New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-15

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CHURCH LRev. Dr.. Skinner's) Sermon By Rev Dr.
Eaines Of Hartford with other appropriate ezsrcises
american Board Of Com. for For. HissIoH5-At
the Tabernacle, 10 A 81.
Meeting of the American Bible Society.
The thirteenth Anniversary meeting of the Amer
lean Bible Society held yesterday morning the Tai
ernecie Hon. TaEoDoEE FzE1rxeHrrsES President. was
ia the Chair. lie read brief address in which Re passed
high euloginIn On his predecessor. Hon JeHs corTos
SMITH Who departed this life IN December last The
ce;y had peculiar claims regard because !:
American and charged l;saf with the great wor. Of 81
Tightening peopis--a free people! acknoH edg ng no
authority but God and the the isnt-hers any
where should public under the controlling In
auence Of word Of God The American statesman and
Christian patriot should lay his heart shat our cnly
hope In tie God Of the Bible and wore Of BIS truth
Emigration from abroad and freedom Of thought al hce
only seemed tx this truth teePr III the rat. We
rlEst have Bible Influence.
The TreasuTer's Report then read By jas. HYDE,
ESQ Assistant Treasurer, and The Managers Repor! By
Rev DR.. BRIGHAM, Corresponding Secretary The iolow-
ing is abstract.
The report commenced with notice OF some OF the
changes which have occaTec In the Society in the course
OF the last thirty years. OF the officers first appointed
nineteen in number. not one IS how living and nu four OF
the thirty six who the first managers. Hon. John
Cotton Smith died in December last hono!ed and beloved
by ALL The report contained extended notice Of that
gentleman.
Since the Society wa. formed the population the
country has increased from 500 goo 10000 GEO. vastly
enlarsin: the number 10 be Supplied with the Bible
The local Auxiliary Societies have gradually increase
unt; they now number about coe having connected
with them than 1000 minor branches. \ lzrg e
Of these auxa-ies are in territory which wss al
unbr Ken wilderness when the parent Society was io.med
The number Of new suxiliares formed the past yea.
Ia O. located 40 follows one in Msssac husets four
| Connecticut four in Newfork four in OHIO; one in
Michigan eight in Indiana seven in kentucky four in
Mississippi il Vir-ins eleven 10 Tennessee four
teen in Georgis six in Alabama one in Iowa, one in
| Wisconsin and one in Texas.
The number Of life directors added the past year 80
and OF life members 53 making the total VI the former
| $50 and OF the latter 1850.
The receipts Of the year have been in all Sl97367 is
being increase Of s307l5 az those OF the pre-.
cediug year BY new enactment Of the board the fiscal
year now and henceioh closes the LAST OF March instead
of last Of April heretofore The effect il make the
past year consist Of eleven months only Had the
ceipts for April been included the amount would have
exceeded S2U0CU0.
The legacies Of the year much larger in than
usual.
The whole number of Bibles printed in course of the
year 4o2 600 copies g. eleven monhs) an increase
the amount OF the previous year OF 6II50 copies
edition Of the Bible fer the Blind been print
&c during the year Il /, found that II be printed
the socctys new steam power press other books are
printed
A thick Emo Bible after an Oxford copy, has Just
been published A new Protestant Portuguese Testament
Is in preparation.
The number of Bibles and Testanents issued in the
course OF the year is 1854 copies increase the
issues Of the previous year o; 5i,5 and aggregate
since the formation OF the Society Of ,265
At the end Of the f ten years OF the society tho in
$50 600 and the Issue Of books $1,000 copies.
At the end Of the second ten years the income was
S04 500 and the Issue Of books Oh 900 copies At the
end of the third ten Yeas they stated above The
distributions of the last only for eleven months
Had those Of April been included usual they would
have exceeded 10000.
There now in the employment Of the society
enleen agents. located as follows: One In Maine aud
New Hampshire, in Massachusetts in Connect.
icut. three in New York two in Ohio in Michigan
one in Indiana, one in Illinois, in Missouri, in
Kentucky two 10 Tennessee one IN Georgia. one in Ala
bans and Texas.
Several OF the large nuxiaries employ agents Of
their and many of the country societies employ
temporarily Bible coIporter or distributor 20 explore
and supply the country
More Bibles have been distributed among the seamen
and boa,men than in any previous year They have
been made only in the English tongue. but in French
Swedish German, Portuguese and Spanish. In nearly
all cases they have been gratefully received.
10 the course e the year there have oeen sent
quest books to Canada, to Oregon (at three different
tunes and more than enc thousand copies TO Cuba. 70
Hayt, ST. Thomas, ST. CroiS, Brazil. Bueros AyTes,
Chit Sandwich Islands, Spain Germany. West const
Of Africa Ceylon, Siam. or natives learning Eng ish
and 10 China In the latter country they were wanted
for seamen and foreigners. snd in instance for q
school Of native youth at Hong Kong, under the drec
zion of Mr. Brown.
Rev. Mr.. ADAMS of New Hampshire, then presented the
following resolution
hspoTt, AOetBct OF Wbcn mas Oten
read be- printed and circulated njer the direction OF The
Mknhgers
He regarded II the most suspicious hour OF his lie
that he was permitted 10 address this immense assembly in
support Of the resolution. This society doing
work extending It's charities the land and over the
sea- He spoke OF the character Of the Bbcts adapta
ton TO all the circumstances Of life II had been said its
waters were shallow that lambs might wade in IT, or so
deep that elephants might swim in it. Late treaties had
opened the whole world 10 the Bible The Bible was tho
strong weapon for opposing the errors OF Rome II wa. too
t1nrtp fptS az OF
translated into many tongues and was like SO many buck
cts drawing up the of salvation The attacks OF
Popery he kencd to the nbbng Of mice ON the wings OF
archanScl lie represented IL like Urie riding OF sun
beams 10 all the world.
Or. wYcKorr seconded the resolution with few re-
marks, when IL WAS adopted.
Rev. Mr. BuTLER then moved the following resolution
Reolred That lhs Bble Is for necessary o! life and
that its scarcity and the unparalleled demand Tor IL
al home and abroad mperauvely urge us TO more vgor
Gus effort for It's distribution.
The speaker regarded the Bible OF the necessities
and urged the importance OF giving wider circulation
In us;ratin, the position OF the Foureri;es and other
philosophers having repuciaed the Bible he spoke OF II
debating society where the question was whether wood
water was the more useful. One speske. said We
could not live without water but eculd without wood,
FOR could live in brick houses and wanted fire we
could along the shore and pick up sticks 50 II was
with our Fouricrie and inhde phosopheFs'hey rePud
acd WOOD Obliged SO along the shore and pick
sticks What there good in their systems they had
picked up from the Bible.
TIE Resolution seconded and adopted when Dr..
L ARhEk OIL tnuhutpuia prcteuleC INC ioAo"ius
Resolved The, the pacific ,endercies Of the Bible pro-
claiming earth and good will ward should
lead early ind wide diffusion tbs blessing among
all raiions
After speaking OF the notice which the Secular Press
as taking Of their proceedngs-he spoke OF the Bible
as giving independence OF character, and dispostor
10 maintain our rights. and in this mode Il promo
ter OF peace He thought that nations need be
placed in bellieerent position Yet he also Ihough the
magistrates did always hold the sword in de
alluded 10 The PurtAps and John Knox examples OF
characters framed by the Bible. The Bible promoted
peace in the two ways one BY teaching men TO love
each other and the other BY putting in irons and
teaching them 10 behave themselves If they attempted
TO overthrow order oppose improperly The truth TIE
Bible teaches power well a. een;eress.
This resolution having been seconded and adopted.
Mr.. maxwell. Esq Of Va presented TIE following:
Resolved That general circulation ofse Bible
al cs OF our czeos Is ernecIy calculated 10 perpen-
ale happy form OF government, and 10 promote al he
best interests OF our country.
He spoke OF the form OF government; IS having become
pure Democracy, and woaid never return 10 It's
former character To maintain this Two things were ne
cessary-In,esence and Virtue. The former alone wocd
preserve institutions. Intelligence might make
such as Payp, a,d Rousseau The Four;sriieS tae
Fanny Wrishts, The wroneies, and al ether i;es who
thought themselves right attempted 10 get along without
the bible bat they by themselves pandeuc-
al