fCnMMuNIcATEp.

Read before the s'ttaaie Bible Society,"" aprH IS,


1926, at their S;1th .4h4ircrsary.
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Read befyre the ssfemale Bible Society,"" Apnl IS,


1896, at their Silth .aamircrsary.


Time is rapidly bearing US, my dear sisters,
into the ocean Of Eternity! This is trite say
ing, but we do not weigh its import.-Hours,
days and weeks, bringing innumerable mercies,
have passed in quick and varied succession since
our last anniversary. returns have we
made 1t becomes us as individuals, and as soci-
ETY., to look back on our past hours, and ask them
what report they've borne to Heaven, and how
they might have bore more welcome news AS
individuals, the most of us are bound by the
strongest obligations to devote every power OF
soul and body to the Lord. We have vowed be- be-
fore heaven and earth to be IFS alone, not the
worlds, not our own, but Chi SIS. We have en-
tered into a solemn covenant, and the Lonp has
condescendcd to be one in that covenant. Have
we lived up to our vows' have we framed our
lives according 10 the preccpts OF the blessed
volume we wish to circulated or have we follow
ed the dictates of the world, and our own seihsh
hearts9 As society, what have we donel e. Al
most nothing! While others have been dliigent
in business ferycnt in spirit ace have been idlers