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The Worldwide Work of Bible Societies

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 3, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 51.

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The Worldwide Work of Bible Societies

Because they have done their work silently and without show or ostentation, but few appreciate the great good which has been accomplished by the various Bible societies in the distribution of the Good Book during the last one hundred years. According to the New York Times, the Bible is now issued in whole and in part in no less than 600 languages, and every year adds from eight to ten languages to the list. For the year 1913 the British and Foreign Bible Society issued 1,006,281 complete Bibles, 1,275,040 New Testaments, and 6,676,912 portions of the Bible. The issues of this society increased from 5,934,711 Bibles or portions of Bibles in 1909, to 8,958,233 in 1914. Last year 2,183,000 Bibles, New Testaments, and Scripture portions were issued in China by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and 1,168,965 by the American Bible Society.