New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
CURIOUS BIBLES FOR THE BIG FAIR.
THE INTERESTING EXHIBIT TIE BIBLE sc

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One Of the exhibits that IS likely to find no
terpart at the Columbian Exposition will be the In
teresting and curious which has been prepared
nv the American Bible Society, q large portion OF
which was shipped to the West yesterday. space
has been assigned TO 1t In the building OF Mann
facturcs and Liberal Arts. The space Is some
what contracted one measuring % feet by IL feet.
and is In the balcony Of the building. In spite OF
this the exhibit will be OF such character as to
attract attention and comment. In general way,
the purpose OF the Bible Society Is to show TO the
visitors TO the Worlds Fair, by this exhibit the
work It has accomplished and the progress II has
made In the sevcnty-six years OF Its existence
Copies OF each OF the annual reports ana bound h,
OF .Thc Bible Society Record" will occupy shelves
I'm one Of the In the same case VIII also
appear specimens OF the elcctrOtypc plates used IN
nrntine the Scriptures. Two OF these plates
esneclally noteworthy, one Of them having been
Moved I'm the set used In printing 100000 copies OF
the . cent edition OF the New Testament. total
edition numbering $500 900 having been Issued since
1873 The other plate was one of those used In
supplying $4,000 copies OF the 2,0o4.OO0 2O-ccnt
Bibles which have come from the socie'ys presses
In the same period.
Many rare and valuable volumes from the library
I'm the Bible House will be placed the shelves
for the inspection OF the public. Among them will
be- n copy OF the original King James's edition OF
the Bible which was published In 1911. There will
aso be displayed fac-simile OF the first page OF the
first Bible ever printed the Mazarln Bible OF 1850.
and a copy OF the Biblla Pauperum, representing
the style Of printing from wooden blocks before the
invention Of movable types. The English llexapla,
showing the early versions Of the scriptures ut
a single opening. with the Greek text. will bc also
exhibited. In order TO show the great advancement
made In the publication OF the Bible In other
tongues the Rev. DR.. f.. W. Gilman. who has charge
OF the foreign department OF the sOcietys business.
has selected a large number OF works that are
printed by the society In nearly all OF the 300
languages In which the Scriptures have been pub
lished Copies OF Mnrshman's. the Delegates Brldg
man g. CubertsOn's and DR.. Schercschewsky's YER
sions OF the Scriptures In Chinese Will be included
in the list. Complete detached portions Of the
Scriptures In the following languages will form II
part OF the exhibit Turkish, Arabic. Syriac. Persian,
Urdu modern Greek. Siamese. Burmese, Pail, Tamil.
Tulu. Mnrathi. Ponapc, Tlbetan. Mpongwe sheesiva.
Azerldian Osmali- Turkish, Mende and others.
In one Of the cases will be display OF qusn.
tity of curious objects which have been taken In
barter In exchange for the Scripture In faron lands.
In this collection Is copper coin that Is more than
eighteen centuries old. IL was coined In China In
the year 90 a. D.. and was given tn exchanee TOR
one Of the Gospels to an agent Of Tie society u