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' " - ' . ' ] * ? * IP l\ 3L&nta0i*r WLt'ftQpv* "r~* I . VOLUME XIII. LANCASTER C. If, SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING. AUG. 16, IS64. NUMBER87. j iroft the lanca8tek lel'obr.f Extract from the Proceedings of the Tirzah Bifci'e Sooiety. The following Resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are due and are herebv tendered to W. M. Connors, Esq , for his very able and approuri ate address to day ; and that we solicit a copy for publication. I ! ... .1 W. M. Connors, Esq?The abovo resolution expresses the unanimous desire of our Society ; and we ouroeotly nope, ss its publication will greatly contribute to the advancement ot the good cause, you will comply with our request. - Very Respectfully, D. P. ROBINSON, ) J. J. WILLIAMS, > Com. 11. R. MASSEY. > August 4th 18G4, > Lancaster, C. 11., S. C, August Oth 1864 Gentlemen?Though impressed with the conviction that the address referred to does not merit the dUtinetiou-wliich your Society is pleased to give.it, 1, nevertheless, feel that, in this matter, I have no discretion but to comply with your solicitation. 1, therefore, submit the manuscript to your disposal.Respectfully. NV. M. CONNORS, To RcV. D. P. Kobiuson, Dr. J. J. Williams and II. K. Maury, Esq., Committee. k , o AjST ADDRESS. Delivered before the Tirzah ltibl' Sitciety. at Tirzah Church, I'-iion i County i\'orth Carolina, on Suurilay the 30lli July, IStit, by II', M. COyMORS, Esq. Ladies and Gentlemen or "Tirzah IJibi.k Society 'i'lie honor winch you have conferred upon mr, in the se'ec tion of your Anniversary Orator upon this interesting occasion, 'merits my ' profound acknowledgments. Impressed with n full ease of my uuworihioess to discuss a theme which belongs more appropriately to the Divine, I, nevertheless, cannot but lee! gran tied and tiutered at this distinguished m i: s of your estv-ni mid confidence. And this gratification is enli.inc.il wheo we cull l<, . mind some of the circumstances ol praiseworthy per*ever?nc<i( in the furtherance of a noble unite, uuder which yon are assembled here to day. About eight years ago (at 1 um inform, d) your ^o oiety, having f?<r its object the nigh and laudable purp.,?c of dm seiuinating thu preciou* VVord of (Jod among the desiitu e tliroug'iout the war.d, began its existence A^hal |ieri>? 1 tliere wan everything to inspire you with a thougii.lnl coinaiisserui'. i for the heaiben; I'rovidence had conferred up-n you, with an unspu-ing hand, the blessings, in their mont oompreheiinive sense, of a free I'ulpit, a free (joverniiii.nl. ard ? free 1'res.s. The ndvuntagca ?>t uulimited access to thu groat "Uoolt of Books," and tli? n vmral con oomitnala of civil ami political liberty, were yours in rich profusion. The usual channel* of industrial and lucrative pursai'a were wholly uuobstructod; plenteQusnes*, on eveiy hnnd, gladdened vour beails; and the sireulh and pride of your hotiaeuolds wne with you to share the fruits of your honest industry, ana to nurUko ol your social, political and religions previleges. - evince that tilive a sad'ohnugo lias tiiksii place in reap 'ct to the*,mullip.iod and varied vourccs of temporal enjoyinont, tin', to your honor bs K said, you arc still intent upuji the prosecution ot the good work begun under more propitious circumstances And it 18 a source 01 high sutiHtacUoii, tli.it, v. hilo '.licrif is ho much in '.hi* pmeat impeded condition of our coii iiry to (m'raci the public miud.Iroin the consideration ofativ obfect ttneoune-l-d win. the great struggle wlt/Cn is going on"; wntfo "Ijriin visag-i VVar" 11 all his hidegu- deformity, mii* ^nUiinntd uput, t'.ie .ir of urdes liny, and every interest is made subservient to hi> esai- ing edicts ; while llie fate of our cherished institution* nye, of our very cms teuce as a peopje, it trembling in the balance; our ;ienrts wrapped in perpetual sUHpente, and freighted w.lih lands; solicitude t r the fute of loved ones who are incurring the i Oniedii e ilange's of the tlMggU? -it is indeed gratifying that, amid a'd these discouraging circumstances, your Society is stil. a log:/ association, and your energies still directed |o the extension ot the blessings of Mcr.plure knowledge to ttiu destitute throughout the world. I- Your concern tor this great cause,as manifest under ihecircumstances juai adverted to, merits a mors worthy entertainment, to day, than,*I fear, your Orator will be abte to supply. And if I fali abort of the requirements of the occasion, I hope you will not at tribute to.me any. want of icte.-est in the subject; and will allow me to plead in extenuatibp, the eho/iooe* of the notice which I have had to prepare an address, together with the press of other engagements upon me. I I cannot hope to entertain yon with anything entirely new, upon a subject which han already occupied the attention of the highest intellects of this and other landsj anc shall deetn mvself fortunate If 1 can In any way interest yon, arfa advance the Hibls cause in tercet, during the brief period In which I propose to address yon I shall first speak of the Bible itself; And herein of its imyortanc 1 tn thp tHitrl/L A nH Inollu nf !ha ^ /^t. . -- nn .auu imohj! v? ?li? UUVJ VI \/l^ 13 V U'l l'f r.JLlCHU US I f\ Jluence:. m ? ? * The hiatory ef the Bil>le is the history of a perpetual miracle.? It is legible in the light it has diffused, and wb.mii trace it* effects and measure its progress by Uie blessing* it has dispensed. The man who has been aided by the light and influence of the Bible i* necessarily a man of more mind, of moro systematic thought ntj?i better judgment thaa one who has never nut such assistance.? Our .ibranes may be stored with raw vol jines of ancient and class ic lore ; but there is no volume which** comparable with this Book, either in point-of antiquity, in point at'facts, of literature, ol philosophy, or of the bl^tsui^S'tohich they retpeclieely dispense : it ia universal!v conceded to be lite most ancfeui It-n,k : The first instance of a revalation committed to writing is tout of the decalogue, or ten commandments, originally written on tables of stone by the finger of God ; and in every sqct essiv'p Age of the world, such portions ol the sacred ennod \ ire given ta mankind as their capacities and circumstance* called for. Theie was at one time some m caviling ia the literary yorld in regard to the respective claim* to antiquity of the Jewish and Grecian histories; but the point has long since been settled in favor of lite greater antiquity of the for tner, by the clear exposition of thfe fact, that, Moses and the Prophets nourished nearly a thousand years before those Grecian Dhilos ophera by whom llm Greek histories were written There in, there fore, At this period, no substantial ground ou which a doubt upon this subject my rest. The iiible is also the first and greatest Book on account of the truths or facts, it records As a Book of facts, it ntwrale* events the moat important that ev?r happened, and in which all mankind are deeply aud eternally interested. There aland recorded the creatiou of the world and its inhabitant's; the fall of our first parents from their state of innocence and happiness, and their subsequent banishment from the Garden of Kden ; the repeated and signal promises of a future Restorer to the Inst blessings of mankind ; the history of the Patriarchs. Meers And Prophets ot Israel, honored by the special revelations of Jehovah; the description of tho deluge, and the sonderful preservation of righteous Noah and hia family ; tiie dispersion of the progenitors of the human race over ail the earth; the.ed<>ption of a particular family to perpetuate the remeni* M??JI UbJiah the worship of the true God , aud Uieir dual I*- * *..' - j ... ,, if-KV ; an I prosperous mfleineul in the lan < <>f Kgv| t. lie e ?' > are ] j ah ll.e grand revelation* of (lie Divine character; here may be ! tumid Im- >n lineat niis <>t other a or I J*?of {> )?{! i nee* or woe; and I i.-.?, >?.. .i.? i.rinui .1? --- . ?-J. - uvivi w, ?uc me (?i.?..u j>. ih\ ijurn vi ?nv wi?mo * rniniciM, rcwcun g i through every age of time uiui stretching on a i.rd, anft still onwaru,' through tl?e countless ages of eternity ! These facts, stupendous in thein-e'vea, are narrated in s style whicn stuuips 11in ilibie as a Hook wt Literature, the most rmusrkable the worid ever saw, considered merely as a he. man coinposi lion Jfwoperu.se the lives of'T'lut vrch, or other writers of pro fcne history, we -hall very soon perceive that these authors wrote with nii'?y prejudices in regard to the merits, or demerits, of their prscuiiur characters or country. KtTorts are studiously made to easts veil over the frailties rind imperfections of tbeir heroes; whilst their virtues are -ct foilh in the strongest light, and painted in the moat brilliant colors. - Ti?e-g are not the elinrneterlaiics ol the Sue red Suriplures. O.i tho coiitrarv, in both the Old and New Testament*, ttie strictest impartiality is everywhere to be seen; I'be wickedness ai.d npo-tuc) of I m id. olcSo'oinon, and of then successors, rue neither obscured nor pnlliuled in the least decree I'lie sketches ol hmu in cluvacier, snd the effects of human passion, ure ynen withonl the ienal reserve or concealinelil. There is no elVorl at vain display?no parade of panegyric?virtue is presented in the siinpl ciiy ol its native b.-uuly, and sin finds no mask to die gui*e hit hideous deformity. I'be ahjle of tins great 11 .ok is ev^ry wncre hiii! keu wun me purest sinipiiciiy ; una 11 is occasionally elevated lo ii lonu of the most exalted imagery : If you ure ?ti tidunrer ot' natural science, it is here made lo Hliinu "like apples of gold ?el in pictures of silver." If toil nrd n lower ot (ieogrnpln, ii is hem enlivened ami beautified witn scenes of breathless wonder; if you have n l..*ie for limgriiphy, lierc you v% iiI hint e?erv lignl ami shadow delineating; human character 10 a!] its cbungclul pua ???s ; If you v%oul.i peer into futurity, hero is Prophecy, like thu be ingiiaul spirit of another world, holding the brilliant star of hop<>, to light. op the deep darkness of the unexplored luiore ! Here, too, u i'odtry of every description?sweet, lender, majestic, awful and sublime: the harp of the Psalmist of Israel" 1? always huppi ly strung, and sends lorth the ?u?ei?>t strains ol music that ever fell upon mortal ear. In composition the Bible compares favorably wiin the moat admired productions of (Jretce and Koine: The writings df Aloses and of tne I'rophets are enriched with such glowing images, and elevated by jjueh grandeur of diction, as at. once to cnp.ivaie the classic reader, ancf' ensure las |>erpelual at Million. No purely literary mind ever tires of Ibu Bible: in profane writing, the most elaborate work of gencrnl -ctence will lose its interest, ut least comparatively, when it becomes familiar ; but not so wiin the Bibie ? ;t is ever new and may always be read with mi crest and prohl. i he subjects nea r become -o familiar as to UTvitJ lit'I* a il t.iri?l mil (nr litain' in <1im iinl tii.r i-nn iim Mitltliniit niifi noly one rines ever I.-hc their in iere?t,i>r sl.n ken then c a Ui8 upon the tauli and pfiivticv el men it <0114 as ihe world nlnti<lH. A? in Literature. no nkewi-c 111 i'hiloHiphy, liie liiblc is entitled to pro euiitieuco over ncry ilior book: I. is not w book o| mer? definitions and theories, dot of practical and t'XpeliuiMiUI p.ii.oso phy. It known 11 hat m in (ll.in, elllera into ins inmost soul? probes Him heart tliurou|{li'y iflid searches tnin out. It suppiitis n Hide of laws every wu> ad.ip.ed to tin* wauls arid wutl of Uie iiu ' iii '! rati) : a syslein ot plillnsophv of the purest mikI most elevated kind, and wiin h Hints w??|l ins adject comliiiitu "I degenerate tint 11 Too Oootiiiio of future rewards and punishment*; the forjfi?euo-s ol Hill itirougn a AiidluU r; lllo in nm ot Killer, hi tlm Vlerciw ot w .ten, ouf la en liatnre Uiuy bo restored ulid crenleit suswr, ar? spoken ot in a matinee to ?n.|sly toe uiosi ih?|>il?liive niiuds ? ^I'nesc are suhj-els Upi n Wiitcil wusldly pililosophy c?n l|r?*r lurnIsli us With Hiiii-fnciory lidi.r Untllon It tliay describe Wle besntjes ol poilliiieny and toll uh what is Hie duty of man: but ho* to bruio 111.10 to love tlve unto w'lictl oo*?iieniii? Ins iiulural propensities; ana how to pr.ie .ee the duties wmeu Ills oitur* d?sl kos, srft pn b leuin w Inert loey do not pretend to solve. Reason's orac.e nun in *er iiu trie p.ace its the world whicrv litis Book occupies; Is . h r a 111 v h rjioun pu'Ver of evi sin..ad in toe lend, win.I shield tu.<ii cover on* in itqiputinii'ii hour ?muni arim-r del. nd ine iroin Hid fiery shifts ??l lite W.cKed l>ue, b u Hid ituiunlable trslti of viiid ? 'I'm- cvBfwiluni ul <> imidl llilld*i lm>? bcru otlsl) Ig^rrnil m : Mill confess." mil l <ti?u-?e "tasl ti.e uiujeety vt ihe Scrip uirn MriKe* U)? with allium. UII, ?< ill* portly ol Hue liuspei i'A'Iii i.a n tiueuce upou 111) ke.irt. I'eruM ilje murks of* o ir Phil.iMup irl.1 M |ill all Ihcir pump <*f lIKIIuu , .oar mean ho?v cufl. letup.leic art) limy, compute.! w ilh Ihe Mucred Scripture*." Tim ceieuraled Trunin t* ami ilit judicious Locke, aiisr having ranged Urn cunt ul ih? sciences, Mini piu-at-U through Hit wliuia exieut ul tin hi.in literature. finally baluuK loeinselvce solely to Ihe a la'1c ul ilia ilioie, in nM?f thai lhair uiinda might become thoroughly uuburd Willi i la apiril and replenished w tin I la inuuilip trails ^ryliia. Mr Waiter Sc.til raid, 10 tils dying 'loura,?"giVs me a book," and whan awk?d what book :?"can you uoailsie,' said ha, "to gut n? Uie liibie"! "Whu," aaya the Kev. Mr. Henry, "can lha falilra ol lireeiun amy, or Uia Un*st pages of Human ?lo<|ueura?what ma ill?y exhibit ih any drgrcs comparable lo ilia Miaioolesa prurnga lives of K-c Velalion ! Though I ahnuld nut dialika lo viall uiy i.eatlien masters, I would life with iha Prop.ids ami Apoatlaa." Neither literature, Phitonopuy, ur Science, can supply Ilia place I ul lha heart of man that in luted by in a Uiitiia contained in ihia Sacred Volume ; History may. tell us of tba fall of kingdoms, aud the erection of dynastic* ; but it is silent on ihe introduction of aia, . and the provision of a .Saviour. Geography describee i*le* and i comments aud rivers and so.is ; but II praaeola no map of Kdeo, i mid no chart of the way Ihitlief. Astronomy spwaas of auns, aiul i of niars aud ayalems ; but it ia silent on toe sun of liiftiteousnese I (icoiugy reveals strange peri fact ion*, and I'o.ati*, and rocks, aud pr.-oious stone*; but it exuavajea nol the Pearl of great price ? li'nmij uc^cnurn * !? nywrap on* ?*i v.**? w.ui, ana wan U?Utr may vrowna Mount Lvl;<?liyu, Out out ihe Tree of t^i? T..e Uibte hi the d?v?opiui-ui ol m>u'? miiawiUlilj : Ilia eolo ami Unerring gui<l? aliluM III toi lilt him boa tM cm Uivm utl IU triumph from a until rat; led and temporary aeeue, and graap deaiinies of uu bunitdfil aplenduor. vVii.il m*n, auiilil the eondi ion ol Hie World if it*w?r* noddenly withdrawn, and every reMabMioa <>| n a we pi away f "taati fruit Ohriateiidwni uid Biole," uy* ilia K?r. .Mr. Melville, "ami you Imve taken away ilia moral okari by which ulone ita population cmo Us guided." Ignorant of the datum ol iii<4. and akeptMul ol their owy immortality, tare aliOoWl aooo behold i\ vj*l nvaeiiibluge of intelligent Jtmont, luroialiad with pow*r? ami iriitlriMiieiil ol' hiinohu-f, and from wboae taaemuga woald f.nlow anarchy, injaalw? and horror throughout every department ol' the moral world ! lirtve out the lieaveuly light from a country, and "toe grieved *|dril of liod" depart* with n.aod lea we be mod aara Oein, and woe, and (jcaputr, aod dwalatlou. In proof that theae are nut mere imaginary foreboding*, we hav? it fi ii lit liter til Imiiiht*/ iliilalvm i?aa k I ? di on an in M ? i-e?l mo ? ? idolalnee aud M|/wr?lilii?aii drove awtjr U? Itgut from tnetr >S?r?u Church**, aud darrunv and deepotieni followed in ita walte, and bare from thenceforth contiaoed to brood irMud thai umw highly favored locality. It wu tbor. at a later period, in Frun?, wueo, under the intidol teaching* of VolUiro, Do Aletobvrt, Kooaeoau, and olliera, Herniation wra? it at only impugned, bet aairely aot aalde; the Dei'y ban.ahed, and an imaginary pianlon., under lh? name of the O >ddea* of Heuaon, aubatituird iu hi* pi.ice. Kvery thing wu* reduced to a *y*tem of pare inaier.elmii The oeleeoal apark of inte'ligrnoe within ua w.w aeeioiilatnd to ft p:?e? of rode matter, and the fair preoptic* ol imuiurluiity which .the Hiuiu proaenla, iranaftinnoJ into to* gloom of an eternal ntghti Tim ene aequeocca of ike operation of theee mooetrou* principle* are fa0 miliar to aver? reader of hialorv : they are written in charactere of blood, and ia crimes nltnoai unparalleled in the Meter y of nations The cup of God's vengeance became full, and n scene of inhuman ity, cruelly, cold blpoilcl malignity and daring impiety was preaen i.ru inriMj^nyni mm erring nuiion, wnifvi nM u?eu jusuy nuu graphically described as the 'Reign of Terror." If we \voold have an inalance nearer lu>rue of tbe (Jeplornble cnnm-ouenvea of n tiiiona' practically repudiating the teaching* of the Bible, il'onn bo mood in the preaent condition of more, turpi tnde which our implacable coemica of the United Stales present to the civilized world: They have grown vain and implou* an H??v bave riiereaaed in wealth u?ui importance. They inhere II.e Bible and boldjy proclaim their allegiance to the doctrine* of a Higher Law and o,f AJaniJ'eat Destiny. Their self conceit and inHated pride 4tnow no hounda extending beiond the limits of rea son, they give tb>-m*elvefi up to the Wildest license of thought and opinion ; they defy Jehovah and their sentiment* conflict with hin laws. This i* but the beginning of the end ! the sequel is among the undoxeloptd Providences of fjrud ; bg? as aurely as lie ia s Goo of Justice, Hia vengeance wjll yet be complete, and fearful I will be the coimuenta read *o the treiubllng thousands, who now gloat wilh rnulignunl hale, in iheir ineans and diabolical alteinpla to red nee to subjugation and va??al<ige those whom thsy once re Cognized as equal* and brothers. No people can prosper without the Bible. .Deprive the world of it and the lena of thousands of human being* would be a? mar inera, tossed on a wine ocean, without a pule star and without n Di'uipwiii . i ii?j d'iib i |fit or i no "tivyrm ri?oa wnuio ever uurn i in the clouds ; oinl when the toroaao of Death rolled across the I wiiler*, nothing would be heard but thenahrjek of the terrified and i the groan of the de*p*iring ! It were to mantle the earth with | more than Kgvptian darkness; it were to dry up the fountain* of t human happin*** ; tl wrre lo take the tide* from our wntere and leave them alagnant. and the Stars from nyr heavcoe and clothe ' them in sackcloth ; the verdure from our velliea and leave them all liurtenneaa?it were to make the present all re?-kle*aiie?*. an.i the fulore ail hopele*?nes?, if you cuuli? annihilate that previous volume, which telle of <Jod and of a Saviour, unveils ui.mortality, inat run a to duty, and wmm to g o-y ! An the recipient* ot the Meanin^e attendant upon free arcoaa lo. and a knowledge of the Bible, it become* tit to consider the ohli gationa which real, upon m to exert an influence for th? diaaciuination of thia Divine word ar. ong the dcatitule throughout ike word . To it tare are indebted lor the bleeeinga which distinguish ua from the iuhdel and heathen, and we should muufeet a grateful regard toward Mini who has conferred tneae bi?a*iugt on ua, bv exerting our influence lo give them tho?w ideal possible extension. We are commanded in the Snrred Sc.iplure* lo bn imitator* of (and in hi* hunevolent operatiuna S?j our Saviour : *I.me your er*o c?; uleta Uu-tr yhv rvrtu yon ; do good to them who hate ynu j -ant pray tor them who despiteful y u^e you and persecute von. That run UlUt ltu I la** ukilWeun ??f ce.?? liVaKoe .tart*.- i u is. ii??vra ; fur h? tnaketh hi* Himi to ri*e on the eril i?nd oo lli? good; and n? ndetli min on lltr juat and on the unjual" .An I We Almighty in hie benevolent operations preserve* the liar tnony of ih? uniivrpi, by certain Lara of order which He ha* MtMblja'rvd. ? ie ?ppat?j>i in the arrangement of the planetary ?\a tern, and ,n the pb? nh?al aid mnr.il economy of <>ur terra all a' sphere; bo it ie lhe<f>itf u< (tan, in all the unit effleala to which it sense of ! gratitude irppeN him, t<> imiia'e ln? tJrrator in this respect, and to employ the intellectual facu tic* with v hich tic la t ndo A'cd, ill regulating l ie ciereiuc of the l>encvi>l>-i.l principle; in nd.ip illg nnd prop rtioning me.ma to ev la ; no that ?.r?iei m iy Loiluile hia tnoVe. uienrn, that the greal??t *nm of happkoea"' may re?u't from hL j i active endeavor*. In the prnvciltien of thla iiohlv end, iilun be j | oimy "a worker together with 'iod," a euhordmate agent in car t4,uK f<?rwar*J tlioee p ana of Infinite II nevoirnee which orjd vmue in the u.iiiii ilc happiness of the ui(K*l uni*eiae One tif thoae |na??, and by no Btealla the leaat imp'Ulant, is tile 1 forln itioii <)t Bible Jh met lea As early ite the vear Ib'.H, n Socie : tv fur nfntufvli..ft uf l 'h ... L ? - ? ..-41.-^ ^? ' ' ill (treat Britain : but ie J thai n<> S -ciely had been orgjii | tied for the rxv.umvr porpo*e of eircv'nt'.ng the Bible, without' j not* or continent, printout to 1404, the Grit of tile "British and ' Foreign fib'* Boe.ety." T*n year* previoii* lu tne Utter date, however, the principle* upon wh'eti the 'BritNii and Foreign Bible I booiely" who inaugurated, bed been pmctically illualfitled in I Watt**: Au edition uf W?Uh Hinlet bad beeft publiehrd by the aaocietion, atyled the "Soc-ety for promoting Chriatiun knowledge." The eupply bci'lQI* rxhaualed und the deilitutio'l **' great A mi-otto nary, named i'liumi* Ch'irlee, who wu traveling in VV.tiea, after making an iMiiucceaituI effort to procure frntn thi* Aesoeiatioo a new eunpiy, want uvvr lu Ijondon mid v.'ua introduced lu the Kxecutiv* Committee uf lite Tract Society.*'. ' i)e rela \2<1 to theui the destitution of Wale*. bie de*ifo fur a new'edition ' of lite Muripte re*. and propeeed to org-tniz' a Sucirly for the pur1 puae cf supplying the people of that country with the Bible One 1 of the t'o'Mtnittee, becoming much ejected at Charles' arcQunt of I the deetiuile condition of inn Welfrti people aud liieir yearuing* | alter the Word of life, replied,'-certainly ; and if fur Wale*, why not for the World 1" On ilti* gluriou* idea, winch wan doubll*** ' au inupiratien from Ibe Almighty, the Committee acted ; and from j thi* beginning ha* aprurg all u.e Imppy result* uf the combined ; eforiat uf ih* auxiliary Bible fivcietu-a througbuul llio Christian , World. , Y*e?e results, in reepeet to the,r beneficial infl.?enee npoo the i heathen, have, in the brief dpnee of n half century, exceeded in magnitude ali hunt in compilation. In India, in < hiri*. and in the Houtlgbe* NimiJi, whore unue only reigned moral darkness and oioody superstition?.* here the mu>i horrid cruellies were filler 1 m! by tbn riles of * false rrni'ind, tit? word of (Jod, through ths j insUotnealeitlie* ?<f HiMe Numelies, hits penotiaitd, irrn?Jitting { light wherever dispensed ; changing the custom* of riociulVa ban* isntog vis,*, repressing in* cruelties of a false religion, ami con* I verting souls lo God | tyut u-t* ilhataodmu much ha* already bvJfen accomplished, there i ?U<! remains much More to he dono betine the Whin can become universally known: We.are told ihut In portions x>f Ante, In Afri! ea, and in some of the pa^?n Islands,. thfcfe are populous tribes of haiaan brinj^t wbu li?y? never ao iiiUch aa beard that there i? a Itible, or of i be existence ol' the living (rod! Tn?ir condition piesde pileonaly for your continued efforts in the dirrulion in whMh you ar? embarked Thm is nothing in their history, or in their ay?lvto->_ol belief, whioli slford evvn a ahadow of tiope that, of tbesasol* *a their condition ia ever to bo improved \V? cannot expect that they will ever visit christian lands and solicit the Wind tff Life. This oicssmg must be coovnyi d to ihein by those who have boon placed by Providence in a cuodiltion to learn lla troth ? must be translated ia their own tongue, carried fiom door to rjoor, and presented, without rcinuucrutioti, before its transforming ot)?vU nan be seen. l)iflt.:ullt?* lusy arise ; obstacles may inter vens ; maiiv to wlioin it is in charity and kindness borne may slight It; bnl others will be be neb led by it; a.woe of the Shed distributed will fall *-un goed grouod" and the sower will be amply rewarded for Ills time and labor The great cauae of the iiiUe extension ahouid be onward.! There should be uo stay in Its progress until the fultyl.m at of the blessed prouiise, wheu Christ, the ?Sun of Rrghlewu an***, shell shed Ins beams of heavenly light iolo every darkened spot on Ihv tauo of the whole earth. It uisy occur to live urindi of some, that the present abnormal I condition of our country presents an inaupeiabia barrier lo the sursuusful prosecution of the Bibie cause. With our sua ports I blockaded?with ear territory oircimm-rihwd by a powerful and tnaliguxiU Toe, hsw Are we to extend relief to the needy millions in heathen lands 1 These, it I* true, ere obstacles which we can- * do: at present overrents. God will overcome them in due season. In the uimmo time, however, we should enquire whether there is not at home s held sufficiently large lor the application of our ut> uio?t ?n*rgi?s. Are there no destitute among us whoso condition might b* Unproved by eweulatjtig the Scriptures ? Both the religiouo end 'secular mo* inform ue, inii in onr heroic armies? composed pf thofw who ers infinitely dearer to tts than the houlheu ?even our own flesh and blood?there is #"btingering and thirst, ing after (he truths contained Ip this sue red JrulurAe; that every description of religious reading te eagerly devoured by the soldiers, ami the demand is not half satistiud. Hundreds'and thoueande who cared naugnt for the flib'e at hnnje, receive U In camp as a priceless treasure. WearieJ and dispirilad?perhaps suffering from sickness or wounds?these veterans of a protracted and dWyoiatiug war tnrn to the Bible as an .pufiuling solace for all their ills; and thoy rejoice in the rich attraction* <>( thnt inheritance winch it promises Lham when the la?l battle hu been fought, and the'peril# a id hardahlpa of ritmjwlifoing are coded. Ul their wants nut remain nnauppded < but rather let every household be laid under contribution lor aurpju* copies of the llible, and other resources, to aupplv the meeaMljea yf lb use who are periling their lire* in deforce of our botuea, aud of all elee that tntkea life deetraole.-^ I This will be exemplifying the benevolent principles ot yodr -Socio* p iy through a moat important channel, and from which that enabling api.ii of chrtetian morality aod religion, now iu ita incipience, | iD.nl continue to grow and prosper. Then, relax not your etfurU because of the condition of the country ; but rather, ou that account. redouble them, Kvcry step tl*ft you take in line direction " ta a atep in aid of the freedom of utir beloved oonntry froin the tthecklen i f the deepoilef. Lv?ry blow Ihnl you strike oadar tho It.inner of the L'roe* is a blow against the,wicked deaigna aud tanu, atroaa pretensions of the rntmte* of our country. Let your lio*ta bo marshaled ou the principles of benevolence and love ; aod yeur Hib'e Societies will becmua a line of foru along the eneiuy'a IVou, tier, au iinprcguable bulwark ol national defence The Weapo )? of ?'our wa/tare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pultug down of strongholds; and chiefly Ilia sword of the -Spirit, which is the word of God : ' Thle Hie Chieftain's Uustv sword. By Ins grvst Captain tfiveu ; By i?l he lyiumpha wiih hia Lord, And thus l)o enters heavon." May the God of the B-ble vouchsafe to bleu* a'4 rv ir efforts! .May whatever you undertake t>? in ucord?uc? with it? spirit; and may ita p ir?< and benevolent tnurala adorn your o-iuiteils an4 strengthen your endeavors, till you rate i that b nun i, w tore all who have love?1 the bible will -spend a b.iesf-il aterutty wnb lt)o Divine Author and loepirer of ita truth*. ??t ? Affairs About Mobile. Richmond, August 7 ?The loliowtog o-ttciU dispitc'i ?t? roI celved here yesterday : Mobile, August 5 -?Hon J. A Sod loo: dutuuiwu *( th? am iqy's Vessel*? fourteen ships and t.iroe iron ciads?passed Fori Morgsri this illuming. The monitor Teouiaseh was sum by Furl Morgan. 'I'll* 'lYnueAee aurreinlered, ufier a ie?perue e.igtge iiient with the eiiaiuv'n tie it. Admiral Buchanan lost a tag audi* u prisui.fr. The fdelm i ?v aa captured : the (J .ines wit Dciciud lie ir the hospital at Fort Morgan and ia safe ; will try an 1 ran h.?r up to flight. The enemy's Orel tin i approached the oily a.iJ a moo, it o: hen heen engaging Fort Powell ail day. (Signed) I). H. M.iURV, Major (Jenoral. Mobile, August 7.?A special despatch to the Kgister, fro n Fort Morgan, the 6tn, iij> the eho-ur'a gun b >aia wun the wounded left lor Pccaac>?lu Admiral Buchanan'* wound ie doing wed; the leg ujtty be saved. On the I'eooeesee, two jdM^ngd'ed aud eight wounded ; on the Seltoa,eight killed, iucICom a took, and seven wounded , on the Morgan, one elipblb toundod I I'lie garrison of Fori Morgan inline spirits?loo* aw^Mk Toe eueiny are firing wi dly. '1'ne gun-boat Morgan came-ap hat night , aln?. the crew of lha Guinea The enemy loet oue moahtar mod on# gun-boat. In Mobile, business U generally suspended ; the city ia ; a military camp. Three gun-boSta came within a low miles of Dog River bar yesterday evening, bat they went bock. Too enemy iiavp merely carried the oulposte. Mobile, August 8 ?Oo Friday night, l>#ut. Col. Williatna, commanding Fort Powell, evacuated it aod blow it op. The one my i)ijvo b'-en shelling fort Q.unes yeeterday mud to day. The people of Mobile are all ready fur ilia fray Groat eonhdeooo prevails. The people are satisfied with tho conduct of Buchanan, Murphy and lienfieil of the Navy. SXit-i. Later. Mobile, August 8.?We are pained to annonne* that Fort Uvinas was-surroiiderr.d at half past nine o'clock this morning by ll'a c?minandei, Col. Charies Anderson, of the 'diet Alabama. The Fort wan provisioned to; *u mouths aod had a garfiaoa of at* hundrel jiitsn. 'r * The following are the particulars of lb* eurroodor, aa far aa known : Col. AndrraoU coannunicated with the auemy'a llaal, bjr U^' of Iruce, Aithoul uoi.aulnng U?j?. i'ago. U?n. I'm^c lu^airad, ?y aig rata, vtliai Atxleryuti't purp.mes Wa?, bul racotfaU uo m>?m. Ita ilien rapeatadly (alrgrapnod U> Andoraon ui 'hold ou to Uta fori.? Ai m/M tli?s gene/al vuiied Fori Gaiuoa, ami foaaJ that Audoraua vtut on board lha Htg aiitp of (lie Yankee eomuiaiidor, arra >g?ug lamia of capitulation llo *aa obliged to ngira MurUjf atlor to tlio oily, bill l?fi order* rolieving .\nder*ou of command, *uJ p-?roiiiptnrjr order a |o dwtVnd iho lort to Ibe iaal oairouiily. Fort Morgan signalled Fori (liiim mia morniug, but rKuoai o<> answer raerpl from Ynohep oilicert ou Iho r^mpota A ad at ion'a conduct la officially denounced at inexplicable and atotwiolaf. "?, :o:?-? Kr.Kri.to Down thk i'mota.?The Vtrgiuu paper* War# of lata laeTnvd a nh complaint* of thu auuedule of prnitt eetabnshed by the ilokrd of (1 omrutaMouera'?ppointid to regel.pe napre?*uienl? in thai State . The tur inert au?l producer* lueinaeJvee paUiouoally cama forward aqd denounced the rnlee uI tun ached ui? aaariogo. nor two iiivii, mm iuo?m?i upon a revtaioo ul U)? pncw Use 1. Toe result i* given in tire loiiowtag interesting MU*>i ffina * letter from Secretary 1'pKNHoi.W, dated Jutv elst, and MMifvil b/ ?a#?f ? uii Saturday hui; Virj will be rery find le hen* that Mia Coinmteaiunera far this Stale (Vtrgjoja) came together te-day, and very j^rtoiiaally dm teriniqed to put wheal down to $7 AO per baohet ifroui #J0) for August, ami A5 for September, euro at fd for Annuel, anJ ft for September, aod to on- la thie Miey are bee*ad by the wftole country. i'lie farmers held tneeliflf*. oesr/wtiare aod deaouaoed the July ec'fodul#. . l 4 I'o have tills re Juot on noticed in the Meroury and I'ourier, suggesting to, and urging ihu JJojOiinaaisuars and farmers elsewhere, to follow litis example; ft per basnet fur wheel, aod #1 fur corn, io etner hiatus, would uwl he aoy Isswr IMu Use re*ee paid Here, are for Virginia eeder eiistlef clrehlmnae m. -CVilmis tfarru-y.