OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

His Excellency JOHN COTTON SMITH, President.

The Hon. JEDIDIAH HUNTINGTON, of N. London,
The Rev. SAMUEL NOTT, of Franklin,
The Rev. LYMAN BEECHER, of Litchfield,
The Rev. SAMUEL MERWIN, of New-Haven,

HENRY HUDSON, of Hartford, Secretary.

JOSEPH ROGERS, of Hartford, Treasurer,

His Hon. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, of Hartford,
SAMUEL PITKIN, Esq. of East-Hartford,
The Rev. AMOS BASSETT, of Hebron,
Hon. THEODORE DWIGHT, of Hartford,
The Rev. HENRY A. ROWLAND, of Windsor,
The Rev. CALVIN CHAPIN, of Wethersfield,
The Rev. ANDREW YATES, of East-Hartford,
ICHABOD L. SKINNER, Esq. of Hartford,
The Rev, SAMUEL GOODRICH, of Berlin,

Rev. ANDREW YATES, Clerk of the Directing Committee.

Rev. ABEL FLINT, Agent for purchasing and distributing Bibles

ICHABOD L. SKINNER, Esq.
The Rev. CALVIN CHAPIN, and
Hon. THEODORE DWIGHT,

Committee of Accounts.

Agents have been appointed in most of the towns in the State of Connecticut for soliciting and receiving subscriptions and donations.

The Rev. Messrs. CALVIN CHAPIN, ANDREW YATES, SAMUEL GOODRICH, and ICHABOD L. SKINNER, Esq. are a Committee to correspond with those Agents, with powers to appoint Agents for the above purposes, as from time to time they may find necessary.

Payments of monies, are to be made to Mr. JOSEPH ROGERS, the Treasurer, Applications for Bibles, are to be made to the Rev. ABEL FLINT.

LIFE MEMBERS.

Ladies Cent Society, Fairfield
John Hall, Esq.
Ellington
Rev. Dan Huntington, Middletown
Henry Perkins, Esq.
Lyme
Dea. Timothy Stillman, Wethersfield
Samuel Newton, Woodbridge
Aaron Bradley,
Appleton Robbins,

His Excel'cy John C. Smith, Sharon, Young Ladies Cent Society,Hartford
Hoo Jedidiah Huntington, N London
Ezekiel Williams, Esq Wethersfield
Mrs. Ruth Patten, Hartford
Mrs. Hannah Yates, East-Hartford
Daniel Wadsworth, Esq. Hartford
John Williams, Esq. Wethersfield
Thomas S. Williams, Esq. Hartford
Deacon Thomas Tileston,
Isaac Bliss,
Daniel Buck,

Hamden

Granby

Windsor

do.

do.

Elijah Mills,

do.

Nathaniel S. Parmelee,

Goshen

Russel Bunce,

do.

Charles Sherman,

New-Haven

Barzillai Hudson,

Dr. Solomon Everest,
Amos Hosford, Esq.

Canton

Berlin

Windham

Hartford

Miss Elizabeth Seward,

Norfolk

James R. Woodbridge,

Hartford

Mrs. Dinah Huntington, N. Canaan

*Mrs. Abigail Caswell,

Miss Lucretia Woodbridge, Lyme
Miss Jerusha Allen,

Rev. Azel Backus,
Hon. John Davenport,
Joseph Battell, Esq.

Ladies Cent Society, North-Guilford
James Frisbie,

Walter Mitchell, Esq. Mrs. Mehitabel Wadsworth, do. Hezekiah Belden, Esq. Newington Bethlem Samuel Pitkin, Esq. East-Hartford Stamford Samuel Hubbard, Middletown Norfolk Trustees Hale Donation, Coventry Note. The foregoing names are William Leffingwell, Esq N. Haven all that were returned to the TreasNehem'h Hubbard, Esq. Middletown urer of the Society previous to the Thomas Hubbard, Middletown 5th May, at which time the accounts Joseph Kingsbury, Ellington were made up. Names of SubscriJohn R. Watkinson, Middletown bers and Donors since received, will be inserted in the next annual report.

*Deceased.

Society for the Promotion of Good, scribing this Constitution become a

Morals.

[On the 19th of May last, in pursu-
ance of previous public notice, a
number of respectable gentlemen
from various parts of the State,
met at the Court room, in Hart-
ford. Considering the alarming
increase of sundry immoralities
which threaten the public happi-
ness, they associated, as will be
seen in the following Constitu-
tion. We ardently wish success
to the design; believing that no
man, who is governed by the prin
ciples of patriotism or virtue, will
deny his influence to suppress vi-
ces that are forbidden by the law
of God, impair the civil state, de-
stroy the souls of men, and reduce
a multitude of families to abject
wretchedness. Orthodox faith and
good morals, are equally necessa-
ry for the supreme happiness of
mankind. We are happy in of-
fering this Magazine as the vehi- |
cle of communication on so inter-
resting a subject.]

ED.

Constitution of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Good

Morals.

member.

Art. IV. Fifteen members, present in any meeting regularly assembled shall constitute a quorum to do business.

Art. V. The stated meetings of the Society shall be semi-annual, on the Wednesday next following the meeting of the General Assembly; and at the city or place where said Assembly is holden, and in the court room, with the power of adjourn

ment.

Art. VI. At the annual meeting of the Society in May, shall be elected a President, three Vice-Presidents, a

Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary; and also, a committee consisting of seven persons to receive and communicate information, to arrange business for the consideration of the society at their several meetings, and to report, from time to time, the result of such measures as shall have been adopted.

Art VII. It shall be the duty of the committee to meet semi-annually, at the court rooms in Hartford and New-Haven, at two o'clock P. M. on the day preceding each stated meeting of the society, and at such other times as shall be notified by the Chairman of the committee

THE preservation and improve
ment of morals, in a community,bers of the committee.
have ever formed an object of high
moment in the estimation of wise
and good men. For the accomplish-
ment of this object, the subscribers
have agreed to unite in an associa-
tion, and to regulate their endeavors
to attain it according to the follow-
ing Constitution:

with the advice of any two mem

Art. VIII. The members of this society, residing within the limits of each ecclesiastical society in this state, shall meet on the first Monday in July next, and afterwards on the first Wednesday in April annually, and by adjournment from time to time, as they may think proper, and appoint a chairman and clerk; and it shall be their duty to devise and adopt such measures as they may

ART. I. This association shall be called and known by the name of the Connecticut Society for the Pro-judge most effectual for accomplishmotion of Good Morals.

Art. II. The object of the association shall be to promote good morals, and to discountenance vice universally; particularly, to discourage profaneness, gross breaches of the Sabbath, idleness, and intemperance; and especially to discourage intemperance

Art. III. Any person, sustaining a fair moral character, shall, on sub

ing the object of this association; to carry into effect such regulations as may be recommended by this association; and annually to report their proceedings to the society's committee.

Art. IX. At each semi-annual meeting, an address or sermon shall be delivered before the society by some person previously appointed for that purpose.

Officers of the Society for the Year ensuing.

JOHN TREADWELL, Esq. President.

Hon. ZEPHANIAH SWIFT,

Hon. JONATHAN INGERSOLL, Vice-Presidents.
Hon. TAPPING REEVE,

CHARLES DENISON, Esq. Corresponding Secretary.
THOMAS DAY, Esq, Recording Secretary.

Gen. JEDIDIAH HUNTINGTON,

ROGER M. SHERMAN, Esq.

SYLVANUS BACKUS, Esq.

Rev. CALVIN CHAPIN,

SYLVESTER GILBERT, Esq.

Rev. LYMAN BEECHER,

Mr. CHARLES SIGOURNEY,

Committee.

The Rev. Mr. BEECHER is appointed to deliver a sermon at the next semi-annual meeting.

Massachusetts Bible Society.

ble. The proposal of a gratuitous supply has excited attention, and, in some instances, deeply affected the heart. Bibles have been solicited of a Missionary until he had none left, but the one from which he preached; and even that has been drawn from him by importunity and tears.

NUMEROUS as are the claims on the public charities, at this calamitous period, there is one too interesting to be overlooked-too urgent to be rejected. The want of Bibles among the poorer classes of people, The poor of our own State have in all parts of our country, especial- been the first objects of this charity; ly in the new settlements, is so great but those of other States have been as to call for the most serious at- sharers in it. By the Report of the tention. The exertions of the Bi- Executive Committee, 1st June, ble Society of Massachusetts, while 1812, it appears, that the Society, they have, in some degree, lessened since its establishment in 1809, had the evil, have served to disclose its distributed among the poor 3727 Bimagnitude and extent, and to prove bles and Testaments, chiefly Bibles. the necessity of still greater efforts The additional distribution of the for its removal. The frequent ap- present year will considerably augplications for Bibles from various ment the number, an account of parts of the Commonwealth and which will be duly communicated to Country, and accounts received from the public. In the mean time it is those places where they have been important to be known, that the distributed, strikingly show the im- supply of Bibles has not been proportance of this Christian charity. portioned to the necessities of the Missionaries and other agents, who poor; that applications for them are have been concerned in the distribu- still numerous; that those purchastion of the books, have agreed in ed for the present year have aiready assuring us of the extreme want of been distributed; and that an addithem, and of the very grateful man- tion to the funds is wanted at this ner in which they have been receiv- time, to enable the Society more efed. In a single village many fami- fectually to accomplish its own belies have been found without a Bi-nevolent designs, and to meet the

wants and importunities of the destitute. With the knowledge of these facts, it is hoped, that the members of the Society will not suffer their zeal for the great object of the Institution to relax; that they will be punctual in their attendance at the approaching Annual Meeting, and in the payment of their subscriptions; and that those friends of piety and humanity, who have not yet contributed to this charity, will be present on that occasion, or avail themselves of such other opportunities as may occur, to help forward a work, that must be well pleasing to GOD-a work nearly resembling that of his own" ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation."

The war, it is acknowledged, is bringing on the people various calamities, which require the mitigations of charity. Famine already threatens some of our new settlements, for whose relief, it is hoped, provision will be made. But even

Letter from Rev. Samuel Nott.

Franklin, May 1st 1813..

TO THE EDITOR OF THE CON-
NECTICUT MAGAZINE.

REV. AND DEAR SIR,

IN the letter you published in February, which I forwarded to you from my son, then at Calcutta, be said, 'We shall write you again and many more of our friends by the next departure which will be in a few days.'

I received a letter from him the last of March, but as I was confined by sickness, it was not forwarded to you for publication. By the last mail I received another from him, which is particularly interesting, as it informs of their departure from Calcutta. I now transmit them both to you, to publish all, or in part, as you may think proper.

I remain, dear Sir,
Your friend, &c.
S. NOTT.

CALCUTTA, Sept. 21st 1812.

My dear and respected Parents,

I can now inform you that through divine goodness I am restored to perfect health, and have the prospect of its continuance.

a famine of bread," is rendered more affecting and deplorable by 46 a famine of the word of the Lord." The Bible teaches us, how to bear with patience, and to improve to advantage, either public or personal calamities; it administers solace to the afflicted, and hope to the desponding; it points to the path of present peace, as well as of future happiness; it is the safest guardian of Youth, and the best companion of Age; it shows us our duty and des- When my fever left me I was extination; it proposes the best aids, tremely weak, but my restoration and the most impressive motives to has been rapid, and I am now allowvirtue and goodness; it reveals the ed again to be transacting the busimethod and the conditions of par-ness of life. May God's afflictive don and redemption; it "contains the words of eternal life, and is able to make us wise to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ." In imitation, then, of our blessed Lord, who preached the gospel to the poor," let us impart to them the Bible, to alleviate their present calamities. to soothe their present sorrows, to aid their present virtue, and to raise them to the blessed hope of life and immortality.

A TRUSTEE.
By direction of the Trustees of
the Massa. Bible Society.
May, 1813.

hand and restoring mercy, both be the means of quickening my dying soul. When I just began to recover, this thought was almost constantly on my mind; how much occasion I shall have to rejoice in this illness, if it be the means of encreasing godliness in my heart, and causing my life to be in the least more holy-I needed chastisement and now I find I need a helping God, that I may improve thereby. I hope God still continues your health, and the health of my dear brothers and sisters, and that our family are in the enjoyment of their usual blessings. If it be not