Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 1American Bible Society, 1838 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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... engaged in befriending its design and se- curing its permanency . From letters received by the Board , there is no doubt other Societies already in existence will accede , and new ones be formed and the time cannot be far distant , when ...
... engaged in befriending its design and se- curing its permanency . From letters received by the Board , there is no doubt other Societies already in existence will accede , and new ones be formed and the time cannot be far distant , when ...
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... engaged in this all - important undertaking . I am not ashamed to confess , that I accept of the appointment of President of the American Bible Society , as the greatest honor that could have been con- ferred on me this side of the ...
... engaged in this all - important undertaking . I am not ashamed to confess , that I accept of the appointment of President of the American Bible Society , as the greatest honor that could have been con- ferred on me this side of the ...
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... engaged . To these congratulations our Committee have added a grant of £ 500 ; and they trust that both will be accepted as indications and pledges of that friendly disposition which it is their desire to cultivate and manifest to ...
... engaged . To these congratulations our Committee have added a grant of £ 500 ; and they trust that both will be accepted as indications and pledges of that friendly disposition which it is their desire to cultivate and manifest to ...
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... engaged . The general pressure of the times , and the consequent diminished means of individuals , the rapid increase of local charitable associations , and the mode of address by letter , instead of the more efficient method of ...
... engaged . The general pressure of the times , and the consequent diminished means of individuals , the rapid increase of local charitable associations , and the mode of address by letter , instead of the more efficient method of ...
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... engaged in diligent inquiries after suitable persons to enter upon that service during the ensuing summer . It is greatly encouraging to the attempt , that the annals of the British and Foreign Bible Society con- tinue to furnish such ...
... engaged in diligent inquiries after suitable persons to enter upon that service during the ensuing summer . It is greatly encouraging to the attempt , that the annals of the British and Foreign Bible Society con- tinue to furnish such ...
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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.