First Specimen of the COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. FIRST SPECIMEN OF THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. Charles' LADIES' BIBLE ASSOCIATION. Monthly Report of District No. 2, Presented 9th of July, 1819. The following Persons have become Subscribers since our last Monthly Report; viz. July 5. Captain Owen... A. 21. 28. July 5. Mary Cox..... Kind of Bible or Testament. P. B. L. P.T. Number of FREE Contributors now subscribing Number of FREE Contributors since the Establishment Number of Subscribers for Bibles and Testaments since the Number of Bibles and Testaments distributed to the date of the last Report Number of Bibles and Testaments distributed since the last Report Second Specimen of the COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. SECOND SPECIMEN OF THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. We have been received with the greatest kindness and cordiality throughout that part of our district which we have visited. Of fifteen families, we found five destitute of the holy scriptures; and four of these gratefully availed themselves of the advantages of the Association. Were it not for this personal investigation, we could scarcely have believed that so much misery and ignorance existed within those walls, which we have daily, and too thoughtlessly passed, for many years. Some of these cases we have recommended to the notice of their more affluent neighbours; and, we rejoice to say, with considerable success. Short as has been the time since we engaged in this good work, we have been abundantly convinced of its necessity; and, we humbly trust, are gratefully sensible of the privilege we enjoy in being permitted to co-operate in it. We propose Miss Jane Goss, of No. 1, William-street; and Mrs. Walters, of No. 6, William-street, as suitable Ladies to be invited to join the Committee. The Testaments, Nos. LOAN STOCK. are now on Loan in this District; relative to which we have to report We recommend Mary Candler, residing at No. 3, Plough Court, as a suitable person to be supplied with a Loan Testament, Pica size. She is a widow, very poor, with six children, and receives parochial relief. She expresses much gratitude and pleasure in the prospect of having a Testament to read. Maria Smith, Collectors. The Collectors are earnestly and respectfully requested to fill up every blank in their Reports. All persons presenting donations come under the class of FREE Contributors. Duplicate First Specimen of the COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. DUPLICATE FIRST SPECIMEN OF THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT, The following Persons have become Subscribers since our last Monthly Report; viz. Sort and M. ls. W. ld. .... Lucy Morgan Q. 4s. Number of Subscribers for Bibles and Testaments not yet supplied. 32 44 Number of FREE Contributors since the Establishment of the Association 36 Number of Subscribers for Bibles and Testaments since the Number of Bibles and Testaments distributed to the date of the last Report P.T. 618. 97 15 Number of Bibles and Testaments distributed since the last 17 Report. Duplicate Second Specimen of the COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. DUPLICATE SECOND SPECIMEN COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT. [Being the Second Page of the Report.] FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. A Lad, a boy of colour, who received a Bible from your Society, was previously a pest to the neighbourhood; idle, profligate, and profane. He has now been in the possession of it several months; and not only his mother, but the more impartial neighbours, testify to the He is reformation which has taken place in his conduct and manners. become humble, dutiful, and conscientious. Being lame, he cannot perform any thing arduous; but, by increased industry, he has DOUBLed his weekly earnings. The correctness of his language is striking: never is he now heard to pronounce the name of GOD, but with reverence and awe. At church he is now a constant attendant, with his Bible under his arm, which he appears to value as an inestimable treasure; and his poor mother speaks of the happy change with emotions of rapturous gratitude. John Heel, a Free Contributor of fourpence a-week, wishes to subscribe for a Pica Testament, for his daughter. He promises to continue his Free Contribution after he receives it. LOAN STOCK. The Testaments, Nos. 5, 17, 20, 25, are now on Loan in this District; relative to which we have to report-that they are all carefully preserved, but Nos. 5 and 20 particularly valued. We have the pleasure to state, that No. 34, returned to the Bible Secretary since last Report, was attentively perused by a poor sick woman, since deceased. On our first visit, she was hostile to the name of a Bible; but when visited by sickness, she sent for us: and on our arrival, after imploring forgiveness for having so often rudely turned us from her dwelling, begged to read that Book she had hitherto despised and ridiculed. The Testament was immediately lent to her, which she constantly read; and a Clergyman, who frequently visited her in her illness, stated, that she died, blessing with her last breath the Society which had thus furnished her with the Word of GOD, and through it brought her to the knowledge of a SAVIOUR. Jane Brown, Collectors. The Collectors are earnestly and respectfully requested to fill up every blank in their Reports. All persons presenting Donations come under the class of FREE Contributors. SECRETARIES' Books and PAPERS. .. It will be observed, that the printed forms of all the preceding Specimens, from No. 1. to No. x. inclusive, are equally applicable to Bible Associations, whether conducted by Ladies or Gentlemen; or whether connected directly with an Auxiliary or Branch Society, or with a Ladies' Branch. And those portions of the manuscript part, which exhibit the peculiar constitution of the Association in question, are so readily distinguished as to render any further remark unnecessary. SECRETARIES' BOOKS AND PAPERS. It has been remarked, in detailing the mode of establishing a Bible Association, that in order to conduct the business with system and facility, Three Secretaries are necessary; and that they are respectively designated, the Minute, Cash, and Bible Secretaries. The Books of which they take charge, and the Reports which they present monthly to their own Committee, and (in Associations so connected) to the Ladies' Branch, come next under consideration: but a few preliminary remarks appear necessary, in order to shew the importance of these books and papers. 1. It is an adage, not the less true for its antiquity, that “whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well." The concerns of a Bible Association should be so conducted by the Secretaries, that in the event of a Collector's death, or the loss of her book, the official records of the Society may supply every requisite information, and prevent any delay in furnishing every subscriber with the holy scriptures. The Secretaries should be intimately acquainted, not only with the general state of the Association, but with the particular details of the several districts; and this information is more easily acquired than many may believe possible. In this case, as in that of the Collectors, the secret of success may be found in the Division of Labour-each of the Secretaries has her own allotted duties; and they are so apportioned, that an hour or two monthly will be found sufficient to discharge them. II. It will save considerable time and trouble, as well as prevent the risk of error, if the Secretaries make the requisite entries in their respective books as soon as possible after every Committee-meeting. As the correctness of these entries depends on that of the Collectors' Reports, any necessary explanation should be immediately solicited from the latter. 111. The Books and Papers appertaining to the Secretaries of the Association in question, are— To the MINUTE Secretary: The Rough Minute Book. 12. The Agenda. 11. The Fair Minute Book. 13. The Report Book. 14. Special Committee Summons. |