BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1914, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY

for the British and Foreign Bible So cietv sends. the , following ■ The account of tlie annual meeting of>his>cietv;7n London is J^o_ hand 'and I think .tha all the: Christ ■•Wn public should know of ■ the wonare being, circulated especially is it the case in China and in the .Mohammed-, an worW. Uast year China 'bought overV,i-B*oo6 copiesand toother with St Lhe bought: from •Vnci' 'Societies .over-.5,000.060 of lame *l e s td in India,and cfere, in Persia copies were Turkish Arabm, .and writ* froirr^Cajro.states, hat he and four 'other missionaries have large $ ftle /cesses of 'the %n the- truths of the •■:§sr ■ Testament; - and .another writes ; $m all aloTig-the North" of Africa^ :derful effort am befqrf; .The ;^opal Output fast was 8;O5», i> * an average copies ; for eath and that now Bih¥s .112 lan-. ..<r,^n-es. 'the Testament m 111 jcorrie, portionsl in .1,230- coiporteuVs ; sold over. ; most.' of ■ \ colporeai?> are , heroic '?3bS nfa y :>asi,. is the"-r work,^ : Read the Qfv the Society and 'You will believe iri the colporteurs .and, wtiat is more, ; you wiH believe an ; the Word of (?c>dv: ' ■;., '■ ~.- . There was a threatened deficit of Xi2;500 lasl, yeai?i but ; some friends sailed a,fe> -days .was sent-in W Mela^d^-. .£i,wo by boor old of all her of reremis. and expenditure. was reacneU, be-iner ab0ut,i;275 5 300.\ : ,V / . '' m ' Qrifi. that New Zealiind has thls Year'V ear ' and-as -far as onei.caji father from the retui-ns. sent in .only about, »740 wa's\ contributed against about £2.,500 las- year. ■ The various Auxiliaries sent .'in''-a.;' follows (excluding iuonev: for. the : first set fibres Weing last'year's and the second this yea Auckland £■ 7 and £b : .(over: of this from sales) and ASo^Squth.Auckland jC' 35 arKf » Bay of Henty and v TaraSaki £i$ Wa ?^' tvui • .£176; M'anawatu^46 :s&sM& legacy £*$)) -^100j s £30 : £§3 Uegac> ;,;£go) and4|4|l ■ ?Pson;;1 and ; IVfarlborcAmh both f. years; , AA/ves^ aarid .Ganterburj and -J^Ha : South; anc( £215; 'Qtagp Society; and £216,^' : Approximate totals £d^S< and 2i7scj- ''ThTe-Otago- Bible ;Societj also sent £250' and £2^o^.to,'the^l tionaKßibJe Society 9f, Sc.qtlaTU*- 'h the United State* u!tane6us Bible , Sunday 4s observed all and qdllections-bemf/'dt voted to the cause. * Canada, is ltt&i ing to'the same/v Australia .and l\ x cv Zealand arc aimingv at it, also Africa, and, there is nothing Ihaj thi ministry of pur Churfcb.es should filUy to interfere'with the'same being c fitted New 'Zealand, unless thjis, done the bulk of our churched wil remain in ignorance and hence uncoi cern for thisf work so intimalely r<,i e~ted with efforts to bring th< world und>iT the 'life givmg dominio: of tKe 'Etird' Jesus Christ.