SOCIETY Agency Secretaries REV. J. P. WRAGG, D.D., REV. S. H. KIRKBRIDE, D.D., Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. McCormick Building, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. REV. M. B. PORTER, South Atlantic Agency, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 208 North 8th Street, Richmond, Va. REV. GEORGE E. FARNAM, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona. 216-218 Y. M. C. A. Building, Lincoln and 16th Streets, Denver, Colo. REV. A. WESLEY MELL, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. 216 Pacific Building, 4th and Market Streets, San Francisco, Cal. REV. J. J. MORGAN, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 1815 Main Street, Dallas, Texas. REV. WM. H. TOWER, Eastern Agency, New York State and adjacent regions not otherwise cared for. REV. GEORGE S. J. BROWNE, D.D. Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. REV. LEIGHTON W. ECKARD, D.D., Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. TH NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING HE Ninety-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Bible Society was held at the Bible House on Thursday, May 9, 1912, at 3.30 o'clock, p.m., pursuant to adjournment. President James Wood occupied the chair. The following named delegates were present representing Auxiliary Bible Societies: The Rev. James J. Billingsley, Sullivan Co., N. Y., the Rev. B. V. D. Wyckoff, Hunterdon Co., N. J. Devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Billingsley, representing the Sullivan Co. (N. Y.) Bible Society, who read part of the fiftieth Psalm, after which he offered prayer. The ninety-sixth annual report of the Board of Managers for the year ending March 31, 1912, was read by Secretary Fox. On motion of the Rev. J. F. Riggs, D.D., it was Resolved, That the report which has just been read be printed and circulated under the direction of the Board of Managers. In view of the vacancies in the Board of Managers mentioned in the report, a committee composed of S. B. Brownell, the Rev. H. G. Harned, of Scranton, Pa., Thomas Whittaker, and Secretary John Fox was appointed to nominate suitable persons to fill the vacancies. Treasurer William Foulke presented, with the certificate of the Auditing Committee, a report of receipts and expenditures for the year just closed. On motion of Edgar MacDonald, it was Resolved, That the financial report just read be accepted and printed in the Annual Report. On motion of Schuyler B. Jackson, it was Resolved, That when the Society adjourns, it do so to meet upon the second Thursday in May, 1913, at 3.30 o'clock, p.m. The committee appointed to nominate Managers to fill the places of those whose term of office has expired, reported, recommending that the following persons be elected, and they were elected, by ballot, Managers for the four years ending May, 1916: Churchill H. Cutting, William Jay Schieffelin, William Phillips Hall, Charles D. Leverich, William H. Spencer, George S. Mackenzie, Waldron P. Belknap, Joseph F. Randolph, C. Edgar Anderson. On motion of the Rev. B. V. D. Wyckoff, of Readington, N. J., it was Resolved, That the Board of Managers as now constituted be directed to meet at the Bible House on the first Thursday in June for the purpose of organizing for the coming year and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented. Addresses were made by the Rev. Mr. Wyckoff, representing Hunterdon Co. (N. J.) Bible Society, and the Rev. Mr. Billingsley, Sullivan Co., N. Y., President James Wood, on behalf of the Westchester County (N. Y.) Bible Society, and by William H. Spencer, one of the Managers of the Society, respecting the demand for Scriptures observed by him in a visit to Porto Rico. The minutes were read and approved. The Society adjourned to meet on the second Thursday in May, 1913. HENRY O. DWIGHT, |