Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-07

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passions, to the love and fear Of God."t
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CALL FOR TRACTS FROM HISTORIANS IN =
To Rev. VIM. d. HaHock; Cor: Sc. Amer.
can Tract SsS;eiely., Ia, ,,.5,as
oormiah, Persia, July g. 1886.
Ny DEAR BRoTHER,-Yours of October
80, 1885, came recently 10 hand.stMy,
heart leaps with Joy as coRtemplatesthe.
noble stand which your Society is istakingiai
the department Of FoRBlGN djstrbuiqn.
Your schedule of Appropriations for the
current year is magnifcent-cestainly so, Il
compared with past eHorts-a6d, in TACT, It
is so in reality though we pray, hope, and.
trust that indications Of Providence will re.
quire you speedily still to magnify this schsi
dule, both in the number, and amount otslss'
appropriations many fold. gs4s
For your appropriations to our missions
allow me to tender TO your Society my
heartfelt obligations. Our operations iar
Persia, you are aware, are all incipient, and
as yet comparatively limited still your
aid has already proved invaluable to US, and
successive appropriations will prove increa-
singlv so, as our means for the preparation
Of Tracts shall be multiplied and matured.i
Our facilities for distribution are unbound
ed. There is and will he nc limit to the
demand for religious Tracts among the
Nes.orans, hut our means to supply them.
The whole nation are hungering and thirst-s
ing for religious books, and are as, ready to,
receive them from us as at the hands OF
their own bishops. In fact the Ecctesias.
tics, from the Patriarch down to the obscuras
est Priest, are foremost in their opportunities
that we circulate among them and theFl
people christian knowledge with all practi-
cable despatch, and at our own discretion.
But VIC have as yet no press, and ous
Tract operations can only be commensar.
ate with the slow motion Of the pen, until
we have one, which VIC hope will bevesy
soon. S+.i $40 ~
We have at present one translator and
three copyists sustained by your funds, and
employed in the preparation of Tracts 10 the
HISTORIAN dialect. The Tracts which we
have hitherto prepared, and which we shall
for some time TO come prepare, consist en-
tirclv of selections ofScripture, copied from
translation which am row engaged IN
making from the ancient Syriae into the
modern or HISTORIAN dialect. We copy
these portions of Scripture upon, one side
of large sheets Of very thick paper, and tor
the sake of durability paste cnarse canvass
upon the back, and for their besterPresery.
alton still, we attach loops afthe top .by.
which they may be suspended. : Thus ooa-.
s.ructcd, these Tracts form excellent and
yery convenient reading lessonsfor schoolss
and most acceptable cards for general dis.
tribution. -. acse al .sa
Thus are we Mt present disposing oftbe
sacred appropriations made by your Society
TO our Mission. The arrival Of our Pres
will enable US Immediately to multiply Iour
operations and as Tacts-tk9se sleases
Of the tree of life" shall wing their way over:
the province Of OormisE,; end through ID
innumerablc HISTORIAN villages and hamlesU
in the yallies and ravines oftS Wild Kupdisk
mountains, and over the plains: ::of Mes0pos.
tarnia still westward, we cannot doubt thnf
wherever they shall fall they will psesesal
g healing for the nations" And when the
HISTORIAN church-this venerable churchof
Antioch. shall have awakened from Der
slumber of centuries-shan have put onher
beautiful garments, and stand forthi'i6 the
centre of Mohammedan dominion iaiesds'
the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible a.
an army with banners" " revived and regene..
rated by the Spirit of God, through Trac,.
and Bible, and Missionary instrumentality'
und sending forth flood of light and glory
IN eyery direction 10 iumifiS and sayesN
Asia-then, we trust, the Tract contfibd9
tions of American Christians for the beacs
fit of our mission, will appear to have oeea
made not in rain. That this blessed 0Ey
NAV soon come ls our prayer, the object cf
our toll, hope and expectation. -, -
Your brother in the labors ofthe Gospel
JUSTIN PRRKfNs.a
Those who were present at the 'last an:
niyersary of the American Tract .Scciey,
will recollect that much interest was man
Tested in the adoption Of the resolution to
raise $4,000 for foreign distribution Dur
inp the current year. Many thought the
community y would cheerfully contribute 2
much larger sum, and all believed q larger,
sum could be usefulIy employed. Nearly
nine months ofthe year have gone by, and
only $6,591 76 have been received leay.
inp s2s,4Os "a to be obtained. preYioHs