The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-21
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


MEETING OF TIE American BuL. socrr.r.-
The monthly meeting Of the Board of Manager.
Of the American Bible Society was hslai on
, Thursday afternoon lAst, Hon. L. Bradi.h. Vic,
= President, In the chair. -
The Treasurer presented the state Of the AZ
counts, showing that the receipts OF the month
Of June had been s27, 1S0. -.r.
The General Agent stated that the issuss Of
the month had been fifty thousand copies % the
Bible and Testament. Sir new societis were
recognised as auxiliaries-Ons In Indtn a, one
in North Carolina, one in Florida, one in Geor-
ga, and two in Texas.
Letters from the British and Foreign Bible
Society respecting version for the Irish. and
also the new version In the Chinese language
Referred to the Committees on Versions
From the Ahmednisggar Mission, India, ask
ing appropriation Of 81 900 to aid the mis-
sion in the publication of the Scriptures. The
appropriation was made.
From the Rev. Mr.. Damon, Of HonoIulu, at
the Sandwich Islands, expressing great graft
tsIss So tsse nssi~- h 49, ived and stating
several Interesting facts, showing the value Of
the books among sailors, many OF whom read
the Bible through once every VOYAGE thew
make The Portuguese Bibles are specially use
fol among seamen, who speak that languaes-
The Roman Catholics receive it and read il
gladly.
From the Rev. Mr.. Perkins, of the MI,.ion
to the HISTORIANS of Persia, expressing the graf
itude of the mission for the aid received 10
PRINT the Bible in modern Syriac, and stating
The progress in that work. The revival Of re-
igion among that interesting people has in
creased the desire for the more abundant sup
ply Of the Scriptures; and the special adapted
ness Of the pure word Of God to the soul Of
man, has been exhibited by many striking facts,
In the history Of that work Of grace.
Grants Of Bibles were made TO Ohio, Yer
mont, to the Home Missionary Society for CAL
ifornia, to distribute the Bible there, organise
auxiliary societies, and seton foot measures for
the systematic circulation Of the Scriptures In
that important field.
CHRISTIAN Missions IN ISDIA.-From state
ment made last Sabbath evening at the Fifth
Avenue Church. (Dr- PhillIp.'s) by the Hon
Mr.. LOwrie, Secretary Of the Presbyterian
General Assembly, Board, We gather the fol-
lowing general view Of christian missions IN
India:
There are in Northern India 100 mi ssionaries,
l34 native assistants, 100 schools, TO- $40 schOl-
airs, and 2,246 church members; and in South
ern India aud Ceylon, Ill missio mares, 6l2 ma
tive assistants, 956schoOls, % .25S scholars and
lI,S95 church members. There is q vast reS0
in the interior Of India, extending for many
hundred miles in each direction, which has
never yet been visited by Christian Missions
ny.
The missionaries and schools above referred
to are supported by the following British and
American Societies, viz: the Church MissiOaa-
~ Society sustained by the evangelical portions
Of the English Church; the Wesleyan Mission
airy Society; the LONDON Missionary Society;
the Gospel Propagation Society Of the High
Church party, which wers doing a noble work
in India; the English Bsptists; the Free Church
Of Scotland; the American Baptists, end the
American Board.
CoNGREoATIoSILIsH IN IowA.-CongregaiiOn
aiism Is taking root and spreading itself rapidly
IN Iowa, Young as this State Is, and small as
is its population, IT has already forty COngrsg.-
tiOnal churches; and at the recent meeting Of
the General Association Of Iowa, there we're 90
members present, Of whom 20 were ministers Of
the Gospel, not including delegates from foreign
bodies.
BAFrisr MIssIoSs.-The Missionary Union,
says a report submitted at its anniversary meet
ing, recently held at Philadelphia. "has closed
financial year, which in some respects has
had no equal in the history Of our missionary
service. The missions, as a whole, have wrought
4 greater work, contributors have showna
stronger determination to sustain them, and the
fields in which they are planted have given pro-
mise of richer harvssts, than in any other year
since our first missionary reached Burmah.''