Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-10-18
RELIGIOUS.
: AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
= For the S. C. Herald.

CIRCULAR.

y AMERICAN fRkCI SOCiEi L
For the S. C. Herald.
ezx CIRCULAR. ..---
Ia view of the present pecuuiary embar-
s,ssn,cn;s in the country, the Executive
eannnifee of the American Tract Society
have bcca led seriously to inquire what
eourss they ought TO pursue. Shall their
eifoc.s be relaxed, and the bread OF lte DC
wish,eld from perishing millions! The
ltuuuage of<Godi is, 'Gotor.card; Christ kas
,diea, aad araiasd uorld is pleading"
efy@s@e THE RozRlaS RlgLp.
In heather codaisics, great facilities now
exis, lor pronagatins the Gospel by the
mess: There are supported BY our foreign
missionary societies, eSeluslvsof Moravlaa
.inrcthren, sirs Aaadred aud eighty three mis-
sioar;cs and assistants, .fcse hundred and
foa,teen of whom havebcen sent out from
The u. States, sepsateen. being prinsers: the
remainder are native teachers, 4. printers.
Nsneseen printing establishments: fsur stero.
sipps f0aalrtks, and forty presses arc con.
nec,ed with these missions. Four hundred
a.d forsa.ssr Tracts and thirty,fire rolames
a,e issncsl in common with the American
Traersocicty, oraro approvcdby the pub
Iishia, committee. The society and the
,vnr;;fl,s ia,itusions aided, publish Tracts in
.fJ7s sac ditisren.s languages embracing a
very large part of'ae ear'h's population
gae Nations acai. fer Gods Lac.
In ale;ter from Madras, dated, Oct. 25,
1896, Rev. Messrs. Winslow and Scudder
say: sse.g'- - s%
aOnc Of the gsaal reasons why ms
-s;onar7 station has been commenced at
Madras, is that the American Bibie and
Yrae, Societies. may have the opportunity
,ofais,rlaa,iag their productions to the NIL
.iions 10 vhotn it opens tho way OF access
This, i appears, is theonly hope legitimate
slrs.e be enss,sained of vast numbers tha,
,i,sy yoanrescuedf from st!.e wrath to come,
: TO prcacil,sie Gospel (wi'h the living roice)
oycn TO those speaking the Tacnut language,
a thousand mem are needed. Bat where
aro t!,ey, TO be fouadi We would again re.
ness, that, 10 great extent, the olny hope,
hun,aaly speaking, which can be entertain
{ ed oftae sat1atioa ofrhe present generation,
! IS Il, what the american Bible & Tract So
ciesies may do for them.
sz& .sOar wants are the wants Of as large a
ncnslation as that Of the United States Of
ssA.aarIca; g s,0e0 ,8ge speaking the Tan,ul,
snd 9 oi,o {l,}i, saeaking the T'cloogoo Ian
sausrcs, to aliof whom we may have access.
! Fhe firstgrant we viii beg ofyoa. s a sum
sufficient 10 supply us with from $4,000 to
lpo 600 copies of The Blind Wny,s which
isa very popular Tract. We have heard
IN, Of une instance Gifts being torn up,
ghe ,aossisjal,sensiaa IMAM rho erer. joined the
ehnrea IL Ccglen, dectarea that this Tract
,easth. great means Of shaking his fath in
ssuthenisas. We,hink That 100000 copies
oftas Bliad TVay, neatly bound in paper
covers. could not cost less thaL 5000 Span
;sh dollars. Perhaps you think 100000
COMES Is a large edition. But when We
I consider ,lsathalf this number might profit.
; ky be dis,ribu.edin Madras und lis ylcin.
~ md when we rocollccs that one Of US
G,s.v dsaibn,ed 5000 Tracts inthe course
..f.ix weeks, 10 small but dis:ant portion
ef,hs country, We thilik that The demands Of
t.,e people warront usIo go thus far"
From CeyIon. the clRi,ns are equally
,,s..sih n,,rs..s.ssihc, 4 letter ffomthe Mission, bear
,'nn d das, Sept. %, 1886, says: ."The call
lar tho Scriptures had Increased the past
a xear and witcon,inue 70 increase every sue
seeding year. Twelve months ago i vas
4 question whether the presses at Nancy
would. not supply the demand for such
books; but the eaR 6eeo,ae louder tn pro-
s.ortion TO our means for aassecring it
Larae numbers OF Tracts haTs been prin-
,ed: bGt they have teen scattered through
he land almost as fast as they issued from
he press. AIlthat rcn,ain on hand might
bo. easily and usciully disposed ofin short
time. There is no. IN the mission any thing
lie a present supply Of the word of life, or
&c nar.s Of il; nor is there like to be supply
s,r some time to come. Many Of the rea-
,iers IN the schools are asking for the Cos
peIs. and ask in vain. There IS room tor the
dmericaa Bible and Tract So2irhes TO ensrt
their 6enepozencc.
!. From Bufmall the intelligence IS truly
sladdeuing. The solicilude for books de-
.scribed bY Mr. gpdson, six years ago, is
Suadim;nis6ed. One individual offered %
rupees 10 the man who should bring him
: :,hs e book which laugh. The christian religion.
nfter visiting Rangoon in vain. inthe hope
IA obtain one, he provideatiaiy met with
Missionary who furnished him with some OF
she Tfacis.e onreceiving them hs fea on
ms knees with tho greatest reverence and
rra,;,ude, He had for years been buTdoned
S;,l, sin: his mind seemed prepared for in
s,r,e.lon. He now received the truths dis