The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-08-01
The Bible in Bradley County.

The lnculcdtlOl OF It's principles lnNOlNt
not only our welfare ia the bOundles'
hereafter-not only nj purity and
peace and usefulness in the present
brief span Of existence, but the knowl-
edge and practice Of It's eternal truths
come near and close To the wants aud
needs Of every hour of Our common
life-close and near to oar physical
comfort, and our mental growth. The
history Of modern civilization and inn
provcment j. the history OF the spread
of the Bible and Christianity. The
substitution Of pnestly dicta for the liv-
ing Word inaugurated the dark ages,
aud dccpcncd their Jlackness until the
reformation restored the golden lights
before the Holy of HOLES.
The grand and perfect mastery Of
every passion and prOspcrity-the sub
lection Of the lower TO the higher pow
crs-Of the material TO the spiritual
is the essential to true physical, mental
and moral growth. In no human be-
ing can this essential be attained wifi
out an inducements mental stimulus
An object. As in the material world
there is no motion without Il moving
cause, so, in the mental world, there Is
no action without a motive.
And where, outside of Book ofbooks,
can we find such a presentation of mo-
tiycs-covering every known, possible,
or Imaginable earthly aud heavenly
good?
In spreading the Bible we promote
the cause of Christianity-the cause Of
eternal happiness-of right living in
this world-of temperance in all things
of industry-of home comfort-of so
cial reliEcmcnt-of good morals, and
good governmental whatsoever
things are pure" and "whatsocvcr
things are lovely"
We would refer all those who desire
to be fully posted as to the operations
of the American Bible Society, to their
organ, the Bible Society Record" pub
lishcd in New York. From the sixty
second annual report of the Society it
appears that the %gTatuitous work done
during the year recently expired,
amounts in value, TO the sum Of about
$500, 900.
During that year the number of fam
lilies visited in the United States was
1919, Up.
The number of families found with
out the scripture was q, $50.
Destitute families supplied, 4G,3l7.
Individuals supplied, 1919.
Sabbath and other schools supplied,
7S7.
This Bible work is enlisting the at
tcntion of nearly all denominations
alike. The report adopted by the re-
cent General Conference of the NJ. T..
Church, South, at Atlanta, grants to
the American Bible Society Il place by
the side of its denominatiOnal bencvo-
lent enterprises, and directs that the
amount contributed for the Bible cause
in each charge shall be published in
the official statistical tables Of the
church.
Resolutions of cordial and practical
cooperation were recently adopted by
the General Assembly Of the P~resbyte-
rian churches in the United States, in
convention at Knoxville, and also by
the General Assembly Of the Cumber-
berland Presbyterian church, at Lcba-
non Tenn.
The Distributing Committee FOX
Bradley county present the following
summary of their work done during
the past year:
No. of books, including Bibles and
T%estaments reed for Bradley co. GO.
Value of Books reed 1892. %.
Amt paid from sales. 1890.
Amt remaining unpaid. $2l2.25.
No. of families visited. 1000.
No. Of families found destitlte of the
scriptures. 45l.
No. of persons outside of families
found destitute. 90.
No. Of Books, including Bibles and
Tcstamcnts distributed. go.
From the foregoing, the friends Of
the cause will see that there remains
worth of books not paid for,
which we feel in honor should be rails
by the Churches and Christians Of
the County, to pay the first cost of pub
LEGATION, which is an average Ct only
about 80 cts per volume, including
Bibles as well as Testaments.
The distributing Committee respect
fully request ministers and others to
have this matter fully presented before
all the churches of the county, and
have the amount raised as soon us may
be done. Any collections made for
this purpose can be handed to Alex.
Templeton at Cleveland Tenn.
Cleveland Tenn.l BY order of Distrib-
July 9th, 1873 uting Committee.
What Democracy has Done.
&c., NHn.N n ~ an MAN AN|I.H