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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 l^TANDXNC RUXiES ii "•(If .1^ V i^^^lM&i^ ^ISIX^IL^X' iS^vDffii'IF'ff 'ii; NOVA SCOTIA '»v I T ir ;v r. I s ■]■ or PATRO\?i. OFFICERS. AND STANDING C OM MITTEK OF THE f^OClETY. •Kfiior.i), iiou t;ooi> ANP now it.easast it is ron nRKrituis tc :^vei,L Tor.ETirtit in i nitv.— I'^alin cxxxm. I. iUMIAX ; "RiNirn Fjy j:n(-,i,t«ii and bi ai kai>m Public Archives of Nov. Scot.d Oil lUUS { and L been c CJiiirc .It file took t the D Mcetii Societ jjroruo Evano erease luT rid proiest, ge-dier muhial (lesiiriis ne^ircl <'in(! oil jtlcs, ;ii cjition circNhi! STANDING RULlvS, &,-. On Monday May 22^1 at 3 o'clock, a nunie- .ousai.dlnghy respectable meeting of Clercry and Laity ol ti.e KstahlisluMl Church, which 1 ad been called together hy notices ^n,u m the Pa loc 11^ '""^ fechoolllouse. The LordliLhoo he n V ?'/*' ""'^ P'-occeded, after prayer Ibr the Divme blessing and help, to lay before the Meot.ng the plan andobjects of a proposed Church feoc /etx . Its great objects were stated to be the A r r" 7i'" '"^''"ig'^"^ ncquaintancewith.he l^Kuuchca! doctnnes and Apostolic order of the •church ol f'noland among her members: the in- |-n;ase of a charitable alla<-lnnent (o her doctrines, 'iM iilnal, ami her ministry, on the part ot those pro ossn.g to be her children ; and the knitting ,o' gether oi pastors and people in closer bonds of inutual ailect.on and regard. Its nmre detailed Kng men desirous of edu- ;;;'-!- '-.:^^.'-trvof,]u.OW,,EDOE, .hall be respectfully requested to be the I'atrons of this Society. II. The Hishop of the Diocese shall be the President of the Socie- ty, With a control over all their proceedings. Hi. approval shall !,« necessary for the completion of all i.nportaut acts of the Society .,n.i cspecmlly for the revocation or alteration of any of the standin.- ndes and for making any addition to them. Ill There shall be two or more Vice Presitlents, ol whom thu Archdeacon of Nova-Seotia shall be the first; a Secretarv, an Assis.- tant Secretary when necessary, and a Treasurer. IV. There shall be a Standing Committee, consisting of tho Officers, all tho Clergy, and as many Laymen as it shall be^thou-rhi convenient to choose at the Annual Meeting of the Society Th« Lay Members shall continue in tiie Committee Ibr a year, or imtil other Lay Members be chosen in rheir place ; and any or ail ol them nmy be re-elected. Seven of the Comtnittee shall be a Uuorum pro- vided four of them be Laymen. ' V. Th.. .<„c>rty sha.j ho open to all the .Me.nhers of the Churcn, all of uhom .shall be inv.ted In unite with if Te,. poMMd. pa:,l ai any one Vuv., ,!,all -jMalily a person to be a Member ts It was organized, iy of Nova ing favor- and ready its funds, CMS and a followinij >cejan ChinrU OF NoVA- ROI'A(;iTJO.\ Dift,sliall be oftlicSocio- vnl sliull liu ■Society, and lulijijr rules wfioni tilts I an Assis- ting of flio l)e tlioiiiflit 'My. Tha \ or iiiitil II oi them tniiii, pro- t< of tiie it. Tom ; Member fliiriug l.i. lile, and li.e pajmcnt i„ advance of u„y ,>uin, fiownn mall, shall (|uuli(y u person to bu u Munber for a year. VJ The members ofihc Churclun every partofUic IWh.co •^Imil be invited to ro-operate with the J),o.esuu Society, by j.,inin.r ' '"nunttees of ii which .4.ail he Ibrmed, under the din..clion of their r'sptctive Cleriryn.en, either in eucli misHJon orimri.h, or in more '''an u-,0 mi^Mon or parish united, as shall be deemed niuM c.nvenient, •■•"dm strict accordance with the designs and rules of the Diorcsiu feoi:iety ; and it is jecommcndod to the Committees to (brward tli«-|r binds, as they may be collected, to the C.'.meral ( V.mmittec wl,., w'li la.tJdully aj.ply them to the general objects of the Society ; but Hhen the Lucal Committees desire it, they shall receive books at cost '"Hi charges lo the amount of one fo'.;rtli of their remittances. VII. There shall be one general .Meeting of the whole Society, ""•liHlin^r any members of the Local (Jommitlees who can ooiueni - •■•"tly attend, on such day and at such |)lare as tlw President may name, of which due notice will be -iven, with an invitation to every Committee to send at least one Clergyman and two Laymen to repru- 'ieiit such Committee, and with a recommendation that eac:i Coni- niiltee shall meet at some convenient time immediately before tha Ceneral Meeting of the Society, that any necessary suggestions may be oflered to the representatives of the Commirtees fSv their giiid- ance at the general meeting. And a sj.ecial Ceneial .Meetin^' may be called at aiiy time and in any place, when the IVe^i.lcnt, or ,in bis absence, two or more Vice Presidents, shall consider it desirablo i-> aj)poiiit .such special lieiieral Mectin" Vilf. The objects to which the attention of the Society shall be directed shall be, generally, those which have engaged the two g/eatC'huroh;Societics in England for the Propagation of the (Jo-ipul and for Promoting Christian Knowled;:e and none other. IX. The following olijects shall more particularly tJiigaire tha attention of the Society, as soon as their means may enable them to aflbrd sucji attention : 1. Supplies of Rooks ni,.i Tnicts from t!ip storr-; of tli;- Socicfv for F'romniin;; Christian [vnowlfd-r, aii;l none other, e\ci>iit in ca.rs where oth(T Hooks or'J'racts. in slriit conformity with the pnr,, ip!, <; rS 'rip Fs. Mhlishi'd Ciiurdt, nn-^ parlicularlv adapted to loca! rir> ii.Tr'.;;up'' -OiaU ^"r';:r--— ' ■^i'..':C^::^:';;n,,;:'l;;:::;:''' ^^ ^'"-1- at t„. Collegiate i^uMisiir,,::!:;"-;^'^,:!::!,'" ■—« .'■- ■■onlril,„ii„„„„„„„|„„,|,,.„ f t * ""•■ '■ i"'"ivi'li'«l ;(~^f;..:i:r;n:::,:::-::;!t:::;::::t ^ I "^'I'•>P.|. iul.-.|.,r,f ,„ ,„,. .,,,.,,1,. , ' '"o ><-.,. tirs ,„ ■ ( ♦f />' ( 'f ors .)/' tli(^ X^^CTt^^---"^--^ I'ATKONS! His Km; I I "• ^"■"- "■"'"■— •Mv.,. i> I'll.. n„„, T. N. .I,:,KtK,. ''"'"■ Hon. (■ K. l>,„:s,orT. Itr. D.uin n viii:. „ , ^i;n{i;T.\in ''ex. WiM.ivM ( ,m;mvi,,,.. 'Ii:.snv I'livuu, i\, VS.^I.^TWT S|:c,{j;ry.^ AND THLASlKElf ^iTANDIXc; ''(>.-\].MfTTj;r; M-LCLEROY.MEN „F tm. ESTABMSUF.., mVRCU, v^ JosEi'ii Staeu. v^ Bartlext. - *^ J. G. A. CntiGHTov. . •^ Ja.mes Themain. . ■^ E. Pnvon, Sot). „ '^KHichakdsov.. Miss,i.s. A. HiniAUDsuN.. ♦' Te.mit.st. ^ v- iV- C'LAIIKL-. V- ^^C- OHLHIMI. _ C^ V ■; /^. r- ■* ^ •■' '. .- ^ n At a m«?ntinn[ oftlio Thursday, May L>(ith, ,|,o Pro«i,lont oltho So- ciety m tlio chair, tho folio wina jrcnilcmen won nominated and appoiiucd as the ST.WDrVG COMMITTHK OI lUA [SI(.\ Tho Rov. Dr. ^\-,r,,,,,, I{,.ctor ,.f ,St. Pauls, Ilalilax Tl). llev.K. F. ^■s,^,K,:. li.cor „f St. (;.„r..„ rialir.x TJif Hev. .\. D. I'vnKEH, Kmot of narfmontli. Tlu- Kev. Fnw.N (j.r.PiN, Hod,,, of An.mpolis. Tlic Krv. J. r. CocHAv, I{,ct..rofLun..„lM,r^r. Published by order of the Standing Committee, WILLIAM COGSWr.LF- n.up.T. Mny Ofith. Jn-^.?. '^'"■"'"■>'