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jEORGIJ BIBLE SOCinrv.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Il the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Geor
gia Bible Society , held at the Independent
Presbyterian Church , in Savannah, May
B th, 1821, the Rev. James Sweat in the
chair :
The meeting was opened with Prayer.
On Motion of one of the Members, the CON
TITUIION, with the ORIGINAL ADDRESS
fthe Society to the inhabitants of this State
erc read.
The Committee appointed by the Board of
lanagers to prepare a REPORT of its proceed
ngs of the past year, presented the same, which
ras read.
REPORT.
The Committee of the Board of Managers
>ftlip Bible Society of Georgia,
Respectfully Report,
That they have examined the accounts
if the Treasurer, for the year, and find
hem correct; and that he has a balance
n hix Jpands of S9B 60.
There are also on hand 305 Bibles, 112
festiunents, 49 French Bibles, 95 Spanish
Testaments, —Total 561.
And there is due from the American
)ible Society, in Bibles, when called for,
ha sum of $279 50.
The whole number of Bibles and Testa
nents, purchased since the formation of
his Sot - ty, is 6080, to which add a dona
ion from the American Bible Society, of
to French Bibles, 100 Spanish Testaments,
Total 6230, Deduct on hand, as above, 561
-eaves the number distributed, 5669.
The Funds of the Society, in the same
teriod, have been derived—
?rom the London Bible Society a
donation of £.IOO sterling, $444 44
“ Auxiliary Soc. nt Riceboro’, 1916 88
“ do. White Bluff, 365 37
“ do. Waynesboro’, 200 00
“ do. Augusta, 300 00
” do. Louisville, 146 40
The Subscriptions at Savannah, 2540 60
$5,913 60
And they have been applied to the
purchase of 6080 Bibles and
Testaments, 3785 97
Balance due, in Bibles, from the
American Bible Society, 279 50
J)oDation to the Philadelphia Bible
Society, 500 00
80. to the American do. 1000 00
height and other incidental ex
penses, 249 55
$5,815 02
Leaves Cash on hand, 98 67
$5,913 69
While your Committee present this view
the efforts made by the people of Geor
gia, to co-operate in the great work of fur
nishing the Holy Scriptures to those who
need them, “ without money and without
price,” they acknowledge, wi,th concern,
ibat the last two years have not been char-
THE MISSIONARY.
acterizedihy that zeal, with which this holy
work was begun; the Societies at Rice
boro’and White Bluff, uniformly liberal,
i however, furnish an exception to the re
! ™ ark - Although -events have occurred in
savannah, which were calculated deeply to
impress us with a sense of the uncertainty
I ot hie, and of the transitory nature of rich
es, and to admonish us to lay up our treas
ure where it cannot “ take wings and fly
away; yet, in their temporal operation,
they have no doubt retarded the collection
of the sums of money due to the Society,
and prevented the acceesion of new mem!
hers ; but we are permitted to hope, that,
m their moral effects, they have prepared
the minds of many to rejoice in every thing
which may promote the cause of the Re
deemer. It will therefore be proper, in
the opinion of the Committee, at this time,
tosolicit from subscribers the arrears due
from them, and to invite others to join in
this interesting cause. Your Committee,
also, flatter themselves that the friends of
Zion, in those parts of the State, which
have not yet formed Auxiliary Societies,
will feel the importance of co-operating in
this great work, and that, at our next Anni
versary, we may he enabled to see evi
dences of a renewed and anxious desire,
throughout this State, to place the Holy
Scriptures m every hand. With the hope
of promoting this desirable object, your
Committee recommends the republication
of the Original Address of this Society, from
the pen of one of its founders—that great
md good man, the Rev. Henry Kollock.
who, though he be dead, by it, yet speak
etb.
Samuel Howard, ) ~
John Hunter, $ Committee.
At the conclusion of the reading of the forego
mg Pceporf, a Member of the Society, according
to appointment, addressed the Meeting, as fol
lows °
ADDRESS.
Friends and Brethren ,
It has long been a subjefct of the deepest
regret, to the Managers of the Georgia
Bible Society, that, among such a communi
ty as ours, there should be found so few,
who are willing to afford their aid in the
collection and distribution of the Sacred
Scriptures, yet acknowledged by the major
ity to be the eternal wisdom, adapted to
their adaptation to the condition of the
various ranks of life, yet are unwilling to
unite their efforts to place them io the
hands of all men ?
We hold io high estimation the Declara
tion of Independence—we reverence its
authors, and gaze, with admiration, at the
mighty spectacle of chivalrous courage,
combined with such lofty and exalted senti
ments.
The Constitution of the United State*
we justly venerate, as the Magna Charta
of our Civil and Religious Rights—as the
result of soundest experience—of wisdom,
drawn from the deep resources of ancient
and modern times—as established on that
justice,whose principles are eternal...whose
foundations cannot be subverted. And we
also rejoice, that on our Institutions, are in
scribed, as in letters of gold, 7'oleration and
Religious Liberty , as their brightest orna
ment —their most splendid excellence.
Nevertheless, all human declarations
dwindle into insignificance before those of
the Most High. What government like the
universal sway of Eternal Justice ?—what
liberty like that glorious liberty of the sons
gs God ? The Bible poinl9 to these, aod
bids us look beyond this narrow sphere, to
Him who is the Creator of all things, the
First and the Last, the Greatest and the
Best.
We are not insensible to the obligations
we owe to the Almighty Disposer of events,
who has cast our lot in this land of knowl
edge and freedom—that we can claim as
our countrymen the illastrious men, whose
characters illuminate our annals, who will
continue to shine, with undiminished lustre,
to the latest posterity. We forget not the
security we enjoy—that our liberties are
guaranteed, and that to our own hands is
committed the precious deposite—that our
Constitution, called chimerical in the begin
ning, promises duration and increasing
strength—to continue to be the pride of our
country and the admiration of the world.
But, amidst these inestimable gifts, oor
thoughts should be fixed on Him who so
liberally bestows his benedictions; who
gave us bis word, to be as a light to our
feet, and a lamp to our path ; who has been
kind to us as a nation, and as individuals ;
who pours into our hands the blessings of
his Providence, and offers the richer mer
cies of his Grace; who gave Jesus Christ
to die for us, and has condescended to make
known the way of eternal life ; who pre
sents for our acceptance, not the changing
glories of man, but the eternal joys of His
own blissful presence in heaven. Contem
plations such as these may well awaken all
our gratitude, and excite our souls to do
honour to Him, from whom alone come
these multiplied blessings. And let it be
remembered, that there is another view of
the character of God. —another exhibition
of his attributes....not in the loveliness of
compassion....not in the persuasion of mer
cy, but of the terrors of his power, of the
GO YE IYTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.-J KnB Christ.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK CO. GA.) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1821.
strictness of his justice, and of his exceeding
great and terrible Majesty.
Our thoughts have borne us in some de
gree beyond our subject, and to it we now
return, as the traveller descends from the
precipitous heights of a lofiy mountain, to
the calm sunshine of the sloping valley.
The Georgia Bible Society, whose anni
versary we now commemorate, was estab
lished in the year 1810, under the happiest
auspices—at the time that the Christian
Publick in America began to he warmed
into more animated life, by the brightening
beams of the Sun of Righteousness. Its
commencement was made in prayer its
foundation was laid in humble reliance on
the Grace of God, and its first efforts were,
therefore, crowned with great success:
Individuals of every class and condition
brethren in Christ of every sect, were unit
ed to contribute their aid to its operations,
from the hundreds of the wealthy, to the
widow’s mite : high and low, rich and poor
poured their offerings into its Treasury ;
and the British and Foreign Bible Society
fostered this infant Institution, by its gener
ous and prompt liberality.
By reference to the letters to and from
the Corresponding Secretary of the Socie
ty* *'appears, that various Bible associa
tions hailed its formation with peculiar
pleasure, and looked to it as a means of
conferring on many, the inestimable bles
sing of the knowledge of Christ and his sal
vation, and of meliorating the condition of i
those within the sphere of its action, by i
giving them that Word, which could make i
them wise unto salvation. \
The Society had not long existed, when
the pleasure was enjoyed of aiding one of
the then most important Bible Societies in
the l mted States, in its progress to useful
ness.
The duties of the Board have been pur
sued unto this time, under various circum
stances ; yet there has not been a season in
which a number of Bibles have not been
ready, for gratuitous distribution, or actual
ly distributed.
nu? ‘. iberali ty ‘^ e community, the
Lible Society has been sustained—aided,
however, in no small degree, by its auxilia
ries in different sections of the State, whose
zeal and perseverance in their mutual ob
jects we cannot praise too much. The
continuance of the duties of the SnrJbu f.,_
of the word ; yet the stream has pursued its
calm and silent conrse, and we trust its flow
shall not be unfelt in the great ocean of
eternity.
Some of the earliest members of this So
ciety have passed away ; gpme, having re
ceived help of God, remain until now. Its
affairs have been conducted by various
hands.
You will here allow us to digress from
our subject, as the occasion is aptly offered,
to pay a small tribute to the memory of our
departed coadjutor, the late Dr. Henrv
Kollock, to whose instrumentality and ex
ertions, the origin and usefulness of this So
ciety are principally to be attributed. You
all knew his kind,conciliating goodness—his
abundant charity—his unrivalled talents:
his memory lives embalmed in your recol
lections, and many rejoice in his faithful
ministration of the word of life. He was
ardently engaged in the things which be
long to the Redeemer’s Kingdom, and was
ever willing to use his exertions to diffuse
the light of the Gospel, not only in his lec
tures and sermons, in which were breathed
the very soul of eloquence, and the true
spirit of the Gospel, but in united efforts to
deliver unto men, by the scriptures, those
words which are spirit and are life.
Where shall we look for another, who,
like him, can sustain the duties of a Chris
tian, a citizen, a friend and Pastor ? Many
others, though less known to fame, have
fulfilled the objects of this Society with abil
ity and zeal; but we have chosen the late
Dr. Kollock, and added our testimony to
his worth—our small remembrance of his
distinguished excellence. We do *ot sup
pose you ignorant of his actions in any
sphere of his life; but we introduce him, as
connected with this Society, for the purpose
of seizing your hearts, in which his virtues
have erected their own monument, and
leading you to use the same means that he
adopted, ofbringing glory to the great name
of Him who inspired the Scriptures, and ex
tending the knowledge of that Saviour,
whom to know aright is life eternal.
The Georgia Bible Society is now before
you, on its own merits, supported by the
consent and contributions of this community,
and identified with revered names, dear to
the church, sweet to our memories—our
friends in life, whom we should hope to meet
in joy, in that which is to come. What
more shall we say ? By what considerations
shall we move you ? We conjure you to de
clare by what motives more powerful we
can address you,than those which have been
already cited.
All Europe is engaged in the work, from
the bead of an empire to the lowest vassal
—from the prime minister to the peasant
—apd we see, with exultation, the efforts
of our nation in the same glorious cause.
The wealth, the. learning and the power of
nations, are engaged in the translation and
diffusion of the Scriptures; and the time is
rapidly hasting on, when every people shall
read them in its own tongue. It would af
ford us pleasure to enter into details of the
operation of the British and Foreign Bible
Society—of those of Russia and Prussia—
and of thjkAmerican and others, which are
rising up iff every quarter. But time would
not suffice us, even to repeat the names of
places where are associations fostered by
these Societies, whose high pleasure, and
pleasant duty it is, to be even the instru
ments of sending light to those who sit in
darkness.
The Bible, (he book of Eternal Life, shall
soon be in the hands of all men, and its
words in many hearts; it shell have free
course, yea, be borne on the very winds of
heaven, ihe swift ships shall transport it
to the ends of the earth, a light to lighten
the Gentiics, and the glory of his people
Israel. 1
Phall we stand at a distance from our du
ty, cud refuse to join our feeble efforts to
those of so many of our bretheren in the
midst of us, or in other lands, who labour
that the people may not perish for lack of
vision? Let no man say, It is not mine to
come forward in this matter. We would
ask, why are you exempted, unless you de
ny the authority of the Bible ? To such we
would say, it has stood the test of ages, &
is rising into new importance— that cavil
lings have ceased, and infidelity is ashamed
of its opposition.
The streams of truth, of knowledge, of
civilization and of virtue, which flow from
the Bible, are swelling into a mighty tor
rent, which will rise above every obstruc
tion.
e are all anxiously inquiring for some
new thing; and in the Bible are things both
new and old, from the creation of all things
to the dissolution of this material universe
—from the affecting narrative to the subli
mest morals—from the thunders of Sinai to
the mild voice of the Gospel of peace—from
the doubt nnd terror of the grave to light
and immortality.
Men and Brethren, are these thing? so?
Is the Bible indeed the Declaration of the
truth of God ? And shall we be judged ac
cording to its standard ? Should we not then
desire that this law of condemnation of sin,
and this promise of pardon,by faith in Christ,
may be universally known ? We anticipate
your answer—we hail your willingness to
siniixk uiifK a%o in tk. *r;j . x
ty assigned to u* by the Georgia Bible bo
ciety, of lifting our feeble voice in its behalf
—of attempting to awaken among you,some
feeling on the subject of its design and ope
rations.
The work should have been committed
to abler hands ; hut it shall be our pleasure
to reflect that you have so long indulged us
with your attention; and we fondly hope,
our meeting may not have been entirely in
vain. Our help is from God—our success
depends on his will; may he grant his bles
sing, and seal upon our hearts, by his Spirit,
the knowledge and love of his eternal
truth.
Officers of the Georgia Bible Society for the
ensuing year.
Rev. James Sweat, President.
Rev. John Howard, lsr Vice-President ,
Benjamin Burroughs, 2 d do.
Joseph Cummins, Corresponding Secretary.
Josiah Penfield, Recording do.
John Hunter, Treasurer.
MANAGERS.
Muses Cleland, Samuel Howard, Nathan
iel Lewis, Charles M’lntire, Edward Cop
pee, F. M. Stone.
FROM THE CHRISTIAN WATCHMAN.
SANDWICH ISLAND MISSION.
The Editor of the Missionary Herald has
received by late arrivals, a continuation of
the journal of the M ission family, to Nov.
17, 1820. No positive or indubitable evi
dences of saving conversion to Christ were
apparent among the natives, so far as the
journal is published, yet the general indi
cation of events from the beginning seemed
to promise a favourable seed lime, and even
tually, by the blessing of God, an invalua
ble harvest ip the salvation of these untu
tored One unpropitious incident
had occurred to distress the little church,
the defection of a member, whose name
was Tennooe. “ Earnest and repeated at
tempts had been made to reclaim him. He
did not deny the charges of Sabbath break
ing ; and avowed his determination to contin
ue the same course. After deliberation and
prayer the church voted his excision. The
poor youth seemed singularly hardened:
and has since, as we learn from different
sources manifested peculiar mWgnily to
wards the missionaries. It is so ordered, in
the providence of God, that such charac
ter* immediately lose influence, and sink in
to entire insignificance, even among sava
ges.
“ The apostacy of Tennooe, though not
a wonderful event, considering what human
nature is, may properly lead the friends of
missions to salutary reflection. They may
here see how easy it is, if divine grace do
not prevent, for a kind and amiable yontb,
a docile and apparently grateful beneficia
ry, to become a dissipated, idle, reckless
being, the moment the restraints of civili
zed society are removod. And what is more
paieful still, they may see habits cf apna-
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-1 rent piety,—of piety'supposed to be real by
1 ‘be unhappy subject himself,—give place
lat oD ce to habits of gross wickedness, and
to a vehement dislike of religion and it*
consistent professors. Let every young
convert tremble in view of such develop
ment of character, while he exclaims,- —
Lord, lead me not into temptation .”
Much good may be expected to be real
ized from the Sabbath School, as well as
from the daily school. The following is afn
account of a review of the latter, which
took place on Monday, Aug. 14, 1820,
Examination of the School.
14. To-day closed what we consider the
first quarter of the school, and we were
much gratified with the quarterly visitation
and examination. Among the visiters were
Dr. Williams and two officers of the L’Ai
gle, two of the St. Martin, one of the Thad*
deus, Mr. Holmes, a resident, and his wife ;
who have five promising children in the
school, one or two other residents, and Dr.
Holman and his wife. The examination
was conducted wholly by Mrs. Bingham,
who has had the principal care of the
school, though assisted liy Mr. B. and oc
casionally by some of the sisters. The ex
amination could net, indeed, be expected to
compare with that of an academy of young
ladies and gentlemen in a land of
civil and religious institutions, after years
of intense application ; but humble as it
was, even in the first rudiments of learning,
it was by no means less interesting than an
examination of the best schools in America.
The school consists of about 40 scholars,
both children and adults. During the first
week it contained fcnt 10 or 15 pupils, who
attended about an hour in a day ; but con
siderable accessions have been made from
time to time, and the hours of attendance
have been increased from one to 4or 5
hours each day. Two or three of the pu
pils lately entered are in the alphabet, A
few hours instruction given in the course
of a week or ten days has generally been
sufficient to teach our pupils the alphabet
in the Roman character. About half the
school had three exercises today, in mono
syllables of 2 nnd 6 letters. One class has
proceeded through about 40 columns in the
American primer, who read and spelled
with accuracy one new column this after
book. One of them, Sally J. read iutelii
gibly several sentences in English reading.
Though she, like the rest, begun the al
phabet with us, she has acquired a good
knowledge of about 20 lines upon a Sab
bath School Card, commencing with the
sentence, “ I cannot see God, but God can
see me,” which she can read with facility,
nnd translate into Owhyhee. Hannah
Holmes, Mary Marin. George Holmes, Wil
liam Beals, and several others, have learn
ed to read a considerable part of the same
card, and manifest a considerable degree of
enthusiasm in acquiring the art of reading.
All the native pupils have attended more or
Iqss to copying their lessons on the slate ;
an exercise both pleasant and useful.
George Holmes has attended to systemal
ick writing, and exhibited some specimens
of writing, drawing and painting, which do
great credit to his genius and application,
and which afforded great satisfaction to
the visiters, who, with o.je voice pro
nounced them good. He is 17 years of
age, and of good promise. Dexter, the
eldest son of Mr. Chamberlain, has attend
ed to reading, writing, drawing, arithme
tick and geography: Mary C. to reading,
writing and spelling. Several of the na
tive pupils have begun—and barely be
gun, to learn the use of maps and globes.
At the close, the whole school recited
in concert, in the Owhyhee tongue, sev
eral passages which they had committed
to memory, and which contain some of the
most prominent doctrines and precepts of
Scripture.
“ Id the beginning God created the heav
ens and the earth.”
I cannot see God, but God can see
me.”
“Jehovah is in heaven, and he is every
where.”
“Jesus Christ, the good Son of God, died
for our sins.”
“ We must pray to Jehovah and love his
word.”
“ God loves good men, and good men love
God.”
These passages are taught at the sabbath
school; and then the pupils teach them to
their neighbours and friends, out of school.
After a short address to the scholars by Mr-
B. they retired in perfect order, much pleas
ed themselves, as well as their visiters, and
each, turning round at the door with a bow
or courtesy, very pleasantly bade us “good
afternoon.” We regret that Boka and his
wife andCapt. Joseph Banks have not atten
ded much to study. Neither they, nor the
daughter of Nihe, a chief of Karakakooah,
who made a good beginning, had any part
in the examination. We hope, when their
affairs nro more settled, they will persevere
in acquiring the art of reading and a knowl
edge of the Bible.
Thus we have the satisfaction to reflect
that in Woahoo a regular school is estab
lished for the instruction of this people, in
addition to what has been done by similar
