Excerpt from The First Hundred Years of the New Hampshire Bible Society, 1812-1912 NO date in the history of New Hampshire shines with clearer lustre than the 3rd day of June 1812, and yet the birth of the New Hampshire Bible Society, when it occurred, seems to have attracted but little public attention, if any at all. The writer has searched the papers published during the month of June 1812 without finding a word of record or of welcome. 'this Society was organized one hundred years ago and exists today simply to circulate one book, and a centenary history of the Society and of its work means much. For the facts and figures herein given we are dependent upon the written records and published reports of the Society. But as one traces the story of the Society's work for a hundred years and is made to understand Something of the giant obstacles before it, and Of the courage and zeal of those who undertook it and have continued it through these many years, he must look upward, as well as outward and onward with faith, and humbly and thankfully confess that This is the Lord's doings, and it is marvellous in our eyes. The object of the Society and its work is That they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. And should this compiling of facts inspire the reader to a more earnest Christian service and to a more zealous study of the Word, it will repay the compiler many fold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.