New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-09

Al inc VI Sltdl Iii-ctiuS fta-
tefday morning al the Tabernacle, not ever hall
the place was occupied but before the close OF the
meeting the house was crowded. -Four. hfths oil all
present, were well-dressed ladies'.
Rev. DR.. Murray read chapter from the Bible.
The President read the Annual Address, which
Iamened that two States had fallen oil IN their con-
lrbutions from former years, but this had been
more than made up by the distinguished exertions
of good me n IN other States 10 procure the univer-
sal distribution OF the Bible
Abstracts OF the Reports Of the Treasurer and
Manager were then read,
The Treasurer's and Managers Reports alluded
ieelIngy to The death OF Rev. Dr. Minor and DR.
| PintaTd, both OF whom have been Secretaries OF
the Society -i65 new Life Members and Directors
nave been added; 30 new AuXIliauas have been
! formed, and most u them County SUcetes. The
total rtccips have during the past year been Sit5,
6j2 beng an Increase OF l2,2l2 over those "i The
last year; aud the whole Oi II has been expended,
aud the Society still owes $1,000 for paper and
mas many other lIabii'its 10 meet; and Tor nearly
the whole year The Society has had 10 Financial
Secretary During Tie year there have been ~ :
0g2 Bibles and TesIaneBts issued from the Depus-
tory, beside those published abroad al the expense
OF the Society. THIS number Is an Increase OF
III $40 copies over the previous year, and makes
An aggregate of 4,Oi3,352 Bibles, &c. issued
since The formation OF the Society. The books
d. Texas OREGON, the West Indies, Mexico,
Buenos Ayres, Brazil Greece, besides all the
states, Nc of the Union; 800 Modern Greek
New Trstaments have been gwen 10 The baptist
Mission in Greece aud $500 worth OF other books
IN the Levant Mr. Calhoun, the late Agent oil
SMYRNA, has made many grants 10 tie Mlssiona-
RES IN that region. A new Aliuion Elmo. Bible,
dew Bourgeois Bible, "A new French aud a new span
lsh Testament have been published III the last ear
aud IA new Bible with raised letters for re b!'nd
wlu soon b. published. Inc MaSSaCh useis :.
mas given $500 Tor thls and George Douglass, ESq
of Long Island 500 more; this work IL in i've
quar,o volumes and printed only on one SIDE Nine
Agents have been employ ed The whole year, and
eight more for a great pat oi The ime; fourteen
are emploved al present Rev. MIR Calhoun has
become d Missionary al Mount Lebanon; he has
distributed over 0O00 Bibles and IesIainenis IN
that part ot The globe where the binle was nist
gwen 10 The world. Tins board has also RENTED
SIS 792 Tor printing the Scriptures a0fo1u TINS was
tor France, Switzerland, Turkey, SYRIA, Persia,
Northern India, aud the Sandwich Islands.
Rev Dr. Black then moved the Report be
printed
clad that The Report consumed a gentle hint 10
tneir brethren ~ the mlnl>tty 10 have the scrip
tures circulated. In one Western county contain
lus, over one hundred Preachers, last year only
one sermon delivered on tais subject; only 81
subscribed for It although 5oO iaTuiles there were
without Bbc aud nearly 5000 youths able In
read were without Bible. The word OF God AL
mighty is the only ammunition That IS good tor any
Thing al The West; argument and philosophy may
DO al the East, but we want every man, woman
and child clothed IN the same panoply as the tight
ING leader himself True, most Preachers brought
Bibles, but one preacher came there out
Nest with iarge family who preached regularly
and ncrcr o;rned BIblc. He TOOK has text, he SAID
from the New Testament, and when he wanted one
out Of the Old Testament, ne o7rTo'red one -
Now SIR we must have the right anInGniion 10
attack Satan and his army with, out West, and That
- me. word Of God II we 90 not We snail tdltinto
, stAie Of dsspctism AID by-and-by you al The East
will feel our iron hand. Romanlsm now 81 the
West is only platoon 10 WHAT We shall nave 10
fight AT the West vet. The Devil il not Vet dead
Al The West. SIR he and all his officers are there
very active Human nature Is there; error and IN
fd.iity is there: and none but the sword OF The
lord and OF Gideon can kill them The Pope and
his Cardinals and officers are nothing IN their Id
bors 10 The Devil and the Subordinat,s IN his army
We want 5000 Bibles more IN ONO, ard oW,VVV
more New Tvstamsn,s al the very least.
Rev Dr. De Nit then made few relnaFAs on
introducing the next resolution, IN place of HiT'
Todd. OF Mass. de placed great stress on the nh
eor,ance OF Christian Union ana brotheEly LISe
and introduced very feeling and appropriate eusogy
mon The laIe Or Minor He moved thai expert
INC, has shown The feasibility as wei. as PRACTICAL
inheritance Of t,,tcd effort among Christians OF OH
feren, names IN circulating the Sacred scriptures.
Rev NJ, Cook, In Secondns tins, endorsed
among Christians and ms enlosy on On Minor
81. believed this Blble Society TO be as tree from
error as any human institution ne believed The b.
h,s 10 be an aniido;e against the errors OF Satan,
snd Pro;sstanIisIn 10 be an anudoie against
sysrv error of men This Society presented The
widest and aoAleS, field Tor good IN me mole world
Th HritIsh and EoIelga Bible Society had circuia-
ted since their formation sixteen millions oil bioies,
,,1 THIS Society had circulated IN ~ years nearly
Ave- millions Of BibIes and TeStamrni$ de wlSeed
=, hsar, testimony TO the goodness aud wo!th oil D'.
Minor but observed Justly that Tins was neither the
TINE nor the place. But he did, however steaA
Of N. yres Of the Doctor. OF ms pyce IN going 20
Js,eisnd 10 represent the American b!oe society on
,s,r NJ .iform OF the s s. F. Bibe Society he n'eo
and aborrd and Gied IN an atmosphere Of ohiis'an
love and his las, act was 10 open the oools " nS
Church for coll, cton in favor OF the New ON
Bible Society; he preached Tor II on oa"G L -,
died ON Tuesday. snd that last sermon na9 !us;
been pyInted, and he held Tin ms hand ne i9.eu
every brother IN whom was found Tue iHiaSS or. o.
Lord Jesus Christ, ne was therefore true Shu1en-
man. and ever ready 10 give his worldly satsiance
for The advancement of Christianity. DE cioSe"
ui;h shor. extract from DR.. Minors Sefmen en-
fo,cin, yne n-cvs>iiv OF charity and orothr!y ioNe
and ths, of Christian lRion among all cisss.S Q.
S.r, believing Christians for the advancement OF
IN, truths Of the Gospel
Rev MIR. Todd OF Mass stated thatln efforts 10 e4,
!, ,is lsIse Of The American Bible SOCIETY," we dld
60, 70 the pursst embodiment oil Gcd. though
:; uss the praise o the Bible was useless a.