BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2255, 24 March 1921, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

On Tuesday night, in the Masonic Hall, the Rev. A. D. Thompson addressed a very successful meeting on the world-wide work of the Bible Society. His Worship the Mayor, Mr John Chrystall, presided, and introduced the speaker after religious exercises conducted by the Revs. T. Halliday and A, Harding.

Mr Thompson declared the aim of the Society to be that of reaching every man, woman and child in the world with a copy of " the A\ord of God in their-own tongue. To-day in 530 languages the Society is doing this, 'lt circulates one copy of tlie Bible or a portion thereof, every third second, day and night, without ceasing. The Society is the main source of supply of Scripture lor the mission field of the world. 1 1, provides for the wants of Church of England Missions in 184 languages, Presbyterian in 135, and Methodist in 100, Providing as it does the greatest and best book we know for all mankind, the Society was seeking the moral and spiritual unity and uplift of the race, and was engaged in I lie greatest; eduoal ion campaign ever launched in the world. The sepaker dealt with the demand being made by several of the European countries recently afflicted by the war. “There was,” he said, “in these countries evidence of a rising tide of interest in God’s word." The demands of the Mission fieldHrere then ‘touched upon, showing increases on every hand. Every six weeks a fresh demand conies from the mission field to supply the Scripture in a new language. To-day China takes more than a third (if the total output—over three million copies. Mr Thompson spoke „f the new Bible House for-New Zealand, situated in ’Wellington, and of the effort being made to reach out after every child iu ISew Zealand with copies of God’s 4\ ord, and of the Children’s Magazine, specially designed for the children of New Zealand.

A local branch of the Society was formed, and the following executive committee set up; —The Revs. AA, 11, AVallon, T. Halliday, A. Harding, a layman from each church, with the president and secretary of the Ladies’ Collecting Committee. The following ladies consented to act on the collecting committee; —-Mrs F. Robinson (president), Mesdames Barr, Stephenson, Jack, Misses Duncan, Honore, Walker, Crowe, Henry and Nye, and Mas Hornblow

(secretary). An effort is lo lie made to reach all the children of Foxton district to see that they have Bibles of their own.