New-York tribune., 1901-05-22
WORK OF BIBLE SOCIETY.

The work of the American Bible Society and the
causes of home missions, Christian education in
colleges and academies and church erection were
presented at the business sessions of the assembly
to-day, and home missions occupied the evening,
with a large meeting in the Academy of Music In
his address the distribution of Bibles through
out the world, the Rev. Dr. John Fox, of New
York, of the secretaries of the American Bible
Society, thanked the assembly for giving him hf-
minutes of its precious time adding that he
knew that this brief space did give a fair i'm
preston of the interest which Presbyterians have
in the Bible in the Bible Society Reference
was made by the speaker to a young elder,
officer in the United States Army. who took part
in the capture of Manila and who had told the
retary that there is deep hunger for the Bible
among the Filipinos DR.. Fox continued:
This is our own Presbyterian mission work that
we are considering. for on every mission field not
only in the Philippines, but everywhere else the
Plle ooCiety IS an essential part OF our own work.
have in my hand the latest issue from our
presses in New-York. the gospel of Matthew in
lator is precious after heroic dbors and martyr
Death Death martyr TO the deadly climate in which he
labored above measure His work a 5 a translator
was found to need revision. We have just pub
Hshed the revised edition of the Suu Matthew.
ana the translator, member of this assembly
can tell you with what satisfaction il will he re-
Mission of our own Presbyterian Church recently
addressed letter of thanks to the Bible Society.
finite debt as a mission to the American Bible So
stance, the consensus Of foreign mission testimony
It cannot be regarded. therefore an outside
sionary operations. In china we have suffered in
or fifteen of our heroic colporfers baye 1aid 6o
their lives for the faith and in the service OF the
society. The scope and magnitude Of Bible work
in China little realized and it is wonderful that
during this year of tumult the circulation has fallen
OH only sixty thousand copies.
DR.. Erskine " White the secretary Of the Board
Of Church Erection. told OF the splendid work
which had been done by the PRESBYTERIAN Church in
assisting small congregations to erect houses Of
worship and parsonages throughout the land SO
important a church the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Of New-York which had given the
most perhaps in the history OF the denomination
was itself obliged receive aid in erecting its first
house Of worship. the pastor making an appeal 10
friends in Glasgow. Scotland for that purpose
DR.. White said that he glad TO be able 70 say
to any critic who asked whether the influence Of
the Church was dying out, that from twelve 10
fifteen churches dedicated every day in the
wccc and every week in the year
One OF the most telling addresses heard In the
assembly in years was delivered by Dr. Charles
L. Thompson secretary of the Board of Home Mis-
sions. He has recently been in Porto Rico; with
in year or two he made trip to Alaska. and
his speech OF hfty-iive minutes covered every part
Of the home mission field from the Arctic Circle TO
the southern coast Of Porto Rico.
BIBLE 4 TEXTBOOK
The first cause presented this ..fternoon before
the assembly that of the Board Of Aid for
Colleges and Academies. The offices Of this board
are in Chicago In its eighteen years IT has aided
seventy-eight institutions scattered over twenty
nine States and Territories. Thirty-six schools
have been founded and the burden of indebtedness
has been removed from twenty-sx institutions Its
work is threefold. securing property removing in
debtedness and laying permanent foundations by
endowment In all the institutions which the
board aids the Bible is the chief textbook and the
atmosphere is Christian. The report added
Christ is held up as the centre and elorv %
educational as well as religious life students are
required to study the Bible systcma ically as par
OF the curriculum necessary for graduation. and
receive the inspiration and culture of pous teach
ers and splendid influences.
Addresses made by the Rev Dr. Edward
c. Ray, OF Chicago; Or. Herrick Johnson Dr. w
c. Roberts and Professor John De Witt The com
mittee recommended that the Church should con-
tribute S5ocoo for the coming year as the amount
needed to support adequately the institutions on
Its list and TO make moderate advance in new
fields In his address DR.. Ray said:
Dr. John Adams was PRINCIPAL Of Phillips Andoyer
proper books. He ordered to tie up in a
and the bundle was put in closet The last day;
of the the term il was Brought out and opened '''
Of these important volumes The title of the 'frss rss
book was the Holy Bible DR.. Adams thundered
What! You ous at to have read a chapter in
replied: i'''i ili'F D'-"is breakfast Inc lad
Teg 9dsrfd @ mn f to bring every book not
The attpde Of The ehGrches the public and the
euGCdllOnaI ISItiAllCnS or lnlS land Is commonly
that OF DR.. AdaIls-the student ought TO read a
chapter in the Bible every morning before break
fast. The practice of the churches the publjc and
educational institutions commonly results like DR.
Adams 's-the student has Bible IT is seldom
connected with mis- studies 1t is a closed If not a
closeted book.
Every pastor has his fad outside of his regular
work Some like TO fish and some oficiate on
great occasions Some run bicycles. General
collecting old Prints others print collections of old
ideas Some make hymn books some herbaria
Some go 10 EaroPe and others, not sluggards to
the ant and heraldry And so on. Now, my hobby
l,c
young. For y,ars before this board was founded I
in correspondence with every college and mt
versty in the country about Il. and visiting as
could. institutions where the Bible taught to
speak amateur specialist
DIR. JEFETT-s SUCCESSOR ELECTED.