Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-16


lion shows 10 be a5t he ratio, II Is no ex-
travagant calcnla,iohai The liberai'y OF eleOen
families will he moi than adequate 10 meet
the necessities Of ,ltwelflh.
Your agent will sn enter OF his duties, and
we doub; not that wn your managers appear
before you with anher Annual Report, 'hey
will relate achievein,s which Will make all
men exclaim, "wha,ath God wrought"
Its due 10 two tmbers OF the Board, the
Rev. Messrs. HarriH and Corneiiu,) To state
that, before the abo lex,ensive scheme OF ope-
ra'ions was formed ley had offered their SER
vices TO visit two aiming counties TO form
societies auxiliary tohis-and they succeeded
in organizing such Fairfax Court House.
Cent-eville, and Dafries. The former OF
these gentlemen has tain rendered his services
for the turtherance o he Cause in concert win
yonr agent, in the Nv counties just alluded to:
And we trust that akhe Societies that do, or
may reafler, s,antconnec,rd with us, will
display the life anG ,ergy, which will ,rrmi-
nate in The supply every family with that
w ord which is aion,a able 10 make mrn wise
unto salvation.
The state OF The S,iely's Accounts during
the past year, will bsseen by the Treasu,cr's
Report, from which iappears that there has
come into the Trcasur by sales and subsorip-
lions, STAG g.; Of with sum there has been
expended, Sl45 a. here have been sold iOl
Bibles, and es resta, ents, and gra,ul,cusly
distributed ~ Bibles, I'd B Te,tamen,s, maSs
ing total issued froniyour depository OF As
Bibles, III Tes,amenl leaving on hand 81
Bibles, and 243 les, Inents, leaving in the
Treasury, including ih,baance Of last years
account, Sll 5lf Yor Managers have moi
been unmindful Of the clims AID necessities OF
those kindred institution, the Sunday Schools
OF this place, to whom they have sold lesta'
menIs at the reduced pice oeeigh cents each,
and a limited number Of Bibles at .ffy cents
each; the privilege ofpurchasing lestamenls
al The above price, wis also extended 10 the
Lancasterian school. These channels nave
been deemed such as oulhi 10 be embraced, for
1iffusing into the coltags ofthe poor The pure
waters fife.
Your Managers consider it as coming with
in the range Of their dufs 10 give 10 this soci
ETY. condensed view o! the cause in which
they are engaged, throughout the world. We
icel the same inters ST in the National Society
OF our own country that child feels Tor the
l.arent who gave i, being, nourished il through
infancy, and led il on until il could proceed in
lis own acquired strength. We feel the same
interest in Foreign Societies that belligrrcnt
feels in its ally The Bible Societies in The
old and new world, all "the Lords Hosts, las
it were, the company Of two armies" waging
war against a common enemy, and mutually
concerned in each others success. Every
Bible they Issue is an engine Of destruction,
and every doctrine, promise and command
ment they contain is siing-stone against The
enrmy's citadel mighty through God, to
bring down, lay low AID bring 10 the ground,
the fortress Of he high fort, even to the dust. !"
During the eleventh year is existence the
lou 75uv P Copies Of he Sacred serip,urrs,
making q total since its commencement Of
500, 1000. The number of its auxiiaries is 547.
The British and foreign Bible Society states
in lis last report, that their distribution, during
the proceeding year, has been % 900 copies,
making total Of 4, 100000, and a number up
wards Of two thousand auxilarirs.
On the Continent of Europe the same good
cause is making rapid advances. In Denmark,
Norway and Sweden, Bible Societies are 1ou-
rishing. France IS coming up to the help OF
the Lord against The mighty. The King of
Prussia has by law ordered tina, collection BE-
taken up in all churches, annually, for the Bi,
Die Society, and that the Sacred Scriptures De
introduced into all Protestant schools. Hence,
II he Laws be not disregardcd, "no, Protest.
ant child in the Prussian dominions will here's
after grow up in ignorance Of the Scriptures
In Russia, Sovereignty has exeried baleful
influence; The operations Of that Society are
suspended, bu, we trust only to be renewed, in
d liule time, with increased ,igor
For Spain, Portugal and Italy, nothing Can be
said, but it ough, to be mentioned 10 the honor
If one member Of the Roman Catholic Church,
Lrander Van Ess, that in defiance Of Pont,fical
edicts, he has, by his individual! exertions, put
il circulation nearly as many Bibles as the
whole number issued by the American Bible
Socie'y-A p!edg' this. that the Light of
Truth will as cert.iny triumph over darkness,
as that the rising sun chases away the shades
Of night. Time would fail to detail, even in
brief manner, all tina, is doing in the four quar-
ters Of tie globe; soffice il 10 say tina, the heal
ing tree begins to extend TO the ends Of the
earlh; It's branches run over the great wall Of
China and entwine about the lattices Of the
Persian palacc-The Indian sits und.r its sha,
dow with great dehght-l, perfumes the bf.rz
IS that refresh the isles Of the seattle inha-
bitants Of the Pole pluck its life-giving fruit
and soon II will supplant in every land the enc
thoC H. a..