Society has just completed its statistics for i931. This Society has circulated during the year the following books of Holy: Scripture: Biller ces Yen Roaea 'These figures show a slight fall-off in the sale of single books of the Bible, but an increase of 8.085 complete 'Bibles and 8,297 Testaments as compared with the previous year. The increase in' the sale of complete. Bibles, in a year of so much distress is remarkable Jand should be an encouragement to all Christian missionaries. It-follows an increase of 4,000 in 1930 as compared with 1929, Statistics are never a reliable index in religious matters, but this growing popularity of the Bible in China would seem to indicate increasing attention to the great message which the Christian Church perpetuates to the world.
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