THE

HISTORY

OF THE

ORIGIN AND FIRST TEN YEARS

OF THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

BIBLE SOCIETY.

BY THE

REV. JOHN OWEN, A. M.

LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

RECTOR OF PAGLESHAM, ESSEX,

AND

ONE OF THE SECRETARIES TO THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

"And I saw another Angel fly in the midst of Heaven,

ving the everlasting

Rev. xiv. 6.

Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to EVERY NATION,
AND KINDRED, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE."

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES EASTBURN & CO.

AT THE LITERARY ROOMS.

A. PAUL, PRINTER.

1817.