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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... Called , by the unanimous voice of the Managers , to the Presidency of the National Institution , he is , in the decline of life , enjoying that pleasure which springs from his work of faith and labor of love , thus far owned of God ...
... Called , by the unanimous voice of the Managers , to the Presidency of the National Institution , he is , in the decline of life , enjoying that pleasure which springs from his work of faith and labor of love , thus far owned of God ...
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... called on to decide ; but they believe that , with the exception of Pittsburg , it possesses superior local advantages to any town west of the mountains ; and it may reason- ably be doubted whether the Pittsburgh Bible Society possesses ...
... called on to decide ; but they believe that , with the exception of Pittsburg , it possesses superior local advantages to any town west of the mountains ; and it may reason- ably be doubted whether the Pittsburgh Bible Society possesses ...
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... called to the importance of the object . With this view , the Board have resolved , " That there be annually appointed at the first meeting of the Mana- gers , after the annual meeting of the Society , a committee of five per- sons , to ...
... called to the importance of the object . With this view , the Board have resolved , " That there be annually appointed at the first meeting of the Mana- gers , after the annual meeting of the Society , a committee of five per- sons , to ...
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... called for the purpose of taking dinner with me , ( having made the engagement with my husband in the city . ) They were on their return from seeing their great father , as they called the President . At dinner they received my ...
... called for the purpose of taking dinner with me , ( having made the engagement with my husband in the city . ) They were on their return from seeing their great father , as they called the President . At dinner they received my ...
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... called on a poor man , with a family of seven children , and asked him whether he had a Bible ? He replied that he had none ; that he was poor , and could spare nothing to purchase one . ' Do you wish for a Bible ? Yes , Sir . ' ' If I ...
... called on a poor man , with a family of seven children , and asked him whether he had a Bible ? He replied that he had none ; that he was poor , and could spare nothing to purchase one . ' Do you wish for a Bible ? Yes , Sir . ' ' If I ...
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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.