Recently our attention was called by a communication in these columns to the fact that the meetings of the St. Paul's Society are by no means so well attended as they should be. The society has nominally a very large membership, and it is yet a well known fact that it is barely possible to gather more than a dozen persons at its regular meetings. Even when the officers have endeavored to arouse interest by inviting eminent clergymen to-address the society, their efforts have met with anything but success, as, for instance, on the occasion mentioned in the communication above referred to. Such a state of things is a disgrace to the society, and besides it is a positive insult to those who have taken the time and trouble to favor the meetings with their presence and remarks. We trust that this state of things will not continue, but that when next gentlemen are invited to address the society a large number of the members will be present.
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