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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... organized , and had commenced the printing , publication , and issuing of the Sacred Scriptures before the establishment of this Society , with such relaxation of the terms of admission heretofore prescribed , as the said Board , two ...
... organized , and had commenced the printing , publication , and issuing of the Sacred Scriptures before the establishment of this Society , with such relaxation of the terms of admission heretofore prescribed , as the said Board , two ...
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... Managers be directed to meet in the Bible House on the third Thursday in May , for the purpose of organizing for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other busi- ness as may be presented . On motion of Smith Sheldon , Esq . , it.
... Managers be directed to meet in the Bible House on the third Thursday in May , for the purpose of organizing for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other busi- ness as may be presented . On motion of Smith Sheldon , Esq . , it.
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... organized . The Board of Managers of the American Bible Society with great satisfaction present this , their Sixty - First Annual Report . The history of all these years furnishes abundant evidence that " the word of the Lord liveth and ...
... organized . The Board of Managers of the American Bible Society with great satisfaction present this , their Sixty - First Annual Report . The history of all these years furnishes abundant evidence that " the word of the Lord liveth and ...
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... organized are no longer adequate to pres- ent exigencies . Their aim has been , without making rad- ical changes , so to modify the methods of operation as to increase the efficiency of the whole system . They do not , however , flatter ...
... organized are no longer adequate to pres- ent exigencies . Their aim has been , without making rad- ical changes , so to modify the methods of operation as to increase the efficiency of the whole system . They do not , however , flatter ...
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... organizing the work . DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS . For the past few years a policy of retrenchment in the expense of superintendence has been steadily pursued , as preparatory to still greater reduction . This could only be effected by ...
... organizing the work . DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS . For the past few years a policy of retrenchment in the expense of superintendence has been steadily pursued , as preparatory to still greater reduction . This could only be effected 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...