The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-05


Gospel in Bedford county, and request
them TO report 10 your Managers any nfor-
maiion that they could obtain in Their con.
greeations relative ~ the scarcity of Bibles,
your board have appointed number OF
asenis, IN different places, dur ng the past
year, with direetiuus To your Correspond
ing Secretary 10 write 10 them-lo apply nj
Liberty for as many Bibles aud Tesianeuts
- they found might be distributed IN their
respective neghbourho0ds- Bot although
your Corresponding Secretary oheyrd his
instructions IA both cases, yet neither Of the
plans adopted have been as successful as
WIS expected.
II must be- matter Of regret IN your Ma
nagtfs, aud To every Zraous friend of the
institution, lhat the fund of the Society are
81 small, and that so few copies Of the Holy
Scriptures hRYe been Northumberland NJ -
thai some of our warm friends have been
removed by death.-and that others, after
enrolling their names rs members, aud even
after the price OF membership had been
/ lowered from S To 81, have had their names
erased from our lists. Bur brethren, not
wiltstanding these Guaranteeing circnm.
stances, We sill hope that the great head
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course of h's providence, that this very IN
stltutioD, at some future day, will stind on
higher ground than it has ever yet stood
upon. But the realizing this hope must
under Cod depend upon the fHthlulness,
the diligence, Tire perseverance, and nnanl-
tnlty Of its future Managers, connected with
The cooperation of all its friends. II IS to
be ascrlbed tn such energies, that, although
societies and associations for the dstribu-
ton of the holy scriptures, at their com
mencemcnt, attracted but little atten1ion,
have now reached so,high an elevation, that
they engage aud command The attention Of
The world aud II there ever was, OF ever
will BIZ a cause, that deserves To- stand ON
such an cmluencc, it IS the cause Of the
Bible. by disseminating its benevolent, It's
soulsaviug doctrines through the world,
we shall contribute our might towards
djaaslag the most useful information
The religion of the Bible is profitable unto
all thlngs-have the promise Of the life
thai is now, aud that which Is To come
Man II destined by the Creator to stay in
this world period, known only tn the
tfeator-durlng his stay, certain duties TO
God, himself and society are inperiously
demanded. Bat btjus fallen creature,
sin has 50 complet~ly blinded his mind,
that he knows not what those duties are.
Now, the BlbIe s'tesigned completely to
supply tlns desIJrra'uln. IL explains to
tlfn the d''ne character, his own nature
ms ne'''sl'ies, ms "hlrelons, ana from
whom, and through whom, all his warts
are 10 be supplied. None OF US ere so stu
pldly ignorant rs not to know more or less
OF the eVils, The ahonna'lons, the obscene
me hateful practices, INTO "hlcil men nave
iahen, IN an,lenl ana modern um's, vino
aa'e not ENJOYED lue dement's o. oNinr
'e'ti"'""' 20 eva, 80 ano'li'n"o'e' So OF
7'en'' 50 hateiW nave theS heen' anu are
To ms gay, mat pare recital ""9.a mar
TOW up lhe most Pa'nioI leehilE9' we nave
3ala mai man Is destined by MS creator 10
Stay III TINS world period known only to tllr
creator We now add, That Wh'h ms pro
haltoh Is ended, he VIII remove hun. f5Ht
"nfre WI" can ten Ian nature WIN
an us apparatus WIN All lis hodsleu 'lShH tcI
us IAN II dlsPei more tnan the Egyptian
nlEht, maj has bio"ued over me doctrine Oh
'he SOUS immortality 1ah " remove 1Iie
'ea Nl'h Nhl'h the future NoFIu - cover
Sa an II slo" us heaven, hell gave
us any information respecting eternal HE or
death yea, more, can IL tell us now we
are 10 possess tie one ana avoid the OTHER =
or III other words, now SIN IS % be pardon
ed aud the soul saved : Bieihrc'h without
special mcssdse from bod, (Which mes
sage IS contained IN the B1blr,l upon those
ine'ieuian'y important, profound snhlec'S'
W. sllo"'d oe eh'c'HP'e ID el''"'I night