Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-27

Increase overlast year saa.s So
VARIOUS ITEMS
Unavailable funds received, $3.50 %
hr,,L. b.nL la
sians upnsd 'A VAIN '' so,s n
Dse the MASSACHUSETTS Bible Society, s,ao7 90
south Carolina Bible Society, 1891 as
Middesex Biole Society, 500 90
Beside. al TINS, there were various gifts and do
nations to the society, not OF any particular value
for instance, certificate of depos,e of the Della
ware Loan Company, and some other little matters,
less important.
The report also stated, that during the year. there
had been 90 new auxii.ries formed.
The number Of Bibles sent out during the year,
had been Isl 000 This is increase OF y, pa
the last year
Mr.. Jay has been made Financial Secretary.
New stereotype plates for a French daodecimo
Bible had been made; and one for reference
The socety's reports for ~ years, has been bound
up in voume-price 81.
In New York there have been two new agents APP
pointed.
The receipts this year were actually over 800 :
O0O because several due before the LIST of May
have been received since making up that amount
The following is the official account Of the whole
operations Of the society for the past year:
sr HUNDRED and Of the latter add
Sa !. $ S a.s i
been Organized and nearly many mere remodsled and
oOKs ssuEpThe number Of Bibles and Tes,aments
from the dsPos,ey ~ course Of the yesr Is lsss copies be-
NEw oTTIcERs-wllam whitock, Jun OF the Protestant
sd g Hyde E s SsSs1
AGENT ss a1t Treasurer All peeuniary reittanees should
Rev Edmund $ james, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
collect funds BY persons. ,saiios.
BEEN received in course Of the year. s,S in ali and books
have been sent hiher in the time the number Of
From New Hampshire has been sassa book,
From Vermont received sass, book. sent, 81.
From Massachusetts has he.n received sss,o books sent
ErS@ Rhode Island rec, iysd s. ass and book,
from the Connecticut Bib. Society the sand~c Islands
from DE state Of New York received sas SO and books
Gagged IN re.ospy u one county 5000 estamens
From Jersey Ssss been received and book. for
From received and book. sent
Delaware ss2, have been received aud books
In one county ofasa families found without
From Maryland has been s,7Ti books forward.
From the District Of Colunb, ss have been received
From Virginia si,a1 h,y. been received book. sent
s3sSsa .S% engaged iss
From North Carolina have been received sss and book.
Won South Carolina reer,d sqs and book. sent asa
From Georgia received SANE and books sent 1859 The
with the Bible and IN the EASTERN part Of The state e,ten
Fro Fiols 500 received and as Bible. and Te.,ameu
From Ohio s5ss received a.d 1893 book. procured for
suPpy In ,hcoths the Female Bible Society has supplied
FROM Indiana STss received az books sent
Erom Illinois, s2si received aud books 1885 copies
From Michigan, sss received. and books sent sss
From kssueky sa'5T received and books forwarded os
contiguous countless also that IL Lexington.
FROM received sSi and seH books to the
rom 4 lasa@., received siss book, sent IS.
PROM wscoas Territory, ssi rcoei'ed and books sent
nunber q s223s.
The Bible cause is fOsrishing all over the globe.
The local repositories here are 20 be done away
with In Texas a' society has been organised,
end $3.50 collected. In Canada, one thousand copies
the Bible have been sent to the aboriginal Mo.
hawks. In Brazil, and all parts OF South America,
the cause prospers. From the missionaries Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, information has been
reserved that the copies q Scripture in the Portu-
guese language, which had been sent 10 them had all
been disposed OF; and prominent ecclesiastic had
requested to become life member IF the American
Bible society and had paid 10 one IF the missiona
60 effect that object. Bible society has been es.
tablished in Florida; and many new ones all over
the United States, particularly IN New York and
the east
From many parts ofEurop gratifying intelligence
has come. IN many places Of South Russia Turkey
Greece, Hungary, Bohemia, &c the scriptures had
been circulated. The agent in the Lsvant Mr. Cal
houn, has done wonders; but he wants money
In Patras, Armenia, Cyprus, &c many copies of the
Greek Testament ys bees sent out; and in Spain
the Bible has been largely distributed.
In Madras and TIE Fast Indies, Messrs. Winsow
and Scudder have labored hard. Yet there is much
70 be done An edition Of the Bible &C so 600 in the
native tongue, was 90 be put 90 press directly Bat
they want at least 500, 600 TO aid them. From the