Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Feb 15, 1906

ONLY one Protestant missionary is found to every 250,000 of the population of India.

THE Bible is now translated into 330 languages, spoken by 1,200,000,000 people.

IN the city of Bangalore there are four hundred and thirty-three baby widows not yet one year old.

“THAT they [all nations] should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him.” Acts 17:27.

WE have one Protestant Christian to each five persons; in the foreign field there is one Protestant Christian to each 1,566 persons.

“GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16.

JAPAN is composed of islands. The islands are many; but there is only one gospel ship. This is the “Fukuin Maru,” Captain Bickell, connected with the mission of the American Baptist Missionary Union.

“FORWARD, forward, on to every nation, Give the glorious gospel to the world. Over all the lands that lie in darkness, Let the blood-stained banner be unfurled. On till every tongue and tribe and kindred Hear the glorious gospel’s joyful sound; Forward, forward, till the name of Jesus Shall re-echo all the world around.”

THE American Bible Society has decided to publish an edition of the Gospels and Acts in Chamorro, the language spoken by the people of the island of Guam. The translation will be made by the Rev. Mr. Price, a missionary of the American Board, and the edition will be printed in Japan. The island of Guam is an important naval station of the United States in the Pacific, and this is the first attempt to give these people the sacred Scriptures.