The Archive · 1939

Pages from Ancient Bibles

A collection of leaves from old Bibles has recently been on exhibition in the Mission Building, Shanghai. They came from the College of Chinese Studies Library at Peking. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the printing of the whole Bible in English, reminding us of the influence, not only upon the English speaking race but upon the whole (JW. "TivawmA TOSA Pr sarta. world, of the Bible since in 1538 it has been translated into over one thousand languages. me wiravmisiraXtA Y a Za aroar. esu e Ana espy DINING Key nares) STI Lyte ISL tur n HAL, nim m [em ore ay. A

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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