Tributes Paid to Secretary of Bible Society Impressive tributes to the work accomplished by the Rev.
Sheppard as secretary in China of the British and Foreign Bible Society were paid at a reception to bid farewell to him and Mes, Sheppard, and to welcome his successor, the Rev, INW, Hudspeth, and Mrs, Hudspeth, hold on December 3 at the Cathedral Hall, Bishop Curtis was in the chair and paid a. personal tribute to. Mr. Sheppard's work In China, stating that the secretary of the Bible Society wns a kind of Pope, as his work extended throughout the country, The choice of a successor wag an excellent Mr. D. MeGavin, of the Scottish Bible Society, said Mr. Hudspeth had ken up this Work at_a most fortune time, as the Chinese were reading the Scriptures as never before. In addition to reading It for Mterary quality, there were many who were reading It to obtain its message. Mr. Hudspeth was assured their help and ce-operation, must_mean a great deal to, Mr. Sheppard to lay down the work he linad carried on for many years, Mr. W. H. Warren, of the China Inland Mission, mentioned that, since when the Bible circulation was the figures had risen in 1935. 85,000 copies throughout China, published in the. Union Baition. Gospel portions sold ran into a total of about nine million,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.