The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05
BIBLE FOLLOWS THE FLAG.
1000 Copies Have Been Distributed in the Philippines.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mariana pointed 10 US the places In the
walls separating the fields through which
the insurgent cavalry Rad passed and where
the fighting took place, and the b~lockhouseS
destroyed BY them And I heard him whistle
while riding quietly: Soy feIiz. soy feliz.
, e. ~ favor. me sozare' CHappy day. hap
py day. when Jesus washed my sins
away9."
Close on tbs heels OF the United States
field reports OF the conduct Of the war IN
the Philippines comes a.other record or a
campaign in the Philippines and In the new
American colonies OF a vastly different kind
II the United States reports are such pas
Fares as: we advanced under a heavy h-e
sooa after daybreak and within an hour
crossed the river and entered the town The
enemy suffered heavily, his dead being
thIckiy strewu along the road between the
bridge and the trenches around the cauFeh-I
The new volume or reports reGung tle
happenings OF the campaign that followed
the first. instead OF telling Of burning VII
lages and roads strewn with dead natives.
tells Of simple-m.aded. dark-skinned men
going about their work In the rice fields or
on the Plantations and singing with happy.
iusty voices: Soy fcliz. soy felix. y en- 81
favor. me gOzare"
REPORT OF BIBLE SOCIETY.
Ths new volume OF reports Is called the
sTfchtv-stxth Annual Report OF the Amer-
car Bible Society" The society Is thor
orghly nonsectar.an. II was founded for the
sole purpose Of circulating thu Bible with
out note or comreat les aim II TO provide
The Scriptures of the Oit and New Tests
mentA either BY sale at the lowest possible
cost consistent with thorough workmanship
or BY Rift 20 all OF the needy In all lands.
The society has translated the Bible Into
the different languages OF the earth. until II
has been printed IN nearly loo Tongues. ana.
all together. with the British snf Foreign
Bible Society. the National Soeietf OF Scot
land. and other organizations In Germany,
in France. and In other parts d Europe.
the Bible has been translated into over l9
lanruaces- This has been done By mis-
sfouaries and BY natives under the super
vision and pay OF the different Bible socle-
ties OF the world
IRE new volume OF reports shows that the
American Bible Society alone has. in the
eighty-sx- years OF its existence, issued 10
Has volumes Of the Scriptures. I'm nearly
100 languages and dialects
Tho American society. while working In
every part Of the globe. quite naturally
directs special attention 10 the American
field. In the past Il has directed special
Effort to supplying all the Immigrants land
lures in their own language. The various
Indian tribes have had the Bible translated
into their languages. the American society
having issued Bibles N Choctaw. oHbwa.
Seneca. Dakota. MuskOgee and other Ian
uages-
The most interesting sections OF the re-
ports this year relate TO the work Of the So
eiety in the new colonial possessions OF the
Government. From tho reports IL will be
seen that the agents @ the American Bible
Society. Ike the Constitutions. have fol-
lowed close behind the dag. and. although