Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-04
THAT ALL MAY READ
The Allegheny County Bible Society
Furnishes the Word.
ITS SEvENTY.SIYTH YEAR ENDED.
Report Of the Secretary, Showing the EX'
tent Of the Work Done.
GOSPEL PRINTED IN ALL LANGUAGES.

The seventy-sixth annual meeting OF the
Young Mems Bible Society of Allegheny
County was held last night in the First U.
P. Church. Allegheny. After the opening
prayer, President Miller made a few re.
marks on the object Of the society. e. S.
Gray, Corresponding Secretary. read his
annual report and the report of the Treas
urer and Librarian.
Mr. Gray opened BY reviewing the origin
and work Of the Bible societies iu this
country and in England, and especially the
history of the local organization. Extracts
from his report follow:
''The following statistical table will be of
interest as showing the aggregate amount Of
work done in the rs years just passed. ar
ranged by quarters of century; the amount
of remittances representing the cost price of
Bibles and the sums donated; the number
of volumes representing the number of
Bibles and Testaments distributed by the
agents:
Remittances. No. Vols
First quarter of century. s. 98O6 O4 1858
Second quarter of century. 59.GS9 81 7I,S46
Third quarter of century. 73,3i0 63 IS, $50
lotai, 10 years. Sl40oS0 oI l9U.oo4
Increase in the Demand for Bibles.
zone hundred years ago less than 4, ,OO0,-
600 Bibles were in existence in all the earth.
To-day there is probably more than 210, ,000,-
600 in circulation, while 5000, 900 are being
published year by year. The increasing de-
mands upon our own society is further evil
dence of this interest, and we see our field
enlargIng, by reason of large increase of
population, especially of the foreign ele-
ment. In far greater proportion than we have
the means to meet the opportunities.
During the past year Bibles have been
placed in the following places: West Penn
Hospital, Dixmont Hospital, Passavants'
Hospital, Homeopathic Hospital, Women's
Christian Association, Y. NJ. c. A, city;
Lawrenceville Y. NJ. c. A., Tarentum Y.
NJ. c. A., w. c. I. u, of Bellvue; P. &
L. E. R. R., P. K. R., B. g. o. R. R., So
ciety of Improvement of Poor, Monongahela
House, Industrial schools, besides a num-
Der of mission schools of all denominations.
E"Of languages, English, German, Italian,
French and Hungarian were distributed.
year, 1, $50; the highest number in any one
month, September, 240; smallest number,
February, so.
Helping the Foreign Element.
"In Pittsburg there are 10, 900 Italians.
End, there is practically nothing being
done, as far as we know, to bring to them
the Bread of Life. and the same can be said
OF other nationalities, with the exception,
perhaps, Of the French, and the much but
wrongly despised Chinese. Strange as it
may seem, it is q fact, over 80 per cent Of
our Chinese population are to-day using the
Bible alone as the only textbook in acquir-
ing knowledge OF our language.
'Should time and space admit, many
incidents could be told of the marvellous
power "the Word" has had in giving light
to those who were sitting in darkness.
Ought not this society make special effort
to place the Bible in their own language in
the hands and homes of these strangers
within our gates? Never before was there
such need as now for some restraining,
influence to subdue the vio-
lent inclinations OF many Of these foreigners
in our centers of labor and other places"
The Treasurer's report shows the receipts
for the year sl,702 and the balance from
last year made the total 81 ,926 18. The dis
bursenents were 81, 1872 SO, leaving bal
ance Of S793 SO. Rev. j. T. McCrory made
the address of the evening, giving some
interesting facts on the subject Of Bible