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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... expense ; and which , nevertheless , open a wide and prepared field for the reception of revealed truth . Yet let it not be supposed that geographical or political limits are to be the limits of the American Bible Society . That designa ...
... expense ; and which , nevertheless , open a wide and prepared field for the reception of revealed truth . Yet let it not be supposed that geographical or political limits are to be the limits of the American Bible Society . That designa ...
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... expense , may illumine a large tract of country , and successive generations of immortals , in that celestial knowledge which shall secure their present and their future felicity . But whatever be the proportion between expectation and ...
... expense , may illumine a large tract of country , and successive generations of immortals , in that celestial knowledge which shall secure their present and their future felicity . But whatever be the proportion between expectation and ...
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... expense , and they could not with certainty calculate upon a surplus of funds . Such , however , has been the rapid and increasing augmentation of their means , that they have been induced to afford the following gra- tuitous supply of ...
... expense , and they could not with certainty calculate upon a surplus of funds . Such , however , has been the rapid and increasing augmentation of their means , that they have been induced to afford the following gra- tuitous supply of ...
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... expense . " If , then , the principles thus recognised by the Con- vention be adopted by the Board , we are next to inquire how many sets of plates are to be disposed of . It is presumed that the Board will choose to retain for the use ...
... expense . " If , then , the principles thus recognised by the Con- vention be adopted by the Board , we are next to inquire how many sets of plates are to be disposed of . It is presumed that the Board will choose to retain for the use ...
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... expense of the Board . " 2d . The Auxiliary Society to which the plates are sent may print from them , at their own expense , as many Bibles as they may think proper for gratuitous distribution or sale within their own district ; but ...
... expense of the Board . " 2d . The Auxiliary Society to which the plates are sent may print from them , at their own expense , as many Bibles as they may think proper for gratuitous distribution or sale within their own district ; but ...
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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.