 | William Peter Strickland - 1850 - 510 pages
...comprehensiveness of its plan, must commend it to the approbation of every observer. Its ' sole object is to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment ;' and it admits to equal privileges Christians of every religious denomination. Its effect has already... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1858 - 54 pages
...this Constitution the first article is as follows: In considering them it is necessary to observe, "Article I. This Society shall be known by the name...comment. The only copies in the English language, to he circulated by the Society, shall be of the version now in common use." In defining this article,... | |
 | Joseph Adshead - Baptism - 1852 - 346 pages
...was agreed : — 1. — " That a society shall be formed with this designation, British and Foreign Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wide dispersion of the Holy Scriptures. 2. — " This society shall add its endeavours to those employed... | |
 | Joseph Adshead - Liberty of conscience - 1852 - 346 pages
...was agreed : — 1. — "That a society shall be formed with this designation, British and Foreign Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wide dispersion of the Holy Scriptures. 2. — " This society shall add its endeavours to those employed... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - 1853 - 500 pages
...resolutions : — " ' I. A Society shall be formed, with this designation, THE BBITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY ; of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider dispersion of the Holy Scriptures. " ' 2. The Society shall add its endeavours to those employed by... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1858 - 664 pages
...Society than their own constitution grants. That specifies that the "sole object of the society is to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment." But we concede that circulating includes also printing, and what we deny is, that the society can lawfully... | |
 | Bible - 1859 - 572 pages
...constitution of the Society : 1. A Society shall be formed, with this designation, THE BRITISH AHD FoRRION BIBLE SOCIETY ; of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider dispersion of the Holy Scriptures. 2. This Society shall add its endeavours to those employed by other... | |
 | British and Foreign Bible Society - Bible - 1866 - 500 pages
...shall be the BEITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, of which the sole object shall be to encourage the wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment: the only copies in the Languages of the United Kingdom, to be circulated by the Society, shall be the Authorised Version.... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 526 pages
...were as follow: 1. "That a society shall be formed, with this designation, the ' British and Foreign Bible Society,' of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider diffusion of the Holy Scriptures." 2. " That this society shall add its endeavours to those employed... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 608 pages
...the whole world The * Hibernian Bible Society ' was instituted in 1806. The object of this society is to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, in Ireland. The 'American Bible Society' was established in 1817, and now ranks next to the British... | |
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SOCIETY, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without Note or Comment... 
