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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 5, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 10.

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Editorial

By W. A. Spicer

Still Seeking the Lost in Far Places

Well may we rejoice in the good providence of God that is pressing onward the work of the missionary translators in our day in every uttermost part of the earth. How difficult a task it is to teach some tongues to speak the language of the kingdom is shown by a report that the British Bible Society makes regarding the issuing of the Gospel of Matthew in the Lisu tongue, spoken by an aboriginal people in Yunnan, southwestern China. We are told:—
When we looked for a word for "holy," one meaning "good" or "clean" was the best to be found. For "influence" the Chinese word had to be used. Words for "sign," "reward," "amazement," "glory," have not been found yet.
But in a new tongue the voice of the Good Shepherd is heard calling to the lost in the farthest recesses of Yunnan. It is wonderful to see how this work of Bible translation has been hastened on in this generation. Truly it is the gathering time, when the call is to be heard among every tribe and people.
W. A. S.