The '700th Foreign Language Reached: Decrease. in In Parenthesis Circulation in China Br 0M, Gnezx London, Sept. 16 At a time when no subject is more frequently. discussed by press "snd Platform than the Increasing. Irrell-Elon, indifferentism and, in_some stesuone ks Ruth Germany Spain, open hostility io religion, Shand Foport of, the "Briley and Foreign Bible Sociely published to-Gay. fords remaricable reading and a decided corrective of general im-
'During the past year the Society' issued for the British Isles" 2228.95 copies of the Scriptures (whole Bibles, SRestaments or portions of the Scrip-{ures), which ts 261896. more. than in the previous year. But through tut the world tie issue. was no less than 1160031 copies, an advance of Ti832t copies on the year" before, which is far te biggest jump made For several years, although each year fos recorded a marked advance on its predecessor.
is else noteworthy that in two of the countries where Christianity being most virwently attacked, there was considerably bigger. Cement {or Bibles. In Germany" sales rose nearly' 18000" to 11.170. and Spain for the. tst' time the sales passed the 300000 mark.
Russia has been rigidly shut against all importation of" the Scriptures since 182.
Another "Milestone The editor of the report may well bbe proud in reporting another mie-Stone in. the Society's progress—the Sttsinment of the 108th language into Shieh the Bible or parts of Tt has Been translated, (And. in the. frst three months of ths year Ave more languages were added).
"The 700th was 'Anganiwel, a Ian square spoken in the South' Sea Is. fends. Thirteen languages, were added during 1995 and it may be an inter-sting' test for readers to. see. how many they can 1denity. "They" were: "Guieilia, Nuer, had Nandi, Runa, ande, Ngbake, Luchast, Lam: hi, agon, Dagbene, Anganiwel end Moravian Romany.
'Of course the vast majority of the '00 languages have never even been heard of. 'T remember once when foing to have lunch with one of the Scerelaies of the Society asking him where Valvl wes spoken, it very relly script having atirected' my Rotice in the show window. Neither he nor his sistant could remember off hand and my" friend "revenged himself upon me by. keeping me Walling for Tunch "while ie tele: Phoned about the building for some She to answer for Valvie It Tre: member rightly ft lz the language the Bhits in India, who are. the Background of one of Kipling's best China Clreulation Down The total circulation for China showed "a decrease by "6929-10 Gaarieetargely the result. of ccoamic depression—but with the sales of the American Society" and. the National Bible Society of Scotland fudded, the. total distribution wes S2btsi1. "Also the sales of complete Bibles far exceeded any previous rec ord. For the first time the whole Bible was produced in the language of the Black Miao, one of the tribal peoples of Kweichow.
If the Middle Kingdom was in some respects behind its previous base, Manchoukuo showed a big increase with 581,247 sales against 457,303 in the year before, and Mongolia improved iis record from '3149821 to 381,611 curiously anous for Mongolia does not appear: from other sources to have been partie ocularly cheerful, the work of" the society's colporteurs was. generally happy.
Malaya, where the Society first began in' 1862 with a circulation of 2534 copies, far exceeded all records with sales of $28,638. "On one 02 casion," the report says, "we had not Mandarin Bible left and had to wire to Shanghai to send more im-
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didn't, she, overtook me Is'as great a problem as the supprerslon of the revolt itself. An amnesty Would do more to bring peace to Spain han any other measure."
Of Germany it is noted that in spit: of the Nazi political philosophy which "is steadily bringing into obedlence every aspect of life." in the religious realm alone "Is there still independence of thought and action." This is resented by many of the ruling faction and parents more and more are being induced to withdraw their children from Church schools and send them to Nazi schools. But the spirit of Luther remains strong. Curiously enough, the Bible appears to have sold unusually well among. Jews,
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