Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
TRACT SOCIETY MEETS.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY 0R-
GANIzATIoN YESTERDAY.

According to a report Of Rev. DIR. Judson
Swift field secretary Of the American Tract
Society. at the Washington meeting of that
organization yesterday morning in the First
Congregational Church, the funds for the
further distribution Of the Bible and other
Christian literature are nearly exhausted.
and unless something is done to increase
them in the near future the work OF the
society will come to a standstill. On the
other hand, he said, the demand for Chris
tian literature is very much increased He
said the society needs at once at least one
million dollars to carry on .ts wsrk as 1t
should be done.
Rev. DR.. Merrill e. Gates honorary vice
president of the society, presided at the
meeting. DIR. Gates was lately presloent
Of Amherst College and is now sef nering
the service Rev. q. r. Dyott, pastor OF the
United Congregational Church OF Brookiyn,
N Y, preached upon the subject "Reileious
Knowledge <. A.,
dissemination of Christian truth. The MIN
lister showed that a knowledge OF COO IS
the strongest force for righteousness IN .ue
world, both with the individual and the ma
ton.
Added to society's Literature.
Sixty-nine new publications and two ne"
periodicals were added to the societys IT.
erature during the year, according 10 'he
secretary's report The new pupncatlohs
include fifteen different languages, ana tne
total number of languages and diaiec III
which the society has published Cnr's.,ah
truth is 173 and the grand total OF an pun
locations from the home off1ce 1or eighty -oiio
years is 759, S43,665 copies.
The report says: a,r,ne tho
"The colporteurs employed during the
year have made 219;4so fanny 'iS nnot;n.,
the total results of colportage for sixty,nve I've
wears 1850 5S family visits ana 1901 400 DC
volumes distributed and o,3'o'ooo caSes - -,
which prayer was oHereo or pei s Shr,eti-
versation had on the subject OF Chr'su-
anity. ..,.,
..rbe greatest problem looming on the
national horizon is that Of immigration.
The figures indicate that with the nscai
ve,r erd;n,, June 80 next more than loIf
million immigrants will have arrived during
the preceding four years. They must DE
lifted to the plane of good citizenship. Inc
Christian literature published by tne A'aei-
icsu Tract Society is indfsp4nSapie III lilis
work. The societys colporteurs meet ana
Welcome them at Ellis Island, the nation
gateway, and also follow them 10 tneI
hcmes with the literature and psrso,a i
visit The children and youth are oNSelsu
r, the mission stations and Sud-Jy Scno"i.
The Tract Society is distributing literature
among the immigrants in th,c-y Jour IAN
suages and dialects.
The mission work In the island posses
sions is largely dependent upon the span
Isil publications of the American tract
Society. It's yer three hundred dsunct
publications in Spanish prove to be ne
strong right arm of the MISSIONARY c Uhe
of the mission superintendent IN luna
writes: Your New Testament with NOES
in Spanish is like mama from heaven 1or
these people. , -. .,o
= ..The call for Christian literature at the
foreign mission stations is unprecedented.
A missionary forty-two years in the fore'sn
field says: With an adequate supply Il
Christian literature in the native language
the power of the present force OF MISSION
aries could be multiplied tenfold
Crying Need of Hour.
1.-THE crying need of the hour is Christian
literature abundantly supplied and widely
distributed The forces that make for
righteousness must be both encouraged and
emphasized throughout the nation. Educa-
ton alone is poweriess to make character
or transform the individual or common
wealth.
1.-The public schools, colleges and univer-
stiles do not have as a distinctive part of
their curriculum the saving of souls or the
training of Christians. The gospel truth on
the printed page must be proclaimed
resources are exhausted and all of its work
crippled and enlargement impossible, owing
to the absence of funds.
Not less than 81 100000 is needed imme-
diately to enable the society to greatly In
crease it's colporteurs and provide the Chris
tan literature required for worldwide evan
gelization."