, 1875-05-19

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AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
FIFrI-StNT3l ANS1yENsAgr HEnvICEs.
The ffty-uin.h anniversary services Of the
American Dib!c Hocie:y wo.o held last oroning in
Farwoll Hail. Il fair Audionco in point Of nlltn-
bers WIS present, the lnHar floor being moro
thnn half full and = sp,inElng Of pooplo In tho
gallery.
Tho President OF tbs So.iasy, ". II. Alton.
LID, OF ronnsyirat,ia, occupied the CHAIR, aui
beside him on tho stare Here the Roy. Mossra.
Beochcr, Mosaer. Qulck, TasioG, McLean. Gil
man, Dlisn, Fowler Robertson, ,lltcho Fisk,
Tying, and seuctal other diYinea OF various de-
nominations.
TILE rEv. :.n. ROBERTS,
President OF tho CA:caso Eblo Society," opened
tho e1erciEes by STATING tho pnrpoao Of slls
meeting mud reciting she object Of the Society.
Ehich waB stated to DO the circulation Of thu
Gible 1ithou. uoto or comment. Thts was tho
fret tfmo that tho Society hnd oycr held IN nn-
piyersnry ucst OF the Mountains, aud tho honor
had been iit!y conferred upon Chicago. Tho
aud!cnce would bo addressed by many dis-
unguishol spaaaers among whom tho speaker
desircd to montion Quo whose namo was d
synonym for all tbEt wEa beautiful aud catholic
III Christian fellowship. liz roicrrod OF eourBo,
to tho NeY. Stephen II. Tyng,
A hymn was tlon sung and tho Rov. AIr.
Ha.ris read rsaitn XIX. Prayer was thsn offored
by the Rer. Dr.. Mitchell. Of Chicago.
THE Address or WELCOME
was pronounced By tho Rey. Ms. Roberts, who
gald that the duty Of welcoming tla Society had
deyoiyod upon iiu and be thought the largo
and Intelligent audience spoke for him words OF
cordial greeting. He hoped that the present &C.
oaslon would imnrovo tue feeling Of interest
.izi. nfv In Gtn%a @$
second Ia tho Union In point Of contributions tn
tho Bociutv. He hopeI that tho proscut event
uonld provo source of strength to tue Society:
Tho tpetker tucn introduced tho President Of
the Bible Society," who congratulated the city on
ita position sud Oh having no eHcc!iout branch
Of tho Diblo Society. Tho Ein. s,cl.t.cs had
blown good reasons for their OK. ;neAi. thoy
had doue vast good to tho rncc. II laa tho yo-
ennd auxiliarirs to translate PRINT bind, and dis
tr1bute tho Book OF Books to all the people
on tho carth. Tho speaker extolied the Diblo
~ the groat book Of history, Of law, OF
ns;9 a!sSs .s Sf pss*'e;' ss 9; H. # is 'F' lsvos sf
t1ou Of God through JeBua Christ.
Tue work Of the Society would not be flushed
until every family On tho Garth had = Bible aud
that the soc!arian work ot tbs denominations
woula restrict tho Bthlo Aoclety. but II oycry
State would do - we'll a. Illinois theso would 10
no noed Of that.
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ciesy, then p:eaentes. sona figures showing
THE wnni or THE SOCIETY.
Tho business OF manufacturing 13b1os WAS
mainly carried Oh in Now York. but also IN
! other locations. Tho roal work Of tho socesy
wls not tie printing tho booka, but tho dlst1ibu'
tiun OF them. Last year, for tho frat time. ths
OLD Testament waa printed in China the trans
!stlop having bocn tile work Of one nan Tor sIs;
for tio aid and corporation Of al ChssauAna III
oycE tho world.
Aftor ths audience had sung hymn,
IN. DANIEL Hiss, D.. D.,
of Doisut Syria, WAS introduced by the Prcas-
don't. Dr. Hiss sa,a that tho world owed debt
Of gratitude to Syria because tie nible had It's
origin in tho Orient. For centurles the language
Of the Bible had beon blostcd out IN thnt coun-
zoo yoars ago an edition We printed IN
isi isis, "u,' vas eisen By ii the Drittsh md
Fureign Society. In ls43 two Americans began
tta.islatlon Of the Bible, which was the work
Of nluetcen ycars. Il Was greatly tho best
translation. hlollammed did i great work by
fixing tho Arabic language by lneaue Of ha 10
ran, and tho result Was that there nero no dir
!cess iu tho ARABIC, and. eoasequoatly tho Ameri-
numbers Of people. Fully 10o,001.000 Of
people could by thIB means become 40
guaintod NTH tho Great Book Of Books. The
slohammolans believed III but one God; bus
they inserted that thcro were four laTolations.-
sl,o Psntaseuctl. tho Psalms. tho Gospels, aud
tue Koran, n,-bus ttey were coming to believe that
tho I3ielo was tho trne revelation. Tho speaker
then reeitcd somo very Interesting remintsconcoa
uf hja career ir Syria. IIe closed With Boma
hiHhly pertinent re1uarhs, which wa1o mot with
grea. applause. Ti,ero wore, ho SAID, In this
country large nu1nbGrB Of churches, elegantly
and tuely furnished, but most Of thom ouly half
full Sunday. Would not It bo bottor to hkye halt
as many churches aud havo them full
In Chi,ago there we're pfeseyteslnn. Baptist.
and Congregations! Theological Seminary, each
urienl!dy ilttod With buildings, apparatus. In.
etructors, anl libraries. Would 1t not be for tho
eosy Ut Christ TINT tho 100 students ID thcsa
three sosnnar[tB bo educated by one set of Pro-
fessoru, and part Of the enormous cum Of nonoy
thus spent DO used ln presenting thu Bible TO tla
followers OF Mohammod?
DR. Y. ". FIsK.
OF Chicago, spoke Of the influences which tho
Billie lad exeIted Oh modern literature Mhch
had, he Said, derived its character from tho Qroat
hook. The change began iu the year 900
when the Bible waa brought iato ntsa!n oy
Augustine. The great artilicer of our languaEe,
Cnnucer, was In tho main product OF tho Bible.
From tho first our InnguaSo wna formed On tho
Bible. 1yndale's translation ~ lo!b. the t1sae
printed Mork in the language, hAd exer!ed moro
influence on the Language than anF otAes WoEk
betweea Chaucer aud shakespeare Anu cvon
up to the present time tho Book lad stood a1nnn9
Ill the mass OF tutelleet peerless. Iho poet
Shakespeare would Laye becn Impossible under
smy other religion than shas Of the Mblc. 1ha
gfeAtoss novB1iBts HeIo 1t their bess *nen laooI-
eating tho pfecepts Of tue Mb!o the ne~spaEeF
nracapts. H. then the Dlblo bo kept in tts proper
p!soe, it would in:ttmo become the leavsn of tho
xxhcta itorat1lfn nf Tho rhce. Ii 2{42t khnE5