Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-08-01

A brief statement OF Bible oDsrutFons
10 Southsrn Iowa from Nov. /. 1866 to
March 81, 1867. Ths held assigned 10
my supervision lies below the north line
OF HaErisons Shelby sad other sonatiss
extending eastward 70 the Mississippi
River, excepting Johnson, Cedar and
Scost counties, which, With all ths
counties north Of that fall under the care
Of Rev l.. Taylor. Il embraces forty one
eouasies in which there are Gfty-six
auxiisries 10 the American Bible Society,
and in thase agaia 1877 Branch or Town
shlp organizations. About one third OF
thesa branches have been orgRnizsd wilh
Ia these six months. In shsss branches
there are about 100 Voluntary iocsi
agents, whose duty 1t is, and most Of
whom make IL their pleasure 20 canvass
their held, consisting maiEly of ons OF
Use school districts, onoe ia each year
seeking out, and suppiying the dsstifhe
and arging upon all khs reading and
kPropenappre eiation Of sue Bible as che
RoFd Of God.
Zach auxiliary has depository OF Bi
biss aud fssssnasnsS, and q few branches
have also, il il part Of tbs PLAZA to have a
small supply and assortment ia each
branch. The value Of ths books now in
The depositoriss in Southern Iowa as re-
ported 80 me in these elk moathsis aboas
5000 dollars, bat have not reports from
all Ia nay field and estiasala ths more
probable vaiue at &c., 600. The value
OF books sold 10 thai time 10 reported al
nearly s.. 600, and $225 worth have been
donated.
Sixty eight pledges Of tnirty dollars
each 30 constitute Life Membership of
the A. d. s. bars bsen made sinea Nov.
lss, on which part has been paid, aud
twenty oBs hass been completed by the
full payments, and one Life Dirsctorship
Of enc hundred and Fifty doilars.
The total remittaness from Iowa for
tho whole year 10 Ei1steaa thoasan d
eight hundfsd and 'thirsy- nine dollars,
bus am nos able To aay haw nauch oil
this came from Southern IowALonly
aimee November the rsmittances have
been nearly i've thousand doiisrs, and
this 10 addition to what has besn paid
b the auxiiiariss for freight and Incl.
dsntal expenses.
Two assistant Agents have beea In this
hsld since Nov. Rev. u. P. GalliaAy ia
ths Western and Rev. W. Ksndriek in
the Eassearn part. bear moss hsarty
sessinony to their diligence and faith
fainesss
A partial summary Of our labors iD
these ak mouths is about IS fellows:
Miles Travelled seventies thsasaud shres
hundred and twenty 1--WE. Familias and
business placed visited thirteen. Thousand
shrse hundred and zinesy-sssen. Desti-
tnta families found md Supplied six Ann-
dted aad 6fty-ivs. Anniversaries and
auxiliary meeting attended ose hundKea
and afty. Addresses delivered shres huu-
drsd AID ninety three. pledgss Of thirty
or one hnndred ind afty dollars obsained
or completed eighty. Accounts audited
two haadred. Local Agants initiated
Eve hundred. Lstseys aad circulars sen,
two thousand asd zine handrea.
In the attempted lntrodaslioa of the
plan OF township o. branch sfgsnisasi ons
IL has been impossible shls rear 10 gss
accurate reports, and sherefora tbs above
figures are Ia any inssanos no 70 shs
facts. EHNss for The Bible esuss have
been mainly eeBfnsd hisharso TO oouusE
seats and larger viilagss, hos new we
are aiming 60 interest," esagy seRnship.
sTsrv sshoel dissriss, ever family, ard
have been happily end largely saocaasi al !,
but here to be far mers fhaa thaa for tbs
year 70 come. Within sha MAXI liaanciaI
year We confidently sxpeea be rspors
every auxillasy ont of debt 10 ahs Parent
Society, and ewning Isrgs snpplr AZ
books fes present use. To altain 10
these Yssuiss we look with c9nadsasa fer
the oo-epsrakion and assisssaee On ali
who love The Lord Jssas Ohssst aad n h
word. On all eur sowers His glory BE-
q defence. =.
! O. O. H0AGLAND,
Agent Of Americas Bibla sotissy:
For Saushsyn Iawa.