The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-09
CIRCULATE MANY BIBLES
PUBLISHING HOUSE BREAKS ALL
RECORDS ON THE WORK.
Increase i'm the United States Is Re-
ported. Even Good Work in
Strife-torn MEXICO.


655 volumes over the year before
This was given out in a recent report
made to the board of managers OF
the society which met in the office OF
the Bible House in New York. The
increase has not been confined to any
district or country, but has been gen
eral throughout the entire world.
Even in revolution-torn Mexico dur
ing the year 1911 towns and villages
were visited by the society colpor-
teurs and 23,369 volumes, 5,0S7
Bibles. 5,19S New Testaments and
13,OS4 scripture portions circulated.
An increase was shown throughout
the United States and marked in
creases in the number of volumes cir
cuIated in foreign countries were re-
norted. The La Plata agency, with
Headquarters at BuenOs Ayres, re-
ported 76,941 volumes were circu-
lated in that section during the year
lust passed. This is an increase of
12,242 over the year before. Mate
rial increases are shown in the Lee
want. Siam, China, Japany Korea and
the Philippines.
Broke All Records.
The whole number of issues is
made up of 412,299 Bibles, 763,158
New Testaments and 4,075,7S9 pOr-
lions. The principal advance, of
course, is in the latter item, but more
whole Bibles and New Testaments
were sent out last year than ever
before in the society's history. Only
five years ago the total issues were a
little over 100000 and the average
for 25 years preceding was 1901
600. Nearly one-half of these vol
umes. or 2,327,390, were sent out
from the Bible House in New York,
which is an increase of 219,531 vol
umes over the preceding year; p
923,786 volumes were issued by the
society's agents abroad.
The total issues of the society in
the 9S years amount to 1903, 519,S91
volumes
Working under the direction of
the society translators are now put
ting the Bible into the languages of
the Navajo Indians, Portuguese,
Arab, Philippine and Zulu. In addi-
ton to this the Spanish and the ko-
rean versions are being revised.
Method of Distribution.
The work of distribution is carried
on through auxiliary organizat ton in
cooperation with the various mis-
sionary societies of the churches and
the nine home agencies of the society
working with all agencies of distri-
button and sending out its own col
porteurs. These colporteurs go into
the cities in the congested districts
and circulate the Bible and portions
of it among foreign elements. They
also work in the rural districts. Last
year, according to the report, the
circulation of the home agencies
alone amounted to 1876, 459 vol
umes, which was an increase over the
preceding year of 280,2S2 volumes.
The Society Abroad.
Abroad the society maintains -
agencies and makes direct grants of
funds and scriptures to missionary
societies and other workers in fields
where its regular agencies have not
been established, as in Europe, At
RIGA and in the islands of the sea.
The unusual circulation of the year
is in the republic of China, where
1,653,965 volumes were sent forth
among the people, an advance over
last year of 286,561 volumes In
Latin America there has been a slight
increase in the circulation, princi-
pally in Central America.
The agency among the negroes of
the south, under the charge of the
Rev. ]. P. Wragg, D. D.. has had a
prosperous year, achieving a total
circulation of 44,547 copies, of which
1852 were Bibles, 10, 444 Testa-
ments and 21,351 portions, a total
increase of 1873 copies, of which
only a small portion were given
away. Fifteen colporteurs have been
employed for various purposes (three
OF them being young women and
they visited 81 towns in the states
of Virginia, West Virginia, North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Good Financial Condition.
The societys finances were re-
ported to be in excellent shape. A
partial report of the receipts follows;
From individuals, $2S. 409.69, as
compared with $35,682.O7 in 1913;
from churches, $78,7O1.43, as com
pared with $66,64O.35 in 1918; from
auxiHaries, $22,695.19, as compared
with $17,342.99; making total Of
S129.SO6.31 from the living, as com
pared with $119,66541, showing al
increase of O,140.9O.
Tho roooin+c from Iauac iac War.