London, Sept. 18. bers' meeting to formally inaugurate In the 130th Report of the British the East China Bible Society was and Foreign Bible Society, which arranged to take place on February has just been issued, it is stated that the distribution of the Scriptures During the furlough of Mr. J.C. has been increased by 315,000 copies F. Robertson our Manchuria" Sub-during the year, eleven new languages Agency was inthe charge of Mr. have been added to the society's list, Paul Goforth, The political crisis land the income has been augmented and governmental changes which by £31,000 "during the past year. have taken place since September, Tt is pointed out, however, "that 1931, have greatly affected the con-£19,000 of the increase in income ditions for colportage work. In 1932 thas been derived from two special it was not possible for many of our gifts and that there has been a slight men to travel, and they carried Gecrease in contributions from Home Under" great "restrictions. The Auxiliaries. conditions have considerably _im-The total income for the year is proved and there has. been a given at £231,187 (apart_from the Temarkable increase in the number sales of Scriptures). The sales of complete Bibles sold. The follow-amounted to £143,405, and expendiing is taken from Mr. Goforth's ture to £373,896, thus showing a report: surplus of £696 on the year's working. Details of distribution for the "Unexpected progress in spite of year 1933-34 are as follow political confusion—a remarkable Advance, bringing both reproach and encouragement to our faith, marks Portions 8.08210 New. Testaments ea38 along the line, in Bibles, Testaments, the current year in Manchuria. Alt In Asia there was once again an and portions, we have left far behind immense circulation of the Scriptures tus the figures for 1932.
8,708,000 volumes as against 6,956,- "AIl_ but. two of the Society's col~ 000" in' the preceding twelve months. porters in Manchuria are Chinese. 3,902,000 copies were sold in China, Some have been robbed by bandits which is 303.000 fewer than in the when going from town tog town, previous year; in Korea there was a some have. been persecuted "by redecrease of 74,000, copies be-Tatives "and neighbours for their ing sold. There have been a number outspoken Christianity; one colporof translations and additions to the tour, Mr. Wang Hein-wen of Antung, Library, amongst them being: St. has broken down and been given a Mark and Romans in Chin Northern, retirement allowance after twenty-Exodus in Mongolian, Luke, John and four years of service. One example Acts in Black Miao, Mark' and Acts of definite results is the record of in Hwa Hsu, Mark and John in Colporteur Yao Yung-shan, who in Annamese Colloquial. A copy of the company with the Rev. Allan Reach revised Old Testament in' Chinese of the Canadian Presbyterian Mis *Amoy has been received from China. sion, went from shop to shop in the 'The following table gives parti-city' of Chengchiatun during August, culars of the sums received during 1933, and sold 1,790 copies of the 1993: Scriptures in two days, Churches, Foreign $9038 Churenes, Chinese Arrested and Released
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