Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-25

Of IS OS in the hands Of the treasurer towards
the payment Of debt Of S87 before alluded 10.
The Treasurer's account thus shews, that nothing
less than the amount we have received VIII meet
the wants of each current year, and that TO pre-
vent the recurrence Of moral destitution great
as that presented by the Report of 1898, we must
continue the quiet and unostentatious duties winch
have engaged our attention since our last annua'
meeting. No exertion Can be safely relaxed,
which was made duriDs that year, and no funds
withheld which were supplied to our Treasury,
or we shall soon be compelled to increase the debt
Of the Society, refuse the demands which may
reasonably be made upon US. The Managers do
not fear such state Of things-they feel no aP-
prehension, that the sources Of charity. either IN
the hearts or the purses of their subscribers and
friends, will be so contracted, as to be unable to
meet demands so imperative as these, so clearly
obligatory upon them as citizens Of the section
of our country to which these operations have
been confined. But whilst the Managers express
their confidence, that the supply afforded IN the
past, will not be withheld IN the coming year,
they would ask, car we be satisfied with such IL.
mited exertis6s? Can We think our duty to God
and man has been met when we have thus pro.
vided the means of meeting wants, the effects OF
which might be severely felt by ourselves! We
trust the heart OF each subscriber will say No
That, as IN the years to which we have alluded,
God cave US the power to do good to others very
remotely connected with us-we shall not forget,
that all men are. in the view Of God, Our neigh
bors, -that for all, our prayers should ascend,
for alI-our exertions should be given. The
christian does not indulge an unfounded hope,
when re fecting upon what has already been &C
complished, he looks forward to the time when
in each grand division Of our G!ube. Bible So.
ciety shall exist, and report its operations TO be-
confined to keeping up the supply which has been
already furnished to the destitute throughout the
world. Yet splendid as have been the exertions
and success of these Societies for thirty years
past-the spirit of God must be poured as Hood
upon the earth, or generations will rise and tall
before such results can be produced. But for
such results, God seems to be preparing the way;
and at this time circumstances in the political his
tory Of the world, call upon US to press on to their
accomplishment. His providence seems to be
- 6ded in an especial manner over this work.
andas the operations of the friends of the Bible
could be extended to one section OF the Globe
after another, he appears to have opened way
for the exertinns of that magnificent association,
the British and Foreign Bible Society. Europe
furnished the first field for its labors, and CONT
nued to engrOss its attention until in every nation,
where such an operation would be permitted.a sp-
rit of emulation VAS excited, and similar nstitu-
tiuns were formed. These fields were in some
good measure occupied. and now France with her
thirty millions Of population has been thrown open
to similar exertions. and limited as may seem the
means when considered in connection with the
end-yet the blessing of God will be upon them,
and If Christians are faithful to the charge COM
mt,ed to them, the work shall be accomplished.
To Greece also, the attention o. the Christian
Ph,lanthropist must he strongly directed at this
period. Just risen from ages Of the most relent-
less servitude to the nfdel-all the evils of that
servitude must be exhibited for years to come in
the poverty and ignorance spread over her clas-
sic fields Measures to assuage the sufferings re-
sulting from this poverty, have occupied the at
tention OF the benevolent in some sections both
of Europe and this country-to dispel this igno
rance has also been an object of deep interest
with the Christian and the phianthropist. and we
have grieved to see ignorance and superstition
forcing back the hand of intelligence and ibe-
raItv, and closing the schools established for the
benefit of the rising generation. II Greece is to
undergo a moral, as we'll as poll tical regenera-
tion-the Bible-and thanks be to God, in all
her darkness she Is willing to receive 1.-THE BIZ
BILE must be the grand source from which this re-
generation proceeds. This fact has arrested the
attention of the British and Foreign, and Of the
American DiOie SOCiSNies, anu were no Otner o. |
ject presented 10 the benevolent supporters of
this latter institution, this alone might justify the
exertions. of all her auxliaries, and call for the
aid of all their members.
Europe, however, is not the only field the pro- |
violence of God has laid open. and calls upon US
to cultivate. Turkey-holding the seat of its
power in one little corner of that continent, and
spreading its influence widely through Asia and
Africa-Iurkey has awakened. in some measure,
from the sleep Of ages. The arts and sciences,
which follow in the train of true religion. and
proclaim the superiority of Christianity. have
compelled an unwilling admission Of this superb
GRITTY; and it Is now no longer said, by the great
sustainers of Mahomedan imposture, that if
books contain the substance Of the Koran, they
are useless-if any thing else, they are pernici-
GUS" The Press is established in Constantine.
federation proclaimed even where
the voice Of the false Prophet commands death to
the opposer Of his creed. and promises heaven to
the prosecutor of Jesus and his Disciples Here