Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-15
coMMusrcATloNs FOR TIE oAZaTrx.
TIE 4mericon Bible SOciety.

Il
The following extracf, are taken from work
lately pub ihed ia Newyork enuhed o'"' we
,;o,, and Asf,es . GA fbs ,uj.a i b; A"s'ea' b'0s
S,,.,," The necsfEity of this inititu ION has been
oueaoned. The author. in aniwer TO this qus'ton
i,v,-sI. there not great want ct Bibles = we
hav. beea info med that, 70 late as the year IS
,here were in the State of Ohio, 5000 famiIes
de}m,e of the Scriptures the Territories OF 10
a;,o. Illinois, aud M fur, $4,000 10 the Mini
,f;ppi Territory 5,cCo; in Louisiana COO Ia en-
nefIee 10 600 and in Kentucky go ooo ana nov
many million of the human family are 'mmerted 10
Mahome,an or Pagan darknefs and pefiihing tor
lack of knowledge In Chiaa mere are 80
:,,.or,o, of the precious name OF Christ. Mr. Nit
ne declares, that the city of Canton alone would
he bur ind fferen,y fupp'isa with million OF
coo;. - and again he fays. s~e want 30 mi'aons
of New Teilaments for China, and AFTER az oh'y
.hout enc fixth Of the popu alton would be iuppi
.ar In the yah (ec,ions of India and Africa. mere
are MANY millions more in the lame deit,tu ae
nlorab.e f uation. IL has been Mz,ea tha' NEE
are in the world between FIVE and III huasfed NIL
lions of fouls that have no knoweese Whatever
IS ,be word of life aud in chritsian countries We
have me aaehoy evidence that there are aa"o'eu'
uf thousapds without Bible.
with regard 70 the exped'eney OF FaslonA or
General Bb.e in1itution, the su nor otierVes-
. Nov The uhoe number OF Bibles dittfioas 10 oy
,h.e IScietie. Ineanng all the Bible toe'e.es 10
,hs limited state.l Gn.e the Establishment OF the
Go ao.s no, exceed 10000 which as al ,nteh-
OF writer obfssves,' would not be more ,han
Z In one year nrs- oshJs- aAs".e Ie hentuekYs
could ciitrEu,e 600 600 5iole': while all the hme
rican Societies, huca 1898 nave not ol''r'o"sso
mere han $4,000.
The apthor ipeaking of the necefii,y Of concen
,ra,ed acton, fays writer in heCht'itian Herald
VOL p So
aH any object cou'd unite the fund' OF cur
foc;e,ies. one would suYsoie IL would be The puo
,;c,,;on Of a good edition of the Eugiih Bible.
sueh an ediicn is now contemp aied by the New
York Societies; bu, al the We y time they are 10
l;citng aid for this object from al parts Oh inc
un;ou: the Baltimore Bible Society has made knawn
i,s intention of printing hm'ar EDITION Ano Is
also folici,ing sfiaance Nei'hes ioc,ety ns'eo'e
c.n e,nect AID from the other, and OF courfe there
~ou,d be no union of funds Again he lays. Ii
freouen,Iy occurs, that focieies Tend their bibles
v;,h;o The dislrcss of each other. Thus the Con
! rcc,;cut (ociesv has fent Bibles into Ne"york
and the Newyork iociety into the cavern i'a'e
I'll. american focietie. have but little inercon'ie
with zach other, and are ftequenty be'ter aeqe''n
ted with the transactions At ne bf'uih 'otley'
ria, with thole Of fociety NJ an acJoiIing "Ne.
Eyen their printed reports are no 'eeiP'oeAy Ga
changed. As our rocieies move IN iuch contract
"a C,I.-.. their reports fur he mon part are des
t;,ute Of in.e Ell ard they ihemiesss excite out
l,,,e attention and are wn al thor, d'i'aeee
srom bA,e We have centre Of religious intsiti
perce and therefore, 40 report OF Puohcauon' %
sny g;hIe Soeety can awaken general attention,
80 The O her had the Brtiih and Foreign Bible
soce,v conG5ering the rel'siou' intelligence defi
We'd fire. an their numerous auiiiaries sao cofre'pon
dents are among the mott poRu'ar PRODUCTIONS 0,
,h. aoe have psfTeu through fscond edition and
in winch
-. PooIifl, language is fpoken and fome Of them
Nv. been ,ranlated into foreign language"
Religion, new principle ~ the heart.
M;rotl.rq,e noras frondes ct non saa ro'na.
rhs scr;ntures uniformly represent human ma
,,re as so corrupt that il needs an entire renova-
.;on When this takes place new principle is mn
,,,anted in the heart lie affections are fixed on
,o,, objects, 50 complete is the change, that the
man is said TO be born agan-to i've new NE
ike tree which is Stripped o. all is limbs, that
new scions may be grated in, and that new ifu',
NAV be produced. This was once, as unlikely as
any thing could be. 1t would be IKE hnu.'g 'ne
r;cb fruit Of the vine on the barren thorn. II
..,o,a srnr,se us as the sudden change OF dreary
ely desert into garden filled with various fruits
and enriched with beautiful fragrant howers. lhe
.moarisoo of the change produced 10 the heart ana
Ere nf The sinner To such improbable events IN ma
ture is far from being unjust IL represents .he
real dificuIty which is TO be sdrmonntec' The
besrt mn Il feel anections, il never lett before ~
m n1na' love objess i. has never yet loved. l.
n,us, he totally different principles from those il
has formerly received. snd "ip should th,s De
exnected THE natural situation OF the world re-
mains the same The same truths are ass anted'o--
and the objects of our hopes id Tears are the sae
m is only because we have seen grapes grow on
The vine for many successive years, thai we kno"
!, will produce grapes again. There is nothing in
,bc of III vine itself which should lead us to
s'nno.e that its fruit would be OF the quaty,we ac-
,rrh,,fnd tits. How then can we imagine that
he Who is accustomed to do evil, viii learn to 90
well The renovation Of nature is FAR beyond the
power OF ordinary causes Inc surprising leio:nia
ton Of the vilest characters "neu we so"e.
observe leaves US in admiration Of that secret nu-