On page 47, five lines from the top, for Memorabilium, read Memorabilia; next line, for Diates- The Society held its Eleventh Anniversary in the meeting house of the First Baptist church, Broome-st, New-York, on Friday, May 12th, 1848. The Society was called to order by the President, at 9 o'clock, A. M. After sing. ing, prayer was offered by brethren John Peck, of Cazenovia, and James M. Challis, of New Jersey. The President introduced the principal business of the meeting by announcing that ■ General Law had been passed by the Legislature of the State of New York for the “Incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific, and missionary Societies:" that on the 3 i inst., the friends of the Society had complied with the provisions of the Act and become a Body Corporate, known in Law as the AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The Recording Secretary then read the proceedings of the Board of Managers of May 31, 1848, accepting a Charter under the General Law; altering their Constitu tion and By-Laws, in conformity thereto; giving a list of the names of Officers and Managers contained in the Certificate filed in the Clerk's office of the City and Coun ty of New-York, and in the office of the Secretary of State, Albany; and recommending the Society at its approaching Anniversary to sanction and confirm the same. Whereupon, on motion of Bro. Levi Tucker, of Buffalo, seconded by Bro. H. Seaver of Massachusetts, it was unanimously Resolved That the Society confirm the action of the Board of Managers with reference to the Charter and adopt the modified Constitution as recorded on their Minutes of May 3d, 1843, and the list of Officers and Managers to serve for the ensuing year. On motion of Bro. W. W. Everts, seconded by Bro. E. Lathrop, of New-York city, it was Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to confer with similar Committees from the Missionary and Publication Societies to make requisite arrangements, if practicable, for holding their respective anniversaries at the same time and place. Brethren W. H Wyckoff, N. Y., Greenleaf S. Webb, Phil., and L. Tucker, of Buffalo, were appointed said Committee. Time and place of next annual meeting was left with the Board of Managers. PUBLIC EXERCISES. Public exercises commenced at 10 A. M. Bro. Cornelius P. Wyckoff, of Auburn, N. Y.. read the 3d chapter of 2d Tim., and Bro. John Bates, of Banbridge, Ireland, engaged in prayer. The President then addressed the meeting. The Treasurer's Report was read, and on motion of D. A. Bokce, of Brooklyn, seconded by Wm. W. Todd, N. Y., was adopted, and ordered to be printed under the direction of the Board of Managers. Bro. W. II. Wyckoff, Cor. See., read an abstract of the Annual Report, and on motion of Bro. J. Dowling, of N. Y., seconded by Bro. A. Bennet, of Homer, it was Resolved, That the Report, an abstract of which has been read, be printed and circulated under the direction of the Board. On motion of Bro. John H. Raymond, of Madison University, seconded by Bro. G. S. Webb, of Philadelphia, it was Resolved, In view of the indispensable necessity and divine efficacy of the Scriptures in the economy of human salvation, that the work of trans] ting, printing, and distributing Bibles, should be prosecuted with augmented vigor, both abroad and at home. On motion of Bro. Charles Thompson, of Rochester, seconded by Bro. Adam Wilson of Maine, it was Resolved, That the political, social, and religious elevation of mankind, can be accomplished only by the universal dissemination and influence of the Sacred Scriptures. Adjourned with benediction by the President. E. S. WHITNEY, Rec. Sec. OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. WHEREAS, the inspired Scriptures, the Hebrew of the Old Testament and the Greek of the New Testament, are the only authoritative Divine Standard containing the revel tion of God for the whole human family: And whereas, the council of Trent, in 1546, declares that a Latin translation, called the Vulgate, "shall be held as authentic, and that no one shall dare or presume to reject it under any pretence whatever," and the Rheimish Testament was translated from the Vulgate into English in 1582,—the translators declaring that the Vulgate "is not only better than all other Latin translations, but than the Greek text itself in those places where they disagree;" which assumptions have been generally repudiated by all enlightened Christians, not in the Romish church :" And whereas, The American Bible Society, in 1836, approved of the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That in appropriating money for the translating, printing or distributing of the Sacred Scriptures in foreign languages, the Managers feel at liberty to encourage only such versions as conform in the principle of their translation to the common English version; at least so far as that all the religious denominatious represented in this Society can consistently use and circulate said versions in their several schools and communities." The remonstrants against this resolution, believing it to be a virtual abandonment of the great principle of Protestantism, and the adoption of that of the Council of Trent, as well as a departure from the basis of the original compact of the Society, which states their object to be, "the dissemination of the Scriptures in the received versions where they exist, and in the most faithful where they may be required," and having in vain taken every Christian measure to prevent its passage and enforcement, were constrained to form, provisionally, in 1836, and fully organize in 1837, THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY: FOUNDED UPON THE PRINCIPLE, that the originals in the Hebrew and Greek are the only authentic standards of the Sacred Scriptures; and that aid for the translating, printing, or distributing of them in foreign languages, should be afforded to such versions only as are conformed as nearly as possible to the original text; it being understood that no words are to be transferred which are susceptible of being literally translated. |