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N'port of thr iemaU U,LU Sot*tty.—1 Many shall ruu to and tro anil kuow.rl,(« shrill be incrcaeod—Daniel, 12' 4.The striking: fulfilment of these words of Holy Writ ifl apparent lo observers, ereu com-patatively careless of prophecy in ltd completion. Knowledge ifl increasing with uupiatn-pled rapidity, end the mulliinde runniug (o and fro ere like rushing waters. fh* know I-edge of the I.ord, wtiicb ifl to cover the earth •9 the wet ere do the tea, !• also progressing rapidly in companion to former year#. The hlfltory ol missionary aocieii»?aii that of prog, reifl. We would ever rejoice lo the privilege ot bearing even a small part in the good work, To-night wo celebrate *j a society our forty-hfib anniversary, aud are still kept united in a trippl# chain of christiau rffort, more pr»-lt;-1oua than of gold. At onr test a ilu *1 tm* »-iug the Society numbereJ 221 uieiabrff. Da* ring the year there have been four remora *, three derea»od, and one declined, but by the addition of nine new suberribsr#, our present number ifl 224. We earnestly doilr# it to te increased and invite any who are preieut who have not united with into do so, and also to solicit the aid ol others. It ifl a mofll important work to give the Bib*# to the destitute, and wo need help to perf u m i» In this thy,— Wo have 39 districts, eud only report* horn 22. During the last year we have lost out* of our managers by death, Miss Mary England. From the writliu report given io her name, we judge that oue of her last works was to visit her district, and supply those in need of Bibles; a fitting work for a chnstiau at anytime, hut peculiarly so when near the close of life; whui life's work la almost over. The written reports Iroin the different districts show that MCI families havo been visited, 99 were found destitute ot the Bible and supplied, Ah »ut 200 of the families virile J were Catholics. Wo will giro some eifracts from the reports ot districts District No. 3*. *'A wtsUul looking girl sat on the doorstep. She was laiue and spoke ot the pains she suffered I told her of Jesus, of bis love for children, and pity for the weak and suffering. She could read, aud I gave her the hymn “Just as ! ara. with fh« request that she would learn it.At anotbrr place a workman complained that the Bible was so bard to understand. I told him there walt; much in it very plain, and mentioned the test This h r. faithful saying ard worthy ol ail nof«r Uttou. I told him be should pray to the Holy Spirit tor help.— Tht conversation wad a very intereailng cue, hut too long to ha transcribed here.King Stnei District. 'Distributed CO tracts maay of tbaui to men and bovi in the *tre*i Several Catholic families refused our liUlo messengers, but we scattered them In ihe be r saloons aud bowling rootus.boplng some might tall into gtound for the glory ot GodHeOgevllIe. •' Wo furnished nine desiitutv faiollDfl with a Bible. Tracts acre rarely re fused.District comprising Front and Water Sts. •We visited 109 families. 3S of ihmi wtra Roman Catholics. But 4 acknowledged tb»y had no Bible. These wers supplied Galled at a uutnbtr of hotels and lager boer houses. We were told they had Bibles. They rrccitad tracts, hut it was with a laugh.'
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Wilmington Delaware Republican
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Thu, Nov 08, 1866
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