American Bible Society's Distribution in 1921 after night one heard the familiar sound of rifle shots. feountry people homes to seek refuge the mud walled villages.
About 10 1i from Butsi, a town not far from here, attack wax made on {marriage was bs jthe guests were many. The bandits belonged to the Nearly nine and a half million They entered the home and copies of scripture were eirealated report has it that there were! in China during 1924. 'This is nJabout 100 of the brigands, who dicated in the report of The Ameri Killed shout 200 persons. A son} can Bible Society" xent to of the unfortunate family had last week, which ors head dashed on to a mill stone, and with the' tle girl was torn ingwo. These society and the National tated to be soldiers by} of Scotland in thi tusk. This of nearly ix ying of troops just men-two millions over the previous ye tioned were welcomed by flags The circulation of the Americ out at shop doors—"discretion Bible Society's China Agency was the better part of valour 22,162 Bibles, 0,304 New Teata-'Suchien has been cut off from the 9,375 Portions. This outer world for nearly three weeks. is only since the last day or two!
of circulation by the parent that mails been have Society in the United States for the through. preceding year.
The report further shows that the local receipts from sale of hooks exceeds by more than $4,000 that of 1923, although the price of many. Publications was Towered at the beginning of the year. Features of the work have been the publication ly Record Bible—the first 'a combination character'
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.