New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-23

~ We OeS' supplied, being OF 6es;is.e Only s
per cent. Volumes distributed. ls4l&-she ccst OF
grafuifous distribution was ss3la TIE Isryey. MN
Der oil iaines N any one Wand 1892 IN the Ia,e
siHteeuin Ward tie smallest number. SO in the FRI
"md. The most elegant aud costly mansions aal the
metnet novel have been visited aud the Wori o5srei
modes;y but firmly in al These lbo-s have re-, .hsa
hundreds and thousands Of that class who are gener
ally neglected Of sI men. Even in the bnwl Of the
tar-roorn in the house Of pollution the Bile has been
offered by the ssents Of this Society Particular s,ts
teuton has been paid to foreigners and they much
more willing now to receive the Rible than before
Many Rornsn Cltholcs gladly take il, and the op
position to the Protestant version is fading away The
hotels have been carefully supplied Only in case
had volumes previously supplied been injured by neg
lect. Fire, Hose. Hook and Ladder Companies
have been visited and generally they have re-
ceivcd the book gladly Most Of these companies
have comfortable quarters and some have re-
spectacle sbraries. The Sunday schools have been
Visited, and supplied with 2,6A volumes. The City
Missionaries q the New York City Tract Society have
been furnished with all they required The French
residents Of the City have been attended TO- Among
migrants the BJie has beea constantly offered and
with good effect ships Hospitals, gng houses, &c,
have been visited with particular care. Daring the
Of $50 over last year. The report has long account
of operations in the Marine Department where great
progress has been made The sales at the Depository
daring the year have been sl4i2 volumes, comprising
% 5l2 bibles and $3.50 testaments. Whole number of
vcaInes Issued during the year, in all ways l32339-
OF which 81 500 bibles and 81 $40 estlrnents OF
this uInbes 50,SS7 volumes grarutousy distri-
buted, comprising IL COS bibles and % $50 testaments
at cost of 81 81 The gratutous distribution this
year exceeds that of any other year by l05O0 vols
The report concludes by alusion to the finances of
the Society, &c.
Rev. DR. Tying was the first speaker He said in sub
stance, am exceedingly happy to have an opportunity
to take part with you in this great work on the
present OCCASION when are assembled TO take hold
of this great subject of the Bible Society am sorry
however statements in the report in reference TO
the distribution OF the Protestant Bible there il no
such Bible a Protestant Bible. Permit me to beg of
you, before you print your report to strike out the
word Protestant" and insert the word Holy" Bible
In our own great City nearly onehalf of citizens
aens and while you have sent into foreign coun.
tries twenty thousand copies of the Bible among
people of whom VIC know but little, those in our own
midst have been comparatively uncared for. He be-
leved that with the American people ted the respon
sbility of saving the world In Europe aside from
England and with all her faults love her Silly there
is nothing left Look a, the peculiar facts OF the rou
bic which has been caused by the distribution of the
Holy Bible abroad an instance of which VIII cite In
Genoa sailor sentenced to the galleys for ten
years for having in his possession and reading Bible,
and he is painfully expiatins his crime
there ia yet hope of the delverance of that
land fom the influence of Popery, when we find
nobly sacrificing themselves in this and
-. 49,.
In Florence a and vito condemned TO the
galleys for reading to themselves Gods Bible, mot
Protestant Bible) There is system of irreconcable
opposition between Rome and the Bible mix together
the oil and the if you will and shake them into
seeming union, but the moment your agitation has
ceased they separate distinctly You may
yoke together the OK and the ass but you make
them work together And myrlads of Catholics
coming to this and Ireland it is claimed has sent
millions of her people here yet the utmost number
that Bishop Hughes claim adhering 10 what he
calls the only Church is less than half the aggre
gate The speaker argued at some length the antag-
onism of Property and the Bible manifested in the
history and conduct of the Romish Church. lin
sequence of other engagements, Dr. T. materially alb
brevated his remarks and in consequence of equally
imperative reporter abbreviated his
sketch.
Rev Mr. Haven WA the next speaker He would be
brief He had no new arguments for the He
did not come as special pleader; he did not feel
bound to present highly colored picture; you want
nothing but truth He thought much of the labor of the
Society had been imperative. What has become of
the $4,000 books distributed Some in drawers,
never opened OF them covered with the dust
Of undisturbed shelves some have been burned by
order Of the priest But you should relax your ef
a..
your exertions Some Of the drops of the spring !
.hower fall the ocean, where wafer was plenty be-
fore some the bare rocks, and dry away but some
ll upon the fruitful earth, and cover /, with bloom.
Gods benefits are bountif the sun shines sea, for
est field, city snd desert yet some men are dying for
want OF ight We must this bountful principle;
we must scatter our Bibles as God scaters the dow,
the sunshine and the shower, wherever a recipient,
willing or unwilling can be found There is perfect
analogy between Nature and the Bible; both are mex
haustibe The power of steam has always existed In
water, but for 5000 years that power all unsus
pected until Newcombe and Watt and Fulton brought
il into view SO all the elements Of great results have
lain dormant And so there is power in the Bible not
yet fully developed; powers quick the lightning
snd os powerful steam for the eternal welfare Of
man. The perfection of the Word of God u not yet |
known, although daily coming to light. The speaker
referred to the gradual development of the prophecies
Of the Word of the growing accordance OF Science
and Revelation Of the crying out of the very stones
under the scrutiny Of geology in favor VI the truth OF
Moses The antiquarian too ID proving Gods truth |
Iayard has disnterred old Nineyeh and we read this
very week Of the discovery Of the tomb Of Daniel the
Prophet The Bible may be destroyed, but once read,
~ lessons viii never be oberated say, then, spread
Tie Bible spread it far and wide as the ends Of the
earth There are many noble edces in the City, but
the one that interests the most s that great
factory now going up in Astorplsee the Bible House,
where the artillery OF Heaven Is 10 be made; where
earnest and willing hands viii prepare untold copies Of
the Word of God for the Salvation Of men.
60 on in your enterprise and God will bless il. The
speaker closed by auding the proposed collection
be taken up for the benefit Of the Society.