Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-10-25

kn0Wledge achlch alone can make as ac;se for
eiernity-tts knOwledge ofyour God g. yom
Saviour.
Ia view these asimio Jlar fac s, >thend
Committee canno: but cordially approve
the resolution adopted by the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-.
sions at their late anniversary, in the spirit
of which all our Foreign Societies concur.
that "there can be no reasonable doubt that
the press was prouideatiaHy giuen to man.
kind in these latter days aciA special refer.
ence to the employment Of its great popers
in assisting TO propagate the k'soaclsdgs Of
the Gospel"
VOLUME CIRCULATION.
Through this Society channel is open.
d by which the best christian writers of
present and past ages are made to concen.
trate their moral and intellectual energies
IN procIaImlng the Gospel by the press, not
only IN the form Of the small Tract, but
also in the standard uoiume and the fonih
library. These books are received without
the prejudice which often rcsists the smaller
Tract or the living preacher. They NAV
be read again and again without becoming
leglble; they may be handed down from
generation to genefa,on, hallowed by the
most sacred associations, and sancti6ed in
being used by the Haly Ghos. in The con.
version of the souls ofparents and children
and made as dear to the survivors as the
memory of the departed. Two hun.
dred aud thirty thousand volumes were
circulated the last year among the learned
and the unIearred-read by all-ihe, deaf
and the bHnd--by land and by sea-in the
light Of the day and the darkness of mid.
night. In this department of the Society's
operations, will not the christian community
exert their strength, until every family in
eyrey section & neighborhood in this wide.
spread and wide spreading nation,-until
every steamboat, and canal. boat, and ship
on our waters is supplied! Warned by in-
Vulnerable ruins on tiIefeld ofhistory shall
we not seek by the circulation of these
works, to shun the fate of those countries
where conscience is extinguished7 Shall
not patriotism and christianity move onward
arm in arm inthis labor!
MORAL POWER OF TRACT VISITATION.
Much has been said and written uponatis
subject, Yet there is reason 10 fear its i'm.
poFtance is liule appreciated. What is
Tract Visitation? 1t is the humble, pray.
erful, sy ystcmatic efforts of the disciples of
Chris to aid the ministe, f.he GOSPEL in
his arduous labors for the salvation Of sin.
ners, and for the promotion of morality and
evangelical piety an instrumen;ali!y for
diffusing the Gospel leavan through a. COM
munity the light ofreliPion manifestedin
the lives Of its professors the children of
Col becoming the saIt of the earth, IAN
organization necessary. in its essential fear
lures, to the prosperity Of any church.
Look at the history Of Tract Visitation 70.
one year in single cry 958 sisi,ers, pray.
es-:ully, pursuing their humble and selfde.
nying labors, presented nearly half million
of Trac among the accessible families, ac.S
companied, as providence seemed to open
the way, with all such racans as could be
properly employed for the salvationof in.
dividuals. In connection with this labor ofs
love, the visiters were the honored Inslru.
ments of distributing to the destitute 1859
Bibles and 5,345 Testaments 2,946 chill
Iren were brought into Sab6aah.school;
l27. induced to Join Bible classes; l..
ll6 persons were persuaded to attend
church and l,779 signed the temperance
pledge. No less than 1,70s proyer.meet.
ings.in which were gathered muhtudes- who
neglect the stated meansof grace, were held
held, with special view to their spiritual
benefit, and to implore the outpouring of
Gods Spirit upon the Tract districts and
upon the world ; and crown all, three
hundred and tQny;sir souls were reported
as hopefully converted t. God. In what
church of Christ is not a land of laborers
needed TO accomplish such works as these?
Where is the soil so well cultivated asnot to
require them? Are not Tract .visiters the
Aarons and the Hurs 10 sustain the hands
Of their pastors Could this system prevail
throu Oh all onr churches, Zion would soon
appear in new beauty. Tracts calculated
TO reach the conscience & the heart are all
ready prepared. Why viii not christians
disperse them, accompanied with a kind
warning, to families where the Lord Jesus
Christ is unhonored or unknown If the
church sleep, by whom shall the world be
awakened
Such is the mighty efficiency for good
involved inthe prosperity of the American
Tract Society. Brethren, shall we shrink
from the responsibility? or shall we sustain
the canse with our prayers, our personal la
bors, and our beneiactions How much
we are called Individually to con ribute, each
one, in the sight of God, must judge. The
Committee believe that less than THIRTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS will be inadequate
90 ,,,eot tho demand the current wear frnm