List of Presents, per Mr. Charlesworth (Boys' Division) :-PROVISIONS.- quantity of Milk, Messrs. Freeth and Pocock; 120 Eggs, Miss Janet Ward; 5 tins Fish, Mr. T. P. Chard. CLOTHING.-5 Small suits Clothes, 4 pairs Trousers, 2 Vests, Mr. W. Smith; 12 pairs Stockings, Mrs. Tayler; 6 Night Shirts, Mrs. Tasker. GENERAL-1 pair Wool Slippers, Mrs. R. Oakley; a few Books, Mrs. Tayler; 19 bars Soap, 10 Brushes, Mr. T. P. Chard. List of Presents (Girls' Division):-CLOTHING.-12 articles of Clothing, Mrs. Whitaker; Parcel of Clothing, G. P. E.; 8 Dresses, Young Ladies' Working Meeting, Metropolitan Tabernacle, per Miss Higgs; 49 articles of Clothing, 6 Pillow Covers, and 2 Seripture Quilts, Young Ladies Working Association, Reading, per Miss Nellie Withers; 12 articles of Clothing, Mrs. Moss; 12 woollen Scarves, Mrs. Moore. GENERAL.-12 pairs Lace Curtains, 33 yards Window Blind (for New Buildings), 8 Antimacassars, Mr. S. Peach; bottle of Disinfectant, cake of Potash Soap, Mr. J. Sellers; parcel of Books, Mr. J. Hewetson. Girls' Orphanage Building Fund. Statement of Receipts from May 15th to June 14th, 1881. Colportage Association. Statement of Receipts from May 15th to June 14th, 1881. Subscriptions and Donations for Districts : £ s. d. Mr. R. Dennish Mr. S. Thompson Miss Frances Mr. W. Wayre Collected by S. Shaw Mr. J. G. Priestley A friend, per Mr. W. Barclay Worcester Association Collection at Warminster J. Cory, Esq., for Castletown 10 0 0 South Wilts District 15 0 0 W. M. J. Reynolds, Esq., for Stow and Aston. 10 0 0 £173 0 0 500 Subscriptions and Donations to the General Fund: Collection at Annual Meeting Mr. Cockerill Miss Newman iss A. and E. Newman Mr. J. T. Olney Mr. J. West... £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 10 0 500 0 10 0 110 050 050 110 086 0 10 0 0 10 0 200 0 10 0 100 010 100 050 0 10 0 076 050 1 1 0 500 10 0 0 050 20 0 0 050 100 £82 15 8 Society of Evangelists. Statement of Receipts from May 15th to June 14th, 1881. Friends sending presents to the Orphanage are earnestly requested to let their names or initials accompany the same, or we cannot properly acknowledge them; and also to write Mr. Spurgeon if no acknowledgment is sent within a week. All parcels should be addressed to Mr. Charlesworth, Stockwell Orphanage, Clapham Road, London, Subscriptions will be thankfully received by C. H. Spurgeon, "Westwood," Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood. Should any sums be unacknowledged in this list, friends are requested to write at once to Mr. Spurgeon. Post Office Orders should be made payable at the Chief Office, London, to C. H. Spurgeon. THE object of this Association is the increased circulation of religious and healthy literature among all classes, in order to counteract the evil of the vicious publications which abound, and lead to much immorality, crime, and neglect of religion. This object is carried out in a twofold manner : Ist.-By means of Christian Colporteurs, who are paid a fixed salary, and devote all their time to the work, visiting every accessible house with Bibles and good books and periodicals for sale, and performing other missionary services, such as visitation of the sick and dying, and conducting meetings and open-air services as opportunities This is the most important method, enabling the Colporteur to visit every part of the district regularly. occur. The average total cost of a Colporteur is from £75 to £80; but the Committee will appoint a man to any district for which £40 a year is subscribed, if the funds of the Association will permit. 2nd. By means of Book Agents who canvass for orders for periodicals, and supply them month by month; these receive a liberal per centage on the sales to remunerate them for their trouble. This second method is admirably adapted to the requirements of districts where the guaranteed subscription for a Colporteur cannot be obtained. Shopkeepers or other persons willing to become Book Agents may communicate with the Secretary. The Association is unsectarian in its operations, "doing work for the friends of a full and free gospel anywhere and everywhere.” Cheques may be crossed London and County Bank; and Post Office Orders made payable to W. C. JONES, at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. All communications should be addressed to REV. W. CORDEN JONES, Colportage Association, Pastors' College, Temple Street, St. George's Road, London, S.E. Metropolitan Tabernacle COLPORTAGE ASSOCIATION. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. OURTEEN years have now elapsed since the formation of this Association, and the Committee desire to record their gratitude to God for enabling them to continue this work until now with almost uninterrupted progress, and followed by moral and spiritual results the importance of which cannot be over-estimated. On account of the continued trade depression of the last few years it was deemed desirable for the present to direct special attention and effort to the consolidation of the position already attained by the Association, rather than to seek its rapid extension by any extraordinary methods. 16 new districts, however, were started, and 79 occupied during the past year, but as several have from various causes been discontinued the number of Colporteurs now employed, 73, is nearly the same as reported last year. The continued and even increased necessity for the work are abundantly confirmed both by the reports from the various districts and from the recent utterances of eminent men in various positions who are well able to judge. In a recent sermon on " Books: " the following striking passage appears -"The printing press is the mightiest agency on earth for good or evil. The position of a minister of religion standing in his pulpit is a responsible position, but it does not appear so responsible a position as that of the editor and the publisher. Men die, but the literary influences they project go on for ever. I believe that God has made the printing press to be a great agent in the world's correction and evangelization, and that the great final battle of the world will be fought, not with guns and swords, but with types and presses, a gospellized and purified litera ture triumphing over and trampling under foot and crushing out a corrupt literature. God speed the cylinders of an honest, intelligent, aggressive, Christian printing press!" To wage this warfare against pernicious literature is the work in which this and kindred Associations engage. The printing press produces the peaceful weapons and ammunition, while the Colporteur is the Christian soldier who carries them into the conflict. He fires not at random, but selecting his ground and opportunity aims at the enemy now a Bible or Testament, then an attractively illustrated periodical or interesting book, or failing to find a purchaser will present a tract with |