A NOTED VISITOR.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN' BIBLE ' society; ..""' ... 7 ;'! M Mr John Alexander Clarke will visit Christchurch next week to speak at the annual meeting of' the British and. Foreign Bible Society, on Wednesday next, at 7.30 p.m. He bears-/the. order of Chevalier de L'Order Eoyale du Lion, bestowed, upon, him by his Majesty the King of Belgium, at the Royal Palace in Brussels in. 1920, Mr Clarke has served for 25 years in the Belgian Congo, being associated with w F. S. Arnott and Dan Crawford. to the Luba-Katanga people.their.first literature, reducing the speeeh to writing, and publishing the first grammar and vocabulary. He proceeded to translate the whole of the New Testament and the Psalms for these people. In recognition of this work he has been created a Fellow of the British and' Foreign Bible Society.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20552, 21 May 1932, Page 17
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