Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-06-04

disposal of Messrs. White and Hazard, a.
mong the poor at the falls of the SchuyIk kill
land twenty -fourcopies have been furnish
ed Messrs. Smith and Hearned, to be given
to poor children in the Northern Liberties.
The Rev. John Gloucester has received
twelve New Testaments for the people of
colour. One hundred Bibles have been sent
| to DIR. Rose, of Silver lake. Susquehanna
county, for the Luzerne Association, chari-
table society, to be distributed in their set
Element.
From conviction of the tendency and i'm
portance of the sacred volume. to improve
the condition of the soldier and the seaman.
| twenty English Bibles and ten New Testa
ments were presented to colonel Fotterat,
to be Distributed among the soldiers of the
SD regiment of the troops of the United
States. The managers have received a
communication from Mr.. Walter, the adju~
tant, by order of his commander. col. Fot-
teral, returning thanks for the donation
Ten English Bibles were delivered to Mr..
Ramage, commanding galley in the Dela-
ware, for the use of his crew.
From Commodore Angus, who dirests the
flotilla, a letter has been received expressing
his qualification in being made the medium
of circulating the Scriptures, The managers
resolved that "a Bibles additional he sent to
the Comm. to distribute among the sailors.
Twelve New Testaments have been placed
N the hands and at the disposal of Captain
Wickes of the Navy Yard.
Encouraged themselves, by the liberal
| contributions of the Parent Society, the
managers have wished, to the extent of
their abilities, to encourage other institutions
in the infancy of their endeavors. They have
voted and sent twenty-five Bibles and TWEEN
ty-five Newrestaments to the Bible Society.
of Delaware and FIFTY Bibles and fifty
Testaments, all in the English language, to
the Philadelphia Female Bible Society. Fiji
ty English New Testaments and twenty -four
OF the German, have been sent to the Auxi-
liary Society newly established at Harris
burgh.
Besides the above distributions, the man.
ayers have personally given away many CO
pies ofthe divine word. to suitable appli>
cants, in cur city and its liberties.
In December last, your managers receiv>
ed a letter from the Rev: George Bourne,
secretary of the Virginia Religious Tract So
ciety, requesting supply of Bibles and
lestaments for the purpose of raising a
fund by the sale of the books, to be invested
in the printing of tracts for gratuitous dis
sribrtion- Contemplating this request as
Inconsistent with the avowed object Of this
Society. they declined the. proposal !; but
ordered that twenty -four Bibles should be
forwarded to Mr.. Bourne, to be distributed
under his superintendauCe to the destitute in
hisneghborhood.
With emotions peculiarly delightful, the
managers received commune alton from
Joseph Horsheld, esq. inclosing eleven dol>
lars and fifty cents. the voluntary contribu
tons OF young ladies in the academy of Beth
ieaem. They have acknowledged the re
ceipt of the amount, and have awaited them.
selves OF the opportunity of uttering thefeel-
ings which the donations of children and
young persons ever create. The managers
have. moreover, forwarded to Mr., Hars.
field six German Bibles and twelve En-.
slish Tcstaments for circulation in the va
cinity of Bethlehem.
In consequence of collection made in
the churches ia and about Georgetown, Ma.
ryland, and received some time since, a.
mounting to seventy five dollars, fifty En-.
geen sent to Elias B. Caldwell, esq. for dis
trbntion there.
A letter has been received from Mr. Saml
Bond, of Chiilisquaque, Northumberland
county, stating that, with others, he was en-
deavoring to originate an Auxiliary Bible
Society in his neghborhood He solicited a
donation OF three dozen Bibles, which the
managers cheerfully presented:
New sources of pleasure, and new oppor-
tunities for useful exertion, have been open.
cd to the Society by communication made
to the managers in June last, by the Rev.
Messrs. Mills aud Schermerhorn. These
| gentlemen, while performing missionary
tour through the western states, successful .
| ly directed their pions zeal to bringing of
| Bible Societies into existence. On the for.
nation of the Ohio Bible Society, your man
| ayers voted them one hundred English and
| five French Bibles & the assurance was
| transmitted by the treasurer, of the DISPOSE
ton of this Society to assist every new insti.
tuition to the utmost of their ability. En-
Outraged by such Cooperation, and by the
truly generous aids of our sister societies in
| New York and Connecticut, the Rev Mes.
sieurs Mills and Schermerhorn were in
! cited TO attempt Bible Societies at Nash
| vile, at Natcke z, and at New Orleans
| Their efforts were prosperous. They state
| that " the general principle they had all
ways in view in the formation OF those sou
cieties was, to combine the uRited support x
energies of all denominations of Christians
| by whatever name they were known" They
| saw occasion to lament the want of Bibles,
| through the country in which they travel
| led. No edition Of the Scriptures has been
| printed west of the mountains Previous 70
the cessiun ofLouisiana aad the territory of
Missouri TO the United States, il was no
part Of the policy Of the country to tolerate
Protestant preachers, OF allow the circula.
ton of the Scriptures among the people -
The bishop CT Orleans observed, that a.
| among all the Catholics in New Orleans,
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