New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-10
CITY ITEMS.


Socryry-This Society held its Thirty-axth Ami
versary at the American Bible Society House, at :
o'clock on Thursday There was large nuinoer u
Indies In attendance and much interest was nanes'eu
in the proceedings. Rev DR.. Brigham presided Inc
proceedings of the meeting commenced Win tne
reading Of portions of the l2l and 32d Psalms Inc
animal renor, of the Treasurer then read BY Mr.
HYDE The recepts during the past year amounted 70
AZ $40 Of which IS 100 consisted OF donations rom va
rious churches in NewYork and It's vicinity Neary
the whole of the receipts was pad INTO me Irey VI
The American Bible Society. The Secresarys report
annonnced the death of Mrs p. q. Arculanus one OF
the managers of the Society 10 also spoke OF me IN
reasipg usefulness of the Society, and Its prosperous
condition in terms that must be grehy'ns 70 Us neih
49, When The reports read, Rev Mr.. Tustle
ddressed the meeting, giving brief account OF the
Snr,ns,;on and progress of the Bible Societies.
IT, The year 1904 said he the first Christian effort was
"a ' 20 circulate the Word of God at London. The
nnIe was followed in this country in 1903, when the
first Bible Society formed in Philadelphia several
other Societies having for their object the clrcuauon OF
the Scriptures among the poorer populaton were es-
tabshed in few years after and in 1915 there were no
less than fifty eight in successful operation In dierent
psrts of the United States In 1916 the present Amen-
can Bible Society of NewYork was organized since
which time 20 great has been the success with which it,
abors attended that in the thirysix years OF It's
existence it has distributed the immense number OF
eight million copies of the Bible This ID mater Tor
profound gratitude to Almighty God
The progress which has been made In this cause,
continued the reverend gentleman may be judged from
few statements which find in looking over one OF the
reports of the New-York Bible Society According to
one of these reports appears that the income OF That
Society during of the first years OF its existence
amounted to the comparatively small sum OF two hun
bred dollars that Of that amount about nifty dollars
were appropriated for the purpose Of distributing the
Bible In what was then called the remote and destitute
frontier settlements of the Indiana Territory in which
there are now one hundred and ten Bible Societies,
auxiliary to the American Bible Society.
At the time of which ! speak, which was but few
years after the foundation of the American Bible So
ciety about twenty five Bibles distributed at the
various naval posts in the Harbor of New York, and
large number of the vessels visiting port were sup
piled with the word of God Gentlemen travelling in diff
erent parts of South America, and even into the ne-
rior of Africa have been furnished with copies of the
Bible for distribution among the people The reverend
gentleman related several instances of the good effects
which had attended the abors of Colpoeurs in the dis
tributon of the Scriptures among those who were
most unwilling receive them, and concluded by ex-
hortnc his hearers in their efforts to main
tain them. Looking at the progress the Society has
made since that time, think we have cause tor con-
graduation.
ton has appropriated no less than $4,000 for the dis
tibution of the Scriptures alone the NewYork Young
Mems Bible Society," between thirty and forty thousand
dollars Beside the great quantity OF Bibles which the
Female Society distributes yearly among our destitute
population has Ou of thousands to different
parts of the world
The names of the officers who elected at the
last monthly meeting for the ensuing year were
nounced Nearly all who otciated last year were re-
elected.
Aher some remarks from Rev Mr. Briggs recently
returned from California, the meeting adjourned.