New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-28
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1884

ciass aDi Esscripcc = perscss vhc rtsy CO desue
Of Their. To these Wao can sitt to pay Tor 'aein
they sre sold a. cost prices Nbess the person. 70"
pocr o. a unriloc 70 bay. they are giTeu irseF'
The svstfm of sstrfbutior cOssmplttes tbs visits
ton and supply through ties vHilus cor n't'ees seu
SCENTS OF TIE SoClety t6s rssdec; peeu ean OF toe
c ~, from TIE Battery 70 Harlem River OF the IN
rstes Of humane az sFitable, and cr.Giirsl icstiu
TORS the suncsy scSsos. hotels tue sotfsrs sld
s6i0ss of the military GH naval posts Of tue Siciay
the /, o. .he vessels comic q aud going from
Ills port ard toe e1igraats from all pa.ts Of world
Who arrive IN this City. ACoug the resident Pop1A
ton Mr. Alexander Wa,sor. WHO Ia y-zis past SeGt
from house Ia house through TIE Cay. and hss an
cOmmtnoed the same rOGnd, his Jsea eminenay SIC
ctssful. DuIiug the past six mouths he has been
,f-ourh the FifA and E'ehth " sris visiting 10 %
families ofthese 2O2 lI2 Is per ce1tI or about
out Of every eight families, were tJuni destitute Of
the Sciipiur,s, - families possessed them ouly ia
part and 3l3 refused 10 receive copy Of tue Bible.
ICl families were eft unsuppued, chiefly because NJ
men her wss able 20 r. 81. 400 ftmlieS supplied
grafuitous y ard las by sa'e. TIE smpr0t received
by sahs was sl36 a. The cost of graslltou. AID
ssri ratnitous distributions WAS Si09 40. Nc Wat
son distributed altogether 0f2. He remarks IN
cortr,s. 70 his visit in l5i9. there eIis; in these
"Wads q slight increase of desuiiIon. arising, Il
would SEEM from the addition OF families NOT oaly
destitute OF but unable to read the Bible Iher
port referred 20 the almost nVdTaole tciUsA OF ho-
inan Csibalics 20 receive the Bible because W -
not the Dou.v version. The late street-p-etehlny
disturbances and political eXcitements mans the as
ributon among ths class more oliheait oo1 oJ per-
severance ana temperate argument the agents OF ths
Society say thew are getting the better OF the bind
prejudice Of the Catholic poor.
Mr.. Got BLLNAs. the agent among the Germsu ana
French population, has visited S5l2 fsmhes, and as
tribVted Bibles and Testaments amounting 10 all 70
2, 2jj copies-of which sci were sold and toe re
maiLder given away Among this clSss jsl families
refused TO receive Biblethe proportion OF seidsals
being one family in eight; there was, however,
among this same class greater proportion whose
Circumstances enabled them TO purchase the
Scriptures.
The hotels have received 500 Bibles; aud in the
Sunday and Industrial Schools 23e Bibles sad sal
Tes,sments distributed. To the hos 2issls, and
other charitable institutions OF the City, including
those under the control Of the Commissioners of
Emigration, and the prisons in tue Cry and At d ick
wells Island, ,l9l Testament, aud e0i Bibles have
been distributed, chiefly Under the direction OF Mr.
Smyih, one Of the emigrsnt agents. Though the
seercy of the Tract Missions snd the clergy and the
local Committees in the different Wards, further
6isti ibuiion of l,sl7 volumes has been made. TO
the soldiers ard sailors Of the military aad naval
posts In this vicinity 500 Bibles and go Testaments
have been given.
From Nov l. 1853, to the same date this year
322 immigrants arrived in this City TO these 455
Bibles and 10 no restaments were given. 900 test
aments in the French, German ana English iangut-
ges were also put on board of outward bound emit
Grant sbiue Dir. PersOD, the m 1ripe agent of the
Society les also supplied 100 vessels with Bibles
for the cabin and forecastle. The total number dis
tribuied by that gentleman among the passengers
amounts to % 535 volumes. The aggregate OF all
these distributions is 80 9Ol volumes. Of which 5fl
were Bibles and Il, $50 were Testsments. The re-
ceipts of the Society from all 4577 80.
After sll cebts had been paid surplus OF $1,000 re-
nail cd in the treasury, which has been handed over
TO the American Bible Society, to AID in its great
objects
After the reading Of the Report and the singing ola
hymn the Rev. DR.. HEWITT, Of Bridgeport Com,
az DIRE ssed the assemblOg9 setting fort the benefits
to be derived from extensive distribution OF the
Bible.
He was followed by
The Hon. G. L. MARSH, late L. s. Minister At Con-
stsn,inople.-He said Mohammedars, Greeks, sud
Armenians Of the Levant offered a new and extensive
field for the dissemination Of the Scriptures. The
difficulties that lie in the way OF convincing the Mus
man Of The value Of the Bible he thought were
rather fictitious than real Ia the main, he receives
tie morality Of the Bible-ihe essence OF tue Koran
being but Little different from that OF the Peotaieu9n
In proof Of this he read the call of the Mo.lem to
PRAYER He conteuded that their theology enjOlnet
even greater reverence forihe Divine Being AMI tbs
Dunctiors than that Of either the jew or the Chrs'
tiSu. I'm :ha moral influence Of tbs Koran upon ths
Mussulmsu the speaker gave IL precedence over That
exercised by the moral preCepts OF the Bible upon the
Christian. la accepting the Bible, the hus.uln!n
must reLOunce bis spiritual and civil guide Herein
lies tie difficulty Of supplaniipg the Moran
with the Bible, but he believed that the
intelligent portion Of Turkey were rapidly
becoming convinced that If they would exist
as q nNtiOL, bcsCc turlntlhH
low their example at least cvilly il not spiritually.
Good Turkish versions Of the Bible ara sold freely
and uurestrctedly in the streets of COnstansinope,
and the demand for them is rapidly increasing.
Speaking o. the extent of country thrown open TO
the dissemination Of the Bible, the speaker quoted
the observation Of traveller, who had said that
" with knowledee of the Turkish language, he Duld
" trnvel without an Interpreter from STEAMBOAT to the
" Walls of China" The Ottoman Empire presents
population for the spread of the Bible, in tde Turk
ish and Arabic languages, three times greater tn m
the United States. He conclud I'd by observing that
Copstantinople offered the best facilities for the es
tabshmeat Of central depot for the distribution Of
tho Bible IN Europe, inasmuch az, unlike aeighborng
cities 20 eccesiastcal surveillance checks the spread
The Rev Mr.. THoxFsoy, Of Poughkeep'ie, fol-
lowed in a brief address, in behalf Of the Society
After collection, the Do1oogy and benedichon,
the meeting adjourned.
Alter adjournment, the follosing officers wore
elected for the coming year: T.. W. Kingsley Presi
dent; Henry Ide, J. w Underhill, II. @. DeForrest,
u. J. Steward, JOS. Grnydon, John w. scott, Vice
Presidents: VIM. Allen Butler, Jas. e. Holden, Sec
reiAries Henry Olmstesd Treasurer and Board Of
Managers.