Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-06-27

living in their several districts, and we
trust they will be received with interest
and liberality in some degree commensu-
rate with the Importance of their work.
On Sunday, the l4,h inst lin accordance
with a promise previously made, the Rev,
Mr.. Terrence, Agentfor The Pennsylvania
Bible Society, visited Bloomsburg, and
presented the claims Of the Bible work
upon the attention OF our people. A large
number met him in the Court House, and
truly it was pleasant to be there. We felt
that We were indeed, to use the expressive
word Of the speaker, q "unit" in this great
cause. While each of us loves the church
Of his choice aud adoption with its "pecu-
liarities," it is nevertheless most refreshing
to meet upon the common ground Of love
for that wonderful Book accepted as the
one only infallible rule of f ith and life by
every one, of whatever name, who looks
for salvation to Him who has "bought' us
all with price" We we're carried back
to the period when half life time was re-
quired to produce single volume of the
Word of Life. Further on in the page of
history, We we're shown him, VIII, by a
laborious process, produced by means Of
the first rude type, three books exactly
alike, and Tor the power Of presenting this
uniformity was imprisoned, because the
ignorance Of those days could attribute
what was regarded as miracle, to nothing
but witchefaft. Now the labor OF almost
an existence is compressed in minute
work, and ffty-seven millions (57, 900, ,000)
of volumes, through the agencies of the
British and Foreign, and the American
Bible Societies, shed the beams of spiritual
light, and cast abro ad the seeds of life, to
make glad and fruitful, what had hitherto
been dark and dead. "The knowledge Of
The Lord shall cover the earth, as the wa.
tcrs cover the great deep" When only a
few years ago, Bishop White and Or. Pill
more, who have gone to their rest, Dr.
Meyer, sill spsrcd, and the Aonored Pre-
sideht cf the Pennsylvania Society, with q
few others, sat in a private room to consul,
together, and devise mcsns to supply the
destitute around Philadelphia alone, with
the Bible, how little dia they dream thai
SO soon would be seen what our day pre-
sents to view! Men of faith and love they
were, but they saw not as VIC see, how large
portion of the earth the spiritual waters
have covered.
The speaker interested, and instructed
us by examples and illustrations 'drawr
from his own observation and experience
and more than one heart, We trust, wa
moved TO determine to do more for th(
cause than heretofore,-not striving t,
meet the wants of our own neighborhooC
only, but to assist in supplying others still
more destitute.
We have given a very meagrc synoPsi
of the most interesting address Of Mr.. Tor
renee. 1t cannot convey to those who
were not present tithe of the ineles
with which we listened to it, but it MIA,
recall to those who were, some Of the pleas
ing impressions of that pleasant occasion
May his labor for US be productive of mucl
fruit
At an adjourned meeting Of the Society
held on Monday afternoon, Mr.. Iorrenc
met with Us, aud gave us much interesting
and useful information concerning the caus
in which we were engaged. He also spos
of meeting held in Espy, and ot tn
readiness and liberality with which tn
ladies there at once formed committc
and entered upon the work. They vii
co operate with those of Bloomsbury, form
ing a part of our Auxiliary.
A resolution was offered and passed
that the Report of the Society for last ycal
with the matter subjoined, be published i
one or more of the papers of BloomsburG
Adjourned to meet June goth.