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GREENOCK REGISTER. 63
SOCIETY FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES,
IN CONNEXION WITH THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. Alexander Campbell, President.
John Hercus, Treasurer ; and John M'Lean, Secretary.
Directors, Nineteen ; and Collectors, Twenty.
SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETY,
IN CONNEXION WITH THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. Alexander Campbell, President.
George Smith, teacher, Secretary — John Nasmith, Treasurer
And a Committee of Twelve.
SOCIETIES
IN CONNEXION WITH THE UNITED SECESSION CHURCH, INNERKIP STREET.
A General Missionary Society.
A Society specially for the support of a Missionary in the South
Sea Islands.
A Juvenile Missionary Society.
A Maternal Society, consisting of from 60 to 70 mothers asso-
ciated for the moral and religious improvement of themselves and
children.
A Christian Instruction Society, for the purpose of distributing
Tracts, reading the Scriptures, and holding prayer meetings in vari-
ous districts of the town. Number of Agents, 35 ; Tracts distri-
buted in the past year, 5,188 ; Prayer Meetings, 14 ; average attend-
ance at each, 12.
A Total Abstinence Society, consisting of young persons, with
a visiting committee under the superintendence of the minister.
SOCIETIES
IN CONNEXION WITH ST. JOHN'S EPISCOFAL CHAPEL.
Clothing Society. A bonus of twopence on the shilling allowed on
deposits ; a sale of clothes three times in each year.
Friendly Society. — For relief of sick, and burial of deceased mem-
bers; meets once a-month.
Coal Fund. — For receiving deposits and supplying coals in winter ;
meets once a-month.
District Visiting Society. — For the distribution of Tracts and
reading the Scriptures.
Alms Fund, — For the relief of the aged, the infirm, and widows.
Auxiliary Jews Society. — Meets once in the fortnight in the
school-room.
Auxiliary Missionary Society. — Meets once in the fortnight in the
school-room.
Blanket Fund. — For supplying the loan of blankets during the
winter.
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