The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

362 THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOILIGN D 1111111.s11 AUXILIAIIY BIBLE sOCIEri. This meeting which was held on Thursday at the Mansion-house, was most numerously and rtsinctably attended. On taking the Chair, the Lotto Ithstott said, he was highly gratified in witnessing a meeting In respectable toed numerous as the wevnt.—He trusted they would it.dolge hint while lie brittle detailed the cause of call ing the meeting together. his Lordship then went on to state the objects of the Institution lle concluded b y tib,erving. that the Secretary would read the Report to the Nlerivq. Mr. PovIID9.R. the Secretary, then came forward, and read the Re; oil of the Commit' e; its art at length will not allow us to insert it all, but we select the lead ing passages, It began by adverting to the nature awl ill/1)01 tatice of the Society, and alter Wise.% mg that there was scarcely an argument which recommended the teaditig the Ilible,which did not also go to support the So ciety which distribute it, and that sr arcely any reasoiliq, existed in opposition to the Itistitiition, which, it eau. thilly.examined, would not be follivl to oppote tie prin ciple of distributing the Bible at all, or ar least to the extent of its importance, it went oil thus— " If this observation be founded upod;fact, sod con firmed by experience, the duty of contributing to the support of tile HMI.. Society beCOlllt t t ideut. Bin if in ordinary times the value of such a Society is acknow ledged, of what peculiar importance does it appear to sally round its staudartl, at a trimness; when the ene mies of divine truth appear to be engaged to the most vigorous exertions ; when Infidelity has opt My avowed the worst designs upon our Lest and M.:hest totertats ; and whet the Sacred Scriptmes themselves have been held up to contempt by the perverse despot hugs of men of ' corrupt minds.' Die friends of the Bible Society are as intwallitig to advert to any controverted optiiiolis, :14 it is unnecessary to their cau se . that they should iat sa, but when publications of the most flagitious test dency have been thrown into the witleat circulation. %viten ad hope in death has been sought to be taken aaray from our expiring nature ; when the most solemn pad sacred truths of our holy religion have beeti ho 'l and derided ; there appears a peculiar call upon the friends of divine truth to show themselves in earnest in the cause of their insulted Lord, and to redouble their uetivity in support of this sacred and useful Institution. " The last Report of this Coon ii ii ee commenced by noticing the lortnation of the Merchant Seamen's Aux iliary Bible Society (which arose out of the 'Diann s Marine Committee), the object of which enlarged plan was to supply above t 00,040 British seamen with the Sacred Scriptures. That Committee hail then supplied above 1,000 vessels with Bibles and Testatnents, by which means 160,000 seamen had re cited and carried out, as the best chart and compass of their perilous voyages, the word of everlasting life. It is with much pleasure th it the extension of that Society is here re corded. Their laboors have continued to be abundant, and their success has teen proportiott Within the last ten months 645 vessels have been visited and sup plied, contationg 9,717 seamen, of whom 14,438 ate ti ld e to read, and who have been furnished gratuitously with 462 Bibles, and 1,372 Testaments, 266 Bibles and 117 Testaments have been sold at half cost liner to seamen in the rot-vigil trade, and in little more titan three months :;31.1 Bitiles and 17:: Testaments have been sold at reduced prices to seamen in the coasting vesa.ls. The Fleet Poison continues to share the attention of the Association within %t hose district it is situated t Thackfriars and F..•.ingtlim), .incl is reported by that Association to have r. c:nk (I 158 copies of the Holy Scriptures uithiti the space of three )ears. "The t.ift of a Nitl4ll2 Iri.ll Tr statatent itt a cowl it; 601:len-lane, ;nal the s.lr ot onc in the ttrighl:otirlioot; of S.ffion-httl, appear intin the Iteitort of the North City A.snciation in hate been attended with the nt•i•a hcucticiii comasqr.cl:ces—a tact Which may, petit:lly , , I ALI in rxei..• a more getteral at:en:4m in that large ciab tit sautes 01 li. land, who are c nher entirely or part;a.ly r.sitlet.t among us. "'flit: f01i0.% staletr.rot will thew the m'i're of the Soctet)'sl:lL, 6 li.bs w Lit: past year, and its artuai con tinuo : 11.11.11:ce in hand hot year 01 . In Auxili3tv 7t'i 12 0 Soh.cript.ons 5 0 Total Ca.ii I) ii:l Cashreceived for Sale of tholes Staiw 8 5 4 1. 1,TJ:.3 "Your Coino.ittee wonkl fivaar cxpres. : a ;.nit wilt, tilitt 411 tae thembt rs of the p, cardul 10 CCIIICC , IliMe 111,111 I'Ver, Il• 11$1! 't r ri I. ti ttl r ClVirdelt ‘V . .tie, h.,1• • %• Lt a:iCr.he 1. c e liaise in Ili, Alt . lll r (. I all (;(uml, lei its jupcii et .1;11 r dlt g. If tt•t• C 111 Se ni t ii—Jit• woo sleet) the Cile•C of Gild, Wilt , :1:1).'.1t, i.t.• 14 , Icier.; 4lt 1••11'.1% 1110 Ind uuY 111 :101% (.; •• :01 1.1. i •lIIS 71,1% Ise (p;tr • till', I.lt peravd 141:11 . . '1%11"11 ~11111.1111t8 0/111.11licd 111 111.11 14••5t . 41 . i)c 1111 AL is 1, leg: :Hid lectuiliat (1, atttl %%11 , 11 11:t. Ia bticis imittiplva ‘t u . t al I. 1.2. IC lii, I 1 4111.:1111.1ill vrup 1111:1r ittil JIII. r licr ai d c , .ll,lfict 1 the itnevir t. sally ii•il ‘Vilt.ll h it . foul din :111 , 11•JIll 411 1114 , .1(y•, 111• man's it.%,.ic sil.s.l vie 11 , 1 r.rill benign anti iscalinaitifiuLuce ui ham Gua ol Perc;." THE NATIONAL EEGISTER. 4 . Oh, scenes surpassing fable--and yet true, Scenes of accomplish;tl bliss 1 which who can see, Tilting's but in distant prospect, 31111 WM feel HIS bold air. s.i'd nith fore ante of the Joy One son4riiiidioy ail nations; and all cry, ' AVorthy the Limb, for he was slain for oat' 1 he dwellers in the vales and on the rocks SiOUL to each other, and the wuulitaiii tops Fr distant mountains catch tile flying Joy , nation after LAM,' tam:lit the smite', Earth rulls the rapturous hosannalt COWPER. Mr. Alderman 110111 WELL rose and utovld , That the 11-port now red be received and printed at the expense of Ow Coiiiii.ittee. Sir T. BELL S.'entitlVil ltesultitium Tile lt,st \lr. OWEN b lid, lie was appointed in pre• sent lot the colooderannit of the Alecitiig. J ItChti liition which he then licid In his hand. It ttas fUIIOWS R solved, That the wic!.ed And mons now ttribloshinglv iLßn.rd thrott.;ll tie hJhost, loran, in the top Ilion oh this Meeting, all .•.o:itioria; reason for supporting the anti Foreign Bihle So ciety, fin its !duple arid exr - Insile .1 ject the with 91 pis-- sible circulation of the 11r.lv Sciiptisres, is precisei . t adapted to repel, in the istost ellircnt and adequate manner, such introits anruy.ts, ity giVihg a ilibiffict Ihmotir and proilimelice h. hit Wairired ‘iil 11) en circling it n ith the ali. - ction and iti.okeri rerriesice of Chrisita.is of every name, and in thus co.: rihuuut ;0 pledge the na ion in that llo'y Bonk. iv hien liitidein% is daring to revile, but sill which all iii , ptiuctldcs of and re:igiou- order and subtatimalitht, anti tilere.ore th very foundations of puHie Ir.:a:quills:3 - and prnalc virtue and happiness, ultiniately Rat. rile li4 solirtion was then pm and carried. The hilith% in" liebolithoil was then non ed— licsolsed--Tliat the sincere acknowleilginems of this Alerting are due to th. Right h o st. the Lord Stara fOr the patronage winch :! has athirded to the Institu tion as President, and for the handsome 10.nnier in which he granted Me use of the L gvpttaii Ilall lur the Atinit cowry Nlecting. The RA v. JAS. CUNNINGHAM then came forward 4141 pronounced a compliment on the conduct of his Lordship, as connected watt the Institution. Mr. (:lIARLES Ptut.t.irs, of tile rirft bar, rose and spoke neat Iv as Inflows : " Although I bare nut hail the honour either of pro posing ur seconding any of your Resolutions, still as a native of that conntly so pointedly alluded to sit your Report, I hope I may be indulged in a few observations. The Crisis ill whit 11 we ate placed is, I hope, a sullicient apology in itself fur any inn - lotion; but I find such apology lorendeted mope than 111111ECESfilry by the coultesy at Ilias reception. Indeed, toy Lord, ohm we see the omens every day arising—all Ell wr ace blasphemy openly aro% ed —when we ace the Scr iptures audaciously indicated— alien an this Christian Monarchy the (ICU of the republican and the deist yawn , * tor the 'tawdry is your must public throiti,liferca—alicit marts are usteutatiously opt ued,vt "ere the moral poison sissy be poschased,, %hone, subtle venom enters the *cry soul—ohm is,fidelily has become So at lade ofcouinset cc, and nitio's perdition 'nay Int:hear esicd at the stall at carry pedlar—no fiiellll of society should Et/11111MP 11111.11I—il is no longer 4 question ot political pi isilege—uf sectarian contsustisy— ut nieulogit al discussion r. —it is become a question , whether Chnehamly 'Oren shall stand, or olselliva oe shall let go the tit in anchor °four lailii , and drift a Montt chart, or helm, or compass, into tlic shin ch ss ocean at and blood I I despise as much as ally man, the %tune of bigot' y —I will go its tar as any man Mr rational librety, but I will not depmie my GM to di ily the inti4le - I, or tear to pier, s the charter of the State, mid grope fur a constitution amongst the mut ky pigeon-holes of t %try cieedles., law Las, infatuated iegicide. W situ I saw the other day, my Luigi, tile thief bat:chat:al of their orgies the snail with %hum the Apostles %tie cheats, and die Prophets hats, and Jesus an impostor, tat his Inc ti tat, %libel ing Lour otter hour. with the most hut tid blaspleesmcs—sui rounded by the %unities of eseiy sect and the heads of t set) lailli—toeChissiiahArclAnshue, the Jewish I:alibi—the 1111'11 west Vlllllll lit tut Iht ir piety anti ll air learning, whom he had pm pu,ciy collected to Sr his infidel sillcuic of all silty teSrisilltd—when 1 sass him raise lilt Huiy Bane il, our band mai the Age of Reason w the mile', as it %err et/Mounting the Aliniglity smith 1. rebel Nollll, lid the pious Judge pew pale, slid the patient . Jut y interposed, and tbe sell-convicted etch Mime If, Ole: basing sated 4457 all tits al igitial impiety, was 111.1111'ed 11110 • 111CIC machine, for i lie i eduction of the sinahl U.aspliciny sit others-1 eusila nut belt, ektlaimiag, •• (mataa:e a man—if 101 l your Ile. hledl'lle'al mathlrss CUllki be I ealisetl, %hat %soma yon gist us sit exchange tor out e tati.oltinents? %I mit %%mild you into lot that atigo,t timunal—toe would you au,- Whirr that ilult 14 . 8.4E111 that inq,al lid J11r) er *Uffizi you 1 oully burn lily liusl.t 1 cud claw li,e statute 5, 1. , . toe diendi ii e quivalent of ilic ci otitis and 10111 , 1111er' indeed I; 1 1%•111 asked for a prat neat 'ranee) tie lull Clill.lllllllol/, I lime vi ay Ishii ul that ci i 1111 l —and if ilie legal ammo, ul any count', 111•011 earns till - insiled 411 moaner. 111,1 inertly ul 1111.1 of such !von Ib1,:11 enti.m.l. mom g.- I milli E.u.Crole lo 14111 I io a ii4l I say, I 01411 11•4 be vons,4l, 8,1 40. 101,14,14. g Ilia! t . 411611,•it .-.. 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Nu, no, this is not our Isla iii ;:orduess, Ir.:slness iro nee cheek, mil scat rei rag iron. her hand, known by the that h erald I:er lair presence, me peat:end %mites lust alit lid her Hai, dud the blaze ill glory that lingers m her Hall!—:t ';!i ..... el, srakllig tail :nth eil—itimpring Our 11116 with airy Impe and %ision.,iy illll etlll iiltnim the inklin g s t)i its mantle trolitig the tilt, tiy sviimol of its purpose. Hear riot its sopitisiry ; guard your child ag moo 11 ; nratv round your homes tut emisecr.iierl tin cle alum it dare 1101 reeler. YOU %%,L Lad ale 411111iet your .I.e gicat lIII,UIIu I.ll‘ell Ily tele .. i % tor Lit' 1/11.1.C11011 of Ill1111illlity• n ;it I,i. Iles 1/et4.1:11 ;toil the 1-.1.1 1,1 1111111j11 141S51(11111; soil, oh! bel.ere II )I):l tcau 141111 Lit ) %slide it is bass ry tile,eirmiled, the fitly dein. r will 1 , ,11 tilt , 1 / 4 .11/1"C .V..1C11 all 111.11 )011 ttiola or venerable, or sacred, itill w inter row rue %% le o idi s suit ell.ll tile Irl. Utla 01 licidillll are 1101%, ter e%tr Were, • tile elieseelllrs 01 rem; tttt i—riiey LIIOW urn tie,i lit el lehelliuu Geiel lime.. die basis of got. inherit tier inv.., and that the Itiztiest structure rowel). can raise is out to Babel ttttt 1111111 CM Of Its impoterfte, an., itn pride, nioekirig tile builders with a mums ills slrvile,l,ll, 4114 turn coierity, diem wit.. ince Rabic comusiiiii. Do you %tall/ ? only look to Fraller. Ihe %1,1011 01 your rabble blaspllellicts Las not sight enough to contemplate tile origin)* molds 0 ham com menced mat revolution. he wit—the sage—the oralin —t lie hero—tile whole bond ) ill getiiiis tut lltshrd lords their trejsllreS, :111.1 gave mean enrol) lianun'S eXl gene.: ; they had great pun i•ad glorious cause —they had all that huuwu potericy could gist turin. Bun envy relied WO IllUell nom fths 1111111. in pu lenCy—tnry atjureit their God, and, as a natural con•e quelled. they murdered Oscar king —they coiled their polluted acmes troll the brothel, and the lali of toe idol extitigiiisned the flame of tire altar. They crowded the •scatlold with all Men country held dear of geu.usOroltit. ill , and when tile peerage and the prelacy were exhaust ed, the mob-rat:cm loner of to-day L. came Me -t ievm of tomorrow. Nu sex Was spared—no age respectee'.— no suffering pitied—and all tins they iii,. in the s.,ereil riaine of litterty, though lit the deluge of human blood, they left not a mountain lop fur the auk of liberty to rest on. But Providence was neither • dead hut sleeping: It mattered not that for a moment their impiety seemed to prosper—that email , pained alter then ensatignined batiziels—that as weir insatiate r..gle snared iv6annt tin sou lie seemed it. to replullw Ins %%Hy, and to renew his vision---it wan ()lily Jur a moment, and you see at last that ill the very inintinel 01 . 111 est the A mighty's VengeanCe file wall,' and toeir dledcnt fell from the brow rot Ihr iduLter. My Lord, 1 will nut abjure the altar, the trireme, and Ike eiellUllution, for the bloody tinsel of tins. resaluiluilary pan minute. prefer ins God, teen ter the impious ceniocracy of their Farrilieon—l will 111)1 desert toy Kmg, etc,' :or the 110- litical etitlailey of their Parnicitiormint. 1 Moat see sonie bet er authority than tile Firet-sireetTesuple Lehner I Joie g o ftie prineiplvs whicli I i lit ti IRA ill my youth, and to oiircit 1 louts lorward as the consolation of my age; these all. proteting principles es hien titmice guard, and Sit veleii the social interchtirse—u hitch 2iveltti, happiness; and death, hope; ee Lich cilisMute mare', I y, lilt best protection, plaeii.g . , the iMatit's craill.• and the female's couch beutaul the sacred shelter of tlie national morality. Neitoer Paine, nor ail the brood, shall swindle nit' from the Look where I hate learned these precepts—in despite ial all their scoff, and belie 11, and menacing, 1 say, of Inc •acred %Moine they %%mild oblbeiate, le ,u a book ei facts as well authenticated as ally heatireil iii•iory—a book of miracles, bunk tif prophecy, confirmed by past as 5e,.11 as present fulfilment —a bobk of poetry, pule and namial, and elet wed tern to inspiration—a book of umiak such as (10111 lichee I . :aintll for rite perfection of human My Lord, 1 w II abide by the pact-ins, aditdie lile (wanly, rthere the toy stet..es, and as far as 1.1 the ilt'S practise t. ie MaMlatc, a tins sacred %Mimic; and sliou4 the ridicule of earth and the blasphemy kil console myself by the et)1111.111.:4:01) of those blessed spirits who, iii tile tallle eause, have nn;ed, and ...wile, dnu sUilere.ll. ill the le I lowelop or rite saints - --iii the " trothe ion.)• of the Marl) the seeeiery of rut gear ante .11Id 5%; , e 4 , 1' es ery nanun me not clean,ed, at Last A.) preicroioniess Il'J% lac (Ai elsee! ‘‘l It lilt 1111111111. tire I 11.11 e 101 iily ;Ali, 1 , , I could. 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