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    Wltfh £ feater lustre tlie territories of feiirope and Asia ' , and darted his resplendent beatns'beyond the wide Atlantic , feisud the Reports of the British and Foreign

    Bible "Society , which become every Jtear rittdre interesting b > flie variety anVl ittimtfer of facts which they detail . Reflect on the increasing formation df Auxiliary Societies in this ^ kingdom , in foreign countries to trhe east Of Us , and in the

    American States . The first Bible Society established in that country was at Philadelphia , about three years since ; there are iiow twenty Societies of this description in the United States , circulating ; the Scriptures ? n every direction * * Reckon up the number of Bibles and Testaments Which have been distributed

    by the parent Society , Traverse over the countries into which , by its patronkge , translations Of the Scriptures have been introduced . As its last report expresses it , ** it may be truly affirmed ,

    that it has opened channels , by tvftich the springs 6 f life have not only flowed to the numbers tvlio thirsted for them , wMrfn the United Kingdoms , hut have been conveyed to the barren and parched soils of the remotest regions "

    In connection with these details of its Operations , recollect t * ne word of proipTiecy . Prophecy declared , «« the earth shall be full ot the knowledge of the ILord , as ^ the Waters cover the sea ; itt that day the deaf shall hear the words

    of the book , and the eyes of the blind fchajl sfee out of obscurity and darkuess ; -all thy children shall run to ana * fro , arid TtfDow ledge shall be increased . " Compkte existing events with these predictions . These predictions foretold an

    universal spread of Divine knowledge ; listing events open a prospect of it " more propitious , more encouraging than £ tiy preceding aera lias afibrded . May ^ tre tiot say t hat iiow the word of f ) roffitty Ibegins indeed to receive its accom-^ lishment . May we not apgur from ph ?! # tik app ^ ararites , that the time is ** TO ar ^ rpachjhgjjwhon « the earth Jh ^ U be ri lfed with the knowledge of the — —

    ^ fl ^ f ^ 'v * ^^ The ^? ajfcpearancdS jfc be it observed , j Weak out under awful and alarmiiig ^ rt 1 ^ 8 tajDce 3 , When war has , for Sa » ^ V , y *«» ^ eit waving it # hWbdy > a ^ ners o ^ er the nations of Europe ^ when , as it is stated i ^ ^ he last Kejioft , ** difficulties with which ¦

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    rnariufactur ' es and commerce n * ve ti contend , inaKe it a raatier of astonish , tnent and gratitude , that the exertions in this benevolent cause have been so T * iw ^ m . . ' —^ ' - — ' t , ' ^ " - ^ ^^ ^\ J

    liitte restrained . In an / p lace , Jand have , in rhost placesj , "been stimyjatefl and en . largedl * tinder these ^ c ^ rcurnsiancej has the ^ British and foreign fe ^ le Society commenced . Under these circumsraaces has its noble design been success ful *

    What has been effected , m this situation of the world and of our own country , arJbrds , from its correspondence f o pro * phecy , a pecul > ar confirmation to our faith in the truth of that Revelation , to which it is our pious and earne-t wish to give the most extensive circulation } it creates the most encouraging conjectures of what will take place } nay , it

    converts conjectures into lively hope , and raises hope ih ? o divine confidence . But much yet remains to be done . To ripen auspicious beginnings , and to realize expectation , your continued efforts are solicited , and are necessary . The anticipation , which we are inviied to entertain , is delightful to every follower of * rfae great Founder of our religion , ot every denomination and sect . "Let it

    animate our strenuous persevering exertions . I embrace this moment to make my public acknowledgments to the respectable clerfprman * , whose candid a ^ p lication fer $ t disposed me to enlist myself ip this sacred and philanthropic institution . Itliis dsjy tnanit rny God wi ^ h liumbie an 3 joyful gratatude , whose

    gracious providence has lengthened out my years , that 1 have lived to see the day in which an institution so propitious to the universal spread oifpivme tiaowrledge has commenced . 1 Hail , $ ir a with gladdening hope , the approach of that period when tnany , when all nations shall aajr , •« tZome , let us jgd up to tlfe mountain of the Lord , and he will tcacn us his ways : come ye and let us walk

    io the light of the Lord . " ^ 4 . ^ Filled with this idea , and rejoicing m this hope , let us , my townsmen an 4 JfeDow Christiana , renew our efforts to bring on , more rapidT y , this gloriow period , and to diffuse these sentiment * , these desires after sacred knowledge :

    and With our efforts let us unite pur fervent prayers . Fr ^ in -cytry hc $ r ^ let ifok request dscend t& ti ^^ e ^ i O , ^ Godsend out thy light and thy truth ^ and let every voice echo , Amen .

    ? Rev . Mr . Burn .

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    8 H 6 XntelU g&nte .- ^ Ti t * tfbuTmitfs Wp&bch .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 586, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/54/