Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-17

issues from It's depository, during The d..
months OF the past year, have been ore hr .,sA:
and forty.six thou sand ,-near twelve ~ rund'td
more than the whole Of the last wear , muu''tS
ing in all, since the organization Of ,b Iat max
ty, not Tar from seven hundred ,bons,, oVeu'
pies: 1t may not be amiss, also 10 STATE A st, Co.
at the Presses now in operation, copif, ~. .n''
pared at the rate Of one thousand mr. a. pre-
three hundred Thousand per annum '-s'9'
This Society, however, must no, ;r
from what it has achieved during tn. p,s' s s.
that its work is by any means dor. !raF
pledge given to the public has inSsai me
virtually redeemed:-tha is, the resnor1t osea
which II assumed, has been entirely lifted .''"'!
by voluntary assumption of its Coun,s Wy
liaries: yet the ultimate obiec, ccpr.m,I auA'
is very far from being accomplished i Tts.
is every reason to believe, that de6e.nrrSs' =;
Bibles exists at this very moment, in The r. o.
~ next adjoining our own, which would am' oaA'
10 more than three fourths OF the whole nnm .Su'
which, during the last year, has Come ir,o '''
Depository. We have reason to beley. wv, ~:
from the unexpected disclosures mad. wi" aa
examination Of small section; and an
Board would be in no wise startled. il ,,;,. IVA
tonight, that the actual want excesd,d G
hundred copies. The other thee eorn.,.,
remaining, in proportion TO their size and -
pulaticn, are, in all probability, suae,ina
dea:lh of the Word Of Life, equally gres,. j.!
if ibis be true, in fact, instead Of looking o..
she field with feelings Of complacencv, Or q,
ting down and chanting the triumph. as ha
the work was done, we ough, rather to Ge,rl
act as tho the field had just been entered. .,i
that we were now standing only IN The ,Ar,,.
old Of tie work. The moral obligation. Ia >,
forward, and never to CEASE, ant,l a COW oftS,
Scriptures ha. found its way into e,ery 6nI,
in the Northern Neck, is, we believe, I,, A.
pressing now, as it was when The respoa,LEr
was FIRST assumed. If the several aux,li,,i,.
from causes unknown to US, have Discovers
that their strength was not sufficient 10 sand
up under the burden which they had ,olunr,ri.
ly lifted from US, that burden, it become, on
duty 10 tighten, by cordial parlicipaiost I,
stand BY, and hold up the hands Of hos, B,
whom i, is borne by every available msar, d
assistance, to see that their strength failro.;-
and, in one word, SO TO combine our own ao,,,
ments with theirs, that we may blenl ,psetaa
our mutual congratulations on the c0asumr.
ZION Of the noble enterprise.
This object then, when on the eve oflelrn,
from their arduous, yet self rewarding ktci,
your Board feel bound not only 10 press, 1ut 10
press with grea, earnestness, upon the prompt
attention of this society. And engaging 10 il,
under the Influence Of that powerfully open,
tive faith, which ranges wide and reaches hisa
the issue, may safely be predicted, bsor
single advance has been made beyond rt.
threshold. The work must anc will be accom-,
plished. Much no doubt has been achisv.
already. The grand impulse has been give
Its movements onward have not only brcsn
down distractions, and turned out Of the va,
or completely neutralised, the hostile bsdrma
of sec,arian bigotry and prejudice; but What
most universal conviction thai, il faith fail r'l
its advances forward, eau suffer no matrrJ
diminution from the wavering attitude Of md,
or the interposing malignily Of devils An
what remains for your future Board seems u
be little more, than 10 preserve in steady ms
ton machine, the different parts Of whti
have alteady been suitably arranged, and villa
is now in complete and successful operalOS-
One year more, and unless impeded by aeo'n'
teracting resistance, not now even im'gn'a
the hope is onGdently entertained that taeg fn
and benefcent object a, which you are aiming
will be completely and happily executed
Before concluding this report, your MaNiSen
would scarcely do justice to themsehe',%
they not state distinctly, that, whatever "l
be the differences which subss; among 'h'n,
as 10 name and denomination, there has D'n
most perfscr oneness, both in spirit and 10 "
ZION, as il respects The high and holy c'4"
which they have been engaged. No; 'hr
men, has ever been uttered, "or ie'libS'
hibiled, which could either interrupt thr nj,
mony or mar the enjoyment OF their hsq'.
and it is doubted much "ns.'''
stranger while listening 10 their deho'fa"Y'
would ever have imagined that he wa u
presence Of ore than one denomln''l''"
T. s,ing chrislians-so completely "a, ~
minor consideration been merged, 10 Ut =
suit Of the transcendant object bIote "'',
One incident indeed, has caused 5ldi' '' -.
hand Of death has robbed them oil me I" -
most .fficient members: one, with "'"I
h I'D often taken sweet counsel. ara 0"
they could ever rely with oontae''' n ~,
Your Treasurer Mr j.m"ps., ~,
lass was one o: the first individuals !" va.
this ms tuition is indeb,eSior is ei SIC 9,
He took decided and active pat i" ~ ~ =, q
nenls from It's earliest being; and 10 "is 1855 -"
breath did hi. soul seem to so oui !" rug" 90.
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