eminently fitted
him for the responsible positions to which he had been
called.
The lion. William C. Plunkett, Vice Pi'csidcnt of
the Society for Berkshire County, died during the past
year. lie was for several years President of the
Berkshire County Bible Society, and liberally con-
tributed to its funds. Engaged extensively in busi-
ness, his wise counsels and his stainless life bore tes-
timony to his love of the truth and his obedience to
its teachings.
To the above we add the name of the Hon. James
Crocker, Vice President of the Society for Banistable
County. lie has left the reputation of a good citizen
and a believer and doer of the Word.
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During the year there has been issued from the
depository thirty-four thousand three hundred and
twenty-one volumes. Of these, twenty-two thousand
seven hundred and seventeen were sold, and eleven
thousand six hundred and four were given, as follows:
To life members, twelve hundred and fifty-five; to
seamen, two thousand and eight hundred; to City
Missionary Societies, one thousand three hundred
and forty-two; to Mission Sabbath Schools, twelve
hundred and eighty-nine; to public institutions, five
hundred; Young Men's Christian Association, eight
hundred and twenty-one; -to destitute families and
individuals in Massacrhusetts, two thousand nine hun-
dred and seventy-six; to destitute in other States, six
hundred and twenty-one. Of the whole number
issued, two thousand nine hundred and thirty-six were
in various foreign languages.
The canvass of the city of Si)ringfield, which was
begun in 1882, and has been (continued at intervals
since, was completed at the close of the year. Within
the year, two thousand two hundred and sev(»nty-nine
families were visited, and eighty-nine destitute families
and individuals supplied. One thousand one hundred
and forty-six copies of the Scrii)tures were sold, and
one hundred and seventy-two bestowed in charity.
An luiusual amount of labor was bestowed in the en-
deavor to secure the attendance upon jmblic worship
of the large number not connected with any congre-
gation, and also to gather children into Sabbath
Schools. In this work the distributor has found much
to encourage the effort, especially when, as in some
portions of the city, he was aided by the co-operation
of the friends of truth.
A Bible distributor was employed for ten months of
the year in the towns of Marblehead, Peabody, Dan-
vers, Wenham, Hamilton and Topsfield, in Essex
County, and in Douglas, Uxbridge, Xorthbridge and
AVhitinsWlle, in Worcester County. The canvass of
Brockton was commenced, and will be completed the
present year. Four thousand six hundred and sev-
enty-five families were visited, and two hundred and
seventy-eight destitute families and individuals were
supplied.
The rec(Mpts of the Society have been as follows:
From balance «nt the commencement of the year,
|:i,311.«2; legacies, $098.71 ; donations, $;J,om.78; re-
turn of bank tax, $788.59; income li'cmi general fund,
subject to payment of annuity of $5,0(X) and interest
upon accuumlations of same, $11,938.88; sale of Bibles
and Testaments, $9,875.92; investments and loans paid
off, $21,450.«G. Expenditures for Bibles and Testa-
ments, $14,853.10; donations to American Bible So-
ciety, $l,()iMJ.30 ; salaries, $4,885.19 ; colportage,
$955.82; rent, $900; printing repoi-t, freight, postage,
etc., $289.09; fuel, advertising, insurance and inci-
dentals, $227.98; safety vault, legal expenses, $77.25;
T. W. Durant, $512.00; invested, $18,059.08; balance
in the treasury, $9,852.85.
The American Bible Society reports a year of great
activity. The issues have amounted to over two
millions and (me hundred thousand copies. Of these
nearly half a million have been circulated abroad.
The redistribution of the Scriptures has been carried
on with vigor, twelve hundred and seventeen thousand
families having been visited, and a hundred and one
thousand destitute suj)plied, and more than sixty
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thousand destitute individuals The work abroad is
thus concisely stated:
" In foreign lands, editions of the Scriptures have
been printed at the expense of the Society, or with its
aid.
" It is gratifying to tell of new fields opening for
Bible distribution in Cuba, Bolivia, Peru and Guate-
mala; of a cordial welcome given to Bible colporters
in Siberia and the Amoor; of a circulation in Egypt
which has not been reduced by war or i)estilence; of
an advance in China over the highest circulation ever
reported; of a demand in Japan for the Old Testa-
ment as well as for the ^ew, and of a steady increase
of desire for the Word of God throughout the Turk-
ish Emi)ire. The agents of the Society resident in
Turkey, Persia, China, Jaj^an, Uruguay, Brazil and
Mexico are in immediate and constant comnnmication
with most of the laborers supported by the various
missionary societies of the United St.ates, and through
them provision is made for such supplies of the
printed Scrij^tures as are needed for mission use, while
the missionaries themselves bear a willing part in pro-
moting the circulation of the Bible within and beyond
the bcmnds of their personal labors/'
We regret to learn that the expenditures for the
year have exceeded by more than $120,000 the re-
ceipts, a fact which greatly concerns all who are
interested in the prosecution of this work.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports a
year of enlarged receipts and issues, the former
amounting to $1,16(5,545, an increase of more than
$100,000 over the previous year. Foi' the Bible Home
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in London and Foreign Depots abroad there have
been issued three millions one hundred and eighteen
thousand copies of the Scriptures. In the enlarge-
ment of this work, both at home and abroad, the
friends of divine truth see much to awaken hope and
quicken their efforts.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
CommoniDealtfi oC iHassacfiusettfl.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have fonued themselves into a Society
for the imrpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated
in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabiting
within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently sui)plied without the aid of others; and whereas,
in order that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be carrieil
into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively diffused, they
have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incorporation.
Section 1. lie it therefore cmictcd hy the Senate and House of Jiepresen-
tatir-tH, in (reneral Court afiHemhledj and tnj autliority of the same. That
William Phillips, Escj., the Hev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the ]{ev. .lames Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Hev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Hev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph ITurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Reel-
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, .Josei)h May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the
Hev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H.
Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate, with them for the pur]>oso aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incori>orated into a Society, by the name of the Bible Society of Mas-
SACHrSETTS.
Sect. 2. Be if further enacted. That the saitl William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associate's, shall he and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the ])lcasure of tlic Legisl^'jff^and may have
a seal which they may alter at i>leasure ; an<l the^>ftiflt1Socicty stftJUbe capable
of taking and re<'eiving from any persons ^lispi^(<sL•d to aid the benevoiW^ pur-
poses of this institution any grants or devises of land and tenements in
simple, or otherwise, and donations, be(|uests, and subscriptions of money, or'
other property, to ho. used and improved for the puq)Oses afore-said.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said coqwration shall l)e, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than that
whicli may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate*, real
and jK'rsonal, of sai«l Society, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars.
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Sect. 4. Be it further enactedf That the said Society may sue and be sued
in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecute
and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a Presi-
dent, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other officers
as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and regulations as
to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not repugnant to the
constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed in
Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said Society ; at
which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same ; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall be deemed necesstiry.— Approved by the Governor, Feb.
15, 1810.
CommonloeaUi) of iHassacf^usetts.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incor-
porate the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, a^ follows:
Section 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by the name
of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall have, hold,
and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all ite liabilities and
obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English language, in
the same manner and to the same extent as tliey arc now authorized by law to
distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New^ England, anything in the Act incorporating the said Society
to the contrary notwitlistanding. — Approved by the Governor, Feb. 27, 1866.
BY-L AAVS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 1851, the following
By-laws were adopted :
AUTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of incor-
poration, namely : •* The raising of a fund by voluntary contribution, to
be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in
conunon use in the churches in Now England, for distribution among all
persons inhabiting within the Stat« and elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without
the aid of others/'
ARTICLE n.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who shall
keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a book
kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a list
of all such persons.
ARTICLE TV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time, shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-presi-
dents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding and
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recoi"ding secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ea>-officio members of
the board of trustees, and tlie recording secretary shall be the recording
officer of that board. These officei*s shall all be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treasurer,
shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of sucli officers as by the act of incorporation
is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of all officers,
direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and donations, and
generally have and possess all the power and authority vested by the act
aforesaid in the Society. It shall be tlieir duty, however, at every annual
meeting, to make and lay before the Society a particular report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be asked for
by any member ; and such report shall be had and considered before the
Society shall proceed to the choice of trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE VIU.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Monday
preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this meeting
it shall be competent to transact any business which the Society can law-
fully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by the recording secretary
at least seven days before the holding thereof, by notice published in at
least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Societ}' may be called at any time by the
tnistees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such meeting
excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the second
Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise ordered
by the president, and such other special meetings as they may direct or as
the president may at any time call. Five trustees shall be a quorum to
transact business.
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ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall elioose from their own body an executive committee, a committee
on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
AKTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gi*atuitous distribution of the books procured with them; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters connected
with the agencies of tlie Society, the appointment of all agents, subject
to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their respective
duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the management of
all matters connected with the Society's depository for the sale of Bibles
— all of said committees at all times, however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These Ry-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meeting,
or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of a
majority of those present.
rilIVILE(iES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Testa-
ments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by personal
application, or to tlieir order ; and they can be issued only for the current^
not for ^jow^ years.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED PREVIOUS TO
ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying
into effect the object of this association ; which, being read from
the chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was,
with one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhab-
iting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied with-
out the aid of others. ^
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall in writing, request to be members ; of every person who
shall subscribe to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not
less than two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long
as he continues the payment of that sum; and of every person
who shall subscribe and pay to the treasurer a sum not less than
fifty dollars, he remaining a member during life, without being
obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the
direction of the committee appointed to report a plan for the
organization of the Society. And as soon as fifty subscribers are
obtained, notice shall be given by the committee and also of the
time and place of the meeting of the Society.
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4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer,
corresponding secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall
continue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until
successors are chosen in their room ; and they, together with
eighteen other members, to be elected by ballot at the same time,
of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall
form a board of trustees.
6. The trustees, or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the president,
treasurer, or recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the board of trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of
the books procured with it, subject and according to such regula-
tions and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by
the trustees at any meeting held on public notice given as afore-
said ; and the tieasurer shall pay the money in his hands to the
order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to in-
cori>orate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonal)le powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it sliall meet, on
regular notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or
recording secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
ItARNSTABLE COUNTY
Yarmouth, First Cong, chnrch
RKISTOL COUNTY.
Attleboro, Second church,
Easton, Evanp;. Cong, church,
Man^fleld, Cong, church,
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury, Cong, church,
A ndo vcr, Free church,
Bradford, First Cong, church,
Dan vers, ** "
Dan vers, Maple St. *'
Gloucester, £vang. "
Ipswich, First
Ipswich, South
Ipswich, Linebrook,"
Lynn, Central "
Newl'nrj'port, Belleville Cong, ch.,
North AndoTer, Cong, church,
Peabody, South Cong, church,
$20 00
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$20 00
$1G 35
9 18
G 16
$31 GO
$0 10
35 00
47 65
30 00
21 28
537
17 61
500
4 25
15 00
41 00
60 00
20 00
$301 IG
$6 26
8 89
2 00
FKANKLIN COUNTY.
Bemardston, Cong, church,
Franklin County Bible Depository,
Sunderland, Wm. C. Campbell,
$17 14
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Blandford, a lady friend, $5 00
Chester, a friend, 5 00
Chicopee, Second Cong, church, 31 98
Hami>den Benevolent Ass'n int. ace, 8 00
Monson, Cong, church, 19 G5
Palmer, Second Cong, church, 15 00
Springfield, First Cong, church, 25 29
Springfield, South Cong, church, 18 26
Spilngfield, Olivet Cong, church, 23 74
West Springfield, Park St. Cong, ch., 16 00
West Mittineague, Cong, church, 18 90
HA^IPSillRE COUNTY.
Gilbertville, Cong, church,
Hadley, First Cong, church,
Hxanpshire County Bible Society,
North Hadley, Cong, church,
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Arlington, Cong, church,
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim church,
Cambridgeport, Prospect St. church,
Concord Union Bible Society,
Hopkinton, Cong, church, (1 l. m.),
Littleton, Cong, church,
Lowell, Geo. F. Wllley,
Milford, Cong, church,
Somerville, Franklin St. Cong, ch.,
Townscnd, Cong, church,
Waltham. Trin. Ccmg. church,
Waverley, a friend.
NOKFOLK COUNTY.
Braintree, First Cong, church,
Campello, Cong, church,
East Medway, First Cong, church,
Franklin, Cong, church,
llolbrook, Wintlirop Cong, church,
Medway, Cong, church.
South Weymouth, Second Cong.
church (1 L.M.),
Wali>ole, Ortho. Cong, church,
Wellesley, Rev. P. D. Cowan,
Weymouth, North Pilgrim church.
$186 82
$2 00
8 92
30 00
7 G3
$48 55
12 00
12 60
h, 11 76
93 00
27 84
18 11
600
26 00
733
8 26
4 17
60
$226 65
$6 60
20 00
12 00
10 86
57 96
26 00
20 00
8 75
10 CO
13 00
$186 07
20
$28 55
15 00
11 50
28 00
10 00
PLY3fOtTTn COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Trin. Central Sq. Cong.
church,
East MarBhfleld, a friend,
Marshfleld, Cong, church,
Middleboro, First Cong, church,
North Ifiddleboro, a friend.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Olivet church,
Boston, Old South church,
Boston, Bethel church,
Boston, Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis,
Boston, a friend,
Boston, Swedish Miss, church,
Boston, Chelsea, Miss A. N. Dutch,
Roxbury, John H. Soren,
West Roxbury, South Cong, church,
$217 85
WOI« ESTER COUNTY.
Barre, Evang. Cong, church, $13 91
Fitchbnrg, KoUstone Cong, church, 6 00
Gardner, First Cong, church, 17 36
Hard wick, Cong, church, 5 20
Harvard, Cong, church, 5 75
Leominster, Ortho. and Cong, ch., 6 05
Royalston, Mrs. S. B. Ripley, 25 00
Rutland, Cong, church, G 02
Southbridgc, Cong, church, 20 00
Sutton, Cong, church, 38 70
Uxbridge, Evang. Cong, church, 8 50
Upton, Cong, church, 11 00
Warren, First Cong, church, 10 00
$03 05
$13 a5
99 78
10 00
50 00
500
500
5 00
3 39
1, 26 63
West Boylston, Cong, chorch,
Winchendon, North Cong, churdi,
Whitinsville, Cong, church,
Worcester, Central Cong, church,
Worcester, David Whitcomb,
3 00
12 76
366 69
80 22
100 00
$737 05
MISCELLANEOUS.
C. W. Ames, local agent collections, $77 62
Eli Kimberly, local agent collections, 12
N. E. Conference M. E. church, 351 81
New Boston, N. H. Presb. church, 5 00
$434 55
COLLECTIONS.
The following sums have been received
from l*rotestant Episcopal Churches and
by agreement forwarded to the American
Bible Society :
Trinity Church, Boston, $752 30
Emmanuel Church, Boston, 264 00
St. Paul's Church, Boston, 80 00
$1,()96 30
LE<JAC1KS.
Estate of K. M. Fletcher, by Chas.
P. Whiting, executor, $500 no
Estate of Lydia Wade, by Wm.
lUaney, executor, 100 00
Estate of Adeline Flagg, I)y Isaac
Barker, executor, 50 00
Estate of John Pitcher, by A. J.
Uadlcy, trustee, 48 71
Total amount of legacies, $696 71
Total amount of donations, 3,594 78
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON,
HAY 25, 1885,
BSnrO THEIB
SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSAEY.
>•«
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1885.
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OFFICERS
OF THK
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1885-86.
President,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents,
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAFT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN. LL.D., Franklin C^ounty.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. NvILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol County.
Hon. II. M. CUSHING. Plymouth County.
Capt. GEORGE L. LAWRENCE. Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. EDMUND F. SL AFTER.
Recording Secretary,
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer.
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent,
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees.
Rkv. ANDREW PEAHODY, D.D.
Rkv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.
Rev. EDWARD S. ATWOOD, D.D.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
Rev. GEO. S. CHADBOURNE.
REV. RUFUS ELLIS, D.D.
REV. GEO. A. GORDON.
Rev. BRADFORD K. PEIRCK, D.D.
Rev. ELNATHAN E. STRONG, D.D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARRBN, Esq.
SAMUEL G. 8NELL1NG, Ehq.
Hon. ALDEN SPEARE.
Hon. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
LEANDER BEAL, Esq.
Hon. EDMUND H. BENNETT.
STEPHEN G. DEBLOIS, Esq.
Executive Committee.
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE HADE FOB BIBLES.
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D.. Charles Henry Parkek, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1884.
Hon. William Phillipn
Rov. John l*ierce, D.D. .
Hon. Samuel (rrecnleaf, LL.l).
Rev. Jf>hn Lathrop, D.D. .
RCY. John T. Kirkland, D.D.
Rev. Honry Ware, D.D.
R«!v. John ('oilman, D.I). .
Hon. .Shnon (ireenleaf, LF^.D.
Rev. Franiri"* P.irknian, D.D,
Rev. XathM FrothinKham, D.D
Kov. Willi;ini R. Nirholcfm. D.D
Willhun C. Flunkett, Ksq.
Edward Southworth, Rnq.
John P. WllllKton, Esq.
Hon. William R. Wa»lil>uni. LI..D.
Hon. Stephen Salisbury
Charles V. W hi tin, K*<i. ..
Lee Clatlin, Esq. .
Caleb Holbrooky F^q. .
Jamc8 S. Amory, E>«([.
Preaidente.
1809-27 Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D. . 1864-59
1B27-49 Hon. Samuel H. W^alley . ISSfr-TS
1849-M Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop, LX«.D. 1878
Vice- Presidents.
1809-16 Hon. John H. aifford, LL.D. . 1882-76
1810 28 Ellsha Tucker, Esq. . . . 1862-82
182)M4 ■ James K. Crocker, Esq. . . 1862-83
lM4-t8 I Edward S. Moseley, Esq. . . 1862
1848-40 Charles A. Je88n]t, Esq. . . 1870-?2
Ift49-A3 , Hon. William Clatlin, LL.D. . 1871
Isr^MJl i Rtv. Alex.iuder H. Vinton, D.D. 1872-78
18i;i-72 I Hon. William Hyde . .^ . 1872
lWi2-83 Hon. Timothy W. Carter . . 1873
lS(r.^-TO ' Hon. Mil urn M. Fisher . . 1875
1K62-72 Hon. John A. Hawes . . . 1876-88
18(>2 lion. Jacob SIeei>er . . . 1878
1862-85 Hon. H. M. Cu8hin(; . . . 1882-84
18(i2 Hon. John E. Sanford . . 1883
1 862-70 (ieo. L. Lawrence, Esq. . . 1884
1862-75 Henry X. Taft, Esq. . . . 1884
1862-84
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Jo8. Stevens Kurkmin^tcr 1809-13 ' Rev. Nat'l L. Frothin^ham, D.D. 1849-63
Ra)v. Samuel Thacher 1813-17 , Rev. Geor|;e W. Bla^den, D.D. 18S3-84
Rev. CharleH Lowell, D.D. 1H17 18 Rev. Edmund F. Slafter . . 1884
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1818-49 .
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. ,Tohn Pierce, D.D.
Rev. Daniel Sh.arp, D.D.
Rev. <^yru8 1*. (Jrosvonor
Rev. James I>. Knowles
Rev. William Jenks, D.D.
1809-28
182»-.'{0
1830-.'J1
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. Geo. W. Blaf^den, D.D.
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rev. Geo. W. RInfrden, D.D.
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler
1839-44
1844-45
1845-49
1849-52
1852
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter (). Thacher
.Tohn Tappau, Esq.
Treasurers.
1809-11 Henry Edwards, Esq. .
1811-12 Geor^ R. Sampson, Esq. .
1812-35 I Charle!« Henry Parker, Esq.
Executive Committee.
Rev. Wni. K. Channinji, D.D.
Hon. Joiintliaii Phillips
Stephen Iligginson. E:»q. .
Rev. Fran<!iH Parkman. D.D.
Edward Tuckerman, Es({.
Rev. Henry Ware. Jr., D.D.
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D
Charles Tappan, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
180!)-18
180l»-16
lSUJJ-15
1815-18
181(^30
1818-;»)
1821-35
1830-40
1832-35
Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, D.D.
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
Rev. Geo. Richards, .
(reorf^e R. Sampson, Esq. .
Hon. All>ert Fearing; .
Rov. John (>. Means, D.D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong .
1835-49
1849-62
1862
1835-39
184(M9
l»t9-60
1849-62
1863-76
1860-83
1862
1876
1884
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-sixth Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held in the rooms of
the Society, jNTo. 8 Beacon street, on Monday, May
25th, at eleven o'clock A. M. The chair was taken
by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, President of the
Society.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Annual Report of the Trustees was presented
and accepted.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer of the Society,
Charles Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and ac-
cepted.
The officers of the Societv were then elected for
the coming year.
The meeting was then dissolved.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
A meeting of the Trustees was called at the close
of the Annual Me<?ting.
The Rev. E. E. Strong, D. D., the Hon. Jacob
Sleeper, and Charles Henry Parker, Esq., were
chosen members of the Executive Committee.
The Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., presented
the following resolution:
Jiesolvedj That we bear in reverent and grateful
memory our. late Vice-President, the Hon. Stephen
Salisbury, who, while a lil)eral contributor to our
funds, as a scholar made the Bible his diligent and
life-long study, and, as a Christian, found in it the
manual of his faith, the rule of his life, his supj>ort
mider the growing infirmities of lengthene*d years,
and his hope full of inmiortality.
The Rev. Edmund F. Shifter [)resented the follow-
ing resolution:
Jie.so/uedj That this Board hereby i)laces upon
record its deep scMise of the loss it lias sustained in
the death of the Hon. George Parkman Denny,
whose life was a distinguished example of u])right-
ness, fid(»litv, and Christian generosity.
The Hon. Edmund H. Bennett presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
Kesolved^ That in the death of Jam(\s S. Amoi*v,
Esq., ibr twenty-three years a Vice-President of this
Society, it has loBt a finn friend and counselor; the
cause of Christianity an earnest, faithful and consist-
ent supporter, and this community a useful, upright
and exemplary citizen.
The above resolutions were unanimously adopted,
and ordered to be entered upon the records.
The President, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop,
remarked that, while we were paying these just
tributes to the excellent men who had been taken
from our own Society during the past year, he could
not fail to remember the heavy loss which had been
sustained, within a few days past, by the great Amer-
ican Bible Society at Xew York, to which our own
Society was an auxiliary. The death of the Hon.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen had left that Society
once more without a President. Elected to that
office only a few months ago, Mr. Frelinghuysen was
relied on, after his retirement from official service as
Secretary of State of the United States, to lend the
weight of his personal character and of his eminent
accomplishments, for many years to come, to the
great work over which he was called to preside. No
one was better entitled to hold that distinguished
position, and no one would have rendered more valu-
able services to the Society. But he left the Depart-
ment of State at Washington, in March last, only to
be prostrated by a mysterious malady under which he
has sunk at length, and the journals of this morning
contain the account of his fimcral on Saturday. We
may well offer to the American Bible Society the
assurance of om* sympathy in their bereavement.
ANNUAL EEPOKT.
DltrfnCt the year now past the Society has been
called to part with valued friends and helpers. The
Hon. Stephen Salisbury, for twenty-three years a
Vice-President of the Society for Worcester County,
has been removed by deatli. Tlie influence imparted
by wealth and culture and social position, was ever
exerted in behalf of the truest interest of his fellow
men. His long and useful and stainless life aflbrds a
striking illustration of the truth by which his life
was fashioned.
Later in the year the Hon. G. P. Denny, after serv-
ing as a Trustee for twelve years, w-as called to his
rest. Widely known and honored in the various
positions of responsibility which he had filled, we
share w^ith the community the sorrow felt at his sud-
den removal.
While thus called to notice the painful events of
the year, with gratitude to (iod we would note the
recovery of our esteemed and honored President from
a severe and alanning illness, and his presence with
us to-day.
There have been issued from the Depository thirty-
nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-five copies
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of the Scriptures. Of these twelve thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven were bestowed in charity.
They have reached their destination through the
ordinary channels by colporters, by seamen's chap-
lains and City Missionaries, and Young Men's
Christian Associations, by Mission Sunday Schools,
and chaplains in various humane and charitable
institutions, and by the personal labors of those w^ho
search out and supply the wants of their neighbors.
Of the whole number, thirteen hundred and ninety-
three were in various foreign languages, and were
circulated largely in our manufacturing to^vus and
cities. Of the whole number issued three thousand
two hundred and eight were in various foreign
languages.
A colporter was employed four months in Boston,
Randolph, Stoughton and Ilolbrook. He called upon
three thousand two hundred and six families. One
thousand and thirty-nine destitute families and indi-
viduals were supplied by sale or gift.
A French colporter was employed six months and
a half among the French residents of Lowell. He
visited nearly four thousand families, two hundred
and nine of which received the Scriptures by sale or
gift.
During the year a very thorough canvass was made
of the city of Taunton. It aimed not only to sui)ply
with the Scriptures all who wei'e found destitute, but
also to ascertain the number of those families and chil-
dren not connected with any of the congregations or
Sunday Schools of the city. Three thousand and six
hundred families were visited, and among twenty-
seven hundred Protestant families visited, one hun-
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dred and seven were supplied ; all but forty-seven by
purchase. Of the eight hundred and ninety-eight
Roman Catholic families visited, six hundred and
twenty-one possessed some portion of the Bible. The
work was very efficiently performed under the direc-
tion of the Pastors, and the whole expense was borne
by the various Churches, as will appear in the report
of the Treasurer.
The receipts of the Society have been as follows:
From interest and dividends of the General Fund,
subject to payment of annuity, $6,679.40; from lega-
cies, $1,049.26; from donations, $4,821.91; sales of
Bibles and Testaments and portions of the Bible,
$10,415.82. The expenditures have been for Bibles
and Testaments, $11,902.11; donations to the Ameri-
can Bible Society, $1,168; colportage, $1,308.44. To
Thos. M. Durant, $514; salaries, $4,341.11 ; rent,
$900; printing report, freight and postage, $237.03;
fuel, gas, insurance, and incidentals, $317.39.
The American Bible Society reports a year of un-
usual prosperity. Something over a million of fami-
lies have been visited at home, more than a tenth of
which were found destitute, and eighty-three thousand
were supplied with the Holy Scriptures. It has
greatly aided the Missionary Boards of our own
land, whose fields of labor are abroad, and has
employed in foreign fields three hundred and fifty-
eight persons, whose average terms of service exceed
six months each. In foreign lands it has circulated
over five hundred and eight thousand copies of the
Scriptures, and the aggregate issues of the year
at home amoimt to one million five hundred and
forty-eight thousand copies.
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We are happy to add that the British and Foreign
Bible Society, the pioneer of associations founded for
the circulation of divine truth, has enjoyed a year
of unexamj)lcd prosperity, having received into its
treasury over eleven hundred thousand dollars, and
having circulated four millions of copies of the Scrip-
tures in two hundri^d and fifty languages. There is
no acc^essible nation or tribe on the continents or
islands of tlic world to which it has not sent these
silent Missionaries of the Cross.
The year now passing over us will be ever memora-
ble as the one whicli witnessed the comi)Ieted revision
of the Scriptures. In response to the demand of the
Bnglisli speaking people in both hemispheres, a com-
pany, eminent for its piety and scholarship, liave for
fifteen years employed tlieir wealth of sacred learning
in the endeavor to discover whatever inaccuracies of
statement or infelicities of expressi(m may be found
in the existing version, that thus may be eml)odied in
our language more ])roperly the meaning of those
words wliich have been comnmnicated to us through
holy men of old who spake as they were moved by
the IIolv Ghost.
ACT OF I NCO KPOR A TION.
Commonlvralti} of fHassacijusrtts.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of MasHachuoetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in tliis Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwcaltli, have formed themselves into a Society
for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary' contribution, to be appropriated
in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabiting
within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others; and whereas
in order that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be carried
into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively diffused, they
have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incorporation.
Section 1. Be it ther^ore enacted by the Spnate and Uotise of Represen-
tatives^ in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Kev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Kev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon, Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Red-
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the
Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H.
Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate with them for the purx>osc aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incorporated into a Society, by the name of the Bible Society' of Massa-
chusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature, and may have
a seal which they may alter at pleasure; and the said Society shall be capable
of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid the benevolent pur-
poses of this institution any grants or devises of land and tenements in fee-
simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or
other property, to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That the said corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than that
which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate, real
and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars.
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Sect. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may sue and be sued
in their (^orporate capacity, and may a;)iK)int an agent or agents to prosecuti^
and defend suits, with i)ower of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, Tliat tlie said Society may choose a Pr*»<»i-
dcnt, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretarii»s, Trustees, and such other officers
as tliey sliall se*^ fit, and may make and establisli sucli rules and re-gulations as
to them sliall appear necessary, provided the same be not repugnant to the
constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect, 5. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed in
Boston, to appoint the time and ])lHce uf the first meeting of said Society; ai
which meeting the said Society m;iy appoint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and tlie manner of notifying the same; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescriln* their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such i>owers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approved by the Gavernorj Feb.
15, ISIO.
Commontoeaiti) of ^assacijusetts.
In the year Ei^bteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to Incorpo-
rate the Bil>le Society uf Miui^achusettj*.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of' Reprrtt. ntativea, in General Court
UHstmhled and by authority of the samey as follows:
Section 1. The Corx)oration heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society uf MAssACnrsErrs shall hereafter be known by the name
of the Massac II rsETFs BtnLE Society, and by that name shall have, hold,
and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and l>e subject to all its liabilities
and obligations, to tlie .some extent as if its name had not been clianged.
SECr. 2. The said Socitily may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testanit^nts in any other than the English language, in
the same manner and to the same extent as they are now authorized by law to
distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New Kuj^Oand, anything in the Act incorporating the said Society
to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor, ^V6. 27, 1805.
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 1861, the following
By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of incor-
poration, namely : ** The raising of a fund by .voluntaiT" contribution, to
be apj)r(>pnated in i)rocuring Bibles and Testaments of the versiou in
common use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all
piM'sons inhabiting within the State a!id elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scnptures, and who cjinnot be conveniently supplied without
the aid of others/'
ARTICLE u.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
ti;ins in the SUite, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who shall
keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a book
kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE ni.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a list
of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time, shall thereby become a member of tlie Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corre8pr>nding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding and
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recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ex-officio members of
the board of trustees, and the ]fecoi*dino: secretary shall be the recording
officer of that board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall bo ex-officio chairman of the board of trustees :
and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treasurer, shall
perform tlie duties usually incumbent on such officei's respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of such officers as l>y the act of incorporation
is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of all officers,
direct the collection and approprijition of all funds. and donations, and
generally have and possess all the power a!id authority vested by the act
aforesaid in the Societv. It shall be their dutv, howcjver. at everv annual
meeting, to make and lay before the St>cicty a particular rei)ort of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be asked for
by any member ; and such report shall be had and considered before the
Society shall procetul to the choice of trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE VIIl.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on tiie Monday
preceding the hist Wednesday in May in eacli year; and at this meeting
it shall b(j compi'tcnt to transact any business which the Society can
lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by the recording
secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof, by notice
published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE L\.
Special meetings of the Societ}' may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such meeting
excepting that which is s])ecilied in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the second
Fridays of Ma}' and November of each year, unless otherwise ordered
by the president, and such other special meetings as they may direct or
as the president may at at any time call. Five trustees shall be a quorum
to transact business.
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ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their elet»tion, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive coniniittee, a committee
on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
^ ARTICLK XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gi^atuitous distribution of the l)<)oks pro(?urod with them ; the
committee on agencies sliall have the direction of all mattenu connected
with the agencies of the Society, the ai)pointnient of all agents, subject
to the approval of tlie trustt^es, and the delining of their respective
duties; the committee on the depository shall have tlie management of
all matters eonnecte<l with the Society's depository for the sale of Bibles
— all of said committee at all times, however, to bt^ subject to the
direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE xin.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meeting,
or at any special meeting duly called for that i)urpose, by vote of a
majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF UFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Societv shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Testa-
ments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by personal
application, or to their order; and they can be issued only for the
current, not for past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EECEIPTS.
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BRISTOL OOUNTT.
AttlelMiro, Second Conf;. church, $12 14
MaiiHfleld, Ortho. Conjc. church, 6 24
Norton, Trin. Conp. church. 22 00
Taunton, Rt. ThoniaM Episc. ch., 112 05
Broadway Con)?, church, U5 70
Baptist church, 93 40
WinKh>w Conp* church, C2 00
rnivcraalist church, 41 80
Firrtt Mvth. Kpisc. church, 42 30
Union Conp. church, 46 60
Hriice Meth. Bpisc. church, 40 86
Central Meth. Kpisc. ch., 43 40
Additional from Taunton churches
and individualH, 48 16
$606 63
ESSKX COUNTY. ,
Amcsbury, Coup, church, $11 46
Bradford, First Coup, church, 40 36
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim ch. and pkh\ 11 75
Danvers, Maple St. Sunday Sch<N)l,
20 00
2 84
40 00
6 00
12 27
8 00
2 25
6 00
25 00
15 00
25 00
3 65
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Georgetown, C^mg. church,
** Mem<»rial church,
Gloucester, Evang. Cong, church,
Ipswich, First church,
" South C<mg. church,
Lynn, First church.
Mlddleton, M. E. Chun^h,
North Anddver, J. S. Sanborn,
Newburj', First Cong. chunOi,
Peabody, Cong, church,
Swampsi'ott, Cong. ch. and soc.
HAMrSHIRK COUNTY.
Gilbcrtvillc, Cong, church,
Hadley, First Cong, church,
North Hadley, Cong, church.
f 231 67
$5 00
9 69
645
$21 14
FRANKLIN OOUNTT.
Franklin County Bible Society,
Greenfield, Se<-ond Cong, church,
Montague. First (\mg. church,
Northtleld, Trin. Cong, church,
Shelburne, Cong, church,
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
$8 79
25 00
2 00
10 22
7 60
$63 60
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Blandford.Cong. chunh, $25 32
Cbicopee. Second church, 35 82
East Longuio»dow. Cong, church 5 00
Monson, (-ong. church, 19 00
Springfield, First church, 2t 84
Olivet church, 16 22
South church, 35 04
North church, 1/7 00
Hope church, 24 36
Memorial church, 9 00
Hampden Benevolent AsMtciation,
Interest Ac't, 8 00
West Si>riiigncld, Fin*t church, 17 00
" '* Park St. chun^h, 13 69
Wilbraham, Cong, church, (\ L. M.) 26 76
$284 M
MIDDLRSEX COUNTY.
Acton, Evangel. Cong, church,
Arlington. Ortbo. C«)ng. church,
CanibridgeiHirt, Prosi>ect St. ch..
Concord, T'nion Bible Society,
tiardner. First C<mg. ch. and 9ov,
Lowell, Kirk St. church,
Somerville, Franklin St. church,
Tewksbury, Cong, church,
Walpole, Trin. Cong, church,
Westford, Cong, church,
Woburn, Cong, church,
$327 32
$8 00
12 00
35 83
1)3 00
17 64
75 00
;t 75
21 00
5 20
6 00
60 00
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Cohasset, Second Cong, church, f 11 44
EaAt Med way, Clong. church, 13 25
Franklin, First Cong, church, 9 04
Holbrook, Winthrop church, IG 40
RaiKlolph, First Cong, church, 79 60
Stoughton, Cong. ch. and soc. 10 63
South Weymouth, Second Cong. ch.
(1 Life Member.) 20 00
Waljwle, Ortho. Cong, church, 22 50
Wellesley Hills, Cong, church, 3 00
Wellesley, Rev. P. D. Cowan, 10 00
Wrenthain, First Cong, church, 18 14
Weymouth and Brain tree Cong, ch., 31 17
$245 07
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central Square ch., $27 00
Brockton, Porter Kvang. church, 23 20
Central M. £. church, 13 60
Fint Cong, church, 12 00
First Baptist church, tf 00
Hanson, Cong, church and soc. 7 60
Lakeville, Cong. ch. and soc., 2 L.M. 60 00
Middleboro, First Cong, ch., 1 L. M. 20 00
North Middleboro, E. K. Perkins, 6 00
Rockland, Cong, cliurch, lo 00
Warebau, Cong, church and soc. 20 00
$194 20
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Old South church, 186 41
" Bethel church, 8 00
" Swedish C^ug. church, 6 00
" A Friend, 3 00
" B. D. Warren, 200 00
" Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis, 60 00
Brighton, Cong, church and soc., 41 38
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, lo 00
Dorchester, a meml>er of Second cb. 2 00
Roxbory, John H. Soren, 6 27
West Roxbury, South Jfivan. church, 23 46
$633 62
WOBCB8TEB COUNTY.
Athol, Evangelical Cong, church, $1T 00
Brooktield, Kvang. Cong, church, 16 00
Clinton, First Kvang. ch. and soc. 21 47
East Douglas, a friend, 1 OO
Fitchburg, Rollston church, 10 00
Gardner, First Cong, church, 27 60
Harvard, (V>ng. church, 3 00
Leominster, Mrs. Wetherby, 6 00
" Ortho. Cong, church, 3 00
Sutton, Cong, church and soc., 41 00
" E. B. Snow, 41 00
ITpton, First Cong, church, 9 00
" Unitarian church. 9 00
Winchenden, No. Cong. ch. and soc. 16 75
Worcester, Plymouth church, (W.) 100 00
Worcester, Central church, 62
Warren, Cong, church, 6 00
Worcester, Plymouth church, 62 00
West Boylst4>n, Cong, church, First, 3 64
Westboro, a friend, 76
Webster, Cong, church, 1 75
WhitinsviUe, Cong, church, 296 49
Munroe Ide, (1 L. M.) 20 00
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MISOBLLANBOUS.
A friend in Massachusetts, $60 00
Mrs. Ayer, Maine, 6 00
Individual collections by C. W. A., 31 67
N. E. Conference M. E. church, 316 34
New Boston N. H. Presb. church, 8 60
Mrs. Levi Stearns, avails of sale of
gold lieads, 4 oo
West Derby, Vt., Mrs. Alonzo Hunt, 2 00
Pittsburg, Pa., Wm. Austin, 10 00
$422 41
COLLEOTIONB.
Tlie following sums hare been re-
ceived from Protestant Episcopal
churches, and by agreement for-
warded to the Am. Bible Society:
Trinity church, Boston, $602 00
Emmanuel church, Boston, 222 00
St. PauPs church, Boston, 224 00
$14^00
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EsUte of David H. WiUiams, $1,000 00
" " John Pitcher, by A. J.
Hadley, Trustee, 49 26
Total amount of legacies,
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$1,049 26
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APPENDIX.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED PREVIOUS TO
ITS INCORTORATIOX.
JiiLY 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophihis Parsons, from the committee
appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying intt> effect the
object of this association ; which, being road from tlie chair, was consid-
ered and debated l)y paragraphs, a!jd was, with one amendment,
accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Hible Society is instituted for tlie purpose of raising a fund
by voluntary (contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and
Testaments to b(» distributed among all persons inhabiting witliin the
State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Serii)tures, and who
cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be comi)osed of all regularly settleii clergymen
of everv denomination of Christians within the State, who shall in
writing, retpiest tii be members; of every person who shall subscribe
to pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dollars, and
who shall remain a member so long as he continues the payment of
that sum; and of every person who shall subscribe and pay to the
treasurer a sum not less than iifty dollars, he remaining a member
durins: life, without beino: oljliofed to further contributions.
:\. Subs(?ri[)tions, for the purpose of asceitaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction
of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organization of
the Society. And as soon jis fifty subscribers are obtained, notice shall
be given by the committee and also of the time and place of the
meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and choose
by ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer, corre-
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sponding secretary, and a recording seci'etary, who shall continue in
office until the Society be incorporated, and until successors are chosen
in their room, and they, together with eighteen other members, to be
elected by ballot at the same time, of whom six shall be clergymen and
twelve shall be laymen, shall form a board of trustees.
5. The trustees, or the greater part of them present at any meeting,
of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer, or
recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members of
the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office during
the pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the management of
the fund, and the distribution of the books procured with it, subject and
according to such regulations and directions as shall from time to time be
prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held on public notice given as
aforesaid; and the ti*easurer shall pay the money in his hands to the
order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incorporate
the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid, and with
all reasonable powers necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this
institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regular
notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted by the
charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be neces-
sary for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of the
members.
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I give, devise and bequeath to the MASSAruusETTs Biblb
Society, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of
the Society.
Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev.
Daniel Butler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
{^"Remittances for books, donations from cluirches and
individuals, and orders for books, should be addressed to Rev.
Elijah Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
E. Cutler, AgetiL
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON,
MAY 24, 1886.
BBIHO THB
SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVEESAEY.
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DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1886.
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OFFICERS
OF THS
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1886-87.
President,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents,
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAFT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. TIMOTHY W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol County.
Hon. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
GEORGE L. LAWRENCE, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretsuy,
Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Recording Secretary,
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer,
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Ctoneral Agent,
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees,
Rbv. ANDREW PEABODY, D.D.
Rsv. PHTTJ.rPS BROOKS, D.D.
Rev. EDWARD 8. ATWOOD, D.D.
Pbof. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
Rev. GEO. 8. CHADBOURNE.
Rev. GEO. A. GORDON.
Rev. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE, D.D.
Rev. ELNATHAN £. STRONG, D.D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARREN, Esq.
SAMUEL G. SNELLING, Esq.
Hon. ALDEN SPEARE.
Hon. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
LEANDER BEAL, Esq.
Hon. EDMUND H. BENNETT.
STEPHEN G. DEBLOIS, Esq.
Rev. BROOKE HEREFORD, D. D.
Ezecutive Committee,
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ABE TO BE HADE FOB BIBLES.
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Charles Henb^t Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Slkeper.
Ofhcers of the Society from 1809 to 1886.
Presidents.
Hon. WiUiam Phillips
Rev. John Pierce, D.D.
lion. Simon Oreenleaf, LL.D.
18(»-27
1827-49
1849^!^
Hon. Richard Fletcher, IiL.D. .
Hon. Samuel H. Walley
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents.
Rev. John lAthrop, D.D. . . 1809-16
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D.D. . 1816-28
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D. . . 182S-44
Rev. John Codman, D.D. . . 1844-48
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D. . 1848-40
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1849-,'>3
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothlngham, D.D. ISKMJl
Rev. WillLiui R. Ni(!hol8on, D.D. 1861-r2
Williani C. Plunkett, Esq. . 180^-83
Edward Southworth, Ksq. . 18C2-70
John P. WtUiston, Esq. . . 1862-72
Hon. Willliun B. Washbuni, LL.D. 1862
Hon. Stephen .Salisbury . . 1862-85
Charles P. Wliitin, Esq. . . 1862
Lee Claflln, Esq 1862-70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. . . . 1862-75
James S. Amory, Esq. . . 1862-91
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq.
Edwanl S. Moseley, Esq. .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. WiUlam Claflln, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D.
Hon. WlUlam Hyde .
Hon. Timothy W. Carter .
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Hawes .
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
Hon. H. M. Cushinj^ .
Hon. John E. Sanford
Geo. L. Lawrence, Esq.
Henry N. Taft, Esq. .
1854-59
1859-78
1878
1863-76
1862-82
1862-83
18G2
1870-72
1871
1872-78
1872
1873
1875
187&-82
1878
1882
1883
1884
1881
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Jos. Stevens Buckminster 1809-13
Rev. Samuel Thacher . . 1813-17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D. . 1817-18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1818-39
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothlngham, D.D. 1849-53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. 185^-84
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter . . 1884
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Pierce, D.D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor
Rev. James D. Knowles
Rev. William Jcnks, D.D.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappau, Esq.
1809-28
1828-30
1830-31
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. Goo. W. Blagden, D.D.
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, D.D.
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler
Treasurers.
1809-11
1811-12
1812-35
Executive
Rev. Wm. E. Channlng, D.D. . 1809-18
Hon. Jonathan Phillips . . 1809-16
Stephen Hlgginson.Eati. . . 1809-15
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1815-18
Edward Tuckernian, Esq. . 1K16-30
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D. . 181R-30
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D. 1821-35
Charles Tappau, Esq. . . 1830^0
Rev. Francis Parkman, D D. . 1832-35
Henrj- Edwards, Esq. .
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Committee.
Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, D.D.
Henry Edwanls, Esq. .
Rev. Geo. Richards
George R. Sampson, Esq. .
Hon. Albert Fearing
Rev. John O. Means, D.D.
Charles Henry Parker, E^q.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
Rev. Elnathan £. Strong, D.D.
1839-44
1844-45
1845-49
184»-52
1863
1835^49
184»-e2
1862
1835-39
1810-49
1849-00
1819-62
1853-76
1860-83
1862
1876
1884
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the Mas-
sachusetts Bible Society was held at the rooms
of the Society, No. 8 Beacon street, on Monday, May
24th, at 9 o'clock A. M.
The Hon. Jacob Sleeper, Vice President of the
Society, took the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Report of the Trustees was read by the Rev,
Daniel Butler, Recording Secretary, and on vote was
approved.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer, Charles
Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and adopted.
The following letter received from the President of
the Society, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, was read :
New Yobk, 20 May, 1886.
Rev. D. Butlbk, Secretary^
My Dsab Sib:
I am really sorry that 1 shall not be in the way of presiding
at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Bible Society
on Monday next. I never miss that privilege without regret.
Every year adds to my conviction that the general cause, in
the advancement of which our Society is one of the auxiliary
instruments, is above all other causes ; and that peace, order, good
government, and the best welfare of the people, must look to the
Word of God for their only infallible sanction and support. Even
the conflicts between labor and capital can find no permanent
reconciliation and solution, except in a wider observance of the
great commandment, " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Present my apologies to the Society, and believe me,
" 'Witl> gfeat respect,
Yours, truly,
Robert C. Winthrop.
The offieors of tHe Society were then elected for the
coming year. Their names Mrill be found on a pre-
ceding page.
After remarks by several members upon the sub-
jects relating to the work of the Society, the meeting
was dissolved.
D. Butler,
Recording Secretary.
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Apter the annual meeting of the Society was dis-
solved, a meeting of the Trustees was held at the
same place.
The following gentlemen were appointed the Exec-
utive Committee for the present year, viz : The Rev,
E. E. Strong, D. D., the Hon. Jacob Sleeper and
Charles H. Parker, Esq.
On motion of the Kev. Edmund F. Slafter, it was
voted that the Treasurer be requested to remit to the
American Bible Society the sum of $5,000 as a dona-
tion from this Society.
The death of the Rev. Rufus Ellis, D. D., a member
of the Board of Trustees having been announced, the
Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., offered the following :
In the death of Rev. Rufus Ellis, D. D., one of the Board of
Trustees, this Society and our community have lost a sincere lover
of the Bible, who made the Word of God his counsellor and
guide, whose whole life has manifested its spirit and its power,
and whose whole life-work has been to diffuse the blessedness
which it imparts.
The meeeting was then dissolved.
D. Butler,
Recording Secretary.
Boston, 8 Beacon street. May 24, 1886.
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ANNUAL REPOKT OF THE TKUSTEES,
MADE MAY 24th, 1886.
The early years of the century now approaching its
close will be ever remembered as marking the com-
mencement of that religious activity now happily
existing in our own and other lands. In the teaching
and commands of the Saviour illustrated by His life
and the lives of His followers, were revealed with
unwonted clearness the nature of the service de-
manded of all who would be named by His name. As
He had been sent into the world to bear its burdens,
and to enlighten its ignorance, and guide His fellow
men back to God, so had He sent on a like errand
those who were imbued with His spirit.
And it is worthy of notice that among the first of
the associations formed for the extension of religion
both in this country and in England, were those
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devoted to the circulation of the Scriptures. In sur-
veying the field and the work to be performed, it
naturally occurred that all should first be put in
possession of the Book on which all true religious
instruction must be based: that every house should
be blest by the presence, in their recorded words, of
the holy men of old who spake as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost.
It was in accordance with these views that in 1809
the society was formed whose anniversary we observe
to-day. Its founders were the clergy and men eminent
in the various professions in the community, with
differing religious views but all heartily united in
spreading the common foundation of their faith.
While believing fully in the excellence of the work, it
is evident that in the infancy of efforts of this natm'e
they had but little conception of the extent to which
it was to be earned. Thus we are told in the first
report of the Society, that " They have contracted for
one hundred octavo Bibles, and two hundred duo-
decimo : that of these they have sent thirty-six to the
Chaplain of the almshouse and eleven to poor families,
and intend to deposit fourteen in the prison of this
town, and that they are now using means to obtain
such information as will enable them to distribute the
rest where they will be most useful." From this small
beginning the society by the favor of Providence has
kept on its way to the present time, and though it
has never attained the dimensions of kindred associa-
tions originated at this period, yet we cannot but
rejoice at the good it has thus far accomplished.
Several times it has visited the families of the Common-
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wealth, giving the Scriptures to the poor and un-
supplied, and offering them to all at prices within the
means of neariy all the people. It has given to the
seamen visiting our ports the Word in the language
of each, through the labors of those who search out
their neighbors for their neighbors' good. The un-
cared for and neglected children and young people
have in large numbers been furnished with the Scrip-
tures. Scarcely less than a million of copies of the
Word have in this way been scattered upon our
own soil and wafted over the sea with the fearless
and exposed maininer. In addition to this, sums,
large in the aggregate, have gone from our treas-
ury to the National Society in aid of its work.
During the year there have been issued from the
Depository 31,800 copies. Of these, 644 were in
various foreign languages. The gratuitous issues
have amounted to 8845. The largest gifts were made
as usual to seamen, 1758; to City Missions, 1088;
Mission Sabbath Schools, 972; to destitute families
and individuals in Massachusetts, 1982 ; destitute in
other States, 607; 1285 copies were given to life
members. The cost of the gratuitous issues has
amounted to $1,992.32.
A colporter was employed among the French in
Fall River, and the town of Hatfield, in Hampshire
county, has been canvassed. This is all that has been
done during the year. Is is expected that the work
will be resumed the present year on a larger scale.
The receipts of the year have been as follows:
From interest on investments, $12,992.56; legacies,
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$18,412.06; donations, $3,608.78; bank tax returned,
$19.73; investments paid off, $5,500; sales of Bibles,
$10,413.62; from the Treasury, $1,500; desk rent,
$i2.35; balance in the depository on April 1, 1885,
$733.91; in the Treasury at the same date, $6,692.84.
Expenditures: To Recording Secretary, salary and
expenses, $2,125.14; to Thomas M. Durant, $784;
salaries and colporters, $2,295.20; rent, $fKX); dona-
tions to American Bible Society, $1,026; to the
depository, $1,500; for Bibles, $10,849.66; Annual
Report, $74.60; freight and postage, $145.86;
returned to Eli Kimberly, $16.91 ; expense account,
$362.34; invested, $32,070.25; in the depository,
$690.01 ; in the Treasury, $6,977.30.
During the year, one of the Trustees of the Society,
the Rev. Rufus Ellis, D. D., has been removed by
death. By this event we are called to mourn the loss
of one who believed the Bible, and whose scholarly
and Christian life was ever devoted to its explanation
and the enforcement of its teaching.
The American Bible Society reports a year of usual
prosperity. At home it has circulated eight hundred
thousand copies of the Scriptures ; has visited, through
colporters, 750,000 families, and supplied, largely by
gift, sixty thousand found destitute. It has also
circulated over four hundred thousand copies, through
missionaries acting in concert with it, and by its
agents in Turkey, China and Japan and Persia in the
old world and in Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Monte-
video in the new. It is at present embarrassed by a
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lessening income and the growing demands made
upon it. It is to be earnestly hoped that the friends
of the Bible will not compel it to withdraw from
fields so inviting and so full of promise.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports, in
donations and legacies, the receipt of $666,000, while
more than half a million has been returned for Bibles.
Four millions of copies of the Scriptures have been
put in circulation — one-half at home, the remainder in
various parts of the world. It has suffered with the
friends of Truth in both hemispheres in the loss of its
President, the late Earl of Shaftesbury, whose long
life was spent in efforts for the circulation of the
Scriptures, and in active sympathy with every meas-
ure adapted to promote the welfare of mankind.
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ACT OF INCORPORATION.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Bight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of MassachuBetts.
Whbkbas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a Society
for the purpose of raising a fond by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated
in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabiting
within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others; and whereas
in order that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be carried
into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively diffused, they
have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incorporation.
Section 1. Beit ther^ore enacted by the Senate and House qf Bepresen-
tativeSf in General Court assembled, and by authority qf the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Red-
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the
Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H.
Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incorporated into a Society, by the name of the Bible Society of Massa-
chusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature, and may have
a seal which they may alter at pleasure; and the said Society shall be capable
of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid the benevolent pur-
poses of this institution any grants or devises of land and tenements in fee-
simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or
other property, to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That the said corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than that
which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate, real
and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars.
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Sect. 4. Be it further enactedf That the said Society may sue and be sued
in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecute
and defend suits, with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Society may choose a Presi-
dent, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other officers
as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and regulations
as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not repugnant to the
constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enactedf That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed in
Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said Society; at
which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Approved by the Oovemor, Fe6.
16, 1810.
CotntnoniDealtfy oi flBtatsaci^usetts.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to Incorpo-
rate the Bible Society of Maasachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives, in Oeneral Court
assembled and by authority of the same, as follows :
Section 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of The
Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by the name
of the Massacuuretts Bible Society, and by that name shall have, hold,
and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its liabilities
and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been chnnged.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English language, in
the same manner and to the same extent as they are now authorized by law
to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, anything in the Act incorporating the said Society
to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor, Feb. 27, 1865.
BY-LAWS,
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 1851, the following
By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of incor-
poration, namely: "The raising of a fund by voluntary contribution, to
be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all
persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot t>e conveniently supplied without
the aid of others. ^^
ARTICLE n.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who shall
keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a book
kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE m.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society, so long
as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a List of all
such persons.
ARTICLE rv.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time, shall thereby become a member of the Sodety for
life, and shall t>e so enrolled by the recording secretary.
ARTICLE v.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-presi-
dents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding and
recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be a^officio members of
the board of trustees, and the recording secretary shall be the recording
officer of that board. These officers shall all be choeen by ballot at the
lumual meeting.
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ABTICLB YI.
The president shall be es^officio chairman of the board of trustees :
and he, and also the yice-presidents and secretaries and treasurer, shall
perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers respectively.
ABTIGLE Vn.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incorporation
is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of all officers,
direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and donations, and
generally have and possess all the power and authority vested by the act
aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty, however, at every annual
meeting, to make and lay before the Society a particular report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be asked for
by any memt>er; and such report shall be had and considered before the
Society shall proceed to the choice of trustees for the year then next
ensumg.
ABTICLE Tm.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Monday
preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this meeting
it shall be competent to transact any business which the Society can
lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by the recording
secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof, by notice
published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers pub-
lished in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such meeting
excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the secosd
Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise ordered
by the president, and such other special meetings as they may direct or
as the president may at any time call. Five trustees shall be a quorom
to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive commiUee, a committee
on agencies, and a committee on Uie depository.
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ABTICLB Xn.
The execufdye committee shall have the management of the fmids,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters connected
with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents, subject
to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their respective
duties ; the committee on the depository shall hiekve the management of
all matters connected with the Society^s depository for the sale of Bibles
— all of said committee at all times, however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE xm.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meeting,
or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of a
majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Testa-
ments.
N. B.— The above books will be delivered to members by personal
application, or to their order; and they can be issued only for the
current, not for past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
•33 00
13 14
20 44
BAXFRAALK 001TVTT.
TuinoQth, Cong, chnrch, 1 L. K.
fWDO
First ohurch,
Sonth cbnrcb.
Memorlil cburcb.
48 00
WMt Bprlngfleld, Finil chureh,
IS 00
Attleboro, Second Cone. ch. and soc n M
b, 4313
Manifleld. Oitho. Cong, choreb,
801
MitlaneaguE Cong, cburch,
BOO
•»8B
WUbrabam, Cong. ch. 1 1~ H.,
33 77
Bozford, Ber. Wm. F. Alcott, 1
•387 10
L.M.,
•30 go
Danren, Maple St, Cohr. cb. uid
Adon, Cong. cb. uid soc.,
$10 00
14 43
Aibbi, Ortho. Cong. ch. sod BOc
3 10
BniKtay
BclKtol,
40 00
C<.i..;onl. nnidn Bible Bocletj,
8800
37 30
Gluiice«Kr Etsni;. Colli*, ehDrch,
SOO
Hoiifcinfm.Ciin^. church.
1100
Ipmrtiih, First church,
13 09
tj.»Tfii'-c l.Burcnw:'!. church
Lynn, First CImrch of ChriW,
008
SOO
Kswbuo'port, JlelleTiUo Cong. cb.
33 33
Newton, Kliol ilinn-h.
30 00
North Andovor, Cong. cb. ind MC
SuuitrvLlle.Pfiiiikliiilll.Cong. c
1.. E 00
1L.M,,
30 00
Rudliury. Cong, church,
12 BO
SlOtTB
WayUnd. Cong, ohorch.
800
Wutford, Union ch. uid (oc..
000
IIDOO
WlnoheeWr, First Cong. ch. and
Boc. 4100
Haifleld, CoQi;- chiircli.
00 00
•317 00
Nortb Amberst, Cong, church.
20
Norm HwUey, Cong, church,
Bontb Hadle; FalU, Cong, cbnrcb
10 M
CohaMCtt. Cong. ch. and soc.,
Fnnklln. Canlr. r.hnrch.
•33 00
Backland, Cong. cb. and soc., •la
NorthflBli Trln. Cong, church, fi
Bbelbame Falli. Cong, and H. E. chs. S
Bunderland, W. C. CunpbeU, S
" Cong. ch. and loc.. Ill
Monaon, Cong, ebnrch,
Franklin, Cong, church,
a Mend, i L. H.
Holbrmk. Winthrdji Cong, cb.,
Mlllon, First Evaug, Cong. ch. ai
HUIon, Mrs. E. E. Field, 1 L. M..
Sharon. Cnir. --h. and Boc.,
'• Cong. ch. and S. School,
South Wejrmoutb. Second Cong. <
3t.lt..
Wellesley, Cong, church,
" E«v. F. D. Cowan,
!0 00
10 DO
20 00
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PLTKOUTH OOUHTY.
Bridgewater, Oentral Square ch., $30 00
Brockton, Mn. 8. 8. Noyes, 2 L. M., 71 00
Hanson, Cong, churcb, 8 06
Marshfleld, First Cong, church, 10 00
Marlon, Cong, church, 6 04
Middleboro, First Cong, church, 18 93
North Middleboro, E. E. Perkins, 5 00
Plymouth, Ch. of the Pilgrimage, 27 07
f 176 69
SUFFOLK cx)uirrY.
Boston, Old South church, $81 M
** Baptist Bethel church, 20 00
** a friend, 3 oo
Birs. Nancy B. Curtis, 50 00
S. D. Warren, 200 00
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, 5 00
Dorche8ter, Grace S. Wilder, 20 00
** Mima P. WUder, 20 00
West Roxbury, South Evang. ch. and
80c., 0 49
4(
(i
412 03
WORCESTER COUJH'Y.
Barre, Cong. ch. and soc., ^16 64
Fitchhurg, Rollston church, 25 00
*' CalTinistic church, 39 40
Gardner, First Cong, church, 19 09
Harvard, Cong. ch. and soc., 7 60
Leominster, Ortho. Cong, church, 10 00
North Leominster, Cong. ch. and soc. 6 00
Warren, Cong. ch. and soc. lO 00
Webster, First Cong, church, 1 60
We»t Boylston, First Cong, church, 3 43
Whitlnsvillo, Cong, ch., 276 82
Winchester, North Cong, church, 20 00
91 00
18 22
100 00
662 60
•300 79
Worcester, Central ch. and soc.,
•• Plymouth church,
" David Whitcomb,
MISCELLANEOUS.
New Eng. Conference M. E. Ch.,
COLLECTIONS.
The following sums have been received
from Protestant Episcopal Churches, and
by agreement forwarded to the American
Bible Society:
Trinity Church, Boston, $711 00
Emmanuel Church, Boston, 208 00
St. Paul's Church, Boston, 107 00
fl,026 00
LEGACIES.
Estate of Esther T. Davis, West
Stafford, Conn., 1 L. M., $20 00
Estate of Edward Tufts, Charles-
town, 917,009 80
E. S. Converse, exr. of estate of
Jacob H. Holm, Maiden, 1,000 00
Lewis Greenleaf and Nicholas P.
French, exrs. of will of Elizabeth
Gerrish, of Salisbury,
A. G. Hadlcy, exr. of estate of
John Pitcher, New Bedford,
Estate of Sarah Quilty, Medford,
Wm. E. Dwight, trustee of will of
Ma«M;lcy Dwight, Chelsea,
Estate of Esther T. Davis, West
Stafford, Conn.,
200 00
67 17
100 00
25 00
20 00
Total amount of legacies,
" donations,
<«
«(
•18,412 06
3,606 78
APPENDIX,
CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED PREVIOUS TO
ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809.— The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the committee
appointed for that pui*pose, reported a plan for carrying into effect the
object of this association ; which, being read from the chair, was consid-
ered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with one amendment,
aiicepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1 . The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a fund
by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and
Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabiting within the
State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who
cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled clergymen
of every denomination of Christians \^ithin the State, who shall in
writing, request to be members ; of every person who shall subscribe to
pay annually to the treasurer a sum not less than two dollars, and who
shall remain a member so long as he continues the payment of that sum ;
and of every person who shall subscribe and pay to the treasurer a sum
not less than fifty dollars, he remaining a member during life, without
being obliged to further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent nmnber
of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direction of the
committee appointed to n^port a plan for the organization of the Society.
And as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained, notice shall be given by
the committee and also of the time and place of the meeting of the
Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and choose by
ballot, from among the members, a president, treasurer, corresponding
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secretary, and a recording secretary, who shall continue in office until
the Society be incorporated, and until successors are chosen in their
room, and they, together with eighteen other members, to be elected by
ballot at the same time, of whom six shall be clergymen and twelve shall
be laymen, shall form a board of trustees.
5. The trustees, or the greater part of them present at any meeting,
of which public notice shall be given by the president, treasurer, or
recording secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among the members of
the Society, a committee of three persons, to continue in office during the
pleasure of the board of trustees, who shall have the management of the
fund, and the distribution of the books procured with it, subject and
according to such regulations and directions as shall from time to time
be prescribed by the trustees at any meeting held on public notice given
as aforesaid ; and the treasurer shall pay the money in his hands to tlie
order of the said committee.
6. The trustees shall apply to the legislature for an act to incorporate
the Society, on the principles and for the purposes aforesaid, and with
all reasonable powers necessary to carry into efifect the purposes of this
institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on regular
notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers granted by the
charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall again
meet, on public notice given by the president, treasurer, or recording
secretary, to devise and adopt such further measures as may be necessary
for preserving the institution, and for effecting the intentions of the
members.
jForm of a Bequest to tfie Soeietg*
I give, devise and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible
Soc?iETY, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of
the Society.
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Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should bo directed to the Rev.
Daniel Butleb, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and
individuals, and orders for books, should be addressed to the
Rev. Elijah Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETDJG IN BOSTON,
MAY 23. 1887,
BEING THE
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY.
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BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET,
1887.
OFFICERS
OT THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1887-88.
President,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LLJ).
Vice-Presidents,
Hoir. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAPT, Esq., Berkahire County.
Hour. TIMOTHY W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
How. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Franklin County.
CHARLES P. WHITIN, Esq., Worcester County.
Hour. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
Hoir. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol County.
Hour. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
GEORGE L. LAWRENCE, Esq., BamsUble County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary,
Rbv. EDMUND F. 8LAPTER.
Recording Secretary,
Rbv. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer,
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent,
Rbv. ELIJAH CUTIj^ER.
Trustees,
BST. ANDREW FEABODT, D.D.
BST. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.
Rkt. EDWARD 8. ATWOOD, D.D.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY, D J).
Rbt. OBO. 8. CHADBOURNE.
Rbt. BROOKE HERFORD, D.D.
Rbt. GEO. A. GORDON.
Rbt. BRADFORD K. PEIRGE, D.D.
Rby. BLNATHAN E. strong, D.D.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
HOH. JACOB SLEEPER.
SAMUEL D. WARREN, Esq.
WILLIAM S. BATON, ESQ.
HOK. ALDEN SPEARE.
Hoir. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
LEANDER REAL, Esq.
Hon. EDMUND H BENNETT, LL.D.
STEPHEN G. DEBLOIS, Esq.
Elxecutive Committee,
TO WHOM APPLIOATIONB ABB TO BB MADB BOB BIBLBS.
Bey. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Charles Hbkbt Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
Ofhcers of the Society from 1809 to 1887.
Presidents.
Hon. WiUiam PbUlips
Rev. John Peirce, D.D.
Hon. Simon Qreenleaf, ULD.
1809-27
1827-49
1819-54
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D.
Hon. Samuel H. Wailey .
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D.
Vice- Presidents.
Rev. John Latlirop, D.D. . . 1809-16
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D.D. . 181ft-28
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D. . . 1828^M
Rev. John Codman, D.D. . 1844-48
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D. . 1848-49
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1849-63
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingham, D.D. 18S»-«1
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D.D. 1861-72
William G. Plonlcett, Esq. . 186^-83
Edward Southworth, Esq. . 1862-70
John P. WUliston, Esq. . . 186^72
Hon. William B. Washburn, LL.D. 1862
Hon. Stephen Salisbury . 1862-86
Charles P. Whitin, Esq. . . 1862
Lee Claflin, Esq 1862-70
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. 1862-76
James S. Amory, Esq. .' 1862-84
Hon. .John H. Clifford, LL.D.
Elisha Tucker, Esq. .
James B. Crocker, Esq.
Edward S. Moeeley, Esq. .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. William Claflin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D
Hon. William Hyde, .
Hon. Timothy W. Carter
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Uawes .
"Hon. Jacob Sleeper .
Hon. H. M. Cushing, .
Hon. John £. Sanford
Geo. L. Lawrence, Esq.
Henry N. Taft, Esq. .
1864-69
1869-78
1878
1862-76
1862-82
1862-63
1862
1870-72
1871
1872-78
1872
1873
1876
1876-82
1878
1882
1883
1884
1884
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. Jos. Stevens Buckminstcr 1809-13
Rev. Samuel Thacher . 1813-17
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. . 1817-18
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1818-38
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingham, D.D.
Rev. George W. Hlagdcn, D.D.
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter .
1849-63
1863-«l
1884
Recording Secretaries.
Rev. John Peirce, D.D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Orosvenor
Rev. James D. Knowles
Rev. William Jenks, D.D.
1809-28
1828-30
1830-31
1831-32
1832-39
Rev. (George W. Blagden, D.D
Rev. William M. Rogers .
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D
Rev. George Richards
Rev. Daniel Butler
183944
1844-46
184&49
18494S8
1852
Treasurers.
Samuel U. Wailey, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq.
1809-11
1811-12
1812-36
Executive
Rev. Wm. E. Channing, D.D. . 1809-18
Hon. Jonathan Phillips . . 1809-16
Stephen Higginson, Esq. . 1809-16
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1816-18
Edward Tuckerman, Esq. . . 1816-30
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D. 1818-30
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D. 1821-36
Charles Tappan, Esq. . . 183940
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D. . 1832-36
Henry Edwards, Esq. . 183646
G^eorge R. Sampson, Esq. . 184&-62
Charles Henry Parker, Esq. . 1862
Committee.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. 1836-31
Henry Edwards, Esq. 184046
Rev. George Richards . 184fr-60
George R. Sampson, Esq. . 1849-63
Hon. Albert Fearing . 1853-76
Rev. John O. Means, D.D. 1866-63
Charles Henry Parker, Esq. . 1862
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, . . . 1876
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D. 1884
ANNUAL MEETING.
TiiE Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting of the Mas-
sachusetts Bible Society was held at the rooms
of the Society, No. 8 Beacon street, on Monday, May
23d, at 11 o'clock A. M.
The chair was taken by the Hon. Robert C. Win-
throp, the President of the Society.
Prayer was oflfered by the Rev. Bradford K. Peirce,
D. D.
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read
and approved.
The Report of the Trustees was read by the Re-
cording Secretary, the Rev. Daniel Butler, and, on
vote, was approved.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer, Charles
Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and adopted.
' The officers of the Society were then elected for
the ensuing year. Their names will be found on a
preceding page.
The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the Rev. Elnathan
E. Strong, D. D., and the Rev. Daniel Butler were
appointed a committee to superintend the printing
of the Reports.
After remarks by several members upon subjects
relating to the work of the Society, the meeting
was dissolved.
D. Butler,
Recording Secretary.
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MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
After the Annual Meeting of the Society was
dissolved, a meeting of the Trustees was held at the
same place.
The following gentlemen were appointed the Exec-
utive Committee for the present year, viz : The Rev.
E. E. Strong, D. D., the Hon. Jacob Sleeper and
Charles H. Parker, Esq.
On motion of the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, it was
voted that the Treasurer be requested to remit to the
American Bible Society the sum of f5,000 as a dona-
tion from this Society.
The meeting was then dissolved,
D. BUTLKB,
Recording Secretary.
Boston, 8 Beacon Street, May 23, 1887.
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MASSACHUSEHS BIBLE SOCIETT.
ANNUAL KEPOKT OF THE TRUSTEES,
MADE MAY 23cl, 1887.
During the past year there were issued from the
depository 37,116 copies of the Scriptures. Of these
10,181 were Bibles; 8,762 New Testaments; 2,657
New Testaments and Psalms, 15,516 portions of the
Bible. 8,481 were bestowed in charity as follows : To
seamen, 1,784; City Missions, 931; Mission Sunday
Schools, 909; to destitute families and individuals in
Massachusetts, 2,635 ; Public Institutions, 415 ; For-
eigners in manufacturing towns, 482 ; Chinese schools
and West African Mission, 105. Of the whole num-
ber, 2,724 were in various foreign languages.
A colporter was employed for four months among
the French residents of Lowell. Beyond this the
work of colportage has not been prosecuted. While
not intending to abandon wholly this form of labor,
the demand for it, has from several causes, somewhat
diminished. The increased means of inter-communi-
cation between different portions of the State furnish
easy access to the depositories, and the formation
of Mission Sunday Schools in neighborhoods where
destitutions are most likely to be found as well as
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the increase in the number of those, who in the
spirit of the Master, ascertain and supply the wants
of their less favored neighbors, have somewhat
diminished the need of this form of labor. The great
increase of Sunday Schools has, through the children
thus gathered, secured an entrance for the Divine
Word to homes where it has hitherto been a
stranger, and awakened new interest in its previously
neglected message.
The receipts of the year have been as follows:
From interest and dividends received, $12,735.87; in-
vestments realized, $20,612.50; donations, $3,736.43;
legacies, $395.13; from sales of Bibles and Testa-
ments, $10,761.36; from desk rent, $38.00; the treas-
ury is credited by depository $2,000 to cover gratui-
tous issues of Bibles ; balance in depositoiy, April 1,
1886, $690.01 ; in treasury, $6,977.50.
Expenditures: Investments, $26,994.72; to Ameri-
can Bible Society, as donations, $5,915; salaries and
colportage, $4,559.75; to Thos. M. Dm'ant, $645; to
depository (as above) $2,000; for Bibles and Testa-
ments, $12,254.95; rent, freight, insurance, printing
annual report, and incidentals, $1,313.63; cash bal-
ance in depository, $296.46 ; in treasury, $3,967.29.
In giving a report of the work of the Society for
the past year, it is fitting that some notice should be
taken of the American Bible Society, with which
we are intimately associated as an auxiliary. For it
is evident that while the efforts of our Society in its
beginning, had special reference to supplying the
wants of this Commonwealth, it was by no means
intended to stop thei'e. In the first article of its
Constitution, its founders assert that the pm'pose of
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the Society is to fiimish the Scriptures to those who
are destitute, in Massachusetts and elsewhere. The
full meaning of that word, " elsewhere," they could
not then comprehend, but its use reveals the exist-
ence of that nascent spirit of evangelization bom of
the cross, that in its constant unfoldings marks so
widely and so happily our age. One of the earliest
of its recorded acts was the purchase and sending
of several hundred Bibles to the infant States and
Territories beyond the AUeghanies. And when it
was deemed essential to their highest efficiency that
the local Societies should unite in a national organi-
zation, it assented, only retaining the right to work
elsewhere, when and as it should deem expedient.
Thus while the field was at the beginning somewhat
restricted, it is now literally the world.
According to the report of the American Bible
Society last year, 755,870 families were visited, and
of the 80,000 who were destitute, 60,000 were sup-
plied. Of the 1,500,000 copies issued, more than
half a million were circulated outside of our country.
In Cuba, from which till recently the Scriptures
have been excluded, nearly 7,000 were circulated
among the people largely by sale, and among the
apparent fruits of this work the formation of
three Protestant churches is reported. In Mexico
and all the States of South America, with a single
exception, the Scriptures have been circulated with
varying extent and success. The same may be said
of Spain, and France, and Austria, and Prussia. In
China, largely by means of colporters supported by
the American and the British and Foreign Bible
Societies, a circulation is reported of 214,500 copies.
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In Japan more than 25,000 copies were circulated
largely by sale. In Turkey, favored for many years
with the presence of missionaries of piety and of
eminent learning, the Scriptures have been translated
into the languages now spoken, and by their labors
and that of colporters sustained by our National
Society, have been widely circulated. The results
of this work are thus set forth in a letter addressed
to the Bible Society, by a young lady now teaching
at a missionary station in Turkey.
" The Bible is emphatically The Book of this land.
Whatever may be said of the influence of the Koran,
or of infidelity, still there remains the fact that among
the vast Christian population, wherever this Book of
books has strayed, it is read day and night by many
of God's ^hidden ones.' It is placed open by the
loom or spinning-wheel, for the eye now and then to
catch some little verse to ponder while the shuttle
flies or the wheel whizzes. It is tucked into the
bosom of the loose tunic and carried to the fields, to
be eagerly read when the heat or weariness lU'ges
rest, in a few feet of shade, from work at the plough
or sickle. It is found, well-thumbed, and not a little
soiled from frequent use, in the tradesman's or black-
smith's shop, where it is often read to a crowd of lis-
teners, who discuss most intently the doctrines and
truths therein contained. Everywhere little children
in the schools ai-e learning it by heart.
" Those who cannot read are eager to have it read
to them, and even those who rarely come to the chapel
have learned its stories, and can easily fill out the
sentences which you commence to quote. And what
can I say of what this book has been and is to the
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dying? Even little children pass to the other world
with its comforting verses on their lips. * Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death I will feai* no evil/ has been faintly whispered
by many a poor peasant in his mud hut, while his
dimmed eyes, so soon to open in glory, looked for the
last time on the poverty and wretchedness around
him. N^ot long since, I saw a woman who is over a
hundred years old, whose one solace, as she waits
blind and decrepit for i^elease, is 'God's Breath,' as
they call the Bible. Even in Moslem homes the Bible
is found and eagerly conned in secret, and we hear,
now and then, of Turks who are in the habit of meet-
ing often with some Christian neighbor to listen to
truths which it is death for them to embrace publicly.''
In view of the results secured and of the openings
that invite to further effort,* we are grateful for the
aid we have been permitted to give to this good work,
while we can but regret that means so limited are
bestowed for its further prosecution.
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ACT OF INCORPORATION.
ffontntontDeBltii of filBssacfntsetts.
In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachosetts.
Whskbas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a Society
for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated
in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, for distribution among all persons inhabiting
within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and
who cannot be conveniently supplied without the aid of others; and whereas
in order that the pious and laudable objects of said Society may be carried
into effect, and the charity of said Society more extensively diffused, they
have, by their Committee, prayed for an Act of Incorporation.
Section 1. Beit ther^ore enacted by tlie Senate and House qf Represen-
tatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon. Peter
C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph Sewall, Red-
ford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill, Esquires, the
Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr. Samuel H.
Walley, together with those who have associated, and who may hereafter
associate with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and they hereby are,
incorporated into a Society, by the name of the Bible Society of Massa-
chusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and others
above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body corporate by
the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legislature, and may have
a seal which they may alter at pleasure; and the said Society shall be capable
of taking and receiving from any persons disposed to aid the benevolent pur-
poses of this institution any grants or devises of land and tenements in fee-
simple, or otherwise, and donations, bequests, and subscriptions of money, or
other property, to be used and improved for the purposes aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall be, and
hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other than that
which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the whole estate, real
and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars.
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Sbct. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may sae and be sued
in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecate
and defend suits, with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may choose a Presi-
dent, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such other officers
as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules and regulations
as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be not repugnant to the
constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed in
Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said Society; at
which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and place of their
annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the same; may
choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and may vest in the
Trustees, the number of which may be determined by the said Society, but
shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable to the principles of this
institution, as shall bo deemed necessary. — Approved by the Oovemor, Fe6.
16, 1810.
ffommontDealtf^ of tRusulfuntttM.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five. An Act in addition to an Act to incorpo-
rate the Bible Society of Massacbosetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaiineej in General Court
assembled and by authority of the same, as follows :
Section 1. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of Ths
Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by the name
of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name shall have, hold,
and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to all its liabilities
and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate, and
distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English language, in
the same manner and to the same extent as they are now authorized by law
to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in common use in the
churches in New England, anything in the Act incorporating the said Society
to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved by the Governor, F^, 27, 1866.
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 1851, the following
By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of incor-
poration, namely: **The raising of a fund by voluntary contribution, to
be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all
persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who are destitute of
the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without
the aid of others.^^
ARTICLE n.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris-
tians in the State, may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who shall
keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a book
kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE m.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually, shall thereby become a member of the Society, so long
as such payment is continued ; and the treasurer shall keep a list of all
such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time, shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-presi-
dents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and
eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding and
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recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ex^fficio members of
the board of tmstees, and the recording secretary shall be the recording
officer of that board. These officers shall all be chosen by ballot at the
annual meeting.
ARTICLE YI.
The president shall be ex^fflcio chairman of the board of trustees :
and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treasurer, shall
perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers respectively.
ABTICLE Vn.
The trustees shall have the management of aU the concerns of the
Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incorporation
is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties of all officers,
direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and donations, and
generally have and possess all the power and authority vested by the act
aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty, however, at every annual
meeting, to make and lay before the Society a particular report of all
their doings, with all such documents and vouchers as may be asked for
by any member ; and such report shall be had and considered before the
Society shall proceed to the choice of trustees for the year then next
ensuing.
ARTICLE Vni.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Monday
preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this meeting
it shall be competent to transact any business which the Society can
lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by the recording
secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof, by notice
published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers pub-
lished in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such meeting
excepting that which is specified in the notice.
ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the second
Fridays of May and November of each year, unless oUierwise ordered
by the president, and such other special meetings as they may direct or
as the president may at any time call. Five trustees shall be a quorum
to transact business.
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ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a committee
on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE xn.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procm*ed with them; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters connected
with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents, subject
to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their respective
duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the management of
all matters connected with the Society^s depository for the sale of Bibles
— all of said committee at all times, however, to be subject to the
direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE xm.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meeting,
or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of a
majority of those present.
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Testa-
ments.
N. B. — The above books will be delivered to members by personal
application, or to their order; and they can be issued only for the
currerUt not tor past years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Tarmouth, Cong, church and soc., $15 00
$15 00
BRISTOL COUNTY.
AtUeboro, Second Cong, church,
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury, Cong, church and soc.,
Bradford, Cong, church and soc.,
Georgetown, First Cong, church,
Oloucester, Evan. Gong, church,
Ipswich, First church and soc.,
Lawrence, Lawrence St. Cong, ch.,
Lynn, First Church of Christ,
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Merrimac, Cong, church and soc.,
Newburyport, Belleville Cong, ch.,
Peabody, South church and soc.,
$12 00
$12 00
$11 86
41 89
1 00
7 60
5 00
17 00
2 75
3 80
10 00
35 50
34 60
$170 50
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Hatfield, Cong, church and soc., $56 27
South Hadley Falls, Cong, church, 15 00
$n 27
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Northfleld, Gong, church,
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Blandford, Cong, church,
Monson, Cong, church and soc.,
Palmer, Second church,
Springfield, First church,
" South "
" Olivet **
** Memorial "
West Springfield, First church,
" " Mittineague,
Wilbraham, Cong, church.
$6 81
$6 81
$20 88
81 36
10 00
19 78
38 67
13 80
37 00
16 00
12 43
23 00
$222 42
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Cong, church and soc., $1 75
Ashland, Cong, church and soc., 8 00
Arlington, Ortho. Cong. ch. and soc, 15 00
Cambridgeport, Prospect St. ch., 22 69
Concord, Union Bible Society, 96 00
Lowell, collections by French colpoi^
ter, 100
Littleton, Cong, church and soc. U 00
Marlboro, a friend, 5 00
Newton, Eliot church, 28 61
SomerviUe, Franklin St. ch. and soc., 2 60
South Framingham, Cong, church, 70 00
Tewksbnry, Gong, church and soc., 94 S7
Wellesley, Rer. S. D. Cowan, 10 00
Westford, Cong, church and soc., 8 00
Wobum, Cong, church, 61 48
Wakefield, B. Sanderson, 1 60
$367 84
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Cohasset, Cong, church, $11 76
Franklin, First Cong. ch. and soc., 11 46
Holbrook, Winthrop church, 16 6S
Millis, Cong, church, 4 00
$43 72
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central Square ch., $28 40
Marion, Cong, church and soc, 6 66
Middleboro, First church and soc., 12 00
North Middleboro, E. B. Perkins, 35 00
Plymouth, church of the Pilgrimage, 8 60
Whitman, Cong, church and 80C» 35 SI
$120 87
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, a friend, $4 00
a friend, 1 00
a friend, 2 00
Rev. Geo. F. Staunton, 20 00
Old South church, 70 68
Mrs. 0. L. Williamson, 60 00
Dorcas Radford, Clarendon
St. church, I 00
a friend, 26 00
Swedish church, o 26
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, lo 00
Dorchester, Second ch., weekly offer-
ing, 10 00
** All Saints' church, 0 00
Roxbury, J. H. Soren, I 00
West Roxbury, South Byan. church
and soc. 3 60
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WORCESTBB COUNTY.
Blackstone, Ck>iig. cbarch and soc, $3 70
*' Rev. Le Roy M. Pierce, 2 00
East Douglas, a friend, 3 00
Fltchburg, Mrs. B. M. Dickenson, 27 75
" Rollstone church, 30 00
•* Calyinist church, 20 40
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Mrs. E. M. Dickenson, of
Calvinist church, 2 00
Harvard Cong, church, 5 60
Grafton, Evan. Cong. ch. and soc., 22 81
Gardner, First Cong, church, 14 94
Gilbertville, Cong, church and soc., 10 00
Leicester, First Cong, church, 23 43
Leominster, Cong. ch. 29 35
Upton, First Cong. ch. and soc., 8 36
Winchendon, North Cong, church
and soc., 10 00
Worcester, David Whitcomb, 100 00
" PlTmouth Cong, church
and soc., 89 40
Webster, Cong, church, l 00
Warren, Cong, church and soc, 5 00
Whitinsville, Cong, church, 314 46
Mrs. Mary A. Batchelor, 600 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
N. B. Conference M. B. church, $360 88
COLLECTIONS.
The following sums have been received
from Protestant Episcopal Churches,
and by agreement forwarded to the
American Bible Society:
Trinity, Boston,
Emmanuel, Boston,
St. Paul's, Boston,
$694 00
125 00
96 00
$915 00
LEGACIES.
Estate of Catherine P. A. Lillie, $300 00
Estate of John Pitcher, 55 13
Estate of Geo. H. Newell, 40 00
$395 18
Total amount of donations, $3,736 43
Total amount of legaoies, 395 IS
iform of a iSequest to tfie Soctetg.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible
SociBTT, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of
the Society.
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STTSBS relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev.
Dakiel Butler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
Remittances for books, donations from churches and
individuals, and orders for books, should be addressed to the
Rev. Eluah Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON,
MAY 28, 1888,
BBINO THB
SEVENTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY.
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DEPOSITORY, 8 BEACON STREET.
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OFFICERS
OF THE
Massachusetts Bible Society, 1888-89.
President,
Hon, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice- Presidents,
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAFT, Esq., Berkshire County.
Hon. timothy W. CARTER, Hampden County.
Hon. WILLIAM HYDE, Hampshire County.
Hon. LEVI J. GUNN, Franklin County.
Hon. CHARLES E. WHITIN, Worcester County.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
Hon. JOHN E. SANFORD, Bristol County.
Hon. H. M. CUSHING, Plymouth County.
GEORGE L. LAWRENCE, Esq., Barnstable County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFFER.
Recording Secretary,
Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer,
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS'W. STETSON, Esq.
General Agent,
Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Trustees,
Rkv. ANDREW PEABODY, D.D.
Rbv. PHILLIPS brooks, D.D.
Prof. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
R«v. BROOKE HERFORD, D.D.
Rkv. GEORGE A. GORDON.
R«v. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE, D.D.
Rkv. ELNATHAN E. STRONG, D.D.
Rkv. FREDERICK B. ALLEN.
Rbv. DkWITT S. CLARK.
Rbv. G. a. CRAWFORD.
Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
Hon. JACOB SLEEPER.
Hon. ALDEN SPEARE.
Hon. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
LEANDER BEAL, Esq.
Hon. EDMUND H. BENNETT, LL.D.
WILLIAM S. EATON, Esq.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq.
Executive Committee,
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE MADE FOR BIBLES.
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D., Charles Henry Parker, Esq.,
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, Hon. Charles T. Russell.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1888.
Hon. William PhUUpt .
Rev. John Pdrce, D.D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D.
rmssiDBNTS.
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1849-S4
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D. . 1854-59
Hon. Samuel H. Walley X859-7S
Hon. Roheit C. Winthrop, LL.D. 1878
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Rev. John Lathrop, D.D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D.D.
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D.
Rev. John Codman, D.D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D.
Rev. Frauds Parkman, D.D.
Rev. Nathi L. Frothingham, D.D
Rev. WUliam R. NichoUon, D.D
William C. Plunkett, Esq. .
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D
Hon. Stephen Salisbury * .
Charles P. Whidn, Esq.
Lee Claflin, Esq. .
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. .
Jaunes S. Amory, Esq. .
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D.
1809-16
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1844-48
1848-49
184^53
1853-61
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1863-83
1863-70
1863-73
1863-88
1863-85
1863-88
1863-70
1863-75
1863-84
1863-76
Elisha Tucker, Esq.
James B. Crocker, Esq.
Edward S. Moseley, Esq. .
Charles A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. WilUam Claflin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D
Hon. William Hyde
Hon. Tmiothy W. Carter
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. John A. Hawes
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
Hon. H. M. Cuahing .
Hon. John E. Sanford .
George L. Lawrence, Esq. .
Henry N. Taft, Esq. .
Hon. Levi J. Gunn
Hon. Charles E. Whhin
i863-8a
1863-83
1863
1870-73
1871
«873-78
1873
1873
1875
1876-82
1878
188a
1883
1884
1884
18S8
1888
CORRXSFONDING SBCKBTAKIBS.
Rev. Jos. Stevens Buckminster
Rev. Samuel Thacher
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
1809-13
1813-17
1817-18
1818-39
Rev. Nathl L. Frothingham, D.D. 1849-53
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. . 1853-84
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter . . 1884
KBCOROING SKCRBTARISS.
Rev. John Peirce, D.D.
1809-28
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
'839-44
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D. .
1838-30
Rev. William M. Rogers
1844-45
Rev. Cyrus P Grosvenor
1830-31
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
1845-49
Rev. James D. Knowles
1831-32
Rev. George Richards .
'849-5»
Rev. WillUm Jenks, D.D. .
1833-39
Rev. Daniel Butler
1853
TRBA.S
URBRS.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
1809-11
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
1835-49
Hon. Peter 0. Thacher
1811-12
George R. Sampson, Esq.
1849-63
John Tappan, Esq.
1812-35
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
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BXSCUTIVB
COMMITTBB.
Rev. Wm. E. Channing, D.D.
1809-18
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
1840-49
Hon. Jonathan Phillips
1809-16
Rev. George Richards .
1849-60
Stephen Higginson, Esq.
1809-15
George R. Sampson, Esq.
i849-6«
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
1815-18
Hon. Albert Fearing
1853-76
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
J816-30
Rev. John 0. Means, D.D.
1860-83
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D.
1818-30
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
i86a
Rev. Benjamin B. Wbner, D.I
). 1821-35
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
1876
Charles Tappan, Esq. .
1830-40
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D. .
1884
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
1832-35
Hon. Charles T. Russell
1888
Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
1835-39
ANNUAL MEETIN'G.
The Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the Mas-
sachusetts Bible Society was held at the rooms
of the Society, No. 8 Beacon Street, on Monday, May
28th, at 1 1 o'clock A. M.
The chair was taken by the Hon. Robert C.
Winthrop, the President of the Society.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Elnathan E.
Strong, D.D.
The President then made the following remarks :
Not many years ago, gentlemen, the public meet-
ings of this Society were among the most notable and
attractive features of Anniversary week, and addresses
or sermons were delivered by our most distinguished
clergymen or laymen. Today our meeting seems not
even to be included in the formal list of anniversary
meetings contained in the morning papers. But our
work goes on notwithstanding, and the report of our
faithful and devoted Secretary will show that it has
been carried along satisfactorily and successfully dur-
ing the past year.
The Bible, as we all know, has of late been the
subject of much controversy and even contention.
We may well rejoice that so much of the controversy
has been wholesome and valuable, and has been con-
ducted in a reverent spirit. I think it may safely be
said, that hardly ever before, since the days of the
Reformation, has there been so much of earnest study
and sound scholarship, so much of conscientious in-
vestigation and research, so much of able and elabo-
rate criticism and commentary, bestowed on the Sacred
Text as during the last quarter of a century. Many
varieties of criticisms and many volumes of commen-
taries, and at least one complete revision both of the
New Testament and of the Old Testament, succes-
sively, have been, as you know, among the fruits of these
manifold and untiring labors. For myself, I may be
allowed to say that I welcome them alll Certainly I am
not afraid of any of them. We may not be quite ready
to accept the revised versions, disfigured as they are by
so many vexatious verbal changes, not a few of them
as needless as they are trifling ; but coming, as they
have come, from so distinguished a company of learned
scholars of all theological denominations, we may well
hail them most gratefully as signal evidence of how
very little of substantial correction or alteration has
been found worthy even to be proposed for considera-
tion. We may thus cling to the old Bible of our
fathers and mothers with renewed confidence.
Meantime, my friends, it cannot be denied that
all these criticisms and commentaries and revisals
have given a new impulse and a new interest to the
searching of the Scriptures and the study of God's
Word, and have helped us all to a clearer understand-
ing and a juster interpretation of texts and phrases by
which many honest and believing souls had long been
perplexed and puzzled.
And there is one of these commentaries to which
I may be allowed to allude this morning, in a few words,
in special remembrance of one whom I was privileged
to count as a valued acquaintance and friend.
More than sixty years ago, I think it was in the
year 1825, four young English gentlemen made a visit
to the United States. It was before the days of
steamboats and railroads, and when such visitors were
as rare as they now are common. All four of them
returned home to rise to high distinction in their own
land. One of them became the Earl of Derby — the
father of the present Earl — a brilliant orator and
statesman, one of the best, if not the very best, of the
translators of the Iliad, and who was more than once
Prime Minister of England. A second of them, then
Mr. Labouchere, was created Lord Taunton ; and a
third, Mr. Stuart-Wortley, became Lord Wharnclifle.
The fourth was already a member of Parliament before
he came here. He was a man of great intelligence
and of many most amiable and attractive qualities.
Our illustrious statesman, Mr. Webster, formed* a
special regard for him, which was warmly reciprocated;
and many interesting letters are still extant bearing
the signatures respectively of Daniel Webster and
John Evelyn Denison. Mr. Denison was afterwards
the Speaker of the House of Commons for fifteen years,
and died as Lord Ossington, not many years ago, hav-
ing been elevated to the peerage on his retirement
from the chair of the House. But while he was still
Speaker he made the original suggestion, to the Arch-
bishops of Canterbury and York, that a great need
might be supplied, and a great service rendered to the
Christian world, if the learning and scholarship of the
English Church, and of the English Universities,
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could be turned to the careful exposition and annota-
tion of the Bible, with particular reference to modern
discoveries, modern science, and modem thought
His suggestion was at once adopted, and the work
taken in hand by many of the best biblical and class-
ical scholars of all denominations, and as the result of
their untiring labors we have now eight noble volumes,
known by the title of " The Speaker's Commentary."
I think you will all agree with me that none of Mr.
Denison's other distinctions — neither his associations
and correspondence with Webster, nor his Speaker-
ship of the House of Commons, nor his elevation to
the peerage — will preserve his memory for posterity so
sacredly and so enviably as his leading relation to this
valuable and comprehensive commentary on the Holy
Bible. I know of no modern layman who has ren-
dered so great a service to the cause in which we are
assembled. But I do not forget that it is the Bible,
pure and simple, without note or comment, with which
this Society is exclusively concerned, and I hasten to
make way for the account of what has been accom-
plished during the past year, which will be told in de-
tail in our Secretary's Annual Report.
The records of the last Annual Meeting were
read and approved.
The Annual Report of the Trustees was read
by the Recording Secretary, the Rev. Daniel Butler,
and, on vote, was unanimously approved.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer, Charles
Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and adopted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
the ensuing year. Their names will be found on a
preceding page.
The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the Rev. Elnathan
E. Strong, D. D., and the Rev. Daniel Butler were
appointed a committee to superintend the printing of
the Reports.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved^ That the Executive Committee be di-
rected to consider the subject of purchasing a build-
ing for the use of the Society.
The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the
President
Daniel Butler,
Recording Secretary.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
After the Annual Meeting of the Society was
adjourned, a meeting of the Trustees was held at the
same place.
The following gentlemen were appointed the Ex-
ecutive Committee for the present year, viz. : the Rev.
E. E. Strong, D. D., the Hon. Jacob Sleeper, Charles
H. Parker, Esq., and the Hon. Charles T. Russell.
On motion of the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, it was
voted that the Treasurer be requested to remit to the
American Bible Society the sum of $5,000 as a dona-
tion from this Society.
The meeting was then dissolved.
Daniel Butler,
Recording Secretary.
Boston, 8 Beacon Street, May 28, i888.
MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES,
MADE MAY 28, 1888.
Among the events of the past year especially de-
serving mention is the unusual mortality among those
prominent in the management of the Society. On the
29th of August Charles P. Whitin, Esq., Vice-President
of the Society for Worcester County, was removed by
death. His long life was spent in the place of his
birth, and was marked by material prosperity and the
uniform respect and esteem of his neighbors, espe-
cially of the large class employed in his extensive
business. In his example and influence and freely
bestowed charities he shone a light in the world, hold-
ing forth the word of life. The aid he rendered the
Society when living was fittingly closed by a parting
gift at his death.
On October 14th the Society was called to part
with the Hon. Wm. B.^ Washburn, Vice-President of
the Society for Franklin County. To him was given
the respect and esteem of his neighbors and of all
favored with his acquaintance. Called in early life
by the unsolicited suffrages of his fellow-citizens to
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the highest positions of honor and responsibility in
their gift, he passed through life without a stain, and
illustrated the elevating, sustaining power of divine
truth when received into the heart and life.
The next name on the roll of the departed is that
of Stephen G. Deblois, Esq^ who died on the 5 th of
April. He had been a Trustee for three years, and
in this brief period had evinced his interest in the
work of the Society by frequent attendance at the
meetings and his manifested sympathy in its work.
In his death we mourn the loss of a sincere friend and
helper.
Following closely the decease of Mr. Deblois, oc-
curred, on May nth, the death of Samuel D. Warren,
Esq., who had for six years held the office of Trustee.
In his death society mourns the loss of one whose
honorably acquired wealth was freely given for the
alleviation of want and suffering and for the promo-
tion of human welfare. Rising above the limitations
of denomination or party, his ready assistance was
freely given to every enterprise that wisely sought
the good of his fellow-men. To him as to very few
was it given to adopt the language of the patriarch :
" When the ear heard, then it blessed me; and when
the eye saw me it gave witness unto me ; because I
delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also that
had none to help him." While we mourn his depart-
ure we are happy in the assurance that his influence
here has not terminated with his earthly existence.
Being dead he yet speaketh, and his example will re-
main an inspiration to others to walk in the same
path of honor and usefulness through which he as-
cended to God.
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Our list of the departed closes with the name of
the Rev. Edward S. Atwood, D. D., whose death oc-
curred on the 15th of May. Though living at a
greater distance from the place of meeting than any
other member of the Board, we were not unfrequently
favored with his presence. Charged with the labors
of an extensive parish, his valued aid was often solic-
ited in various departments of Christian work. Over-
estimating his physical ability too soon in labor be-
yond his strength, his useful life has ended. " These
all died in the faith," and in their lives is manifested
the fruits of the Book which as a Society it is ours to
disseminate.
During the past year there were issued from the
depository 32,898 copies of the Scriptures. Of these
9,820 were Bibles; New Testaments, 11,755; New
Testaments with Psalms, 1,926; portions of the Bible,
8,232 ; copies bestowed in charity, 10,642. The gra-
tuities were distributed mainly as follows : To seamen,
^»735 ; to city missionary societies, 978; mission Sab-
bath-schools, 525; public institutions, 452; destitute
individuals and families in Massachusetts, 2,265 >' with-
out the State, 522; among French Catholics, 90; to
recent immigrants, 575; Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciations, 988. Of the whole number issued, 1,845
were in various foreign languages. For six months
a colporter was employed among the French residents
in Lowell. While his labors as a missionary were
valuable, comparatively little was effected in the dis-
tribution of the Scriptures.
The receipts of the year have been as follows:
From legacies, $ 1 ,684.05 ; donations, $2,884.68; divi-
dends and account, $11,563.00; interest on loans.
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$1,993.03; investments realized, $61,262.69; from
sale of Bibles and Testaments and portions of the
same, $11,217.90; rebate from State tax, $1,442.13;
depository, $2,000; balance cash on hand May, 1887,
$3,967.29.
Expenditures: Paid to depository, $2,000; dona-
tion to American Bible Society, $5,891.00; invest-
ments, $45*49745 ; salaries, $4,267.61 ; annuity, $1,000 ;
rent and furnace heat, $998.00; copying, etc., $10;
for Bibles and Testaments, $11,645.25; coliK>rtage,
$258.45; freight and postage, $156.23; printing Re-
port, $74.50; incidental expenses, $170.82 ; special de-
posit in Columbian National Bank, $22,810.50; special
deposit in National Union Bank, $3,230.17; balance
in depository, $4.79.
The American Bible Society reports a year of in-
creased receipts and of more than usual activity, both
at home and abroad. Five hundred and thirty-three
thousand families were visited and forty-two thousand
destitute families were supplied with the Scriptures,
by sale or by gift, and twenty-six thousand individu-
als, largely without homes, were supplied. Of the
families visited, one in seven were without the Script-
ures, and districts were visited where the Bible was
almost an unknown book and where the Sabbath bell
is never heard. The circulation at home has reached
nearly a million, and over half this number have gone
to foreign lands. The results of the work abroad are
beginning to appear in the gifts received from them,
amounting the past year to nearly forty thousand dol-
lars.
Among the changes which the present century
has witnessed in the world few are more striking and
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hopeful than the increased translation of the Script-
ures. A thousand years after the advent of our Lord
we are told that there were but three translations in
languages that were influential and telling upon the
then living and working world ; and so little had the
world altered in that thousand years that two of
them, the Greek and Latin, were languages which
Pilate used in the writing which he affixed to the
cross. Before 1804 there were thirty-three transla-
tions of the whole Bible, some not printed and several
very imperfect. At the present time the whole Bible
exists in eighty-three languages, the New Testament
in eighty-four, and in two hundred and three, smaller
portions of the Bible, making a total of three hundred
and seventy languages into which the Scriptures, in
whole or in part, are now printed. Four fifths of
these have been made since the beginning of the cen-
tury. Surely we may exclaim with the exulting
prophet, " He sendeth out His commandment on
earth ; His word runneth very swiftly."
While in summing up the work of the year we
regret that more has not been accomplished, we would
express our thanks that we have been permitted to
bear any part in a work so honored by God and so
full of beneficence to man. We find our warrant for
this labor not only in the last command, and in the
good it has done and is doing, but in the history of
the Book itself. In its beginning it was the fruit of
divine goodness and of human effort. Under divine
inspiration it was written by man, and by man it was
preserved through the ages. Moved by the same love
that at first committed it to writing, the profoundest
scholarship has given utterance to its message in the
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various languages spoken on earth. In prisons and
at the stake, and more than all, in lives fashioned by
its teaching, has it gained a hold on the reason and
conscience and life of men. Surely, as responsible in-
telligent beings rejoicing in the light imparted by this
Book, does it become us to do our part in this work,
human and divine ; a work which will reach its con-
summation only when it has transformed every nation,
entered ever)( home, and cheered with its glad tidings
every human being.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
Cotmnontoeaf^ of iRa00aci)U0ctt0*
In the year of oor Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporaU
the Bible Society ol MaMachuMtts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House ofRefire-
sentativesy in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr.
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and
improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Bi it fltrther enaeUd^ That the said Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further etuutedy That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacUd^ That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap-
proved by the Governor^ Feb, /j, iBjo,
({mnmmiurnittb tA "^^^wS^bM!!^.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-&ve. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate
the Bible Sodety o£ Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesy in General
Court assembled^ and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had
not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb. <?/, 186^.
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of the Society, May 28, 185 1, the follow-
ing By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of
incorporation, namely, '* The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conven-
iently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris*
tians in the State^ may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLE V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer,
and eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding
and recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ex-offuio mem-
bers of the board of trustees, and the recording secretary shall be the
recording officer of that board These officers shall all be chosen by
ballot at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in May in each year ; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at sudi
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the
second Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise
ordered by the president, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at any time call. Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committee at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Tes-
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current^ not ioxpast years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Centreville, Cong, church,
Yarmouth, Cong, church and soc,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mansfield, Ortha Cong, church,
ESSEX COUNTY.
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Andover, Chapel church,
Joseph Smith, A.M.,
Rev. F. H. Johnson,
Hamilton, Cong, church and soc,
Gloucester, Evan. Cong, church. ,
Ipswich, First Cong, church,
Lawrence, Lawrence church,
Lynn, First church of Christ,
Merrimac, Cong, church and soc.,
Millbury, Cong, church,
Newburyport, First Pres. church,
" Cong, church and soc.,
Peabody, South Cong, church.
West Newbury, First Cong, church,
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Hatfield, Cong, church and soc..
North Hadley, Cong, church and soc.,
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Bemardston, Cong, church and soc.,
Montague, First Cong, church,
Northfield, Trin. Cong, church and soc
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
South Hadley Falls, Cong, church,
Monson, Cong, church.
Palmer, Second church,
Springfield, Olivet church,
" First
South "
** Memorial church,
West Springfield, First church.
I5.00
15.00
$30.00
^.86
$24.00
30.00
35.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
33.00
6.35
35.00
5.00
13.05
43.00
40.00
500
$256.40
$40.45
11.09
>5'S4
$407
4.50
, 18.00
$26.57
$10.75
ao.41
10.00
'777
30.00
28.03
6.00
19.00
$131.96
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton, Evan. Cong, church,
Cambridgeport, First Cong, church.
Concord, Union BiUe Soc.,
Littleton, Cong, church and soc.,
Marlboro, Union Sunday-school,
Newton, Eliot church and soc.,
Somerville, E. L. Conant,
Waverley, Rev. D. Butler,
Wellesley, Misses Eastman,
Westford, Cong. chiut:h.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
$4.00
36.58
87.00
10.00
10.00
39.09
•50
30.00
10.00
$313.43
Braintree and Weymouth, Cong, chiunch, $13.38
Cohasset, Cong, church and soc., 11.09
Franklin, First Cong, church, 6.00
Medway, Cong, church, 30.00
Millis, Cong, church and soc., i7-95
Randolph, First Cong, church and soc, 88.94
Walpole, Ortho. South Cong, church, 24.09
Wellesley, Rev. T. D. Cowan, 5.00
$«85-35
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Marion, Cong, church, $8.00
Mansfield, First Cong, church and soc, 18.09
Plymouth, church of the Pilgrimage, 45>73
Whitman, Cong, church and soc, 23.39
^S*»
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, Swedish Cong, church, $5-oo
'* Old South church, 83.53
" A friend, 3.00
" Baptist Bethel, 8.00
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, 5.00
Charlestown, First Parish, 3.60
Dorchester, Second church, J. Barry, 10.00
Roxbury, Immanuel church, 5.00
West Roxbury, South Evan, church and
soc, 13.09
$i34-sa
23
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Barre, Evan. Cong, church and soc, $33.0$
Bradford, First Cong, church, 38.89
Fitchburg, C C. church, a^. 10
Gardner, Firat Cong, church, 16.46
Leondnater, Ortho. Cong, church, i.oo
Lekeater, First Cong, church and soc., 14.5a
Minbury, Rev. J. L. Etrell, 30.00
Manchester, Cong, church, i $. 1 1
Upton, First Cong, church, 8.00
Winchendon, North church, $.05
West Boylston, First Cong, church and
soc, 7.10
Worcester, Plymouth church, 5a 10
WMtinsville, Cong, church and soc, 183.7s
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brandon, Vt., " B.,"
N. E. Conference ol M. E. church,
Lisbon, N. H., Cong, church,
A friend,
Bedford, N* H.,
$41 7* 13
$ -TO
4a5.5«
3.81
35.00
a.oo
$456.01
COLLECTIONS.
The following sums have been received from
Protestant Episcopal Churches, and by
agreement forwarded to the American Bible
Society:
Trinity church, Boston, I697.00
Emmanuel church, Boston, 135.00
St. Paul's " " 69.00
$891.00
LEGACIES.
John Pitcher's heirs, $5S->3
Geo. H. Newell, 40.00
Spencer Bardwell, N. Hatfield, 40.00
A. J. Uadley, exec John Pitcher's will, 48.93
Lucy Ellis, West Brookfield, 500.00
Edw. Whitin, Whitinsville, i/)oo.oo
$1,684.05
Total amount ol donatkms.
Total amount of legacies.
$3,884.68
1,684.05
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusetts Bible
Society, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of
the Society.
O;^ Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel
Butler, Recording Secretary, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
g:^^ Remittances for books, donations from churches and
individuals, and orders for books, should be addressed to the Rev.
Elijah Cutler, Agent, 8 Beacon Street, Boston.
ANNUAL REPORT
PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES
OF THK
Massachusetts Bible Society
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON,
MAY- 27, 1889,
Bmro THE
EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
BOSTON:
DEPOSITORY, 12 BOSWORTH STREET.
1889.
THOMAS TODD,
5 1901 '
i-x, 'xj
OFFICERS.
President,
The Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, LL.D.
Vice-Presidents,
The Hon. ALDEN SPEARE, Suffolk County.
HENRY N. TAFT, Esq., Berkshire County.
The Hon. TIMOTHY W. CARTER, Hampden County.
The Hon. LEVI J. GUNN, Franklin County.
The Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., Middlesex County.
The Hon. MILTON M. FISHER, Norfolk County.
The Hon. JOHN t. SANFORD, Bristol County.
The Hon. H. M. GUSHING, Plymouth County.
Capt. GEORGE L. LAWRENCE, Bamstoble County.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Esq., Essex County.
The Hon. CHAS. E. WHITIN, Worcester County.
Corresponding Secretary,
The Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
Recording Secretary,
The Rev. DANIEL BUTLER.
Treasurer,
CHARLES HENRY PARKER, Esq.
Auditor,
AMOS W. STETSON, Esq.
Qeneral Agent,
The Rev. ELIJAH CUTLER.
Tmstees,
Tmi R«v. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D.D.
Thb Rsv. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.
P«OF. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
Thb Rsv. BROOKE HERFORD, D.D.
Tms Rsv. GEORGE A. GORDON.
Tm« R«v. E. E. STRONG, D.D.
Tn Rsv. FREDERICK B. ALLEN.
Tim R«v. DbWITT S. CLARK.
Ths Rsv. JOHN W. HAMILTON.
Thb Rbv. G. A. CRAWFORD.
Thb Hon. CHARLES T. RUSSELL.
Thb Hon. ALDEN SPEARE.
Thb Hon. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD.
LEANDER BEAL, Esq.
Thb Hon. E. H. BENNETT, LL.D.
WILLIAM S. EATON, Esq.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq.
Thb Hon. JOSHUA MERRILL.
Executive Committee,
TO WHOM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BR MADE FOR BIBLES.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq., The Rev. E. E. Strong, D.D.,
The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter.
Officers of the Society from 1809 to 1889.
Hon. William PhiUips .
Rev. John Pierce, D.D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D.
rXBSIDBNTS.
1809-S7
tSar-49
1849-54
Hon. Richard Fletcher, LL.D. iSs4-S9
Hon. Samuel H. WaUey x8S9-78
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D. 1878
ViakPKSSIDENTS.
Rev. John Lathrop, D.D.
Rev. John T. Kirkland, D.D.
Rev. Henry Ware, D.D.
Rev. John Codman, D.D.
Hon. Simon Greenleaf, LL.D.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
Rev. Nath'l L. Frothingham, D.D
Rev. William R. Nicholson, D.D
William C. Plunkett, Esq. .
Edward Southworth, Esq.
John P. Williston, Esq.
Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D
Hon. Stephen Salisbury
Charles P. Whitin. Esq.
Lee Claflin, Esq. .
Caleb Holbrook, Esq. .
James S. Amory, Esq. .
Hon. John H. Clifford, LL.D.
1809-16
1816-38
i8s8-44
«844-48
1848-49
«*49-S3
1853-61
1861-73
1863-83
1863-70
1863-73
1863-88
1863-85
1863-88
1863-70
1863-75
1863-84
1863—76
Elisha Tucker, Esq.
James B. Crocker, Esq.
Edward S. Moeeley, Esq.
Chaiies A. Jessup, Esq.
Hon. William Claflin, LL.D.
Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D
Hon. William Hyde
Hon. Timothy W. Carter
Hon. Milton M. Fisher
Hon. J(An A. Hawes
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
Hon. H. M. Cushing .
Hon. John E. Sanford .
George L. Lawrence, Esq.
Henry N. Taft, Esq. .
Hon. Levi J. Gunn
Hon. Charles E. Whitin
i86s-«3
i86a-8s
i86s
1870-73
1871
107a' 78
1873-88
1873
1875
1876-as
1878-89
i88a
1883
1884
1884
1888
1888
Rev. Jos. Stevens Buckmintter
Rev. Samuel Thacher
Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
GOKKSSrONDXNG SBCKBTARISS.
1809-13 Rev. Nathn L. Frothingham, D.D. 1849-53
1813-17 Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D. . 1853-84
1817-18 Rev. Edmund F. Slafter 1884
1818-39
Rev. John Pierce, D.D.
Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D.
Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor
Rev. James D. Knowles
Rev. William Jenks, D.D.
RBOORDXNG SBCRBTAKIBS.
1809-38 Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
1838-30 Rev. William M. Rogers
1830-31 Rev. George W. Blagden, D.D.
1831-33 Rev. George Richards .
1833-39 Rev. Daniel Butler
1839-44
«844-4S
'845-49
1849-SS
1853
TRBASUKXRS.
Samuel H. Walley, Esq.
Hon. Peter O. Thacher
John Tappan, Esq.
1809-X1
1811-X3
1813-35
Henry Edwards, Esq. .
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
1835-49
1849-6S
i8te
BXBCUTTVB OOMMITTBB.
Rev. Wm. E. Channing, D.D.
Hon. Jonathan Phillips
Stephen Higginson, Esq.
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
Edward Tuckerman, Esq.
Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D.D.
Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner, D.D.
Charles Tappan, Esq. .
Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D.
Rev. George W. Bhigden, D.D.
1809-18
1809-16
1809-15
1815-18
1816-30
1818-30
1831-35
1830-40
1832-35
1835-39
Henry Edwards, Esq. ^
Rev. George Richards .
George R. Sampson, Esq.
Hon. Albert Fearing
Rev. John O. Means, D.D.
Charles Henry Parker, Esq.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper
Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, D.D.
Hon. Charles T. Russell
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter
1840-49
1849-60
1849-6*
1853-76
i86o-«s
1863
1876-89
1884
1888-89
1889
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Bible Society was held at the rooms of the
Society, No. 12 Bos worth Street, on Monday, May 27,
at 1 1 o'clock A. M.
The chair was taken by the Hon. Robert C.
Winthrop, LL.D., the President of the Society.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DeWitt S. Clark,
of Salem.
The records of the last Annual Meeting were
read and approved.
The President then spoke as follows :
I am unwilling, gentlemen, to decline making a
few introductory remarks this morning, in compliance
with the request of our worthy Secretary, Mr. Butler.
I cannot but remember that it will be just forty years
ago tomorrow since I first addressed this Society at an
anniversary meeting. That meeting was a large and
crowded one in the Winter Street Church, which has
long ago disappeared. The eminent Simon Green-
leaf was then entering on your Presidency, from which
good Dr. John Pierce had retired only to die. Our
meetings of late have been of a less formal and public
nature, and certainly no extended or elaborate address
would be appropriate here today. I may be pardoned.
however, for a few words of an historical interest,
before alluding directly to the work in which we are
associated.
The recent great celebration at New York, I
need hardly say, has awakened a new interest in
everything relating to Washington, and my own
attention has been called to an item in his Will, as
written by his own hand only five months before his
death, disposing of a copy of the Bible. The item is
as follows :
" To the Reverend, now Bryan Lord Fairfax, I
give a Bible in three large folio volumes with notes,
presented to me by the Right Reverend Thomas
Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man."
Now the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson,
Bishop of Sodor and Man, is recorded as having died
on the 7th of March, 1755, in the 93d year of his age,
and the question has well been asked, how could he
have presented a Bible to Washington? In 1755
Washington was only 23 years of age. He had,
indeed, already distinguished himself as a young pro-
vincial ofRcer, and had obtained no little local celeb-
rity. There was, moreover, a pupil and protege of
Bishop Wilson, who had come over to Maryland in
1745 — the Rev. Thomas Bacon, who was an Epis-
copal minister at Dover, in that State, for more than
twenty years, and who might have been in the way of
hearing and knowing something of the young Wash-
ington, and of securing for him the favor of his own
venerable friend and patron, the Bishop of Sodor and
Man.
But, unless I am mistaken, the Bible annotated
by the saintly Bishop, as he is often styled, was not
published until after his death, and some other solu-
tion is thus needed for the problem. My friend, Mr.
Benson J. Lossing, of New York, who is an authority,
and almost an umpire, on all that relates to Washing-
ton and Mount Vernon, has kindly suggested, in
answer to my inquiry, what seems to me a satisfactory
and conclusive explanation of the whole matter. The
Bishop of Sodor and Man, it seems, had a son of the
same name with his own who became an eminent
Doctor of Divinity, though never a Bishop, and who,
besides being a voluminous writer himself, was the
publisher of his father's works and of this very Bible
in three volumes. He lived until 1784, after the
Revolutionary War was over, and after Washington
had surrendered his commission at Annapolis and
retired to Mount Vernon. There can be little room
for doubt, I think, that the Bible was presented to
Washington by this son of the Bishop. Having the
name of the father as the annotator on the title-page,
it is not surprising that in recalling the Bible and
bequeathing it to Lord Fairfax, as he drafted his long
will, Washington should have mentioned it as having
been presented to him by the Bishop himself. Exact
as Washington was, and carefully written with his
own hand as this will was, covering twenty-nine or
thirty pages, and with his autograph signature at the
bottom of every page, it has still another error. It
was written, as I have said, only five months before
he died, but it purports to have been signed and
sealed on the 9th of July, "in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety, and of the independence
of the United States the twenty-fourth." The word
" nine " was thus omitted after the word " ninety."
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There was no mistake, however, as to the Bible
itself, which was named and appraised in the catalogue
of Washington's library after his death as follows :
Bishop Wilson's Bible, 3 vols. $60.00.
Bishop Wilson's Works, i vol. $15.00.
I know not where the Bible is now, but it was
exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876, at the time of the
great Fourth of July centennial.
I have never chanced to see a copy of Bishop
Wilson's Bible. The American Bible Society at New
York have a museum and library, in which it is
doubtless to be found, and it may be in some of our
nearer public libraries. If this Society should ever
have a building of its own, with suitable accommoda-
tions, it might well have a collection of the most nota-
ble editions of the Bible, and perhaps a collection of
Bibles which have been rendered notable by their
owners. Our present rooms hardly invite such acces-
sions to shelves already crowded. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof. Better things may be in store
for the Society later.
When our centennial arrives, I hope those who
are here to celebrate it may have a Bible House of
their own, in which this and other kindred societies
may find offices and apartments adapted to their
work and attractive to all visitors and purchasers.
We have already reached our eightieth anniversary,
though the page which told of the original organiza-
tion of the Society in 1809, with the constitution re-
ported by the celebrated Chief Justice Theophilus
Parsons, has for a few years past been omitted from our
annual pamphlet. I hope that page will be restored
to its rightful place hereafter. I have special reason
for remembering the year 1809, and I like to have all
good things to which it gave rise remembered. The
Bible Society Record, just published, speaks of it as
" the era of Bible Societies."
The venerated William Phillips was then our first
President, with Dr. William Ellery Channing as
the Chairman of our Executive Committee, and the
Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster as our Corre-
sponding Secretary. The memory of such found-
ers and first officers of our Society should never
be forgotten. There might well be portraits of
them — engravings if nothing better — on the walls
of the new apartments which our Society may look
for at some future day. There was no American
Bible Society until six or seven years later. Our
work has in subsequent years become only auxiliary,
but it is a work which can never be permitted to die
out. We are bound to do our share in the circulation
and distribution of the Holy Scriptures. The Old
Testament and the New Testament, in whole or in
parts, must be placed within the reach and pressed on
the attention of all who are without them. My
accomplished friend, Francis Bowen, the veteran pro-
fessor of philosophy at Harvard University, concludes
his excellent Laymafis Study of the Bible with an
avowal in which I heartily concur : " My own convic-
tion," says he, " is that the only hope for the civilization
and the happiness of the generations that are to come
in this English-speaking world depends on the con-
tinued reverent study of the English Bible." There
are single books of it, there are single chapters of it,
there are single verses, which may arrest and reclaim
bad lives and be the stay of good ones. Our own
lO
country, certainly, needs such influences more than
ever before.
My eye has often been attracted to the tiny 32mos
on our table, each containing a whole book of the Bible
and sold for a song or given freely to the needy ; and I
have sometimes thought what a library one would have
if only three of them — the Psalms of David, the Proph-
ecies of Isaiah, and the Gospel of St. John — in that
little separate, compact form — were for the first time
brought to his notice and placed at his command.
Who, after reading them once, would exchange them
for Homer, Shakespeare, and Milton ? Happily, we
can have them all.
But I will no longer detain you from the annual
report of our good Secretary, Dr. Butler, who will
recall to you, more impressively than I could do, the
losses we have sustained during the last few months
by the lamented deaths of one of our Vice-Presidents,
the Hon. Jacob Sleeper, and one of our Trustees, the
Rev. Dr. Bradford K. Peirce, two of our most efficient
and valued associates, whose names must not dis-
appear from our rolls without suitable tributes to their
characters and services. Both of them were members
of that great Methodist Church whose influence for
good in our own land and in other lands cannot easily
be over-estimated.
The Annual Report of the Trustees was next
read by the Recording Secretary, the Rev. Daniel
Butler, and on vote was unanimously approved.
The Annual Report of the Treasurer, Charles
Henry Parker, Esq., was presented and adopted.
The officers of the Society were then elected for
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the ensuing year. Their names will be found on a
preceding page.
It was ordered that the proceedings of this meet-
ing, including the remarks of the President, the state-
ment of the Trustees, and other reports, be printed, and
the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the Rev. E. E. Strong,
D.D., and the Rev. Daniel Butler, be a committee to
superintend the same.
The subject of the purchase of a building for the
Society's use was brought up, and the following reso-
lution was adopted :
Resolved^ That the Executive Committee be
directed to consider the subject of purchasing a build-
ing for the use of the Society.
The meeting was then dissolved.
Daniel Butler,
Recording Secretary.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
After the Annual Meeting of the Society was
dissolved a meeting of the Board of Trustees was held
at the same place.
The following gentlemen were appointed the
Executive Committee for the present year, viz.:
Charles H. Parker, Esq., the Rev. E. E. Strong, D.D.,
and the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter.
On motion of the Rev. Mr. Slafter it was voted
that the Treasurer be directed to remit to the Ameri-
can Bible Society the sum of $5,000, as a donation
from this Society.
The Rev. Mr. Slafter oflfered the following reso-
lution, which was unanimously passed :
Resolved, That the Trustees of the Massachu-
setts Bible Society hereby place upon record their
profound sense of the loss they have sustained in the
death of the Hon. Jacob Sleeper. For the last eleven
years a Vice-President of the Society, and more than
forty years identified with its responsibilities and work,
he cheerfully, prudently and promptly discharged, at
all times, every duty devolving upon him. And, now
that he has passed from us, his memory will be cher-
ished by us, as of one who ordered his daily walk by
the rule of the Holy Scriptures, and in his long,
honored, and useful life has left us an example of their
elevating, purifying and sanctifying powers.
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The Rev. Dr. Strong ofifered the following, which
was unanimously adopted :
We desire to put on record an expression of our
high regard for our late associate, Rev. Bradford K.
Peirce, D. D., whose recent death we sincerely mourn.
A prolific author, an able editor, a fervent preacher,
he was also eminently a Christian gentleman, a lover
of the truth and a lover of good men. His memory
we shall long cherish.
The meeting was then dissolved.
Daniel Butler,
Recording Secretary.
Boston, 12 Bosworth Street, May 27, 1889.
Note. By inadvertence a minute concerning the
late Hon. Wm. Hyde, Vice-President of the Society,
was not presented at the Annual Meeting, but is here
printed according to the wishes of the Trustees :
Resolved^ That in the death of the Hon. Wm.
Hyde, for sixteen years Vice-President of the Society
from Hampshire County, the Society has lost an
earnest and helpful friend, and our Commonwealth
has lost an eminent citizen, whose life has adorned
his Christian profession. Length of days was in his
right Hind, and in his left hand riches and honor.
REPORT,
In reviewing the events of the past year our
thoughts recur to the loss sustained by the Society
in the removal of members long associated in its man-
agement. On the last day of March, 1889, the Hon.
Jacob Sleeper was called away by death. Born in the
second year of the century and making his home here,
he early became identified with the religious and
charitable institutions at that time coming into exist-
ence. For more than forty years he served the
Society as Trustee, Vice-President, and member of the
Prudential Committee. His long and active and use-
ful life was spent in the persistent endeavor to pro-
mote the highest interests of his fellow-men. If his
prayers were daily oflfered for the extension of the
Master's kingdom, they were made efifective by the
gifts which accompanied them. Our opinion of him
is truthfully expressed in the words of one who knew
him long and well :
" Those who had the pleasure of frequent and
intimate intercourse with Mr. Sleeper have ncJ words
to express their high estimation of his character and
his works. The wisest of men were glad to confer
with him concerning important measures, and young
men were drawn to him by the unobtrusive evidences
of his generous interest in their welfare. Few have
IS
won for themselves the place which he has long held
in the hearts of men in many lands, as a Christian
philanthropist of unusual discretion, of tender sym-
pathy, of princely generosity, and of unafifected mod-
esty. Devout men carried him to his burial, rejoicing
at the record of his blameless and beneficent life, and
mourning that they could see his kindly face no
more."
A few days after the death of Mr. Sleeper, the
Society was called to part with another member of
the Board of Trustees, the Rev. Bradford Kinny
Peirce, D.D., who died, after a brief illness, on the
19th of April. He was born in 18 19, was graduated
at the Wesleyan University in 1841, entering the min-
istry in 1843, where he labored seven years. After
two years of charitable and educational labor he was
for six years superintendent and chaplain of the State
Industrial School at Lancaster, which was largely es-
tablished through his efforts. Leaving Lancaster, he
was for nine years chaplain of the House of Refuge
on Randall's Island, New York, from which he was
called to the editorship oiZions Herald, which position
he filled for fifteen years, retiring but a short time be-
fore his death. In these varied and responsible posi-
tions he was ever the faithful and successful worker.
For the neglected and unfortunate youth for years
committed to his care he manifested a deep interest.
He was hopeful in the face of discouragement; and
when his quick eye discerned here and there an indica-
tion of improvement, he shared to the full her feelings
who rejoiced over the piece of silver that had been lost
and was found. To him every cloud was spanned
by a rainbow. He loved the truth and those of every
i6
name in whose lives it was manifested. Had he lived
in the times of the apostles we doubt not that he
would have been a chosen friend of him who leaned
on the Master's breast at supper. While we mourn
the loss of helpers so useful, our thanks are due for
what they did while with us and for the example they
have left us.
Having thus spoken of the departed, our thoughts
naturally turn to those still spared to us, and especially
to our honored President, who has just completed the
eightieth year of his eminent and honored life. To
the tributes so extensively paid to his character and
worth, and to the congratulations called forth by his
long-continued and distinguished life, we desire heart-
ily to add our own, with the earnest expression of the
hope that he may long remain to adorn the positions
of honor and usefulness to which he has been called.
During the year there were issued from the
depository 30,268 volumes. Of these, 10,644 were
Bibles and 9,318 New Testaments; New Testaments
with Psalms, 2,565; portions of the Bible, 7,741. Of
the whole number issued, 8,750 were bestowed in
charity as follows: To seamen and others, 1,575; to
mission Sabbath-schools, 804; city missions, 1,220;
public institutions, 1,120; to destitute families and
individuals in Massachusetts, 1,767; to destitute in
other States, 233 ; among the foreign population in the
manufacturing towns, 265; Young Men's Christian
Associations, 656; life members, 1,120. Of the
whole number issued, 4,367 were in various foreign
languages.
The receipts of the year at the depository have
been as follows : From legacies, $2,095.52 ; donations,
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$2,770.67; sales of Bibles, $11,284.51 ; cash on hand
April I, 1888, $4.79.
Expenditures. — Paid for Bibles, $11,533.96; sal-
aries, $2,2Cxd; donated to American Bible Society,
$778; rent, $900; colportage, $84; freight and post-
age, $168.07; printing Annual Report, $43.79; inci-
dental expenses, $292.52 ; cash on hand April i, 1889,
$i55-i5-
A statement of what has been accomplished
directly by this Society is necessarily imperfect with-
out a reference to the American Bible Society, with
which we are connected as an auxiliary and through
which a portion of our gifts are expended on the
wider field of the world. The work of resupplying
our country with the Scriptures has been carried on
for seven years, and in this period five million six
hundred thousand (5,608,800) families have been
visited, and four hundred and seventy-three thousand
five hundred found without the Scriptures have been
supplied, as well as many thousands of young persons
living away from their homes.
A million copies of the Scriptures have gone
from the depository in New York to meet the opening
at home. Abroad agents have been employed in Mex-
ico and Cuba and in nearly all the countries of South
America, and in the old world in Turkey and Persia,
and China and Japan ; and by means of missionaries
and colporters and others interested in the work, a
half-million of Bibles and parts of Bibles have been
circulated within the year.
Upon few of the Christian philanthropic enter-
prises which the present age has brought into exist-
ence has the divine favor more signally rested than
i8
upon the endeavor to circulate among all nations the
Scriptures. These efforts, begun in great feebleness,
have been extended to well-nigh every part of the
world. Almost literally may we say of the Scriptures,
" their sound has gone out through all the earth and
their words to the end of the world." In hundreds of
languages its truths are conveyed to the nations.
Men eminent for their learning in the four quarters
of the world and the islands of the sea are enriching
the multitudinous speech of the peoples with the
utterances of divine truth. To bear a part in this life-
giving work, in however small a degree, is a privilege
for which our thanks are justly due to the Giver of all
good.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
^otmnontiiealti) of iEa00ac))U0ett0.
In the year of oar Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten. An Act to incorporate
the Bible Society of Massachusetts.
Whereas, the persons hereafter named in this Act, together with many
other citizens of this Commonwealth, have formed themselves into a
Society for the purpose of raising a fund by voluntary contribution, to be
appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the version in com-
mon use in the churches in New England, for distribution among all per-
sons inhabiting within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the
sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others ; and whereas, in order that the pious and laudable objects
of said Society may be carried into effect, and the charity of said Society
more extensively diffused, they have, by their Committee, prayed for an
Act of Incorporation.
Section i. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same. That
William Phillips, Esq., the Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., the Rev. Joseph
Eckley, D. D., the Rev. James Freeman, the Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D.,
the Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., the Hon.
William Drown, Francis Wright, Esq., the Hon. Isaac Parker, Hon.
Peter C. Brooks, John Tucker, Esq., Joseph Hurd, Esq., Mr. Joseph
Sewall, Redford Webster, Samuel Parkman, Joseph May, and Henry Hill,
Esquires, the Rev. John Pierce, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, and Mr,
Samuel H. Walley, together with those who have associated, and who
may hereafter associate, with them for the purpose aforesaid, be, and
they hereby are, incorporated into a Society, by the name of The Bible
Society of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the said William Phillips, and
others above named, and their associates, shall be and remain a body
corporate by the said name and title during the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture, and may have a seal which they may alter at pleasure ; and the said
Society shall be capable of taking and receiving from any persons dis-
posed to aid the benevolent purposes of this institution any grants or
devises of land and tenements in fee-simple, or otherwise, and donations,
bequests, and subscriptions of money, or other property, to be used and
improved for the purposes aforesaid.
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Sect. 3. Be it fltrtJur enaeted^ That the ssdd Corporation shall be,
and hereby are, empowered to purchase and hold any real estate other
than that which may be given as aforesaid, provided the value of the
whole estate, real and personal, of said Society, shall not exceed the sam
of one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may sue and be
sued in their corporate capacity, and may appoint an agent or agents to
prosecute and defend suits with power of substitution.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted. That the said Society may choose a
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretaries, Trustees, and such
other officers as they shall see fit, and may make and establish such rules
and regulations as to them shall appear necessary, provided the same be
not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That William Phillips, Esq., be, and
hereby is, authorized, by notification in any two of the newspapers printed
in Boston, to appoint the time and place of the first meeting of said
Society ; at which meeting the said Society may appoint the time and
place of their annual and other meetings, and the manner of notifying the
same ; may choose the officers aforesaid ; may prescribe their duty, and
may vest in the Trustees, the number of which may be determined by
the said Society, but shall not exceed thirty, such powers, conformable
to the principles of this institution, as shall be deemed necessary. — Ap-
proved by the Governor, Feb, ij, 18 jo.
In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-fiye. An Act in addition to an Act to inoorporatt
the Bible Society of Maasachuaetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled^ and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section i. The Corporation heretofore established by the name of
The Bible Society of Massachusetts shall hereafter be known by
the name of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and by that name
shall have, hold, and enjoy all its rights and privileges, and be subject to
all its liabilities and obligations, to the same extent as if its name had
not been changed.
Sect. 2. The said Society may publish, procure, purchase, circulate,
and distribute Bibles and Testaments in any other than the English lan-
guage, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are now
authorized by law to distribute Bibles and Testaments of the version in
common use in the churches in New England, anything in the Act incor-
porating the said Society to the contrary notwithstanding. — Approved
by the Governor, Feb, 2y, 186^,
BY-LAWS.
At the annual meeting of thfe Society, May 28, 1851, the follow'
ing By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE I.
This Society is instituted for the purpose set forth in its act of
incorporation, namely, " The raising of a fund by voluntary contribu-
tion, to be appropriated in procuring Bibles and Testaments of the
version in common use in the churches in New England, for distribu-
tion among all persons inhabiting within the State and elsewhere, who
are destitute of the sacred Scriptures, and who cannot be conven-
iently supplied without the aid of others."
ARTICLE II.
Every regularly settled clergyman, of any denomination of Chris'
tians in the StatCy may become a member of this Society by signifying
his request in writing to that effect to the recording secretary, who
shall keep a record of all persons who shall so become members, in a
book kept for that purpose.
ARTICLE III.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than two
dollars annually shall thereby become a member of the Society, so
long as such payment is continued; and the treasurer shall keep a
list of all such persons.
ARTICLE IV.
Every person who shall pay to the treasurer not less than twenty
dollars at one time shall thereby become a member of the Society for
life, and shall be so enrolled by the recording secretary.
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ARTICLX V.
The officers of the Society shall be a president, fourteen vice-
presidents, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer,
and eighteen trustees, and an auditor. The president, corresponding
and recording secretaries, and treasurer, shall each be ex-offido mem-
bers of the board of trustees, and the recording secretary shall be the
recording officer of that board. These officers shall all be chosen by
ballot at the annual meeting.
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ARTICLE VI.
The president shall be ex-offido chairman of the board of trus-
tees ; and he, and also the vice-presidents and secretaries and treas-
urer, shall perform the duties usually incumbent on such officers
respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
The trustees shall have the management of all the concerns of
the Society, except the choice of such officers as by the act of incor-
poration is vested in the Society ; and they shall prescribe the duties
of all officers, direct the collection and appropriation of all funds and
donations, and generally have and possess all the power and authority
vested by the act aforesaid in the Society. It shall be their duty,
however, at every annual meeting, to make and lay before the Society
a particular report of all their doings, with all such documents and
vouchers as may be asked for by any member ; and such report shall
be had and considered before the Society shall proceed to the choice
of trustees for the year then next ensuing.
ARTICLE VIII.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden on the Mon-
day preceding the last Wednesday in Mayin each year; and at this
meeting it shall be competent to transact any business which the
Society can lawfully do. Notice of this meeting shall be given by
the recording secretary at least seven days before the holding thereof,
by notice published in at least one newspaper in Boston.
ARTICLE IX.
Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the
trustees, of which notice shall be given in at least three newspapers
published in Boston, and no business shall be transacted at such
meeting, excepting that which is specified in the notice.
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ARTICLE X.
The trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings on the
second Fridays of May and November of each year, unless otherwise
ordered by the president, and such other special meetings as they
may direct or as the president may at any time call Five trustees
shall be a quorum to transact business.
ARTICLE XI.
The trustees, at their first meeting after their election, annually,
shall choose from their own body an executive committee, a commit-
tee on agencies, and a committee on the depository.
ARTICLE XII.
The executive committee shall have the management of the funds,
and the gratuitous distribution of the books procured with them ; the
committee on agencies shall have the direction of all matters con-
nected with the agencies of the Society, the appointment of all agents,
subject to the approval of the trustees, and the defining of their
respective duties ; the committee on the depository shall have the
management of all matters connected with the Society's depository
for the sale of Bibles — all of said committee at all times, however, to
be subject to the direction and control of the trustees in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII.
These By-laws may be repealed or amended at any annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, by vote of
a majority of those present
PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERS.
Each life member of this Society shall be allowed to receive from
the depository, annually, the value of one dollar in Bibles and Te^
taments.
N. B. The above books will be delivered to members by per-
sonal application, or to their order ; and they can be issued only for
the current^ not ioipast years.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTS.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Yarmouth, Cong, church and soc $15*00
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Dighton, Cong, church and aoc., $iz.oo
Mansfield, Ortho. Cong, church, 7.50
$18.50
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury, Main St. Cong, diurdhand
aoc., ^7.61
Danvers, Maple St. S. S., 2 L. M., 40.00
Glouceater, Evan. Cong, chtirch and soc, 5.00
Ipswich, First Cong, chtirch and soc, 5.00
Lawrence, Lawrence St Cong, church .
and soc, 48.48
Lynn, First church and soc, 6.15
Merrimac, Cong, church and soc, 20.00
Newburyport, Belleville Cong, church, 46.79
Peabody, Cong, church and soc, 42.00
West Boxford, Cong, chxuch and soc, 9.25
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Beraardston, Cong, church and soc,
Montague, Cong, church and soc,
Northfield, Cong, church and soc,
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Hatfield, Cong, church and soc.
$230.28
$5-75
3.50
ZZ.25
$20.50
$41.64
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Agawam, Cong, church and soc.
East Long Meadow, Cong, church and
soc,
Monson, Cong, church and soc,
Springfield, First church,
" OUvct "
" South "
" Memorial diurch.
West Springfield, Park St. ch. and soc.
First church.
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$5«o
14.00
18.75
39-69
16.75
40.57
3.74
5.00
24.00
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Cambfidgeport, Pilgrim church and soc, $33.41
" Prospect St." " 19.56
Concord, Union Bible Society, 75-oo
Everett, Cong, chtuxh and soc , i L. M. , 22.38
Groton, Cong, church and soc, 3.00
Littleton, Cong, church and soc, 11.00
Maynard, M. E. church, 6.00
Marlboro, Union Cong, amd soc, a3>34
Millia, Cong, church and soc, >3-69
Newton, Eliot church and soc, 49*46
Sudbury, Cong, church and soc, ii.6a
Waltham, Trin. Cong, church and soc, 8.oo
Westford, Union Cong, church amd soc, 9.00
Wellesley Hills, Cong, church and soc, 20.00
Rev. P. D. Cowan, 7.00
«
$3«i-46
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Cohasset, Second church amd soc, $10.72
Holbrook, Winthrop Cong, churdi and
soc, to.27
Quincy, First Pres. church., 4.29
Medway, Cong, church amd soc, 20.00
Walpole, Ortho. Cong, church and soc, 25.55
$70.83
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Bridgewater, Central Sq. Cong, church
and soc, $22.68
Plymouth, Pilgrimage church, 2&24
$167.50
$4a.9»
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston, S. D. Wauren, $200.00
" A Friend, 2.00
Chelsea, Miss A. M. Dutch, 5.00
Dorchester, Parish of All Saints, 5.00
" Second church, to.00
West Roxbury, South Evan, church and
soc, 1.76
$223.76
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WORCESTER COUNTY.
Athol, Evan. Cong, chiirch and soc., $ti.$o
Bradford, First Cong, church and soc., 21.79
Brookfield, Cong, church and soc., 15.00
Fitchhurg, H. F. C. of C. C. church, 10.00
Gardner, First Cong, church and soc, i3<SS
Harvard, Cong, church and soc., 2.50
Leicester, First Cong, church and soc., 9.88
Leominster, Ortho. Cong, church and soc, .50
Southbridge, Cong, church and soc, 13 30
Upton, First Cong, church and soc, 7.94
Uxbridge, Cong, church and soc, 3<4o
West Boylston, First Cong, church and
soc, 8.34
Whitinsville, Cong, church and soc, 302.91
Winchendon, North Cong, church and
soc, 12.00
16.47
Worcester, Piedmont Cong. ch. and soc.
$451.08
MISCELLANEOUS.
N. E. Conference of M. E. church, #374-74
Lisbon, N. H., First Cong church and
soc, 3-46
A Friend, i.oo
Mrs. M. G. Pigeon, i L. M., 20.00
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J399.20
COLLECTIONS.
The following sums have been received from
Protestant Episcopal churches, and by agree-
ment forwarded to the American Bible So-
ciety:
Trinity church, Boston, $607.00
Emmanuel church, Boston, 105.00
St. Paul's church, Boston, 66.00
Total amount of donations,
$778.00
$2,770.67
LEGACIES.
Estate of Leonard Burrage, of Leomin-
ster, $2,000.00
Estate of Mrs. Louisa S. Whitcomb,
of Palmer, Sooo
Estate of John Pitcher, in part, 45iS2
$2,095.52
MEMBERS FOR LIFE,
BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.
AdjiM, Eliabclh W.. Dirrj, tt. H.
AdAnUj Fnok N.t Evtrttt.
Adinu, John Clark, HtfkinltH.
Aduv, Slcphcn, U'til Midmty.
Adama, WiUlam, Brnl/BrJ.
Albro, Mn. EUabclhS., Wmlliam.
Albn. MbHADnicE.,
Alcoll, R« Wm. U, BaxfarJ.
AUm, Almin S. C, Fiztm.
AtdcD, KcT. Ebcneur, Marik/Stld.
AldtB, RiuuB, Cumftllo.
AUcA, Miu Sanb H., SamUfk.
AU«, MtHSuan,
---' Un. Hny B., K'.illHv.
AlanoJH, Mr. S.
AOa, Mn, Cvnu,
Allen, Kev. Nithd
Allen, Klchard H..
MNi, Willis, Barn
AUIt, Mrnm, "
Allli, Elliot,
AndrCHi, Artemu F., AiUr.
AndRwi, C. L.,««<«.
Andnwt, G«ar« W., DaitBfrt.
ADdrcm, Slt^<n P., Gtimcaltr
Andrcwi, W.^'., Bvltn.
Aulmn, Thomai E., HsIliilaiL
Aodnwi, Waller H., WhUmnOU.
Aairrwt. Rev. L. W^ Sniam/KtU.
AnglR, U'lt Emma B., FtxUiv.
Aogicr, U»v BrexiUr,
Aai>li,W H..EiulP,tftnlL
AnUbald. Edward, Mitlam.
,r™l™, Mr, H
■ mpU. SuslT. ' I
Anrood, Jgho W , Bnjtn, N. 7
AvasB, Rti. loKpti F., Af. ,ff. CamJmma.
ATinn, MrL ke..7. M., " ~'
A»iy, Ri.. WJlUim F., LaMtbtm,.
Babcock, Mn. Nancy, isMss.
Babcock, Mn. P. W,, Skiritrn.
BabcDck, Rev. William R.
Babaon. Min Moria R., Gl-mctiUr.
Buhdor, Mn. Man A., WAUmnOlt.
Backiu, RcT. Jneph W., SttttriUi, CI.
Bacon, Jacob, G/nrtjIrr.
Baun, J«e^ N , If mint.
Baker, Mn. Eleanor J. W., Dercktil^.
Baker, Fnndi, Fiaiadt.
Banctafl, Henry I., tiudiny,
Barbor, Mn. Anna, ShrrioTit.
Barbout, Wm. M., D.D., Mtntnal. Cm-.
Btricer, Hinm, Brifkim
Banard, WUUam F., Mbt
Bamn, H H.. Lmnll.
t Rebnca M., Ctmetrd.
1. Edward O., PmiJnat. K. I.
•,. Eleanor CW/m-K*.
•. Ella, OaUand, Col.
H., Lrnrn.
u. 'i-'u'MeJmiy.
, .Vi'tM BraakMd.
Fnncit A.,' WMimmO:
Ban, Re>. WlUiao
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Beml, Aleundei, Cluhm.
Cms I
t, Miu blin A., CinlmilU.
nan, Re». G., JV! £. Cm/tmc
Beebe, Mvctii F., WiOnUuim.
Beccba, RCT. Chirtu.
BHchcr, R(T. William H,
Bcldcn, CUrcnce, HalfitU.
Beldcn, Mn. Mariunc P^ Wlattlf.
Belknap, H
Bill. Kev,
Backlin. Simon S,. BrttklifU.
Bu»l1, Ctuigt C. tr. StriirfiiU.
KulktlrT, Rfv. B. R., (^««-J:
BulkeJfy. Mil. B, R .
Bulklc., Mm, C. F., Riahtrftrd Park, N. J.
BuiUnI, Mm, John, Jr.. nttdm^.
Duiycu, Edward P., Dtdkam.
Bunag T C A rf ■
B nag Ma/y C A vtr^
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Btal, Un<. Eliiabeih C, A'. //«f'6''
B«t, Mn. L. 0., ^. f. C>m/mKi.
Bigtlow, I.B.,
Bieelow, Mn. Lui;y S., Strriarii.
BigciDH, Henrv C, Dtdiam.
Billingt, Charles E., tfrarttH.
BillinKi, RoiwiU, Hal/Uld.
Ktcoe. Rev. Thoma. fc., HoUitten.
Blaby, Mn. J. P., Xf»n.
Bbckuone, Mn. Lydia E., ClutttT, K. H.
BIlDclunl, Mi» Fnnn) C, Orsteit.
BIIb, Sunucl H., U'ilirakam.
Blln, Rev. Charki R., Chkaea, lit.
BliB. Mn. ChuleiR.,
Blodeen, Benjamin C. Nrwiim.
Bliwd, Simeon. .Fn/* Dtirjtild,
BlotxT, Cyras W., Wimitilrr.
Blood, Ceorgt D,, Gro/im.
Blood, Lymiti.
Bodwell, Mn. Catherine.
Booth, Charles E., Chicofti.
Bourne, Thoma." B,, Foxbaro.
Boulwell, Mn. Hannah H„ Brainlra.
Bowen, l.uke K.
Boyden, A. G-, BriAgtwattr.
Bracketl, Kev. Jo>i>h, Cliarltitmm.
Bradford'.Mri, l' ^.'.'Bttlim.
^■n. Jane, Worcratr.
%. 6. C. W., Sat Franciuo, CaJ.
n, H--akr/!tld.
Branlm, Mn.
Camp Ce rg SrMlk HaJltj FaOl
La L am Sir Krfi d
Candim, Kev, W,,hfi.«*n«««.
Candlin, Mn. Rulh It.. SinUk S^lim.
Capen, Mn. Charlei. Fr^mmfliam.
Capen, Rev. John, N. E. C^^.nc..
Capen. Mn. Itev. John, N. E. Crm/rrrtKi
Capron, John W., Ux^idgt.
Capron Laura A. W„ "
Cany, Kev. S. C., Maflmiard,
'■--'..on, Horace, Mil%mm.
rton, George H„ Hntrkm.
entei. Rev. CmtUh C., BsiIbil
enter, Catherine £., Fnxbart.
enter, Daniel, '|
Cipenl".' Horace,
CaiT, Charles R.. WkHiMSvilU,
Can, John C, Writ .Vtwiury.
Carrier. Kev. A. H., MiinuaMii, Mum.
Cairnthen. Rev. WiJUim, Fairkmtn.
Cariei, Edward, Andai^.
Carter, Joshua T., >*'kili<aviat.
Carter. Williain H,, Linna.
Cirj, Geotcc C, Bracklon.
Ciry, Mn. hiary D,, F^xictv.
Case, MrL Mary Olive, .Vro Vir* Cilf.
Cate, GeorEiana W., HtitrkOl.
Chadwick, Alqniq C, La«TnKt.
Chaniberlin, John, WkilintciOt.
Bremer, Mn. J. L
Brewer, Cyrus, ^cjfffn.
Brewer, John R.. "
BiickeU, Franklin, //dnvAi;/.
Bri|ts>, Mills Catherine Uark, tl'tahatx.
Briixs, Rev. WUliam T., Eatt D<mrta.
BrUgs, Mn. AbbyL., " "
Britqts, William H., IVorctiUr.
" -^ 1. Ifcxtf "
Brifthi
Bro^k
Brook
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, Rev. C. S.
Rebecca. 1
Mn, M,ry
VkiiUa-ilU.
PMnam, Ct.
Brad/trd.
L,. Havirkm
Brown
1=
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Rev. W, I
, GiUrrlviiU.
:bT.. Kfrrtkiert.
Chapin, John Oy If HI
[:hanin,JoMahL..£B.
i;hapin, Marrus, AffMi.
Chapman. Geotse tj., Witc/ittUr.
■•^^x, Charles W,, Sa*dmick IdmH*
uie, David B., Wkilimnillt.
e, George S., Cati^idf.
e, Heietiah, Lynju
e, Heieklah S., BtHtu.
t, Knbcrt, HactrkUl.
Chase, K
Cliilib, Cirln, HtwdlUr, K. H.
CliiUj. Hnracc, "
ChMW, David. M.D.. SaUm.
CbDUi, MiuSuib tt.,£dif ZloT
Cltpp, John C,
CUpp, Simlicl, f^^.^w.
Cbi>p, Fnilcnck A., H'm
OaA, ElbrUge, Eail kidwoj.
Ctoik, George, Cimttrd.
Clark, Jmmu G.. Aiidf^rr.
Cluk.JolmL.,
Cluk. Josathm. WiitiJuMtr.
Clark, Rt«. Jc-tph B., A'™ Vw* Cit,, tr
Clark. Juliui L.. (ffrt Nmltn.
GtAi, Mn. Miruuia D., Btiln.
dark, Itufgi W., D.D., Alianj, N. Y.
Clarke, Un. AddUa H., UtOiaa^.
Clariw, Fnncis, LmaHKct,
OaA*. Gocne £,, FaimnM.
Clariif, Hn. Sank U, Afi(«.
Oarko, Elliabelh L., "
Ctaiy, Mn. S. S., Jtblbifan.
Cl»™UwJ, M™ Santa L, J».rf* ^*«.
ClenlaBd.Mn Huria K.,S>!<dk DtrrJU.
COilord, Wyail B., Cliaikam.
CtDugh, JohD K., Camhridtittn.
Cobb, Andnw B., A'iMm.
Cofcb, Jamb, Aimttm.
Cobb. Rev. L H.,iraBU.tMii. tfim.
CodnwD, Mn. Uathuifif , BmUx.
Cat, Laun E., WhUinniUi.
Cue, UaiT A J B'ail Dr^rUi.
Coffin, Mn. C A.. Ar>»'
Coggio, Re*. WSaiam S,. Btj^rrd.
Cogg»"dlLCaieb, *» JT.
Coliwell, Doua, Brad/ari.
Cnnwcl), Ebencier, litakk.
c3Wi, W. W., y. S'. C«/»r.»rt.
Colbi, Albert, Ai^«.
Colby, Birrt, HimMir, AC. "
Cote, Miaa ElU A., AMnw
Col*, John A., CUart, IC
CoIh. Dsrid S., N. S.C>r.
Conaui, Jenoia A., uan
Conn, Honue, We^mn,.
Cook, Aia, Nt^laH.
Conk, Henrr A., IfAifn
Cook. Mr». Maru R., y.
Cook. J. SoiUnn. It^Uli
CdoUdge, Rev, AniH H.
Cooper, iiln. Lavinia, Altlttvri.
Copp. Hn. Fadnn F., Oulira.
ConUi]', Mn, Lydla G., tamrtiu,
Carey, Mis. Mitt, WiiUcrt.
Cmiitb, tin. EUubetb B., C>
Canoe, Jobn, Hntrhill,
Caaaa. BtuUh F., ^'nafoi Cnrt™.
Cowdrev, Rnbeil. Wmchrtltr.
Cowler, Rev. DivU S., AT. B.
'^— ^•~ •'—'iP.," —
„ _nrMli»'Rebc«3
Crocktll, Mo. Ella A.. Hav^hiO.
Croabr, WUmjd, Cmtrtwair.
Croit^, Juki, Bnltn.
I. Ehubetb B., CtnlmiUi.
CuDninghain, Hra. Joho, GhtiaiUr.
Currter. Rtv. Albert H,, Obtrlin. O.
Cuahinn, Rev. John R., N E. '
Cuihman, Mn. Racbd B., first
Ciuhman, Jo«ph 1., JV™ Brai
Culler, Rev. Cdvin, AtitirHdai
Culler, Rev. Einah, Ba^am.
Culler, Jamea T,, DsrcJltiirr.
Cuner. Chailet A., WaUkam.
Culler, J, Dana, "
Cuner, fe., M.D., jV™ K*r* G
Cult<v, Stephen. ifanJ^iUr.
Dakful Thomas L.',' .riua»7.
Dame, Henry, Ptainfy.
Damou, Albert P., StaJntg.
Danion, Mn. Kdiwd C, Cemtt
Dana, Mrt. Edward, WeoOilxk
Dans, ChuW H., li'ilUilr/.
Dane, John, BgiloH.
Uaoe. Ml H., -'
Danieir, Mr<. EUu B., f w'.«ft
Davii)lydUK.,!Om.
"ivis, Mn. M. A., M
Davla, Miw MatT H,, Cont^d.
Divii, Mn. ElUabelh D., ii'til Slsfftrd, CI.
I>avia. Rev. Perlev B., Hydt Pari.
Davis, Thaddeua Uriah. Dimilai^.
Daviaon, Geonic W., ffhtliimilli.
Dawea, idr. Ebeneier, LaJmOU.
Uiiin. Rev. EbeoeMT,
Day, Mn. L. E., Mt/<&*.
Day, MUton B., Brad/trd^
Day, Mn, Alice A„ ^
Day. Ruben L., AVibAmi.
Day, Elveui M., Bradfsri.
Dean, Mix Ahliie T,. Ftxittt.
W^ N. T.
DeaolMn
Rey"&b.^l. A-w-r. ff. H.
bePe-, Sa
n. William A., C«n»-rf,
Rer. Lvaandcr.
SekiwlMr.. M^ F., WkaUfy.
Dkkioo, Oliver. Ct«cBrd.
n^ Sank C, Ctmari.
Dighl. Ite-
ElHak. il«to* ■
Cii, Mn.
tAx. Samuel F.. A'~>H.
IJoaiie, He
Sodd, Rev
HlepfcenG.,.S*. 7*l-,W. J.
Sodsa, Mr
. Ann S . B,H<m.
DoS.: M
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■ "'■n' ■ 'y'.ZTrT'F^!.. /f.y
Dolibci,
^MUluaj"
V^ \< .N.E.C^.
Dunhani, Mn. Miry L.,
Dunlap. Sumner, Si*li DnrfiM.
Dunion, Hinm P., Stauir.
Dunn, Edmrd H., Btilim.
Durtn, Rev. Chii. Stoddird, Tr^. If- K
DnnoD, Vn. Miiy J , Nvth Halfitld.
DwiDnfll. Uonaid, MSIhirj.
" — «■ t^iAAit. SnAWtfrntntK
irii D., aiturfiUr.
ithin T., MidiSthtrm.
D«f, Fri__
Dyer, Mn. 1
Dyer, RcT. I
Eager, Willi:
Eanifts, WirtCD, rr lamwmgitm.
" ,111, Rev. Cyru I.., N. E, CtH/trtna.
- "-V. I, S..,}T.,FTammrkam.
- •T,BcC.,/^.E.Ctm/irtna.
I, dtoCKC t..
Euo..,
FaumlMn. Ann E., WnkrJUliL
EUon, EbcD, Frammrk^Kt.
Euon, Edwird. MiAnar
Etilan, Mia Mulhi W., FUeUmrt.
Eu«i, LudaD, Wkaltfy.
Eaton, WUIiani, Asil.".
Euan, Wiliiam T., »f «/«»-<.
Eddy, loiliui, foi/ MiJdIiten.
Edwndi, Mrs. Franca S . DiMam.
EdwirdB, Frederick B., N. Clulmtftrd.
G. C. C, BrmlnlrH.
Smery, Gmrgc F.,
Emery, Mn. Hart._..
Emery, Mn. Man. Cluilliam.
Kwell, Rev. John L , MUlimy.
Ewing, Rev. Edward C, DamMri.
Pllrbanlis, HcTKhel, Havn-km.
Fiittunk*, Hersclul f., "
FiirtMnka! Timothy R., Hiimtt.
Fay, Cytua. tKn/iDri.
i.\l ff.E. C-Htftrnia.
Ed»i', NnnmiUi.
¥\^tn, Ineph, HaBtrkil/.
Fltlcher, Mn. Emma A., I^llili-mitb.
Fleldier, Mrs. EmUy M.,
Flelcher, Lori.C,,
Fletcher, Samuel /.,
Fletcher. Mn. Hannah C, .
Fleldier, liaac W., SInt.
Fletcher, Nancy B.. '-
Fletcher, Rev. Jamea. Acl^.
Fletcher, Stlllman, WmrinUr.
Fletcher, William,
Fllnn, Mn PauUna, (fffona.
Flint, Mn. Hannah, Prniair.
Flint, Levi M., SH.tAlt^.
Flint, Thomai.Z)«Hi-j.
Floyd, Mi» Mary T.. PniitJt.
Folger, Allen. Conctnl, If. H.
FoibuiA, William, U'liiliHniilh.
Ford. Rev. Oeorje, Vtrtai'Ut, tf. Y.
Ford, Thomas A., Bracktnt.
Ford, Mn Eliia C. "
FosdlcV, Charles, Filchimrt.
ankle. Mn. J<;nH. Hnv,
\. T.. CamiriJf.
. Jeren.i.h E., Srigkln.
Gaee, Gawin R,. If^^n.
Garbnith, Rev. I . WtrtaUr.
Oalbraith. Mr*. Muty C. Wtntiimr.
e. Sarah Arabella.
Fisher, Miss Eliia, Mtdwxf.
K.. «
F. T., iV. E.
George. Mn Ellen K.. CkLafti.
George, Rf- " " " " - —- '
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Gibbs, Geor^ L., WhtttMsvill*.
Gilbert, Benjamin R., Baton.
Gaes, Mrs. EUzabeth W , Rcckfort.
Gttson, Mr&. Luther, Groton.
Gleason, Charles A., Nrw BranUrtt.
Gleason, Rev. George L., Byfield.
Gleafton, Mrs. Charlotte A., "
Gleason, Rebecca T., Dor cluster,
Glearon, Rev. J. F., Norfolk, Ct.
Gleason, Mrs. Olive M.
Godfrey, Mr. John, Boston.
Goodell, H. Augustus, IVkitinsvill*.
Goodwin, A. E., IVest Amtsbury.
Gordon, Solomon J., New York City.
Gordon, Mrs. Rebecca, " "
Gordon, Jeannie, " "
Gordon, Mrs. Rev. J. W., N. E, Con/trence,
Gott, J. R., Rockjort.
Gough, Herbert D., Worcesttr.
Gough, Mrs. Mary £., Beylston.
Gould, Mrs. Abbie, Cambridge.
Gould, Mrs. Sarah W., IVestboro.
Gould, Rev. Albert, N. E. Con/erenee.
Gourgas, Miss Abby M., Concord.
Graa^, Rev. Thomas G., A^eton, IVi*.
Graves. Mrs. Amanda R., Swtderiand.
Gray, Horace, Boston.
Gray, John C, "
Gray, William, Hoibrook.
Greeley, Rev. E. H., HaverkiU, N. H.
Greeley, Mrs. Edward H., " "
Greenwood, Charles H., Gardner.
Greenwood, Mrs. Sally K., Sherborn.
Gregory, Rev. Lewis, Lincoln, Neb.
Gfi^, Charles D., IVestboro.
Griggs, Mrs. S. M., "
Grout, Mrs. Frances J., Concord.
Grover, Mrs. Caroline, Foxboro.
Grover, Miss Florinda, South tVeymoutk.
Guild, Calvin, Dedham.
Guild, Frederic, WalpoU.
Gulliver, Lemuel, Chartestown.
Hadley, Samuel D. , SotnervilU.
Hale, D. Frank. Ckicopee.
Hale, Mrs. E. J. M., Haverhill
Hall, Arthur H., Bradford.
HaU, Mrs. Mary, AshJfUld.
HaU, Alice D., ^'
HaU, Mrs. Angle M., "
HaU, Harriet E.,
HaU, Rev. AUen J., LanesviUe.
HaU, Rev. Geo. A.. Peahody.
Hall, Mrs. Joseph F., Groton.
HaU, Mrs. Saran A., LanesvUle.
Ham. Mrs. Catherine K., WimckesUr.
Hamoleton, Mrs. S. D., A^. E. Conference.
Hambleton, Rev. William }.,N.E. Conference.
Hambleton, Rev. W. G., West Medford.
Hamilton, Rev. B. F., Boston.
HamUtoh, E. D., Conway.
Hamilton, Irenus K., Jr., Chicago, lU,
Haunlen, Rev. George M., Taunton.
Hammond, Horatio, Neponset.
Hammond, C. H.,
Hammond, J. C., East Douglas.
Hammond, Rev. WiUiam B., Acushnet.
Hammond, Mrs. Louise M., "
Hanaford, Rev. H. A., Winchester, N. H.
Hanaford, Charles H., Clinton.
Hanson, Chas. Lane, S. Newmarket, N. H.
Hardwick, lliomas, Quincy.
Hardy, Truman, Thompson, O,
Hare, Rev. George S.
Harlow, Rev. Rufus K., Medway,
Harlow, Mrs. Andrew /., Concord.
Harraden, Miss Mary A., Gtomcexter.
Hanimao, Mrs. S.
Harrington, Rer. EU Whitney, PeppereH.
Hartshorn, Edward, Berlin.
HartweU, Lottie E., Groton.
HaskeU, WUliam P., N. Brookfield.
Haskins, Myrick, Lahevtlle.
Hastings, Hollis, Framin^ham.
Hastings, Mrs. Esther M., South Deerfield,
Hatch, Anna S., Bradford.
Hatch, WeUman Willey, Atkinson, N. H.
Hatch, Mrs. Carrie L., " "
Haven, George A., CampeUo.
Haven, Rev. John.
Hawes, Mrs. A. L., Grnfton.
Hawes, Cynthia, Wrentham.
Hawes, Julia, "
Hayden, AUce M., Holbrook.
Hayes, Rev. Stephen H., Boston.
Haynes, Emma H., Townsend Harbor.
Hayward, Miss Clara, Braintree.
Hayward, Elias, "
Hayward, Miss Hattie L., WhitinsvUle.
Hayward, John, "
Hayward, Paul, Ashby.
Haywood, Mrs. EUzabeth C, Franklin.
Hazel, Mrs. Sarah L., Gloucester.
Hazlewood, Mrs. A. M., Everett.
Headley, Rev. P. C., Boston.
Healey, Rev. loseph W., N. Orleans, La.
Hemenway, Miss Harriet, Groton.
Henshaw, Francis, Boston.
Henshaw. Laura, "
Herrick, Rev. WUliam D., N. Amherst.
Herrick, Mrs. Marian P., Spencer.
Herrick, Rev. A. H., N. E. Conference.
Hersey, Mrs. PuUy, Hinghant.
Hewins, Mrs. Annette P., Foxboro.
Hewins, Miss Louisa E., "
Hewitt, Joseph, Brockton.
Heywood, MarUia W., Gardner.
HifEgins, Rev. E., CliftondaU.
HiU, Rev. George E., Southport, Ct.
HUl,Jotham, Wobum.
HiU, Rev. C. G.. MiUon.
Hills, Rev. Charles D., N. E. Conference.
Hills, Mrs. Charles D.
Hills, Emma J.
HUton, Rev. John V., Denver, Col.
HUton. William, Bradford.
Hitchcock, George M., Brimfield.
Hobson, Miss Pnscilla, Rowley.
Holbrook, E Everett, Holbrook.
Holbrook, Mrs. CaroUne 'H.,So. Weyntouth.
Holden. Mrs. Sarah, Grafton.
HoUana, Mrs. Sarah £., Boston.
HoUand, Mary CecUia, Brockton.
Holm, Jacob P., Maiden.
Holmes, Miss Elizabeth A., BeMdere, lU.
Holmes, Miss Wealthy A , CampeUo.
Holmes, Mary S., North MiddUbcro.
Holt, James A., Andover.
Hooker, George B., Sherborn.
Hooker, Mrs. Hannah R., Sherborn.
Hooker, Mrs. Martha V., Boston.
Hoppin, Rev. James M., New Haven, Ct.
Hosmer, Miss Eliza, Concord.
Hotighton, Cephas, Harvard.
Houghton, Mrs. MarceUus, Concord.
Hovey, George O. , Boston.
Howard, Cary, Brockton.
Howard, David, "
Howard, Mrs. H. Frances, Brockton.
Howard, Mrs. MatUda P , *'
Howard, Rev. Martin S., Wdbraham.
Howard, Mrs. Mary C, "
HowanU Mrs. M. W., Amk^rst.
Howe, Miss Harriet A., So$ith Weymouth.
Howe, Mrs. Hannah Maria, Sherborn.
Hoyt, Mn. Mirli, FramitfUam.
Hoyl. WiUUm H„ Sorf«,
HuUurd, Mn>. Charl«A., CoKrrd.
Hubbard, Cyni M., Stmdtrlend.
Hudxni, Samuel, UxhrUfi.
ilbert, Charin, Btiitn.
-jpiphRy, DankI, M »'>7i>«fi.
Hurt, Mn. leruthi B., U^mnOU.
Hum, Mn. WiUiam H., Canctrd.
HuntlditoD, MatUili C, Prai^,
Kurd. FnncU P., tfak^ild.
, ..i, . £,(jj^^ Da-vn-i.
CaroliM M,, Wistfsrd.
arUJ., ■' "
dg, EmotMunroc, Wkiliiuvilli.
de, Re>. Jacob, MmsMd.
-;,Mra. iKob, "
:Liran, Mrs. Susan M., JIflAua.
iluon, Min Camlicc B., JVoiTm.
:kwn, Laura E. L., "
:Lhiii, Walter. Bt^ilm.
:k.-ou, Rev. Samuel, JV. E. Cnfirtnei.
■ "" Maria L.-WwAr^'MTi
, . _._ . Jo«ph K
eph»D, Ml» C. R., BreMou.
men, Henry, PrMrrtlL
ohnxm, Charlct £, Bradfivd.
. ohnson, Mn. Kmma E.T^
dhnson, Francis, ffMfjirr&r.
^-'— on. Rev. Chas, T., Bosl-m.
on. PelerR.,ff«l/rK™.
on, Miu R<:becca, ^. Andavtr.
on, Mn. S. W, , ^raMMrAui, N. i
on, Alice C , N^ikamfn^.
, A>ra B.,
KeUh, Edward F.vetett, Bridgewalrr.
Kdih, Pnaoa II,, Cxmfrllii.
KHlh.ZibaC.
Kdlh, Nahum WUIiam, it. Middliiom.
Keller, Crortt Reed, HavtrkUI.
Keller, Miner, Chicopu.
Kelton, Gvori^e, Qardntr.
Kemntnn, Mn. Ellen. Graflfn.
Keuilall, Mr<. Abi;l M., BoiKm.
Kendall, Mn. Lni-lne B., Strine/Md.
Kendall, Mn<. Mar,. E., U-^imluil^.
Kendl^, Rev. A. K, N. E, C-nt/irtnci.
Kendriclc, John, HavtrkUi.
Cenntriy, J, P., UjrMdt
Cm, Mik Jane K., fT}.
'. V:. ., JohoD., BraMar,
: ^l';^!^,a.
Kim'u-ki, Mis-i Josephine, BbUbh.
Kjitic!i;'; Mr-Ann Miiir''^aiwl£
Knov,' Ml' ,^ ''^«*"/j/W, /lyf'
Kno>, Rfv. W. E., Jf. E. Ctn/rrtnc.
Labaree, Rev. John C, RatidaltA.
Lake, Dr, Hiram.
Lamb, M™. W, a., MOf^d, ff, H.
Lamb, Ellen Aueuala " "
Lambeil, Miss EUiabein \j., Kn.
Lambert, William T., CkarMam
• n, Mnr. Edwin Blll-m.
., R^uiUf.
Lamson' He'li
etUdden, "
..ane, Annie E., N^<m.
Jns, Mrs. Emma L., Hydi Pari.
jne, Rev. John W., A'. Hadln.
jne, Mrs. Slary H.. "
Lane, Jnhn Ed-™^,
Lane, Maty E. Chapi
an.A-™
i>^«, N. H.
Lane, M'n!'D."G,''.'(:r«W.
Lasell, Mr^ Jennie W., WkitinnilU.
Lalhe, Miu Sarah S., Grgfts^.
Lanrie, Inglls OwalatMa, Main.
LawTence, Re«. Amos E,, /fttrltH Cmtrt.
Lawrence! Mn, Curtis, GroloH.
La»ion, Mn. S. C, UkUlnjviBt.
Uynd,lohn,
Leaeh. Suneon, Eail SIOHtklini,
Leai<,yd, Addison P„ Danvtn.
Learoyd, Johns.,
Learoild,iohoS.,Jr,, "
LcavlEI, Abner L., Mintkarft.
Leasiil, Mn. Eliiabeth G,, Bttttn,.
Leaviil, Rev. MoraiM H., A-wte* Amdmr.
Leavill, Rev. George R,, CUtnlaitd, O.
Ue, Mn. Rurh M., Cc-bht.
Lee, Rev. Samuel H., CltvU'td. O.
Leedi, Itcnjanin, Raxiarj'.
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Lehnd, Mrs. Lois, Shtri^m,
Leland, Mrs. Mar^ Ann, Skirk^m.
Leonard, Eliza, Foxbcro.
Leonard, James Henry, Brufgtwaitr.
Leonard, James M., "
Lewis, Mrs Maria J., Sc. H^^jtm^uih,
Lewis, Keuben, Groton.
Lewis, Mrs. Susan F., Grotpn.
Libby, Jrnnie W., Bradford,
Lincoln, F. W., Boston.
Lincoln, James L. C , SuHdtrUuuL
Lincoln, Noah, Botton.
Little, Alexander £., WelUsUy.
Little, Mrs. Lucia S., **
Little, Sarah ls;4bel, "
Little, Stuart, WkitinsvilU.
LitUe, Waldo F., AutmrndaU,
Utile. William A.,
Littlefield, C. H., S^ingfUld
Littlefield, Samurl, SomerviU*.
Loomis, Kev. Elihn, CfusterJUUL
Lord, Abraham, l^swUk.
Lord, Miss Anna M., Jfsnfick.
Lord, Rev. Charles E., Boston.
Lord, Edward A , Danvers.
Lord, John A , Peabody.
Loring, Mrs. Hannah W., Newton Coniro,
Loud, Dea. Oilman B., South IVtymmdk,
Loud, Arthur J , Boston.
Loud, Mrs. Martha B., Brain(r«€.
Lovell, Miss Mary H., Med/Uld,
Lumb, Wil iam, boston.
Lunt, Charles F , Winchester.
Lyman, Kev. George, Amherst.
Lyman, .Samuel T., Huntington.
Lyman, Rev. Payson Willision.
Lyon, Miss C'h'oe R., Cam^Uo*
Macreading, Kev. Ch. S.. Providence, R. I.
Makepeace, Mrs. Helen M.
Mallalieu. Rev. W. F.
Mann, Miss Helen L., Greenfield.
Manning, Oii.s, Littietoft.
Manning, Edward W., Wobum.
Manning. Mrs. F^ward A, A^. E. Conference.
Marble, Mr« Mary E., Grt^ton.
Markham, Mrs. Priscilla V., Pomfret, Ci.
Marrtti, Lorenzo, Cnmbridreport,
Marsh, Kev. Fr.incisJ., Iralpole.
Marsh, Mrs Abby C, Georgetown,
Marsh, Elizabeth C , HaverhitL
Marsh, E. J., Ltommster.
Marsh, Lewis A , Ckicofte.
Marsh, Miss Julia M., Maiden.
Man in, George H., Bridgewater.
Mason, Miss Nellie A., Aoyalston,
Matthews, Cant. Nathaniel, Yarmouth,
Mattison, William, IVkittnsville.
Maynard, Rev, Tofhua L., WilliMton, Vt.
Maynard, Mr-*. Mary P., Maynard,
Maynard, Leander, Shrewxliury.
McClintock. Rev John, Natich.
McClure, Mrs. Mary H., Concord.
McElroy, Kir hard B., Medway.
McKeen, Philena, Andorer.
McKenzie, Kev. Alexander, Ceunbridge.
McKenzie, Ellen H.,
McKenzie, Kennet,
Mclean, Kev. Jnhn K., Springfield, IB.
McVinton, Rev. Porter M ,N.A. Conference.
Meams, Kev. James H., D.D., DorckisUr.
Means, Mrs. John O., Boston.
Meanst William G., Andover.
Mears, Kev. Jas. F., Reading.
Merriam, Abner H., Ten pleton,
Merriam, Homer, Springfield,
Merrill, John K., Methnen.
Merrill, Mrs. Haniet U., H^imekmdm,
It
Merrill, Rev. Truman A.
Merrill, WUliam, N. E. Cot^fi
Merritt, Mrs. Mary K., Montague.
Meslrr, Cyrus £., N. E. Comferenee,
Mesler, Cyrus F., Conway.
Mesler, Rev. L A., A^. i&. Conference.
Messenger, Miss Eliza, Fitchhirg.
Mills, Mrs. Rebecca B.. Andover,
Mills, Mits Lydia, Peahody.
Mills, Kev. Carlton P., WalthasH,
Minot, William, Boston.
Minot, Wi liam, Jr , Boston.
Mixter, Mrs. hanny L., **
Mixter, Mrs. Mary R., Hardwich.
Mixter, Mrs. S. £., Rock Island, III
Montague, Wm. H., North Broohfield.
Mooar, George, D.D., Oakland, Col
Moody, James, Whitinsville.
Moody, Miss Carrie A., Wilbrmhans,
Moore, Lewis, Sharon.
Moore, Li i lie, Holbrook.
Moors, Mrs. Rufus, Groton.
Mordough, Rev. John H., Portland, Me.
Morley, Rev. Sardis B., Pittsfield.
Morong, Rev. Thoma«, Askfand.
Morrill, Edward H., Norwood.
Morrison, Daniel T., Metkuen.
Morrison, Miss Nancy T , Rowley,
Morse, Charles H., Boston,
Morse, Mi^s Abbv P., Emporia, Kan.
Morse, Charles N , Foxlnxro.
Morse, Miss Emily A.. Bradford.
Morse, Henrv. Natick.
Morse, Mrs. Mary H., So. Weymemth.
Morse, KuXus W^ Methuen.
Morse, William E , Bradford.
Moseley, Edward S , Ntwhtrypori.
Mosanan, Walter B., AuburiuuUe.
Mowry, Mr. D. C.
Mudge, Kev. James, Wkitinsville.
Munger, Kev. Theo. T., New Haven, Ct.
Mui.gcr, Mrs. T. T.,
Munroe, Miss Mary, Concord.
Munson, Rev. A. C., D.D., N. E. Cot^A
Murdock, E. P , Bond's Viliage.
Murray, Rev. James O., Princeton, N. J.
Murray, Mrs. Julia R., *' "
Nash, Mrs. Jennette C , Williamsburg.
Nason, Rev. Charles, Wel/fieet.
Neal, Kev. Jonathan, Agaxuam.
Neal, Kev. Jonathan, N. E. Conference.
Neal, Mrs. C. Holliston.
Neal, E. A., East Douglas.
Needham, Li cie M., New Braintree,
Needham, Mrs. Mary P., I'eabody.
Nelson, Jonathan H., Shrewsbury.
Newell, George H., Holiiston.
Newhall, Lucy Ann, Stow.
New hall, W. R., Springfield,
Newman, .<amuel, Peabody.
Newman, Miss Sarah A., Ipswich.
Newton, Kev. A. F., Marlboro.
Nichols, Alfred A., West Amesbury.
Nichols, Joseph W., "
Nichols, Jamts K,, Haverhill.
Nichols, Moses,
Nickerson, Mrs. Temple W., Ckicago, lU,
Nightinrale, Rev. Crawford, Boston.
Niles, Minoi W., Brockton.
Noon, Kev. Alfred, N. E. Conference.
Noon, Kev. John,
Noon, Rev. Samuel H., N. E. Conference.
Noon, Mrs L. E.
Norcross, Mrs. Josiah, Walefield.
Norton, Rev. Edward, Quincy,
Noarae, B. Alden, West bore,
Nonxae, Helen S., Botton,
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Nonne, Susan M., Btltom,
Noyes, Alva. Brockton.
Noyes, Jacob, Abin/^on.
Noyes, Luke B., South Abit^iom.
Noyes, Ruf us S , Brockton.
OaUey, G. D., WhUinnUU.
OdeU, Rev. W. S . Maldtn.
OdUn, Benjamin, ExetoTt N. H.
Odlln, Mrs. E. T., "
Ordway, Aaron L., Ntw York CUy.
Ordway, Miss Charlotte, Bradford.
Ordway, Herbert, *^
Osborne, George F., Peabodjt.
Osgood, A. M., Somervillo.
Osgood, George C, LowtU.
Osgood, H. B., WhUinsvdlo.
Overbeck, Mrs. Jurgen C, Glouco$Ur.
Packard, Edward C, Brockton
Packard, Mrs. Maria L., CamptUo.
Packard, S. Franklin, *^
Packard, Miss Susie P., "
Packard, S. Edwards, S^ingfitld.
Packard, Rev. Isaac H., N.E. Conftrtnco.
Packard, Zibeon, Abin^on.
Page, Abigail L., Atkinson^ N. H.
Pa^, Mr. J. D., Boston.
Paige, George R. , Nno Salem.
Paine, Rev. H., Ashland.
Paine, WiUiam L.. South Well/Utt.
Palmer. Rev. Charles Ray, Bridgeport.
Park, John C, Boston.
Parker, Andrew, Gloucester.
Parker, Daniel, WhUinsvUU.
Parker, Mrs. Sarah, Boston,
Parker, Mr. C E.
Parks, Rev. Leighton, Boston.
Parraemer, Mrs. E. J. G., Athol.
Parsons, Kev. R. C, Worcester.
Parsons, John, Jr., Saugus Centre.
Partridge, Clark, Medway.
Partri(^, Josrph, Holliston.
Patrick, Rev, Henry J., West Newton.
Patrick, Mrs Martha L., •* "
Patten, Mrs. Jnhn F., Lynn.
Patterson, David H., Methuen.
Paul, Frederick A., LakevUle.
Paul, Henry, Newton.
Paul, Luther,
Paul, Miss H.nrriet, Newton.
Paul, Miss Mary,
Paul, Mrs. Ruth B., Taunton.
Paul, Mr. Charles, LakevUU.
Payson, Miss Susan, Foxboro.
Payson, William P.,
Peabody, Dea. Eben, Danvers.
Pearson, Miss Hannah J., Lowell.
Peiue, George W., Salem.
Peckham, Hubbard, Petersham.
Peoples, Samuel, Natick.
Perkins, Benjamin C, Peahody.
Perkins, E E., North Middleboro.
Perkins, Mrs. Eliz.ibfith E., N, Middleboro,
Perkins, Jairu^ H., Boston.
Perkins, James, Peabody.
Perkins, Miss Mary A., Brighton.
Perkins, Robert S., Danvers.
Perley, Haskell, Georgetown.
Perle'y, Mrs. Abigail 1., Salem.
Periey, Jacob. "
Perrin, Rev NVillard T., A^. E. Conference.
Perry, Miss Catharine H., Sherborn.
Perry, Tames, DxniHtrs.
Perry, Mrs. Ruth O , Marlboro.
Peters, Mrs. Lydi^ H., Berlin.
Peterson. J<»hn, N. E. Conference.
Pettee, Daniel. Sharon
Pettee, Miss Eliza J., Foxboro.
Pettee, Willard, Foxboro,
Phillips, Alonzo P., Medwaf.
Phillips, Mrs. Geo. W., SoMgrn.
Phillips, Mrs. Sally, Boston.
PhiUips, WmUm,
Pickering, Henry W.. "
Pickles, Kev. J. D., N. E. Conferenet.
Pierce, Isaac T., WhitinsvilU.
Pierce, Sylvester G., tVinckester.
Pierce, Rev. Chas. M., Hardwick,
Pierson, Rev. William Henry.
Pike, AseUa M., HoUUton,
Pike, John, D D., Rowley.
Pike, Prof. A. W., HoUuton.
Plumb, Rev. Albert H., Boston,
Plumb, Joseph Dart, "
Plumer, Mrs Martha H., Rowley.
Plummer, Israel, IVkitituville.
Pogue, Mrs. Joseph, Grafton.
Pollard, Joseph G., Wobum.
Pollard, George G., *'
PoUock, Miss Emma A., tVhitinsvtOe.
Poroeroy, Fred L., Sunderland.
Pomeroy, Rev. F. T., N. E. Con/erwme*.
Pomfret, Mrs. Sarah T., Webster.
Pond, Almira W., South Maiden,
Pond, John P., Boston.
Pond, WUIiam E.. Wrentham.
Pool, Solomon, Gloucester,
Poor, Joseph, Peabody.
Poor, Nathan H., *•
Porter, J. Edwards, North Brook/Utd.
Porter, Emma L., " •*
Porter, Samuel S., Winckestor,
Potter, J. Sturgis, Newton.
Pratt, Cornelius, North Weytmomik.
Pratt, David, " "
Pratt, Galen, Brockton,
Pratt, Galen E., "
Pratt, Rev. George H.
Pratt, Norton, Braintreo.
Pratt, Phebe, Skerbom.
Pratt, Philio W., Abington.
Pratt, Zebulon, North MiddUbor:
Pray, John J., Lowell.
Pray, Mr. O. G.
Prentice, Miss Julia, Grafton,
Prentice, Marvel, WhittnsvOU.
Prentice, Jzmes A., "
Prentiss, Luke, "
Preston, Dea. Samuel, Danvers.
Prince, Mrs. Sarah B., Boston.
Pritchard. William, Newburyport,
Procter, [o^ph O., Gloucester.
Procter, Mrs. Lucy A., "
Procter, Adeline W., •*
Proctor, Elizabeth O., Peabody.
Proctor, Henry H., "
Puffer, Mrs. Josiah, Harveard.
Putnam, Mrs. Elizabeth T., Graft^ts,
Putnam, Webster F., Danvers,
Quincy, Thomas D., Dorchester,
Quincy, Mrs. J. C, "
Randall. Franklin B.. Dover, N. H.
Randall, Flora Sarah, " "
Randall, Mary EUzabeth, " "
Rankin, J. Eames, D.D., Ornngo, J\r. 7.
Rankin, Mrs. Ma^, " ••
Raymond, Helen S., Boston.
Read, Miss Martha, Rockland.
Reed, Miss Caroline G., HaverkiO,
Reed, Horace.
Reed, Miss Seriaaa, Rockland.
Reed, Anna, **
Reed. Mrs. Susan B., North Broof^fUtd.
Reeves, Miss Ellen P., Wayiand,
Rice, Mrs. Agnes Lb, Bodom,
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Rice, Mra. Elizabeth C,
Rice, Edward, IVayiamd.
Rice, Kate A.
Rice, Mrs. Henry A., Boston.
Rice, Mrs. Helen G.,
Rice, Jiiines P.,
Rice, Miss Kate A.,
Rice, Miss M Aug:ustus, IVostdoro.
Rice, Miss Jenny Nf ., "
Rich, Kcv. Alonzo B., IV. Lodanon, N. H.
Rich, Rev. A. Judsnn, Brookfield.
Rich, Mrs. Harriet L., "^
Richards, Mrs. A. M., Bridgeport ^ Ct.
Richards, David.
Richards, Daniel, Jr., N. E. Conftrenco.
Richards, Mr^. E S.
Richards, Mrs. £. S., N. E. Con/eronco.
Richards, James F., Campello.
Richardson, John W., Medway.
Richardson, Luther, IVinckester.
Richardson, Mi>s Sarah E., Concord.
Richardson, Stephen W., West Mtdway.
Richardson, Sumner, Winchesier.
Richardson, Hev. W. G., N. E. Conference.
Richardson, Mrs. C. O., Concord.
Richardson, Mrs S. W., Concord.
Ricker, Edmund, JVestAmesbury.
Ricker, George E., " "
Ripley, Henry, Danvers.
Robbinst, Andrew, Groton.
Robbins, Charlotte M., Groton.
Roberts, Rev. Jacob, Aubnrndale.
Roberts, Mrs. Mary A , "
Roberts, Mrs. Ruth, Manchester.
Robertson, James, Peabody.
Robinson, Charles W., Aubttmdale.
Robinson, H W., Brockton.
Robinson, Miss Juha F., Neponut.
Rockwood, John T.. Spring/Uld.
Rockwood, Miss Polly S., Ashland.
Rodeers, Rev. S. L , Uxbrid^e.
Rodiiff, Horatio H., N. E. Conference.
Rogers, C 'S>.^ N. E. Conference.
Rogers, George L., Newburyport.
Rogers, Shubael G., Boston.
Russell, Mis> Dora, East Douglas.
Russell, Sarah T., Framingham.
Russell, Samuel W., A^. E. Conference.
Ryder, Marietta, Chatham.
Safford, Rev, George B , Burlington^ Vt.
Sanborn, Joseph 8., North Andover.
Sanborn, Grace Mary, " "
Sanborn, Mrs. Mary A., North Andover.
Sanderson, Alonzo, N. E. Conference.
.Sanderson, Kev. Geo. E., A^. £. Conference,
Sanderson, Edwin.
Sanford, Mrs. Adeline D., Northboro.
Sanford, Edmund I., Medway.
Sanford, Htnry D., Bridgemater.
Sanger, Edwaid G., Cambridgeport.
Sargeant, James C , Oakham.
Sargent, Edmund, Merrimac.
Sargent, Samuel G , Methuen.
Savage, Clara A., SprintAeld.
Sawyer, George, Campello.
Sawyer, Martha B.. ''
Sawyer, Seth C!., Holbrooh.
Sawyer, Lois, Bradford.
Sawyer, Samuel L., Danvers.
Scales, Edward P. , Newton.
Scott, Rev. Joseph, Maiden.
Scott. Miss Mattte, North HadUy.
Scudder, Mrs. S»rah L., Boston.
Seagrave, Edward F., Oxbridge.
Seagrave. Mrs. Mary Ann, **
Sears, Herman Dingwell, Askfield.
Sears, Arthur Eldredge, "
Sears, Asarelah Vinton, Ashfield.
Sears, Edward Ewinr, '*
Sears, Miss Hannah M., "
Scaver, A. W., Northboro.
Seeley, Mrs. Fanny B., HaverhiU.
Selden, John Lincoln, Ashfield.
Selfridge, Thomas O., Boston.
Sharp, A. P., Newton Upper Fails.
Shattuck, Mrs. Stisan P., Groton.
Shaw, Mrs. Hannah, Boston.
Shaw, Mrs. Nancy, South IVeymoutk.
Sheldon, Rev. Luther H., Andover.
Sheldon, Mrs. Sarah H., **
Shepard, Mrs. Lucy B., Newburyfort.
Shepherd, Mrs. L. P., Lynn.
Shepherd, I'homas, IVtnchester.
Sherman, Mr. John, Worcester,
Sherman, Mrs. Helen E , Worcester.
Shirley, Rev. Arthur, Europe^ Me,
Shumway, Mrs. Emma P., Groton.
Sibley, Jennie W., Bradford.
Simmons, H. S., Newtonville.
Slafter, Rev. Edmund K., Boston.
Sleeper, William C, Methuen.
Sloper, Rev. Phineas C. , Charlton,
Slye. Mi^s Rorie, Lowell.
Small, Amos T., Merrimac.
Small, Mrit. Fidelia Porter, MiUbttry.
Small, Samuel A., ."
Small, Samuel E., "
Small, Mrs. Sumner, Newton Centre.
Smith, Mrs. Abby F., Concord.
Smith, C. WUUrd, Woburn.
Smith, Henrv F., Concord.
Smith, Mrs. Lucy Jane, Westboro.
Smith, Mrs. Clara J , Sunderland.
Smith, E. B.,Wes'jSeld.
Smith, Mrs. Frances E. D., WhitinsviOe.
Smith, George P., Boston.
Smith, Samuel, "
Smith, Joel, Whitinsville.
Smith, Jonathan, "
Smith, Warren N., "
Smith, Mrs. Hattie J., Gloucester,
Smith, Miss Mary E., Sunderland.
Smith, Matson M., D.D., Hartford, Ct.
Smith, Mrs. Matson M, " "
Smith, Mrs. Mary I., Groton.
Smith, AdolphuB, DanverSf III.
Smith, Richard, /*eafiody.
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte, Feabody.
Smith, Mrs. Sarah, ^>u/(9v«r.
Smith, William W , Conway.
Smith, Mrs. T. Berton.
Smith, Rev. C. N., N. E. Conference.
Smith, Mrs. Nancy H., North HadUy,
Smith, Rev. Edward G , Sharon.
Smith, George L , East Fepberell.
Smith, Agnes Gleason. Andover.
Snow, Ambrose, South Hadiey Falls.
Snow, Elias L., Sutton.
Snow, Mrs. Caroline, Autttmdale.
Snow, Mrs. Mark, Chatham.
Soule, Henry M., Sott/h Abington.
Southgate, Charles M., Worcester.
Southworth, Mrs CsLTolmtM.f Medway.
Spaulding, John, Boston.
Spaulding, Mrs. Charlotte A., ^m/^x.
Speight, John, Wilbraham.
Sptrry, Rev Willard (J., Manchester, N. H.
Spofford, Mrs Julia Ann, Brctdford.
Spring, Mrs. Adela C, Whitinsville.
Stacv, Albert, Concord.
Stanley, Ezra C, Manchester.
Stanton, Rev. George F.
Staples, Rev. C^.N.E. Conference.
StcbbtDS, Rev. Milan C, Spring^ld,
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Stetson, Mrs. Hannah B. D., Qmncy,
Stetson, Mr. S. O.
Stevens, Mrs. Gcoree, Lffwtll.
Stevens, Mrs. E. M., Newton.
Stevens, Mrs. Benjamin F., PeaSodf,
Stevens, Samuel, GloucesUr.
Stickney, William H., Dracut.
Stoddard, Charles H., Nffrth Brookfield,
Stone, Mrs. Abbie E., N. E. Ctm/ertnce.
Stone, Andrew L., D.D., San Franciscot Col,
Stone, Mrs. Matilda F., ** "
Stone, Martha A., Newton Centre,
Stowell, Mrs. Abby F., Concord.
Stowell, Cyras A., South DeerJUld,
StoweU, D. W.. Wtitfield.
Strong, Rev. Elnnthan E.
Strong, Rev. J. C, Chain Lake Con,, Minn.
Strong, Mrs. J. C, " " **
Studley, Austin, Rockland.
Studley, Edward A., Boston.
Sugden, Miss Mary. Braintree.
Sumner, Rev. Charles B., Pomona^ Cai.
Sumner, Mrs. S. W., South Weymotdk.
Sumner, Mrs. H. H., Foxboro.
Swan, Frederic M., Dorchester.
Swazey, Mrs. Frances A., Bucksport^ Me.
Swectser, Rev. S. B., A^. if. Coherence,
Swett, Samuel W., Boston.
Swift, Miss Lottie H., Andover.
Switxer, Rev. Christopher J., Weston^ Vt,
Taft, Mrs. Elizabeth £., iVkiiinsvilU.
Taft, Miss Emily A.,
Taft, Gustavus E.,
Taft, Mrs. G. E.,
Taft, S. Jennie,
Taft, Jacob, Uxbridge.
Tapley, Gilbert, Danvers.
Tarr, William J., Gloucester.
Taylor, Mrs. E'izabeth, Acton.
Taylor, Mrs. Malansa, IVinchester,
Taylor, Geo. S., Chicopee.
Teele, Rev. Albert K., MUton.
Tecle, Mrs. Cornelia C., **
Temple, Mark M., Readit^.
Tenney, Mrs. Joanna S., Ipswich.
Tenney, Mrs. Apphia S., Georgetown,
Thacher, Dea. Samuel, Yarmouth.
Thacher, Mrs. Anna B., Hyde Park.
Thacher, Miss CalistaC, AttUboro.
Thacher, John, "
Thacher, Susan B., Portland, Me.
Thacher, Mrs. Susan C, "
Thacher, WilUam T., Hyde Park
Thayer, Addison S., West Medway.
Thayer, Oara L., "
Thayer, E. F. E.,
Thayer, Ira, "
Thayer, Annie M,, Holbrooh.
Thayer, Deborah S., Brockton.
Thayer, Mrs. Enos, *'
Thayer, Rev. J. Henry, Cambridge..
Thayer, Mrs. Martha C, "
Thayer, Oliver, Sa/em.
Thayer, Robert H., New York City.
Thayer, Sarah H., Bratntree.
Thayer, William W., Uxbridge.
Thompson, Mrs. Averick F., Wareham.
Thompson, Mrs. Emily B., Concord.
Thompson, Everett A., North Wobum^
Thompson, Samuel A., " "
Thompson, Mrs. Anne Eliza, North Wolnern,
Thompson, George R., Brockton.
Thompson, Franklin S., Middleboro.
Thompson, Lewis Waldo, tVobum.
Thompson, Stephen, IVinchester.
Thornton, Frederick M., Bradford,
Thurston, Rev. Richard B., Stamford, Ct.
Thurston, Rev. John R., WksHntwiBe,
Tilton, Rev. C, Milford.
Timlow, Dana C.
Tinker, Russell, Graflon.
Tinkluun, Mrs. Adel d, Barre Centre^ N, Y,
Tirrell, Stella L., South Weymoutk,
Titus, E. A., N. E. Conference.
Tobey, Miss Jennie £., IVhitintviOe,
Todd, Mrs. "niomas. Concord.
Tolman, Rev. Richaund, Arlington.
Tompkins, Rev. Frank P.
Torrey, Miss Elizabeth L., Somik fVeymoutk,
Torrey, Miss Maria E., " "
Torrey, Miss Marie, " "
Torrey, Tames, North fV^momtk,
Torrey, Willard, Groton,
Toulman, Rev. Wm. R. , A^ . E. Confertnee,
Towne, WiUiam B., MtHord, N. H.
Towne, Joseph H., Scuem.
Towne, Mrs. Roona C, Saiens,
ToMrae, John C, **
Trask, Charies H., Jr., MancheeUr,
Trask, Mrs. A. H.,
Trask, Lizzie R., Gloucester,
Trask, Samuel, Peabody.
Trask, Samuel P.. Danvers,
Tribou, Samuel, Brockton.
Trotter, Rev. John. Bermucbs,
Trowbridee, Mrs. Asa, Brighten.
Trufant, Harriet Andrews, AbingtoM.
Trufant, PhiUp P., '^
Trufant, Walter Ewa, *•
Tucker, Louise Julia, Dorchester.
Tucker, Quincy,
Tucker, John A.,
Tucker, Mrs. W. L.,
Tucker, Mrs. Nathan, Milton.
Tucker, William W., Boston,
Tufts, Charles, Andover.
Turner, Miss Alice Montgomery, Randolpk.
Turner, Hiram N., Worcester,
Tuttle, Miss Martha E., Concord.
Tuttle, Miss Sarah, Grooeiand,
Tuttle, Thomas S., Littleton.
Twichell, John M., Fitchburg.
Tyler, Frank H.. Bradford.
Tyler, Jerome W^ Boston,
IJpham, Samuel ¥.. N. E. Conference,
Upton, Mrs. Lucy K. , Peabody.
Upton, Moses T., Salem.
Vandevoort, Mary F., Dorchester.
Veazie, Eliza. Danvers.
Vining, A. ElUot, South Weymasetk.
Vinton, Rev. Porter M., N. B. ConftreMce.
Vose, WiUiam H., Fitchburr.
Wadsworth, Mrs. Lucy, Mtaen.
Wadsworth, WilKam, Boston.
Wait, Daniel, N. E. Conference^
Wakefield, Miss C, Reading.
Walden, Miss Pauline J., Lynn,
Walden, Paulina J., "
Waldron. Rev. Daniel W., Boeten.
Wales, Erastus, Holbrook.
Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston.
Walker, Rev. Avery S.
Walker, Dean H., Andover.
Walker, Edward A., BridgeweUer.
Walker, EUen A., ^*
Walker, Miss Frances A., HaverkiO.
Walker, Rev. Geo. F., Assanet.
Walker, Levi, Bridgewater.
Walker, Moses, HaverhiU,
Walker, Nathaniel, "
Walker, Robert O., Boston,
Walker, WUliam M., BridgemtUer.
Walley, Samud H., Boeten,
Ward, Artemas,
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Wud, Mia Lydia. S^atfia.
WaM. Sunuen BtiltK.
Ward, Miu K. L. H., Lalmirii.
Ward, Mi».C»rDliiit L.. '■
Wud, MlnSuunH.,
Ward, Salem T., WimlU^ir.
Wiri, Mn. Eunice A., Bnekln.
Wu«e1d, Henry L., Bmklami.
Wanicr, John. Knutcn.
Wamei, William, 5, Dtrrfitld.
WuTfn, Crorf- ^'' "-•—
1, Jon
., i'(«n
E, A*. /)<l«.
Wukini, Mrs. Abl
Wccki. if n. L. (ii
W.leh, John, »<■«....
Weld, Jame., ■■
WelU, Mn. Manha D., NvtHitn.
Wellman. Joshua W., D.D., MaUm.
Wendell, Mn. Calharine, BetUn.
WeDtwoith, Albcn, HaverhiU.
Wntworth, Lewu» BriJrrmter^
Weuon, Janei L. S., wto^nAam.
Wmi, PeW D.. Wk
WhcaloD, Mn. KUi,-
Wbeda, Abiiah K.
Wbeder, Mm. M. I
Wbeeler, Miu Sophia W„ Piai,
WUtconib, OKar L, Ifnrcalrr.
WhitcDtnb, Mn. Abbie E., "
White, Newlnn.
White, Joel, Uxbridfi.
While, Joaiah, Priirihnm.
WMie, Solomon, A'. IHidA
White, Mrx. Mar^r C., Prmirati, tf. H.
iufe M.. SnOh Wiymtotk.
Whidn, CharlH E.,
Whitin, Edward,
WhiliB, JameiF.,
Whitin. Mrs. Patience H., WkilinmOt.
Whitin, Paul,
Whitin, Mn. Saiafa J.,
WUtin,
1. 5«^ R.,
WMtiag, Lemi
WUtman, Chariea, Ltmll.
Whl ■ ■■ T- ■
_ in, Chaiiea, ^mwi
. Jllnursh, Mrs. Dilnlha, JteeUamd.
Whitmanh, Maiy. "
Wkilmarsh, Miu Marv J., "
WhitnioR, Annie Mana, Z«nt.
WhiDK*, Chirlcs H., Camiri^iferl.
WMlDey, Dora S., SmlA Grtltn.
WhiUtey, r. W., LismiHiUr.
WUDmt, Frederick, Wtilmmtltr.
Whltne*, Helen J., Sim.
WMmey, Isaac S., GImettltr.
Whitney, Israel, ^«(™.
Whitney, Mtj. PenneHa V., PtHrOmm.
Whitney, Richiid D., Strmrfitld.
Whitney. Mr,. SiiUnD.,'>wS«rf.
Whilneir, W F., AlhlmriAMm.
Whittaker, Rev. George. N. S. Ct^ftm
Whitlaker, Mn. Hanlel, " *■
Whltuker, Rev, N. T.,
Whitlemoro, Esther N., Et
Whitleniore, Mrs. Maiy "
Whittemore, William P.
E. S., ,
WigoS. Rev. WiJliam, k. E. Cffirfu,.
WLtbur, jMcph, Tia,nl<m.
WiUcoi, Rev. William H., KndiKg.
Wild, Daniel, Biiit<m.
Wild, Miss Uvia A., Simlh BrtitUra.
Wilder, Chirlei W.
Wilder, Haitie W., S,mtA Ar-it-.
Wilder, Min» R., Drrclutttr.
w;,ldCT, Graces.,
WilUrd,' Miss M.nha A., " "'
Wllliamfc MiB Amelia P., SmuUrUnd.
Min Elizabeth (!., (
WilKama, Mits Mary D., OrrtfJUId.
Williama, S. H., FsxiarB.
Williams, ^ptuaiia. SfrimgfitU.
WiUiama, M^ Liitie F., 3«fa«.
Wine., Rev, C, Maurice. //a^orrf, CI.
Winslow, Pelham, RnUand.
Winter, Daiid Baker, Nn-lktridft.
Winihrop, Robert €.. Btsltn.
Wiiwell, Mrs, Lizzia M„ Chk^a. m.
Woodbury, Simon J., SMtn.
Wood, Mis. Abijah, WaOrri.
Wood, Ctrui K., AMmrnlam.
Wood, Eliilbelh C, Foxiim.
Wood, Mia Jane A., Grm/m.
Wood, Joseph W., A'Ull.miat.
Wood, Mn. E. S.,
Wood, Mn, Samuel F., Cltttmifard.
Wood, Mn. Susan, Gr^am.
Wood, T. Dwighl, Liimimjltr.
Wood, Theodore,
Wood, Mn. James B., Concmd.
Wood, J. Clarence, Bridrnmaltr.
Woods, Austin Frank, l/nt BrauOrtl
Woods, Frederick R., //. E, Cttjima.
Woods, Joseph Wheeler, B-oIok.
Woods, Mrs. Saiah C, //. S. Cmjimt:
Woodward. Ebeneier, Nrmlm.
HitUtmdt.
odward. Miss Emily, /
odworth. Anemas B.. ,
Realties, James, Rtxhttr-r.
^oung, Mr. F. O.
foung, Rev. Charles, A-, «. CtnMna.
APPENDIX.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY AS ORIGINALLY FORMED
PREVIOUS TO ITS INCORPORATION.
July 13, 1809. — The Hon. Theophilus Parsons, from the com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, reported a plan for carrying into
effect the object of this association ; which, being read from the
chair, was considered and debated by paragraphs, and was, with
one amendment, accepted and adopted as follows, viz. :
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1. The Bible Society is instituted for the purpose of raising a
fund, by voluntary contribution, to be appropriated in procuring
Bibles and Testaments to be distributed among all persons inhabit-
ing within the State or elsewhere, who are destitute of the sacred
Scriptures, and who cannot be conveniently supplied without the
aid of others.
2. The Society shall be composed of all regularly settled
clergymen of every denomination of Christians within the State,
who shall, in writing, request to be members ; of every person who
shall subscribe to pay annually to the Treasurer a sum not less than
two dollars, and who shall remain a member so long as he con-
tinues the payment of that sum ; and of every person who shall
subscribe and pay to the Treasurer a sum not less than fifty dollars,
he remaining a member during life, without being obliged to
further contributions.
3. Subscriptions, for the purpose of ascertaining a competent
number of members, shall be immediately opened, under the direc-
tion of the committee appointed to report a plan for the organiza-
tion of the Society ; and as soon as fifty subscribers are obtained,
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notice shall be given by the committee, and also of the time and
place of the meeting of the Society.
4. The Society shall, on notice given as aforesaid, meet and
choose by ballot, from among the members, a President, Treasurer,
Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until the Society be incorporated, and until suc-
cessors are chosen in their room ; and they, together with eighteen
other members, to be elected by ballot at the same time, of whom
six shall be clergymen and twelve shall be laymen, shall form a
Board of Trustees.
5. The Trustees or the greater part of them present at any
meeting, of which public notice shall be given by the Presiden t.
Treasurer, or RecQrding Secretary, shall elect by ballot, from among
the members of the Society, a committee of three persons, to con-
tinue in office during the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, who
shall have the management of the fund, and the distribution of the
books procured with it, subject and according to such regulations
and directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by the
Trustees at any meeting held on public notice given as aforesaid ;
and the Treasurer shall pay the moneys in his hands to the order
of the said committee.
6. The Trustees shall apply to the Legislature for an act to
incorporate the Society, on the principles and for the purposes
aforesaid, and with all reasonable powers necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this institution.
7. When the Society shall be incorporated, it shall meet, on
regular notice being given, for the due exercise of all the powers
granted by the charter of incorporation.
8. If the Society fail of obtaining an incorporation, it shall
again meet, on public notice given by the President, Treasurer, or
Recording Secretary, to advise and adopt such further measures as
may be necessary for preserving the institution, and for effecting
the intentions of the members.
Agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, the Trustees
petitioned the General Court and obtained the act of incorpora-
tion.
Form of a Bequest to the Society.
I give, devise, and bequeath to the Massachusbtts Biblb
Society, incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and ten, the
sum of to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of
the Society.
X^ Letters relating to Agencies, or to the general interests
and policy of the Society, should be directed to the Rev. Daniel
Butler, Recording Secretary, 12 Bosworth Street, Boston.
C^^ Remittances for books, donations from churches and
individuals, and orders for books, should be addressed to the Rxv.
Elijah Cutler, Agent, 12 Bosworth Street, Boston.
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