The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-01 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREION BIBLE SOCIETY.

A meeting of the above society was beliiu the Grove
Schisdroom on Tues :ay at *even o'clock in the even-
ing. Toe chair w. s taken by the Rev. W. Apple-
fin d, Vicar.
The meeting was commenced by the sineing of a
hymn, prayers were then off real, an I the 19th Polder
was read by the Chairmair after which he eabl : We
am met bore for gr. at and glorious purposes. We are
met to interest ourselves in the noble work of the
fin: id, and Foreign Bible S ciety. No doubt, what
We .631 hew will greatly encourage us. LA us
notice lir.t the character of the great work. It is to
di-triton- fa and wide the word of ti el. Nearly
100,000 OUD of copies of the Bible, New Testament and
ovine of the Scriptures have been detributed by
vile ...Kitty since its c onmenceineut. Let us consider
the Word of Life, what it is. flow unlike any other
I WA. much struck in rentiog the Sec ohl
Le.win this wt/ruing with the address of St. Paul
with the kiudriess, the sympathy, the generioity
whico it di.ployed. So, if we take the whole word,
fb,fe ie a similarity between the written word and the
Inc utak, Word. Clui.t spoke as one having
so does the word. I have reent'y read
Ville remarks made by one, of our Bebop*, I
believe it sem the Bi.ueip of Enter, who soul :
of hare reed a great way books, but I have 00000
read any book like the Bible. When I rea I other
I, wk. I read to criticie, but not so with the Bible. I
weep: ito taacbiug o. superior to all other teaching."
am aired we think tin little of the Bible because it
5.,. steely distribuied. We can iiiit dir a Ilibse fir
(.1. sod the New T..' 21. I wish the Bible
Woe root mote. rod thou we shoal.! have I srger wou-
nd:.. W. need to read it, to pray over It, an it, pray
t .at ot .er• may read it to 1 how oa I upou the Bev.
It Perkins, the depute mu, to address the meeting.
Toe Ilev, it. I'ILIKIN4 said: It gave like greet
pie sire sours tame ago to have the opportunity of
Ave ding a meetiug in Leicestershire. It viewed
Go I t raise in that place • in in wh t. welded the
whole Bible. That was the hrst. translation. I refer
t the great John Wycliffe. Some people were not
willing that the Bible should be traoslated. On one
0 .. soon, when his actions were called its question, be
eahl "Great I. the truth ant it shall prevail." About
a bun trod years a,u tere lived a man oho had no
.rupathy with the 11.1.11 e. Th.' ow Voltaire, who
.o,e. said that he believe.l iu a Lum.red years
Christianity would be dead. Which sayiug think you
1. in at likely to be fulfilled, W) entre'. or Voltaire a?
blur ecaety hasn't carried on the W•4lt f ir a buisdred
yeas, bin only id, and iu 154 time the s Ciell has
poloidted 1it,000,000 copies of God's Word, flea
tears I. he Nistroual S iciety of Scutlaad, and the
Anserican Bible S enety. Alt ..ether these
have published 155,0E10,000 copies of the Scriptures.
Here is • prooi of tie value tug &idea p-ople put
upon the Wind of Gel. A little more thou t write
mouth.' ago a b ok was put iuto our &wide It ww t
revise tedium. .1 th New reIIIAMWIL. and 2,000.000
eopies hey. been disoram.e..l. Now We know that the
Cb••••• • bookie sold the greater +id be Leo demand.
urine f toe F. wash editio CO. la.. but in
Ainslie it was pu..lishe i at 2. 1., and i 1.000,01.10 copies
were dictate...A. the Bible hss • wonderful infloence
upon English speaking people. No book is so
extensive y read al the Bible. No other book
circulated ii. so many es 214 languages. Caned:malty
I. not ,read, hue, as Wycliff and, trutu is great
and it shall prevail." I wilt now tell you come f.cta
about the different translation.of the Holy Scriptures.
Two hundred are the work I the present ceutury.
God ha. raised up his servants to. trawilate the
Scriptures into 2010 tongue.. 50 of which are transla-
tion.. f the whole Bible, it; we translations of more
than the New festatuent. S one of the newest trans.
lota no have recently been put into our ban.!.; ohe of
these a a tranalatitie into a language spoken ti New
Gitanea. I never think of this translation with, ut
iatimoe interest. Tue wink ha, no; been carried on
by natives of New Guinea. Tue trauatalioo woo
made i y 'owe natives of neighbouring places. Twelve
of these men suffered martyrdom, but e large number
of 0•11-r• earn, forward to take their places, and a
certain haulier were chosen by lot. The other day we
had put into our hand a wow trao.l etiou of the
ye some pe oil. in Africa, another for the pimp,. of
Tierra Del rueau and another tiospel for one .1 the
In at widow. triad' in Lidos. Nine tremalstions of a
Goepel have recently been made. The traw-
-1 as always begin with a single Gospel. As you
ri,i;,6 of G tee hook you will pray for his dervish's; who
or, engaged Is eta. great work. There are :0:1 obedete
trosel dims& When usisaionaries IO mown* • tran.
I. het they always begin with • language with wimp
tie y are most familiar, but after a turse they timi a
language more familiarly known. There was •
tlinelation made In 1001 and 16.61. The book was
cir ulat 4 ; peop:e roc-deed it, aud lived unter its
intlueuce. There ate now no people in the world who
'n understand that trans'. Von. This trauelatiors
on, ins. le for the SI uhicaoi, who no longer exist. It
we made by Jobs Elliot, who WS, called the Apostle
Use Ludlam. At MA pree.mt time there are
rlt mei atoms which are iu pp ceo of boc .wiu. i. et,.
st bre are • people in Europe to whom the t
Morays go with great joy. [hey go round from bowie
I" bus-; and all the Oulpostiurs who go there •iy
that these people are living under the newer of the
but they are gradually diuduishing,
.m 1 will. in SOP, have passed awov. In
Ow bile .1 Nian there is • translation,. which le only
•rel by a few ..f the old pe pie, and IU OM, it Will
.r.tee I. se u-e 1. If inir CAS mitt. e are in earnest
ei lit stria I OO OO pot •ay sit.poe-yott tdev
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4 • 4111 114 re o .hut :::re at • .4. 1,1 A• ‘t
• Nam* .4! 12 Malect., of whica tlire 14110 tr
:.•;•• .y that G 4 will rai-d up meu opeo.ally
nr pact fr thi. great wok of trans' ding th • Scrip-
tare, We want jwople *own .I.y p.eparod. Dr.
Thowpoos in one of our most u.eful in. n ; he can speak
Ili I 1113444. There are three *rand &ono which will
'li.. .cc e.ity of half the moil I. The pool'a'i. n
• 4 Chloe io 410,000,000. We have .he beat translation
tne character. Tim Hut/Lett on-en nic
nas. sr , 11..0011,000. awl the Arah 120,000.000.
:stooc sive, an interedi g accon,.•. Theo,
e trenalati 'it will meet the nece.eitie. of h.. f the
w ru. 11.1- stoma are.snetioe.a.ite.lab mt. a *wintry
in which no. er,,, inte.e•te I. What is done
for Iheland! hi /Sun mciety ..w.a formed, c .11•11
the II Reunites So iety. 'Fbie . ciety at hret dietrib-
tile I Ijlile,si intat charge. In recent dye that
.iety ha. watt u. hsly. S..me tints ago I vimit-d
I at which time that. eociety sent no 1/500.
I wee rio very ihtereddig iu a place where
'hew are 1,000 Mb Mitants, bit hot a singlepoltrem an,
....r fajilicttust.. tor I awe ..hop. I had a mooting in
• ,asg.ot 10. 111 111 the, town, and spoke for th ee-
• tad Is fon hour. After I had done they asked me
gre mauy ,ple.ti. ne ab .ut the work A the s. ciety,
**IA I open% an ther tnreeam.rter. of an hour answer-
leg their rgoe.4 ..n.. The nititiVee felt that they
mud 11 A'S an I ri-h translation. I never thihic of this
traaolati .n without haven.- pl toot.. It phenol God
C,. tad it in o the heart of 1/ Ehzabe'h *.i order a
t•a......t.. ato Ite to As in Ir..h. T... work wa. carried
and the 0..6.44 boull4 tbio tranoloti at and Printed
tt. A opecial bleosing ha. re.te I ot, this work. An
I r ,•he agreg,ation wete attetniii.g a ProtostantCloirco,
when th. y beard people knocking at the d or. When
d'.4 Ira. opens I • leltel)er .4 men weea seen with
cOlos in their hands; they material the church ad
entod in the service. It appeared that ay.,. had
',min:4 canto, of the Irish tran.lati.o of theS..ritittireo,
an I hail been ill•luce Ito atteud the Pr destald Church.
hit fearing attack on their way, they hailVllll4l them-
...lves with clubs to defend themelves. Tnem peed°
ar- doing all they can to follow the precepts of the
/Irk, 1.11.1 y•,11 may d-p.n.l they are Ind to be found
ate we the indolent pu 'pie in Leload. A moo inter.
'tii 1.. k in the lube soci, We house is an old
itdde I Bile with a stre it humber ..f passages cut
It 'whinged to an Inch girl, who was the only
'hill of her father. After a 1.1014 he noticed a ve,y
Cr-at change In her. The Nth, no day ore,ke ta the
wiwt :dam' it, ami the ',jolt said " I he ,w ash
he. 14 41[1413 1 that change; she haa been reading the
1414." 114 made the father pro:tido to take the
e away from her, which he id;. but the *tem.:liter
afterward.' oearchol for the bo it, which she believed
to be hidd..a. She found it. ant cut out a great number
I team's, which she pained' in a book be had pre-'
tacit for the purpose. Three paseagoe were about the
ty of oalvation. The fa' her omsulted a Protestant
..1.e1431 in about his daughter's religiou. wale. The
girl gradual y sank, and died rejoiciug in Christ. The
gentleman having given a most interestimg account
.1 the progreita of the wok in Italy, France' and
keteiutu, c ocluded his address, whi,h wait liatenal to
With tire most tnarkod attention.

Th. Rev 1. WAUGH th .11 addre.ael the meetinr in
a r•ry elf -ctive sreech, and the mevtiog, aft.r a 'few
~udlng words fr m the VICAR. WM tambiated by
&laying the Lox,logy.