Robert Arthington’s Bequest to Missions
Robert Arthington, who recently died at Teignmouth, England, bequeathed $4,500,000 to missions. Of this large sum the Baptist Missionary Society of London gets $2,500,000, and the London Missionary Society gets $2,000,000. Mr. Arthington designated by his will that this money should be used almost wholly in placing the Bible—or parts of it, particularly the gospels of Luke and John and the Acts of the Apostles—in the hands of the peoples of Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and the South Sea Islands. Speaking of the various heathen tribes, his will states, after setting forth in detail his wishes: “I desire that the Light of Life as a lamp shall be left standing among them until each tribe has formed a church, and that they shall be visited regularly by devoted teachers until every tribe in the land shall have the gospel in print. No delay shall occur in taking the inestimable treasure to every unreached tribe.”