Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-13

text, when rendered back into Eng
lish, actually reads: Behold the
baby seal of God, which taketh away
the sins of the world"
Many TRANSACTIONS Revised
Many revisions of OLD translations
have been made within the last
year, to the end that the influence
OF the Bible may be eve stronger
IN countries where it's teachings
have been studied for centuries.
Thus a committee of scholars under
he editorship of Rev. Henry c.
Thompson, completed the revision
of the Spanish New Testament and
the Portuguese Bible is undergoing
the same study.
even the Zulus, additionally wild
and savage, have made such prog
ress with the Bible hat the first
translation made for them is being
revised
Almost half of the Bibles dis
tributed by the American Bible So
ciety during the past Two years have
gone into China. In 1921 the Chi
nese took more than 100000 vol
umes, an increase of over 1000,
as compared with the preceding
year, and incomplete returns on the
distribution for 1922 indicate that
the total for China will be much
higher than eve before.
Although the Chinese is one of the
most intricate and varied of all the
great languages OF the world,
scholars have translated the Bible
into more than twenty-five dialects
of that tongue. This involved long
and arduous study of the colloquial-
iSms of the various sections of the
country, debate over intricate shades
Of meaning, and finally the long pro-
cess of printing and distribution.
In China large parts of the Scrip
lures have been issued in phonetic
script for distribution among the ill
l~iterate, the aged and the children.
The use Of the phonetic script is
fostered by the governments there,
and it is used in the government
schools. For Japan the Bible is
published in about sixteen dialects
for the native Japanese and for
those who have gone into hat
try from other lands,
Not only is the Bible being made
available for all people of all Ian
guages and dialects, but the needs
of those who cannot see are con-
sidered and supplied, and Bibles for
the blind are printed in twelve diff
ieF0LIL SySLSLIlS. rOE IlOS6 persons
who learned to read under the old
Moon system for the blind, the So
ciety imports from England a set
Of fifty-eight tones costing $257.
But the price to the blind mar is
not that prohibitive figure. He pays
one dollar for each volume, and the
rest is paid out of the funds of the
society in the belief that few blind
men would be able to read the Bible
IL they had to pay the full price.
The latest of the Bibles for the
blind is issued in Braille and con
sists of nineteen volumes, which
weigh about $50 pounds and fill a
seventeen-foot shelf. The cost of
production is SIS, but in this case
also reductions are made in the
price to the blind. Selected pas
sages from the Bible have also been
published in a small book which can
be carried in the coat pocket.
Not the least curious and interest
ing of the Bibles that are distributed
is n that is described as per
fumed, peppered and poisoned" 1t
! Is inteded for the land where vora-
(cious insects and worms get into the
back of books and eat the glue, so
that the volumes fall to pieces.
Scientists were called In and they
devised a mixture containing oil Of
cloves, cayenne pepper and cor
rosive sublimate, Il murderous com
bination for the vitals of such
"bookworn1s."