New-York tribune., 1875-10-12

wOEK or SOCIETIES ~ THIS CIrY-rFFoErs FOR
UNION or THE TWO BAPTIST ORGANIZATION


| WORK OF SOCIETIES ~ THIS CirY-rFFOErs FOR
UNION or THE TWO BAPTIST ORGANIZATIONS
ABANDONED
At the meeting of the American and Foreign
Bible Society, yesterday afternoon 1t No 10 NaS'sI
the committee appointed TO consider tbs union oil tH'
Society with tie Amcri, Bible Union reporte" that
there were obstacles in the way among them the veto OF
bill passed by The Legislature lcgaEng the pr'ios'"
urio resolution was passed that all further attempts
for a consolidation Of the two societies should be aban
doncd Tho aIuvers ry exercises Of The American Binle
Union are 10 DC held in the Baptist Mariners Temple 4"
Oliver and Hem! -s,s tomorrow.
There are three societies in this city which have
for thcr object the printing publishing, and crclla-
ting of the Bible. They the American Bible Society
the American and Foreign Bible Society and tine Amer
lean Bible Union. The two latter are Baptist agah@a-
tons. Ihc is supported b. AL Protestant den"hina
tinns out side of tht Baptist II was ORGANIZED IA IeIn
with the object Of encouraging wider circulation 81 ihc
Scriptures without note or comment. IL Iupish's
Bibles in 50 or 40 different lanFuascs For tS support
if lcrnds on voluntary contributions, and 10 some *
tent "A the sales of the Bibles aud the rent 81 te ioe
house in this city. There abont 1000 branches oi
the Society scattered over the country.
Tie report for year, to May 1873. shows that the
receipts of the society for the year were F511'o7 70
incrdng S299 222 90 tor publications., e24G % from
repts l:6g33 SO from egaces, SlOGS1j 80 from gifts
and 10 292 OF from other sources. The expenses were
sJS37Ii The number Of Bibles printed al The lihfo
House drriug The year was 1428d6; pIht'N ana lHi-
lishcd abroad, 1862; total 92O05j. The number Ci
copies issued during the same time was 12bO@3 al
home 2G0.l7 abroad total $4,000 The total number
Of coues issued 30 yeais il 31,so3332. The WORK
4 ~ the Society in th's country during the
wear is shown by the following statement; :;
Families visited, 4G3, ,s27; families found without the
Scripurcs AZ ,3J3 destitute families supplied, 2O,O5o
individuals supplied in addition, 1891 Sabbath ana
other schools supplied ls-S. Copies OF tie SCRIPTURES
r not only printed ~ the ibc House in this city INT
also at Constantinope, Bc;rd,, Bremen st. PeterbHt
Pekin Shanghai Lucknow and in other places DURING
the past month lcteipicss edition OF Grnes ana EAo
dus Tn hc PonaIr language was printed ana 'he Boar"
directed that plates be prepared for Dr. RiSgss version
of tie Prophets in the Dakota language. AZ the meet
inc Of the Board on Oct. about 1,2jo Bibles
! were given to the Hawaiian Board of MisslohF'
and TO var0ns societies ana individuals, for sale and DIS
tribuon, in Japan Itay, Brazil, and the Argentine
EeIubic besides 81 $50 for expenditure on Blc trans
ltinn and distribution abroad About 1000 copies wec
granted distribution in me United state inc'udIs
l. volumes in raised leei5 5ar the nhd I dmn
of SCRIPTURE were sSned The receipts tof l's'
wear were S~6, -6G 20 less than those ol Inc pre-
vous year. More than half tins decrease II III fec'ip'7
TIc w"r, 81 tbc NewYork Bibe Society and the New
York Fcalo Bible Society Is done IN connection WIN tnr
American Bible Society the NcTioE o. m h9iS i IoceT s i
city. supplies omigrants the navy, hotels pn'he III
sbutons pr ons @ HnI tgl0rmtosh ~ coISoscG Of
ladies' spends funds III the employment of lf1e ea
cs who rom house TO louise and read the boe To te
| poor and intiIm , -, -.
icsr pi. uin which formerly belonged to the Aneit-
I can Bible Socicty. are both Baptist institutions lhey
nrrd from the parent society when The question of the
revision of the English ibc came up, the BIsts thlh
other denominations Cn the renurru% O. sc
words raptisr" and "immersc" Tile American ana
Foreign Bhlc society orslnil"d i'll lrs6 IEe le-
c.ps tur year ending Jane lSIJ, were Sil-bl -
cyienditurrs 81 c3S -. AhOut 1000 copies gi me
Bible were distributed during the samo PERIOD ana ron
2,OOOOo0 20 100000 copies sih'e the ofganh'1t , :"
the Societv. Bibles have been Translated
into Al different languages. Tile report o
tbe American Bible Union for 1874 states
that il tx mpIacticabe 10 STATE accurately tne nuber
comics of tue scriptures published. Up 10 May Sn''
tr ururr of Bibles published in foreign Languages was
1908 /; in the English language, 35joI2 Tue ISSUES
of late wears are stated 10 he far i'll excess o THESE ~
ures Tie gross receipts Of the Union mp id laSt year
amounted 10 Ss7292- ~ gross receipts lOr the year.
! SG4,227 - gross expenditures SG9,103 ~ -,
T. hooks all these societies are beng exclusively
circulated among the freedmen of the South among me
Indian tr5cs in thclr own tongues, among 'he spans"
colonies South America, and among the peoples o INC
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