Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-11
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
some are In Portuguese aud Some In
spanish Pour Men Chosen
ne PicId Agents.

New York. May 1.-THE annual meet
ing Of the American bible society was
held today at the bible house. Tho
annual report Of the board OF man
ngcra shows:
Total receipts from tho living. 100. 2G1. .
lcgncier. si7G61i, total receipts. tl01.-
Osl. disbursements, $500 $40. Cash ball
ancc March ~. 1899, 1895.
The payments By the society'a auxll-
iarien for the purchase account
amounted TO 69,OeGss. In addition To
this they rcmittcd on donation account
In cash. tss.SpG.sy. and besides author
lied n transfer from their credit ball
ancc 10 donation account of t2.6siGs.
The Invested funds were Increased
by lcgacies and gifta during
the year $500. and the total amount
on March 81. 1879. was siiGCs2.ss The
income from these permanent funds
for the past year was tih.oi2ss.
Three new century presses, the most
perfect Of their Kind, have been put
In place. They are very rapid and ac-
curate. a rounding and backing ma
chine and u cnnc-making machine have
also been purchased. These machines
are capable Of turning out 5000 vol
umcs per day.
The total issue for the year amount
ell 60 i.sso.se2 copies. more than half
NJ which. 'ipcse. were distributed In
other lands. Somewhat more than one
half Of the books issued during the
year were printed and bound AZ tho
bible house. Among the new issues
ARE a duodeclmo portugcae bible; the
Gospels and Acts from the modern
version In snnnish, printed In large
type and attractive form. and the New
Testament and psnlmn IN the Language
of the Marshall Islands.
The Bible Society Record Issued for
the year s0',sVi a monthly average OF
i'.s71
Instead Of thirty or more reports OF
the society In the different states, four
men have 40 far been chosen as HELD
agents. Rev, Thomas H. Law, u. D.. OF
fpartnnaburF, r. g.. II the field agent
FOR North Carolina. South Carolina,
Florida. Georgia and Alabama. Rev;
George D. French Of Mofriatown,
Tenn. has Kentucky. Tennessee. Mis-
isHlsalppl and Louirinnan aa his field;
ltcv, John Pearson, u. D., OF Dayton,
ohio, II our representative IN West
virginia. ohio and Michigan and Rev.
william II, Henderson, -, D., OF Chi
cago, has nA his territory Indiana, Illl-
nolr and Wisconsin.
In addition to these Held agents, the
society has two special agents, Rev.
A. T.. couton and llcy. y. u. Greene.
- 'Nff hshHA'NN AuIAtNF NtHs
rerentlng ~ interests. the one In east.
crn Massachusetts and the other In
Greater New York.
Rev. J. y. Mci<im has been recalled
10 the hociety's service and assigned to
duty In Porto Rico
Rev, y. q. penEotti. for some years
past ~ charge OF the agency IN Gem
trial America. has been invited TO take
the oversight ~ bible distribution In
cuba for part Of the current year.
Rev, Jay g, Goodrich has been np-
pointed agent for the Philippines and
" now making his arrangements TO 20 10
that new and interesting enid.
There are Twelve agents serving the
society In other lands, whose whole
time u devoted 10 lts interests.
Resides these agents ei3 persons are
reported as having been employed for
a longer or shorter period In dlstflb.
uting the Scriptures In foreign lands,