New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
TTE ANNIVERSARIES.
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VFR6ARY,

AN ot the Bible House, and after the resuhb -
xYtyth Psalm and prayer by the Rev Dr e'o" DoSco
Hampshire Messrs +. g. Winston ana "I''' , o %,
tAa Rev DR. Stone and the Rev Dr' Sno.UOa am ne
stod a Committee 10 nominate candidates 10 M 'no
80, 90 tbose Managers whose term OF ousce n win
sIred The Committee retTe"p Ssns George d. Phelps,
raIIes Tracy G. p. Dsoswsy AIea snd Hiram NJ
ander ian nd these gentlemen were eec,ed nSs ~
delegates then adjourned anu 'e iSU
~ fndy 70 stenway Hall, and there 'oeh se"e w 0
stage Tn uopklns. President Of Williams Col'ege,
~ read the xlxth Psalm and opened the CNerclses
18th prayer Henry Fisher esq read the IIeseIsl re
he board Of Managers an abstract OF wSh We lne 9
follows During the year three Ih II cke
and the Hon Freedom Garrotsoni Two hanafers ao
called awayHaph Mead ana ri lie directors
eonstituted 1874; life members, 1929 kecelPts sq9
as So from onal TONS gifts OF aAls:es
aud duas $174S55 &c. nom egaClcs S'YSipa Use
taiGoe o. Books printed at the Bi6'e Ho toT
SaI1ng MN sS sso making total OF 1999ls There
were also purchased abroad az the expense o. &
Ter foreign distribution 4l94 volumes; OF when 5V1'
we're Bibles 1910 Testamens, and 3055l parts OF Ihe
Bible Books sent out from the Bible House l,Vlo1s'
ments 81 07S portions Of Scripture IA volumes for the
blind, and II reprints OF annual reports IN
beside II $3.50 sent abroad from the Bible House The books
printed purchased and circulated ABROAD We're dnoce
and foreign, 1850 volumes Books s4d rom 'e w ne
plates Tor the Hawaiian Family BiOG are mlsnIu j
Of
E Iar Bourgeois svo. Bible are made; and the
AMY one without references are nearly done Books
given away exclusive OF foreign grants I,5t nnb
fshed by the Society during 81 years is 2zC4S4O4 Mo
circulation Of Bibles 44s29 COPIES; t now i'm scfy
ice in foreign lands "a appointed last year 1Sle
re also 16 assistant agents county agents paid by
M s az colportenTs in this country and 50 in for
pgn countries and 2C33 voluntary hpu iols 1i
or local agents The district agents report Z'4o blGo
meetings attended, 9,41S sermons and addresses DENY
cred 2i24 auXilares, branches, and committees Nsed!
723I letters and circulars sent out $3.50 hles
2l4 auxaries have been iGIlSTd Hr h s VIII ~
Rble il actively prOgIcssiug 334 aux1arles are re
nopted as having canvasscd and supplied their fields.
Many StGe9 T zoo families have been visited Of
which SO 533t found destitute kot the scripture were
Enppled and 1908 refused them; lObj4 Other destitute
individuals were furnished them; zoo sabbath Schools
were supplied by agents and a0Xil9rcs ana 2yi NO,
ayers Oer grants 10 humane and criminal INSTITUTIONS
roo army 6926 naval ana MARIN, I ~ The south
including freedmen, l00,2sl &c Miscellaneous us,liOu
ton was very large and varied In the last two years
families we're visited. OF whom 5S79 were Gcsti-
tuo OF the Bible, and received 1t by purchase OF g
t2 out of S75 auxaIies "a Of these aSe now 10 were
reoresnzed books sent within the yGaI %UI anu
without distinction Of race OF color Inc neeuh VIE
largely supplied with the Scriptures, and special atten
ton aud is given them by the society ages Siu
auxafies and by benevolent ASSOCIATIONS iA chle"es
In moving that the Managers report be printed and
circulated under the direction OF tne boa a III
IN me Tenors which had been made The only detection
from the sOeiety-that OF the Bapsts-whch ever oc-
cured was likly soon TO be heated. When in London
last year lie told that on entering tlie tipN 90
mnions he napst surrender his Bible and his revolver
hu he was sure that time would change TINS outrageous
order of the Papacy The speaker drew an eIaboiie
picture of the Mussumans whom he saw kngehhs Oeiol
the splendid tomb Mohammed and he felt encouraged
when the pilgrims 10 Mecca told INN OF mat golden gf
foT which they were signing enconlased 70 neeNS b
IL this Longing G 'sS SC gb m nSGed he way for the
introduction of the Word Of Life.
The Rev Rufus W. Clark, D. d., of Albany, moved the
he
fory 81 the world shows that the Bible Of
civilization" Speaking to such resolution he was con
required eulogize the IL said that many OF
and In ART BELIEVED the Bible not TO have been inspired
he cOnld say that the worlds greatest llhkefh nu
world proves that. Those hations which have been
guided by the teachings of the Bible have been the most
6euefcent and strongest IL in the Sacred WIT that
Abraham Lincoln read Proclaim liberty throughout the
land and it was his Bible education when ena6ea M
his life, the signing OF the Proclamation OF Emmcipa-
After the applause which greeted the alusiOn 70 the
sgnng Of the Emancipation Proclamation had subsded,
ton in few timely remarks, wherein he said that II the
question were whether education ard CIVILIZATION should
fake precedence Of the Bible his reply would De- tlrs'
The Rev John Cotton smith, d D., Of this city moved
Isared That il view Of the eesng purifying, and snnoians
tsi Sss. % we R To IN he acc:.
Society spread The Scripture, part Of our county with
The reverend speaker found in the Scriptures the true
tween capital and labor II was DO unto Others what
e99alfst look TO TIC iaboEers interest and let the
a5orer look to the Interests Of the capitalist let The
among the poor and lowy and seek TO 40 them good;
sSs Ns s %Ssi + sIsyss9 !s:', r. S.Sa@s'
u The Hon Peer Parker of Washington, in secondins
resolution said that of the federal city
TsySa k56s S 4B by lc' O'' '0 fi'
The fourth fifth and sixth resolutions follows,
unanimously adopted after remarks by the Rev A l..
Long, Of COnstannOpe; the Rev Mr. Dunn OF norwich
the Rev Dr. s. H. Cox OF this city, and the Rev MI
james: .,.. ~, &C., ,
gree important alone furnishes the solution Of the great moral and
Re.SisS That We recognize with thanksgiving blessing.
county, With his HOLY Word and that be sdy
ResorS Thai the saong kingdoms Of the OLD word
Truth and for raising evidences the power Of that Truth over
The benedietiOn was pronounced by the Rev Dr. De
Witt.
AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION.
The fourteenth annual business meeting of this
Society was held yesterday afternoon in the Directors
Rooms at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. In the alb
sence Of Bacon, President Of the Union Vice Presi
dent P. Stone, d. d. of New-Hampshire occupied the
chair The Secrearys report was read presenting the
following facts:
The chief objects Of the Society have been, in
way do what necessary 10 security and harmony
among the churches TO promote smch pebheaions as
strumentalty, the Congregational Clerical Union,
York and vicuity has been organized, convenient
place provided at the Bible House, where ministers Of
the denomination may meet and special effort has been
made TO promote the work Of church education In this
latter work the receipts have been double those of any
year except under the special effort OF 1866 The most
prominent churches the South which have received aid
have been in Baltimore New Orleans Memphis Atlanta
Of kansas Missouri, Minnesota Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois
and M sSss e %esr Union S sded IN for
te building Of more than OF all these churches
The Treasurer's report stated
the total. .S}2,53O ~