boundary of a little family; the other comprehends all the circumference of the globe! {10} I have now then endeavoured to point out to you the benefit of the principle of co-operation, as proved in this society; its benefit in the astonishing circulation which it has given to the word of God, and in the spirit of union which it has produced. I have also endeavoured to shew that this union has been beneficial to Christians in general, and that it has not been injurious, nor can be injurious, to the established church. The question of the Bible Society however, is one, which in my mind takes much higher ground than that of the advantage or disadvantage of a particular church. It takes its stand upon the authoritative dictate of One who has commanded us to preach the gospel to every creature; and to whose command, if we will not submit, the Son may be angry, and so we shall perish from the right way: it takes its stand upon our own feeling of the value of this book: which feeling calls upon us to act vigorously in the dispersion of the blessed truths which it promulgates; that as we have received mercy, so we should shew mercy; that as Christ has loved us, so should we love one another. I will now, however, yet consider more particularly _some of the results_ which have attended the establishment of this society; and the _want_ of the Scriptures which now exists in the world. The Bible Society, which was instituted without any hope of very great extension, has, in the course of eleven years, spread itself not only over this country, but over the greater part of the world. In this country it has now four hundred and eighty-eight branches attached to it; and in the four quarters of the world, institutions similar to itself have been formed. In _Europe_ forty different societies have been established: in _Asia_ four: in _Africa_ two: and in _America_ upwards of eighty. Most of the capitals of Europe have a society formed in them; and these are again, as in England, subdivided. In the _Netherlands_, for example, there are thirty-two subordinate societies; and the city of Amsterdam has besides, thirty-two associations. Societies have been formed throughout _Russia_, under the munificent patronage of the Emperor; and, in a part of Russia, they are established in every parish, under the direction of the pastor. The establishment of this society seems to have formed a new æra in the religious history of Russia; for we read, that at the great meeting of the Russian Bible Society, the first dignitaries of the Greek, Armenian, Catholic, and Georgian churches, all most heartily co-operated in this work; none seemed to fear the subversion of their own religion, by the dissemination of the Bible; all, although they retained the opinions of their respective churches, yet felt, that in this one point, they might fully and heartily join. In Asia, and especially amongst our own fellow-subjects in _India_, the work