THE GREATEST BIBLE SOCIETY.
The British and Foreign Bible Society is not only the oldest (1804), but also has the largest income ($1,107,675 last year), and prints the largest number of copies of the Word. In 1900 the issues were over 4,900,000 copies. For the eighth time the annual figures have exceeded 4,000,000—in 1899 they were over 5,000,000 copies. Out of every 100 copies issued last year, 17 were Bibles, 27 were New Testaments, and 56 were Scripture portions, chiefly Gospels or Psalters. The sales by over 850 colporters in 30 different countries exceeded 1,600,000 copies; while 616 native Christian Bible-women in the East read the Scriptures to 40,000 women every week, and taught 2,700 to read for themselves. Every great British foreign mission is supplied from this source with the bulk of the Scriptures it needs for its work abroad.—Missionary Review of the World.