The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-14

Iagei and feeble health. For twenty-nine
years he served the Society as: corresponds
| ing secretary. Through this LONG period
bis course has been so marked by Christian
prudence, urbanity, integrity, and zeal, as
to win the aflectionate regard and sympathy
OF all who have been associated with him.
i Rev. Albert S. Hunt, d. D., Of the Meth!
lodist Episcopal Church, has been elected rs
his successor. and. entered upon his work
lat the commencement Of this fiscal year.
The Hon. La Fayette S. Foster, Of Connec-
ticut,7 and Robert Carter, Esq, of New
York, have been elected vice-presidents.
Life e-directors constituted, a., life-mem-
bers, $40; new aux iliaries enrolled, 13.
| District superintendent engaged in the
Society's work in this country during the
year, IS; county agents employed atthe ex-
[pense Of auxiliaries, 1874; unpaid volunteer
Bible-distributers, 5,55c.
! The receipts for the year were S446, ,954.04.
! OF this amount S206, ,117.S1 were received
in payment for books, S30,010.27 from
rents, S103,G57. II from legacies, $lO2, 2,585.99
from donations, and 81, 1926 from sundry
items. From foreign lands. S14, ,4S9.54 were
received from sales by the Socicty's agents.
The total receipts are less than those VI the
! previous year by $96, ,625.51. Seven-eighths
Of this decrease was In legacles. a
Progress was reported in the revision of
the Turkish and other versions, and in the
translation OF the New Testament into Ja-
panese; and liberal appropriations have been
made for printing and circulating these and
other foreign versions.
/ It is matter OF interest to mention the
remarkable fact that a firm Of native Chris
tian publishers in Japan have expressed q
desire to participate in the publication OF
the Scriptures for their own countrymen,
and have asked and received permission
from the Board Of Managers to issue a
pocket edition OF the Japanese New Testa-
ment, with chapter headings and references,
in a style and at a price which will not.in-
terfere with the circulation of the Society's
editions. That at SO early q period in the
development OF the new life OF the nation
such an enterprise should be undertaken
by its own people is a cause for profound
thanksgiving and congratulation.
Copies manufactured at the Bible House,
654,S93. Printed abroad, 233,90S. Pur-
chased abroad, 1878. Total, 9O6,779
| Copies issued, 6G3,900 at home; 193,593
abroad. Total, 57,493.
Bible for the blind-volumes issued, 521;
making an aggregate OF II 1926 volumes in
thirty-six years. The issues OF the Society
during siXty-two years amount to 34,864,-
S15 copies.
The Bible Society Record, containing in
teresting statements Of the work in the
home and foreign field, is published month
ly, and sent to each life-director and life
member who requests it, and to the pastor
Of every church taking up an annual collec-
ton for the Society, upon his application.
Copies circulated during the year, 199,575,
or an average OF 1861 each month.
The gratuitous work for the year amount
ed in value to S259,51S.19. or this sum
SS9,S32.90 was in cash appropriations for
work in foreign lands, besides 20, 231 copies
Of Scripture sent from this country.
| Number OF auXiliarics reported as en-
gagged in supplying their fields during the
year, 1876.
The following table shows what has been
accomplished by the auxiliaries reporting
general operations, and by colporteurs enl-
ployed at the expense Of the parent Society
in the more sparsely settled and destitute
regions:
| BIZ Colp'SOf
| .. By -Anr'S. 4. 3. s. Total.
Families visited. S1,317 429,7l2
the the Scripture ] ....... 1865 10000 62,es5
plied.. @ s1,s25 1892 46,s17
addition .upr 49,. 1882 6,5s7 1919
Sabbath and other
schools supplied...... TIT 10 7o7
~ OPERATIONS IN OTHER LANDS.
It is gratifying to mark a steady demand
for the Scriptures in the countries where
the arrangements for distribution are best
organized. The foreign agencies have been
unchanged, except that in Constantlnople
DIR. Isaac G.. Bliss has been joined by his
son, the Rev. Edwin M. Bliss. He has also
bad the continued aid OF the Rev. M. ka-
lopothakcs Of Athens, Rev. S. G. Ewing
of Alexandria, and Rev. E. +. Lewis, NJ.
d.. of Beirut. In st. Petersburg Dir. George
FL. Prince has taken the oversight OF the
Esthonian work while the Society has been
represented in Japan and China by the Rev.
Luther H. Gulck, NJ. D.; in Brazil by the
Rev. A. L. Blackford, and in Uruguay by
Mr.. Andrew NJ. Milne. To the misSiona
ries OF various societies thanks are due fol
co0peration and counsel. One hundred ant
ten persons are reported as having been en-
gagged as Bible colporteurs in foreign lands
OTHER SPEAKERS.
President Allen next introduced Rev. DR.
Taylor, distinguished minister, who deliv
cred highly interesting address. He SPOKE
OF the last publication by the American Bt
BILE Society OF the New Testament-a volume
which he said was as cheap as this morning:
paper, and could be sent out by mail at tht
same cost at which the paper is sent out.
Rev. j. G. Granbery, D. d., OF Vanderbilt
University, Tennessee, followed DR.. Taylor
His general subject was the excellence %
the Bible,-and that the excellence OF tht
American Bible Sociaay cannot be separated
from the excellence OF the Bible itself. -
After the congregation sang the doxologJ
DR.. Hoge pronounced the benedlction anc
the audience was dismissed. }.1
HUs1ISGs CoURT.-The grand jury OF The
Hastings Court met yesterday and found
true bill for felony against II. Z. Giddlngi
for forging the name OF #. 3. Cersley to
check. Giddings was tried, plead gully
and was sent to the penitentiary for twt
years. -
} William Jackson, felony, for breaking ant
entering the store OF a. Ii. Mott " 20. ant