BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 40, 6 February 1908, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

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ADDRESS BY I!KY. ¥. (.1. EYAXS. The llev. I'\ (I. Evans ga\o a .short but very interesting account of a visit to the Bible Society'* hon>o in London recently. ll<> and .Mrs. Evans visited the place at the invitation of Sir Andrew

iind Lady Wynyard. The rev. gentleman said lie had often felt very anxious tii know if the money of the society had Ix'en spent In a very large and very ornate building. It was large, certainly, but plainness itself. He had then entered with feelings of pleasure, feeling that none of the money collected in the colonies Hid been spent in lavish architecture. During the afternoon he met the Rev. Mr. McDonald, a Presbyterian minister from India, who was superintending the translation of some portions of the Bible into the Hindu tongue. The visitors having been duly received, they were divided into parties to inspect the building. In oases in the committeeroom they saw copies of every edition of the BThle published for verv many yean* past, and they derived a gr-e.it deal of pleasure from examining these works. The printing of i.,e Bibles was not done by the society, but bv private printing firms. This was more of ,1 pub. liMiing and despatching house. There were Bibles of all slyles in all tongues. In portion of the building people were engaged in printing or preparing Bibles for blind people, using the Braille system. A very interesting feature of this was that upon the Braille system a language had been compiled for a people

which had no written language of its own. In the packing-rooms it was possible to obtain an idea of the worldwide influence of the Bible. There were cases of the volumes of Holy Scripture addressed to every portion of the world, peculiarly-shaped boxes being intended for portage through Central Africa on the heads or on the backs of native porters. Ilis hearers could hardly imagine the number of Bib!™ issued by the society since its inception it amounted to millions. The Rev. }f r . Evans, said he had also got an insight into the amount of assistance given bv the fioeiety 10 missions by the translation of the Bible for the missionaries in various parts of the world, and the thought had struck him very forcibly that at the Biule Society's house, or in the Bible Society's work, all Christians, whatever their "ism,'* met 011 common ground in the prosecution of one great work, united to disseminate a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. As a result of his visit he had iletermined to take a more active interest in the work, and he hoped that New Plymouth would Jo even better than in the. past. At the instance of the chairman, a hearty vote of thank's was tendered ti the lecturer.

After the singing of another hymn, the benediction brought the proceeding (0 a close. "