Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 1American Bible Society, 1838 - Bible List of the members are included in reports from 1828 to 1874; lists of new members in reports from 1875 to 1965. |
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Page 152
... the Holy Scriptures into the schools , the prisons , the hospitals , as well as into the families of the destitute generally . The Society had obtained by purchases , and through gifts , in the year 152 ( 1821 . FIFTH REPORT .
... the Holy Scriptures into the schools , the prisons , the hospitals , as well as into the families of the destitute generally . The Society had obtained by purchases , and through gifts , in the year 152 ( 1821 . FIFTH REPORT .
Page 171
... schools , and even as a book to be used in schools of all descriptions , from its size and cheapness , that it has been called for from every quarter . From these and other causes , the business in the Depository has been greatly ...
... schools , and even as a book to be used in schools of all descriptions , from its size and cheapness , that it has been called for from every quarter . From these and other causes , the business in the Depository has been greatly ...
Page 189
... schools ; and probably , in a great measure , by its instrumentality , " in some places it had been de- termined that the schoolmaster should fix a certain time at which either himself should read that holy book to the children , or he ...
... schools ; and probably , in a great measure , by its instrumentality , " in some places it had been de- termined that the schoolmaster should fix a certain time at which either himself should read that holy book to the children , or he ...
Page 202
... Schools have also been established in heathen countries , and are preparing the rising generation to receive and to diffuse the light of the Gospel . The mere tendency of these events to promote the coming in of the Gen- tiles , affords ...
... Schools have also been established in heathen countries , and are preparing the rising generation to receive and to diffuse the light of the Gospel . The mere tendency of these events to promote the coming in of the Gen- tiles , affords ...
Page 230
... schools it had been found necessary to be contented with the New Testament and the Hymn Book . In Bavaria , by the latest accounts , some encouraging circumstances had appeared , and had led to the hope that a Bible Institution would ...
... schools it had been found necessary to be contented with the New Testament and the Hymn Book . In Bavaria , by the latest accounts , some encouraging circumstances had appeared , and had led to the hope that a Bible Institution would ...
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Agent American Bible Society annual Auxiliary Societies benevolent Bible cause Bibles and Testaments blessing Board of Managers British and Foreign CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH christian Church ciety circulation Committee copies County B. S. County Bible Society Depository destitute families District dollars donations entire Bibles expense FELIX GRUNDY Female Bible Society Foreign Bible Society friends funds furnished GEORGE SUCKLEY Gospel granted gratuitous distribution Holy Scriptures hope hundred Institution interest Island issued JOHN JOHN BOLTON JOHN COTTON SMITH JOHN PINTARD Kentucky labors language last Report late letter Lord meeting Men's Bible Society missionaries Names of Societies New-York city North Carolina Ohio Parent Society past present President printed procure received RESOLVED RICHARD VARICK sacred Scriptures sacred volume sale or gratuitous Scriptures sent SMITH THOMPSON Society's Spanish Spanish Testaments STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER stereotype plates supply thousand tion translation Treasurer wants WILLIAM word Young Men's Bible zeal
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Page 48 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 356 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 82 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 81 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Page 77 - This Society shall be known by the name of The American Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment.
Page 157 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 158 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Page 284 - The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Page 496 - THE God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great. Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant ; Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight ; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 116 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.