Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-05-23
NEW YORK ANNIVERSARIES.

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J NJ y. Bible Society The Doth anniversary Of
this Society was celebrated on Thursday morning,
at the Tabernacle. The vast building was crowd
cd to OVERLOOKING
From the annual report Of the board and the
statement of the general agent, we learn the fol-
lowing facts:
Two devoted friends, Rev. DR.. Minor and John
Pintord, LII. d., both of whom have served as sec
retarics of the society, have died.
-Four hundred and siXty.fve new life directors
and members have been added Seventy new aux
laries have been formed, most of them county so.
cetes.
Receipts. These from all sources including bal.
ance on hand, have been Sl69,222, making an in
crease of Sl22l2 over those of the preceding year,
all of which have been expended. The society
owes 81 900 for paper, and has other labilitcs-
For the most part of the year the society has been
without the services of financial secretary.
Books issued There have been issued in the
course Of the year 400 092 Bibles and Testumcns
from the depository, besides those published at the
society's expense Obroad.) This is an increase Of
1850 copies over those of the previous year. and
an aggregate, since the formation Of the society, OF
4,0l3352. These books of last year, have been
cent into every state and territory of the Union to
Canada, Texas, West India Islands, Mexico, Bra
iii, Buenos Ayres and Greece 70 the Baptist mis-
sion in the latter country hive been granted 1900
modern Greek New Tcslamcnts, AMI 1900 dollars
rous grants have been made by the Rev. Mr. Cal.
houn late agent at Smyrna, to other missionaries in
that region
.Ne,C Books A new burgosc Bible, new French
and a new Spanish Testament have been publish
ed. Plates for minion - mo. Bible are in pro-
gress. new edition Of the Bible in raised let
tiers for the blind, is to be put to press Geo.
Douglas, Esq, of Long Island, has generously con
trlbuted $500 for this object und the Massachn-
sets Bible Succty as much more. The woyk, being
in qulr.o volumes, AMI printed only on one side,
necessarily. Yet who can withhold the Bible, AT
any price, from those who read il with their lin
gers when deprived Of sight?
agents. Nine have been III the employ all the
year, and cioht for the part oflhc time Four
teen are now in employ. They are not sent where
the cause can be sustained without them Rev. $
II. Calhoun has closed his agency in the Lcvant
and become missionary on Mount Lebanon. Dur
ing his agency he has put not far from 10000 Bl'
bles and Tcstamcnts in circulation in that region
where those sacred books were first given to the
world
| Grants OF .Noney. While the board have been
occupied more than usual IN the home distribution
| they have still been enabled TO remit and eXpend
Sl3,792 81 for publishing the Scriptures abroad
These grants have been made for France, Swtzer
land, Turkey, Syria, Persia, Northern India, anC
the Sandwich Islands. Next year more must bt
done abroad, if possible.
The Foreign Evangelical Society held their siXtl
anniversary AT DR.. Iludsons Church, on Tuesday
The exercises were of n very Interesting character
addresses were delivered by Rev. MI Wilks, o
Montreal, Thompson of Philadelphia, and Others
| The Trcasurers Animal Report was read an alb
stract of which is as follows: the receipts OF tn
Society for the past year were Sl5,9iS: the gener
al expenditures $1,000 I'm Canada, : 24S; /
SPUN, SAG; for printing, 52,O79; salaries, &c
1929, which including some expenses OF mno