Report - British and Foreign Bible Society, Volume 39

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Page xxiii - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page xix - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page xciii - And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Page clxiii - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page ix - Pounds at one time, or who shall, by one additional payment, increase his original Subscription to Fifty Pounds, shall be a Governor for Life. VII. Governors shall be entitled to attend and vote at all Meetings of the Committee.
Page ix - Committee, to purchase Bibles and Testaments at the Society's prices, which shall be as low as possible. XI. The annual Meeting of the Society shall be held on the first Wednesday in May, when the Treasurer and Committee shall be chosen, the Accounts presented, and the Proceedings of the foregoing year reported.
Page ix - The Managers shall have the power of appointing such persons as have rendered essential services to the Society, either Members for life, or Directors for life.
Page x - I. That the fundamental law of the Society, which limits its operations to the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, be fully and distinctly recognised as excluding the circulation of the Apocrypha. II. That in conformity to the preceding resolution, no pecuniary aid can be granted to any Society circulating the Apocrypha ; nor, except for the purpose of being applied in conformity to the said resolution, to any individual whatever. III. That, in all cases in which grants, whether gratuitous or otherwise,...

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