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Fr.V;.t in advance.
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du?, na nou I4 t;nfe. . tr(j insertedttiriC4
AjSmr twenty.6ve cents eacn sosse
" Vlik? Vportion whre th.rc
lmier of linct than forteen. ,:
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JTOfHave yoTTever Wfftirtlftd ft.
I. 'This Society sWll be known by lnenime a ;.: : homad eniovmenl,or prel
01 me 'Aae.nvi, M'r''v yonS t0 human hope, no wquiu tiy to inejuu ijjr sweetest ..nope
which the sole oeei " "'i "J - 0Rn o,at i holy, against all that is pro- Van yeo sutfity $o tl
wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures who-. ... . Jnl of the QOirimunity, be torpid inyonr eQ
in lit nnftni- fiimment. Ihe only copies ionic s. . :,i::j..i:' tfit.enn.tn Ml lb ii r
inn th muv uiui me ittini iuuit uui'0 ' - - - - r - - v w .
eiete,- convey '."Tr;
r f the Reformed ' uotea uuurc mc
M .If Mar iStft-JosbHa Wallace, Esq.
JH!T"eI the RevDrJBKomeyn,
f n etingwa. then P by
Enelish laneuase to be circulated bytheSocie-
cietyV shall bcoi uie versrou now iu cva.m
USC ''f&w ;:. ' '.,-:.- ' ' ' :
II. This Society shall add its endeavour, to
those emploved by iithef Societies, for cireula
ing the Scriptures throughout the United Stales
and itiufir territories t and shall furursh Ihero
with stereotype; plate, orBuehother afc'sHtanc
a! eireumstance may reqnire,-;
snaTR-abo, according to its ability, extend Us
iiiltiieiMB toiither coantries, whether Chriaiiait,
Ktaliixn.llil' ai PaotnJ
f 111 .Kr'Att'.RiMMM.ietil snail be aiiowcw iw
Vf1!?" thisBociety, Biblei for
f )r. Bmdwra, -,
Mr Checr, ?
ecra! John Lmckla.
jt MoJrewOiiTtr,
jJt.tmrn Cwjpt r, i
, (Urrtbcrt 1 V;tKn?,
rHryttV Warner, rft
... .ti. -,
l)r. E. XotU
J..Dr. J.Biwiett,
Mi . I). S- Barffart,
j&.A. VaSinlerin,
Cbarti Wright,
t r Mr. P. lore
Ji, Uu Calender,
tirm Daj.
M. ,Mbu f. Wallace.
Sinwcl Bayard,
fcr U-J-liichardt
Ikt. a. Woodhuli,
Mr i. Vltovtll,
J. V.P.att,
t r. Mr. Darid Jone - -
Vr.Cilifikblovcr,
JohnE-Caldiell., '
Mr 8. Warner. "
1.. j.S.CUwe,
lev. MrJ H.ttoc,
r W. Kaid, -Ih.J
U ytlM",
tc- ti. . '.. PlOtulfit,
? RenhfW' :
5 Sarutoga ' ?'
Dclaioarc:
4-
XJitene
member of all jucV p'bli $iete -aU"'j
agreto place jhtMrwploi reyenue, arter np-
S'iyms their-owii districts" with BibleS,;"at the
yote ,in all, tncttings of the Society ? and the
oRicers of such Societies shall be, ex officio,
'Uifeetofs' ot.hfS:- : ;
:JVEach subseriber of three dollars annual
ly shall be a meiribef
piracy V darkness, disaster Ms death--to
help on the mighty wont i vr. v"1 "
tA.ilim our nlaee in the aa oH3ibles. rZ
Vex have Indeed the seconcfary praise; BhU
still the praise, of treading in the footstep of
those who nave sei ao "m'e v-
rallel af example oi' the most unbounded be
nevoteu'ee and benefiejeuce aijii it cannot be to
us a sonrct' of any paiMbat it haa been set by
those m hi are of one blood with the most of our
selves ; And has been embodied .in ft forai so
fcoble- ma4U CiailiolicaM
eign Bibbt Society.
me noiy oci ipmre r y aiue theni as eontJ hue
your most tlipiil,'nffrSv ? ' 7'
ethowghrthatyOMshoIilA
Jeavouri ; to disperse tbeV
Jl... V OI l. . . P "la OliU
. oau yo uang oacK,in heartless indif.
lerence, wnen rrmcess came rfowa from their
thrones, topless the cottage of the poor with '
the gwpet of peace , and Imperial Sorew:
are gathering the- fatresUionours from spread
ing nbroad the oracles of4he Lord our God i U
it imposible; that-you shouldnot see, iQ this '
state of Jioman things, a mighty motion of Di-V
Tine lpvidence ?he most Heav;bly charity
IVV86 hiJ- t Conflict ni
b VAl? H VP't I carciia. tha .
ou..w ..., juuuuiUM, Ui) neimetjnd o wipe
"ftv.Ujesweais
' a ire i iHip'wso inn inaiiviiii "j- j - biiien oi Bailie, and '
thousand times more glorionslint all the" exr callsjc'TnatiVD8 . . ' -U-.' j
ploils of the sirord, hes give-to the c.iHsciencej heads bow to the ttad which is to Wear may-'
f Eurone. and to the slunifrerinc hone of mil- jny crowns j" and for the first time sin thnrn- A
lions in the region and sVdowteatheiHmulgatron Chj'iUmty;ippeartoietin.unI-
monstrates to Christians of every country po9 Jot. tHm precognition of its gracious prLnci- '
J
Jersey Bible do.
ih.
do.
, B. So. of Burlington
Gloucester Bible Society
franklin tin. do.
f ' Virginia do.
1 Frederick do.
jrfolk
Pettettburgh do.
Lynchburgh do-
JCortk-Carolina ' do
Kentucky do.
Cauufa do.
llkwltinrrton cq. V. T. do.
. V. Each4 subscriber of thirty dollars at one
time ilall be a member for life; .
VI. Each fiiil.ioribcr of lil'teen dollar an
niiftllv shall lie a direetor.
VI f. Each subscriber nf one hundred and
fifty dollars at one time, or who shall, by. niie
additional payment, -increase' his original sub
scription to one hundred aiid fiHy dollars, shall
be-a Director for life.
VI 11. Dirrefttrs shall be entitled to attend
and vote at all meeting of the Board of Mima
g.rs. "
IX. A Brd of Managers -sliaH he-appointed
to conduct t'tf buinesH of tlroiociei y, con-
i!tin of thirty-six Laymen, of .'whom twenty--f'mr
ha!l reside in the "city of Xew-Voik or its
vicinity. One fourth part of tho whole num
ber shall go ont of ofiice at the expiration of
each year, but shall be re-eligible.
livery Aiinisterof the Gospel, who U a'meni
ber of tlie Society, sball be entitled to meet am!
vote with the Board of Managers, and be pos
sessed ot the same powers as a Manager nm
self.
The Managers shall appoint all officers and
calRpecial general meetings, and (ill such va
cancies as may occur, by death or otherwise,
in their own board.
X. "Each member of the. Society shall be en
titled, tindor the direction of the Bard of Man
agers, to purchase Bibles and Teslamen's, at
the Society's, prices, which shall be a. low as
possible.
Vf Ttin animal mantinna nf ?1 0 fnPIPtV.
The fallowing gentlemen, ; though not foriual- . , ... NttWmVnrk nr Pi.tiadelor.ia.Ki
HrtUaaito Soeiet. oll the ReCond rhiirs-
! JrwraetoryTiaenee io ne substantial re-1. , , imTWWrMnmt-
H' chosen," the uccoiints presented.
WatatifM it iheir cspectivr Societies, or; ghaU b'
f a ber mt members thereof, for all the..'' , nrn
if the Society of friends
pujMttft eonte mplaled by this convention, were
aJmit ted t wata y i.j- -
!. Mr t.vim Ucecber T
tor. 1 JmhMl Ife-Skimier, ' . Connecticut.
Mr. N. V Tajtor, -
St. Or. J. toon, from the MtddZeien JVew-Ifampstilre
" . md l)a-tn'.tth Univertity Bible Society.
Sir. TTJLaiB J ',( fr It'eetietter fli!iiiry Bible So
": '.'. .. . -H-. - riety
Enr. Mr. ttcasiuiw, . ") Bible ,i common 1'ray-
'llr.JuabiNtaila " - ' tr Book Society of
T following , gentlemen werealso received
i Members, viz. -
Murray, jr,
-niiaEJdv,
,'Ot. Vateatroe Mott,- J v ".'
- Tfca members matked thus ( ). caie in after
taecyaventioa was fitiuied,and before the adop
tion af the eonstiiuiion and address. -i)n
motion, -71 ;-, , ' :. --: -5- - -Uftolvtd
Unanimously. That it be expedient
. If f Wablish, uhout detwya general Bible lu
ll itat ion, for the eircHlatiun-ifL the HoJy ycrip
lar without note or eommbt,'
A eoamittee ronsistinof Dr. ' JtU Dr,
.Vasoa,Mr. Ja$ardf-M UZilmfr, M r. Beech
trt Charlt it '-'tight, Mr 'Jiice. Mr. Joves, Dr.
Merit, Mr. Ji(v, and Ur. WulJie, were appoint
til ta 1 prepare the plan ofV constitution of the
laid Sueivly ) and. nn address to the public, on
1st aalure aud ohjeets thereof.
And the convvntiori adjoutned until the
. aanraiag af Friday the. 11th .inst, at elefen
a clock. . .
The eoavcntioa met. according to adiourn-
aeat, and their committee laid before them then
draft af a eoastijution, which having been read
.first in the whole, and afterwards by para
grafis, and t-arefoliy ;8afs.ideredf was unatii
Bansly ailoptrd and is hereunto anuexed.
- The . committee reporptl also an add ress to
I.- ..II' Vt.l f I1 .... "
puunr, woicn in line manner, wax unaui
MitBsly. approved, and is hereunto annexed. '
. M.. " , ' . .... . .
Ike convention then nroceedeci to the choice
af manager of the American Bible Society for
, tlia earrent year:. ; t; ' ', - W" y
After 4aexiibtteejheir... appointment the
l m5Ct mt in the City-Hall, on the lith
-. ."y, ana uoanimousiy elected tbeir otbeers.
: Information ot this. hoire was eommuuiea
ted by a committee of the managers to the con
'r vention, who hayi'rig before resolved, thi the
or si annual meetm? of thp" American Bible So
and the proceeding of the foregoing year re
ortcu. ,
XII. The Presidents, Vice Pres'Hlent9, Trea-
urer, and Secretaries, for the Tiine"bing, shall
be considered,, ejc-ojficiu, members of the Board
f Managers. '
XIII. At the general meetings ol thcbocie-
tv, and the meetings of the Managers, the
President, op-iri his absence the Vice- Presideiii
Hrt on the list then present; and in the ab
sence of all the Vice Presidents, such member
as shall be appointed for that purpose, shall
preside at the meeliu?. ,
.XIV, The Manaerers shall meet on theirst
Wednesday in each month, or oftener, if neces-
sarjs at sue It place in.the city of Nqvy-York, as
they shall front timfc to liafe adjourn to. .
3V7T h er 5 1 anager s-s h a 1 1 hav et he- po w e r o f
appointing such persons as have rendered es
sential servwes to the oociety, either memoers
tof. ul', nr lJirectors lor life.
XVI. The whole minutes of every meeting
hall be signed by the Chairman.
XVn.-Noi alteration 'shall bemade to this
constitution, except by the Society, aLan annual
meeting, jm the. recommendation ot the Hoard
of Managers. .
what they caiinot do .by insulated zealj and
what they can do by co-operation.
In the United States we want nothing hut
gonceft.'to. perform achievments astonishing to
ourselves, dismay ingto the adversaries of truth
and piety ; and most encouraging to every
evangical effort, on the surface of the globpv
No snectaele' can be so illustrious iu itself,
so touching (jo man, or so grateTul tp God, as a
nation pouring fourth its devotion, its talent,
. . ; i n .1 J jl" .1... L'.'
and lis treasires, lor mai Kingnom oi wic sa
viour which is righteousness and peace.
If there bt a single measure which can over
rule objection, subdue opposition, and command
exertion, this is the measure. That all our
voices, all our affections, all our hands, should
be joined fn the grand design of promoting
" peaeeoW earth and good will toward man"
that they should, resist the advance of misery
should carry the light of-instruction into
the dominions of ignorance J and the balm of
joy to the souTof anguish ; and all this by dif
fusing the oracles ot God address to the un
derstanding nn argnment which cannot be en
countered ; and tojhe heart an appeal which
its holiest emotions rise up to second.
Under stich impressions, and with such views,
fathers, brethren, fellow citizens, the American
Bible Suciettf, has been formed. Loeal feelings,
party prejudices, sectarian jealousies, are ex
eluded hyjits. very 'nature.' Its members are
lezucd in that and in that alone, which calh up
every hallowed Scpuj down every unhallowed
principle - the dissiminatlon oiihe scripture
in the receivett versions wnere mev exisi, mm
in the most faithful where they may be required
In such - a,: work,irliateycrJs dignified, kind,
venerable true, has ample scope ; while sectarian
ittle nei and rivalries can nnd no avenue ot
admission.
ueli uiidisputed magnitude cainte WsTW tamed
by a i)aionaT Society7or by independent asso-
ples, as being raught alifee with happiness to
'' What has created so strange, so beneficent an
alteration This is no doubt the doing of the
Lord nnd it Ji , marvellous-in our eye.BuL
i
ciations in friendly understanding arid corres-
nondeule..
Withont entering iuto the details of this in
quiry wrmay he permited to state in n few
words, our reasons oi prelerence to anauonai
Society, supported by loeal Societies, and by
iidividiials throughout our country.
Concentrated action is powerful netinn. The
sa'nje powers, when applied by a common direc
tion, Wiliprouusc results imposiuuvio ineir ui-
vi tied ami partial exercise. A national object
unites nwuonai isejing anu ro:urr-nn:. i miy . f m (
n . . . :,f. ..,;. -
OlftKieai system cuuiuiiil-s cncigv vi fin-vi m
eonuoiny ot means. Accumulated intelligence
interests. and animates theitiibtcmind. And the
Catholic efforts of u country, thus harmonized,
cive her a place m the moral enve:ition ot the
world ; ana enanier nerto aer -wire-puy-upou aub
what instrument has bethought fit chiefly to
use ? That whichjfonrributes; in all Jatitudes
and dimes, to make Christians feel their unity, '
to rebuke the spirit of strjfe, and to open upon
mem me uajr p( uroineriy concord the Bible I
the Bible ,! through Bible Societies J -
Come then lellow-citizens, fellows-Christians',
let us join in the sacred covenant. Let no hiarr
be cold j no hand be idle : no purio reluctant !
Come, while room is left lor ns in. the ranks
whose toil is goodoess, and w hose recompence
is victory. Come cheerfully; eagerly, general
ly. Be i impressed on your souls that a contri
bution, saved from eveu a chean indulvenro.
may send a Bible to a desolate family ; may be
come a radiatory point of grace and trath"
to a nf igbourhood jif error and vice ; and that ,
a number of such contributions made at really.
no p Apcriue, may iiiunune a large tract of coun
try, and successivegeperations of immortals, in
that celestial knowledge, which si alk secure
their present and their future fetiaity.;
But whatever be the proportion between ex-
pectation and experience, thus mhch is certain!
We shall satisfy 'ourCQri'vlctioh of duty we V
ihall have the praise of high endeavours for the
highest ends we shall minister to the blessed- .
ness of thousands, and tens of thousauds, ol
whom we may never see the faces nor hear tho v
names. We shall set forward a system of hap
piness which will go ba with accelerated motion.,
and augmented vigour, after we shall have fin
ished our career j and confer upon our children
and our children's children, the delight of see
ing the wilderness t'jrned into a fruitful field,
by the blessing of God upon that seed which
piaUtejEfcjeilJind,, themselyei w ate red
In une, we stiail do our part toward that expan
sion and intensity of light divine, which shall
visit; in its progress, tlia palaces of the great,
and ihe hamlets af the small, nntil the whole
"earth be full of the know lege of Jahovab, as
the waters cover thg iea j1! ? f
V.x.'.;f.
universal plans of happiuess which are now per
vading the nations. " :.'.''4:H.i '',', "
It is true, that the prodigious territory of the
United Slates the increase of their population
which is (jaining every day upon their , moral
cultivation and the. dcadfiil consequences
which will ensue from a people's outgrowing the
know ledire of eternal lite ; ct reverfiog to'a spe-
Jeies of huthenism, which shall have all the ad -.
. jdress .-and profligacy .of.ciyilized society, with
out any religious control, present a spliero ot
action which may for a long lime employ and eri
grossjlieieares of this Society, and of all the lo
eal Bible-Societies of the laud. : :
In the' distinct anticipatio,n of socli an nrgen
cy one of the main objects of the -American' Bi
ble society , i not marley to provide nvsiiiljeieiicy
of well printed anij accurate' editjons of the
Scriptures ; but alsdto fiirnisit great districts
of the American continent witli we'll executed
Stereotype i plates, for their cheap and exten
sive uuletP thrnuirnout; reerions wnicn are nov
:2' -y ' Foreign.
FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS.1
' ' VtONDON, AFRlt 8 , ,
! Bv advice to about the middle of December
, we learn the arrival there of Q
(the Spring transport, with ihfi Governor (CqIo
nai k ixiMiif i n hnMi' nni nieiAM fariiiia nnn
Captain Campbell. -llieMajOr7 hired the ac
live cutter to take him to Sierra Leone, in or
der to consult with Colonel M'Carty as to hii
intended jourrieyJtoihe iriterior.; ofAfrica.
Major PSddie would return without lbl:af timer
and then proceed to his place bfesViatiorfi. We
to state that the exnedmoh had uearlv
01
ADDRESS.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNtTKTl STATES
Every person of observation has remarked
hat the.' times are preen ant with great events.
The political w;orld has undergone changes stu
pendous. Unexpected, and caleulaJed-U inspire
thoughtful men with the must Mlding anticipa
tion! -' -
That there arc in -reservft-pcenrrence of deep,
of Jastingand of general interest, appears to
be the common sentiment, hucli a sentiment
has not been excited without a cause, and does
not exist without nn objects The cause is to be
soosrbt In that Providence which adapts, with
I Mr . 1 A . - . l tnr -Km A . 1 . . I ,n n .1 An.ia.M.l ial una nv tiAftnsn
wiiituenui exaciiiuue. means 10 emis : - anu 'wijrcaniiiy suupucu. hi u uicwuiukmiS Aiity-9
J . ' ' .1 . . " " . . .-a
object is too
carry a sense
npou the present
tlheted race
plain to be mistaken by those wb and which, nevertheless, u pun a wide awd pre
e of religion into their speculations pared field for the reception 'of a reveajred truth,
sent aud the future condition ofour Yet, let it not be supposed,' that geographi
cal or political limits are to be the liuiiis of the
American Bible Society. That'designation is
meant to indicate, nqt lire restriction pt their
labour, but the source of its emanation. T hey
Wilt embrace, with thaukfulncss and pleasure
An excitement, as extraordinary as it is pow
erful, has roused the nations to the importance
or spreading tlie knowledge of the one living
and true God. as rvpnlil in hU ftftii. ihp Medi
ator between; God arirmen, Christ
excitement is the more worthv of notice, as it the .Bible, according: to ihlirabiityT thd light
has followed a period ef philosophy, falsely-so UfliTa-and,!
reeret
met with a fatal termination, by Ihe intended
mm der of the principal ' p&sseog'era on board ;
Ibejgpribg trausport on her waytb jGofee. !A
mutiny had been planned pn board but'it . w a J
fortunately discovered in"-time byr Lieutenant.
Kearney, who, suspeetins what was going for-v
.ward; crained ofer ohe of thl most active in the
plot, whii stated theiP'-intentioh Jo he, to jntfr;-
der all the prineiparperns oirboardarun
away with the ship. Such dispositions were -soon.
made by the oflic;sVt:thrtheutineers 1
had no chance lelt but ; to8urrenuer. a Jtnt'se ;v
particulars ma be rejied ton, a they were for--;.ypyfl
out the Spritigiil'Engladd
- Krenchrlanders, and, ; liamourgu , papers.. , ,
h a veatrived since oti r Jast pablicatitfu,.. and..
contain some news wormy oi. uoubc.
The chamber of Peers has rfjeledithe jaw,;
ten, .elections, sent up to0 it, by .the (LhamDer: H
Deputies." The . olyVetipii seems to'.be, that the
new Jaw proposed the reieleetioii V')the;eintire
riiamberras in Fn-land. instead of its'rencw ";
al hy fifths, as laid down in the Constitutional ' ,
Charter. '" . U v,. ' 'V ' iU-;- ' ,
- The. Russian Commercial Code, to be .irt ,
r.irce from the 1st oT next September -allows..
the admission of British Refined Sugars, and (
of all e.Iothof British fabrie, exceptTlack,
and of silks' exported from this Country into
the Ports; of Russia- In tonsequenpe of this,
" -:'-; cxk-'- '"' u ' '-. ' ii -- --" -' '' ', '
rT1' ;'.' -',",'""'Jt"T'rr"rT v""' ''' .-' " '- . :