y- —5? BRIEF HISTOHS

AMERICAN TRACT SOI

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IMKRICAK Tlt.M l SO U n U

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aan> oT tiW godUBM Mill it^od — o U . bf in . tllMriboUon «C rach Booh, and Trai'.* a* (Baj la falnitam! ( o w n . lb* approbation 0/ tTiri*u«n» of »fl fl—amlaafflana anaallr U n 4 rnanrhcul

Any I'm™ faying i»ff-iy dollar* .1 m um* labiib* Um*ury otlhbi N « m * may f*. al hi* r c j i w , • alnpbtt f*r I ,h i and an j nmtm I-«4T.J fifty d&Uar* u on* u n i . may at bl* (rt|u*l b* . Drfarto* fa, IS: T V Ltfi U t n l M . III. Iifc WMCKW. U< H m b t n i< Uia h m i l r i . Oifueiil*.. m l of lha Hoard of I'im-•an. afaall ranatilsla lh» Onfflnir Unnbm of Uk tWirij.

I'niMki DwUMal Ufc Mtnbrra of U» tKMty by da. nub** vol da*iJ1MI*d bj ifaaia. to ba appbed la apaciftr (ll-acl*, •lull I - a n i u l i j n t i t W t o ib* borinfi poblMUoaa, U> i t . tmju , of or* d-llar, aiJ ! • » • a> rooMMutml D l n r a n t o th* rain. e l U n <WU*»i •» . If pnfrmd, tbay may rraeli* r i « , *i „ ,* <*i* lux* la ika n ln* "( hull lb- «tm „ . « .

A t ' 1. 1*hrra ahaB br in AnsitW Mraunf u( lb* Sorlrty in Ikaoav « l b Monday jir^.mr, Ik* l*.i UVdaaada; In Way. •bra a I-nWln-.i. V™ I'mldtaia, a fcWratary, a Ttr—am. lam AodtW*.an l : . r c - in - CfanmltS**, a'iJ * Ikart of *•**» Daractan, ahaU ha apftoiatfll by brJkK; an.l t- 16.. —Iti ig it .hall b« lha July "I ike T n a w m la naht kia aD&aal rapcat.

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UK IKK HISTORY

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,

I n s t i t u t e d -1 HO.ion. 1B14.

AMKItli'AS TRA '• ' SEW YORK.

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AMERICAS TRACT SOI UBXY.

A T the Annual Meeting of the American Tract Soci­ety, Benton, Mi . '27, I88fl, the following rawl adopt"! :—

I Thai (n vie* of the apnrit of inquiry in reaped lolbe Am*fie«n Trart Society. II i» declined piprdicnt, anil therefore maolaed, tlur the Kiecutice Coinunltei* prepare a brief bit lory of thM Society. and of the namre and nteui oT iUrelaiioa* I"the American Tract Society Ne«r York, and thai a copy or lh« earn* bo aent to r*ch inorobvr of ibo

In accordance with ihia Kuotie, ihe Eieeuiite Com-: IT, and of

ila relation! u> (he New York, Society.

BAILI Rrin.i 'n - Tn t ' t Bean n u urn T E 4 I T U I

wi,. i, u B .-irij wu organised. in 1914,1 bWcd l i t or more Tl

of these were located in N n Kngland, and three HI llic State of V - York. The leaourcej of ibeM were liimled. and their operation! local. Aa they were nearly all formed on a catholic 1mm. their frienda aoon began lo feel the ncccaaity of hating one National Society.

nagelical Christian* could unite, on the baaia • non Christianity. Such a Society could furimh

all the local Socktri m i lpriWIaag ihn

great cwniial truth* of the Goiocl, in which they were gen-

*rallr ajreed. Tbe*r » ' » ii to tin*.

lale ; and aucb a Socirii rouM furiindi T u t " com nmuf tbeae.fiK all,no lover Icrai.tnuteach could put•!•

In the t'niied Siai™, M in Kur- ,•• aficr ihe formation of the Kdigiou. Tract H London. and of Tra ' i Soeietie* in in.• • in HM-|,„ Ham and pi.in- individual* b—tJ ami .-"< IIH-I!, mbfi* •i ilicir own eiprateor •w.ir . l bjd.ni.tnni> from driera. minj i r in i r r l in l IMCW, and aacb b»>k. «• rln PwpfM. riiiniV K " i , ami ('l.ri-d.ri'. (ifr.ii Interna. Amoop tbf»e lienciJent imliriduali «rerr> tbr Key. Dr.;

nfotd. HBI) primed trieu in I/mdoti in 1<$U •nd on c«ti'i»B in N*« York i w « l ini- i* in Jt'i Hi Alexander I'roudfii, " I Sil-m. N V., - t a ; • toie • number of trade and roklBaea, and i booka mdelj in ih* n"» M-nifitcrf. in" Stephen Von Bn—riinr, of Albany, and OUHM

• i •iii.t l/ieu hi Philadelphia. It*conbf the R « . I'- UWB. »bnw

in tbo fall Ot* ISrJ. be printed •aftJOll of IU t - ii rup>ra, *iiich ».,.

• It <>f •te-ii 00 each, thr.^.-h m,».i,i«i«rH •moftjlbeoev. "i it.r- fa Mun-. Ki-oinrky. and * " g n r n Ti> Maine a(.»« be rent, in ibr fall of ibn JBI

: ime». receitinf donatiom front friMnV]

a**i«t in bearing tha etpetiw, nnd l i m n ; • larga '

Rtr.Oi T'i'id ' IV

eramrelical profeaoor i<( dmnitj in llarrard toMtfa,'

engaged ahnil the *mie nine in iavning ami cireul

»aet*. Amnof lbs j.mnp men •bom he united to

parerlaof irnria for their own reading and din

tmMl II ' i! . . I be laie Iwoeaolent merchant

»ctnc friend "fib*. TMCI nuncio Ilr*to«, avho pal**!

dollar and trceired traOa. on* of '•Inch, ihr Shepbenli"

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SalUbury Wain, bi n g t f M M ihe mean* or hit cormr-• men became interested, and among

Mag printer, Hr. Btmga Lincoln. who primed . In* •MociMe* paying for the paper,

•nd who became * pillar in the " Kmngelieal Tract Society." afterward* formed in Botlon.

The following publi>h>»g ndttiii were formed in rti of itte country, beside* many other* organ-

\ft/i far »n:i diMributiarl-1803, the •• .MaiuchiiMtm fk-cioly for

• fliriMiin Knowladga,'1 ebWij by circulating piuu* book-, wm fixiuded bj R*1 Dr. Morse, ol'Charlcs-io*ii, MKJ Hr.. Dr lluliin-'. <>r Caabridge, tad oiheri,

U i Dr. Ttppan, and L L Goicrnnr Samuel Phillip*, HDKUd «n important influence. in tin- formation of tin* Society. Tin- litter had baqsetlatd, nt ilu. linw, .£1,000. • ii part of the interest of which lo be capended in lite

B ..f pton* book* in Aodortr, hn nam" loan.' lie hid al*n giren .£3,000 for " a more grnrral disiribu* tiuti of like pious book*.

Al the formation of the a bore named, Society, 81,106 anry. Pur rouij *ucccaiire

*Mr*. Re.. Dr Kliphalct Pearaon was President; Dr. retary; am! Dr. Holme*. Clerk. It circulated

IB 1804. 0.95: u 1800,0,174; and m I

•.'Uracil. Ifl 1607, a •'Cooaeeileul Rriigjou Tract Society"

l H New Haven, of which Bar. Dr. Dwighl 1 K..ui.. K-,|.. 6

•erica of '.Ml tract*, and circulated

"I-1"" 100,

' " ' * * . • " Verm til Religion* Tract Society" waa : tin-iru.teeii of ihe Vermoni

Society, -hicb iwoed anumUr of iiacli it Jluidlrhurr.

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l.i 1910, the " f rota*aol EpiKopiI Tract O W I M H

• a * formed in N f « Y w k . Ri-hop l loban,

prntifMit, and in h>e jeara hid published VS m e t . .

tn i - r . \ it*- - S P W York RaTifi' i

was <M£iniied.

In l - l l . i h i - » I > « i p - l k « l T r . ( i S > c i ' t j ' , w « * M ^ J

in Bminn. which in I S M baa* m « d i irw

,n.l -liM.OOO copi '* ; M M . I I . Lincoln and * ^ ^ ^ |

B|i;cnl. The>" AI '> *' • i; . Ti the MI. . , - „ .. M l - J I . - . • • '

i l cnnnii i ird i u fund* in the " N c * Ymk i

Soel*ty." then otgiivzril in ibit cjijr.

In IHIfi, tbe •< Rrl ipotn Tract Bodet j .,f I

p l i i i" no* formed, and iuurd in five vriri Tilo.OWu

when it " iranvtVnnd the priming, puMliking, n n

o f if ac t . lo the l>oatd of manager. of the ['Wad

gun. i i* m d Adult School Union," fat"", ii I - 1 : . .

in I--JI M | 8 M , p o U k M l-"J.'«tll i n n . , .od ht |

" trarnfrrrrd ita fond., book* anil oirwr ptupcrti | M

- irid»»ych«V I'MIOO," nrjani '

In IflJII, tKe •• II' k t y e f I

« u conMitmnj, .nd iii IBM bad > -

, n J tlirn- (iViru.n if irt>. and had i . 'U'f B9D,4fl|

lu J . n u . , , . m i l l . iba •• 11 rtl

ill. » . . formed, i

plll-li'Ucd a MTlro'l « 7 copiM. -S 11 Episcopal PrajwBnnl i and Tract BUCIMJ for t h a i

rtn Rkiea«e," foimrd in 0<Mun m 1*16,

•tf*oral tract*.

In 181 • Method-" Tree*

«aa fotiued. and in 1*21 had niiht.ih*d 4 3 irao

Ikab. and f.xic In French. T h e " f m t . I

Female T f t t t Sot iol* o r Ball

had iaaord in 1823 a aerie* of 41 t ra«» Taai •' 1 •• J T I C » , " formed in I

pobliabrd a few nnmbar. of trade.

In 1810. i t * * Water" N«»rfttioii BiNl and Tnoc -Joti^* " f CiooionMi" WM formed, u d HI 1893. bid - t a i ed • ***'*• 6 f M l" , , r l ! ,• n m , " ' " l i "« IO ;<"'. l l" r t !••««•

I , r .dTraClSoCICly" n.D. C . a n d •*€

,nio Iba U'pu«i Host J of PuWieaiion at Philadelphia;

and llw «""• "•n ' 1 ' l l"' " N M Y " f k S u , e " , , ^•< , S o c i " i-rmed •! Albany. N. Y , and entered on the , ..f i r .cu, iHuiiig • ! » a monthly New York

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Uriel rcpoii of thia Society, Pebruary. 1618, •igaedbyihc Re*. I>r- Alesandef M'Leod, Corresponding Secrcuri. alatei ilut K WM formed metre nv>nih» before, •ad thai in April, 1813, i t " pardiaaed from iba former

remainder of their alock <«n hand." 8 roptc* of NOB. 1 In I I . arMcb "um-

bcri mra continued a* the firat of the aerici of in* Now York Hrltgiooa Tract Society. In the mih year, • Mfiea of tracU waa commenced both in Frrneh ami in

In the tenth year, tin- •'Frmale Uranch " of in iud In the In-i year

-rnc. of children'* IMCI.. in all ", nunben, «'-rc iaroed. moat of them from

I Society in London, and a large pan of them in ,,, ihn chiMrea'i aeriea of the

The latt Report, for i>-l\ fire, a liuof IT; T , | C u m tlw principal Engliah aerie*, 16

li, and 75 Children'a Tracta. During

• than in .iiy forojpf year. making the dhole number of cop-

M by ihe Society, in ibfl ibitUCO yean of iu • 'i Tot I reei • I ibeywu- for talea

•nd donation!. n^oO? 00. Thia Society bad a number

of .»<>!.»<K*. among athicli, that at 1'iica. (I

AltfBmj U Bfool l j i i . the " P i m i d m t - IV

. K. l . « n J i b e " G f . . f | : i » RrliK"".. I

riy " U AugUMa. wri" !<•;>•

u r j , ftlMgft .N. C , «"J Kcligioua TIKI 8

.Satattnuh. in I«IT; Young Men'a al T r o j . N. Y , «nd

P M U J < Ju.«oiJ«io Nf" V• <. dlj.ii J - I - , «»d ih*

Paotfb Auxiliary. U t i n g i n n , h» , in U 8 I

'iTr ffini K v ' « » r f f * " » Amaitm) v /lent*.

T h * immediate origin o f thi* Society may I * traced I lilltr meeting of ill* |if,tfr»«or» ofllic T W ' ^ r t l )

ni Andoicr. with the H«r. Dr. JUMUI E'1-ard. and

throe- o f Ibcir awoeiair*. accuMocucd w confer upon

internal o f iba> tUdoeuer ' i kmgdwu. bald

beginning • t' i 1 - p m 1814 T h e high pnr« of a

religion* booh had anfgftatcd l o one o f ibeiu, the

m Porter, lhe thought lhal a ' " . choice

pfiiiiii! HI l i r e ' edition*, might be •flindwl to

inditiiluil* i n the. neighborhood at a inncb lex!

than the Imlo booki -Inch iha? ween u e y n n i l y purchas­

ing for gratuitous diwnbuiion T h e idea wae • u - s « t « J

l o l l i brcthraa, sod c u i t c d *• much mtc-im *• 1 0 W

made the mtijiTct of tcrioui e o i i i h l a t u m , •• |>•«h auod

led to a proportion fu| forming * email Trn<

In a If day* ill-' eoaat Italian, »ficr»ard« adopted by ihtf

Sew Kiiglwd S o e i n j , " " i g r w d upon, d

object m i n " w pronuitr l U tfllere-ti e l lital * " l l i « a t

and good moral* h j IIM distribution <.f aoeh "act* M

ahall be calrnlaied to re**it» tfc* approbation of •trioua

> of i l l denomination*;" and a •ubacnptioo I D

opened, g i n n g each member tbn uriufece ol

i m l v a u i h i of tbd amount o f fail nbaeri

traei* ni coat, (<>r bit n*tl distribution. T h e plan araa

a, Salem. fbwtMTpon, iod adjtoanl Iowa*, tad ihc turn of *3£3Q « u in • »!«ni lime ooolriboted The 6 m m e t , eaalauv log •ddraatc* weommtwltai the dl§trB nitan ua t i i •!••! ; ilneti. WM » iued ;

, ,1'Gwl on their • though Umnil Mfethnr by •njiiefly Uylbia | Inn CbrtMian

tn let* lh»n thiw> monlhl predion- to lh« orgia-jnUea «i iha Booitij ta K"~ion. Miy 'Si, l « U , fifty ifMii «erw printed M Andofcr, iiy Menm. Pli jg nnd Gould, miking i»«i bound Tolanwj " I l b t « hundred piQe* rarti. •toonmnin ui '&?,000 copies-

IL... Louii Iiwighi labored |bf ihii SoCKtj, rlm-Il. in iihtaining

: -ton, COO0 irj-port; n o n i h u a B i hundred per-

| lib •fJtttCJ being eonMhaUd life member*, of whom •**enty-eipibt *eie minister* of the gmj»c|. For

ThnChriatin* Alrn«-• i,-ii i v K. . I>i i: - i i i n n f i . of which ilir pnnenl Illu*tnied

F*nnh Christian Almannc lion. On iba ' : Uook.Nho

• • J*y. com-ni l I n . oo«iiaoed

! . • •

1 v England" " i . In the y*« ending

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i i iidtlity of p»ptr. ihc *tyl« " i l ly info.

! i of ihe Society,'

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witli • brief tiew of Ttir.l ••prtnnuy ihrou: wwld; *l«t la Junfl. I S M , comintnrrd ilw ,\ T r a r i .Miffojuir, «h i 'h ' m * )"•»' aflrf • » • u n New Yore, mil wu coiilinued nit Daconber, IftW, - U n it <••• mrrgcd in the American M n f f n p t . In J,l(l<,p

| « 4 , the Soeiw. l,nd BBS auxilianp., (h^ f l . in N o w

England, ami hid formed in the pnncipal c of ih* United Sine* Vii drpcuiiorica, the publiet in " l i i fh <ur.it oMiit'd by the Sucnti, anil *uM one) mi**i«n, I I n >n< lif»«? owlajl and drift upDHlbtfl «r 'a fund*. Tbr principal acrtei of m c U c nontbrra, b n i d i Itrtlra cliildreo't trgeu. T i n i •*aruib, mil ninth iCfMttl a m wmi'i i bj !(<•». I FJwani i ; the nablfi. by Rer. Dr. Church; iho I •nil rie.rt.ik I.. It.-r. H i llalloek.

T h e following i t a Iwt of dotiiiwun "inl « U I I T > I ; I U O M |e> print T r « n . , rrcn'rd Utile, nr abtrti the uroe of lot ' orjjam'aiioQ of I be Society; each donor being m i n M

• T r U a to ihtee-founhiof lM* VMMiil •a in coniributrd.

• • • * * • • u— Mi. Ilmrr Ifonaa , U « . ll™,-. k H o u r ». Hi. immhu H»«a

feai J - ; . . . amm ."••-. 1 Mr. J im»Mi* i *y I AhMT 1'B.l.*. M II.

•ra • ibSk i - ; I Wi;i.uiiTk»Man,Bn. , SMnal II W>Ba* K.,.

Ct«rl—•—. M«. ;*bdi>b M»*-. :

D a m IW. JUKI* Ilnurn

[iDaa-ftiehPtfol

! . , , ; • : . . ! • ! • .

JtaAUaat ll -. afadanW Oawa>

>;, J v. • k m Hi TUnottr IUU.nl .\T.>« BpMaaenL i.-. II**. J«Un F.I..1I1 ft.«n>l rVrru, Km Hflfin. r U u • Ikiuld .:- Wl •-. r«Mi IUr. B U M Fertav, H. « pMelattod •—.,„„, i;.,. I . ,..,.,t H < D D

Bmrif. William lluiWy. B-g. k. . . 1U..1 Ulij.h.* B ' . . i ' ' • . ' ' • '. L-,

I M i . J'oi]7 IL-tptr

J U . wilbaaa l l « l

WiU^m H-ilnt. E-l- ! H « » bf>-n. B-l-

John PC«»;TI. K^. Mr H M M WhwIwrtsM

i:-;.'...:.

Dmkl Ckaia, I-i-

U K

Mr. Sir-.-". .\<ii:r.i Un. ) Liabrth BanMI 1 Efeniaar II*.kf<*d. E*\, C M Anifrrw l lu . i t -n

i Jonha I

JnH M M , E-|. I

. Dni B a n «••-•;;>

Thadiaw Ponuoy. M. D. »

IW«Uft Hon. Nthwiik CbmVaod »

He*. Ed-.nl Papon, D. D. M Mr. l i l -uJ H. CObti 1 »

l-Mmm. V. i/. 1U.. J»lir. I i

!(«.. William llall M

IU*. Kbcnrttl K.IIOCT DO

Mat <

H •Mao

Tbi. Society an. organized oa i b e 2 * l of May. 1814,

and uicofpofated by tbc l^gi.lMUfr of MaMachuaclta, in

... ,; .- \ , « ENOI 1KB i

ICTi In June, 1833, iho name of ino

Soeirij m changed lo " AHKUCAM T u n t

by the act t>f ilic Legislature.

OrriCRM.

r ,'.—William Bariletl, K- i . of Newburypwt,

,l ai IIJC fiinnnlion of the (Society.

,1 1815 awl 1610. In M»y,

1817, lion. William Reed, of Mublcfaoarf, W U elected

P m i d n i , and w.n re-elected erety year afterward* until

hisdrcr-. At the annual meeting in

Pappan. K« ( , warn elected lo fill ibc

mtl Mill Niilaiua thai relation to tbe Society.

•• '.—The gentlemen who bate filled lb* office

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of Secretary, ire 3.4m Cod man, D. D., Dorel,-Ma, 1814W . i i \ ( 1 j . l l w

from May I f t l l it. Mat IS45; R « . M A M M M Secretary. from May 1834 i Samuel Greco. Boat on. from M i j l-J.'. to Ma) | 8 n i He.. Oman Kuiitini, fr.nn Ma. 1837 to May 1SMH Re>. Jam« L. Kimball, from May 1820 to May I 6 » | Rev. Waller Follett. (roan Ui 1830 l M l J.mo l_ Kimball, re-elected May 1K1I I O U I ; | S H but «aa compelled lo return in N.nrmbrf, by ill baajd| and died early in lh# Mf—nig year; Re*. Seili Ulna wai Heeled Uaj. 1833, and bat been re-el* year .,.»cc.

/ . „ „ , —Jeiciniah Eiaru rilled the a •tcf from Ma. 1814 till May 1817 . Aim* 1 An.lc.tr. from May 1817 till May l« from May 189 • Ker. Seth I Treasurer, fro* Ha] 1833 W M.y 1853; dard. from M- |835 D M . |-s*W ; Georg* I from May l«3* till May 1853; Jamr. M

.-'•: Thj pNaCOl Treaiuret,; thuuell'. Kemp. WMtlUeHi M.y. 1883,

E*mit O rauTnn . .•t Omrral DrpOiiltrj.—Tbit «ai df

Mcceaa, awl in their Pirn Annual l tq-m the C •ay : " F.» rarlooa reaaon*, ii i» denned proper d Society ahciulil direct in attention ami it* I primarily, to tliia timple dc*ign. To publiah T T M ^ ^ H at Ihn (am* time in lain tin cut and reartomfl^^^J an eainimr >liirittb|c di tin tuition, •'•nil i work an complicated and difficult, I kit

ig it, would I * likely to be discouraged, • to fail

•' Thai raiabhahment, by fu rubbing a '•PP'T I

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h M i T r a c t * . , n ' " * * " ' 1 ' " " ' ' ' " P ' c r c m

,„„<-!, , f the ineon .en iener and d p c n w t o w h i c h un f i l e

ttd, by under tak ing

rn T r a n - Here, the n o w Trae ta

would p r i m (or i h e n u e h e * , and a groat var ie ty

o f o t h e r * . ' " i l l b e w p p l i e d upon cheaper t e r m . than i n

any other way. • • I ' M ir iously to the organisat ion o f the SOCK ! \< .•

I _ I I tiflflOG i , brac ing fifty number* , and)

. (o lume* of 3 0 0 page* each , had been p r i n t e d .

But un i t a p«r l o f ih ia amount cou ld bo cocrt idcrcd a j the

m p M i y of the Society ; because a large p ro fu^ i i f t n had

b r a n , or might be. taken by o r i g ina l •u twer ib tw. , agrees-

r m i o f the i r •ubacr ipt ion. T h e actual cap i ta l

i-ty waa, therefore, at that l ime , |>ul amalt,

c o m p t f d wi th the amount of T r a c t s wh ich bad been

pobl i ihed. Hence the Execn t i r c C o m m i t t e r , after

Corresponding Commi t tee" in K H U V o f t l ie

I n n part i o f the coun t ry , and adopt ing inpuurea t o

»»IP and d i n r i b a U o a o f T r a c t s , toon f ound

• r r j t'» Mil ici t l o i t ba* d W a l i o n t , ir t order t o

eir cap i ta l , and t o enable the Society to extend

Ha operation". Knou t raged by the l iberal i ty

v commenced, and completed the pub l i ca t ion

• of T r a c t * . "

1 Oeni . x i io ry wa i fir-i kept at the bookstore

\ r matrons;, Boston. I n thh vo i r 1816

H waa r e m . . . • \ . u , | M r « u . F lagg &. G o u l d

b l e d General Depositaries. T h i * firm a l w e o n -

. >ns <>f the Society, and d i d ao

r the Amer ican T i

Y » r k , « h i - n i ; a g e d t o p r i n t a i u l E c i e n I n p p I ] f

for both Inst i tut ions. I n consequence o f th is change, the 1 pet i tory was r e m i to Boston,

• nd wat located in the bajctnont of the stone c h u r c h ,

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B m o f t f aire*, Aujjuti. l e -W.tad Mr. A m i llu<* •ppoinied Agent. Januarj 31 , 1630, the DrjkwiU deMrojcd b j fire, u» l iha Soc iHy I U H I I I K J I l " * * o f l | t ^ |

!• j m n i m r - l n t ' i j located m lhan before. U N o . 6 , Cornmll. and .n Jmic, 1 femoral from that place to the building a pied b j i he S o c i c l j .

P U a l H .i II- i .niMi

T h e Society. at Ifarir annual m c

•ulbori/ed ibe Eaecui i ic Committee to purchaM

budding uhicli tbcj had occupied lor twrlre j w t v ]

purchaac ».i« made in June. I- 41, I - 18,401

t*uh, and f.n the balance, i nx-iiei^c note •

07 ,540 . at iwenij j « n from dale. T o met* ll

of thai nolo at raiiuuij, a building fund >

ID nceordance with lb* plan of tbo Committee, ii

ing the purchase. T h e lerma of pu r e b u t »

liberal, b / (lie food "ill of tbc owner. T h e |

paid from a inmll pcrmanem fund, the iotertaa«

«a» appropriated by the will of the •

i-uiit-ii of Tract! in farttfn landa T h e I

Ho* amount. lo $ 1 3 , * » T in . . . In'ttUa) J

[>»nk aiock and m public hoadi. No

baa been taken fmni the couUibutioDa of the •

|Nt ia made up from donation. and legaclaa, *

eonaeot of donora, or giieit caprcudr fur ihi i |

and from renu of a pan of the building. •

fro i M f l after the purchaae. T l * hoti

chaw avoold hare been paid, war* the bolder* 1

to anticipate the pajiorni. T h e run of real •

Biade (lie p r o p m j now more laluabl

benefit t» the goeittj to own permanent and c o n n

aMOOMBodatiot.., for i n incrcinne bar

ant building U found too contracted for tbia, and I

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u i j , M the ground floor. T h e C o m m u t e , ha.e for tonus

rxch.niri. ig the raUra for one m o m

• •

I..., ii l i i ••• -nonJBB.

U important wnltCB,

• I ih r a imuio i i of id*- Commit!** . T h e fir«

i rd , i i i . i each j e t r l h * number in-

s n M e d , to ihM, in "be """ill )•'" of IIHS Soe ie i j ' * o»a -

i Depositories depended upon it for a constant

•upplt ofreJigwus i r u U , six. : — 1 0 in M a i n e ; 10 in

13 in \ l u u e h t u e t l t ;

lOOMloot; a k i n New Y o r k ;

nnaylvanii; 3 in llie District

i • .. 5 in Virginia ; a in North G U D H M ; 1 in

9 in G e o r g i i ; 2 in Alabama; 2 in

I II in Oh io ; I in Missouri;

u.I I in Lowe* Canada. 1 HMnytbU * they cannot but

10 the fuel, (hat so many of

ri }rnr are in parts

of o preached gospel are le*a richly

• the circulation of Tracts promises

•special gorwj. o r the iHrnt j -e i j -h i new Depositories.

* i * s t o f t b e Alleghany Mountain* , or farther

south tiimi tboso mountain- reach ; four are in the extreme

.<mot.it, near

<4 Canada. T h e Tract* M M to these new

- amount to mora than S^MI.OUO pagra.

' forni.hed t o Depositories! fc,BlMl)'- tie* and indiriduahj,

loIeamouiM of T r M U a t t t f t o m the General

'He p M rear, mote than 10,000,000 pages, or

' 0.000 Tracts. '

Ihe aatiifaction o f balicsing

Ihit inra«OM good had been aeeoti.j/ Ufion riTKIrd through llll*c DcpoailiTi. t >l iti.l H lut-MDdi I lit—i-It their iiiH/uiiifiitalilj liirl l«tn b>irn uii„ thfl liriflilnra of Christ ; jet il *•> Ciu nd thai i^^^^H (»iiimi, ihm aeaiiercd, br*aroc >lii^v»fnn * l » f ^ ^ ^ ^ H iiijiiriii. « ihit i r n i I..H" >u>lainr<l! J ^ ^ ^ ^ | jeJf l(K7,ia co-operation • i U >U drrmrd deiirablii u> attempt • ibaajatamofrMabliabincihnK Local l>q-'.itwi,-,. boplttj i l l * ! Mill greairr good might be arcnr*©1. It ••> ..,-.-i-i.d,

in Ibow place* where Depoiiluriri »ere needed. cAftNJfl induced to cMfbliah them ai their own e»;«n.e, take ike entire management <>! il.ej/i, roiU th« liuitneaB^^^^^fl and conduct II. '»ol *i in • »ie» li> get gain, but i • l-rnor God and promote the aalraiion of men. a deer*" i I'tat would I * ceiled in ihe Traci e»i would be circulated and rcid, Mid, m the JluJjr Spirit. more aoul* ««uld I * -anciiGetj^^^H To >hi* tuggmimn the ChnMim public kindfjr I ^ ^ ^ ^^H and ' i n i . tint tiiiic Load prpoaiiorie* hitn been fmnaj on thai i | IMH Drpoaiiofata hi . ' bee

:. ihe demand !»• the publications of iheflM el j being lo «-wnc extent '"pitied lij tbow M C * V ^ | ,!-, book trade.

,\< n u i a r T"»er Bom 11 Wiih »<K!I (Vi l i t * . iW fireulatWa), it >•• evidential

llw fandaof III* Socielj mwM he enlarged. if il iiir« were lo be tmproied; u d the O "general •ml eiiriime fv mat ion <<i I Societies ; " and in iheii appeal to ibe public in h thia object, id.-. inquire. "Cannot till* he I nriltt much Mae T Majr not • Tract Sc •laaant eterr io«n. or par Mb, or villi

IT

-ich » S-*ioiy bo •d'*'"«**o0* i>' coaotetto' " i t l i e t e r j Sabbath »*h.»l ' These Soeleliem, uiih Hull cxr-rlion, nitftii annually coll«i t*ice a* much money u tbey Hixil-I »«•*•1° <">|><-'"] in Trecu Ibt tlmr own ute, or to d l l ( f l . Mir fieiDiijr. l i n i n g procured • H f i d n O ) roc tbose purpose*. the; tiiijjlit Irani tun their wrplui moniw to ihe Treasurer of tin* Society. Thie

.ruble the CwnmHwo 10 enlarge- the • p a i n of peraikttip. and to answer -ome prosing calls lor

Tract*, which ibey "ivo hitherto been obliged lit deny. lid Dl»o exceedingly facilitate the circulation of

Tracn.whoterer ancb Societies are funned." uidi proved to efficient, thi t

m * few years about 700 Auxiliary Societies were formed, — 110 ,i, Maine l<U i« New Hampshire; 00 in Vv Btooti Bn<l '.111 in MuuebOMHU. H u b of them eon-

• I more or 1CM to tbe fund* of ihe Parent Society. M«»t of the*e Auiilury Societies hate now become

l, m conteoocticfl of the churches and con^rega-tioni haiing generally adapted the pl«u of annual contri­bution*. and remitting their donaliona directly io tbe Treaturer Bi Btaton. T b e Auxiliaries were for the

I'urpuae of railing funds and cinwlnlion—the rcsjj Ins than ilie former.

I'I ILIOiTtOMS.

In the ) „ , ending May 1, 1824, u already staled, Ml Society commenced Mereotyping iu Tract*, with

Die, to render ihent more amaciue. I 0 addition io the general aeries of Tracts. tbey HMicl ihe •• Kamil, Chrinian Almanac," and the

•

In NSMiD, ,he fit„ n , m b e | ^ „ T h ( ) C h r U l n „ A J m t .

• I, ibe Committee report that " they have alio

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prneurn) another T r a r i to b« pubh-l

dUhraM kind f'>"n what ibcy h u e e.er p u M i i l . I i » ' T r a o of 48 (Mft*, made up ; relative in the preacttt Hate of ibe world, with a cnhfjJBB OfUl fonomi r . i l diary p tc fu rd to i t [| )• CMklf t l , ' The C b r i i t i i u A lmanac ' The Committee wire m • company of" reepeetable printera. thai ihey • and ' l i m i n e aud i a publication, pro. tiled the C would fur iml i the copy, »od i h i t they ouuld i • • • H i " f it i n l l m So r i r i f . And although it W M l t f l ^ H

U w M M n a before it wa* publ i ibcd, yet. 1: '• die l iud. :

ib lc t i c f i i .M i i o f the printer*, and the numerous M r a f l H o f l b c T r i e t f t t t t i e i y . m o r e than U.UOO Copie. * . rec i i ta> | latcd."

A comparison of the l iomr l i a*nrt( and litnileii number | o f " T h e Christian Almanac " fur the JW 1831, wuk lb * beautiful edition of 1(01,000 enpie*. i l l u s t f f ^ ^ ^ H i n the per f r r t i mid - i i ; < i > f f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

M l (to doubtful criterion I to judge of the growth ami progress of the tf

- I ' n e r i m number o f tl « M published in J one. l - . ' l I n Bounced by tbe Commi i iee :—' -The waul »f • publication. to be a medium of intercourse i C h r i M i u public, has long been felt by i They h u e teifhed for aueh • publ i- U donor* the receipt of their charities ; 10 o • r w T i n t ' published, and new Depositor • « *J

• v information of the want* of tlifl i oar own enquiry, and other parts of world ; Iain whateirr may be interesting in the cot of the Society; especially, aeeounla • ' religioua T r a c U hare been bleated, by lh< the relormatioo of the humoral, and ibe . i l l a t i o n rf« who were ready t o perish." After one y f » It wa« W

10 \ . w York, and "•* continued lil! Ueecmber.

lit" *»*•« » Mwatnjtr.

UaTHOM Of ClBCOLATKMI.

, / : , ( , W . - I i i ' i r f - t i j ™ i of iHc ip ,<„,„ through ihc cbanncla or u .

fiH .li>tnbu>

tlon bj bethel, army «!••< "*•> ob.pWM,oa board oar ii.nine, bl miwioiiirie* «l homo and abroad,

4tta bj [)K-lora, ira»clcr« arid individual Christiana. Tbo . iliua distributed annually, including

lfcc grain* bj col|nirlPra among lb* deatitutc. if not Tar • . 1,1 Mnoonl diMribMed

. „ |8M t o l « 6 , including ibCM dr»»" bj Life Member* ami I. c Dil

i:>; or about Otto-fifth of the « l.nle amount ofaaW

nlaoi for citiet and lar^e t<>«n> •SKI me lb* form - • ' ' llie munihlj ii«ii

la boOM to circulate rdigiou* traeia. accompanied |.y p m o u ] ef i tal for the •piriiual benefit of il

« » • adopted in IM Clly Of BoaWB, m the •! toon nfier, in from 300 to 400 other cilic*

4 N«W England, at well a- in other part, of I (ho etWDlrr. It ,, w p p . . ^ that w

nolo and female, ».-re ihu . • n | l f t d in doing

food, and m»n j tract m i x i o n a n i - employed their whole.

ti«*o in rlici-,1,,- rod an per intending then Ubort , and in

1 K. . /« . CVm.toliW~Wtioa the Society in New •'• I mdraior to lupplj

lolnine* Die emit* accrsiUo ; -ned Sun*. thia S o t i m p

U w u thought by tome that moH of ihw*

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book* "ere *o r'tnoiim in >'<•» Kngland, ih*i tba 4 for ihcm would im4 be gr*U, It H I moo found, fe MM*, ihu ihe neceaailj fi* Uwil d I en thin in otlrfi aectioni of the coumtr.

A Conferral* of I'hurcbea in nnr I IIifDpthiic. •flrr <li.tu«m« ihe uuealiop. " What 4 dond la rroifify tho naglefl of public •mihin i* g County T" Rtivtefl. Tu *«PI>Jt ' i r rv f»mdjr. n» f" praclicabtc, with Uieae book*. a> ihe beat Man able. The u i M thing wit undertaken by lb* in ae'etal other Count ir» HI New I Inn;* lure am! M'nit

Suitable men "ere employed, who, h j wcm .oluiii»r; aid of tho menit*ra of ihe ehurct-work of aale and di'tnlmiioii. eli-cied • large circul* (l HH» in thin »*y llnl iium of ihe mlum laiedbythl. SoeMj, ocff t iog th—i MJIJ directly I? •he D-poaiiory from the yea' h i " . : l - l l , n bMAM blended "i lb ihe work of cofpoilage.

3. Culpmrtagt'—o* the distribution of ' by aolc or gift, unrt apiriiual <

prajtf—»"» adopted by Ihe Society in 1843,41 lira and economical nn-le of crangelrfiug i Cuutnoinjt llie power of ihe |*e*» and .'f ["•'•nnal • * * • • inee in afgrcaetre, murrain I •bora, i i i< adapted I" i *•*• j lerritflfj «"d a »pirae and »iri«I population. It •»• |

»i a |"-fii-l »bm tba spirit of Cflaf^^^^H home -na rapidlj peopling the near trrrltaiH^^^^H foreign emigration bejran lo dclufc oui "I'-tn ; uWOaVj cheap and *iciotu pieaa wa» pouring forib n< noiw«* laauea, and when l ho iu adequate .upply of »inW#rinfJ UkMraetioa • » jMinfnll« ebtioua. It hM dai iia adaptation to all parta of ihe couniry ami in o( our population, mine and ftreijrn, ptolct-iant, \ tad MMa|

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n . iv ro Tim TlClRKY. j.—During the fir*t len ycara, ibe amount

. donaliOM, «» »i»ttd i» ibe Annual Report* (or .. i ' ?12,J63 "»t DuHB| the last thirly-iwo

!-.-,»;, which period MWIMIM IIK ax­il New York and our connection

^ ^ ^ H f o v , the •mount Total in ill* f « i j -

! - ISS.8H7 « l Of Ihia IURI, ^ ^ ^ R e O were from icgac'iea. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B » been [i>i.l in donations from ibe field occu­

pied b ; ihii Soeieir, direcilj loll B Society ni New York, . tin) riot i"M through our T reuur j , from

I nt ten jesrfc ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • • f c °f /*"M''<ifiiinf.—The total »»lc* of the

I to $.li'j,'i*»7 17; of which 1100001, sales bj auuliariea anil colptxiera,

il.c latter, ha* been made, lo the amount of u . - .TI~. ' '~I n

IlWnpahlre, 130 ,48145 ; La Vermont, MuuchiuelU, J9U.VJ.'. 40; and in

l>» Sa The number of volume, indt-tota] amoutil of aalci, U nut far from two

Cot-roBTAOfe.

"-ad, Mued, « • • commenced in 1642. For •.'.n dale.competent, piout n n were "Ql publication* id lOWMUd vil­

l i* paatora and church**. endearuring • wppll overt accewihlo f,mnlj br aale. Tbnusandi of

•»> were in | | „ , w*y tupphed with one or Uioie of m book*. nu, „„. . , .„„„ „„, „„, ,rhfltUj r M c l l l | M - e

«« III highway. ,„d iHjjgefc ColporWge La deigned

rwchlh . . neglected claaa. The umc

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deioiol to colportagc for the l»<t fifteen join. l q (a_ field .rf tbi> SofiMj, i i M|ual to the labor* < * - ^ ^ ^ ^ H one hundred «n«f ten year*, .̂ f *J » " <n *'«me i ^ h i e n . J i teen year. u d rij-ht mculln In Vermont; t ^ ^ ^ ^ H Jtattltt Maaeachuactt* ; and •!> )• Their report. jhow, 211.1(17 Amilie. u.ited. B t t 9 •eteraf enJpoitef", and more especially the t t d u n n n j j made no retain* of f<m<Ji<-- tinted, B muclt !»,-••• »,•• | ber were. riiitcd thiti the*e reporu iodicam.

Tii Amrrican Trait tf»iely, ffrmtd at Km iVJH I BBS

The New York Relijioai Tra« Society, locate* a | the commercial emporium, and with men "t vatif^m and liberality among ju manager*. in i ; ' l-'-'l-at contemplating alio tperdy nrgaiiiialiwi of • i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H Qcncial Society, with impression* fnorable b^^^^^^M in thai city.

The American Tract .Society at Doalon hid alrtajfl the name of ouch a Society, its iaaiiet wan ' " f ^ ^ ^ H thoaa of »ll Other publishing PDCIWUM in fH o-unify united, and in l?2 deposiione* acre t o c a t e d ^ ^ ^ ^ | eipal towm throughout the t imn, 'M !>einj a ^ ^ ^ ™ of New York, and JJl farther oouth and we»l At tb» fame time, it* location in an inland town—twenty ml* from listen—occasioned embarrucmeni in i» maclk^H ica| and mercantile operation*; rendered tifiitporutw*^' and fommunicjticn with the different part* ofiho « • * * •

and expen'ire; and almml lorbade ^ " J ^ ^ ^ H of eian^elical Chriitiau denominatinna, tot wlNw^^H ipnil nf if cnriMitution ptouded. It «•** J*!**" t M ^ | • aocktj lot the whole country, the location » N ' Dfk or Boaloo. and there wen important

rat of each of ilie two citiet-

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ID ifata M.w of "»°8*. °" D*"™1*' >• I « 4 . " * B . - n l u f . h . N ^ Vofli I ! - . - ' - " Trer t f l "....throngh

Ann" T - H - . »«• " ' - J '" 1 " C " B l - ' * d ' W d • ,. ; 1 A n J o w . propoNOC > rrmo.nl

i,. The tubject *nakcued in ihc Committee, f,,c."N u Andoter, the moat amious aolic

Society held • i(weW "•«*'">* "" »he •«'-i'*« liootrj II. with •'•> definite ranli, but refer.

rinf (be .ubject to llteii £xeeuti*e Committee. Al |cafth,ear!v IN I'ebruarj. it * " agreed tint their Aun-

, . . , .hotib! mi l New Votk, where be bond timing "" reference to the new

., AlmoH tlailj meetiop for cccMihatfea Id with the officer* of ihc v.

ri The aeccMit/ ^mple lo accomodate the new Society w u

. niiJ liberal »um* were offered by iadivldoila lijeet

TheolFicrr- of i hi N .. Vorl U< Ii^ioua Tract Soci-ilUtion with clergymen of different er angel*

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B M I I O O * , prepared • conttitulion, and called a • IIIIL-. Mr. !. II. I--"'. II preliminary lo the

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H e f a National Society. At f lib meeting the. i - raised la i 12^00, tad

••liaiely oddreaaed lo ihr principal : 'telegttct

• * " " " • ' — . I * , U - • m m AMIiktNr-ifh TIMIfetMI-a W . . - M - U J ; " • • • • - - • " • • . « - * - » i * - « » w . . i U f ( i k - h « i . ib.

• •MmMW!. Hi «» . !_,,] ..J 1,1,-1 NU4. .,. ~*""- ' -r •> I-"-—.* «* mmta, (Makim ..I M M I (

" * , , , , * « « na-*.««,•» A«itii«™. in t->*—iM-

' ' " •**•*•»•<•. • » I*. **•* *«* •.it-— Ti«. •-.-.».

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in i eonfeoiion, which *- Un t l**M HUnor, D 0., prwMiOf; I: II rrlnry; nh«*n th* picjxurd conOiimtixi M « U D M ^ S iml adnpteJ. On ih* foil. - ., B H

solwnnly orjianiiei), and pr< • "• nf .t^ jireaent buildiiij;. where ihr eornrr-nmr n m t>4.

7W» Antritam i

A» already Mated, ihf corporate B a 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ H had bn>n changed, hy •>• act of ttw I r f ^ ^ ^ ^ H ekucui in J A M , 189 Tract Socirh."i" ' > I M J M There -erenow. May I W . tune nam*, and ahV- < i» « ^ | |< hat a!*o been anted thai the Board • \ - \or|, Iteligiona T«c i Socidy, nddrord a letter t4lbr*8Mfl e*J, da!t.l D ' rh i iSor f f l ahoutd be r«n«tcd la » « Yurk, and I in tfc* Mi l of il» fature operation*, ni.u-. J National So<!iMy there.

/ ':•. ' V-rtine *f / I t E'remtin Ck»

A apeo. - . i . l i « u Mi l Janoarj I I . IS25. t.,

The record • of i , u. "ere read en '

•cat of the Society'. opcraitoni to the city u r " * * J ^ ^ I - Whereupon. it wan rewdted, ih w in", "ire.—

" I . Can the Society. c- i ••••''• «iili ih* Pnf*' treatment of in donor-, remote ii» f" N M Yurk ; and if ao,

.: MpvAcai ' *"d i f IO, " 3 . On what ooid

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I d ml rapeilienl. lo rrmo.e tbi Sociciy"» optraiiun. 10 New York, then,

. taken lo aocur.-

r • i Bj v ITot.

rtJi,v«nHBiiheNewT«kRdV ' ' ' r it»- American Tract S

l MMIC month, .fie. thi.

, iag if tit Sod,!) fe (wt.iV.r Mr /Jn/Aivi'y W « » '<> ' * ' KttrMliet Cummilltt.

• ihe n m r day. J u o a r j I I , • p e e M the &W*fl> wai holden in

iiureb, u which ihe Ren. Dr. Edward*. Hon. ; ibbani, Jeremiah Everta, Bet B \

and otht-i*. look pari in ihe diacuaiion, of which meet­ing tfar following i> ilie record.

Halea * u called to the chair, and opened the PMUwf*iUi prayer.

Acvr.n^mdenf o betacen the Coatmiliee of the • New York ItltfiMi* Tin.! S eWrty' and the Exccuuce Committee of

^ ^ ^ ^ • i T r u l Society t u read, on IheMibjert of remov-hf the vperabooi of the American Tract Society to New York.

•d diacuOTion took pUee, which rewind in the jMtepUiK* of the folhi-mir resolution.:

IUmtr,J. That this Society cordially receive* OTcrtnrc* on* • i .mimitee m the city of New York, inritinjr u. to

H j w i e in itwaiurea for impartlof energy and efficiency! lo •e0 .oflhi.Countr7 ^ ^

•J****"1*- TtM »ha Riecouve Committee of ih» Society, be Jgewieo to ceffeweead .. ill the Coounittew in the city of New

' iniponaM .object. and to uke n e b moawree u Jh7£ .y tab. -.11 fc» pmaotn «„ T m c l ,JwUm u ^

Strand Utrtiaff of fhr Cammillm. I Fifteen A*p aner tin- fir.i meeting on tht. „

January CI, 182.1, another tpec'ul n Krom the record u( ihii meeting ii appear*. t h f ^ ^ ^ ^ H communication* wefe read. and lh<-

\Vlirf(U|.,|, j | « | | T O U ^ ^ ^ ^ H AKMUnl Socreury, Ret. Will,«ai A. I l d l o ^ ^ ^ ^ H •niiitonnl to pi to New Yoilc, (o carry h i t a ^ ^ ^ ^ H ro<[ur«l of the Society, ratde SI ilirii mcciing J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B

usfc At thti niretin- a Commit! ie alio • I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

Consider ami report on the eipetikocy of rctnoim • iht Depository of the Society from Andover Co Bcaa^^H

r * W Jfofaaf of iki Oommiila.

The <>f « Committee w a a ^ ^ ^ ^ H 1-_'".. ,, •• i-iiinnJrr • comniuim;itlon from the ' Ttici Soc'eiy, New York, lo ihii S • u». n lend a Dele^stc i<> ilml Society. on ibn aecotul W|j^^H diy in May." They directed lh* clerk tfl i n n r , |

I Aa Society In New York, "thai u thara would bo n« meeting of llu* Society pcnoui to ibe tm-ood Wedt»e«d»y in May, ihey cd-ild not act \,y<* thf | •abject of their teller."

DtUitatit* fnm Ik, .V.* IV* ta ffa ilotM S M a a ^ l

The day on which lite Society in N«» York «t*ior|ta> iced, M i ; 11. 1ft£>, ii appomtod Delegate* lo a t lawjjj Anni«erairy of th.i Sneirii, May '-'-*< them on lh*-object of a onion. The Pubh.hu.tr Commute* of t ibe Ite.. Jj-i.n Edward*. Secretary • appointed •• O.ia Delegation, of •hid '•" " ' M , , I , , t

was the cliMrman.

j — J JM.-V ' : " * ' • * • * • » — * * '** negation/rem m iritk th> SMUIJ » Ac* IV* .

"'. occurred

yr t f i i . - l f " " i ] " " " ' 1 f o f " ' • " ' i i w n w t i o g t b o lefa wan fully a t t e n d . |t W i n g iho

Tif-tal election, many member* anJ

Aitnd> from l l " •'• • W p copy from

L ^ L ^ L ^ H l of l int Itusium* meeting ih» following:

• ^ • ^ • r met, agreeably in no!ifc.i«m. at the vnl ry of I I .m W l l t H a Rawd, I'r.iiaOTrt, In l b *

gggggggggggggnMeUnf • • • op*i-'«! "»th Prayer by Rev. i>r. Swinr. " f -'•'••• V l r ; " ' " • " ' • Milnor, H w . Dr. Spring, •ml

^ ^ ^ K n n i , delrf-alra from the ' National S ,-mg p m r a u n r a inntcd u> m a n d participate

! i ha meeting. . -liiiHi for anion, anil eo-opcration, between tbo

i n j ibo American Tract Society wae 'M made of »taU had been done by lbs

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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • k n r y ni>«.n«"i taken by the t - o Societiet tela-^ ^ ^ • • i ' m called for and n a d ; Whereupon, a f ta Lnnannnnnnnnl anaraaaHm. i i a a i

• Thai H u lnj>My dreirible for thla Society to . Branch of U M ' National Society.' eatabtuhed in

L n n ^ E ^ P u ' * 1 " " ' Kicculivr OMnruiiiMbeautaoriMd anniatr thii union, upon aach princibtoa a» will prooaoU Uob j^ to fL tj

S . - u r r. QftJ ! • • , lifonling .Srrrrory.

tin avrf , * ,< , , / „ • r-f/A / * , Ddigaln from

\ • > * * .

Il,f l-\rr,illif ' V V.rV. The.

Word»"f thai n n t i n g of lb* Coana iuaaa t t i i t h a t : —

g a a a a a a a a a a K ' | f " P">«*Jr,| (o a nep.tmionofthe terra of J T " *'••"» 1 ' ' • • • • -' • HI from tl.« American Tract So*irty at

>*«wl of R*». Dr. Miln-tr, Ree. Dr. Spring, S ""»» 'N . Thr< mrr-ting waa ppeiu'd with prayer

t i l ' • - - i r i . - j ' . . . . - ' ! , M I

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and ibo America* Tract ftx-.riy • .wM-neJ i N e * York, that <*tr preaOM aeriea of T r . r u be circulation by thai Kocidj, *tUi a\ich alirraliona at hhVJTi

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I 'feaafcaaf, That a Onmitwe of tbia ftardhe tn ».-!. »itli full power*. In rofl)W(io#l With thai Coaimtllrn of Ike A n - w a n T I V I Ricir tv at N •maulnff aj»d nc-rf™tinj,' thu | , (M IS IH 'M aeriea, Rer. I-KiB»fd Wooda. D. D , bo the Cxinmiim poae. J.1*- IC'nifd, TiM it ;. the >iati of lliM that the accoBil «•(«•• of Tiacta b« puWuhrd by at N V - Ywk, oo the aetnc Irnna.

8. SfaeJr*4 That It la Jemrabt* thai A h for the praarnt year, continue to proercaie _ . printi»if Trattii • '/"rclin^ to tan ltiiuii lna i i | i i—m^M the peat itwifo of the Nation] Inauunioo • w f f i ^ ^ M

a flfimfrtil. That thli Society a / i w |o U U M A a f ^ ^ H otype plate* and cngrann^a to the 8 o c » t t > M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H the lotmata of rhat MocM-ty aliall n.-iir-', and to l a * a * ^ ^ H Tract* of thai Soeieiy in tenia aeration : lag* to be aetimatcd at coaL

4. /cVaaW, That it M the wiaa of till ' ComHiUtM, ta f loH • Vorfc < ^ ^ ^ H H |

aooa a* cqnaetiinBl flir them, take the poldtahinf f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H lean Tract Magadan under their charge, oa t M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H Ibttr aflppljmf na with aa man/ copaea •» * • M * * i " * S l » « r anal of their loarruaur to U«o*e — h"-ii " P lake, M aectmtaf | the receipt* irf" our Society.

5. f f a o W . TB»I It u the? d*-irr of tbja Coaailti Executive Committee of tho Non'ty ai N r » tork. reaaSI publuh the Cfcrialtae Almanac for IW-% from U ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H li.in, with awh alteraliona M lliey dorm proper j and U * fotitio year* they nMmlil ijiake arrange i J • ' [ii.H**a"f | that - o r t at New Vor*.

tl fc»W, That |l la the nnderf landing of lhl< C B * B * * ^ ^ H that in* Tract. taken •>* thia Society from ihe ft-York, aftall be lurniehfd oo a* lo» tern- W they can W P"»* | Wind by Ihia (ormultlce, U Ihla place.

7. A.r>«W. That a copy rf ihe phow HreohMlooa •« ««•• ' I nanieawal to Ihe Itefa>g»l*a f, , r- I ^ J ^ ih*ypt*U»oir»»>tnlioUie|tnr«iplrti im

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. u * ft*ici* -hall b « o m o • Branch of iho American

HSSftJasWOPtaWaUwl " N ' ' " V o t k ' t D i U * 1 , w u n , t " 1 " " h

^ ^ ^ | | b r then, and on l h . w principle., CJIWIIIII-

""*" AQM, eUnoM, G u n * , CUtk of Cam.

ftiport of Iht Sue York Pdtgalion.

- T V delegaiioo appoinWd by ihu KxecoUre C o m m i l l o t o f ^ ^ ^ ^ E ^ T r a c t Society, ID rrpreocm that body at the

M n — i , « . « I Q J I of the Socwty o f the BBmo U M BL BOMOD,

aid u. wafer •>"> Ux™ o n u , a aubject of B union, reapectfully

itpori: - T V ' l » o of their Dumber. |ho R « T . Dr. Knox and the Rer .

^ E E J j n a a f n c I d , wen- prevented, iho former by tndwpenwblo

•flora, ami ft* Utter by ae'CK* indupoaiuon. from proceeding The oUirr memb*ra of tho delegation arrived a t

! AH »!«•:- oo Tueaday evening, tho 2-lih InatnnL O B tho , feUcnrmi: iliy. preparatory conferencca were bold with Uio

—III*I i of iflt Kiecutira C O B B M U M of UM Boaton Society. In Uic evening of ihe BBmc day, the delegation BUendod a •arting of the S • ... ty itKir, for too reading of Iht Annual

| b o o n , the delivery of addrooae*, etc.. in tho Old Sooth

| Ghana, and oa ihe urgent roqoo«t of (ho Cooumitee of

AirtufftuiMaU, look part in tlir r.xcitwim. O n tho following < >elyfl meeting fur bunneoa * • • hold, when tho

1 kaportaot •|un*iKNi of i n unlun with the national Inatitnlioo

uated | and ihe delegation being n m i i c f o d to all •rtlhihe Socttiy, and ahare In »u deliberation*, oommunicaled

***a*«m information Circoiwtaucea required in relation to tho fmpTPcemlingi 0( ihe Society | n thw [lUee, iho BeROtinbona

^ ^ ^ ^ • E i K u t i i o C o n n i l t M of iho two 8oeinUen,and

I "JhT £TT " ° " " rf * * ' n 0 " 1 c ' l 8 , b , ' , P-wapccUva ojoaoorao. ^ ^ B > • " • bippy in bearing their tentiinooy to the

J C a n m . n temper with which a protracted and w r y inlcr-K b J ^ B n H B w a n i conducted, and to Iho marked reaped

^ • a a e a * with which l b , , , 0 W I l c o a u nunlcal iona wore l l w i l ) n W * w extraordinary, thai aonio conaid-

"•"•V u ( •"ntimeni alwold for a time b a n obtained, ta.i "Twal membera of tin, Ho*on Society, lo whom iho

gjT? ol • • • » » with U>e national in-titution - a * new. •^•aewiaiif n acceding to tho proprioly of tho rooaoore.or

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differ in opinion at to the lime and manner in »bi 'h n , 1 , - u | be wcompliaoeA B B I the remtlt of • candid ,a,l u<* i ^ _ eoofmanfcauon of eenitnwnt, and • full con- id . , rearone urged foe • generou» and prompt e c o g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H wishes of Die frecutire (nramluee cf the Soctet'. » « _ » . | u might lia>e been anticipated froai tbe character* of •__. | eateerned indiridunU to whom Die ddcMioa o f the I I W M I ^ I belonged. W.ihoot a diaeenlmg rot/. the U - . agreed to become a branch of Hi", and • o t b o r a a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H •Hi* Commitiw lo take tl>e arceaaar* atop* for a M ' m , , . | UOD of the union. In thy afternoon of the nan— tt«», da* delegation aitrpded by invitation the meeting! of tan i ; , ^ | mittce. and after uniting in prayer foe * M m from •) .•!*, tfcaj | term* of unjon vera adjusted in detail IB «o aalmftclorr » | M B t n , a* to indooa tba> delegation lo conuiunueaw a -r.uea | ciproaeion o f Uieir approbation to the con • Ittea. • r.| i 0 | u 4 | lhen> lo expect that a formal toc-imeni of the J ^ ^ ^ ^ H deaifed. would M tranainiued frooi their conatiM delegation bato p e a l pieaawe in atttmg thai IW '«-<-<ued I'rraidrnt of tin* Society "a* their aaaociatc C J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H aioiu* above mentioned, anal thai i h e j den trJ great vncooragt* | menl and ailrnilage from hia presence anil advi-*e Tany | bate alao grant renaoo to M press I heir K r a U t u d t j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ J ren In Boston, foe their bind and atf-'

treatment, and to the Kaecutive ( W m l l t e e *"^gggggggggggaf the promptness and facility with ohich they arotnnaV^ggggB carrying Into eflVct a measure of eneh nial iinpufiB^'e lu lb*> great object of both Societies aa that which, nnder the bint- | aing of t h a i am* no noon and no hannoatonalr »ec"i'f • ] * " • * j' It would be a criminal ingraUlndo to the great I I rale, in the henna and guide- the arTure of men, if the J* l f | gaton ware to omit the declaration o f lh«ir pertii. • deliberation* were conducted onder tbe i and that to him belong* the honor of i

lion. Let na receive it aa a pledge of W» * r V * ^ ^ ^ ^ H work, and conduct all our f«rtnre opentiona with a "Ha* f

:;i

PnpotaU Atttptid.

,11. ibe KeepUMt, on the

^ ^ M A j n c r . c t n Tract Society at N.tj York.

S , m r r m t « made by ihe Ann-ncin Tftot Society i t

B o * - "

Nit- V o n , MAT 31.1625.

^ ^ ^ B h | of the Kxecuiire Committee of the Amfticu ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E v o f thl* etiy. on Monday ilio 30th IIMI .. the Re-r. ^ ^ R £ * f , from U>' Co«ri<f.iilee «f IfeleffaU- appointed la

• fif of Ih« ^ ^ X ^ Tnct Society in Boeion, and IA confer wiiti iu ^^^^^ECafonuitee on Iho aubject of • union of Ilto two

^ ^ K N I a report to which w i appended, ^^^^^EtiDed copy of a Reaolutkm adopted ml a meeiinjr. of ^ ^ B l U Tract Society in Boeton, on the

1 re Cooiiniuee to coanmiMte • onion ^ ^ ^ ^ H p * " * 1 T r > " Society nUbliah«d in ihw city, upon | aack principle* aa will promote the great object of boii 8©ei-

^ ^ H M copy uf a aeriea of Kcaototiona adopted at a ^Haj ol " • r.ran Tract • V l l Boaton, on iho 'Jtith m«u ami di-clan-d to contain ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H M wfalch that Society conaenu lo become a

n ; and i'p • • aau] Ih>l«f ale*, approiinf; of *aid Raeolo-

•rirry re, A f, T h t l o^, Rrpati of the I^legalr* bo | amateU, ami uui &-„ ^ ^ |„, ratified by thU CoounUUM.

^ ^ ^ B k t thu Commute Idly approve the Keenlolten. iitce of Ihe American Tract

^ ^ M « U i ( 9tith inaL, M reported by tho Delo-" h,ppy m llio cun.unimiiioo of the union of tho

•naauem, oa ibo |„1Dei|i]M therein recognized.

I tae?tw J ! ? ^ , ' k " •°"* fK:c rf l n * Coeroipoodinf Socre-I Mian.

aa* (o tho Rreentive Goouniuee or tho American ' Borton. by the Secretary of thi* Commute*.

Sto.iat K Sloui , Smtiary * / tit*

Em. Com. Am. Trad Sxiily.

F.uruiit, C—muliH la / * , ; • .

Tbo K m o i i v a Commilico o f the A m r i t M T M M

Socie ty H l l .nKm. IIKMII thr . m o timo preicut,,: i g i u

n public ihrit own tiew of the union i ) ( u , luppdr

comuinni i ied . in ilie following

BUUmatt

i* writ kno*n in the public thai • c o T f t a y a n J ^ ^ ^ H

Ho<i«y in New Vara nod t.'tr I'jrcuiira C v n a a f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H Bociatj*. in rofrr*nco to IM i f f c l M h i m • f * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lion In that city. and thn mot" I

U V U thruo** Anu-tica. Il wnnhj b * »Mtly ai p r * the friaoda of iho T n c t Society a particola that oomapoBd'K", or oftlm ranooaaulijcrtf *nn undVr «waMrtat<«n I my, thai • tea Jul all in ihcir pow*r to obtain M e a f f l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H (oapeciliif lb* pi of 0—a1 onion h r f gen • • • N o * Vort, biti did not deem n proper b> rain u«<t an* rapf*«eola,ehoc«in*io refer ib**h<-i,. 'ata

loo of the Socwiy. The n - w w i watch hara hern xtepM in N o - \*orh.aobnnorablatot'<. " " ' ' " ^ ^ ^ H o f | M ] w n in 1M1 oiiy, and •> auipvioai 10 ifca o a j M ^ ^ H tho American Tract Society h t i loof labor*! ftrf^^^^^H b w i laid brfrfi. the public Tho national mMilob.ni -hM* I ha* been rai.Wiahod. and for which DM aunt * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H boon contributed M o r a tho commenc •pot a d«lrfati<Mi to Iho American I W l K . *Hf, *&»*•»•• ita annual w w u i < la BoohM on tho d»y of o « p-n"*" • • *

attended W tho ci-nm'inir.in-n* of lh - d t l r p l f c ^ ^ ^ ^ H York, coe-lMing of tho Her. Doctor* Hllnor < U ^ ^ ^ ^ H Re. . Mr. Bonnier*, and alr» of lhair K. , n o <'.-iMa**! and after a full d«*uaaion of tho ao&jacl bofoM l l H M ^ ^ ^ H inn ja!y paaaed tho fullomnj roaoluiwd: namolfi

- T M il is hifUf iuwAhftt <*,. NonVfj** i r o M - n l ^ " > • / Ui.VU • n j f b n ' *

fercrtn Commit!* U aofharurd f0 ran^ano*** " « •"**

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ruirWu a* ••*» fnmtie Iktgmt •bj"h */ WA

^ K £ T t l H nwiins of iho Society. the b e c a l m CoawnltWo, ^ ^ ^ ^ B n with the delrptton from New York. pr-ceeded,

— a . , - i f Hlili dM «l>OTcr*«iIutioo.aDd with prrftct unea-,• meaaure proponed, to conaominato

v • York. ^ ^ B k h i ,* ifau union "ill bo reported to detail to ibe

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E f t M arxt meeting. It w «uiBe Wot no* to eay, that L̂mAB* to ilw p ' , n mutually agreed upon, Ibe American

H, , -ill adopt out preeent acnea uf tract* M ^^HEh) of their", aobjeel to each altemlona only aa will fit

• litioti among Uie frienda of evangelical troth of ,.aii»!ioa*i and wilt aupply all the tracta we

^^H|Baflhmn. (or our drpoaitorirw, at aa to* a rale aa wo can ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H P I B New Rn eland, They hare alae choeon the

•l-wdmc Secretary or oox Society to be a mem-- I'ubtwhmjt Committee, end have given him full

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b k h the other membcra of that Committee aa to ^^HMbhmaJ Tracta which abail be pebliahod by the National ^••toty. The trfma agreed upon rcwpocung the Tract Maga-

1 :«Uan Almanac. and all other *ubject«, are aueh

^ ^ ^ ^ D n t ' autetnent, it will be apparent what rraaon ^ ^ P * " "M oaljr to bo ealianed, but to rejoice in what baa ^ ^ ^ ^ B The American Tract Society, which liaa boon in

^^^^^BOperiiKvn for ao many yean, and haa taken aoch :i ibn affectioni of Uie Chrlatian community,

^ ^ W l organiiaiiun, ita coutimtloo, ita morabere, ^ ^ H P " oBcere. and ita auiiliarioa j and will, it i* hoped,

•ioj fffirta, and have trie rawing aacceae In pro-•. Ik, di.Mmimmtien o/ If* m«J UM/U

^ B k There will be no loa-, but. It la believed. great <wwaiv w|th which the fteat bn-iwaa of pub-

•J trait. iD America will be carried forward. There will ^ H £ * •**» «lao aa to the eiteot to which rrligkxn • P * " ! 1 ^ - Thewtabliahmentof the ie.-<

"«-*i!ii •h,.!i ear Society and other aoeietiea are to

'..; • * the tracU annually diaeeminaied J while the plan

u of union adopted e e c n m the iaeatimabl* adraaU|fe of haria. tli« H I M aer.rw of W e t a - e n d that aerie. U M beat »h M h r a i Z prepared b/ UM united U h n of i l l c o n c e r n ^ — J — „ „ - ^ | ibrough all patu of oat country, and among a i f l k g ^ ^ ^ ^ H nalMM afChnafiaaa. Wbo can tall bow nuch *iil, m W , way, l>o aceomrJiahed toward* remixing h M I M ^ ^ ^ ^ H and uniting all the frieoda of Cariat in •Sayan, and In their endearo** la tsYin 7Mo? AmU U M diwfiniona of n m * e . •. • i, . < i p - » n ^ s f Ckratfiaa* of different aanaa might baa* b » » f..:,r.j ««• practicable But. bleated tie God, a r» rt» U> imicd, •od thing* DOC* Ircpoasibt* hare now wNo

The onion of different aociatie* in it . r • .'.«'. to l i i i i f nale roll gloat tracts will bo l i i - j t - i far f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

pale* to in* public ruind in faror of thu a* I* ,f ia** | gaol) and wo mitt tb» rreult will b«, V.n a va.Uy greaiet a m a S ^ ^ | oacfol tract* will bo •pread through America, tbtf w e a ^ ^ H done * / U M effort* of different eocietM* a c M f a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

On the whole, wa think it will becotne mora g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H dent in fntiirn time, Ibal all the frwndi .,• , i.r.g-l r.al Ira* onght to regard the rtenia abnls recited,M f > • ! ) • • • • • • • • • • • gratitude to Ui« King of Zum. An J * l , i* - a < * • • • • • • • • • • bleaaed caoee to hia almighty protection, and ' • • • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H cheering cooUanca In hu> infinite mate*, i n l t j ^ ^ ^ ^ emetic* w« raclaim, M'Aut katk Hud wvaavral.' wo tnadot w f C w b v a laoaaand motiir* to go i ln- irJ , « ardor. In our endeavor* to do good to UM *oub of i

In behalf of Uie Kieeatire CoeMUBwW^H

••r *i. iam ijwtaiff • " • ^ B

Th< Union RalifirJ t « tU Ration S

S..cieci, at ita Annual meeting, Mat 2 8 . H j ^ f l

•d'fiicd the annual Report ' " " l - M - H

in which the* a a j :

" T h e Commttteo ctnnot bat reflect, with t**J gratification, on the amicable, and ai tb-y bop* * connrclaon, which haa taken place between lb*» < and the American Tract Society inatilulen •« !*•* '

80 - _ „ r . v o r bciOM. which thai c i t j p — * • • o e e r e t t e y

. . | n ,hu country-. <*»' holding direct ami r**« egmHW*

^ n t - • " » »» i " 1 * o f o u ' 0 " n U n d - " ^ " n h " " " * MUBBrn-i.1 ml ionof the world, render il peculiarly adapted

M be lb* - « l of • a"™1 •••>«*» '»*<•*»>• I • » • U * r**""*-

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • h t r a i i i y . « n h "'•i'*' • " taadacton et»l ' n ' i *

B l h i t una i iy here contributed to it* growth a*d efficiency,

| nf< i v ni-iri animating proraiae, thai i u ultimate aaefulneaw

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E t n d vill i tbo piooa wUhee, the e i l eBJivo i iewa,

^ ^ ^ ^ E * r d ewterpriee of (beat a h o derMed t t Tlio

mB»t*"> "f •*"* Soentv ''••<'> dining ill" l i t year, creeled a | t o w r ' T the MOMUDOdllioD of it* blMWcaa, »l U e a | « B M ^ ^ ^ ^ K Theeo fund- were appropriated la thai object

n , H o n i M n $10 ,000 ha*e been cootitbiited for

^ ^ ^ ^ H b B t * . Tbo aeriee of Uib> Society already c o o a u u

i ia, making nearly auc to luuea of 400 page* * « h .

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B b M primed 607,000 T r a e u , compnaieg " " * • t k u

B,000.(-M page*. Il haa a lrt .dy begun to form St*t» AiUll-

^ ^ ^ ^ B w y i h e catholic »pnti w b i e h p e m d a e ruco—trt t ion

4sd iu mraanrr.. II t* leading Iba atnaller aocietie*. through

•>. end of tariow) denominations of Chri«»«ne, la

OM>PTM!-. uid become il* l u n l u n n Although it to •

^ ^ B B T •ember of t»» M R M family with oat j e t . •••*€« il

^ C o o a r a i ttee Inkd, come i Mo tahrtaac* «"• b e t a

^ B M * " * tbo aarao pioua feeling and m l , tWJ by no

• M M irgard iu rapid cntari-eiiieiii and power with • jealoua

• ^ • ^ • ^ • ^ H R *Uh joy i u high aim and cheering promiiaw to •••CoBtii.tr in i u . I f the piety, the wudotn, ami the *igorwu»

| j * l f * °** ' •» nalioo, and to become Din redialing point,

^ * — * * *** meaeengera of Iruib and •nhtUo* "hall go

^ K * l t e breadth of the world. With Una Society jour

™ * ' l " r " ""1 tdVaja be ready u. c o operaie m e iery » i y • • " • J ' prwobe to conduce io the protoerily of ibo two

E j V " " * ' and the furtherance ">r their common o b j e c t •Wriear.ymir i'.,,,,,,nf.ee, aoon after the onion of the

^ ^ ^ R l > < « official information of the far!, aiul of the ^ ' ^ • o t l w B w m b e r . a n d A a a i l i a r i e - o f t h i a S o c i e t y ;

" b o t h Hoeieue. „ c l l n „ r d ,„ B u r i a i l „, | W J ^ ^ ^ j ^

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bare U M Mift t e n - o f Trgeto, and faroMfi (htm ai (W „ « . | price*. lag HMSiben and Awiliarke of thia 8 w , ( . f ^ ^ y eootult their own CM(ml«K«, and detcruiiBe he I I H U ^ C ! whether to ci»ti»iie their r^unwimn - i th i h e f e ^ ^ ^ ^ H ton, or treneter it to the Society in N . » V. .- . - . , . . , ] , , . former Anailiarie* 10 Um Society. «„i! many n<-« f — « Societiee wfajcb h a w been limned, h a w bund * ^ ^ ^ ^ H • k o l torecel** then T I M U from the n*utr M a t B a ^ ^ ^ H

• T h e CoowulUM haaa not tntrodur-union »t!U UM Anwncao Tract Society at N e a r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H nulling a raaeon «»* Una Hotiely. or tntert to t**ta>aB*aB*aB*aBBBBBi ban) increaacd ita uerfBbwM by ue ir relaa their CWJTU, or abuald feel ite obi boned u d BigBMnfod effort* in iU I •

dimlanwiBd. O P the other haod,U>«y « o o U B f * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H a a a ne» raellmoent In effi-rt; becaoa* U M ? fca^^^^^H U M praaenl arraiigeiorDl. the fund* o f ll .i . : ' 1 / t a n be fat -d w t u e of mure good, than if n acted acpanUly i-.m iVa Society in N e » York."

S U M M A R i VIEW

W« ( u r i in™- p n o , fro* i l ^ R*c«'i-- ' " <••<•• .S-ut i / ,

and ffmii thoae of the E a e ' o t i t e C o t n i n i U e f l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

DBflaU relating to ihi l niibjecl betirin • • oririe",

nature, nml eateni, of i!,P tvlaltom ol i

National Society.

T h e Tint pfopoeal w u from ih* N e w York R * ^ ^ H

Tract Society, thai thii Society moie i n w t t o T a f l l

tiooa la thai city, and thii* become mon* of a Nmidn*

Society. T i n * »a< decl ine) , but a w i l l i n f l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

prea—d t o lakemeasure* u< •• " ' . ' ' / ' « * • "

optratiim. and our Aiui ia i i i Secretary

York, t o cooler with friend" there

ICiUlt "a« lite urffamiilK'U o f l i e \ I I I - - 1 ' ' TrM*

tint city.

T h e n , •ecofldly, pn>p<m|t came from t M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

I, them " i n mewarea for imparling energy

^ ^ ^ K p j D c e on tbia aaibject led to ihe appointment of

•ail *"

a from thai Socitt] t" bah ttmj ei.idiallj met the Delegation, itcably diacuaaed llio who!'

COKi--

BfuRl"

• and prajei mlled in this So-branch of that, a* to unite in

• will) il (<•' tiir inure efficient and extensive-of the n m r great object, for which each waa

ifcandnl ; while each rruincd •JeMO, Md iht control of iu fond* and operation*. (See page*

/< nUut >> tki fay of thi Union.

rd» ahm. what tame of the difficulties were, and from tboae now living, who nharcd in llie dircuMioru and retpoMibiBdtM ••( the measure* adopted.

iWultiea. The recorda ihow lhai t! | »u not *riling lo be removed lo Now York, and become LaMrged in thai Society. It originated in New England— | kai Mcuird charicrcd light*—had grown and proaporcd

bU it a n doing loore than all the other Trtel | n the country—had nutneroua auxiliaries, M M I | were bund in all Ihe Stale*—it* publications were widely | circulated and i w r a p j for iheir evangelical and catholic [character—ii* fricoda ami patrons were numerous and

-it had a national name and character, and well eniabliihcd in the confidence of evangelical

If th* »eai of iu operation" w u nol ihe beat Iarge.1 influence, its routs had •truck luu deep England toil, t o be transplanted. Thia last point In- proposal to form the Union which waa finally

Wed, encountered other difficulties, hut which yielded lo frueroal di*cu»ion.

The tfood men who bid to drn'. wished lo lecine • decided). mmgtHtJ draraci-, ., | t | j publtcatioaa of the new Society; »,,J «p«i»l | j lfc—

•tatemem* and application* to the c<*>Kientr nf the sianjrelieal doctrine* which ibey regard**) u l m «1*BM to promote the comer..,*. of uancr., rr . , . ,1, , l ( l t f c

gtoo. and experimental a* well u practical w*. thought by New England d intra of I bat d.y. ib« - • • • • • r ( i

unlry. wcie unfaiorabte to thc*e molt.. ,| ,*, oppoaetl to them. To rcinnre thia object*.,,. York brethren agreed to take the entire *cric* •* iW Tract* of Unl Society, numbering IT7, «• ibt their own aerie*, and the aenea for the T O m g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H 19. to be continued in circulation I" •iteration* only to be nudr therein ai *b»uM be accept*. ble lo the Pablbhinjr. Committee of that Suc.etj. mJ tba I ' ' " ' (lire Committee of ihii They *l*o agreed (•> piy foe oar alereotjpe pine* and engtn And aa a further guanine' Cm tlirwnwb-licaiimi*. in their evangelieil and llws-1 •'_•«•• »l ch.rae***, the Society/ IB New York had already elected Rat. Juinn Edward., then the Secretary of t h i a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H their |.uM.ihing Committee. They b»-l »l*o elreied S» (heir Secretary, .Mr. llallock. (ho Aaai.unt 8e> thia Society. Then, in addition to thi*. a n o u w ^ ^ ^ ^ H on (bit (Hunt wa* the appointment of a conwur Society, with foil power to net to <•• ".i••• """ -ith tkt publuhino; Committee of the Socieu ai-inir thi. aerie* of oor own Tract.', it..! K-Wat appointed thii Committee. But Society regarded thii tecurity for tb* evanfe!'"1 ebar**-let of Ibe publication. of the new So* .Mr. the oddK.**" motile of the twenty ihouaaiid dollar* i Society by in f.iemU m New York, • • • • eooat.!*»•*•

m daeidinf lb* S ta t ion . Tl«i» Society made oter lo

,!*<» i". properly (o* which ibcy did not pay.

; 'IV.'I/ ef lit Betiom Sotiily.

iced ihul for the more conicnieat and mote

| efficient pmteculmii »f the general objeet which both

^ ^ ^ ^ K t r e aceking to promote. thia Society aboard

| wfca tin* Mipertiiion of. and collect i l l fund* Itum, the

M unp, New H.ni juKuo. Vermont, and MlMB-

| giMtnii, wnii ihc e m p t i a n a f I f c — W l h l ryaaajfW**

. Mountain., in i l i * iwo latter S l i l n . T b i l

i made DOMOD in commercial centre.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H & a o d acceu lo Now York eaaler. But »ine*

| nun K M I I I Inii: been -tfciehed from Boaton acroa* the

^ ^ ^ ^ • • o n t a i t i * . and 10 the diaiant *ectioni of New

^ ^ ^ B U " « Society h u embraced the whole of theae

^ K B U U * . la Ibe field Ibr which i l more especially cares

^ B U m a n which it collrci* ila fundi.

t'*mli i><ii,l ikr Sim Yark Sotitly.

V j V < * * " • ' J«*r* l{**' the union, no fundi were paid by

i (Mp l for publication*. Bui aoon

[ UID dominion! in our own country awakened more ailcn-

I doe. and mart fi.n-r- wgn _ , I W i loMpfdjrtlkaM, About

^ | p «a'ne>t appeal* for the million* destitute in

d pagan latidi wrrr made, and fundi rolicrted

In 1843, eo I portage waa tint com*

* * * • enaattrj( by thete Socteiietie* T o aupply

raaaaaeja, I hi . Society haa made appropriation a

1 Society aa it waa able.

.«• which thii Society pay* to that, ia donation*,

ittte •pfWOprittl to aid tint S-»ciety in i l l work

Wfn and pagan land*, or for oolpotiage in our own

ih Soc.ety control* and approprialea to

object., all i u donation*, and employ* that Society a

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in expend die money on objects o f our onu < - v - l , . „ T h i l Connnit itf , after obtaining ftor" th'ir foreign - . . , „ , . pondener. and from mimionary Boafds. ihe w i m . „f [ U

for rign field, aend m a statement of the amount i

to remit, far the current year, together "l ib iheapViBe . „ „ appropriated t ° " n o u s c o u i i i i i " . •.« i . t i i ' . »i,,] n i i — M l ,

and rrrpieat |ta lo pay such nf ihese specific •pprnpnatigaa. a* we choose to aelect aD«t p i y . T h e whole amount in . propriaied by tint Society l' < ia 9 # 1 , 3 3 5 ll>>t in annual apprnprian i

• 1 0 , 0 0 0 ; and r x r p l about f 1,1'IMI. thii m m . . . t e ( B l ,_ l t d through ihe National S o n n y .

Since tin- system of colpoflagc was adopt'. ( l ie large* portion o f o u t appropriationa haa b f l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H

t. m lb - W o t and Sooth. Besides tipeednur

• l i . t i t ' i . Tor colportage in our own '"'Id, » r bum pail | J i n . , i : i IOM 1843, far i b | auppnrl of fr"m fifty to screnly e o l p " " ' " . employes! by | that Society In ibnae parta of oar e c w n m T i m money | !• paid toward the support o f indii idua) laborers, and their quarterly reports are sent to us . far lis* pnn>:i» who furnish 111 the fundi f»r t in- - [ f o l i c purpose- T h o N ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H lions, societies and iudiridusls. which aend o . fundi far colportage, generally select the field in » Inch I bo mmmj ^

i i to be expended ; . 0 that a large part o r these Am da are appropriated specifically by (be donors ihetnselir?, whom ihoy are paid into out treasury.

TKr I'Miihimg CVaaaWlfM

T h e Publ i shing Committee of the N ' S - i n y -

chosen annually by the Board nl l>.-e ty . and by the proiii iona o f the c-' lain " n o i m i member* from t h e n i iretion; end no Iran shall be pohf i - l 'd l» • ! » * • • » , member of that Committee shall object." In l ' * *»"

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goaiou* co-operation of the two Societies, nothing has iluof I" Iireiuut toe free action of that Board of

in annually electing the Publishing Cornmillrc. I It«** understood by ibose wlw were • a t t a n,

,1M nnmi'. ' ' " I tb« wubei of tho Society at Boston, | gjfcoM operations, at Ibu time, were more eiteiuire ihin | (fcoH of oil ibo other Tract socictie- in the country unt-

( f j iroalJ ho •ful) regarded in tho annual doeli : < wnmitiee. At the formation of the .Society •••.'•., three weeks before the Union w u coo-

| gpuute^l, the B.nrd ..f Directors elected Dr. Edward*, was iheu the Secretary of the BoMon Society and •

of ii» Commiuee, a* one of the Publishing Com-of tbe National Society. Il ia alao known lo bo •

• j ^ M t a j g b not • matter of record, that when, in 1829, | p i . Edward*, haiing engaged in hi* temperance agency, \ rafignnl In- place in the Publishing Cuuiiuiitcc. tho Sec-| renti ai New Vuik cunrmintcalcd with UM Secretary at | Boston. and il was mutually uiiderttood, that the election

I I - acceptable 10 the Ik-ton | Committee. The aajne course was pursued in 1834, on | lha death of Mr Green, in reference lo the election of | Bei. Dr. Fay. who resigned in IfcSW, and Dr. Edward* | m* re-elcctett. In |-.Vt the same course was pursued, | •• reference to ibe election of Dr. Adam*: and this | Society hu rca»»ii to eipect the continuance of such

id Christian confidence. aa a mean* of per-the harmony which ha* ibu* far happily exiated

between these i* 0 affiliated liiMiluliooa.

I'mhliialicmi.

aupplicd. by tbe terms of the union, with the "*ued by tbe National Society, on a* low

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I t rau u w can produce them, and being «, braid-

fvugvHttaJ in chancier—embracing auch a •ariei* af

topic*. relating lo eiperimenul and practical reiving

and toaound moral*. and ao well idaptod i,, „|| - i - | I L J

of peraona. ami «lao in all the languages •pollen in our

country—ihe Committee h i " * found no oeculon I D iaa««

an independent or a different *rriea. Soon after ton

National Society began lo pulili-h it* n i n d i n ! >aluia*n

aeteral ptiriKiic borne* in R<>*lor> made pronoai.1i, , i n , ,

reqne*i of e*r Committee, for anpplyiBg Ihta Society

with these. of the aamc quality iml »ljle. <»n I heir l->we*t

term*. I i * t a found i tn i . by accepting tb* lour* of

there pmpoaala, the Society would gain not In

Itahing II IPM- book* here. Then ihe Fiperiamit - » • inrd.

of purr.haaing lhe*e booki of lint Society in ihccti, and

binding them here; but » r toon found thai nothing wai

lo !*• guncd by thi* coarac.

Whenever our Cotnmtllre hire ir-iTinird, of ihe New

York Cornniillcc. an itirrraacd d isown in the price*. of

ibeir publication! furni-hril u-. they ln>« uniKumly and

obMffcMy allotted i i . S».ofl after |hi* un i.. il!- price of

Oar T r a e U "•« reduced onc-tftitJ from whit they had

pienon-ly been.

T b e mo-t eniire harmony, and mutual r e t p M and

fond will, h « e prerailed, for ihiny year*. bet-ren ibt

a u e a l i n «fl»cer* of the two Soeintir* The) h u e been

intimately initial in coun*el* and labor*, and mam illy

re»peetful ..f l l w relaltona lo each Other, ' " ( I ^ ^ ^ ^ H

their common fo rk , Da prnpoaed by ihe >nnu on " h k h

Ihoy agreed W co-operate. Neither Soe r?iy i- merged in

the other. E*«h maintain! it* diatinci and independent

eminence, on the baaii i>f n> rotiMiiuiinti, and in diadod

and independent character a* a corporation.

a OBJECT IH* T i l l - I K I M .

A * " * temprtkiniivtly Xatiamal anil t'alhcli. ' irm^ili'il Ckrittiaat i« Ihr I'niltil Statu, *— Ikt cbjiil «•/ ' * ' ' ' " I * " «/ thr tlM 8$€ittt> I

Thai tin- founder. or both of theae Soeietiea were

•beat and purc.i minded men, no one can

doubt. They were improved with rlie great idea. that

Ihe • • m i t i i l truth. of einngclical religion are held in common by all re«| Christiana, and they bclioied thai

uinii ' l imeiioB and combined rlTi>ri to aprcad Ibcao

IfDlh*, would giro ihi'111 a wide circulation and firr.il 1 • • • • • . in acntimrnt and

•elion, wa* the object tbe; aoogbt to accomplish, and

wa* made lite h i m <.f \\.< G .mlcd.

The original cnn.liiulion of ihe Boalon Socieiy, wa i

. it* e h a n n a r . T h e second irtiofc m r r i n d

i l l . I i t . t r . ic i* "»h»l | he calculated to reeeirc the appro-

barton of M r i o H Chrirtiana, of i l l dei iominni" . > i .

II wa* foaodod, diiected and auttained, for ihe fir»i ien

or fifteen year., chiefly by ihose of one. denomination.

I I I Mjcceuftil operation! had awakened a deairc in other 'he country,for amoreeornprehcnmcly naiionnl

and catl>olic Society. and lo lie (orated in the I

OMtropofit of the count" . T h l i led to the I I

the American Tract Society in New York, which adopted

Ihe name, and aubaunlially the eonatituiion, of the Boa-

I ] . rijtanded to a more comprehendte inlOW <>l"

Cfangelir.,: I ...in which, in ittelf, *hould

b t an honor to our common Christianity. and in which 1 " f e«rry name, and from e»ery ace t ion, might

nnitc to ipread iho-c truth* which they roesrrtd and

lotnl in comaMfl .ind regarded o* H M M i d lo "ital godli-

• e n and found moral*. T h b waa tin* plan and object

jpvpOMd

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Tk>> objtet tai anomplitlud and km pmipmH.

We h»e «een from lb" record* of thia Soeirtt (,— pp. 24-fi.) IliM ihe fintl proposal In Knnir ihr teal »ribij Socieit'' Dpentioaa to New York, n u dec!,. at ibr *«OM lime ibt Coramiuc upre~<-d » nillinflnoaa lo " lati m/aiwi l.> Man a MMIM o/fulimg and eptra-riM in any otter ray. At/mm Mr iVo .v

On IIMJ evening of I be time day ihe Setirln met t* oooaider ibii •ul.jni.

The records of Urn meeting aiate, ihti (be Society retailed lb* orcrturrt fiom the .\ ice. and wcta willing " lo co-operati- iu ^mn far imparting energy and eiEcian-j lo the Trail Sylimtf tSii itu't'f:" •ml ihii "the Ctrcumo Commitiro were intirucied hi correspond with ihcm on lbn important •abject, «»d 10 uke »ach meuurn is they may think will be.1 protn.*e Ihe Trad Si.irm ol th.t country."

The tUccawa Commute* accordingly, at their meet* in{ fiflwn day* ifter iht* meeting ol I uifml tke Awirtanl Secretary lo New Vork. l» carry mlo enVet Ihe aoie of the 6KMI>, The molt wu, the fefluUoB of Iba Amvican Trnot Soeieij m N and a delegation from thai Society in ilm, for the pur-poM at mniual conference. The result of the eonfer-encc between the Society and ihi* Delegation. u ex­pressed m their tole. waa, " ihal it i> highly dciriWr for ilm SoCictj to become a branch of ihe ffawsoa

Keek, and tb.t Ike Euemtta Commitiec b» authorised lo consummate ibi plea u "ill promote the great object of eofA .-S*p pp. 23-a.

The document we hate nuotrd show thai ilm UIIMO waa consummated and ratified by ihii Soewn. facioril/ lo the friendt of both.

III ili<- Apotadi) m iln- Aiimi*l Report foe 1825, Ret. |i, \\. • •..!-. in behalf of the Kircuum Committee, U J I , u tbon imotcil, " ll it beli*»cd there will be gnat gain a* to ibe ti/mamj with which the ("ie« liuainm of pub-

• | | l*> e i r r i ed forward. T h e

r«|gbli>hiiit>tii i>r ibe Institution in New York, with which ..ami »>lher Soeietic*, are lo co-operate, will,

U u hoped. ontrilmie ultimately lo • lin/M inirtajt of the Tract* annually div.emin.ied ; while the plan af union adopted. aecurca the incalimatilc ad tarn age of luimi; the

ttmltrUitlmttrttlmttmto prtjurrttt by tkt ttnilid labori of all taneirnrd, diaacmi-Bated through ill part* of our country mid among rfifler-ent denomination*. Who can tHI," he a*k». " bow much wdl, in ilii- way. be aeeocnpliahed toward rmoring hurt­ful prijudifti, aid nulling all tkr fritudi mf (

• • • DM "rid prsiM". and in ihnr «i. •diancp ill? prosperity of Zioti. Amid the ditcuniona of pM •jr.W, in** 0 to-aptralion • / Ckrhtiaai of ilitinmt •own, nun hi bug been irnpractieible. llul. f>U,,nl bt God, a nor tra kat rrm'nrf, and thingi ontt impeuiblt, kaxt Mm bttomr *aty." Sec pp. IK— III.

In i|.- Report fat IBM, the Committee »v» of the rendu of the udon, " We «HMM pn Union *• a new excitement U effort, a-MMaW »r hitiiti. t«W o« (A' prnrnf arraugmint, ikt fundt of tkit .S*rittf tan at pro,l*rliet vf mart good, tkam if it at ltd i.paraltty

from (*, Shirty in AVw Bar*.1' See pp. Ill — ft Tbo uumcrotia auxilnrie* of ihi« Society, in dlflhrtM

pin- nf the country, were, notified thai it wu at their option to continue their relation to ihii Society, or uana-fer it I., the New York Society, a« might be m.»t conren-ieni n. ibMatthm Tbo*. located without lite field uf thla Society anon. aftef transferred their relation to the Society m Now York, and remitted to it ibe-ir fund-

TfcM Society united the imallrr local Ttaet S in the different Siut*, u uii'it- with |i •• auiitiaiin M bronchea. anil remit lo ibeni their Wplu* fund*, and

ir ptiblieaiiooa.

Tit */.,. «•>. rtciHj »itk j*, and r»»|f<W, by g~d m<« in all mli."

The Southern Sutee. •• well •• the Northern, ai ihu ( i inc( l«i i ) bid their l.r.l BanhUl, in.l il.nr own dia-llnct nnldl of pffun. All ibete intercM* were fielded op at once, noil lliej heranie merged in \lr great plan of • National E.anficlicaJ Union.

"J":. It. I. •...- I'ra. I S i nj CMlOMtta, l*e»m* •lie South Carolina Brandi. The Sufielj in AujiuU, Georgia;) throne in Richmond, Virginia; and the O H

re, Uarjlaiid, were united a< •uuliarjea t,- the National Inniluliau. The New York Religioni T r« l Society mcrgid tied! I N - York Slate Society, located in Albany, and ibo Coat Society, in liMtkird, beteim- Branch Hociciiea, md the

i \'ew l inen became auaiharice. A Itnuch . --m formed in Ptuljctrljil"! I • E" an­

gelical Tract Society in II> •*(•>», coomtinf principally of l»*lly <>f nwmbera of thn (tipuat denon" came it* auiilnry. Other eliding Societir*, in dinVent pane of the c**i"lr;-, HOB did the Mine, nncl ni i a r i i were formed in all the wmtetn and auuthrn.

Tin. mutual confidence MOD ciprrt.rd it.cif >n liberal ©ontiibuliona. In the aceond year of tho Sneiru *oce, the Baltimore Society e*ni in lit treiaury friW; the Kiefuiiond. * ; U I ; iho Chuh

•

Orlean., Ilum-.illr. ! ! :..... i . •retl a* tbt northern citie*. f*nt their fimda to the New York ^ Theaeiwna may »c«m imad- But the whole opetalio"

• u Iben final!. T h e whole amount of donation* io ihe Society. the firat jeer, waa lew i b i n $7.<>0I). Whether •mall of Urge, Uiej >bnw thit lire interest felt, ami the confidence rcpo*cd. were ivot ci.iifun.-4 in any Dl of the country. hul were Rriicrat.

T h e Mine cordial co-operation and confidence hare A, nid ncxdilj inncaied, in the north, *omh and

*c-\ A - ( i d . i . l-'.'T, ilirre were fifty-right auxiliaries in (he Soiitlwn, B U M I " IStS, ihere M r diril and thirty.fire. During the same fear, thirty.four individuals. in those Stale*, were made L i b I ' ihe payment of fifty dollars each, and aixly-four Life Haoibett, b | payment of twenty dollara each. In IMS), the whole number of auxiliaries and tranche*, loUBO-diaiely connected with ihe National Society, wai ait hun­dred mil I turn, all of which >'in donation* in ihe Sociely thai year. Tfae*e were found in twenty-men Slates and T f i t ^ r i o " . More of these auxiliane- agrjaud m PTt* York, Conncctieul. and Virginia, than in any other three

T h i north and the a m gate with increasing liberality, and contribution' from ail sections h u e WW since that time aieadily adraneeil.

T h e piibli---i, M of 'I I Sociwy have been •• by good men in all section* of the country. CoJporUge hai been prosecuted in all the Stale*, and ha* been cor­dially approrcd. and liberally patronised, by crangelical Christian*, in all section*. from California to Maine, and from Texa* to Canada. T h e experiment of a union of e. mgrlteal Chiialiatia. for more than thirty years, for the on* single object of disseminating. to th* widest extent, the gre»l essential l iuthi of our common Chris­tianity, h n so far proted to be practicable, and more successful than the good men. who founded thaws SoC«a> lies, at that time anticipated. May n e b efforts cooiiiiuc, and ihe »pirit which animate* them increase. Until the

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prayer of our common Lord and Matter U • anawprrd, in the rratixiuoit of a mora r o » f ^ ^ ^ ^ H onion of all »lto loie H im, in mora tigtwou- i o i l end the niumph* of ln> |[ii>prl in all nalioua.

B j order of the Eircutira Committee.

srrn BLISS, sromn. i f »•(«., .If.lrfA 10. 1867.

i a l l ••* Ma ndrliiy la ofltC*. a- : •

i - i l « i j of IMnanin ahall hare pnaai " record* and pruned"!* ol Ut- Kanuur* rornnuttt*. a»l report laMjMOra.

1 m i M W •"•!! I* laid upuo UM a n b r n of ibr

. I . S>- m y . and annually •«utnl»iin« a donation to iu iraatery. shall br roaajdartd in A i " . Irni aa*l ttamtary n(

• ry f« lha time bun*. ihall br. r i odirtn. a n o h e n nl :.-..- N o . : -

A . t . II. Thai Uw beiwflu of th* Society raoy be ra)oyrd oo fee* in diatant plare* than near lb* aaal of Iu operaUone, lha pftora of i u pnblWeiina* ahall be, aa far aa pracurable. the aama ia all parla

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All maMlr** ol the Satiety, the Hoard U Irtiwtan. and lha Kaacuiitr OamnttlUe. ahall ho opened 07 J O ) - .

1 '.a i>ffi«n ol lb* Shirty and the nwinber* of lha lucrative < 'ornnuiiu* and Board of lhreetm ahaU be tlattad trnm r>an<alloal denorauieUon. of ChlaHiana; and ao booh or trwi .hall ho pnhlMhad ot djculatad, a* loaf ai any inewber of lha Kxnubrr 1 ''immittta abaQ ob}aCt W U » •ami.

s;*ca%l wrrtiaga of lha Society nay bo called by ordar "I a majority of the Baarath* Coauaitaae or of lha Board of P..

; i.lUwhial oria " t i l notice in nar or n a n of lha rtliftoiat rawaptnen ta Boetan, laUordard by i t - damaauaaiioa* «< 1 hrMlana » operaiuiC with ihU Society.

Aai. 11. Al a t j aflnnil roe-Una. aack ata—dtaawfa of Lha Con •iiiuuon taay ha mad*. • • may be itcoaunruded by tr. < 'annuita*. ami apafiircd by t-n-ihlrda nf (ha metaben ptiern.

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