Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-14
From, the Gospel Witness.
BIBLE NEWS.

SiotiACu " ISutu tlldt tIl GuIIOil VI leu
thousand copies of the entire Scriptures
and an edition of forty thousand copies of
a digest of the Scriptures in Burman have
been put to the press at Maulmein. The
recent appropriation by the Board ofthe
American and Foreign Bible Society of
$4,000 for the Scriptures in the East, has
therefore proved TO be highly seasonable.
Still let not our readers mistake. 1t is one
thing to put work to press, and another
to pay the heavy expenses which are al
ways incurred for press work, paper,
binding, &c. Providence having called
our denomination to the responsible work
of disseminating the Scriptures faithfully
translated among the nations of "the
boundless East I've hope that they will
not be backward in responding to that
call by doing whatever their hands find
TO do with their might
The English Baptist Missionary, br.
w. Yates completed the Hindustani New
Testament on the 22d of February. The
following interesting letter from him was
addressed to the Corresponding Secretary
of the American and Foreign Bible Soci-
ETY..
CALCUTTA, Feb. "a, 1888
My Dear Brother-Y our letter of the
| lth of August, l received last week, to-
gether with reports ofthe A and F. Bible
Society | need scarcely say that both
gave US very great satisfaction, for you
we'll know, 'as cold waters to thirsty
soul, SO is good news from far country
Considering the commercial distress that
has prevailed, your success appears to US
unparalleled. We are truly happy to see
that you are determined to use all the pa
chic means In your power to bring the
Baptists to cooperate in this noble enter
prise. You have made a worthy protest
against error and imposition, and deci-
ded stand for truth and independence, and
the Lord has blessed you, and may he
still bless you more and more, till many
and great nations shall hear you speak to
them through the medium Of translations,
the wonderful works of God in their own
languages.
1t devolves on me to relate progress in
the TRANSACTIONS and | shall leave it to
brother Thomas to state the amount of
distribution and monies received. am
happy to say that yesterday l completed
our version ofthe New Testament in Hin
dustani, and we have proceeded with the
printing of it to the gospel of John. We
are rather slow in our progress in this
work, as we are printing three editions !;
one octave, and second duodecimo, and
third with marginal references. Broth
er Thomas takes as great pains to secure
accuracy IN these proofs while passing
through the press, as brother Pearce did
with those in Bengali. am also happy
to state that the Sanskirt version of the
! New Testament is advanced as far as the
Hebrews. and will certainly be ready for
the press at or before the time of brother
Pearce's return. When this is complet.
f ed, have determined on the revision and
completion of Chamberain's version ofthe
New Testament in Hindu. In the Ben
f gall we are just about to commence print
ing our third edition Of the Testament; =
t and this will be printed entirely at the ex
! pense of your society. We were able il
t the second edition to supply you with fiv
: hundred, but in this we hope to suppl
o you with live thousand copies. 1t appear
# to US necessary to have large edition a
+ this time, that we may not be diverte
j from our labors in the Old Testamen
e which we are to begin printing whe
brother Pearce arrives.
. We have submitted our Hindustani a
D. we did our Bengali version, to the mo-
competent judges for examination, and ar
still continuing TO do so. AS far as W
have gone, am rejoiced to say, the II
It suit has been the same. AS our appeal
10 made to men who are not of our denomil
lie alton. their testimony will be regarde
g without suspicion. have now before n
De the testimonials of three British officers
IT. all OF them excellent Hindustani scholar
at and one of them at the head of the NJ
IT. hommedan College; one of them say
en- 1t appears to me extremely well done
ne A second: The translation is in N
us opinion ldIomatic, simple, and at the san
It time classical, and does much credit
is the quarter whence it proceeds A thir
sir felt quite a feeling Of gratitude al
rs pleasure at reading many parts whi'
tn. seemed to come home to me as much
ms in our English version. and had missio
Nj done no more, they would have done 60
we Service to the Lord and this land, by ca
Pc ing Its people to read in their own tong
n; the wonderful works of Cod By the
not testimonials, and by the liberality of 20
Is Society, we are encouraged to GO on w
re- our work, and to bless the Lord that at
Ink many years of labor in the dark, he
an, at length made our way plain before {
be face. am yours in Christ Jesus,
'elf. w. YATES