Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-09-06
ABSIRACTO OF
. FyAscEfnAL EgERTfoHs IN ASIA"
No. IY-Coneinded.

III 7 nav proceed To offer some genera,
"a ni.eellaneous observations upon the
.a.nsl.,;ons of the Scriptures into the Ian
-. of the East and VI h them to close
a. Ah.tfsct Of Evangelical kxertions
', The account confsined IN the Two iorego-
-. ,ar,s of ,his number presents you with
"s s,ve stations where versions 81 TIC
s'.,n,,,rrs are preparing, and Thirty
,rsrsl.tinns into TvxsJY-srx Ian.
-. All these ransistians, except The
go, .na ,hr Easista Malass sad perhaps
~, a u f,iavalsse, aa,e been begun ~nhih
about TWEEN years.
these TRANSACTIONS have been borne IN con.
siderable par, by the Societies 10 thR,Aaa
Hose Missionaries have been employed IN
,hem. But very impur ant sie has been
received from the College Ut Fofs William
s,om the p.i,ish and Foreign Bible Society.
Win have Corresponding Committee in
c.lcutts. from the Calcutta Auxiliary Bible
socieiy and from contributions and dpns-
,on, in India and America. Since the year
iao6 il a,pears that America has contrlbn
,sJ f,r The TRANSACTIONS s l2,645, OF which
ws..sehuse,ls has furnished al heat s 1000 /;
and by he profls arising from making the
,sm;,ianees in silver, the whole las m 1unt
cd to about 6 l4550-The primary object
ofthe Calcutta Aoxili sry Bible Society Is
,osnpoly the native ctris isns Of India anu
csvlon with the word of God in their own
,onguey. With funds amounting tn tbuty
three thousand dollars, collee;edin the H.
s,ght months sf'er their formation, they have
already undertaken new nd itfge editions
ofibe Tsmll Bible, aud lie Cling lese aud
Maayslim New Test sment, Tor The benin q
seven, or eight, or nine hundred thousand
orofessing Christians. lnthe previous parts
oflbis number mention has been mad OF he
bIBL1orEEeA FIBLTeA. THIS institution
was formed Il Calcutta IN 1910 I; and for It's
extensive influence or the spread ut the
Gospel IN he Est, il has excited an inter
ea in Europe and A STA h,le inferior to thst,
which has been awakened by the establish
rent Of the British & Foreign Bible Society,"
The B.5!,otheea Bikica is a repository Tor
Bibles alone, or grand Biblical Bookstore,
connected with Translation Library, con-
sisinr of books necessary for the uae OF
translation, such as the original Scriptures,
Iex,rons, Crsmm.rs, and works on Biblical
Criticism. The books IN the latter depart
ntn, are no, sold, but only lent 10 trsnsla-
ie,., and are considered the exclusive prop
cry of,he British aud Foreign rible Socie
" for The ins,auiion WAS founded under
tie auspices Of this Society, and us BUSH
pess ia conducted by their pondlng
Committee.
Tie B.6liofhtce Bi5iea is pstronze by
the Chaplains in Bengal, ~ the college Of
For, William. md by all the trsnslators Of
The Scriptures N India, who respectively
terosie their versions here. Bibles, aud
paris Of b,hles, in al lsngusges, both A.
sistic ana European, are 10 BE- exhibited here
Tor ssle, al moderate prices, and Isis oi lie
several versions are sent to remote per1s OF
Asia, to give information where Bible. may
BE- obtaiaed while the commefce carried
on from The por Of c.loutis n.ndeis the
transmission OF books remedy easy 70 eve
ny part of,he East.
-Four ,housond volumes of he B,be, sna
parts of the Bible, IN ten different languages,
we're placed here before the close If 1910
Al this time he supelin,endanls Of the In
stiiuiian sen, 10 England Tor large supply
II Bibles n Arabic, Malay, Armenian, BY,
riae, Latin, Greek. Hebrew aud eleven
European lsaFpsges. These were collecting
in seblusry 1871, and before The nidn.h OF
May the Coapit,ee Of The Bible Soeie9
had consigned 10 their Corresponding Com
mite some part at least of this supply
On Il eleventh OF March 1912 a nelan
oholJ dispens lion Of Divine Providence &C
cured sl Sersmpore. tue destruction OF the
Missionaries Printing Office and al The
printing utensils, BY IRE. Ia Their audrt s.
Of June 1912, they thus de, cribe the ex ent
OF Their loss. I" In addition TO extensive
ftlnfE nj I'm. 81 Of .aI4f X
Two OF Greek. there were destroyed n less
Nan jomifn n The vsrIous languages Il The
East. tn Calamity was heightened by he
ioss OF about loo reams If EnglisA paper,
grea, par, Of which had been deposited 9Th
.'by the c leuas Auxiliary Bible Society,
pf the SAX Ut p in,ug editions ofthe New
!ts'ameui IN IAn0i, Cingaiese and Mal1-
sim, and BY the esudction Of books aud
manuscripts, which have cost neaiiya dhous.
ana pounds. The nett loss Including The
ouiid ngs, smounfed 10 aboat 50 0O0 ~ ees,
NI 75JJ stetl,ng, exclusive Of paper be-
.oasshg 20 the CAiicuea Auxiliary Dlble
s@ieiy." Great ezeuions have been made
ort par l'e loss, and il Is believed that, at
,o's montni, The printing establishment, al
ssfsd'po'e is IN ss lstfcct slate as 1t has
ever been,
notwithstanding the number Of versions,
winch have been alfeady undertaken, is
geat, many languages sill rrmnin IN East.
srh Asia INTO which no par o. the scTip,are
susnsiaied. Tie exRe, number has not
'ssen ascertaiaed, and il is difficult even TO
9m Conjecture IN The subjsci, as there
&c pIobabiy many tongues IN the numerous
s'seaa, AID some beyond ,he Ganges, when
ave never been noticed by Europeans.
4eof encouragement for EBAstmeatS.
Extract oil letter from gentleman