The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-11-01 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON
AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.

This Society held the ninth Anniversary yester-
day at the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-horse. The
Right Hos. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair.
The room was filled, almost cit. irely with females,
at Is very early hour.
At twelve • cr.ck the LORD MAYOR entered and
took his seat. He was followed by various honour.
able, reverend, and respectable person., who had
promised their aid in the proceedings of the day.
His Lordship commenced them by observong that
Ire felt sensibly flattered by being called on from so
respectable isie assembly to take the chair, while
there were so many of greater talents standing near
him, fur purposes so valuable and interesting to
Though he might not do as essential we-
ll vice to the cause us those highly-gifted and respecta-
ble persons, lie would discharge the duties of the
station according to his hest ability.
Mr. J. CLAYTON, jun. one of the Secretaries,
then proceeded to read the Report of the Society.
On the occurrence of the passage which reported
that the Hon. and Rev. G. Noel had accepted the
alike of Secretary iu the room of the Rev. D.
W
The Hon. and Rev. G. Non. rose and said, that
he -had not given his assent to any such measure.
While the reading of the Report continued,
Colonel Brander, a Chief of the Mohawk Indiana,
entered the room, and was ushered to the front of
the platform. He is a moo of tall stature and fine
ofessartore, and was arrayed cap.apie in the fashion
his tnior. Ills. &eventuate drew a large tribe!,
of altentleo from she fair congregatiow before hies.
After the Rephei, • string of Rettolutiosta Was
proposed and carried.
The Right Holt. the Earl of ROCICSATAGE
rose and briefly proposed the first Resolution :
" Thst the Report which Si,. hero read be approved sad
adopted by this waretiwg, and sisal it be printed sad etrealat.
ell, in order to excise a lively interest in the holy work u(
divtriliatiue the Bible at home and abroad, sad to itiwalste
I. other ialiabitant• a this °Weal city to jinn the Society."
The Rev. J. A. JAMES, of Birmingham, se-
conded it. He said, that there was a promise in
Holy Writ, that the nations %tumid bring their
glory and honour into the temple of our holy re-
ligion, and those then present saw the accomplish-
ment of it—the mightiest nation of the earth in
the person of the Chief Magistrate of her chief
city, was there surrendering the resources of the
empire up to the wider diffusion and circulation of
the Word of God. Never were the wealth and
power of the City seen to greater advantage. He
loved on every suitable occasion to express the at-
tachment he felt to his native country. She
hail every thing to endear her to the minds of
her children :—liberty--power—wealth—science—
justice—piety---zeal. Olt ! that her power might
he without oppression—that she might preserve
her liberty always unimpaired—that she might
posses. her wealth without seusuality, her sci-
ence without scepticism, her justice without
cruelty, her piety without intolerance., her zeal
• ithout fanaticism or loglary ! He was just before
thinking on the difference of the scene before him •
and shut which he observed • day or two ego, when
surveying the inatruments of the nation's power in
the tattooist of Woolwich. True it was that there
he saw the genius of war sl tiering among Ibis en-
gines, the furies were reposing by his side, the
red-breast sod the sparrow were sporting among
those machines which erst were fraught with the
death of thousand.. But still it was melancholy
to remark swords and implements of ven-
geance spread far and wide on every hand. It
was sweet and agreeable to contemplate, toe he
wwas now doing. the elements of mercy peeper-
ing to soothe the misery of a sinful world. liar
was the greatest enamlestation of that power
which he had mentioned—that they had met with
a view to impart the blessings of the Gospel in snore
114110110 than had ever quaked at the thunder of Bri-
tish urina. This was the use which Previdencelned
dirviKiivil in wonting that power, that liberty, that
jugsce, and WI those talwr resources of strew'', iii
arts and .fuss. •' Fur this purpose have I raised thee
tip (Oh, Britain!), that thou mayest be • light to
lighter' the Gentiles end bring the heathen unto God."
It was now that he felt proud uf ins country, and if he
could choose the place and vetoed of hie birth—dead
to the defect. of her 'tattoo:a character and policy
--blind to the specks upon her sun of glory, he
would say, Let me live in Greet Britain, at the cum-
tneircemeirt of the bitietreudi century. He expa-
tiated on the edventages commuutcateel by the ef-
forts of the Society in tip/ening new aynugtb of hap-
pietas iitieettist the individual, the social, and the
'optional diameter. He anticipated the most im-
portant coestiptences Irma dirge labour+, which bad
already had the afro of disseminating three mil-
hons of copies order Setiptitere. .Hr saw nothing to
dread in 'thy or all of the mesas of opposition with
which this great cause had to contend. He lied