The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-27 00:00:00

WEYMOUII-1, AUG. 24.

It gives us great pleasure to announce that the
Seventh Anniversary of the British and Foreign
Bible Society was on Thursday held at the Free
School Room, M. WILLIAMS, Esq. M. P. Vice-
President, in the Chair.
The Chairman having opened the Meeting, the
Rev. D. Cracknell read the most interesting Re-
port which had ever been made to the Society,
and which detailed the efficient operations of the
Ladies' Association, by means of which the habi-
tations of the poor had been visited, and methods
adopted by which all the poor would be put in
possession of that inspired book, which, to use
the words of Locke, bath " Gott for its author,
truth for its substance, and salvation as its end."
The Meeting was numerously and respectably
attended, and nothing could exceed the pleasure
which the auditory derived from the eloquent,
impressive, and convincing speech of the Rev,
Mr. Hughes, one of the Secretaries of the parent
to;lowing Gentlemen moved and seconded
the different Resolutions, viz. Rev. Mr. Piers,
Richard Marnell, Esq Rev. Mr. Hughes, Rev.
Mr. Flint, Rev. Mi. Mole, C. Williams, Esq.
Rev. Dr. Cracknell, and Rev. Mr. Worth. Some
of them detailed, at lunch length, the distribution
which had been made of the Bible in various lan-
guages, and among the various people of the
globe,—Catholics and Protestants, Turks and
Infidels, Africans and Americans, Jews and Gen-
tiles, Russians and Arabians, Chinese, &c.—a
distribution, which we hOpe will never cease till
the prophecies of the Almighty shall have been
accomplished, till the Jews and Gentiles be made
one told under one shepherd, till all the world
know the Lord.

The Chairman bestowed a well-merited eulo-
glum on the laudable exertions of the Ladies, and
in a strain of animating language pointed out the
manner and neaveLly effects with which the sa-
cred volume had been received, particularly in
Russia, and strenuously recommended the Ladies
and Gentlemen present to persevere, hand and
heart, in this glorious undertaking, and to strive
one with another who should be foremost in this
career, who should do most to promote the glory
of God and salvation of mankind.
Nor was the above the only spectacle that oc-
cupied our notice, and created feelings of the
highest gratification, by the assemblage of up-
wards of 150 girls, the day preceding, opposite
the residence of :Qrs. Williams, the Lady of Wm.
Williams, Esq. who presided on the above occa-
sion. Those interesting little ones, clothed and
educated under the fostering patronage of that
truly excellent character, after submitting to the
public view a variety of the most curious pieces
of needlework (forming a complete repository),
which were liberally purchased by. the Nobility
and Gentry, all dined together in public, by order
and at tl►z sole expellee of this amiable Lady, as a
reward for their improvement and good beha-
viour,.

The limits of our Paper will not allow us to
depict in true colouri that most pleasing scene of
witnessing the blessed effects that have beea pro-
duced in this town from the education of the
poor females, under ti►e superintendance of a
Committee, sanctioned and supported by Mrs.
Williams, whose general philanthropy and good-
ness of heart is far above all the praise in the
power of us to confer.—The following lines were
written on the occasion

How grind the scene where Charity presides!
Expanding Virtue upes her varying ray;
Tu British Females her great trust confides,
And in a " WiLLiams" all its charms display.

How good the heart, susceptible of this ;
How rich the mind, the god-like badge to wear,
Where dwells humanity and social bliss,
And every Orphan meets its earliest care.

This proud pre-eminence,--so nicet.ly won,
Points to a hope, when fleeting Time shall cease;
The grateful Pour shall weep her setting sun,
While Hies the soul to everlasting peace.