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Ever watching the progress of philanthropy, Mr.Eddy early saw the great utility of Savings Banks.This excellent institution had its origin as late as1803. From this period, the benevolent were deeply engaged in establishing savings banks in every city,town, or village, where they were required. The firstsavings bank that was put into operation in this country was established at Philadelphia, but almostsimultaneously another at Boston. Mr. Eddy had, forsome time, made great exertions to get one up in thecity of New York, but he met with many difficultiesin the attempt. The objections raised were, one afteranother, combatted with success, and at length, in1819, Mr. Eddy, with his friends, John Murray, jun.and Jeremiah Thompson, effected this purpose. Thisbank has been in full operation ever since. Mr. Eddywas a Director from its commencement until hisdeath, and for some time Vice President of it. Thereare now more than fifty of these savings banks inthe United States, which have been of an incalcula-ble benefit to the poor. A bank not only saves theirmoney, which might have been foolishly expended,but it gives a poor person no small degree of respec-tability among all classes of people, when he is pro-vident enough to put his spare earnings into such aninstitution. Mr. Eddy was an active and zealous member ofthe New York Bible Society, and amongst the first tolend his aid to its establishment as early as 1806, andcontinued his connexion with it until the time of hisdeath. This Society was founded only two yearsafter the parent society in London. The origin ofthe Society is a singular fact in history. It is said,that a Welsh divine, good as he of the same country described by Swift, whose cassock was out at elbows,travelled to London, and stated to some of the reli-gious societies the want of bibles in his flock, and thegreat scarcity of them throughout all Wales. Thisstatement set the pious to making inquiries, and a