This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV Clostng lears "Servant of God, well done I Rest from thy loved employ; The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. "The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell--but felt no fear. "Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV Clostng lears "Servant of God, well done I Rest from thy loved employ; The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. "The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell--but felt no fear. "Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield." James Montgomery. OON after General Hutchinson returned to England and began to settle down a little, he entered on congenial work for his Lord and Master. Besides what he did locally, the two Societies which were most to his taste and feelings were the Church Missionary Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was elected a member of the Committee of the former at the annual meeting held on May 6, 1879, and took his seat at its next meeting. He was a regular attendant at the meetings of this Committee up to 1881. When the appointment of Lay Secretary became vacant in that year, it was offered to General Hutchinson, and he was appointed Lay Secretary at a special meeting of the General Committee held on June 7. There had just before been a great deal of anxiety felt in the Committee as to the state of the funds of the Society. In the previous year a Special Committee had been entrusted with the duty of going very carefully into every part of the business of the Committee so far as the finances of the Society were concerned, and certain measures of economy and retrenchment were proposed. Some were at once carried into effect. It was, in fact, a time of peculiar financial anxiety and strain, and the services of a calm and sober administrator were eminently required. This requisite was found in General Hutchinson. He had been a member of the Joint Committee of Funds and...
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