The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-23
Eikton, Jan. 4, 1892.
Bible or Bible Readers. Which I?

Bible or Bible Readers. Which ?
Mr.. EDITOR RISING sun, MID.
Please allow me to write few lines to
your paper in defense of our Mary land
Bible Society. l saw in the Hidlans journal
of January ist, 1892, a comment on our
work. IL order chat your cotemp3rary may
he infarmed what our work is | will state
the purpose Of our society, and why we
'impecuuiOu5 gentle men are tramDling over
the country and asking the people to buy
Bibles"
The Maryland Bible Society, 1l3 North
Charles street, Il ,lLimore, is an auxiliary OF
he American Bible Society. The purpose
of the American Bjbl, Society is to supply
every family, adult or child throughout the
[ tied States and territories and any other
countries, whe.he Christians, Mahamma
dans or Pagans, with Bibles. And the
sole object of the Maryland Bible Society
as branch of the American Bible Society,
is TO encourage a wider circulation of the
Holy Sculptures in Maryland without note
or Comment
The statistics of the various departm Ell l.
of our work during the past year ending
March Bis, 1891, are As follows: Three
coiportuers, one IN rl1 and Two female, were
employed i'll Baltimore City during the
entire year. They visited 81, 432 persons,
distributed 545l volumes, costing 81, lis 80.
| O! this, 523 volumes, costing 1O4 O6, were
among the shipping.
Six coiportuers were employed during
the summer in Allegheny, Baltimore,
Charles, Howard, Talbot and Accomac
counties. They made S617 visits and dis
tributed 1902 volumes. OF these, sales Were
made to the value of 500 9S and donated
| to tie extent of Sl1S.6S.
There were issued during the year -, O45
volumes, at cost Of 50, $40 30 as follows:
| Donated through coIportuers aud at the
Bible house 6,922 Bibles and 6,121 Tesla
rnrnis, total Of Il. O43 volumes at cost OF
| s., 1876 %. Sold / $50 Bibles and 4,O2l
| Testaments, a total of 90O2 volumes, at a
cost of So, 1928. n
| The duty OF the colportuers is: First
to visit every family in order: seco, d
supply every family with the Scriptures at
| the prices fixed by the society or by dona
tions; third, sell the Scriptures 10 AL who
can be induced to purchase them at the
depository prices; fourth, record the names
of all das itute families supplied: fifth
| when \ family refuses to receive "A Bible
ascertain as far as possible the cause anG
| Export accordingly; sixth, solicit donations
from families and individuals in aid of tht
Bible cause.
1t is also our purpose to try to SOW til,
good seed, the word of truth aud the gospe
of our salvation, and if possible thereby
persuade sinners TO be reconciled to God.
This Is why we "impecunious gentlemen
are tramping over the country ask in,
people to buy Bibles and to these who Sd,
they are not able to buy presenting then
with a book" Aud if we can by "trampiu,
over the country" distributing the Word o
God, persuade one sinner to 'flee from tn
wrath to come" may God help us to con
tinue the tramp" until every ungodl
person has been led to Christ. If we ha
more "trlmps' for God and le.s foT III
devil We would ba better.
The criticism in the lGdoad Journal {
| the work of the Bible Society says: ether
, is no lack of Bihics. Some families have
dozen Bibles and will lend or give one t
, any person who wants to read it,"
BY this assertion we can e,dily see tina
he was never a colportuer or tramp" 70
, God liz Ills cause As worker in TIL
cause, feel confident to say, where yo