The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-11
The wilderness and the barren
Shall be glad for them.
And the desert shalt rejoice
And bloseom as the rose.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

The thirty ninth anniversary Of the American Bible
Society was held yesterday morning in the Broadway
Tabernacle. The building crowded. the majority or
the audience usual consisted Of ladies' In fact IL
might Judge from the composition o! the various
hgious anniversaries which have been held during this
and previous years. it would appear tnat the ladies have
monopoly Of religious feeling. As yesterday was the
first favorable day they had since the anniversaries
menced, they took advantage oft.
The meeting called to order by the President Hon
THEODORE FRnISeHuYsEs who made brief and appro-
pirate address He gave short sketch of the past his
tory of the society," and its present condition. and spoke
OF the hopeful prosperity with which IL entered upon the
work Of the present year. He alluded to the large
sebes which attendsda at these anniversaries ndica
tive of deep religious feeling in the community and an
encouragement for the Of the work in which
minds Of the tmid the weak might waver, and the de-
spondent hope in the uture but while there were
Of the work It was the work OF the Lord and Il must
succeed. 1t was gratifying to all true Christians to
know that over seven hunored thousand copies Of the
Bible have been distributed to those who need of
the word Of God, the last meeting Was not this
fact full OF hope and did it prove the Importance OF
tian prncpesS Let u.s. said the speaker in conclusion
continue with unabated zeal to the mssi in
which We are employed and which the eternal
interests OF thousands of the human
The Treasurers and Managers reports for the past
year read by Henry Fisher ESQ. and Rev. Dr. Brig
r0pOrtB-
One new Manager, schureman Halsted, Esq. has been
elected to a y.cancy Mr. Caleb r. Rowe been sp.
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Of volumes is,ued 1885 The issued since the
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been prslshsS d. from an .pprcysd sdisien Of 4as,sin
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translated from the Greek ordered TO be printed also
s ss OF books in
less hsn ass sssS 3ss ss
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for The printing Scriptures in foreign
books at home and in foreign agencies has been greater
I'M s snssr hs, been sent 70 Turkey and
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At the conclusion Of the foregoing report Rev. DR..
MURRAY offered and spoke TO the following resolution:
Resolved That the report abstract Of which
rad be printed and circulated under the direction of the
The reverend gentleman gave an account Of theo-
logical discussion which he had with Catholic clergy
and then proceeded speak OF the blessings which
the Bible conferred upon ali BY whom II was read It
gave freedom to the mind OF and this he said was
the why the Catholic Church refused to ALLOW ts
members to read IT, 1t knew well that II Il once made
be overthrown Il feared the oe As s rreatsst sns1
and kept the mind Of the Catho, community in a state
Of ignorance and darkness, BY Withholding from them
the truths which IL contained aud without which there
could be true liberty II was he said fast
that between ten and twelve million copies OF the Bible
had been circulated IN this cOuntry sncs the society