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Jubilee Memorial of the American Bible Society: Being a Review of Its First Fifty Years' Work, Prepared by Appointment of the Anniversary Committee, ... Church Corner 19th Street and Fifth Avenue
Isaac Ferris
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2015-09-27.
ISBN 9781331713807
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Excerpt from Jubilee Memorial of the American Bible Society: Being a Review of Its First Fifty Years' Work, Prepared by Appointment of the Anniversary Committee, and Preached in Parts, 6th May, 1866, in Presbyterian Church Corner 19th Street and Fifth Avenue
We come now to the closing exercises of the contemplated series - which is intended to be occupied with the work done; or, a historical review of the first fifty years of our great National Institution. Though this be not a field for much beside the statement of facts (and hence, perhaps, to the general hearer, of little special interest), yet from that circumstance it has much to interest every friend of the Bible cause. The business aspect of such a great movement must embrace matters of detail; and these illustrate the vitality, the power and efficiency of the Institution - its adaptedness for the great work for which established; the manner in which it has realized the hopes of its founders; but above all, the wisdom and beneficence of the organization - and clearly prove it to have occurred in the fulness of time and under the Divine auspices.
It is recorded, that at the time of the organization an emphatic voice from the midst of the attending audience cried out aloud: "This is none other than the work of the Lord." That which was said then has been often repeated; for every step of our advance shows the Divine hand which laid the foundation; and this, it is thought, we shall see on the present occasion.
The want of a supply of Bibles was deeply and widely felt in the earlier days of our republic, in the midst of its struggle for national life, and various remedial measures were adopted. It is a striking circumstance, that while our fathers were pressed with the burdens and hardships of war, they felt the need of the Bible, and sought to have the people supplied with this best of guides and comforters, and this safest of instructors on their rights and their duties. What a lesson to their descendants! In 1777 a memorial came before the Congress of the Revolution (which had adopted the Declaration of Independence), seeking such relief of the public want at their hands as their wisdom might devise. The application was not flouted at, as if we were a nation without a religion, but proper attention was given to it, and a reference was made of the subject to a committee, who, while they could not provide for the printing, recommended that the government take immediate measures to secure 20, 000 copies from Holland, Scotland, or elsewhere, at the expense of Congress.
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Jubilee Memorial of the American Bible Society: Being a Review of Its First Fifty Years' Work, Prepared by Appointment of the Anniversary Committee, ... Church Corner 19th Street and Fifth Avenue
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