Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-21

sionaries, native Christians, and all whose
services can be secured, are engaged in the
distribution. Millions, among whom some
portions of divine truth have been distrl.
buted, wait for further supplies. Thousands
of pagans, who have read the Tracts they
have seen, call for new ones. Original
Tracts are preparing translatlons are IN
progress; blocks are cutting; stereotype
plates are casting punches and matrices,
and fonts of new type Gncluding metal
movable type for the Chinese, the written
language of probably one-fourth of the
human family are in preparation at great
expense. A large part of all that is doing
bv the American churches for the CONVEX
son of the world is more Or less Intimately
connected with the operations OF this So
cietv.
Not to dwell on what is doing for the
North American Indians, among whom
are about l69 missionaries and assistants,
with two printing establishments; or on
the labors of the Moravian Brethren and
others for the American continent, the So
ciety is intimately cooperating with the
following agencies abroad.
Tract Societies in Europe,.-The So.
ciety at Paris, laboring for 100000
French, and for Spain, issues 100000
Tracts annually, and has 40 Tracts, the
same as published by the American Society,
and to which its funds may be applied,
and also seven volumes Saints Rest, Call,
Rise and Progress, Pilgrims Progress,
Keith on Prophecy, Bogue's Essay, and
Young Christian. In Belgium, the Rev.
Mr.. Boucher and few others are just com.
mencing Tract operations. The Tract
Society at Hamburg issues 100000 Tracts
annually, and has 60 Tracts and two vo.
lumes (Pigrim's Progress and Keith in
common with the American Society. The
Society at Barmen have 25 Tracts to which
this Sociely's funds may be applied that
at Bremen 12; that at Berlin g; the last
Society having issued 100000 Tracts.
with access to millions of Poles, Hungar-
ians, Bohemians, Wendish, &c. The SO.
ciety at Stockholm have 81 Tracts, and are
now about to issue the Young Christian
and life of Page in Swedish. The Friends
of Christ in 81. Petersburgh printed 1885,.
900 Tracts the last year. 19 Tracls have
been sanctioned by this Society, besides
Bakers Call translated by Russian Bish.
op, and printed at the office Of the Holy
SYNOD of Moscow, and the Young Christian
translated; a population Of 10000 600 to
be supplied, and Tracts every where CRATE
fully received. In France, eight American
Baptist missionaries and assistants, and in
Hamburg devoted missionary and col.
porteur, are also cooperating in the work.
Proposed appropriations, including $4,000
for Russia, $4,000.
In countries ON Me Mediterranean are
Gncludng reinforcemeuts on the way) IS
American missionaries and assistants, with
a printing establishment at Syra, which has
issued in two years, at this Society's ex.
pense, 100000 pages; two printing es-
Establishments at Smyrna, embracing stere-
otype foundry, and fonts oftype for almost
all the principal languages of the surround
ing countries; an Arabic press at Beyroot;
d press at Oomiah among the HISTORIANS
of Persia. About forty Tracts Including
Robinson's Scripture Characters) have been
adopted for publication at SYRIA; about fifty
approved Tracts, and the Saints Rest,
Pilgrims Progress, and Flaveps Touch.
stone. have been issued from the press
lately removed from Malta to Smyrna !;
eight issued by Rev. Mr.. Brewer, at
Smyrna; and len Tracts Of the American
Socie;y are published by the Church Mis-.
sianary Society at Malta. Proposed ap-
preparations, $4,000.
In Africa are 10 missionaries and as
s;sfants; the South African Female Tract
Society at Cape Town has issued six ap-
proved Tracts and Pilgrims Progress and
Rev. DR.. Phillip says nothing is now so
much needed as means for printing Tracts.
Proposed appropriation, $500.
At the Sandwich Islands (ncluding
reinforcements now on the way) are 80
missionaries and assistants, with a printing
establishment issuing 100000 pages
annually; two Trac's adapted and mum.
Der of Scripture Tracts printed. Proposed
appropriation $1,000.
In India, the missions to the Mahrattas,
in Ceylon, Orissa, and other parties Of
Southern India, and in Northern India, EN-.
brace Gncluding reinlorcements' 'onthe way)
160 missionaries and assistants, with a
printing establishment and type and stereo.
type foundry among The Mahratias; three
presses In Ceylon, two in Northern India,
and numerous Tracts issued by the Calcut-
ia Tract Socei1y in. various languages; 13
Tracts adopted in Mahratta, 80 in Tamul,
2 in Orissa, besides Pilgrims Progress in
several languages. Proposed appropria-
tions, $1,000.