MISSIONARY NOTICES. ANNIVERSARY OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 1850. THE Committee of this Society respectfully invite the attention of their Friends in town and country, and of the Christian public generally, to the following announcements connected with the ensuing Anniversary in London. They have the pleasure to state, that THE REV. THOMAS JACKSON, President of the Wesleyan THE REV. JOHN HANNAH, D.D., of Didsbury, and THE REV. DANIEL MACAFEE, of Dublin, have engaged to preach the sermons before the Society, for the present year. In addition to the Ministers already named, THE REV. DR. NEWTON, of Stockport, and THE REV. WILLIAM ARTHUR, of London, have also consented to afford their valuable assistance to the Society on this occasion. The times and places of the week-day services in connexion with this Anniversary will be as follows: Tuesday Evening, April 23d, at Seven o'clock, Sloane-Terrace Chapel, Chelsea, The REV. DANIEL MACAFEE; Wednesday Evening, April 24th, at Seven o'clock, City-Road Chapel, The REV. JOHN HANNAH, D.D.; VOL. VI.-FOURTH SERIES. 2 F Thursday Morning, April 25th, at Eleven o'clock, in the Large Room of the Centenary-Hall, Bishopsgate-Street- Within, The REV. THOMAS JACKSON, President of the Conference; Friday Morning, April 26th, at Eleven o'clock, Great Queen-Street Chapel, Lincoln's-Inn- Fields, The REV. WILLIAM BEVAN, The following are the arrangements made for Sunday, April 28th:City-Road Chapel, at Half-past Ten, the Rev. William Bevan. at Half-past Six, the Rev. Dr. Newton. Great Queen-Street Chapel, at a Quarter before Eleven, the Rev. Dr. Spitalfields Chapel, at Half-past Ten, the Rev. John C. Leppington. at Half-past Six, the Rev. Daniel Macafee. Southwark Chapel, at Half-past Ten, the Rev. Daniel Macafee. Long-Lane, Borough, at Half-past Six, the Rev. John Bowers. Lambeth Chapel, at Half-past Ten, the Rev. Peter M'Owan. at Half-past Six, the Rev. John Rattenbury. Hinde-Street Chapel, } at Eleven, the Rev. Dr. Newton. at Half-past Six, the Rev. John H. James. } Sloane-Terrace Chapel, at Half-past Ten, the Rev. Charles Prest. N.B. The time of commencing the evening services, on Sunday, April 28th, will be half-past six. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Society will be held in Exeter-Hall, Strand, on Monday April 29th, at eleven o'clock precisely. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Fox MAULE, M.P., has most kindly promised to preside. A COLLECTION, in aid of the Society's funds, will be made after each sermon, and in the course of the Annual Meeting. In order to avoid interference with other arrangements respecting Exeter-Hall, which the Committee could not control, the Hall doors will be opened at half-past nine o'clock, instead of ten o'clock. WITH the greatest earnestness do the Committee once more invite and urge a numerous attendance of their friends, not merely at the General Meeting, but also at the preparatory religious services, and especially at the sermons to be preached before the Society on the preceding Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The Ministers who shall officiate in the London chapels on the foregoing Sunday, April 21st, are respectfully requested distinctly to announce those services, and the names of the Ministers engaged, from their respective pulpits. The Committee are solicitous to prosecute that enlarged course of usefulness which is now opened to the Society, in a spirit of humble piety, and of devout dependence on Him" without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy." They feel more strongly than ever the necessity of united supplication for the blessing of Almighty God; and are deeply anxious that all their proceedings, and especially those connected with the Anniversary, should be marked by a religious tone and character, and should be "sanctified by the word of God and prayer." And they hope to be favoured and encouraged by the presence of many of the country members of the Society, who, they are sure, will not fail to derive much spiritual pleasure and benefit from meeting their friends in London, in the sanctuaries of God, on an occasion of such universal interest, and from uniting with them in those sacred ordinances by which it may be most effectually hallowed, and rendered permanently advantageous to the great cause of Missions. Why should not every principal Auxiliary or Branch be virtually represented, at the ensuing General Anniversary of the Society, by some one or more of its officers or members, who may be kindly induced to undertake such a service, from a feeling of deep interest in the advancement of our Saviour's kingdom, and in the salvation of the Heathen "perishing for lack of knowledge?" A large assemblage of the Society's active and liberal friends, from various parts of Great Britain and Ireland, on the ensuing occasion, would be at once an encouraging pledge, and a powerful instrument, of future prosperity and success. Such an assemblage at the London Anniversary of the Parent Institution, is, in various ways, highly beneficial and important to the common cause. The Society is thus advantageously seen and recognised in its more collective and aggregate character; and its friends go forth, with increased information and zeal, to resume, in their several spheres of distinct and particular labour, their advocacy of its claims, and their exertions in behalf of its funds. This is at all times useful, and in the present year is particularly desirable and important. JABEZ BUNTING, GENERAL PLAN OF ADMISSION TO THE ANNUAL MEETING IN EXETER-HALL, ON MONDAY, APRIL 29TH, 1850. 1. THE mode of Admission will be that by TICKET. Each Ticket will admit one person only. 2. The Tickets will be divided into Three Classes; admitting the parties holding them to the Platform,-the Central Seats,-and the Raised Seats and Western Gallery,-respectively. (1.) The Platform Tickets (which are NOT transferable) will be sent by the Secretaries to the Speakers selected and expected,-to the Committee and Officers of the Society,-to those Ministers in or near London who are Members of the Society,-to the Representatives or leading Friends of kindred Institutions, -and to such other persons, in Town and in the Country, as it may be deemed proper specially to invite, with a view to the promotion of the Society's interests, or in respectful acknowledgment of particular services which they have rendered to it. (2.) One Ticket for the Central Seats will be furnished on application, as hereinafter specified, To any Lady or Gentleman who is a regular Annual Subscriber of not less than Two Pounds, or who directly represents a family which annually subscribes not less than Two Pounds: To any Lady or Gentleman who has collected not less than Four Pounds for the Society in the course of the year: And One Additional Ticket for these seats will be given to such Ladies or Gentlemen, in respect of every Additional sum of Two Pounds annually subscribed by themselves or by the family which they directly represent, or for every additional Four Pounds collected by them for the Society, in the course of the year. N. B. These Tickets are to be presented at the Large Central Door, leading to the middle part of the Hall, which will be opened for their admission at HALF-PAST NINE o'clock. The number of CENTRAL-SEAT Tickets, issued on the plan of some former years, having been greater than the space could contain, and much inconvenience having thus been occasioned, especially to the Ladies, the Committee have been reluctantly compelled to alter the Regulations, by limiting the admissions into this portion of the Hall, to those Ladies and Gentlemen only whose personal or direct family Subscriptions, or whose Collections from others, amount to the sum-specified above. (3.) For the Raised Seats, and for the Western Gallery, one Ticket will be given, on application, to all other Members of the Society, so far as the capacity of the Hall will admit. All Annual Subscribers of One Guinea, and persons collecting for the Society to the amount of Two Pounds Twelve Shillings per annum, are by the Rules of this Society constituted MEMBERS. The doors leading to the Raised Seats and Western Gallery will be opened at HALF-PAST NINE o'clock. 3. Subscribers and Collectors, to the several amounts above-mentioned, belonging to Auxiliaries and Branch Societies, or other Associations, whether in Town or Country, connected with this Institution, are entitled to the privileges of admission already severally stated. Those resident in or near London are requested to apply to the TICKET COMMITTEE, who will attend for the delivery of Tickets, under the regulations above specified, at the Wesleyan Mission-House, Centenary-Hall, BishopsgateStreet-Within, between the hours of Eleven and Four, from Monday, April 22d, to Friday, April 26th, inclusive.-If such application be made through the Local Secretaries, it should be addressed to them on or before Monday, April 224; that they may have sufficient time to obtain the required number of Tickets at the Mission- House; and for the satisfaction of the Ticket Committee, it is respectfully requested that a written Order, signed by the Parties, may be placed in the hands of such Secretaries. For persons resident in the country, such Tickets as they may be entitled to claim will be reserved at the Mission-House, BishopsgateStreet-Within, on their signifying to the Ticket Committee, by Letter sent free of postage, and under their own signature, on or before Wednes day, April 24th, their intention personally to attend. 4. Benefactors of Ten Pounds have the same privilege of admission as Annual Subscribers of One Guinea; and in proportion for any larger Donation.-All Treasurers and Secretaries of Auxiliary and Branch Societies, or Associations, will be allowed to claim Tickets of admission as such, if not admissible under any of the preceding Regulations. 5. Collectors, actually entitled, by the amounts they have collected, to admission under any of the foregoing heads, but whose names are not found in the last Annual Report of this Society, must, on applying for Tickets, produce a Note from the Local Treasurer or Secretary, to whom the required sum has been paid, stating that the party is now, on that ground, entitled to admission. No Tickets will be issued by the Committee before the time mentioned above. Our Friends who may intend to visit London from the country, in order to participate in the approaching Missionary Services, are respect. fully informed, that an ADDRESS-Book will be opened early in April, at the Wesleyan Centenary-Hill and Mission-House in Bishopsgate-Street, under the care of the Hall- Keeper, in order to receive and record their London Address, whilst they shall remain in Town, and thus to facilitate any desirable cominunication between them and the Missionary Committee and Secretaries, or other friends. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the AUXILIARY SOCIETY for the LONDON DISTRICT will be held in the City-Road Chapel, on Monday Evening, May 13th, and SERMONS will be preached in various Wesleyan Chapels in London on Sunday, May 12th, in connexion with that Meeting. The particulars will be announced on the Cover of the "Missionary Notices " for May. |