BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Shannon News, 30 September 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES. The British and Foreign Bible Society is one the great missionary societies in the world, with headquarters m London, under an interdenominational committee of control, consisting of 36 members, six of whom are foreigners resident in London; together yitli over 10,000 auxiliaries and brandies throughout the world. Its aim is to bring the Bible, without note or comment, within the reach of all peoples in.all languages. It is engaged in the work of translating, revising, printing) publishing and circulating God’s Word in all parts of the world.

It supplies Sunday Schools, Bible Glasses, missions, orphanages, prisons, hospitals, etc., in the Home lands; and missionary societies ink, foreign lands, all irrespective of denomination, with Scriptures, in most cases at less than cost, in at least 570 languages.

It helps the blind by providing the Bible Scriptures in 38 languages at about one-fifth of cost price. It. circulated last year 8,040,901 copies of the Scriptures, 5,000,000 of which were placed by its own colporteurs. It is maintained by sales, contributions and legacies.

It helped New Zealand last year by circulating and distributing the Scriptures as required in English and 18 other languages. It revised and reprinted the Maori Bible. It has been the warm advocate for a bigger and better place for the Bible in New Zealand.

What remains to be done? Further languages to be translated, revisions to be carried out, and cheap Scriptures brought within the reach of thousands who have not yet heard the Gospel. Latest statistics show Inhere are in the world 234 million odd Moslems, and of these over 103 million are under British rule.