Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-28
Abstracts OF Report OF the American

During the past year the late President of thi.
Society, Hon. Luther Bradish, was removed by
death. One of the Vice Presidents. Pelatiah
PERT. Esq, has been called away, also Rev DR.
NJ Lane. and Rev. George Shelton.
James Lenox. Esq. has been elected Presi
dent in place of Mr.. Bradish.
Twenty eight new auxllaries have been reco0
nized and many old ones have been re organ
lied.
The receipts ofthe Treasury from All source.
during the year were S56O57 so of which
there were from sales Of books, s29O. 76l 81
from donations, collections. etc. Sl33. 34s IS
from 1874 Legacies, 1921 .239 IA.
/ SIC
Books printed at the Bible House. l .473. 7O9;
DOCKS printed IN foreign lands, lis .4s7: total
OF books printed during the year. 1892. 1856
Books issued from the depository, .425 / 60
voiumes; books distributed in foreign lands
,o.4lo volumes; total Of issues during the year.
i 800 575 volumes
Aggregate issues during the last three years
lof the war; 3.77S.ll9 volumes. exclusive OF
foreign dstribution,) valued at SS4S. 800 oil
This number exceeds the issues Of the first 2s
years of the Society, 1916 to lS44 inclusive, by
1873, $50 volumes.
Total number Of volumes issued from the or
ganization of the Society in 1916. forty eight
years, exclusive OF foreign distribution except for
the last year, Is ,s54 ,296.
of the Bible Society Record, Ala, 500 copies
we're issued; average monthly circulation a.,
4s3
Donations by the Society in grants OF money
and books, $751; la 90.
Thirty eight Agents, OF whom seven are in the
foreign field, have been employed during the
year. Twelve new Agents were appointed Be-
sides these colporteurs and distributors have been
engaged. and thousands of local unpaid Agents
IN the service of our auIiliaries in this country
The army and navy have been freely supplied
through the United States Christian Commits
sion Auxiliary Bible Societies. agents. chaplains
and other distributing agencies. Besides the
very large circulation by local Bible Societies.
specific grants have been made by the Board OF
Managers for soldiers, prisoners of war. &c, OF
362, cO2 volumes, TO the United States Christian
Commission, and distributed by IL without cost to
this Society. The total number of Bibles, Test
aments, and parts of Scriptures granted for the
army aud navy within the past two years is 766.
075 volumes, to the ". s. Christian Commission
alone-in all about two millions of volumes
To the freedmen of the South in schools and
camps. IL ,494 volumes have been granted, and
the demand is constantly increasing Thousands
of colored troops have been supplied, with the
armies TO which they belong
To the seeded States, during the wear. grants
have beeh made of 2l7 s24 volumes and sales of
40,U54 volumes; total 257 SIS. These books
are forwarded by flag OF truce. with the full
permission of the Government and military au-
thorties
FoREIGS WORK -Five new agents have been
appointed for the work during the year. making
seven in all. besides colporteurs, of which there
are now about thirty
The Scriptures are being published abroad in
various languages; in Italy Germany. Russia,
Turkey, India, China, the Sandwich Islands,
besides Scriptures in Arabic for the blind in
Egypt.
In funds. $50. O36 90 have been expended on
the foreign work. besides what has been done in
the Bible House for the foreign department
The Society publishes books at home and
abroad i'm about forty six languages and dialects