The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People.Weylland, John Matthias
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The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People.
Weylland, John Matthias
City missions; London City Mission
VI. Persons subscribing one guinea annually; every donor of L10; an
executor on the payment of a legacy of L50 and upwards; and Clergymen of
the Established Church, and Dissenting Ministers, as representatives of
their congregations, who subscribe or collect for the Mission the sum of
L5 annually, shall be members of the Institution.
VII. A General Meeting shall be held annually in May (and oftener if
necessary) to appoint the office-bearers, and receive a Report of the
proceedings of the Mission and of the state of the funds. All matters
proposed shall be determined by the majority of the Members present. The
Meeting shall be opened and concluded by prayer, and the President for
the day shall sign the Minutes of the proceedings. In connection with
the Annual Meeting, one Sermon, or more, shall be preached, of which due
notice shall be given.
VIII. The funds of the Mission, arising from donations, legacies,
subscriptions, collections, etc., shall be expended, under the direction
of the Committee, upon the salaries of Missionaries, the purchase of
tracts, and in meeting all necessary charges in conducting the business
of the Mission.
IX. That no alteration be made in this Constitution, except at an Annual
Meeting, or General Meeting, specially convened by the Committee, upon a
requisition stating the nature of the alteration, signed by fifty of the
members, and to be held within twenty-one days of the receipt of such
requisition.
We give the following extract of speeches delivered at the last, or
Forty-third Annual Meeting of the London City Mission, which was held in
Exeter Hall, on Thursday, May 2nd, 1878; Lord KINNAIRD in the Chair.
* * * * *
The large assembly having sung three verses of the hymn,
"All hail the great Immanuel's name,"
the Rev. JOSIAH MILLER read a portion of Scripture and offered prayer,
after which--
The Meeting was addressed by the CHAIRMAN as follows:--
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