Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-07
WASHINGTON HONORs DAY
WITH BIBLICAL PAGEANT
Children, Society Women and Minis.
tiers Celebrate Centennial Of Amer
lean Organizations Foundation.
PRESIDENT SPEAKS TODAY
Other Prominent Men Will Take
Par! in Exercises at Capitol Build
ing-Output OF Book Constantly
Growing.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.

I WI IDooh ftlIlN
Growing.
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WASHINGTON. May 6.--Three times
to-day Washington children, capital
society women and capital Lutheran
and other ministers gave a pageant.
The Bible Among the Nations" in
celebration of the centennial OF the
American Bible Society. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson is chairman Of tho honorary
advisory committee. and other women
included the wives OF Associate Jus
tic" Hughes. OF the Secretary Of state.
bishop Harding. Bishop Cranston and
General John ". Foster.
Fourteen scenes were presented. be-
ginning with the translation Of the
S~eptuagint at Alexandria in Egypt. st.
Jerome Was seen Il, work in a cave
in Bethlehem. translating the Book
berg, Martin luther and Others arr
pe'reh IN the flesh again. Lutheran
ministers Of Washington translated
and printed Bibles at W]i,,cnbere as
IN the days gone by. and John Eliot
again taught the Indians. Hiram hing.
ham went into the South Sea Islands.
and other missionaries went into China
and India. Children OF the public
schools and OF the Sunday schools OF
Washington took part and also at
tended.
On Bible sunday, tomorrow. 4 meet
ing is held on the steps Of the Capitol,
TO he followed by a meeting in Cont.
mental Memorial Hall. with prcsiden,
Wilson as the principal speaker. other
speakers will he senator Cummins. OF
Iowa, and Bishop Mcdowell. of chi.
caEo. Next week in New York tho
celebration concludes with meetings in
lily Fali, the SANE room wherein was
held the ratification meeting when tho
society was formed just TOO years aro
ana IN Carnegie Hall. There are prcs.
emit representatives of the British and
Foreign, ana the French Bible So.
%cicties.
ENGLAND LEADH IN
SALES OF THE BIBLE
'ohn Euil is the worlds great Bible
maker and seller. both TO distribute an
a missionary basis and TO sell 10 The
90. me British society has made
'F''s''' DOCKS. tho y, -
ican' III. 600. and til. Sco,,isb me nnn
'""' BESIDES these arc tho ere., con,
'''iaI Bib!c houses. all of ibauo r.
i'sh' The Bible has been tr,nsS.
mhoi!F or in part into 500 ,on-ns
ne american Bible Society has So
&C 'he hib!e into seventy. Tongues -,
~ own initiative. and in co-onora, Wv
With other societies mn -, ne.".'"n
~. OF late years EibJcs h,"t"i Vi
- -'hlc!!can people in the rovu,,n
'""' or the worii is .~rwbchninn
controlled from London '''"s'E
"""H people in South Africa .u.,
W" ASIA and the Pacific IsI,ud. 49,"
~ - a!Phahet of their own. use Tho
mnt,'Sn letters to spell their own
AM inci' '"inS 50 began with
h'"!e printing. but hat nrintim, NV"
done FOR them by mcri,,ns vas
i"fh. For some people of Sou,hcas,
~ EUROPE the same plan is followed
~2""h'Sh ana Italian Bibles are made in
'hese countries. In the rest NJ ,ba
world. where there are large nonula.
ti"ns 20 provide customers. Bibles are
.ot"!n! iha"e-'n c~onstantinople. for
NE Turks: in bombay. for the East
Indians: In Shanghai. for the rhin"sa
and in Toky" for tn. japanese and
Koreans. "'
q YEARS RECORD
EXPECTED TO BIZ LARGE:
OF the total Bible output Of the
world. amounting To -. 00o. 900 volumes
Il ear, nlnc-tcnths come from Englis
ana American presses. ana are handled
ny Notwithstanding people. These are
ny ~" means all in English. but cover
almost every language spoken. The
war has injured i;ible-makinc and cir
cu!aiion in Germany. Austria. Turkey
and Mexico. but promoted il in most
other countries. 50 the record for the
current year VIII, il is said. exceed
that of any year Of peace.
The big thing in Bible affairs Of tho
moment. apart from the anniversary
OF the American society. is the bring
Rack in l6o2. n Castillian translation
was issued. much OF which is now
archaic. old Spaniards object. how
ever. to the introduction OF modern
words. Castillian aristocrats of Spain
object TO the sort of Spanish that
is spoken in South America. and will
have none Of ii in their Bible. The
difficulties OF making Il new Bible are
50 great that only the New Testament
is revised So far. and it is published in
an edition of only 5000 copies. These
copies are sent around 10 scholars in
Spain and in South America for criti-
cism. After all have been heard from,
changes will be made. and then trans
lation Of the Old Testament. and it's
revision. will be proceeded with. The
enterprise of John Bull and Uncle Sam
is seen in the fact that they are doing
the whole business of revising Spain's
Bible, and selling the copies both 10
Spain and South America
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