{"1": {"fulltext": "BX\\nI\\n4415", "height": "3554", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Library of Congress.\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\\nShelf i \u00e2\u0080\u009eS^.7^\u00e2\u0080\u009eQ.", "height": "3360", "width": "2184", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3348", "width": "2020", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3348", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "2016", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3332", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE\\nJOHN P. CROZER\\nMEMORIAL.\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nAMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY.\\nl866.", "height": "3376", "width": "2020", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "S.\\\\t o^\\nJas. B. Rodgers, Pr.,\\n52, 54 North Sixth St.\\nPhiladelphia.", "height": "3332", "width": "2252", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "MEMORIAL.\\nJOHN P. CROZER was born at West Dale,\\nSpringfield township, Delaware county, Pennsyl-\\nvania, on the 13th of January, 1793. He became a\\ndisciple of Christ when about fourteen years old.\\nIn April, 1809, he was baptized by Dr. Staughton\\ninto the fellowship of the First Baptist Church,\\nPhiladelphia. In the selection of a partner for life\\nhe was most happy in the choice of Miss Sallie L.\\nKnowles, to whom he was married March 12th,\\n1825; he died March nth, 1866, being 73 years\\nold, leaving a widow and seven children.\\nAs a man he possessed great physical vigor, un-\\nusual mental strength, a wealth of affection and ten-\\nderness, remarkable simplicity of spirit, and a stern\\ninflexibility of purpose. He was pure in his morals,\\nand blameless in his life.\\nIn his business, his course was marked by integrity,\\nindustry, and perseverance. He possessed the rare", "height": "3380", "width": "2044", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "The jfohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\nability of projecting stupendous enterprises, and of\\ngiving prompt attention to the minutest details. He\\nbegan with little, and, under the blessing of God,\\naccumulated a vast fortune.\\nAs a citizen, he was patriotic, loyal to his coun-\\ntry, and unswerving in his fidelity to the Union, the\\nConstitution and the laws.\\nAs a philanthropist, he was large-hearted, open-\\nhanded, with a soul alive to the wants and woes of\\nhumanity.\\nAs a Christian, he was humble, devout, labori-\\nous, intelligent^ and generous. Every department of\\nChristian effort shared in his sympathy. His reli-\\ngion was a thing of common life, carried into his\\ndomestic relations, his social intercourse, and his\\nbusiness affairs. It sweetened all his life, and threw\\na mantle of dignity and grace around his person.\\nIn his family and in his intercourse with his em-\\nployees, there was much of patriarchal simplicity\\nand dignity. He taught his children to believe on\\nChrist and love his kingdom; and so effective was\\nthis teaching, that their first public act after his\\ndeath, was to lay upon the altar of the Lord a most\\nmunificent donation, as a monument to his memory.", "height": "3380", "width": "2176", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "The fohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\nFor many years Mr. Crozer was a true friend,\\nand an earnest supporter of the American Baptist\\nPublication Society. In the deliberations of the\\nBoard, of which he was the chairman, his counsels\\nwere highly esteemed by his associates, because of\\nhis godly sincerity, accurate judgment, and intelligent\\nappreciation of the nature and magnitude of the So-\\nciety s work. His gifts to its treasury exceed, in\\nthe aggregate, the sum of twenty-four thousand\\ndollars. He made three large donations, one of\\nthirty-five hundred dollars, for the enlargement of\\nthe Society s building, and the others for the increase\\nof its mission work, as is indicated in the following\\ncommunications\\nTEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SUN-\\nDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES.\\nUpland, Feb. 18, 1864.\\nTo the Board of Managers of the American Baptist\\nPublication Society\\nDear Brethren: Each succeeding year of\\nmy life I become more deeply impressed with the\\nimportance of religious effort on behalf of those in", "height": "3380", "width": "2016", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nchildhood and early youth and as a natural conse-\\nquence I wish our Society to devote increased at-\\ntention to the publication, and more wide circula-\\ntion of evangelical Sabbath School literature.\\nI think many of the books we circulate, part of\\nthem too, of our own issues, might be dispensed\\nwith, or substituted by others of more evangelical\\ncharacter. But in the hands of our able Publica-\\ntion Committee I doubt not a change for the better\\nwill be kept in progress.\\nI have been much exercised in my own mind as\\nto what mode I might best adopt in order to aid the\\nSociety in effecting good by its labors in the Sab-\\nbath School work. A decision has finally been made\\nto encourage the formation of Sabbath Schools in\\ndestitute places, where no such schools have hereto-\\nfore existed, and to aid, to some extent, those which\\nhave been newly formed. And with this object in\\nview, I propose to donate in trust to the American\\nBaptist Publication Society, in perpetuity, the sum of\\nTEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,\\nsubject to the following conditions and reservations,\\nviz:", "height": "3380", "width": "2176", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. y\\nThis sum often thousand dollars is to be invested\\nand kept in United States, or in Pennsylvania State\\nGovernment loans, or in the funded debt of the City\\nof Philadelphia, or in bond and first mortgage on\\nreal estate in said city, or in well secured ground\\nrents also to be in said city as may be decided upon\\nand approved by any existing Board of Managers,\\nat any stated meeting of said Board. Such approval,\\nhowever, must have the sanction of two-thirds of\\nthe members of the Board. The yeas of those\\nvoting in the affirmative must be so recorded on the\\nminutes. Negative votes may also be recorded, if\\nrequired by the Board, or if asked for by the mem-\\nber, or members casting negative votes.\\nShould the American Baptist Publication Society\\nat any future time, by any regular and legitimate\\nproceeding, or action, decide to change its name, or\\ntitle, or to become united with, or merge into, any\\nkindred society of the Baptist denomination engaged\\nin a similar work, then this donation may be placed\\nunder the direction, and subject to the control of\\nsuch new arrangement. But the purposes of the\\ndonor, as herein specified, are to be regarded, and\\nneither the principal sum of ten thousand dollars,", "height": "3372", "width": "2016", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nnor the income or revenue accruing .herefrom is to\\nbe directed or suffered to flow into any new chan-\\nnel, or for other objects than those herein specified.\\nThe income or revenue which may accrue from\\nthe investment of this principal sum of ten thousand\\ndollars is to form and become a fund for the supply\\nof books and publications to new Sabbath Schools\\nformed, or in progress of formation, in destitute\\nplaces and to be equally applicable for schools of\\nwhite and of colored children.\\nU A11 applications for aid, out of this fund, are to\\nbe disposed of in the usual way by the Board of Ma-\\nnagers, with this condition, however, that no school\\nshall receive the benefit of this fund to a greater\\namount of value than that of the one hundred volume\\nlibrary issued by the Society, and which, until re-\\ncently, was sold for ten dollars.\\nLong experience has confirmed me in the opinion\\nthat gifts and benefactions are most valued and ge-*\\nnerally more effective when not obtained without\\nsome cost or effort. I would, therefore, strongly re-\\ncommend to this and to all future Boards to require,\\nas a general rule, that applicants for aid from this\\nfund shall, as a condition, be required to purchase,", "height": "3380", "width": "2160", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "The yohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\nfrom the Depository, books equal in value to the\\namount donated. There may, and probably will be,\\nisolated cases, where a departure from this rule may\\nseem desirable therefore, with the foregoing expres-\\nsion of what seems proper as a rule, the donor gives\\na discretionary power to the Board.\\nu The terms and conditions of this donation are to\\nbe confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the members\\npresent, and to be spread in full upon the minutes\\nof the Board; and the officers to be empowered, as\\nsoon as the money is paid into the treasury, to fur-\\nnish the donor with a certified copy of the whole\\nproceedings connected with the transaction.\\nJohn P. Crozer.\\nRECEPTION OF THE DONATION BY THE BOARD.\\nAfter the reading of this communication, the\\nfollowing resolutions were unanimously adopted,\\nviz.:\\nWhereas, John P. Crozer, Esq., of Delaware\\ncounty, Pennsylvania, has generously tendered to\\nthe Board of the American Baptist Publication So-\\nciety the sum of ten thousand dollars, as a donation", "height": "3380", "width": "2044", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nThe John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nfor a special purpose, and on certain conditions as\\nset forth in the above communication,\\nResolved, That this Board do cordially and grate-\\nfully accept from Mr. Crozer said donation for the\\npurpose and on the conditions named by him.\\nResolved, That this Fund shall be entered on our\\nminutes, and be known hereafter in our records as\\nthe John P. Crozer Sunday School Library\\nFund.\\nResolved, That in this large addition to our means\\nof usefulness, bestowed thus unexpectedly by one\\nwhose bounty we have so often shared, we recog-\\nnize anew the kindness of our Heavenly Father.\\nAnd while we tender our heartfelt gratitude to one\\nwhose Christian benevolence is interwoven with the\\nhistory of this Society, we also rejoice with him in\\nthat he is thus permitted to cast on another genera-\\ntion, the mantle of his own noble charity.\\ninvestment of the fund.\\nA committee of three was appointed to confer\\nwith Mr. J. P. Crozer, and recommend to the\\nBoard the best investment for this Fund.", "height": "3376", "width": "2252", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "The yohn P. Crozer Memorial. 1 1\\nAfter a short absence, the committee reported, re-\\ncommending the purchase of $10,000 in the new\\nsix per cent loan of the city of Philadelphia, as the\\ninvestment of the John P. Crozer Sunday School\\nLibrary Fund. The recommendation was unani-\\nmously adopted, and the securities named are now\\nin the possession of the Treasurer.\\nThe influence of this donation upon the well-\\nbeing of the present and coming generations, can-\\nnot be over-estimated. As we look down into the\\nfuture, and follow the working of the libraries, fur-\\nnished from year to year by the interest of this Fund,\\nwe see feeble schools revived and strengthened;\\nnew schools established, many of them growing in-\\nto vigorous churches multitudes of children and\\nyouth converted to Christ, entering and enlarging\\nevery department of work in the Redeemer s King-\\ndom. Numberless and ever-multiplying springs of\\nblessing will be opened, whose waters will deepen\\nand widen and flow on for ever, making glad the\\nhearts of multitudes. Thanks be unto God for in-\\nclining the heart of Mr. Crozer to establish this\\nSunday School Library Fund.\\nIt is to be most earnestly hoped that this noble", "height": "3364", "width": "2020", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nThe fohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\nexample will be followed by many others. A\\ndozen such donations would not supply the present\\ndemand for libraries on the part of needy and help-\\nless schools. By these libraries their usefulness\\nwould be greatly increased.\\nThe foregoing generous donation was made by\\nMr. Crozer on the 18th of February, 1864. About\\na year afterwards, the Board were again agreeably\\nsurprised by a munificent donation of\\nFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR\\nMINISTERS LIBRARIES.\\nUpland, Feb. 28, 1865.\\nTo the Board of Managers of the American Baptist\\nPublication Society\\nDear Brethren: I have felt much concern\\nof late in reflecting upon the severe privation and\\nsacrifices of many of the Pastors of our small\\nChurches. Those especially of new organizations are\\nsubject to not a few of these, having exhausted all\\ntheir pecuniary resources to secure an education, and\\nhave often to enter upon pastoral duties, with a\\nvery limited salary as means of support, without", "height": "3372", "width": "2160", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 13\\nthe ability to secure even a scanty library. With a\\nview to render some small aid to such, in obtaining\\nuseful books, I propose to donate, in trust, to the\\nAmerican Baptist Publication Society in perpetuity,\\nthe sum of\\nFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,\\nsubject to the following conditions and reservations,\\nviz This sum of Five Thousand Dollars, is to be\\ninvested and kept in United States, or in Pennsyl-\\nvania State Government Loans, or in the funded\\ndebt of the City of Philadelphia, or in bond and\\nfirst mortgage well secured on real estate in said\\ncity, as may be decided upon and approved by any\\nexisting Board of Managers, at any stated meeting\\nof said Board such approval, however, must have\\nthe sanction of two-thirds of the members of the\\nBoard. The yeas of those voting in the affirmative\\nmust be so recorded on the minutes. Negative\\nvotes may be also recorded if required by the Board,\\nor if asked by the member or members casting nega-\\ntive votes.\\nShould the American Baptist Publication Society\\nat any future time, by any regular and legitimate\\nproceeding or action, change its name or title, or", "height": "3380", "width": "2028", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nbecome united with or merged into any kindred\\nsociety of the Baptist denomination engaged in a\\nsimilar work, then this donation, may be placed under\\nthe direction and subject to the control of such new\\narrangement, but the purposes of the donor as here-\\nin set forth, are to be strictly regarded, and neither the\\nprincipal sum, nor the income or revenue derived\\ntherefrom, is to be directed or suffered to flow into\\nany new channel, or for other objects than those\\nherein specified.\\nThe income or revenue which shall accrue from\\nthe investment of this principal of Five Thousand\\nDollars is to form and become a Fund for the supply,\\nby gift, of books published or sold by the American\\nBaptist Publication Society, to Pastors of Bap-\\ntist Churches in the United States, of such character\\nand description as is already referred to in the fore-\\ngoing, and as is hereinafter specified; no pastor\\nhowever to have the benefit thereof to a greater\\namount than fifteen dollars; and included in the\\ndonation, the works of Rev. Andrew Fuller are re-\\ncommended, though not insisted upon, as having a\\nplace.\\nIn a former donation for the benefit of Sabbath", "height": "3380", "width": "2208", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 15\\nSchools, reference was made to a conviction that\\ngifts and benefactions were most valued and gene-\\nrally most effective when not obtained without some\\ncost and effort, and a recommendation was then\\nmade to the Board to require, as a general rule, that\\napplicants for aid, should purchase from our Depo-\\nsitory an amount of books, equal in value to the\\namount donated. More frequent variation to this\\nrule may be proper and neccessary in the distribution\\nfor Ministers Libraries than for Sabbath Schools, yet\\nthe same recommendation is now given, leaving\\nhowever a free discretionary power with the Board.\\nThe Benefits of this donation are intended for all\\npastors of Baptist Churches in the United States,\\nrecognized as such by the Board of the American Bap-\\ntist Publication Society without regard to color. As\\nmany applicants may be living in remote places\\nand unknown to any member of the Board, it must\\nbe required as an indispensable condition that satis-\\nfactory reference be given, and replies made in such\\nform as the Board may deem proper.\\nThe terms and conditions of this donation are to\\nbe confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the members\\npresent, and to be entered in full upon the minutes of", "height": "3380", "width": "2036", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1 6 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nthe Board, and the officers to be empowered, as soon\\nas the money is paid into the treasury, to furnish the\\ndonor with a certified copy of the whole proceeding.\\nYours, with a fraternal respect,\\nJohn P. Crozer.\\nACTION OF THE BOARD ON THE RECEPTION OF\\nTHIS DONATION.\\nThe following resolution was unanimously\\nadopted:\\nResolved, That we accept this liberal offer of our\\nbrother John P. Crozer, with its accompanying\\nconditions, and that we rejoice with him in the\\nprospect thus opened of new usefulness in a most\\ninteresting field, and that we place on record our\\nheartfelt gratitude to God, by whose continued\\nfavor we have this new proof of unsolicited Chris-\\ntian generosity.\\nINVESTMENT OF THIS FUND.\\nA committee, including the donor, was appointed\\nto recommend in what manner the above fund\\nshould be invested. After deliberation, they recom-\\nmended that the fund should be invested in the 7.30", "height": "3380", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "The yohn P. Crozer Memorial. 17\\nU. S. Government Notes. The recommendation\\nwas adopted unanimously and the Notes were pur-\\nchased.\\nMany will be constrained to praise the Lord, for\\nenabling and inclining our brother to make this\\nnoble donation. The Society have before them no\\nwider field of usefulness, than in increasing the power\\nof the ministry. It is to be greatly desired that\\nthis may be the nucleus of a very much larger fund\\nfor ministers libraries. This donation will do much,\\nvery much, but not a tithe of what is already\\nneeded, in this direction. We have in the denomi-\\nnation 13,468 churches and 8,436 ministers. Of\\nthese a very large number have not been favored\\nwith facilities for an extended education. Many,\\nvery many, of them are almost entirely without\\nbooks, and have no funds with which to buy them.\\nCertain books would greatly add to their useful-\\nness, but they cannot secure them. This is true\\nof our present ministry, and it will be true of the\\nministry of coming years. Many generations will\\nhave to pass away before our ministry can become\\ngenerally educated. The demand is too great.\\nSimply to give a pastor to each church now organ-", "height": "3380", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "i8\\nThe John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nized, we need over 5,000 more ministers. Where\\nare these men to come from Not from our col-\\nleges. In all our institutions of learning there are\\nat this time less than 350 men preparing for the\\nministry. It is plain, therefore, that the pastors for\\nour present and future churches must, in the main,\\ncome from the business walks of life, with whatever\\nmental training they may have, when called of God\\nto enter upon the work. They will need books.\\nGood books would be of invaluable service to them.\\nWho will help to furnish them Will not others\\nfollow the example of Mr. Crozer, and, either by do-\\nnation while they live, or by bequest in their wills, add\\nto this fund, until it shall be able to send out several\\nhundreds of small libraries each year? In the name\\nof our Master, and his servants, we make the appeal,\\nbelieving that many will respond. The good you\\nwill thus do, no mortal can measure.\\nAnother year passed away, and with it this man\\nof God ceased from his labors, and entered upon\\nhis reward in heaven.", "height": "3380", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The yohn P. Crozer Memorial. 19\\nThe following action taken by the Board of the\\nAmerican Baptist Publication Society on the death\\nof Mr. Crozer shows their appreciation of his cha-\\nracter:\\nu It having pleased the great Disposer of events ot\\nremove from among us the late Chairman of this\\nBoard, Mr. John P. Crozer, we desire to place on\\nrecord our estimate of his character and services.\\nOur brother was a man possessed of fine natural\\nabilities, ripened and mellowed under the life-long\\ninfluence of religion. Converted at the early age of\\n14 years, he maintained his Christian integrity to\\nthe close of his career. In him was combined the\\nsimplicity of childhood with the wisdom of age great\\ntenderness of feeling with stern inflexibility of pur-\\npose, and the ability for enlarged enterprise with\\nmarked diffidence and humility.\\nWe desire also to record our gratitude to God\\nfor the grace which illustrated in our brother the self-\\nsacrificing generosity of the gospel. Of the various\\nbenevolent organizations of his own denomination,\\nit is believed there is not one which has not received\\nsome token of his expansive beneficence, while our\\nown Society has been a peculiar object of his attach-", "height": "3368", "width": "2156", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nment, and the recipient of large contributions. He\\nalso extended the sphere of his liberality beyond the\\nlimits of his own denomination. The expressions\\nof regard for his memory by other branches of the\\nChurch, attest his freedom from sectarian prejudice,\\nand his wide and profound sympathy with every\\neffort for the extension of the Redeemer s kingdom.\\nLargely as we and others have profited by his\\nprincely benefactions, the richest gift he has left to\\nus is his own good name.\\nA MISSIONARY MEMORIAL TO\\nJOHN P. CROZER.\\nUpland, Pa., April, 1866.\\nTo the Board of Managers of the American Baptist\\nPublication Society\\nWe, the family of the late John P. Crozer, de-\\nsire to erect a Missionary Memorial. His hu-\\nmility as a man, his devotion to the cause of Christ,\\nhis dislike of worldly show, his favorite mode of be-\\nneficence, unite with our own personal preferences,\\nin suggesting that this Memorial should not consist", "height": "3376", "width": "2252", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 21\\nin a monumental pile of marble or granite the mag-\\nnificence of which might please the taste of some\\noccasional observer. The Memorial, it seems to\\nus, should be one that, by its influence under the\\nDivine blessing, will bring, through all coming time,\\njoy to the desolate, sinners to Christ, and glory to\\nGod. We, therefore, deem it best to establish a\\nMissionary Memorial.\\nAnd, knowing that the dear departed one, was\\ndeeply interested in the religious condition of the\\nFreedmen of this country, and that, previously to his\\ndeath, he was earnestly considering the best mode\\nof aiding them we, his widow and children, would\\ntake up and complete his unfinished work and, there-\\nfore, offer to the Board of the American Baptist Pub-\\nlication Society, in trust, the sum of Fifty Thou-\\nsand Dollars, to be sacredly held by you as the\\nJOHN P. CROZER MEMORIAL FUND FOR MISSIONS\\nAMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.\\nThis Missionary Memorial Fund, consisting\\nof fifty thousand dollars, we tender to you in per-\\npetuity, on the following conditions and limitations,\\nviz.:", "height": "3376", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22\\nThe John P. Croxer MernoriaL\\ni. That it shall be invested and kept in either\\nUnited States, or in Pennsylvania State Government\\nloans, or in the funded debt of the city of Philadel-\\nphia, or in bond and first mortgage on real estate in\\nsaid city, or in first mortgage upon Pennsylvania\\nCentral Railroad, or in well-secured ground-rents in\\nPhiladelphia as may be decided upon and approved\\nby any existing Board of Managers, at any stated\\nmeeting of said Board: such approval, however,\\nmust have the sanction of at least two-thirds of the\\nentire Board; and the names of those voting in the\\naffirmative must be recorded on the minutes of the\\nBoard.\\n2. Should the American Baptist Publication So-\\nciety, at any future time, by any regular or legiti-\\nmate proceeding or action, decide to change its\\nname or title, or become united with, or merged\\ninto any kindred Society of the Baptist denomina-\\ntion, engaged in a similar work, then this donation\\nmay be placed under the direction, and be subject to\\nthe control of such new organization; but the pur-\\nposes of the donors, as herein specified, must be sa-\\ncredly regarded, and neither the principal sum of\\nfifty thousand dollars, nor the income accruing there-", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 23\\nfrom, shall be diverted, or suffered to flow into any\\nother channel, or for any other object, than those\\nherein specified. If, at any time, the principal sum\\nof the said fifty thousand dollars, or any part there-\\nof, or the income accruing from the said principal\\nsum of fifty thousand dollars, shall be diverted from\\nthe objects and purposes herein specified, then the\\nsaid principal sum of fifty thousand dollars shall re-\\nvert back to the donors, their heirs or assigns.\\n3. That the Society shall keep open, upon its\\nledger, an account entitled the\\nJOHN P. CROZER MISSIONARY MEMORIAL FUND,\\nto which shall be credited the income from the in-\\nvested principal of fifty thousand dollars, and to\\nwhich shall be charged all donations made on the\\naccount of this Fund.\\n4. That the income, or revenue which may ac-\\ncrue from the investment of this principal sum of\\nfifty thousand dollars, shall be expended annually as\\nfollows, viz.:\\n(1.) One-fourth of the income from this Me-\\nmorial Fund, shall be used annually in supplying", "height": "3372", "width": "2124", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nSunday School library books and publications to Bap-\\ntist Sunday Schools of colored children.\\nAll applications for aid from this Fund shall be\\ncarefully considered and acted upon by the Board of\\nManagers, and grants shall be made only to such\\nschools as are found to be really needy. No school\\nshall receive the benefit of this fund to a greater\\namount of value than from ten to sixteen dollars.\\nOur own observation confirms us in the opi-\\nnion, previously expressed by the departed loved one\\nto whom this Memorial is erected, that gifts are\\nmore valued, and, generally, more effective, when\\nnot obtained without some cost and effort on the\\npart of the recipients. We, therefore, strongly re-\\ncommend, that, as a general rule, Sunday Schools\\napplying for aid from this fund, shall, as a condition,\\nbe required to purchase from the Board books equal\\nin value to the amount donated.\\n(2.) One-fourth of the income from this Memo-\\nrial Fund, shall be expended annually in supporting\\ngood Sunday School missionaries among the co-\\nlored people, who shall seek to strengthen and im-\\nprove the Sunday Schools, already in existence, and to\\naid in the formation of new Baptist Sunday Schools,", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 25\\nwherever there is a hope of their being permanently\\nsustained.\\n(3.) One-fourth of the income from the said\\nMemorial Fund, shall be annually expended in fur-\\nnishing colored pastors of churches, with suitable\\nbooks for their libraries, to aid them in their pulpit\\npreparations.\\nThe benefits of this fund, shall be given only to\\nthose pastors who are recognized by the Board of the\\nAmerican Baptist Publication Society as ministers of\\ngood Christian character and of approved ministerial\\nstanding in the denomination. And we require that\\nthe Board will, at all times, take the requisite mea-\\nsures to fully satisfy themselves with reference to\\nthe worthiness of each applicant, especially when\\nliving at a distance. No pastor may receive a great-\\ner amount from this fund, than from ten to sixteen\\ndollars worth of books.\\nWithout positively specifying the books that\\nshall be given in each case, we would strongly recom-\\nmend, that the grants shall consist of books like the\\nEncyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, The\\nBlood of Jesus, Fuller s Works, Pengilly s", "height": "3380", "width": "2124", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26\\nThe John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nScripture Guide to Baptism, Baptist Church\\nDirectory, and the like. The books furnished,\\nshall all be well bound and in good salable condition.\\n(4.) One-fourth of the income from the said\\nMemorial Fund shall be expended annually in aiding\\nyoung colored men, members of Baptist churches,\\nand approved by the churches to which they belong,\\nand the Institutions of learning at which they are\\nstudying, as proper candidates for the gospel minis-\\ntry, in obtaining such literary and theological in-\\nstruction as their talents and circumstances may re-\\nquire. The aid may be given in the form of neces-\\nsary text-books, and in the payment of tuition and\\nshall be extended by the Board through the School,\\nor Institution, that, in their judgment, is at the time,\\nmost effectually prosecuting the work of training a\\nministry for our colored churches.\\n5. It is the desire of the donors, that the income\\nfrom this Missionary Memorial Fund of fifty thou-\\nsand dollars, shall be divided and expended equally\\neach year in prosecuting the four kinds of mission\\nwork above indicated. But, should the demand for\\naid in behalf of any one of the above specified kinds\\nof mission work not be equal in any given year, after", "height": "3364", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 27\\na proper publicity has been given of the existence\\nof such aid, to the one-fourth of the income, for the\\nyear, from the Memorial Fund of fifty thousand\\ndollars, then, in such case, the unexpended balance\\nmay be expended for such of the other specified kinds\\nof mission work, as in the judgment of the Board,\\nneeds it most.\\n6. This Memorial Fund is given expresslv for\\nthe benefit of the colored people. But, if at any time,\\nthe race should become extinct, or greatly reduced\\nso that from these, or from any other reasons, the\\ndemand on the Board for aid for the colored people\\nin either of the four kinds of mission work herein\\nspecified, is not equal to the income accruing from\\nthe said Memorial Fund of fifty thousand dollars,\\nthen, the unexpended balance, may be used by the\\nBoard in furnishing libraries to white Sunday Schools,\\nand to pastors of white churches; under the same\\nconditions and limitations as Mr. John P. Crozer\\nspecified in his donations to the Society for these\\npurposes.\\n7. It is especially stipulated that the yearly in-\\ncome derived from one-eighth part of said Memorial\\nFund, shall be expended in the four different ways", "height": "3372", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nabove designated, among needy applicants from\\nevangelical churches irrespective of denomination.\\nAnd this, in the opinion of the donor of this eighth\\npart of the Memorial Fund, will accord with the\\nviews of the beloved parent, whose language on his\\ndying bed was, How small denominational differ-\\nences appear on the threshold of eternity It is\\nfurther stipulated, that such publicity shall be given\\nto the provisions of this article, as the Board of the\\nAmerican Baptist Publication Society shall deem\\njust, and, that in the event that at the expiration of\\nany year, any portion of the income derived from\\nsaid one-eighth part, shall remain undistributed, the\\nsaid Board of the American Baptist Publication\\nSociety, shall distribute this remaining portion as\\nhereinbefore directed concerning the income derived\\nfrom the other seven-eighth parts of said fund.\\n8. That the Board of the American Baptist\\nPublication Society, shall publish annually a detailed\\nreport of the grants made, and of the work done by\\nthe expenditure of the income from this Memorial\\nFund of fifty thousand dollars. A copy of said re-\\nport shall be sent annually to each of the donors", "height": "3376", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 29\\nwhile they live, and to some one representative of\\neach after their death.\\nu The donors shall have at all times the privilege\\nof examining the records of the Board, respecting\\nthe investment of the principal sum of fifty thousand\\ndollars constituting this Missionary Memorial Fund,\\nand of the expenditure of its income.\\n9. The terms and conditions of this donation,\\nmust be confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the mem-\\nbers of the Board, and shall be spread in full upon\\nthe Minutes of the Board, and be read in their hear-\\ning as often as once a year; we suggest that it r be\\nat the first regular meeting in each year.\\nSallie L. Crozer, $6,250.00\\nSamuel A. Crozer, 6,250.00\\nMargaret Crozer Bucknell, 6,250.00\\nElizabeth Crozer Griffith, 6,250.00\\nJ. Lewis Crozer, 6,250.00\\nGeorge K. Crozer, 6,250.00\\nRobert H. Crozer, 6,250.00\\nEmma Crozer, 6,250.00\\nMaking in all, $50,000.00.", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nRECEPTION OF THE MISSIONARY MEMORIAL.\\nAfter the reading of the above communication,\\nthe following resolution was unanimously adopted\\nResolved, That this Board gratefully accept this\\ngenerous donation of the family of the late Mr.\\nJohn P. Crozer, upon the terms and stipulations\\nnamed.\\nThe yeas and nays were then called, and all the\\nmembers of the Board present, being nineteen in\\nnumber, voted in the affirmative.\\nWhereupon the Secretary announced that more\\nthan two-thirds of the resident members of the Board\\nhaving voted in -favor of the resolution, the Me-\\nmorial Fund had been accepted with its stipulations\\nby the Board.\\nThe following resolution was also adopted, viz\\nResolved, That a committee of three, consisting\\nof Rev. Wm. F. Hansell, D. D., Rev. J. Wheaton\\nSmith, D. D., and Rev. George Dana Boardman,\\nbe appointed to prepare an acknowledgment of the\\nsense of gratitude entertained by this Board for the\\ngenerous donation made by the heirs of the late\\nJohn P. Crozer, to the American Baptist Publica-\\ntion Society.", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 31\\nThis committee reported the following letter of\\nthanks, which, on motion, was unanimously\\nadopted.\\nLETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.\\nPhiladelphia, May, 1866.\\nThe Board of the American Baptist Publication\\nSociety unanimously and gratefully accept the dona-\\ntion of Fifty Thousand Dollars, made by you to the\\nsaid Society, and on the conditions specified by you,\\nas a Fund to be consecrated to the memory of their\\nlate beloved president John P. Crozer.\\nIn accepting this donation the Board cannot re-\\nfrain from expressing to you their estimate of the\\nexcellence of his character and of the eminent at-\\ntachment to the cause of the Redeemer which uni-\\nformly distinguished him.\\nThey further desire to record their high apprecia-\\ntion, not only of the liberality of this donation, but\\nalso of the wisdom and Christian devotion which\\nhave prompted you to employ this method, to per-\\npetuate the memory of a man, whose exalted virtues\\nentitled him while living, to the esteem of his co-", "height": "3376", "width": "2112", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 The yohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\ntemporaries, and now that God has taken him, will\\nsecure for his name and character the grateful recol-\\nlection of coming generations.\\nThe memorial which you have chosen is one\\nwhich will survive all time and change, and exist\\nwhen the stateliest monuments of marble and brass\\nshall have crumbled to dust.\\nWm. F. Hansell,\\nJ. Wheaton Smith, V Committee.\\nGeo. D. Boardman, J\\nTo\\nMrs. Sallie L. Crozer and family.\\nINVESTMENT OF THE MEMORIAL FUND.\\nThe fifty thousand dollars, constituting the John\\nP. Crozer Memorial Fund were, by a unanimous\\nvote of the Board, invested as follows:\\n$15,000 in U. S. 7*30 s.\\n15,000 Penn. R. R. 1st Mortg. Bonds.\\n10,000 City 6s. New\\n10,000 State 6s. War Loan.\\naction of the society.\\nWhen the announcement of this large donation,\\nwas made to the Society, at its annual meeting May\\n21st, 1866, Bartholomew T. Welch, D.D., led the", "height": "3380", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 33\\ncongregation in a prayer of thanksgiving, that will\\nnever be forgotten by those who united in it.\\nThe Society by an earnest vote placed upon its re-\\ncord the following commendatory minute:\\nThe Committee to which was referred the pro-\\nposition to establish The John P. Crozer Mission-\\nary Memorial Fund, ask permission to report:\\nJohn P. Crozer is happy in a double life. Death\\nhas given him a place elsewhere, and yet has not\\nbeen able altogether to take him away from his old\\nsphere. Gone forward into the world of light be-\\nyond, not his name only, but his spirit still lives\\nhere, and in those born of his blood, showing that\\nmoney is not the only heritable possession. For it\\nis no dishonor to his family they will count it their\\njoy, to trace their noble beneficence back to a spring\\nin him, whose name they are proud to bear. They\\nallow the spirit which ruled his earthly life also to\\nbuild his monument, now that he is dead. They\\nlet him still live, they help him to live grandly, and\\nwith a longer, unending life of good in the work\\nwhich they empower this society to do. They trust\\nhis memory, not to local and perishable stone, but to\\na work which shall find its place wherever there is a", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 The Job?i P. Crozer Memorial.\\nblack man in America, in a work which has some-\\nthing of the immortality of the gospel itself. They\\nmight give bond in stone that his name should\\nendure. They wisely choose to commit it to the\\ngratitude of the poor, and to link it with the pro-\\ngress of the knowledge of the kingdom of God\\nIt is no uncertain trust. He shall live, known or\\nunknown, in the words of teachers, in the pages of\\nbooks, in the tuition of ministers, so long as this\\ncountry shall have a ministry for his Redeemer.\\nThough the name were forgotten, he will live in a\\nwork, which is for the eternal word of God, and in\\nthe immortal minds of men, and through the genera-\\ntions of a future whose end is not to be seen.\\ncc But this Society, ready and solicitous to do honor\\nto Mr. Crozer, accepts this trust, not for his sake\\nmore than for the good of the race, which, from his\\nearly days, touched the sympathies of his generous\\nsoul. As his sun sinks into another horizon, theirs\\nrises in the east. They come up stretching their\\nhands of hope northward, and their life comes out\\nof his grave. So has Providence timed this magnifi-\\ncent gift with a magnificent opportunity. Both of\\nthem we hail with grateful praise to God. We", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "The yohn P. Crozer Memorial. 35\\nhear in them the call of our Lord to this Society.\\nIt is the first step and prophecy of a destiny laid\\nupon us to meet and bless this race coming up out\\nof their darkness and sorrow after the light of Christ.\\nIt is our ordination to one of the divinest ministries\\nof our time. It leads where, unless faith fail, and\\nlove to Christ and his poor shall die, there will be\\nothers to follow. We are encouraged, then, to take\\nup this trust in the spirit in which it is imposed.\\nTheir honor for the head of their family, is ours\\nalso. Their and his purpose of blessing to the en-\\nfranchised bondmen, to the children of Africa, is\\nours. Trustees of a benefit so ample, so timely, so\\nfree, we should count it our honor to fulfil, to en-\\nlarge it. The Society will not hesitate to express\\nits feeling in reference to this proceeding. The\\nfollowing resolve is offered\\nResolved^ That this Society, accepting and approv-\\ning, in its purpose and conditions, the trust com-\\nmitted to the Board by the family of the late Mr.\\nJohn P. Crozer, with its great and welcome obliga-\\ntions, also places upon its record its appreciation of\\nthis unusual and magnificent benefaction, and hereby\\noffer to Mrs. Crozer and her children the assurance", "height": "3372", "width": "2108", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nof cordial sympathy, both in the loss they have sus-\\ntained, and in the honor they propose to the lamented\\nhead of their family. For the Committee.\\nS. L. Caldwell.\\nWe have now presented the several papers con-\\nnected with the donations of Mr. Crozer, and with\\nthe Memorial Fund of his family. They tell their\\nown story. These are generous and commendable\\nbenefactions, and will result in very great good. By\\nthe two munificent gifts of Mr. Crozer, the Society\\nwill be enabled to supply, each year, forty new white\\nSunday Schools, with a fifteen dollar library and\\nthirty ministers, with ten dollars worth of good books\\nfor their libraries. The Memorial Fund will sus-\\ntain one or two Sunday School Colporteurs, among\\nthe colored people will supply fifty poor colored\\nSunday Schools with a library seventy-five deser-\\nving colored pastors with ten dollars worth of books,\\nand furnish yearly $750.00 towards the education of\\nyoung colored ministers. And this varied work\\nthese donations will repeat, year after year, forever.\\nWho can comprehend the ultimate and aggregate\\ninfluence of these benefactions?", "height": "3372", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 37\\nThese Funds, however, as before intimated, will\\nnot supply all the demands of even the present\\ntime. The Board could, in the exercise of a wise\\ndiscretion, distribute, annually, libraries to over two\\nhundred, instead of forty, new schools; and the\\ndemand will enlarge continually. Besides new\\nschools, there are scores and hundreds of old ones,\\nthat are languishing for the want of a few books,\\nwhich they are unable to purchase. And, instead\\nof thirty, there are, and will be each year, many\\nhundreds of ministers, who would be greatly bene-\\nfited in their work of preaching Christ, by a small\\naddition of suitable works to their scanty libraries.\\nBut the supply, inadequate as it now is, will steadi-\\nly increase. There are other men, and women, too,\\nwho will wish to do something like that which has\\nbeen done by Mr. Crozer and his family. The\\nLord Jesus has many faithful servants, who regard\\ntheir wealth as a means with which to do good. And\\nas they inquire for the way in which to expend it, so\\nas to accomplish most for the cause of u Him, who\\nloved them and gave himself for them, many will\\nadopt the work of the Publication Society. Some\\nwill give liberal donations annually while they live", "height": "3380", "width": "2108", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 The John P. Crozer Memorial.\\nothers will leave large bequests in their wills. Some\\nwill enlarge the capital of the Society, that it may\\nbecome a Publishing House worthy of Baptists, and\\nequal to the stupendous work they must do in this\\ndirection. Others will wish to enlarge the Minis-\\nters Library Fund, until it shall be able to add a few\\ngood books to the library of every needy minister in\\nthe denomination. One will make provision where-\\nby every newly organized Baptist Sunday School in\\ntheir own State, or in some new State or Territory\\nshall be supplied with a hundred volume library.\\nAnother will establish a Fund for the free circu-\\nlation of tracts and pamphlets, so that Home Mis-\\nsionaries, Missionaries of State Conventions, pastors,\\nand others may be freely supplied with all that they\\ncan judiciously circulate. This will greatly increase\\ntheir usefulness. Some will prefer to furnish the\\nSociety with the means with which to make a set\\nof electrotype plates of a New Testament, or of a\\npocket, Sunday School, or Family Bible; and by\\nthus reducing the price, secure a wider circulation.\\nOthers will make provision for furnishing the Bible\\nto all families who are known to be without it, and\\nwho are desirous of obtaining it also to Seamen, Sol-", "height": "3376", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 39\\ndiers, and others. Some will wish to stereotype a\\ngiven tract or book, in the English, German, French,\\nItalian, or some other language and thereby per-\\npetuate it forever, and secure an extensive circula-\\ntion. Others will wish to support permanently a\\nSunday School Missionary, who shall devote his en-\\ntire time and energy to the organization of Sunday\\nSchools. And others, still, will desire to sustain,\\nyear by year, a Colporteur, who will labor among\\nthe destitute, carrying the gospel of our God to those\\nwho either cannot, or will not come to the Sanctuary\\nto hear it preached. In these, and in various other\\nways, provision will gradually be made for meeting\\nthe great, and ever increasing, demand upon the So-\\nciety. The work of the Society, as the Publishing,\\nSunday School, Colporteur, and Bible Agency of\\nBaptists, is so important, vast, and diversified, that\\npersons of different tastes and predilections will find\\nin it something, by the doing of which they can serve\\ntheir Lord and bless the world. The donations of\\nMr. Crozer and family, we think, will not long stand\\nalone.", "height": "3372", "width": "2108", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nOTHER PERMANENT FUNDS.\\nThe great economy and the usefulness of the\\nMissionary Colportage, conducted by the Society,\\nhave commended it to very many persons. The\\ndonations to this work are increasing year by year.\\nSome legacies have been given.\\nTwo gentlemen, who resided near each other in\\nthe State of New York, being each desirous of doing\\nsomething towards the permanent support of a col-\\nporteur of certain special characteristics, made the\\nfollowing provisions in their wills:\\nI.\\nTHERON FISK PERMANENT COLPORTEUR FUND.\\nI give and bequeath to the American Baptist\\nPublication Society, located in the city of Philadelphia,\\nthe sum of two thousand and five hundred dollars,\\nto be permanently invested by them to the use of\\nthe said Society, as follows It is my will that the\\nannual interest be annually appropriated in the em-", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 41\\nployment of an ordained minister of the Baptist de-\\nnomination, who is consecrated to the work of the\\nLord, and who is in his social relations, and who\\nagrees to remain through life, free from all connec-\\ntion or affinity to any and every secret society of\\nwhatever name or nature whose labors are devoted\\nto the spread of the gospel by the Colporteur system\\nof distributing religious and evangelical publications,\\nand at the same time by the simple and primitive\\nmode of preaching the gospel extemporaneously\\nfrom house to house, and in supplying destitute\\nplaces and feeble churches by preaching the gos-\\npel on the Sabbath. As it is my desire to give as\\nextensive benefit as possible, by this small pittance,\\nto the scattered sheep of Christ, I have therefore\\npreferred that an ordained minister should be select-\\ned, that he may be fully qualified to every good\\nword and work as the case may demand in the ad-\\nministration of the ordinances of God s house.\\nII.\\nJONATHAN DAVIS PERMANENT COLPORTEUR FUND.\\nI, Jonathan Davis, give and bequeath unto the\\nAmerican Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia,", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 The yohn P. Cromer Memorial.\\nPa., the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars, ($2300)\\nas a permanent fund, to be invested by said Society\\nso as to draw seven per cent, interest annually.\\nOne hundred and fifty dollars of said interest to be\\napplied for the support of a Colporteur, to be em-\\nployed by and under the supervision of said Society.\\nThe balance, or remainder of the interest eleven\\ndollars, to be applied in furnishing a library yearly to\\nsome poor destitute Sabbath School.\\nThe said bequest is made on the following con-\\nditions, viz:\\n1st. That said Colporteur, supported by said\\nbequest, shall submit a report of his labors to the\\ndonor, or his heirs at least once a year.\\n2d. That said Colporteur shall be a man of ap-\\nproved piety, a faithful defender of the principles and\\npractices of the Baptist denomination totally ab-\\nstaining from the use of intoxicating drinks and\\ntobacco and who is not a member of, and pledging\\nhimself not hereafter to unite with any Secret Society,\\nso long as he shall continue to labor under the pa-\\ntronage of this bequest.", "height": "3380", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "The John P. Crozer Memorial. 43\\nINVESTMENT OF THESE FUNDS.\\nThese two legacies, in accordance with the minds\\nof the givers, were invested in the Business of the\\nSociety; the Board obligating themselves to pay per-\\nmanently six per cent, interest on the first, and seven\\nper cent, interest on the second, toward the support\\nof Colporteurs, as designated by the Wills of Messrs.\\nFisk and Davis. By this mode of investment, both\\nthe principal and interest will be perpetually doing\\ngood. The principal, being in the business capital,\\nwill continue to provide religious literature, and the\\ninterest will, in each case, help sustain a Missionary\\nColporteur for ever.\\nThese men of God, before going to their rest in\\nheaven, have each thus secured the appointment of\\na Missionary to labor among the perishing, year after\\nyear, down through coming generations. There is\\ngood reason to hope that brethren Fisk and Davis\\nwill be permitted to greet in the heavenly world\\nscores, and even hundreds of precious souls, who\\nwill be saved through the instrumentality of their\\nbequests, though somewhat peculiar. They are a\\nportion of the blessed dead, whom, while they rest\\nfrom their labors, their works follow.", "height": "3372", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 The yohn P. Crozer Memorial.\\nAt the time of these bequests, the salary of ordi-\\nnary Colporteurs was only $150 per annum. Col-\\nporteur salaries now range from three to five hun-\\ndred dollars, according to the man appointed. There\\nare few more pleasing ways of doing good, than to\\npreach Jesus to the poor and neglected, every day\\nwhile we live, and for generations after we shall be\\nin heaven. This we may do by proxy by arranging\\nfor the permanent support of a good Missionary Col-\\nporteur.\\nLoFC.", "height": "3372", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3348", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3332", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "FEB 21 1901", "height": "3356", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "its", "height": "3368", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n021 898 764 3", "height": "3501", "width": "2299", "jp2-path": "johnpcrozermemor00amer_0056.jp2"}}