New-York tribune., 1872-05-23
cIay M they are not only lucrative positions. but often
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THE BAPTIST BIBLE AND PUBLICATION
SOCIETY.

FORTY EIGHTH ANNIvERsARY-THE WORK OF
EyANGELIZATION "A BAPTIST INDEPEND-
ENCE CENTENARY.
The forty eighth anniversary OF tho Baptist
Bible Publication Society was celebrated in Calvary
Church Yesterday President wm NJ Phelps in the chair
After prayer by Dr. Plainly OF jersey City, tho Treas
urer reported that total receipts for the year ending
March 1872 were $50 95 being $21o SO more than
receipts OF any preceding $4,000 will be needed
in the Missionary Department the present year TO meet
assumed obligations.
The Rev. j. g. Dickerson OF Boston-I think Of tho
principal features of the Baptist denomination Is the
deep interest 1t takes In all missionary labors But
while this is great feature there also growing ne
cessity for the circulation Of pure literature, and to
this end the Bible and Publication Society Ia devotng
its energies Horace Greeley few days ago, In tho
Univer sast Conference said that the great power that
denomination needed to help 1t along was the
power Of the press, and this great philosopher
well knows how to use the potent power
eaectuaIly Look at the spirualists in this country
who with their subtle UNDERSTANDINGS see very well the
great ADVANTAGE derived FROM the printing Each
year tbey are pling volume upon volume and column
upon column Of statistics and daccOuns OF their progress
and the result Is that they beginning to Increase III
strength wonderfully and II their statistics are to be be-
eved they number several millions OF voaries III
this country alone We should endeayor 10
emulate their example in this respect, II
is missionary for good and, in fact everything that Is
printed is missionary either for good or for evil When
Victor Emanuel recently entered Rome, with his trl-
umphant followers. and declared that Italy was free
from religious persecution each sturdy Roman race III
up with honest pride to know that from
! that moment henceforth Italy was forever re-
Heiously free. In the front rank OF this
victorious procession a badheaded, nobe-oodng
man; I nqured who he was and learned that he was
the representative OF the Wadenses people whom the
Pope has been crushing with his iron heel and In TINS
old mans hand was open Bible, which Thought was
the most potent emblem of the freedom OF Italy, ana the
dawn Of that day Of peace the setting oil whose sun VIC
shall never know lAppianse: att, ,bo, ,ho po,ror
Catholics set good example OF zeal ana ~
the distribution OF tracts and religious knowledge ana
ode nc ~ WAS Strange TO him that so many Roman
Catholic converts were made and he thought Tue minus
of the young Roman Catholic children were poisoned
both with religious inaccuracies and glarlng imposs
bilities. ,, ,.-
read. The Rev. Chas Keyser OF n j. spoke on inc
"Pace OF the Sunday yschOol in the work OF Eyangeza
fnv Cultured said he in the work OF Christian evange
ization must take pains TO ncueate It's truths
| 1t is unnecessary for mo to tell you what
| mean by Christian culture but believe
the efforts OF the Christian Church than by any oner
means Nothing make culture more immortal than
t barbarsm would surely be imminent In the common
schools of land it is becoming more and more
it the element iof Christianity Compared with the
great majority Of the youth in our land, those OF col
legate education are but few IL fouows, tnen, as
necessity, that the mass must be educated IN The pu3c
schools But how these TO become Christanized II
even the foundation Of all true religion, tho Bible, Is to
be excluded from among their studles The Church OF
this great field OF effort that lies before IT,
and how can 1t better begin than with
the Sunday sehoolst Divine truths must be brought
into immediate contact with the mnd before tho heart
OF the youth can appreciate its merits Conversion now
and conversion ever but first OF all let convert the
Of a
geography geology taught ~ our sunday-schoos1 !
say yes the Of GOd If these things are needed
The Rev William Cathcart and the Rev. ]. F. Elder
followed with addresses advocating the spread OF re-
lgious knowledge, both among the heathen ana the
The Committee on Resolutions presented the follow
ing which were passed, after q long and sharp dis
cussiOn:
hed report sasry Of secretary editor agent
poeur ad missionary together m and classified statement Of
Rolrod That y symplhie With tie efforts Of brethren to
meeting Rome and that commend the enterprise TO
the Ibersly Of CHURCHES Of the North.
Previous to the adjournment or the afternoon session,
the following was passed unanimously:
WAel, The year 76 viii be marked by the Centennial Annive
ssry Of ou National Independence and will thus be conspicuous epoch
IN our general and religious kistorY; and
lerIs favorable thus offered for Bapists
connection other bodies Of Christians record OR Historical prog
Rtsoired That The Board o this Society requested consider the
proph OF preparing aad publishing bto the bapst denonuA
lion states this history show not only the growth Of the
denomination dung the century, but It's action In gn and Do
MISSIONS egcaon literature and other forms VI CHRISTIAN aud
In the evening addresses delivered by the Rev.
W. c. Van Meter DR.. W. W. Eyers and others, and the
Talbot, D. Ohio Vice Prssdeuts-ssmuel A. Gro
Jones Mo seceay-Berjami Griffith D. d. Recording Secretary
HoraliO Gates Jones, Penn Treasurer-"n " Petit