St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-11-09
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= "*~b MITCHELL, EDITOR.
BIBLE SOCIETY hEETi8&,

BIBLE SOCIETY," hEETi8&.
Reported for tie Deaoc,oi.
The Annual Meeting Of the Stesrns
County Bible Society wae held in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in this city on las.
Sabbath evening, an unusually large num-
Der Of the friends Of the Bible cause bsilg
present. The meeting was opened With de-
votiohal exercises conducted Ly Ee*s. Car
YER. Campbell and Csnwe'l-Z e. Morse,
Esq, presiding. After bearing the see-e-
tary's and Treasurer's report, and thei, &C.
cep'ance and adoption by the Society, .ias
following officers were elected for the sz-
suing year:
JAMES BiGGERsFAYr, President.
y. P. BrrsErr, Vice President.
W. r. HuxrHR, secretary
&. MABLarT, Treasurer s~ -"
The appointments Of local agents xss r.
ferred TO the oecers of the Society and ;Ae
Stale Agen; for their early performance.
An appropriate ard Interesting opening
address was made by Rev. MIR. Campbell,
of this place. whe was followed by Rev. T
A. Conwell. lste Chaplin in the army, vino
spoke earnestly and eioquently of the Bible
and it's influence in enlighteniRg aad sa,-
ing the world.
The closing address Was made BY II. II.
Adams. agent Of the American Bible So
cie'y fer Minnesota, who spoke Of the mag
nitude and Importance of the work Of ;.s
Church and State to give the Sacred scri,-
tures' the Gospel, and gospel civi':sa,,,~
to the whole world with its one billion .
souls, and that the hope Of success is ch.=s-
~ because jesus is il his word ard With Jz
IN this great work, verifying hia own IS
surance given, 40 I en with ycu." ae
spoke Of the wonderful pscv;dsnce in the
preservation Of the Sacred Scriptures and
the divine. blessing which has attended The
work Of trans'a,ing snd distributing the
Bible in fortyzix different languarss sas
nearly two hundred dialects within the
last half century, snd of the wide and in
teresting fields oren.k up Tor the diffusion
OF the Sacred Scriptures in every land and
tongue.
The attention Of the audience v.s e,,ec-
'ai1S called to two or three leading features
of the American Bible society's operations
IN this the jubilee, or 50th year of its his
tory, viz. : The preparation Of eleetro,ype-
plates for and the issuing Of the fr.t edi-
ton of the Scriptures il the Arabic Ian
Suage ct On expense Of $50, ,O0O for the sun
ply of ali Central And South Americ. and
MEXICO, together with Spain, besides the
usual work in the foreign field. Allusion
was made to the open Asld Of .Ae entire
South with its fsur millions Of freedmen
and its i've millions Of enancieated sad
d'senthralled white people, 20 nearly ahkc
ignorant and poor, appealing to ou. gym
p"thy and our aid =. they s.t for te.ehsre
and demand biblea for themselves and ,e.-
tsneHts for their children. More thar ,vo
millions of eepies of the Scriptures willh
required for this part Of the fsla .2sne. this
year. and these must be furai.Aed chiefly
by the hand of beReve'suce aad through
the Bible Society. An earnest .prsal wa
made to the friends TO rally anew. aud cone
up 10 this great work Of kivia4 ',hs Word
Of God without ncte o. comment" 10 tho
millions. -
The subscriptions to the aid Of the cau.e
comments to $500 A depository ef tho
bibles and testame.ts of the secie;y. is kent
1t DR.. Marlatr's in cur city, vhsr. they
can be had. at-coss ef manufacture IN New
York, the society making no profits on its
publications, while it gives thousands Of
copies annually to the destitute iu this ard
other lands.* .. e 80, u
-.
*This report was intended fsr last weeks
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AHAcHRoNlsx.-T is poem gong
he rounds Of the Press. entitled, .sTke