Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-13

associations, So well calculated TO further the
views of the Bible society, and promote the
real good OF the communitv
The managers with peculiar pleasure inform
the members, that great impulse has been gi-
ven 10 the Bible cause i'm our country during
the last year. In the preceding report il was
stated that the number of Bible Societies i'm
the uaited States was one hundred and ten
IL Is believed that there are now more than two
hundred, of which far the greatest number
are auxiliary to the American Society. Ina
short time this will be the case there is reason
TO believe. with all. We shall then present
the glorious spectacle of a great coufederacv
OF Christian Associations, having i'm view one
simple and sublime object. the illumination
of the world. The united exc ton of national
talents, the contribution of national resources,
the cooperation of all hands, and the feryent
aspirations OF all hearts. not for warlike clorv
not to trampie on the rights OF others. to de-
priye children of their fathers, and mothers of
their sons, but To aiforu instruction, TO com
mnnicdte comfort, to wipe away tears To in
spire JOY, to open the prison doors ard let the
oppressed go tree--presents - spectacle of mo.
raj grandeur, before which the pomp of world
~ greatness, and the spiendour Of cunuuesis
fades as the taper in the brightness of tire me-
rihan sun. To this glory our country is now
aspiring-{W e) the people are engaged in these
lofty desigDs-And that which was wear ago
expressed as wish to he vouchsafed perhaps
to posterity is just now absut to he realized.
The accbmula ting treasures OF the American BIZ
| bic society will soon enable il to extend the
| mercy, to the benighted nations. Our ships
! VIII 20 to every sea, freghted with treasures
| or more value than the gold of Ophr, or the
hnc linen of Egypt and will bear home the
thanks and the blessings of those who with
US are, in this way, made partakers of the
| gospel of the grace of God.
| While the managers with feelings OF peculi-
ar pleasure contemplate the progress of the
biDle IN our own country, they rejoice to OBJ
| serve the prosperity of the same cause i'm o.
ther parts OF the world. The British ~ Foreign
Bible Society, as appears from their last re-
| port, and extracts Published since that report
| was read, is pursuing its glorious course dis
J pensing blessings from Britain TO Japan. and
| contributing most materially to the diffusion
OF the gospel among all the people, aud kim
| dred ~ tribes under heaven.
| The Russian Bible Society has had most
| astonishing growth-1n age an infant, it seems
| at once to have sprung up 10 maturity, and
| adult vigour. Already has it published the
| Holy Scriptures in sixteen different langua-
ges; and, with continually augmenting resour-
ces, and continually increasing zeal, is furnish
| ing tue scriptures to multitudes who never
before possessed this heavenly gift. This So
| clety from its local situation possesses i'm
mense advantages of doing good, and seems
to have the disposition to use them in the most
efficient manner. A great part of ASIA and
| OF Turkey In Europe, will IN all probability,
| be indebted 10 this noble institutions for the e.
verlasting gospel off our blessed God aud Sd
| viour
1t is known that Bible Societies now -four
lsil I'm every Protestant country in the world.
| liz T. g. ;. emIoulhseG 700 among some Satho-
Portugal & Italy, il is believed, know nothing.
u. ,n.s pe.eVo 5 Institution; WIN these eX-
! IIoPu1;nS, 'ne onris.an world may be SAID to
-. ",,'cu III o',e 'Iahn i:'Die Society lhir-
| an itinerant Calvinisiic Methodist and Bap-
| tiSt preacher, both then obscure individuals :;
| anu, now, Enperors u NIngs, with their great
E Teit anu nonlesnyea, Empires, hingdoms, aud
oua'es, men %, al ranks ana conditions, are
. ., sf w tne hoiy canse;-iwelve years ago
"c n" 1870. u,soseu 10 ,his cuarhy amounted 10
| a,oH "u"u' Gu po',,'eS' thousands atter thcu-
H. 20 al TO-" ' VIII J"Erui aiaCrlty poured INTO
.,I .ieu easu!y' ms Is the Lord DOING
h hIiu l.laiVelious ~ our eyes. Nothing per-
Up; Hdp' t more cuinerlcai than the
pIii 80, ny W" onscu!eihen 10 supply
ca; 20 ~ eli n,or. q 'TS pau row oius
| 81 ~ " pc iu''S IedilH'a: me woru or the
actoi nns lree course an" IS e,orlheo Naton
ot.I. iIa.o. y ehgasnS III Tue drVnest work
va IN nas eyer ocSuPiea inc hearts
Ana Cd I na"nGs o. tiie ehi'nren OF men
| ecu ,rh;s uh ieS''! eyes tokens on ms
oo,orn, III, s w1,iu, so Iui OF ignorance, so
lii ~ Tn.n su..'i - eNPoseu 10 avn WRATH
Iusnired n"n,oha.s h ese'eid,ed, redeemed
nromised r. md 80, l'leaoin you mas
n,,r n, J IL ou saes are now oeno,nihg,
in us;n dao;rod . "a miaai iophe1S ana hings
,y;tnrss tho DO, or NJ anu mInr; IL we 90 NOT
lie dawn;nns ni ~ i,. uoiy, we Dehoia
,nant of to - ", w no' witness 'iie lnlni-
/ earnest rho nlodoa tb.. ,,;II h..
veil thp ~ $500 .nI' y. wiz De Iulileu; NJ is
fans of ali nar,es ,,;, .aa., as soon as Chfls-
nromotian of .hn e; uLi'eu ia a schenie ior me
baton. such as have not been witnessed Since
the primitive glory of the church was obscured
No cause SO prospers, as that Of Bible So
issn 20 rhs MS may ana does afford sanitary
ton '''''"''' u every name ana nati-
Itmay also be noticed, that atho' The Princes
and Mobiles of the earth afford their aid, aud
thus verify the prediction that" Kings should
tbers te tha Tburclea ana queens nursing mo-
| nc . 10 'iio Ni"i oheS, !etH particular man