p. 363 | The Pwo Karen Bible

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 12, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 23.

The Pwo Karen Bible

SOME converts from heathenism evidently appreciate the Scriptures in their own tongue. The Indian Baptist has this interesting item: "The Pwo Karen Bible is at last printed and ready for circulation. It is in the language of a tribe of mountaineers, poor, with few educational advantages, but Christian from the love of Christ. The book is expensive—six rupees a copy; but before it was out of the press one hundred copies had been bespoken and paid for. The people then met together, and in a few minutes five hundred copies more were subscribed for. Further measures were then taken to provide every Christian family with a copy; and further still, to meet the case of those who are absolutely too poor to pay for their Bibles, these Bibles are to be paid for out of funds raised for this purpose; and, to crown all, we are told that 'the entire cost of printing the Scriptures is to be born by the Karen churches.'"—Ex.