Annual Report of the American Bible Society ...List of the members are included in reports from 1816 to 1874; lists of new members in reports from 1875 to 19. |
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... field , for the twofold purpose of supplying the destitute and soliciting contribu- tions for the Bible cause . In ... fields the great saving which would be effected , if pastors would appoint a Sabbath in each year for presenting the ...
... field , for the twofold purpose of supplying the destitute and soliciting contribu- tions for the Bible cause . In ... fields the great saving which would be effected , if pastors would appoint a Sabbath in each year for presenting the ...
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... fields . For this purpose they have employed 239 agents , and enlisted in this service 5,819 unpaid local visitors : Families visited By Auxil's . By Ag'ts of A. B. S. Total ... field . Your Board have 44 ( 1877 . SIXTY - FIRST REPORT .
... fields . For this purpose they have employed 239 agents , and enlisted in this service 5,819 unpaid local visitors : Families visited By Auxil's . By Ag'ts of A. B. S. Total ... field . Your Board have 44 ( 1877 . SIXTY - FIRST REPORT .
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... field . The Managers are gratified however to learn that some of the auxiliaries are returning to the old method , and are successfully prosecuting their work by unpaid vol- unteer labourers . For the guidance of the officers of aux ...
... field . The Managers are gratified however to learn that some of the auxiliaries are returning to the old method , and are successfully prosecuting their work by unpaid vol- unteer labourers . For the guidance of the officers of aux ...
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... field . The Managers are sure that many friends of the cause will join with them in tendering their deep sympathy to Rev. C. S. Martindale , of Topeka , Kansas , who , after many years of devotion to the Society , has been laid aside ...
... field . The Managers are sure that many friends of the cause will join with them in tendering their deep sympathy to Rev. C. S. Martindale , of Topeka , Kansas , who , after many years of devotion to the Society , has been laid aside ...
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... fields a year or two ago . And there are a few whose financial weakness would not authorize much outlay , that are doing ... field : I herewith present my annual report of work done for your Society in Arkansas . Constant hard labour by ...
... fields a year or two ago . And there are a few whose financial weakness would not authorize much outlay , that are doing ... field : I herewith present my annual report of work done for your Society in Arkansas . Constant hard labour by ...
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66 cloth 66 roan ADDRESS OF TREASURER Agency Agent American Bible Society AUXILIARIES and Date auxiliary societies Bible cause Bible House Bibles and Testaments Board of Managers Books sent Brown Brown County canvass Charles Christian churches circulation City Clark Clay County colportage colporteurs Committee Cong copies CORRESPOND'G SECRETARIES County Bible Society Date of Recognition David Davis depository Destitute families supplied distribution donated embossed Evans Families visited field found destitute George gilt edge Gospels Greene County Henry Henry County James Jefferson County John Johnson Jones Joseph labours late Madison County Matthew Meth Minn Mission missionaries Monroe County NAMES OF AUXILIARIES Octavo Ohio Parent Society Portions POST OFFICE ADDRESS Pres Psalms Receipts red edge Robert Samuel Scriptures Shelby County Smith sold South Test's TESTAMENT AND PSALMS Thomas Thos Turkey morocco volumes Welsh William York
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Page 8 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William Kemp as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page 183 - Coleman by /LS / signed sealed published and declared by the said George Coleman the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Isaac Hindley, HO Roe, William Stocken, of Baldock Herts proved Jany.
Page 8 - I860, which provides that no person having a husband, wife, child, or parent, shall by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious, or missionary society, association...
Page 66 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 7 - VI Each subscriber of one hundred and fifty dollars at one time, or who shall by one additional payment, increase his original subscription to one hundred and fifty dollars, shall be a Director for Life...
Page 39 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 7 - SOCIETY, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without Note or Comment...
Page 15 - A Committee shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society, consisting of Thirty-six Laymen, Six of whom shall be Foreigners, resident in London or its vicinity : half the remainder shall be Members of the Church of England, and the other half Members of other denominations of Christians.
Page 8 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 9 - Auxiliary unless its sole object shall be to promote the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment...