BIBLE IN MANY LANGUAGES.
BBITISH SOCIETY'S GBEAT WOBK.
(By Gs.blo—Press Association —CopyTigit.) (Australian and N'.Z. Cable Ai^bciateon.} SYDNEY? May 10. At tho nnnual meeting of the British, and Foreign Bible Society, it was reported that the Society had copies of the Bible in 700 different languages nt headquarters, and that the Bible tfas being translated into more languages. Last year 9.000,000 copies were distributed, making a total of 320,000,C00 copies since the inception of tho Society, The local branch had dispose! of 71,000 copies last year, an increase of 30,000 copies over the 1920 figures.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17451, 11 May 1922, Page 7
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