El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-08
BORDER TROOPS
To GET BIBLES
American Bible Society Be
gins Campaign; Remark
able Work of Society.

without the aid of the American
Bible society. the work of the mis-
sionarv would be futile. The Bible So /
cietv makes il possible for US TO sup
NV the natives with the Bible in their ,
own language"
Such is the unanimous testimony Of Z
the missionaries throughout the world ,
John r. Mott. perhaps the best in I
formed man on world religious affairs I
OF the day has said: The Bible society
undergirds and strengthens all other 4
organizations and movements IN our /
all-embra cling Christianity-
Bibles for Soldiers
The society is now carrying TOT ara Z
an active campaign among the SOL .
diers stationed in and around - Faso' /
with the purpose of placing Bible IN z
the hands Of every man. either oy sale ;
or bv gift A similar work rs planned
for all the main camps along the bordeI-
One Hundredth Anniversnry.
The Tooth anniversary of the Amer
lean Bible society IS being celebrates
this wear. not only IN America. but N
many points throughout the "oIIu-
President Wilson. vice president MAI .
shall and speaker of the house champ
Clark figured very prominently IN lle
celebration OF this event IN Washing
ton. D c.. recently The sole business
of the society is the increase Of the .
1 circula ton Of the Bible Throughout me
world without note or comment -
Judging from the results shown oE sne
1 report Of its work during its loeth
year there IS much reason 70 beleNe
| that its ability TO get results IS m
! creasing with its years It's tolat Is
| sues during 1915 are reported 70 ha eT
| been 7.15O.q11 volumes. and the total
( for the 100 years OF its existence some
] thing over 11T,O0o.Ooe-
| Reinp interested in the increase OF
/ the circulation Of the ScrlptuIe 3
I E
> ports that the total clrcuialloH
| fbrouRhout the world IN the year 1919
/ reached an aggregate OF S--eVe'evu
! volumes. and in at least 500 oltIerehL
one each second day and night OF the
SOS days of the year. The figures LOT
1915 exceed this rate
VoItaire a Poor Prophet
! This is not exactly in ful1lllnenL OF
! the prophecy Of Noltaire- who dled IN
/ 1777. and said that within 100 years
/ the Bible would be an unknown oooh-
/ The number Of Scriptures mat now
come from the press every y Inolltn IS =
I far more than the total number that
I saw the light during the flrst Is cen
! turtles after Christ The Bible mouse
/ AZ New York alone IS now turning OUT
the Bible at the rate Of 10000 volumes
The work Of the society is being car
] rfed on in five continents and IN IS
| lands Of the seven seas. II main ANS
! nine agencies in the United Slales an
- in foreign countries Il mas nine
I MAIN printing centers and en-
/ DIOvs solely as distributors more tnan
! 1000 persons Their plan IS never 10
I sell Scriptures at more than the esti-
/ mated manufacturing cost and al re-
! 5,sr+ior, from the cost whenever the
/ needs reuire: outright donations ~
| made for supplying acequate-y iIsll-
tutfons or individuals unable 10 pro-
I vide for themselves
I - a.
| One Of the greatest tasks Of Bible
societies is the translation OF the Biole
| into the languages OF the people -
/ have never vet read il in their Owl
tongue: and a merely prodisious tass
I becomes stupendous IN contemplaJ nor
{ when the language into Wnlch II y
J uroDosed shat the translation Snal ne
: made has never before been reduced "a
! written form = lifetime OF Close
| Familiarity with a people is absolutely
J necessary for the mastery OF their IAN
! euage. and years of patient painsta <
! ing labor are required for reduclnS lls
/ language 10 written FORM ana toI ~
I translation Yet the task IS nardlE .t'
! e7-n- as tv1e frequently must be maze
{ and the matter must always ne SET w
by experiences printers anc, aIlel
/ careful proof reading 10 eliminate el'
| rors the books printed and bound liver
with the present day progress IN tht
art Of printing. this is no small task
Then comes the discOuragIng task q
| teaching the natives for the first um'
10 read a printed language But the IN
genuity OF man has brushed aside al
these obstacles and IL is reported tina
today the Bible IS actually being read
I in whole OF IN part in 500 olfteren
languages and dialects
Bibles for the BBlind-
Another unusual and interesting Tea
> 4 ture Of the work of the American Bini
/ society is its provision OF Scripture
/, | for the blind Thousands Of Bibles ar
! issued for these unfortunates. who
! with the tins. OF their fingers. soOl
! learn TO read with such swiftness ant
! ] accuracy as might well put 10 sham
I those who see It is even Teporte
. that one man who lost both eyes an
5 I arms learned TO read with the tip OF nj
The American Bible society issue
s Bibles for the blind in eight differen
s languages English Arabic, Spanish
/ Armenian. Turkish, japanese
I Korean and Siamese-
p A vers remarks BIZ book IS the en-
tire Bible in Enshsh in the America
Braille system for the blind In thi
system il reuires Is volumes, 13 1-2xl
] / inches. to make a complete Bible; an
laid flat one on top OF the other, tn
? entire set makes a stack six feet hiE
! and. packed for shipment, IL weigh
100 pounds The actual cost OF man
I. ufacture Is S34- These books are sup
: piled to the blind for sale at from one
; half to one-third the cost price. or b
: donation in well established cases @
{ need
? Tries 10 Reach All.
The American Bible society seeks rs
peciaIly in the United States 10 kec
. up an interest in the Bible among a
the people; IL endeavors TO searcl
out special classes and sections wher
there may be restitution or absence {
Bibles: il plans to take advantage {
special emergencies where oppOrtun
ties may be had for a wider circulatio
Of Scriptures.
In the Civil war It distributed 5000
600 volumes to northern soldiers. an
| although during the war, 10 write {
to send anything Whatever to the enc
1 my is treason, il is reported that Il
Z I generals commanding on both sid'
recognized the soldiers need for ID
Bible and permitted the passage
more than 300 600 volumes for the Us
Of the southern soldiers In the RUSS
M Japanese war il provided Scriptures =
n thousands Of Japanese and Russia
20 soldiers. and in the present Europea
y war il has supplied hundreds
Re thousands Of testaments and Eospe
a. to the soldiers.
81 The financial support for the work hi
been derived from contributions tro
] almost all Protestant churches