Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-02

engaged In the work of regular supply
The Young Mems Bible Society Of Gin
cinnati collected funds last year to the
amount Of %, 889 76. and distributed A.
COS Bibles and Testaments.
To Indians have been sent 9l2 looks,
and from thence has been received 1851.
The State is in great need of general
supply.
To Illinois have been sent ,682 Bibles
and Testaments, and money obtained from
thence to the amount of S2,l24. The
society of Ogle county procured books,
employed an agent, visited 2,55l families.
PAL of which were found destitute and /
supplied.
To Michigan have been sent ,532
books, and funds obtained from thence,
93o4. The State. Bible Society has been
reorganized.
To Missouri have been forwarded $50
/ Bibles and Testaments. and $50 has been
RENTED from thence to your treasHry'-
The Missouri Bible Society employs its
own agent.
/ From Kentucky Sl.377 has been re-
Iceived, and l,046 books have been sent to
the State. The societies of Louisville,
lShelbyville, Lexington and Maysyille, are
1.-THE most efficient. The agents of the
Lexington Bible Society have visited sev.
Ieral Of the eastern counties bordering on
! Virginia, with interesting results, which
J will appear in the report when published.
Il From Tennessee S2,374 has been re-
ceived. and 1883 books have been order
/ ed thither. Nearly all that has been ac-
complished has been in The vicinity OF
Nashville, where an agent has recently
lconmenced his labors auspiciously.
/ From Virginia %, 129 has been receiv-
> ed, and books have been called for TO the
] number of6,9 copies. The society OF
: 1.-The State employs an agen. of its own, and
who has performed a long and interesting
tour In the mountainous parts of the State
bordering on Kentucky.
II To North Carolina have been sent L.
: l39 Bibles and Testaments. and S697 re-
J. lceived from thence. One auxiliary, thai
of Salem, has been active and useful
An agent from the Parent Society is about
Ito commence an agency in the Stale
Ie which greatly needs his services.
Ell In South Carolina an interesting Bible
> Convention was held at Columbia the las
st winter, when measures were adopted fo
II exploring and supplying the State. The
3 number of books sent there in the cours,
to of the year is 2,687, and the amount o
l. money received 1925.
vel To Georgia 2,4l9 Bibles and Tesla
ments have been sent. and from them SS2
received The Bible Society of Savanna
and Darien have united and employed a
~ agent, Baptist minister, who has under
= taken to explore l2 OF IA counties. Fl
has already visited six of them, and foun
nearly one-half of the households withol
VI the Bible.
~ To Alabama have been sent 225 Bible
:: and Testaments, and from the same ha
= been received 1912. This State is
- great need of an agent and thoroug
= supply.
:. To Mississippi have been forwarded 2
- 23l books, and received from thence o.
y lS62.
~ To Louisiana have been sent 392 bool
and from thence received 1852.
To Arkansas have been sent $50 book
TX An agent has recently commenced his |;
ar bors in this State with good prospects.
Is To the Territories of Wisconsin, low
re and Florida. have been sent in all 472 B
on bles and Testaments, and from thence +,
ceived Gill.
IL From the above sketch of what hs
las been accomplished by the Bible cause th
past year, it will be seen that in many
q the States nothing like an adequate suppl
SO of the word of life has been furnished
4 t. IL IoC II.
he ing. Something must be done to increas
an the distributions in our new settlement
Agents must be sent thither and book
ed must be furnished by the older States,
ks infdeiity and false religion which choo
ie- es to dispense with the Bible, will max
in fearful progress.
al Female Bible Societies.
II Generous aid has been received as usl
q al from these useful auxiiiaries-one
which contributed over $4,000. Institu
lions of this kind are more peculiarly la
- portant since the national Society is Gale
y so extensively to aid the circulation of II
= Scriptures in foreign countries
en- Distribution among the Seamen, Boatme
en- and EmigrGnts
he Great attention is paid to this subject
he some of onr cities, but in none so much
ill is required. In ten months of the pa
of year there arrived in the port of New
of York $3.50 emigrants, most OF who
lp- were visited by the agents of the New
York Bible Society. The Bible Sociei
BIZ Of Cincinnati supplied in course of Il
nd past year more than 1900 boalmen az
ne. emigrants.
Tic Foreign Operations.