Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-20

The General Agent Of the Public Society OF yirsiol
has made arrangements with the ministers Of the
churchesin Richmond, which he hopes will secure III
Of the claims Of this Society to their
tive congregational In the OF few weeks And NJ
would now most respectfully. but very earnestly implo
ALL who profess to love the Bible and to desire TO 80
crculated to come forward aud give US some subs,ap.
tial proofof the sincerity Of their professions.
This Is tme for the friends Of the Bible cause 4,
relax their Efforts and grow weary in weldoing Tn,
whole world Is now in commoton. God Is overturnips
aud orerturnns the nations Of the earh that his Wore
may gain to the people, and have free course .pt
be gloracd In every land The people too In many Dor
lions Of the world, changing their religion Aud now
ia the time to send them the Bible ,h.. they may know
aud embrace the true religion that came down from
which profitable unto all things having promise Of
the life tina. now is and that which to come aud which
alone Is able to satisfy and save the soul
Aud not only Is God in bis providence thus open;n.
the way for tho introduction Of his word and preparnS
the people to receive IT. He has also greatly increased
the facilities for multiplying and circulating tho Bible Tho
British and Foreign Bible Society issued last year
6is Bibles and Testaments. Aud the American Bbl, So
eiey which 81 years ago published only o4lo Bibles
sued the last year 799,SS0 Bibles and Tesamepts
We have now with the gin of tongues to 90 and
tell the countless tribes Of the GARTH each In thar own
language, Of the wonderful works OF God but We have
what most Or all OF them read-thc word of God in
many tongues The Bible has been translated into more
than 100 languages and dialects so thai nj. who r.,,
love- and truly desire to proclaim its heavenly and lille
giving truths TO the millions that sit In darkness and have
no light have now the opportunity Of doing so THROUGH
the Bible Society. But f look no further than he
limits Of our own country, we behold an immense field,
ripe Tor the harvest and demanding immediate atcntop
Oregon, Texas. New Mexico, and California not to men
ton other States and Territories are oil rapidly nr nm
win population that must not be left without the re.
suaints aud transforming Influence Of the Bible And
now the time Tor the patriot tho and The
CHRISTIAN 10 exert their combined efforts to bring this con.
increasing mass under its renewing, elevstng and
purifying influence 10 there hereafter II there
was no peace nor joy. hope in belle their pre
sent prosperity and happiness and our own peace and
demand ,hat this class OF population should be
supplied with the Scriptures Mr. Webster not lone bo
lore his DEATH meeting with Coporteur took him by IN,
hand aud said you have got hold of the right strn,
such books are not widely circulated among the
IN TINS country aud the people do not become religious
do not know what is to become Of us rs a nation
And even IN ltTginid much still remains to be done
Ia some couh'es nearly ono half of tho population arc
vng without the Scriptures The orders for books from
western Virginia. have been unusually large of late and
the Agent reports, that the demand still Increasing
ANU from recent explorations It appears that their are
desttutions in Eastern Virginia also no less denIorh
and even astonishing than those renored from
tern Virginia. In the county Nansemond of ssa c,mi
lies visited ssl were found destitute of the Bible And
similar destuons have been reported from Isle of Wi,ht
Southampton and other counties o.
now with this immense and inviting field before us what
are the Churches in Virginia doing ocrcua,e tho Bibles
Literally nothing beyond their own State and mot ev.r
meeting the demand in that The contributors % he
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boie Society OF Va from all the Churches in the State
cooperating with this Society, have not been sufficient
Tor several years past to the demands nom our own
state and the Society has had overdraw books from
the American Bible Society, the amount OF five thou
sand dollars more.
This may be, but should b. matter of surprisc n
me Churches OF Richmond since all these Churches
IL or Ia In rumber contributed this Society in 1880
IMAM $500 In 1881, about $780, and In s52 only
sio' IL is due to these Churches however to state
that there was decided in their contr
buttons the past One Church over three bundd
dollars, and the aggregate abou, $1,000 But even
TINS amount is only about one half the sum contributed
me same year to the Tract Society," and probably not
to this cause also, in view of the increasing demand r
Bible distribution in our State and elsewhere lie,
each one lay by him in for this cause what in his
conscience he feels Inc ought 10 give to such an
object, aud the sum will be r,ised. Merchants expect
ing to be absent from the city, when this cause
sented, and others falling contribute in the Church
can hand their contributions to Mr. Hugh A. Watt,
Treasurer; or to the General Agent
JAMES N. ALLEN,
General Agent, Bible Society Va