The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-05-23
Communicated iot the JcfIei sonian Democrat
Sixth Annual Statement

for The year ending March 81, 1869.
In closing the labors of another year, II is
duo to tho numerous friends and patrons Of
the Bible cause in Eastern Ohio, that a
,rief statement should be presented of the
operations and results of the year.
Tho policy pursued has been the same as
dolineated in my previous annual statement.
The cause has been manly conducted as
heretofore, through the medium of County
and Branch or Township Bible Societios. Of
/ which we now have about four hundred in
twenty-five Counties of Eastern Ohio. The
excellence and efficiency OF this system. as
developed in the growing results from year
to year, continue TO commend il to the
hearty cooperation of tho friends of the
Bible. Nothing. we believe. but tho in.
trinsic excellence of the system. could hav o
prevented u fearful diminution in the re-
ceipts OF the Society from this field the past
year. There has, however, been but a
slight falling of from those of the preceding
! year.
The obstacles TO the progress Of tho work,
as all must know, have been great and for.
midable; still, our Societies have kept at
work. doing what they could, and mono of
them. we are happy to know, have fallen
into stagnancy or decay. The motive powor
in all these Societies is the admirable ma.
chnery of local or school district (unpaidj
agencies. Connected with each of these
numerous township societies are usnally
from five to ten of these voluntary agents,
who explore their respective districts an
nually, supplying tho destitute with tho
Word of God, and collecting funds for the
cause. Some of these local agents have
been assisted during the year by the travel.
ing agent who has rendered material as
sstance to the work whilo others have OK.
plored the fields assigned them voluntarily
and alone. They constitute uobIo army
of fellow-laborers. and to them the cause is
greatly indebted for its success.
Ii will be borne 10 mind that the work of
tho Bible Society from year to- year, has a
two-fold nature. 1t has for its object not
moroly the raising of funds, and by this
means the distribution of the Scriptures
abroad, but their free and wide dssemina.
ton among the destitute masses of our homo
population. 1t would be but Limited view
| of the workings OF the present system of
branch Societies. to measure their fruit
merely by the dollars thoy have brought
into the Society. Besides this, they are ac-
| complishing in themselves an important
missionary service from year to year. They
are each furnished with a suitable and vel,
assorted depository of Bibles and Testa-
mems, from which purchasers are supplied
"w;,hont ,,ono, U pr;,Ls,. a"u "oou c.
..,aJ ..;,,, 90" P'"e o"
ooC ,o,nn,arv y, ,,rIa;d IaI ~ e,'u "Du -
,,onnIlr .xnioro ,h.;. R.tL.
nIsinr ,ha das,;,r,n ad so,;a;,; ga o.p
~ &C. Thnab 80 '. ~, ~,
tindrod ;ns,r,,r,,,si;,;a Ja % 80 ooo
c,,,;,;os ha.o h"o. go ,:.' y.
! pliod in his sac ,ho r,a,, 80 81 go
which commend ,homsoiwos 70 ,ho oha.;,u .
of tho Socie,v aro cone,an,I,, ooomr,;,,r
Thoro !. aDo,ho. Jnn".,,n ~
cietv,s lahors ,ha n.s, pa.n ..h;ob ,",,
notice 7 refer to rho snn,I, of oue soJ
dior, 7, has hoor ,ho .;r, ~ ,ho S,;o,,
to nIace /, ,bo honda of a.oru soId;or ny,
aJ,aady s,,,,I;od ~ o, 49,, nS;,;. "os os
,bo Tcs,,n,ant nr Tno,on, pUU"0, d 1'on p.oi,. y,
,nd ,ho ran;n,.n,. ra;sod ~, 90 sai; h"Ua
hoo, n,o,,s .anaraiin snnri;ad j., ,I;a ,nar '.
ana viowin, 9,ha oon1,r I"nno
gre,, n.ani,rdo h,s hoa, aoooo,,,i;onod IN
ehis NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of 600 600 nf omr
soIdery and mar;ne0 bav;no hoon s,n,,Iiad
Inv tho Societv who can oaasuro ,ba in.
Hnence wbicb ,boso ,nossacoa ~ ca ,ouo
nav be silou,I, yot afFsc,noI,v uorI;na or,
in ;he bear,s ~ onr nnfJo solf saor;f ain,
soidierv A worl en- dioin,o,os,od n,n hnS,
command ;tso,r to ovorv Chr;st;an an1 hi
Ianthronic boart and yn ro;oico ~ Lpnu
,ha, wo oro NO, Ior, wi,ho,, ,;,no,o 70 ,ho
nowor Of tbot WI In oon, n,fo.,;no, ,bo d,.;no
soIdinr and .nLiodI;no hnnos ,he, roaob ~
- biohor nd bo,,or iicee NJ, o,,oo,.oI;nO
and doonIv afFoo,ino ;ns,anoaS of ,hn ~,
of ,b;s YoyL hava ni,.adv hon, - h.o"oh, 49," to
foro the nnhIic Tho worL of ,bo Socie,y
,be oast posr e,,ooJo IN rnoon;,nSo ,ba, y,
anv procedino year in ;ts oearations The
issnes of the year woro one ,n;l,ion and
n,nntv .fo,r thousa,d roI,n,as, ,hoino ~ NV
cess of throo hnndrod and sorI-r,n ,h. "s 49, ~
over the is.ues Of rho nrecoIina r.ar This
has been an averoao of 5of veI',n,as /. da ~
or ~ Volumes for everv minn,o Of wort;nu
time The issnes in ihis State tbis yaa,
hav, been ahou, lao oo0 voInmoo of svbicb
ne,rlv 70 900 havo hoo, distrihntad ora.
tnito1slv ,o Iestitute fam;li,s and onr nm.
snnniied soldiorv The not rscein,s from
Ink state ,ba ms, voar bave heeu NOS 1Ie.
90 boinp moro than the receints from aov
otber Stste in rho ITnion axcent Nav yorI
and exceoding bv moro than one. third
those Of our sisIer S,a,o PornsvIvania This
amount too il will bs undors,ood ia ihf
actun cash recein,s A. tho BihIn House
cies and ali e,bers inc;Gen,ai n carryinS =
tho work of the So ,e,v in tho Staie on5
rho snnnIs ,,ftbo dos,it1,o ~ ,bis an,onnt
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