The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-13
. PRESBYTERIAN mission presses
- are described I'm 1.-The Assembly
Herald" as being in operation
at Rpiriit Svrta. Sha ph a 4

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- at Beirut, Syria; Shanghai
China: the City of Mexico
Bangkok, Siam; Laos and Urumlah
Persia. The Beirut press was estab
lished in 1922 at Malta, to print work.
in, italian, modern Greek, Anneno
Turkish, Arabic, and other Eastern
languages. In 1882 to 1884 the Arab,
part of the work was removed t
Beirut, and the whole concern was per
manently established there not man.
years afterward The establishment
has now a working force of So men ant
woman. all Syrians. with four steam
presses in operation, the two larges
printing the Bible exclusively. Al
works have to be carefully edited, fol
they are subjected to a strict censor.
ship. and nothing Objectionable to any
religion Is allowed. Besides the scrip
lures all kinds of textbooks for use ii
the Presbyterian and other mission
schools in Syria, Palestine and Norti
Africa are published.
But "the brightest feature of the
work today is the great demand fol
Scriptures and for religious books o
all kinds. The field for distribution
of Arabic literature, and especially that
of religious character, seems to be
widening more and more" The foun.
dalton Of the press at Shanghai was
laid at the very beginning of Presby-
terian mission work in China in 1874
The establishment has a staff of 14i
persons, 13S of whom are Chinese, de-
partments of work, and fully equipped
shops.
1t has furnished fonts of type to the
missions in Korea, Pekin and Foochow
and all parts of China, and for the
German Imperial Printing house in
Berlin; and Bibles, books of genral in
formation, Chinese and japanese die
tionaries, educational, medical and
scientific books, pamphlets and periodi-
calls pour out from the press in both
Chinese and English" A weekly re-
ligious newspaper in Chinese has just
been begun, with the Rev. S. I. Wood
bridge, of the Southern Presbyterian
mission, as editor. 1t is to be sub
sidized by the different Presbyterian
missions, with the hope that in time 1t
may become self-supportng. 1t is
shortly to be housed in capacious new
buildings. The printing establishment
in the City of Mexico began with the
starting of the monthly, now sem,-
monthly. periodical, Gel Faro" in
1885. e.
From it is issued varied literature
of Sunday school helps. tracts, re-
ligious books, sermons, books of stor-
les, DR.. Hodges commentary of the
Confession of Faith" and 70 or so
have a good circulation in Mexico and
works in Spanish. These publications
all Latin and America. Printing
presses were set up in Bangkok Siam,
by the Congregational mission as early
as 1886. The Presbyterian mission
came in in 1S47, and started a small
press in 1855. For forty years all tracts
and Scriptures We're distributed graf
uittously. Then the Scriptures, and
afterward tracts, were sold for NOM
inal price. For about ten years the
establishment has been working on the
lines of self-support, and for eight
years hasy received no assistance eX-
cept the payment of the missionary's
salary.
The strictly missionary publications
average about 1,0OO,O00 pages year,
and the sales are limited almost eX-
clusively to itineratinG and evangelis-
tic efforts. At the Laos press 2460,00
pages We're printed last year, in GO
jobs for the general public. The print
ing for the mission includes Scriptures,
religious and didatic works. reports,
manuals, etc: A very large proportion
of the work has been for the Siamese
government, with whose officers very
pleasant relations are maintained.
At Urumah, according to DR.. Ben
jamin Labaree apart from the Scrip
lures. commentaries, and textbooks
for the schools, there has grown up in
connection with the press a goodly Ii
brary of evangelistic literature, in
which the names Of such writers as
Bunyan, Baxter, Doddridge. Spurgeon,
and Andrew Murray are conspicuous.
1t was found by recent inquiry that
1.-THE Saints Rest" "The Pilgrims
Progress and "The Sacred Geography
and History We're the favorite books
among the readers. The Sunday school
helps "are eagerly bought up" and the
monthly tnewspaper, "The Rays of
Light" is read with avidity."
Alliance Convention.
The Christian and Missionary ALI
ance convention at Jefferson avenue,
Dunmore, was largely attended yester-
day. Rev. A. T.. Funk, of New York,
spoke on 1.-The Second Coming of
Christ" The signs of the times were
specially dwelt upon. 1t was shown
that the kingdoms of this world, are
getting worse, instead of better. and
that at Christ's coming His literal
kingdom will be set up, and He will
reign in righteousness. Mrs. f. Fl.
Senft followed with an address on THE
True Attitude of the Believer Towards
the Coming of the Lord" from the text
"Men ought always to pray and not to
faint"
sDuring the noon hour Mr.. Senft bap-
tiZed several candidates. Others are to
be baptized today at o o'clock. At 8
O'Clock Mr.. Funk spoke on missions in
China"
Rev. Milton NJ. Bales of the Gospel
Tabernacle, New York. then spoke on
life, and More Abundant Life" from
the text, ~ am come that We might
have life, and that ye might have II
more abundantly."
Life" Mr. Bales said, lis one thing,
more abundant life Ia another, The
justified sinner has spiritual life, the
sanctified believer, having received the
baptism with the Holy Ghost, has the
more abundant life. The hymns that
speak definitely of the two works of
justification and sanctification last the
longest, for example:
t'Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed
BE of sin the double cure.
Save from wrath and make me pure?"
and
"He breaks the power of cancelled sin
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