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_Incorporated National Society_. Secretary, Rev. J. Duncan, National
Society Office, Sanctuary, Westminster. Object, to help forward the
education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church
by making grants to Church Schools and the like, and by training
teachers.
_Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge_ (see Part V. of this
article).
3. _Missionary Societies_, (_a_) Home, (_b_) Foreign.
(_a_) _The Missions to Seamen Society_. Office, 11, Buckingham
Street, Strand, W.C. Object, to make provision for the spiritual
needs of British Merchant Sailors when afloat.
_The Navvy Mission Society_. Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street,
Westminster, S.W. Object, to promote the spiritual welfare of
navvies working on railways, docks, &c.
_Church Pastoral Aid Society_, 1836. Office, Falcon Court, 32, Fleet
Street, London, E.C. Object, to give grants to "Evangelical"
Clergyman towards the incomes of additional curates and lay helpers
in populous parishes. The Committee interferes in the appointments.
_Additional Curates' Society_, 1837. Office, 7, Whitehall, London,
S.W. Object, to assist in the payment of additional Curates,
irrespective of party views. This Society does not interfere in
the appointments, but very properly leaves them to the Bishop and
the Incumbent.
(_b_) _Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts_.
Incorporated 1701. 19, Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W. Object,
the spiritual care of our Colonists and the evangelizing of the
heathen in British Dominions abroad on thorough Church of England
principles.
_Church Missionary Society_, 1799. Salisbury Square, London, E.C.
Object, the preaching of the Gospel of Christ among the heathen, in
strict accordance with the doctrines and discipline of the Church
of England.
_Colonial Bishoprics Fund_, 19, Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W.
Object, to help endow Colonial Sees.
There is also a Mission to the Jews, 16, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London.
4. _Building Societies_. There are many Diocesan, as well as General
Church Building Societies.
_Queen Anne's Bounty_. (See _Bounty, Queen Anne's_.) Dean's Yard,
Westminster, S.W. Object, the building of Parsonage Houses, &c.
_Incorporated Church Building Society_. 7, Whitehall, London.
Object, the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and
Chapels in England and Wales.
5. _General Societies_. These all have local branches.
_Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge_. Address, The Secretaries,
S.P.C.K., Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C. Objects, to provide
good and cheap Bibles and Prayer Books in various languages; to
circulate general literature of a high character in thorough keeping
with the principles of the Church of England, and suitable to all
classes; to help forward Church Education, Home Mission Work, The
Building of Churches and Chapels abroad, and the Training of a
Native Ministry abroad.
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