Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-10-18

from South Africa, and from the Aborigines
OF America there comes cry, deep and
plercing-Forget as not; impart to us The
ksove6edge schich alone can make as wise TOR
sternity-the knowledge Of your God " your
Saviour.
In view Of these and similar facts, the
Committee cannot but cordially approve
the resolution adopted by the American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions a. their late anniversary, in the spirit
of which all our Foreign Societies concur,
.ha. ''tkere can be no reasonoble doubt that
the press ,Oas prouidentiaNy gioen to man.
Kind tn these latter days ,sith special refer.
enee to The employment Of its great po''srss:
iu assisting to propagate the knowledge q
Me Gospel" &
VOLUME CIRCULATION.
Through this Society a channel is epen-
by which the best christian writer's Of
present and past ages are made to concen.
trate their moral and intellectual energies
in proclaiming the Gospel by the press, not
only in the form Of the small Tract, but
also in the standard uolume and the family
library. These books are received without
the prejudice which often resists the smaller
Tract or the living preacher. They may
De read again and again without becoming
.iIlegiblc; they may be hanaed down from
generation to generation, ha!lowed by the
most sacred associations, and sanctifed IN
being used by tho Ha!y Ghost in the con.
version Of the souls ofparents and children
and made as dear to the survivors as the
memory Of tie departed. Two hum
drcd and thirty thousand volumes were
circulated the last year among the learned
and the ualearred-read by aIl--,ho deaf
and the blind--by land aud by sea-in the
iigh. Of the day and the darkness of mid.
night. In this department ofthe Society's
operations, will not the christian community
exert their strength, until every family in
evrey section ncighborhood in this wide
spread and wide spreading nation,-untl
every steamboat, and cana, boat, and ship
on our waters is supplied! Warned by In
Vulnerable ruins ON the field of history shall
We not seek by the circulation Of these
works, to shun the fate Of those countries
where conscience is exlingushed? Shall
not patriotism and christianity move onward
arm in arm inthis labor?
MORAL rowBa OF TRACT VISITATION.
Much has been said and written upon this
subject yet there is reason 10 fear its i'm
portance is liale appreciated. What is
Tract Visitation 1t is the humble, pray.
erful, systematic efforts of the, disciples of
Christ to aid the minister .ofthe Gospel in
his arduous iabors for the salvation Of sim.
ners, and for The promotion ofmorality and
evangelical piety; an instrumeniali.y for
ditfusing the Gospel leavan through com.
munity the light ofrelision manifested in
the lives Of its professors; the children of
Col becoming the salt Of the earth AN
organization necessary, in lis essential fea-
tures, to the prosperity Of any church.
Look at the history of Tract Visita,ioa for
one year in single city; 958 yisiters, pray.
erlllly, pursuing their humble and selede.
nying labors, presented nearly half million
Of True among the accessible fainiies, &c.
conpaned, as providence seemed to open
the way, with all such means as could be
properly employed for the salvation of In
diyduals. In connection with this labor ef
love, the visiters were the honored Instru.
meu,s of distributing to the destitute 1f59
Bibles and 5,345 Testamsnts; 2,94s chill
dren we're brought into 'Sab5ata. schools,
1877 induced to join Bible classes; II
ll6 persons were persuaded to attend
church and l,779 signed the temperance
pledge. No less than 1,70s prayer. meet
ings,in which were gathered inulitudes who !
neglect The stated means of grace, were held
held, with special view to their spiritual
benefit, and to irnplore the outpouring Of
Gods Spirit upon the Tract districts and
upon the world /; and t crown all, three
hundred and h:irty-sir souls were reported
as hopefully concerted T. God. In what
church of Christ is not land Of laborers /
needed to accomplish such works as these
Where IS the soii so well cultivated asnot 10
require hem? Are not Tract visiters the
Aarons and the Fl frs' To sustain the hands
Of their pastorsf Could dihissystem prevail
throuy, ali onr churches, Zion would soon
appear in new beauty. Tracts calculated
to reach the conscience &the heart arc al
ready prepared. Why wilhuot christians
dispense them, accompanied with kind
warning, to families where ihe Lord Jesus
Christ is unheuored or unknown? If the
church seep, by whom shall the world be
awakened? g,..
Such is the mighty efficiency for good
involved in the prosperity of the American
Tract Society. Brethren, shall we shrink
FROM the responsibility : or shall we sustain
the canse With our prayers, our personal Ia
bors, and our beneiaetions ? How much
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