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I. . 1 A I if H -.- i M (0 tLT-T H IE ll iWlTMI II, DEVOTED TO UELICION, MORALITY, LITERATURE, A WD GCNER AJj INTELLIGE N"C E....J..T. Meredith, Editor. VOL. IV: No. 22. RALEIGH AND CHARLESTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 0, 1838. WHOLE No 173, BIIBILICAJL . . ' ! . .! . . .. .. - l . ; . .. . i J " r . - TERMS. - j 1 The Recorder & Watchman is published every Satr farday, at Si. 50 per annum, if paid within six months! or 3 it paid subsequently to that period. Any person who will become responsible for six Copies, or who will forward the names of six subscri ers,hall be entitled to a seventh eo-v gratis. j T No subscription will be received for less than one! VguR, unless paid in advance ; and no discontinuance "Will be allowed until arrearages are paid. I V Perstrtis wishing to discontinue will be expected td i?e notice to that effect prior to the commencement of ft new year ; otherwise they will be considered as f e "Sponsible" for the ensuing twelve months. 1 All communications except those of agents who act -gratuitously, to secure attention, must be post paid. All remittances regularly made" M our address by mail, shall be at our risk. j I Any person ordering 10 copies, and paving the mo4 I ey .is advance, shall have the same for S;20. i Advertisements not incompatible with the objects of ine uecoiuer, win De inseried on the usual terms. tv HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY.: : Or THE PROPAGATION OF TRUTH. ' ;; i , !. - 'A Continued What has been here said of benevolence, may : be extended with equauruth to justice, or to any other kind of moral obligation. We thus arrive at the tjener.il doctrine, that we are authorized to promulgate injurious truth, or truth which will give pain toanyjone, in no case because it is truth, but, simply because we are under the ne cessity of doing;itt in order to fulfil some ?pecificj moral obligation. I he giving of pain in any case, require? justification ; am ; our only justifi cation is, that an imperative duty rendered our giving this pain unavoidable. To give pain by the utterance of truth, without such reason, is to do gratuitous wickedness; and it is as wicked as to give gratuitous pain in any other case. And still more, if such be the ground of our justifica tion, it will holdl us innocent in giving pain, only in so far as it can be shown thaijlhe claims of duty could be satisfied in no other manner. To give pain in any degree, or to any extent, be jond this, is, by this extent or to this degree, to give gratuitous pain, and is unjustifiable and wicked. '' i - l j . V'.So much, then, fur the matter 'of that which we may be under an obligation to promulgate. We cannot,I think.be under obligation to promul g r.e what is not comprehended within these limit--. But suppose it to come within them, there are also limits which determine the manner in which this truth may be promulgated. S Truth, in the sense in which it 'is explained above, is a valuable treasure, frequently thenost valuable treasure of which we can be possessed. Qa what do our hopes for eternity rest, our hopes of prJon and salvation and everlasting life, but on the truths of the Gospel, which have been L communicated to us by others? But, valuable as even this treasure is, we have no right to force it upon another. I have no more right to till my neighbor's pocket with diamonds, than with gravel stones, unless he consent I may offer him diamonds, but if he refuse to'accept of them, he must go away without theni : I cannot help it. If I offer him abundance, and he prefer property, .l am not responsible. He must after ail, do as .he pleast-s. Such Is the case in the present instance. I 4destreto communicate to my neighbor valuable truth. He has the right to hear it or not, and I may not, on any pretence, violate his right. He has the. same right to the use of his ears, that I have to the use of my tongue. I may, if 1 please, plead with him, and entreat him to hear me. I may present to him all the motives with which I4 I am acquainted, to induce him to attend to my instructions; but this is alL If he still persist, nay, if he will neither hear my truth, nor listen f ' to the motives by which I Urge him to do so, his :'X decision is ultimate:" I can do no more. I have no right to do any thing more. The reason of this is' obvious., E'ery man believes hlfown opinions to be true, and what could be a greyer absurdity, than to allow every man to inflict upon his neighbor whatever conversation he pleased nay, o oblige him by force to listen to it, sirdply because he supposed it to , be true and impor- tant? . ' . ... V Thesame principle applies to assemblies of men., alen frequently assemble for particular purposes, and for those purposes alone; and it commonly happens, that they are obliged by con ventional etiquette or by necessity, to remain for a time, together. I have no right 0 use this as sembly, unfess by universal content, for the pur pose of promulgating any other truth, than that whicjj" the persons present, assembled to hear. - I have no right" to address a political town-meeting on the subject of religion. I have no right to address an assembly for religious purposes, on the subject of politics, or any other subject for eign from that for which they really came to gether. If I am $0 1 addressed, I may complain ef it as a grievance;.; The speaker obliges me to iheaT, what I have'not consented to hear, and my consent tp hear which, he has no reason to take Jfor granted. He does riot respect my right to -the use of my ears, and I feel that that right is in - t fringed. The case is the same in a steam-hoat, - or stage-coach, or on any occasion in which men -are, by Occident or design, thrown together foira ; particular purpose: The same .principle holds, when truth, or ehat we believe to be truth, is printed, and may 1 be addressed to another without oral communi cation. Every man has a right to determine what sort of ODioious shall be brought into his house. He is responsible to God for the moral sentiments of those under his care, and this re sponsibility he could not execute, unless he held ihe power to direct what they should, and what . I a M V oey should not read. An inndel, knowing my aH sentiments, has no right to thrust obscene pamph Jets under ray door, and I have no more right to ----- - m- . - "V.,.. . .. T .i severe in my labor of love, until he forbids me. if he refuse at thf outset, for aught I see, his de cision is ultimate! I can do no more.- j He is re sponsible for the result: I am guiltless. I I ) That out Lord and his Apostles acted on this principle is, 1 think, evident. When the Samari tans would not receive the Saviour, he went unto another; city. His directions to his disciples are. "when they- persecute you in one city, flee ye unto another." When a house or a city would not receive them, they were directed, leavincr that city, to shake off the dust of their feet for a testimony against them ; that is to say, as 1 sup pose, as an indication that the-responsibility for this rejection rested henceforth solely with them selves. And thus, when the Jews reiected the preaching of Slj. Paul, his invariable answer was, "seeing ye count yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo we turn to the Gentiles." The Apostle, Jnlhis reply, distinctly acknowledges the princi ple, that the right so far as man is concerned, to rejuse the blessings of salvation, is placed in the hinds of every 'man; "and, hat he is responsible tojGodand not to man, for the use of it. This is necessary to bis existence as a moral agent. If such be the fact, in respecttto so great a matter, the principle of bourse, extends to e very thing of inferior importance. I jSuch,; then; are the limits; within which we are restricted in thej promulgation of truth. We are bojind to set the truth before men. The decision .of the question whether they .will or will not re- recei ve it, rests Ultimately; with themselves. We have no authority to impose upon them knowl- edge, no matter what may; be the importance of that knowledge able riaht. in violation "of this their lnalien- Butsuppose that although men are willing to hear us, they do not believe our statements, and refuse to modify their conduct in obedience to our views of duty.- What is then to be done Wjbat arguments may we use to convince, what mqlives may we present to urge them ? It will at once 'appear, that in questions of mere abstract truth, there is very little tempta tion to exceed the proper limitations of argument The question is decided by simple intellect, and if a man do not admit what is logically proved, or.Jif he maintain as truth what has been logical ly shown to be false, we coolly leave him to the enjoyment of hii opinions.! In mathematical rea soning, we merely show that a proposition is true or that it is fals; and having. done this, we are satisfied. We hold ourselves responsible to fur nish, not brainsjbut arguments, and having fur nished arguments, we leave our opponent to him self, ' . I i . . Thus, also, when we promulgate a law of na ture, which it is, manifestly, for a man's interest .to follow, we do; not trouble ourselves with'ariy 'attempt to persuade him to obey it. We always takje it for granted, that his own self interest will dictate to him the course most desirable for him to pursue, j If I can show! men that a lightning- rod. will save a building fom danger in athun ider! storm, that the cost is very small, and that thus, annually, much valuable property and ma ny valuable lives may be saved, I am not bound to do anymore, I It is always taken for granted, tha every man is qualified to judge for himself, whether it be best for him to avail himself of such knowledge. Nay, any particular earnest ness on the subject very naturally begets the sus picion, that I have some personal interest in the matter. If I were to go around the country, ur- Iging every 'man to procure a lightning rod foi jhis.house, and press the duty upon him with all !the earnestness of a subscription . book-agent, the 'spontaneous question of ,every one would be, jHave you any lightning rods to seil ? j The only case in: which we feel the necessity jeither of presenting) argument or of urging mo tives, is, when the question at issue involves a Change of practice as the result of change a of be lief. The change which pe desire to produce, may, here, be opposed" to the passions and imme diate self interests of men ; and we cannot hope for success, unless the influence of these be in some way counteracted. "Vhat arguments and what motives are we at liberty to usein order to yvak in met) the change which we desire? j In order tb.deoide this question, it is necessary to remark, that the man himself, andthecircum istances in which he is pjaced, are both the work inanshio of God. The Creator has bestowed iipon him an intellect to discover truth, and also to be affected by it When truth is presented before him. Man is endowed with a conscience by Which he distinguishes between right and wrong. When atrinned of irrelevant circumstances, a burelv moral question is presented Delore him r , - ... . ... He1 is also endowed .with a sensitiveness to happi ness and misery, by which he is rendered keenly alive to the consequences of actions. And, on ihe other hand, every truth1; which God requires us to believe, may be proved by such evidence, as is sufficient to convince an unbiassed mind. LEvery duty which Ood enjoins, is so justly en joined, that none but a wiiuuny perverse con science can fail to felel its 'obligation. And last ly, j the consequences which he has attached to moral actions, nfe precisely those whieh he has judged most suitable lor controlling nuraan ac tion and influencing) human will. - 1 f To be continued. J Wayland; I 1 t - i tf " - ; . . , . : : 'AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY t MThe Societv held its annual tneetin? on Thursday, the 26tb Kpril, 1838, in the meeting house of the UUver-Street baptist enurcu, ihw York. " " I "" - ' 'i- . . ., . I The President, S. U. Cone, took the chair a rkat R o'clock. A. RL ; Wm. B. Johnson of South'- Caro li f ma. ton, W. Southwobd, Virginia, L. Howard, Con necticut, James E. Welch, New Jersey L AI. Allen, Pennsylvania, A. Maclay, New York, R. Fuller, South Carolina, and Thomas Dawson, Georgia, were appointed a Committee to, nomi nate a board of Officers and Managers for jthe en suing year who reported the following listwhich was unanimously adopted, viz: : v i i --i - .. j : V;.! President. , -f 3PENCER H. CONE, of New York 1 j TICE PRESIDENTS. i Nicholas Brown, Rhode Island Josiah W. Seavjjr, Maine; Josiah 0,uincy, New Hampshire; John;P. Skinner, Vermont: James H. Duncari, Massachusetts; Friend Humphrey, JSew xorc f Stephen H. Munn, do. James Vanderpool, New Jersey; Joseph Miles, 'Pennsylvania ; William G. Jones, Delaware ; Stephen Chapio, Dist. of Columbia ; Alexander Fleet, Virginia; Elias Comtock, Michigan; Jeremia Varderaan, Mis souri Hiram Rider, Connecticut, Rich. Fuller, South, Caiolina John B. Oniell, South Caroli na ;! tter P. Lawrence, Nort h Carolina ; Jqhn li. Dagg, Alabama ; E. D. King, do. W.'H. Turpin, Georgia; Thomas Cooper, do. -Benja-min .Whitfield, Ji;-R. B. C. Howell, Ttnnes fee; William Tandy, Kentucky; James Dunlavy, Ohio, Jesse L. Holman, Indiana; Benjamin F. Edwards, Illinois ; Charles Felder, Mississippi ; James Wilson, Maryland ; S. M. Bryan, Louisi ana: j j Chas. G. Sommers, of New York, Correspon ding Secretary. Mi William Coljrate. of New York, Treasurer, John West, of New-York, Recording Secre tary. MANAGERS. NEW YORK AND VICINITY. i T.-frL-fr M n N H;t-ivvpll W. Church. E. Cornijig. J. B. Halstead, Vfm. Hillman, E Lewis. J. R. Ludlow. R. IL Maclay. M. IV I. Newton, R. Pegg. Thomas Purser. , j PEN N. N, Y. AND VICINITY. fi A TnwnscnH. R. F. Winslow. Wm. Win tertonj W. H. WvckoflT, J. N. WickofT, Daniel Dodged B. T. Welch, R. Babcock, Jr., R. W. Cushioan, A. D. Gillett, G. B. Ide, Henry Jack son, C'qil, Wm. Crane, Maryland. T. Meredith, N. C. j Wm. B. Johnson, S. C. J. K. Mclver, S. C. j S. W. Lynd, Ohio. Jesse Mercer, Geo. Samuel Love, Tenn. D. D Pratt, N. H. John Conanit, Vt. Lucius Bolles, Mass. V. F. Broad dus, Va. Alexis Caswell, R. I. A. Committee consisting of Wm. B.' Johnson? S. C. jS. Chapin, D. C. J. D. Knowles, Boston, A. Bennett, N. Y, A. Woods, Ala. Thomas HumeVa.J. B. Jeter, Va. Thomas Meredith, of N. C. and C. G. Sommersof N. Y. was ap pointed, to ascertain the views of the denomina tion in'the United Slates as to the duty of the Society to engage in the work of home distribu tion, . 1 j ( Rftolved, That.the 18th article of the consti tutiSrbe so altered. as.to read jlhus : j The-! annual meeting of the' Society shall be held atj New York on the day before the lait Wednesday in April in each year, or at any oth er timejor place ajt the option of the Society; when the accounts of the treasurer shall be presented, and a President, Vice Presidents, Secretaries Treasurer, and 'such ot her officers as they mav deem necessary, together with a board of managers, shall be chosen for the ensuing year. n : t v m 1 . . 1' T t a. I n I r Itesaivea, 1 nai. me itepon 01 ine roaru 01 Mannwrs. with an abstract of the treasurer's ac count, together with addresses, be made the or- v o 4 der of the day foir Saturday evening. Thefollowing preamble and resolutions were ofleredi and adopted,! viz ; Uniting with the jtJaptist Uenerai convention of the! United States for Foreign Missions, in nrincitSle. aim and effort : coinciding With them r 1 9 especially, relative to the entire and faithful trans- I " It .L. Ca...i...r. nn1 kaliatrlniv fkal. sll'i laUOIl Ol lUC ocripiuica, ojiu ucuouug ium ui- rections to their Missionaries ; to "transfer no words Which are capable of being literally trans? laieu, 10 De scriptural anu in ncneci utmruaiitc with the sentiments ot inei aenominaiion Dy whose-patronaee this Society and the Conven tion are both sustained; Therefore Resolved, That Uharles U. bommers, A. Ma-1 clay, Wm. Colgate, arid John West,, be our 4ele eates tbth General Conventionibout to assem- ble in Oliver-street,! and that they be cnarged with the duty ot assuring that venerable body of our tm'rdial co-oneration with them in giving to the heatlien.in their vernacular tongues, the glo- nous gospel ot the blessed uod. n,oIA That the CorresDondinsr Secretary be instructed to communicate the foregoing reso lutions to the Convention. D. Dodge, of Nevy Jersey, H. Malcom, of Bos ton, and v . H. VVykofT, were appointed a com mittee on the,subject of setting apart I a special season fcfor Prayer, for the success of the Bible cause who reported That deeming it undesirable to multiply mouth ly concerts for prayer, and yet deeply anxious to have the important operations of this Society brought before the Lord, not onlr in secret, but in the united petitions of his people, we affec tionately solicit our fellow christians to remem ber usjin their conferencesand on the Sabbath day aid to make the Society and its operations a distiact subject at the concert of prayer, on the first monday of every month. We also sojicit that information and exhortation on this subject, be made a part oTthe services on those occasions. On behalf of the Commute, n j D. Dodge, Chairman, WHreunon it was re That having examined a great mass of docu-j ments, containing resolutions t of Baptist State Conventions, Associations, Auxiliary Bible bo-i cieties and churches, in every stateof the Unionj they are satisfied that it is the almost unanimous! desire of the denomination,that the American and; Foreign Bible Society be left unrestricted in the range of its operations, j ' i w j The Committee therefore recommend, that the second article of the constitution-be altered to read as follows, viz. ; I ' ( Article 2. It shall be thetobj,ect of the Society to aid in the wider circulation of ihe Holy Scrip tures in all LANDS. !' . . : The committee abo recommend the. following resolutions: -;' .-'! . ' i J ' 1. Resolved, That this Society will expectof their Board ofMana?ers. in carrvinsr into effect the 8econdVarticle of th; constitution, the most sedulous care in patronising such versions only of the sacred scriptures into the languages ot the heathen, as have' been, or may : be, fait-hfall v made, and are approved by corhpetent examin ers. , - - 1 . - J 2. Resolved, That in the distribution of the scriptures in the English language they will use the commonly received version,; until otherwise directed by the Society, j I T I 3. Resolved, That the! next. annual meeting of the Society be held in Philadelphia, On the day before the last Wednesday in April, 1839 at 0 o'clock, A. M. j ' V i The hour for the meeting of the General Con vention having arrived, the Society adjourned to meet at the call of the President ' ' Prayer by Brother, Mason of pouth Carolina. Oliver-street meeting house1, April 27, 1838. : The Society met at the :call of the President, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Ill i i V Prayer by Brothrr'E. Ball of Virginia. The minutes of the last; meeting were read and a'pprowd. ; f" " 1 - Resolved, That S. M. Bryanibe appointed a yice President for the stale of Iinisiana. Resolved, That ihe sixth article of the consti tution be altered to read as follows : , I Article 6.. All Life Directors shi.ll have the privilege of participating in the deliberations of tne uoara, ana sucn iiue uirectors as are mem bers in' good standing of -Baptist churches, shall be members of the Board. i ' , - i The report of the committee on! Bible distribu tion was taken up, and alter a free and animated discussion, article by article was adopted. i The Delegates from Auxiliary Societies were requested to furnish the Secretary with a list of names. 1 - ; j. . .j - .; V On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously j f 1 Resolved, That all moneys iri the treasury be applied to home or foreign distribution, of the Scriptures, at the discretion of the.Board of Man agers, except where the donors have specially designated them. j Adjourned to Saturday evening, 7, o'clock.. Prayer by Brother J. B. Taylor; of Virginia. j ii.' ' '. ". V.. - ; ; Aprd mh, 1838. The Society met pursuant to adjournment, at 7 o'clock P. M. The Presideht in the chair, i The 35th chap, of Isaiah1 was jead by Br. Ma son, of S. C7 ,' " "' ' 1' - ;' : ; s Prayer by Brother - B. iSearSjlof Massachu setts. I t -i:. . : ; The President Spencer H. Cdne of N. Y, then addressed the meeting1. ! , ; Brethren, and Fjiends-of the Bible Cause ! j'- ; ' 1 ' ...... To the God of all grace and all consolotion we would render heartfelt thanksgivings for the privilege of celebrating the I Anniversary wf the American and Foreign Bible "Souiety, under circumstances of so much mercy. During the past year, the meetings of the Board of Man agers have been characterized; by funinterrupted harmony ; brethren and sisters in various parts ofour beloved country, have madeprrangements efficiently to co-operate with us inj our .work jof faith and labor of love; notwithstanding the pe cuniary embaj-rassmerts of the timlfs, more than thirty-three thousand dollars haye teen paid into the Treasury ; and the almost unanimous voice of the denomination has directed usto aid, accor ding to our ability, in printing anil circulating the sacred scriptures In all lands. Anima ted by these cheerina consideratiorts, we a re con- strained, like Samuel, to erect our li.benezer be-j tween Mispeh and Shen, and joyously exclaim, HUherto hath the Lord helped utl r i The providential events coaneclled with the origin of this Institution have been jso frequently and fully exhibited, that I need tiotj repeat them. It is neverless expedient and proper to reiterate the fundamental principle upon whjch the Soci ety is based, that it may be impressed indelibly upon the public mind, ihe bible tranla ted is our principle, and the motto of our holy enterprise. And why should the announce ment of this principle excite either surprise orin dination ? It is neither new nor wjeked ; it has been sanctioned by bishops and leartoed'men : bv the good and the great, of different Barnes and of diuerent climes ; and by no one has lttbeen more i-i .. i'i.t tr, V canaiuiy or explicitly siaieu,man oy me venera ble President of the American Bibb Society, In his last annual address he thus speaks. "Our duty, 'my bretbrenjis both imperative and plain We cannot be too particular -in admonishing all who receive our aid in the work ol translation, to conform faithfully and minutely io the origi nalsto beware of incurring the jawful guilt of adding to or taking aught from the Divine Word to! bear in mind the momeritbus truth that he who is employed in transferring the messa irmnf hMVPn trrtm thip nrirrinolo in ttha ' : tribution reported, the Most High." To this language we accord our hearty anien ! Confor?i faithfully and minutely to the originals how pure and scriptural ! and how strikin'gly in contrtst with the rule, "to encourage only. sucn versions as conform in the principles of their' translation, to the Common English Version "a rule which, is essentially the same as a Roman Catholic De cree which proclaimed the Latin Vulgate to bo the Infallible Standard. Let those work "under this rule who choose to do so; we cannot -t dare not. The Word of God jnust not be bound j let it have fret course and bf glorified? jWe are aware of the fact, that our seperate ac tion in the Bible cause has been ascribed to pnde to sectarianism, to passion ; some have reckless ly named ! motives still more ofiensive. But a satisfactory answer to all these unkind allega tions will be found in a patient continuance in well-doing; and believing tiat pur witness is . in Heaven, and our record on) high, we may con fidently hope'so to conduct . the affairs of the So ciety, as ultimately to disarm opposition of its in fluence, and prejudice of its sting.' i The importance of union among christians, ia their efforts to evangelize the world, is not, only cheerfully acknowledged, but 'we do desireiwith. all our hearts constantly to pronxte it: and nolh- . . j . i .1 .. ingis to us more eviaent, man inat tne principi8 involved in our Bible operations, is the onlyona that can ever accomplish this desirable result. All enlightened men admit that the Bible is not a Sectarian Book. It is the One Book of the One living and true Jehovah ! It reveals but pure and undefiled Religion.f one Lord, one faith one Baptism" Who then, doea not perceive that if all Christians understood and obeyed thfl commandments .of the Bible, they would keep the unity oftheSpirit in theiond cf peace No longer carried about with every vind of doelrin by the sleight of men, but receiving and loving the truth, the whole tralh, and nothing but the truth, thatl truth wouldjmake them free Trbm all the diversified forms of human error, and the inevitable consequence must be christian - un ion; All attempts to secure! this object by an a banJonment of minor 'difleriences and 'non-essentials;" or by so constructing translations 'as thatall religious denominations may consistent ly use and circulate them," rpust prove ineflect-' ual. They leave imperfect hqman beings, whostr opinions are as various as thWir faces, to decide what truthsare worthy of cleaving too, and what, truths maybe disregarded, ftdunion is the pro mised fruit of such proceedurle. Upon the head and front of schemes liketlfese, absurdity is" strongly marked My brethren, our principle is ihe true one. Search theIscriptures, is the direction of the Great Teacher; there isthe Judge that ends the strife, wkn wit aitd reason fail. And that the Bible may be an intelligible r guide,i must be faithfully translated by sound Philologists, not by selfish sectarians. T ransla- fors mut abide by the honestj canons of just in- lerpretauon, ana iik'e Lynazliudefy the pope and all his laws; and when the'sign of that skilful pioneer' shall be fully attained by stifl more ho ly ind competent linguists, knd the scriptures shall be plainly laid before ot's eyes in their mother tongue, so thai the bohf-who drives the. plough may understand whai he reads t when. thej unadulterated word of Gcd shall be practical-. ly received as the Infallible Standard, then shall the Watch men on Zion's walls see eye to eye, andhe host of God's elect lift up the voice to-' getber; together shall they shqQt Hallelujah, the the Lord GodOmnipotent reigneth! "Ephraim shall no longer envy Juda, &judashall not vex Ephraim," and upon the banrjer of every tribe belonging to the true Israel of jGod, shall be in scribed in characters of gold, Christian un ion. - j l: " i he Baptists have not usualy enjoyed a large portion of. worldly goods, and therefore have been frequently obliged to makbgreatefibrts and sacrifices to maintain a separate rninistry of the gospel. Why have they thus cted, when there have been so many learned andevangelical prea chers of other denominations, JbponVhose min; ' istrations they might have, waited, at compara tively trifling expense ? , Confessedly because they believed themselves to-be witnesses for God, and underthe most sacred, obligation to contend earnestly for the faith once lelvered to the saints. In this character they iave borne testi mony, even unto death, to the ordinances as. well ;as to the doctrines of the Lord; and ho we ver the statement by some ma be ridiculed or impugned, we do nevertheless most steadfastly believe, that this distinct Baptist ministry has been blessed of God, not only tdi th confersion and edification of millions of deathless onl,s, but to the promulgation and establishment in tha earth, of the tiuth as it is in Jipsul From out' distinct Bible organization results; equally be neficial may be constantly autie) paled. We shall ' -be instrumental in raultiplyini copies of pure versions of the scriptures, and of counteracting the effects of corrupt and mutpated translation. . I hold iu my. hand a copy of Bengali Nevr Testament, translated from the; Greek, by tho Calcutta' Baptist missionaries) printed at the -Baptist Mission press, for the' American an4 Foreign Bible Society, in 1837, This is our first fruits unto God. Many thousand copies of this edition, in separate gospe ls and in entirs volumes have been already : ire ulatedt at th expense of this Society. ! 1 v Permit me now to shove ycilu a copy , of tbs vyuinesemew x esianent, Jitboraphed .rA Bata- I rofnatPatA-ro ILiUa 11 I 11 lr 1 1 ' fath.ia'versio';i aptixo. and ' uijuci ma superintengeuct ol J er W tU - no cover, oq ot o41'4 inissirtanes h 1; I:-; W i ; n 7 4