The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-08 00:00:00

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VERPOOL AUXILIARY OF THE BRITISH
AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT.

it h:e annual Meeting of the Liverpool branch of the
:Getot'sla and Foreign Bible So ciety, was held in St.
vge's Kell, at half-past six o'clock last night. Theta
,P,letal "s a very crowded attendance, the Hall being corn-
y fined„
of Chest The chair was taken by the Lord Bishop
Peppiel.. Among the clergymen and gentlemen on
n Platform were the following :—Rev. Messrs. Thomas
bennagton, Frederick S. Williams, James Mann, J.
Levwe'stiaP, Kirkus, Dr. Raffles, H. S. Brown, W.
en j. Butler, J. Kelly, West, Chettle, W. C. Law-
epe Hume, Samuel Minton, W. Wright, J. B.
3. 'll-'
Co y, Bardsley, Gilmore, Mooran, Ffalliott,
IlleaeL "wan, Archdeacon Jones, C. M. Birreli, and
afs'.. Alderman Parker, Josiah Jones, John Stainstreet,
blur, Williams, Taylor Carson, R. D. Payne, Griffiths,
l'uwlands, James Howell, S. R. Healey, R. L. Jones,
ri;eains, lioughton, T. S. Raffles, D. Leather, &c.,&c.
ti, e proceedings were opened by the reading of a por-
M.of the Scriptures by his Lordship.
:1448,,Lordship then said : My Christian friends. before
read t:P°ll my friend at the left, the Rev. Mr. West, to
espt You the report of this society, I wish myself to
tatin:aN in a single word, the pleasure and grati -
Aieena4 it is to me to tee this large assemblage of Christi an
peep 8 54. the Bible Society. (Hear, hear.) I have not
un any public occasion in this ronm since the firas!
it is n. a open to the public, and when it was filled or It is a noble room, worthy of the greattown
tittiltli..;verpsoeoel,ibtut never could be devoted to a nobler use
put to now, in the cause of the Bible
4)04 geteitiY• (Hear, hear, and applause.) We are
Bible.
er here to promote the circulation of the
• all the
thanked it is now circulated far and wide, over
lane" world. Its line has gone out into all
orlaatb,nd its words into the ends of the
,Mhe ore circillate it through the society in more, far
nation one hundred different languages, among all
lan2;,`'cls of the earth. We circulate it in our own
,"Re, among our own people here at home, in the
efsit!ot only venerable for its antiquity, but, what is
Tore consequence, trustworthy for its faithfulness.
skip:, he consequence, and applause.) Them has, of late, been
veti attempt at :agitation to obtain a new or an altered
as Zin °Or own language. Ido not think the attempt
With much encouragement. (Hear, hear.) Cer-
)l)4 wf,teed not let it disturb or trouble our own
Testiiste. Su far as relates to the translation of the ..i\ e w
asa nt, I would venture myself to say, that the
of of in our translation which, by the common con-
eoroi„ euMpetent judges, admit of any correction, are
ot ni`—.,rti".ely few in number, and as they now stand, do
aearrrepresent any essential point of faith. (Hear,
tittt what I desire to say more particularly is
tlta'sres°,lexprets my own earnest hope that if, at any
71111;„",Itor time there should be a revision made, care
aaenhil'a en that the main substanee of that version
,at hes ue preserved in its present form. (Hear, hear.)
t.ennit" a vigour, a majesty, which no
at a modernised translation has yet been
Ila4l equal or to approach. (Hear, hear, and
wause-) But, more than that, my friends, it
haslt
it been hallowed and consecred sentiments.
beart.,3seoiateci with every tender of our
with every serious incident of our lives,
With alit
'every cherished remembrance of our parental homes,
all klittietrY sacred endearment of our own home,
withh
the "Nay recollections of our early youth, and
b solemn feelings of advancing age. its words live
Preip a" thein all the realities of the
se„ echoes of the past,
"te ile-:,11a all the hopes of the future. (Applause.) They
leserihra4 every day around our firesides, they are
l4yWritCeu ma the gravestones of our fathers, they ar
lieu u?on the living tablets of our hearts. (Applause.)
lode anus, these are associations which it would be,
toor:,dki unwise needlessly or rudely to disturb. But,
vers•,.uau that the authorised version of our Bible is the
:ti which all of us assembled here are equally agreed
Ilao,;e,el3t and use. We all alike accept and use it. tini•oP"Y that translation is accepted, and is a bond of
hich binds together all, or almost all of the great 'coltden:Mations of Protestants of our land. It is the
d
"ogetOn ground upon which we all take our atanis 1111,8"tir, all rest our faith, our belief, our hopes. lt _
telt at we are enabled to meet here together. in this
.
And Utlnstian brotherhood, to join in circulating one
ai tee .
readth aMe version over the whole length and
of our land. I hope and trust myself
Ishall t niil
e vekoatever revision that version may undergo,
" So managed and conducted that that Book
em :
r, as it does now, continue to retain the same
'liaa Prat and acceptance from all denominations of our „ltant brethren which I hope, by God's blessing, it
Iherevvfer don_
„ and does to this day command. I hope,
in
toy friends, that you will join together heartily
Worlid_katng that sacred book in every country of the
arid th °La, above all, and first of all, in our own country,
ficleaji,"thing may lead to shake your confidence in
Kith --"Y and the truth of that version of our Bible
"led wi?.nr fathers read, which they taught us to read,
ehaeleh it is our joy and oar duty to teach our own
Ilia iron t
read. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.)
vdtierstlP then, with some conluding observation.,
and
he introduced the principal speakers,
litsrs'aMed the
absence of some of the clergy, resume The Reid loud applause.
Mr. p v• Mr. West then read the report.
The bayne read the financial statement.
The a Rev'
Mr. Cowan, in an eloquent address, moved
:he earst resolution, which was that the report just read
The Rep printed, and circulated.
v.areo-t 'lse"... Mr. Bergne, one of the Secretaries of the
I,,ucivess ii3eletY, seconded the resolution in a lengthened._
which he gave many interesting details of
t 413, t's-tlsg and progress of the society's agents in France,
4ate arcun,
a, at the camp in the Crimea during the
The r, in Turkey, and in Russia.
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
lion, Mr. Pennington proposed the next resolu-
"ecee'"'eh was an expression of thankfulness for the
°Perai! which it had pleased God to bestow upon the
Thel°l/8
of' the society.
1-I,ev. Hugh Stowell Brown, who was received
T6With 11tousiastic applause, seconded the resolution.
Aftl_resolution was carried.
the.pl7 soeae other speakers had addressed the meeting,
°eßetlings concluded at rather a late hour.

I't()ROGA.TION OF PARLIAMENT,

YESTERDAY.

k;otatni-,unt was this day further prorogued, by Royal
The B,isi°ll, until the 13th of November next.
°
f 437a1 Commissioners having taken their seats at the
)(e °f the throne, the Lord Chancellor directed the
nlenrtiln Usher of the Black Rod to summon " the Com-
tl• to hear the commission read. In obedience to this
irecti
house °II one of the clerks and the doorkeeper of the lowerher
ka:i7s.attended at the bar, as the representatives of
was
re,(l IZOSt faithful Commons, and the commission ,v4CCOrdingly
the Q° 1.0411 CILINCELL9R, in compliance with the terms of
eouaraiss.
k3rit,i lon, then declared that the Parliament of Great
real
al ri
411 d Ireland stood further prorogued until the day
f )! n
-orna) tenanted, and the ceremony (which was purely one of
,erminated.
bl4itte,e sillificant words " then to meet for the despatch of
`:e.) were not included in the commission.