The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-08-16
SOUTHWESTERN BIBLE SOCIETY
RibIe House

No 1853 Camp ST.. Ne,o Orleans
At this Depository is kept large and varied
| assortment of Bibles and Testaments. i'll al
! Client. as we'll rs modern, languages Also
selections from the Sacred Scriptures in smaller
volumcS-as Gospels, Psalms. Proverbs, &c
As the stock Is very large from the ASIERI.
/ CAN BIBLE SOCIETY, ii is, by an inf1cXibe
| rule, sold here. when moi donated at the cata
/ logue prices of that In StitutiOn.
| GRATUIIOUS DISTRIBUTION. so far ~ il may
/ he essential TO thorough supply OF the SOcie-
| ~ held OF operations vii be literally extend
! cd This field embraces all of Louisiana and
| 81 much OF Mississippi lies south of the Esd
parallel OF north latitude.
Within these wide boundaries, Auxiliary
/ societies are needed in every COUNTY, PARISH
/ AND Town. IL is mot desirable to operate
the whole system of exploration and supply,
! by their more local agencies and they may be
sured that where they are organized, and are
willing to engage systematically in this work
I Il necessary in so doing, they viii he aided by
grants from this Depository
Schools. Churches, Asyllms, Hospitals.
Prisons, Families and individuals needing the
| Scriptures, will find them in ample variety ;
and can obtain them in such editions, and al
such prices, rs will afford inducements to pur-
chase here Should the funds for q really
! worthy purpose of this kind fail OF reaching
aH mat Is needed, upon proper showing, this
society VIII eheerfully afford lis aid in thr
Ii must be evident to all the friends OF the
Blble, that 10 keep up a stock Of Bibles and
Testaments for gratuitous distribution, over SO
large and destitute field, requires money.
Possibly II may not be so well known that the
great majority of the former liberal and even
munihcent friends of this Society, are now
either disabled in fortune, or have been called
TO their rest. They either mourn their present
Inability to disseminate Gods Word, or they
lie beneath the sod, calmly awaiting the peal
OF the Judgment trump, which shall arouse
them 10 hear the blissful commentator from
the lips of their Saviour-Judge-.EI adsm,lrh rs
HOFP FiOlS n HDf0 Ouo off he Js0of off 81
my brethren. ye hare done ii unto me-
ms duty and privilege, therefore, falls. in
lesser distributiYc shares, upon the greater
number ofothers; and the need of the means 10
make an immediate and thorough exploration
and supply OF this S0eiety's field, will be pa
tent from only these reflections:
list. IL has been long time since these were
made.
Ri Since they were last Accomplished. nearly
all the cheap and portable copies of the scrip
lures have been carried away TO The war and
lew, if any, brought back.
Sd. For Joar years il was next 10 impossible
10 obtain supplies of Bibles and TeStaments;
and for fully nae Years the minds of our people
have been go occupied by other claims, a TO |
abafe, in lamentable degree, their former in !
terest III the profession and diffusion Of Gods |
w ord among us. Let, then. the Philanthropist, |
the Patriot the Christian arouse himself Ia \
consider how fearfully near we are approach |
Bible.
Are CHRISTIAN parents willing that their chill I
dren should be reared among and become them
selves deists, infidels or heathens? OR are they
content to retrograde TO the clark ages as |
before Luther discovered that strange volume
which proved to be the Holy Bible, and which
20 speedily Illuminated and disenthralled the
mass of mindin Europe?
III we are not ready to embrace these eondi-
ions, then let US earnestly, and at once, strive
o avoid them, by restoring again to our peo-
Die. and TO their children, the Scriptures of
Eternal Truth, without note or comment. Do
his, that they may all learn therefrom to know
the one Icing and true God, and Jesus
Christ. eclsom He kas sent to be the .Sc.iour
u the ac0Tld.''
All communications relating TO business
whether it be Of Donations, Legacies, Life
Memberships or Life Dircctorships, Auxilia-
les, Applications for Aid, or otherwise, should
'e ADDRESSED TO Rev. JAS. BEATTIE, General
4oenf, Bible House, Neso Orleans.
j. 8. COPIES, Chairman
Board OF Directors 8. ". Bible Society.