Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-25
The Eleventh .4nnuai Report Of The Yo,mg Mems
Bible Society Of alexandria.


Bible Socie'y Of alexandria.
The Board Of Managers of the Young Mems
Bible Society Of Alexandria. IN making their
Eleventh Annual Report to the benevolent 'ndi-
siduals whose Agents they are, feel rejOiced to
state, that the accoun, of their proceedings must
be brief. indeed. aud cumprehending but few cir
cumstances. calculated by their novelty or unu-
sual interest to excite the attention Of the pub
lie. They rejoice at this state of things. be-
cause, in the operations of all benevolent lnstitu
tions, the occurrence of deeply interesting Incl
dents must be founded upon the distressing wants
or abject destitution, temporal or spiritual. OF
their fellow creatures. Hence it is, that, IN
some of the operations of this Society. such thrill
inc interest was thrown around its Reports
Years of neglect-of Indifference, or criminal
disregard of the spiritual wants OF our country,
had prepared incidents, and led on to disclosures
Of the most appalling character. when that great
movement took place by which the wants ut nd
ton became known. Then the Christian public
had proclaimed to them the alarming restitution
of the Word Of God which existed among those
for whom. Of all others, their svmpathies were
most easily and deeply excited-their more i'm
mediate neighbors and friends; those upon whose
moral cultivation their own comfort and enjoy
ment, as members of the same community, so
greatly depended. Ia prosecuting the objects OF
that Resolution which pledged the Christian pub
lie tosupply with copy of the Sacred Scriptures
every destitute family, in our wide confederacy,
who might be found willing 10 receive it, your
Board were not idle. and deep interest was ex-
cited bv the details Of their proceedings. which,
from time to time, were given to the public
When the Board look to those years of more ac-
tive exertions, because Of more urgent necessity,
they feel grateful to Hin who put 1t into the
hearts Of this people to furnish the means of ac-
compli,hlng 50 much, which they trust will be
for the glory of God, and the temporal and eter-
nal good of their fellow.creatures. Those years
of active exertion have rendered their operations,
during the one that is past, comparatively barren
of incident; AID the success OF those years, re-
duciuc the amount Of demand and keeping up
the means of supply. calls for gratitude, and
spirit of rejoicing, from every member OF tins so.
c,ety. The strenuous exertions Of 1897, '28 and
'29, have been followed up. in the three succeed
ins years. by perseverng efforts TO meet the wants
of new families as they arose among Us, and to
complete the supply Of that small portion OF the
adjoining county which circu instances, not with :
in the control Of this Board, have left unsuppled
These cxertiOns, together with the donations
made from time 60 time to the parent Society,
have been more than sufficient TO meet the full /
expenditure of our funds, and have left Us in
debt 10 the parent Society the sum of eighty
seven dollars. Since the formation Of this Socie- !
ty. small as has been its income at any time, and
limited as its operations have been to our city and
a few adjacent counties of Virginia, we have
been the instruments of supplying to the desti.
turs nearly 1900 copies of the Bible and 1900
comics of the New Testament, and have continu-
ed to supply Testaments to the Lancasterlsn and
several Sunday Schools Of our city, at the for.
mer very reduced price Of cents per copy; and
nave now remaining, for distribution IN the en-
min, year. COS Bibles and 224 Testaments.