Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-12
From the Religious Herald.
COLPORTAGE,
In Virginia and North and South Carolina.

From the Annual Report for 1855.
In presenting a new annual report o.
Colportagein these States to the friends
of the cause throughout the Union, one
great fact will c6mlhSHd attention Tho
steady progression IF the work.
In Virginia aldhs, the combined la.
bors Sf tho agents and colporteurs
would have required twenty-five years
incessant application for one man to
perform. Sales were made to the val
uo of s9,955 So; grants Of books and
tracts, s2,599 50, or 1888 volumes
at 16 1-3 cents each; meetings held,
1,42G; 1865 families were found des-
titute of religious books except the Bi-
bic, and IT'S destitute of the Bible
1179 families habitually neglect church;
14,S91 families were prayed with, and
27,S34 were visited; total expenses Of
the work, omitting those Of the general
agents, $3.50 10; donations in full
from Virginia, S7,O66 A.
Twelve years of labor for one man
was performed in North Carolina
Sales to the value of S5,744 81;
grants, s1,325 2G; 740 meetings were
held; 2,2SS families had no religious
books but tile Bible, and 1,001 families
we're found destitute of the Bible; l.
$40 families were found that neglect
evangelical preaching; 10,S75 families
were convcrsed and prayed with, and
1866 were visited.
Total alcxpcnse Of the work, S3,34S 20
donations received to aid the work,
S1,6SO IS. t,rfI .5es.g
. Bit six months Of the year we're re-
ported to me in South Carolina. Time
Of service, two years; sales, $S49 G5;
grants, $122 55; SO meetings were
held; II families were found destitute
of religious books except the e,and
SO destitute Of the Bible; 1872 families
neglecting church; families prayed
with, 1880; whole. numbers visited,
1886; expenses Of the work, S563 SO;
donations received, S5,0S6 Is. The
expenses Of the Colporteur Convention,
Which were considefaGIe, are not 0narg"
ed to South Carolina, but to the State
in which the men resided.
The sum total iii these States, is as
follows: 40 years Of labor accomplish
ed by SO men; volumes circulated by
sale, 66,161; value S16,540 10; by
grant, a, ,2S4 volumes, value, 81, ,049 81;
meetings held, PIG; families destitute
of oil religious books but the Bible,
4,O29; destitute Of the Bible, 1852;
2,913 families, according to their own
statement, neglect preaching; 49,675
families were visited, many of them re-
peatcdly, and 26,O96 Of them were
prayed With. Donations in full, S1S,-
S3S 80.
From the tenor Of the Colporteur
reports it is inferred that Gods blessing
has attended the labors of these, his
humble servants, in remarkable NAM
ncr. In various portions Of this vast
field churches have beer strengthened,
common schools and Sabbath Schools
have greatly increased in numbers and
efficiency, andmany precious souls have
passed from natures darkness into spir-
itual light. There has also been large
increase of friends to the cause. LIB
eral minded Christians of all denomi-
nations have chccrfully co-operated in
it. They appreciate the extent Of the
ground occupied and its urgent g call for
atd from all quarters, and from all ndeh
who love our common Lord.N al
There is now larger band Of expc-
Iricnced, well trained men engaged in
this work than the Society ever had in
these States before, and the year com
ntcnccs under most encouraging auspi-
ces. lille friends Of tltd cause are en-
treated to aid it by their prayers and
contributions, that its laborers may
press forward with the glad tidings Of
salvation to tile poor and destitute, III
the highways andhclgcs Of these States
The Society has the 5c0nt'a,!sd d;=ser.
vice of Rev. S. B. Slack, and Rev. NJ
Il. Sumner, as agents in Virginia, anf
IW. j. W. Crowder, in North Carolina
They are all efficient agents, and arc
cordially recommended to the public
South Carolina was recently trans
fcrrcd to the supervision of d. l.. ker
rison, ESQ.,, of Charleston, who has ac
cepted a commission, and who will dc
vote all his time to the work gratuitSn!s
.Ily. His picty and business habits will
with Gods blessing, insure success.
]. CROSS,
Superintendent Of ColpOrtage!
RionMoND, March 1; 1855
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