The attention of the friends of the great cause of Christian Bene- POSTAGE.--This periodical contains ten and a half sheets--under 100 miles 16 cents; BV 2375 A512 Correspondence of the Society. A3 1840 150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW-YORK. Communications pertaining to the Publishing Department, and Foreign Correspondence, may be addressed to Rev. WILLIAM A. HALLOCK, Corresponding Secretary, &c. Those pertaining to the raising of funds, and the pecuniary and business transactions of the Society, to Rev. O. EASTMAN, Corresponding Secretary, &c. Those pertaining to the Volume Circulation and Tract Visitation, and for the American Tract Magazine, to Rev. R. S. Cook, Corresponding Secretary, &c. Those covering remittances of funds and ordering publications, to Mr. O. R. KINGSBURY, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, &c. Drafts for dues will also be issued in the name of Mr. Kingsbury, and drafts containing remittances should be drawn in his favor. All Communications may be addressed to either of the above, or to The Secretaries of the American Tract Society, No. 150 Nassau-street, New-York. Mr. JOHN A. ACKLEY, General Depositary. Form of a Bequest. Recommended for adoption, as the Society is not incorporated. Dollars, IN TRUST, to pay I bequeath to my Executors the sum of over the same, in after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the American Tract Society, formed in the City of New-York in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five; to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of the said Society, and under its direction. The fifteenth anniversary of this Society was held in the Broadway Tabernacle, New-York, May 13, 1840, at 10 A. M.; the President, S. V. S. WILDER, Esq. in the chair, supported by Rev. SAMUEL MILLER, D. D. of Princeton, Vice-President, and Rev. JAMES MILNOR, D. D. Chairman of the Executive Committee. Prayer was offered by Rev. S. A. VAN Vranken, D. D. of the Reformed Dutch Church, New-York; the Rev. CHARLES G. SOMMERS was appointed Secretary of the meeting, the Rev. Mr. Maclay, Recording Secretary, being in Europe; the President made a brief introductory address; the Treasurer's report was read by MOSES ALLEN, Esq.; and the Publishing and Foreign departments of the Annual Report were read by WILLIAM A. HALLOCK, and the other departments by R. S. Cook, Secretaries; when the following resolutions were presented and unanimously adopted, viz. On motion of Rev. L. D. HOWELL, General Agent, Western New-York; seconded by Rev. N. B. CROCKER, D. D. of the Protestant Episcopal church, Providence, R. I. Resolved, That the Report, an abstract of which has now been read, be adopted and published under the direction of the Executive Committee. On motion of Rev. R. WELLS, of the Reformed Dutch Church, Newark, N. J.; seconded by Rev. JOHN W. CHICKERING, of the Congregational Church, Portland, Me. Resolved, That Tract distribution, especially when connected with prayerful efforts for the salvation of individuals, is an efficient means, under God, of developing the energies of the church, and bringing the Gospel into contact with the unevangelized population of our land. On motion of Rev. WILLIAM CLARK, General Agent, Western States; seconded by Rev. WILLIAM BETTS, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Jamaica, W. I. Resolved, That the extensive circulation of the Society's volumes in different parts of the country, and their usefulness, under the Divine blessing, in counteracting the influence of ephemeral or fictitious reading; in enlightening and alarming the sinner, and deepening and maturing the piety of believers, furnishes occasion for devout gratitude, and is an encouragement to increased efforts for their universal diffusion. At this stage of the exercises the audience united in singing the following hymn: Salvation! O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. Buried in sorrow and in sin, At hell's dark door we lay; But we arise, by grace Divine, The spacious earth around; |
