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 A SHORT STORY OF ONE YEAR’S WORK 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY 
 
 1902 
 
 WORLD WIDE BIBLE WORK 
 
 PUBLISHED QUAKTEKLY BY 
 
 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, NEW YORK CITY 
 
 Vol.l. No. 4 
 
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 November, 1302 
 
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 We present in the following pages an attractive survey of a year's 
 work of one of the oldest and most usef ul Christian institutions of the 
 American churches. We are indebted to Mrs. A. E. Colton, the wife of 
 the Rev. A. E. Colton, of Dorchester, Mass., for the principal editorial 
 work in connection with the preparation of this story. It is intended to 
 be an appeal to all into whose hands it may come. The work of the 
 American Bible Society is not as generally known and appreciated, per¬ 
 haps, as it was a generation ago. This is not due to any falling off of 
 its activities, but to the great variety of other interests which have, dur¬ 
 ing the recent years, come in to claim the attention of Christian people. 
 It, however, has been constantly enlarging its field of usefulness, until 
 it has become one of the great world societies. It has seized recent open¬ 
 ings in Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba, as opportunities for 
 notable service: Its story speaks for itself in the following pages. We 
 ask for a considerate reading of this record of its achievements, and for 
 the generous and hearty support of all good people. The Society is not 
 rich. Its endowments are not sufficient for anything like a support of 
 its far-reaching work. It needs large and generous gifts of individuals, 
 offerings in all the churches, and remembrances in legacies. It could 
 double its work if its income were doubled. Contributors of $30 may 
 become Life Members, of $150 Life Directors, of the Society. All funds 
 should be sent to Mr. William Foulke, Treasurer, Bible House, Astor 
 Place, New York, N. Y. 
 
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 1. THE WORK OF THE SILENT MISSIONARY. 
 
 2 . ITS MANY VOICES. 
 
 3. THE NEW VOICES OF THE PAST YEAR. 
 
 4. PRICES AND PRESSES. 
 
 5. HERALDS AND HELPERS IN MANY LANDS. 
 
 6. MISSIONARY FRIENDS OF THE SILENT MISSIONARY. 
 
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 9. SOME IMPORTANT FIGURES. 
 
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 W ERE there new evidence needed of the divine inspiration of 
 the Scriptures, it might be found in wonderful instances of 
 the work of the Silent Missionary—The Bible — in guiding sin- 
 
 stricken souls to a 
 saving knowledge of 
 the glorious gospel. 
 
 So marvelously is 
 its living truth adapt¬ 
 ed to the needs of the 
 heart universal, that 
 it appeals with irre¬ 
 sistible force to the 
 reader, if there be but 
 a receptive mind and 
 a teachable spirit. 
 
 As missionaries have said, “ The Bible can often go where tlie 
 Christian worker may not win access 
 
 Only a little book—not a strange foreigner who must banish sus¬ 
 picion or prejudice before his words will have weight. 
 
 Only a little book, silent yet eloquent, not argumentative, yet pa¬ 
 tient and persistent in presenting, like a wise physician, the soul’s ail¬ 
 ment and the remedy: “All have sinned; ” “Ye must be born again; ” 
 and then that epitome of power, “God so loved the world, that He 
 gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might 
 not perish, but have everlasting life.” 
 
 One humble, faithful Christian has said: “I never had a chance 
 to learn to read, but I could spell out words a little. I had a Bible 
 given me and one day, when I had nothing else to do, I was trying to 
 read it, and I came upon the third chapter of John and spelled out 
 
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 the sixteenth verse. I kept thinking it over, and I spelled out more 
 verses; and it’s this little Bible that has changed my life.” 
 
 A New Testament bought of a colporteur in a little mining town 
 in Mexico, in a few months resulted in the winning to Jesus Christ of 
 a mother, son, daughter, and grandson. 
 
 In the same country a young man, a Catholic, bought a Bible and 
 in eight years read it through ten times, and gathered a circle for its 
 reading aloud regularly every Sabbath. He asked for some one to 
 come and tell them “how the Protestants say Mass.” 
 
 And a colporteur of the American Bible Society writes: “The 
 past month was one of the happiest of my life, because I know of 
 twenty persons who, during this time, have come to a saving knowl¬ 
 edge of God through the reading of the Scriptures alone.” Thus liv¬ 
 ing and powerful to-day is the ministry of this Silent Missionary. 
 
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 work in this country, and is typical 
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 any living person, being that of a 
 tribe of Indians now extinct, for 
 whom God’s word was translated, 
 in 1663, by the Rev. John Eliot, of 
 Boston. 
 
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 yet speaketli,” not only by his Christ- 
 like spirit in giving the Gospel to 
 the needy in the midst of those 
 stressful times, but by his remarkable sagacity and spiritual fore¬ 
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 of a, nation, is the foundation of all missionary effort. John Eliot 
 put into action what was recently said by one of the secretaries of 
 the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions: “ We 
 regard no branch of our work as more important than putting the 
 Scriptures in the language of a people into their hands. ” 
 
 The most earnest and eloquent gospel appeal of human lips can 
 never take the place of the Master’s own words as a living message 
 to awaken hearts from the torpor of ignorance of the glorious news 
 of salvation. Missionaries testify that as a factor in the evangeliza¬ 
 tion of the world, no over-estimate can be put upon the value of the 
 translation of the Bible into foreign languages and dialects. 
 
 The Scriptures are now published in about 400 different languages 
 and dialects, and are issued and circulated by the American Bible 
 Society in more than 100. 
 
 The Pen and the Scholar. 
 
 The first essential, then, for sending the Silent Missionary forth on 
 its message of peace is the service of the pen and the scholar. Few 
 understand the arduous toil, and mental and spiritual acumen re¬ 
 quired to take a language, at best barren and limited in terms of 
 Christian meaning, and often crude and coarse, and use this as a 
 medium for expressing the high and holy thoughts of God’s word 
 and bringing them within the comprehension of dulled and sin- 
 darkened minds. 
 
 Incurable paralysis left Bishop Schereschewsky well-nigh help¬ 
 less, but he retained the use of the front finger of each hand, and he 
 himself wrote on the typewriter every word of his translation of the 
 Bible into the Wenli (Chinese) dialect. This is but a part of his 
 work. 
 
 For twenty years now he has sat in the same chair, working with 
 a persistence that knows no rest or intermission, requiring two scribes 
 to keep pace with him; doing, perhaps, more than any other mission¬ 
 ary for the evangelization of China, and yet planning another ten 
 years’ work. 
 
 This is but one incident of the labors of a noble band of self- 
 sacrificing men in different lands, who are giving their time and 
 talent with untiring devotion to this work, little known to the world, 
 but recorded above in letters of gold. 
 
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 ACH year there are added new translations or new versions to 
 
 1 the list of Scriptures in many tongues, which help to make 
 more perfect the modern miracle of Pentecost. 
 
 China .—At this opportune time, when the “demand for the Scrip¬ 
 tures in China is unprecedented,” it is a great step in progress to give 
 to the common people a Bible suited to their understanding. “The 
 translation of the Scriptures into Easy Wenli means a book which 
 can be read anywhere in the Chinese Empire.” This arduous task of 
 twelve years will soon be completed by Bishop Schereschewsky. ‘‘ The 
 hope of China is in her masses more than in her gentry or litera¬ 
 ture.” And thus they are to be reached with the tidings of hope. 
 
 Further, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke have been revised in 
 Mandarin, which is a dialect spoken by three-fourths of the people of 
 China, and work has been forwarded on four of the Epistles. Mat¬ 
 thew has been made ready for the press in High Wenli. 
 
 Chronicles I. and II., with Ezra and half of Jeremiah, were trans¬ 
 lated into Shanghai Colloquial and adapted to the Soochow Collo¬ 
 quial. 
 
 The Levant or Mohammedan Regions. —A most important work has 
 been done at Constantinople, under Dr. Herrick’s supervision, in 
 the completion of the harmonizing of the three Turkish texts, Arabo, 
 Greco, and Armeno. This has given a text which will meet a great 
 need for many years to come. A new edition of the Armenian 
 Bible is also in course of preparation which will greatly increase 
 its usefulness. 
 
 Farther India , Siam, and Laos. —The Books of Isaiah, Philippians, 
 Timothy I. and II., and Mark, have been translated into Laos, re¬ 
 spectively, by the Rev. Messrs. Wilson, McKean, Dodd, and Irwin. 
 The Rev. Mr. Carrington still has before him the translation into 
 Siamese of Isaiah, and the revision of Hebrews. 
 
 Philippine Islands .—With native help, the Rev. J. C. Goodrich, 
 Agent of the Society in these new possessions of ours, has translated 
 the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, John, and The Acts into the Pam- 
 panga dialect. 
 
 The rendering of St. Luke into Visa van de Iloilo is in progress, 
 
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 and it is eagerly- 
 anticipated by mis¬ 
 sionaries for the 
 important work on 
 the Island of 
 Panay. A member 
 of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, 
 
 South, Chaplain 
 John Randolph, of 
 the United States 
 Army, has transla¬ 
 ted the Gospel of 
 St. John into the 
 Visayan de Cebu 
 dialect and pre¬ 
 sented it to the So¬ 
 ciety in the name 
 of his Conference. 
 
 A friend upon 
 learning that fifty 
 
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 dollars covered the 
 
 cost of putting one of the Gospels into a Philippine dialect, sent this 
 amount to be used for another Gospel. Both from the standpoint of 
 Christianity and of patriotism, could there be a better investment for 
 five golden eagles, than this of transforming them into golden keys to 
 let in the heavenly light of hope to the darkened hearts of these 
 poor people, now under the Stars and Stripes ? 
 
 South America .—In the needy and interesting regions of Peru, Bo¬ 
 livia, and Ecuador, an important new step has been made this year in 
 providing portions of the New Testament in the native language of 
 the Quicliua Indians, descendants of the ancient Incas, who have been 
 reduced by five centuries of Spanish and Romish misrule to pitiful 
 degradation. This work has been done by a gifted Peruvian writer, 
 Mrs. Matto de Turner, who became interested in the Bible cause, and 
 in this special need. 
 
 Plans are being made for the revision of the Almeida Portuguese 
 
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 version, which, has long 1 been greatly desired by missionaries of 
 Brazil. A final Spanish version, which will be very helpful for sev¬ 
 eral Latin-American countries, is to be prepared. 
 
 4 . pfccg anti presses- 
 
 HE second, and no less important preparation for the work of 
 
 L the Silent Missionary, is the careful printing of the translations. 
 The printing of these laboriously prepared manuscripts in so many 
 strange-sounding and peculiar-appearing languages is no slight task. 
 This work the Bible Society undertakes, and often at great expense it 
 furnishes these Scriptures at prices which do not admit of profit. 
 
 Think of a well-made Gospel for two cents, a New Testament for 
 five, and a complete Bible for fifteen cents ! 
 
 It is not the policy of the Society to give away Scriptures where 
 the price, or even a partial equivalent, can be offered. It is the wish 
 of the Society, however, never to deny the needy who are not able to 
 pay; hut, alas ! their generosity must often be restricted and the 
 hungry go empty, because the gifts of the Christian people of our 
 land are not sufficient to supply the world with its demand for the 
 word of God. 
 
 The bare list of languages and dialects of strange peoples in which 
 the Scriptures are printed is too long to give here; Silent Missionaries 
 every one of these volumes, carrying the glad tidings of great joy 
 to the ends of the earth. 
 
 The printing of the Society is done not only at the Bible House, 
 Astor Place, New York, but in China, at Shanghai and Foochow; 
 in Japan, at Yokohama and Tokyo; in Turkey, at Constantinople; 
 in Syria, at Beirut; and in Siam, at Bangkok. 
 
 The total issues for the last year in this and in foreign lands were 
 one and four-fifths million copies, or J,723,79L This is an increase 
 of 169,663 over the issues of last year. About one-half of this year’s 
 total issues came from the Bible House, New York; of the remainder, 
 a large part were printed at the seven foreign printing establish¬ 
 ments mentioned above. 
 
 The great number of the year’s issues of Scriptures can be better 
 realized if expressed in concrete form. 
 
Allowing 1 one inch to a volume, if piled up one book upon 
 another, they would make a column twenty miles high. A circle 
 reaching round the .world could be made of the printed leaves of the 
 year’s issues. Estimating from their weight, five ordinary freight 
 trains would be needed to carry the issues of this year. And yet 
 this is but “a drop in the bucket,” for at the present rate of distribu¬ 
 tion it would take 500 years in China alone to supply each person 
 with a Bible. 
 
 5. Spcral&s ana helpers tn Stpanp HatxDjS 
 
 T HE Silent Missionary has many servants and friends. The 
 American Bible Society represents the organized efforts of the 
 churches of America to give the Bible to all peoples. This work of 
 circulating the Scriptures is carried on both at home and abroad. 
 
 For convenience of view, these branches of work may be con¬ 
 sidered in two groups, namely: 
 
 1. Under the Stars and Stripes. 2. Under other flags. 
 
 tEnDcr the ©tars ano' Stripes 
 
 In the early years of the American Bible Society the auxiliaries 
 carried on for their communities and States the same work that the 
 National Society did for the world. 
 
 The advance of Christianity in our land has, in many places, nar¬ 
 rowed down the home need of Scripture distribution, so that now the 
 more important duty of the auxiliaries is to help the National Society 
 by promoting the interest of Christian people and providing means 
 for carrying on the work. 
 
 Some auxiliaries have been lukewarm and some almost entirely 
 inactive ; others have never failed in their substantial support by 
 regular donations sent to headquarters at New York. As the years 
 pass on they never seem to feel weariness, or to lose their zeal; 
 especially among the smaller auxiliaries is this true of the Welsh 
 societies. A partial explanation of this probably lies in the fact that 
 the mothers, wives and daughters, with systematic diligence, canvass 
 for the contributions to the Bible cause. 
 
 The National Society is ever ready with whatever aid may be 
 
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 given by correspondence, leaflets and periodicals, and it is its earnest 
 hope that the mutual relations may prove increasingly helpful. 
 
 The Society carries on a very important missionary work in special 
 regions in this country. It stretches forth its hand to the lumber men 
 in the North; to the freedmen in the South; to city missions in the 
 populous East; to miners in the sparsely settled West; to immigrants 
 as they first step on our shores; to sailors on the sea; to Sunday 
 schools and churches on the prairies; to soldiers on the battlefield; 
 to sufferers in hospitals; to inmates of asylums and prisons; to 
 educational institutions, and such organizations as the Tract Socie¬ 
 ties, Sunday School Unions, Young Men’s Christian Associations, and 
 
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 many others. 
 
 North American Indians .—Scripture grants have also been made 
 in five different Indian dialects to missionaries among the tribes in 
 the United States ; but the English Bible is being more and more 
 used by these people. 
 
 Special Work Among the Colored People .—A recently formed Agency 
 has had a most interesting half-year. It has proven to be a field sadly 
 in need of Bible distribution. The Rev. J. P. Wragg, of Atlanta, Ga., 
 the Agent of the Society, is often asked whether he has the Metho¬ 
 dist, Baptist, or Presbyterian Bible ; and when told it is neither, he is 
 asked, “ What Bible is it then ? ” “ God’s Bible,” is the answer. 
 
 One of his colporteurs, in visiting a number of young men work¬ 
 ing in a shop, found not one who had ever owned a Bible. Many 
 churches and Sunday schools are reported as not having a single 
 copy of God’s word. 
 
 The total distribution for the six months is 4,769 volumes. Work 
 has been done in eighty-seven towns, besides many rural districts. 
 The good results are already seen and felt. 
 
 Puerto Rico .—The Rev. Donald McLaren is the Agent. He lives 
 at San Juan. A Bible depository has been opened in that city with 
 appropriate dedicatory exercises. It was an impressive service, 
 this—opening, in the name of God, of a depot for furnishing copies of 
 His holy word, in the capital of this island, where for nearly 400 
 years the Bible has been a forbidden book. Many of the large num¬ 
 bers who look into the show-cases say that they have never before 
 seen a Bible. One of the colporteurs has been allowed to talk in the 
 
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 schools about the Bible. In spite of centuries of misgovernment, 
 these people are kindly, courteous and teachable. The Stars and 
 Stripes float everywhere, but the people need the Gospel to make 
 them free indeed. The Bible in the hands of the common people has 
 proved to be the book that makes nations. 
 
 The Philippines. — The importance of giving the Bible to the people 
 of these islands in their native dialects is emphasized by the fact 
 that ninety-five per cent, of the population cannot read Spanish. 
 “ To have a relig¬ 
 ion in which they 
 can think and 
 read for them¬ 
 selves is marvel¬ 
 ous in their eves.” 
 
 The extent of 
 Bible circulation 
 and the eagerness 
 of the people for it 
 is almost beyond 
 the belief of those 
 not knowing the facts about the Philippines. The total circulation 
 of the past year is 52,793 volumes. This is a little short of mar¬ 
 velous in view of the bitter opposition of the Roman Church, the 
 small number of men employed, and the great inconveniences and 
 danger of travel. 
 
 Most romantic and thrilling, and full of bravely-borne hardships 
 and noble self-denial, are the experiences of Messrs. Bear and Turner; 
 going by clumsy ox-carts over well-nigh impassable roads; barely 
 escaping drowning in descending swift rapids on rude rafts; hungry, 
 worn and weary at night, having, like the Master they serve, “not 
 where to lay their heads.” But hearts are eager for the message of the 
 King which these faithful heralds bring. In one place the president of 
 the village sent runners ahead to announce their approach and explain 
 their work. The people came out to the road and waited, buying ea¬ 
 gerly, listening earnestly. One is reminded of New Testament scenes. 
 
 Hundreds of prisoners of war have eagerly taken and read and re¬ 
 read the truth which makes men free indeed. 
 
 MR. GOODRICH IN THE STREETS OF MANILA IN THE 
 
 RAINY SEASON. 
 
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 The American Bible Society has ten regular Agencies in different 
 parts of the world, under other flags than the Stars and Stripes, each in 
 charge of an Agent who is assisted in the work of Bible distribution 
 by colporteurs. The self-sacrificing labors of these humble, devoted 
 followers of the Master will be mentioned in a following chapter. 
 We here present a brief story of these different foreign agencies. 
 
 I, Mexico; 2, Cuba; 3, Central America; 4 t Venezuela and Colombia; 5, La 
 Plata; 6, Brazil; 7, The Levant; 8, Siam and Laos; 9, Korea; JO, 
 Japan ; J1, China. 
 
 Mexico .—The Rev. H. P. Hamilton, Agent, Mexico City, Mexico. 
 
 Superstition Deep-Rooted, but Promising Soil. 
 
 Since “ cliaritj 7 begins at home,” we should be especially interested 
 
 A MEXICAN COLPORTEUR READY TO START ON A MOUNTAIN TRIP 
 
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 in our next-door neighbor, Mexico. Here must be met the hostility 
 of inherited prejudices, and the direct antagonism of the priesthood. 
 And yet the circulation of Scriptures for 1901 was 35,932 volumes. 
 
 Deep-rooted superstition, with the immorality and tyranny of the 
 clergy and their intense opposition to the Bible, are weights round 
 the necks of the people; yet there is no more promising soil, for the 
 colporteurs tell of wonderful triumphs of the Word in brightening 
 many hitherto brutally-burdened and densely-darkened lives, and of 
 the steadily increasing demand for the “ light of life.” 
 
 Cuba .—The Rev. J. M. Lopez-Guillen, Agent, Havana, Cuba. 
 
 u Almost Protestant.” 
 
 The selling of 11,156 volumes of Scriptures during the past year, 
 by only three colporteurs and the Agent, means hard and self-deny¬ 
 ing service and the reaping of lasting results. One colporteur has 
 visited more than 29,000 houses the past year. 
 
 The Agent has used the stereopticon with good results, showing 
 Bible pictures. 
 
 In contrast to the opposition to the Word in Mexico, we are told 
 of the work in Cuba that “no unkind word has been said to Bible 
 sellers.” The people have lost sight of the meaning of true religion, 
 but are favorably disposed. One says of them, “They are almost 
 Protestants without knowing it.” The Spanish priests have deserted 
 the villages. Surely there is a grand opportunity for .America (to 
 whom they look for protection) to teach them through His own 
 blessed book that “a mighty fortress is our God,” for nations and for 
 individuals, against the powers of evil. 
 
 Central America .—The Rev. Francis Penzotti, Agent, Guatemala 
 City, Guatemala. 
 
 Blessing America for Bibles Sent. 
 
 The work of the year has been very encouraging, the circulation 
 of the Scriptures, largely in the Spanish language, reaching up to 
 nearlv 13,000 volumes. 
 
 There are not only hundreds, but thousands of souls blessing God 
 for those in America who have sent to them the Bible which has 
 proved the sure guide to the only true happiness, both for time and 
 eternity. ‘ ‘ There are many difficulties, but the bitter opposition of 
 
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 enemies has abated, and the life-giving work is being done quietly, 
 but surely through the creative power of God’s word.” 
 
 Venezuela and Colombia .—The Rev. Joseph Norwood, Agent, Bu- 
 caramanga, Colombia. 
 
 Civil Turmoil; A Gross Religion, 
 
 A political revolution in these countries has made such unsettled 
 conditions that even the rights of residents to private correspondence 
 with friends in this country are interfered with. Mercantile houses 
 in New York complain that their representatives are allowed to write 
 only commonplaces. The Society has been able to receive only 
 formal letters from its Agent, Mr. Norwood. He says he has been 
 deprived of nearly all his mail, not only papers but letters, for two 
 years, and he does not know when the ban will be lifted. He is 
 hungering for a heart-soothing word from loved ones far away. He 
 continues, “I am doing what I can in Bible distribution, but under 
 untold difficulties.” 
 
 La Plata Agency. — The Rev. Andrew Milne, Agent, Calle Corri- 
 entes, Buenos Ayres. 
 
 Persecution, but Many Signs of Promise. 
 
 This is a very large field, covering all of South America except 
 the Agencies of Brazil and Venezuela and Colombia. 
 
 A COLPORTEUR ON HIS WAY TO BOLIVIA, CAMPING ON 
 
 HIS JOURNEY. 
 
 Mr. Milne espe¬ 
 cially rejoices in 
 the Bible trans¬ 
 lation for the 
 Quichua Indians. 
 The Scripture dis¬ 
 tribution extends 
 from Cape Horn 
 to the Equator. 
 The best feature 
 of the work is the 
 increased reading 
 with profit of the 
 volumes circu¬ 
 lated. Another important point is that in the day schools, no less 
 than in the Sunday schools, the Scriptures are constantly taught. 
 
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 Scriptures distributed in military prisons, in wilds of the interior 
 where no missionary has ever been; to a Welsh colony, which had 
 lost their possessions and Bibles from a flood; to sailors and officers 
 on shipboard; these are some of the items of a journey of 4,000 miles, 
 occupying-105 days. 
 
 There is persecution by the Romish clergy. Colporteurs have 
 been stoned and threatened with death by mobs led by priests; and 
 yet the leaven is quietly working and, God has given unmistakable 
 signs of his power, which fill all hearts with thanksgivings for the 
 past and trust for the future. 
 
 In this vast continent the importance of Scripture circulation is 
 of untold value because it is well-nigh the only evangelical work to 
 reach the wide stretches of sparsely settled regions. 
 
 Brazil .—The Rev. H. C. Tucker, Agent, Caixa 454, Rio de Janeiro. 
 
 Many Conversions from Scripture Circulation. 
 
 The report from this field is enthusiastic. The circulation for the 
 past year was just a little short of 50,000 volumes. 
 
 One specially interesting item is the bringing of the Bible to the 
 attention of prominent business and professional men in large cities. 
 This effort has been very successful and the sales remarkable. 
 
 The lives of the masses are characterized by religious indifference, 
 sensuality and gambling; but the circulation of the Scriptures is 
 arousing many lost souls in all sections. This is leading to renewed 
 opposition from the Romish church. Large numbers of monks and 
 friars are coming to Brazil from other countries, and are active and 
 violent in their war against Bible circulation. But we know that 
 “ the word of God enduretli forever.” 
 
 The Levant .—The Rev. Marcellus Bowen, Agent, Bible House, 
 Constantinople, Turkey. 
 
 Many and Varied Obstacles, but Steady Progress. 
 
 This Agency covers work in the Turkish Empire and Egypt. The 
 field is a varied one, where many languages are spoken and where 
 social conditions are most complicated, causing many restrictions up¬ 
 on Bible circulation, which, however, are gradually being removed. 
 
 The total issues of the Levant Agency amount to nearly two 
 million volumes. There is a gratifying and encouraging increase in 
 sales by colporteurs. 
 
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 The colporteurs and correspondents have labored on with their 
 usual perseverance and pluck. 
 
 In Bulgaria great poverty prevails; the active teaching of atheists 
 is also a serious obstacle; but there are some cases where the larger 
 part of the population of a village has been awakened to read the 
 Bible. 
 
 The American Board stations at Van, Harpoot and Aintab, have 
 been, helped by the American Bible Society workers and by Scripture 
 grants. 
 
 In Diarbekir the Catholic bishop purchased Bibles from the depot 
 for distribution among the priests, telling them that the Protestants 
 were right in selling these books. The children study the Bible in 
 the schools in Marash, and tell in their homes what they have 
 learned. In Aintab there is an awakening of girls and women who 
 are trying to learn to read the word of God for themselves. Bedouin 
 Arabs, not having money, gave butter, eggs and milk, horns or 
 brass ornaments for Bibles. 
 
 The adoption of the Bible as a text book in Armenian and Greek 
 schools has been accomplished in some places, which is, of course, a 
 most important point to be gained. So favorable to the Bible was 
 one village that two priests felt compelled to get Scriptures them¬ 
 selves. 
 
 In Egypt .—“Never before has there been such a sowing time as 
 just now. The Bible is finding its way to all classes. Many Mos¬ 
 lems are reading the Word, seeking for light. Has the Bible ever 
 been read in vain by such seekers ? ” A former Moslem, who was 
 converted to the truth by his own study of the Bible, is conducting 
 Gospel meetings in Cairo and other places. 
 
 /Siam and Laos .—The Rev. John Carrington, Agent, Bangkok, 
 Siam. 
 
 Need of More Helpers. 
 
 A busy year of enthusiastic work by an able and consecrated 
 servant of the Master, is what Mr. Carrington’s report means. Five 
 thousand four hundred and eighty-four more sales than ever before 
 have been made. Seven different languages were represented in the 
 circulation. In one day, in the large inland town of Korat, the 
 
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 remarkable sale of more than 1,000 volumes was made by the 
 Agent with one assistant. Bangkok, with its five million souls, 
 has been canvassed; this, together with the work of translating, 
 revising, proofreading, care of colporteurs and touring on long 
 trips, is beyond one man’s strength. Were there more helpers, 
 even the large sales made would be greatly increased, for the 
 Scriptures are eagerly sought and the extension of railroads is fa¬ 
 cilitating travel. The Society hopes soon to send an assistant to 
 relieve Mr. Carrington, and advance the work. 
 
 Korea .—The Rev. Henry Loomis, Agent, Yokohama, Japan. 
 
 Need of Bible Translation* 
 
 The rapid growth of Christianity in Korea continues, and with 
 it the increasing need of a translation of the Scriptures in a perma¬ 
 nent form. As it is, the versions already made are in general use, 
 and are highly valued by the native Christians. In a country where 
 there is so little literature, the word of God has a much more im¬ 
 portant place than is accorded to it in some other lands. Poor, as 
 - the people are, the sale of Scriptures continues to be large. 
 
 Japan .—The Rev. Henry Loomis, Agent, Yokohama, Japan. 
 
 Bible Distribution the Basis of Revival. 
 
 It is interesting to know that many of the converts in the recent 
 religious awakening in Japan had a foundation knowledge of the 
 truth from the purchase of Bibles, at different times, of Bible Society 
 colporteurs. It is not often that we so soon see the fulfillment of 
 the promise, “My word shall not return unto me void.” The sales 
 for the past year were 181,492 copies, the largest for any one twelve 
 months since the beginning of Bible distribution in Japan. The 
 great increase is largely due to the two foreign colporteurs, Messrs. 
 Snyder and Lawrence, whose work cannot be too highly spoken of. 
 Their united sales amount to 97,716 copies. In one day, in Kyoto, 
 with the help of a friend, 721 copies were sold; and many of the 
 buyers are reading the Word for the first time, and after reading 
 seek out the missionaries for further guidance, and definite conver¬ 
 sions follow. 
 
 Mr. Lawrence tells of pilgrims coming many weary miles to pray 
 at the shrine of Mt. Fuji, and buying the book which tells of the “true 
 
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 way.” Six thousand five hundred copies were sold in one month at 
 Niigata. The pasting of a sign “Day of Rest” over closed shut¬ 
 ters regularly every Sabbath is the result of the reading of a Bible 
 which was sold at half price. 
 
 The purchaser of another of these half-price Bibles, as a result of 
 her study, has given up her home and is striving to fit herself to be 
 a Bible woman among her needy sisters. 
 
 China .—The Rev. John R. Hykes, Agent, 14 Kiukiang Road, 
 Shanghai, China. 
 
 How Contradictory Seem the Conditions of China ! 
 
 Volcanic fires scarcely quenched, forebodings for the future cloud¬ 
 ing the sky, yet the present bright with the promise of rich results; 
 
 MR. GAMMON, SUPERINTENDENT IN NORTH CHINA, ON HIS TRAVELS. 
 
 The Books and Provisions are in the Cart and the Bedding- on top of the Cart. 
 
 obstacles of yesterday have become opportunities of to-day; closed 
 hearts have been opened by God, which faith assures us are not to be 
 shut by man’s opposition. 
 
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 What else can mean these statements from the report of the Bible 
 Society’s work in China ? 
 
 “ The demand for the Scriptures is unprecedented .” 
 
 “ We are not able to get Bibles bound fast enough for orders .” 
 
 “ The people come after the Bibles—they are not thrust upon tlxemf 
 
 The sale of Scriptures during this past year is the largest of any 
 previous twelve months ; and where formerly Portions were purchased, 
 now whole Bibles are in demand .” 
 
 “ We issued more Mandarin Bibles in the last three months of this 
 year than would have been considered ample stock for eight years a 
 decade agof 
 
 In view of the bitterness and recent date of the anti-foreign cru¬ 
 sade, these facts are really little short of marvelous. 
 
 “A spirit of inquiry and receptivity is everywhere apparent. 
 Christianity is being studied as never before.” 
 
 There is a remarkable movement among some of the highest offi¬ 
 cials who favor foreign improvement, for putting the entire Bible 
 into what they consider a liner literary form for the gentry; the 
 object being to allay their prejudices against it, not because they as 
 yet believe in its sacredness, but because the Bible is seen to be an 
 inherent part of the life of great nations, and hence helpful for 
 China’s progress. 
 
 The Bible bookstore in Peking is to be re-erected. A thousand 
 dollars would pay for it all, including, also, a suitable home for col¬ 
 porteurs when they return from their long and exhausting tours. 
 Could there be a more fitting memorial gift than this from some 
 Christian friend, in honor of the noble martyred colporteurs ? They 
 “being dead yet speak,” for the people are inquiring into the teach¬ 
 ings of the Book which could so wonderfully sustain their victims 
 with gentle patience and unfaltering courage. 
 
 The future is in God’s hands. But we have the present, and can 
 see that the former agonized cry of a consecrated worker, “0 rock, 
 rock; when wilt thou open?” has been answered, and that every¬ 
 where in this land God’s spirit is opening many hearts by means of 
 his wonderful Word. 
 
 Is there not then a message to every Christian in America in the 
 statement of Mr. Gammon, the Superintendent of Colporteurs for 
 
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 North China, who made so many friends in America during his visit 
 here ? 
 
 “ The call for Bibles and Testaments comes from every part of the 
 Empire , and we are unable to meet it unless more funds are available 
 for next year." 
 
 6. tfrtcntiss of tl)c Client 
 
 The Best Helper of the Missionary is the Bible, and the Bible has no Better 
 
 Friend than the Missionary, 
 
 T HE American Bible Society carries on co-operative work through 
 its correspondents in Europe in eight different countries: Nor¬ 
 way, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. 
 In Asia, in Arabia, Persia and India; also in Africa and Micronesia. 
 
 Norway and Sweden. — From the correspondents in these two 
 countries comes the cheering news of votes by recent Methodist Con¬ 
 ferences that collections be taken in all the churches for the Amer¬ 
 ican Bible Society. 
 
 France. —“The Bible work is most encouraging in this land of 
 great possibilities.” 
 
 Germany. —“A Bible Society Sunday was observed by all the 
 Methodist Episcopal congregations last October, and was a blessed 
 day.” It was appointed by Bishop J. H. Vincent. 
 
 Switzerland .— There has been a circulation of 4,600 Testaments 
 and Bibles, and 16,355 Portions. The report tells of a colporteur, a 
 convert from Catholicism, who after a ten-hours’ walk held a gospel 
 meeting in the evening, answering many questions as to his change 
 of religion, and then sold every book he had. He is accomplishing 
 much good. 
 
 Italy .— Through emigrants, who have returned home from the 
 United States, Italy has asked the Bible Society to send colporteurs 
 there, and appropriations have been made for one to begin the work 
 in the home land of the Pope. 
 
 Spain .— Nine hundred and fifty-one copies of the Bible have been 
 sent during the past year to missionaries of the American Board for 
 
this country, which is slowly hut surely having its closed doors 
 opened by the wonderful key of God’s word. 
 
 Austria .— The Bible Society has for its valued correspondent here 
 the beloved and honored Rev. A. W. Clark, missionary of the Amer¬ 
 ican Board. He says, “the ground here is intensely hard. The 
 majority of both Catholics and Protestants believe nothing.” 
 
 “How can I believe in love,” said one, “when the priests are so 
 cruel.” Dr. Clark tells of his calling upon an atheist who began by 
 ridiculing him and ended with the purchase of a New Testament, 
 which he is reading. 
 
 A woman ordered Dr. Clark in sharp tones to leave the house; 
 but his kind words to the children softened her, and finally a New 
 Testament was purchased. The result was the conversion of two 
 young men. 
 
 Arabia .— The Bible Society’s correspondent tells of one of his col¬ 
 porteurs who has, himself, sold through the year 900 copies of Scrip¬ 
 tures, and hazarded his life for the task; and the report adds, “not 
 only are we sure that the Bible is read/but that it is loved.” “Groups 
 of Moslems are known to be meeting by night to study the Word.” 
 In spite of the fierce opposition of the Mullahs the common people, 
 though very poor, eagerly seek for the Scriptures. “ And the com¬ 
 mon people heard him gladly A 
 
 Persia .— Here the American Bible Society co-operates especially 
 with Presbyterian missions. Remarkable instances are given of the 
 power of the Gospel to find a way into the most prejudiced hearts. 
 The missionaries appeal earnestly for an enlargement of the work 
 of the Bible Society in that country. Whether this shall be done 
 depends upon the contributions of the churches to the American 
 Bible Society. 
 
 India .— “The Bibles granted for mission schools were greatly 
 needed and highly appreciated.” 
 
 Africa .— “Five hundred Zulu Bibles from the American Bible 
 Society were disposed of with such wonderful quickness that a ship¬ 
 ment of 1,000 more was needed at once.” 
 
 Micronesia .— Scriptures in five principal dialects and in some 
 minor ones of these islands have been furnished to the missionaries 
 
of the American Board, making many hundred volumes this past 
 year. 
 
 7. i^crocgs OncrottineD 
 
 0 one who knows the modest, patient, self-sacrificing and coura- 
 
 1 i geous labors of the nearly four hundred colporteurs of the 
 American Bible Society, in different parts of the world, would hesitate 
 in according them this title. 
 
 Under the tropic sun, amid snow and ice, through pathless forests, 
 by dangerous water-ways, many times risking their lives, often 
 hungry, weary, and worn, and like the Master they serve, having not 
 where to lay their head—so go these heralds of the King, these un¬ 
 crowned heroes. 
 
 In Prison, 
 
 In Austria .—In prison on false charges with twenty criminals, one 
 says that he did not mind it much, as God thus gave him a chance 
 to talk to these men of the way of life. 
 
 In Desert Wilds, 
 
 In Arabia .—Traveling amid many hardships by native boat, by 
 donkey or camel, or tramping on foot, selling even to native rulers 
 and desert sheiks; meeting hundreds of eager buyers, but sometimes 
 fanatics to seize and destroy their books. 
 
 Laughed At. 
 
 In Japan .—The whole-hearted and wonderfully successful col- 
 portage work of Messrs. Snyder and Lawrence has been already re¬ 
 ferred to. Great tact and courage were needed by Mr. Lawrence, 
 knowing as he did but a few words of Japanese, to stand on a busy 
 city street amid a curious, laughing crowd, asking many questions 
 meaningless to him. “ Had I not known it was the Lord’s word,” 
 he says, “ I could not have persevered.” But he did, and soon the 
 people purchased readily. 
 
 An Opportunity, 
 
 In Puerto Rico .—An earnest worker here is a very marvel of econ¬ 
 omy and endurance. Under a scorching sun, with a heavy package 
 of books, he tramps over the hills on foot, selling many Bibles. Twice 
 he has walked thirty-five miles from his home to give in his accounts, 
 
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 which showed a balance for the Society over and above his wages 
 and expenses, so saving and successful has he been. If only he could 
 have a horse his work would be doubled. Here is an opportunity for 
 a pleasant special donation, perhaps from some Sabbath school. 
 
 A Wonderful Salesman. 
 
 South America .—A colporteur in South America has the remark¬ 
 able Tecord of almost 9,000 volumes sold this past year. It was from 
 the reading of one of his Bibles that a whole family was converted. 
 
 Nearly 9,000 Silent Missionaries left, many times in places where 
 there is no Christian work of any kind; surely this is seed sown from 
 which God will give the increase in due season. 
 
 Enemies Become Friends. 
 
 The Levant .—A colporteur in Turkey writes: “I have sold to 
 Catholics; to young men who used to persecute me.” 
 
 Macedonia .—Here the colporteurs have been handicapped by polit¬ 
 ical uncertainties, but the Rev. Mr. House, of the American Board 
 Mission at Salonica, says, “In spite of all, we have done better this 
 year than last.” 
 
 SELLING BIBLES IN THE STREETS OP JAPAN. 
 
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 It is not generally understood how small a sum pays for a colpor¬ 
 teur's work. In some places it is only $^0 for twelve months of toil and 
 travel. 
 
 Heavy Burdens. 
 
 In rough mountain regions, terrible hardships of travel ; in the 
 towns, persecution, often stoning in the street, even imprisonment; 
 such is the lot of colporteurs in Mexico. But some of the men who 
 were in the mobs have become active Christians through the read¬ 
 ing of Bibles left by these faithful workers, and have greeted them 
 lovingly on a second visit. 
 
 In Perils Oft. 
 
 In the Philippines the bare recital of the hardships of the col¬ 
 porteurs of the past year would make too painful reading to be 
 given ; miserable and meagre food, planks for beds, false friends and 
 concealed would-be assassins, flooded rivers, roadless and pathless, 
 almost impenetrable forests—these did not hold back Mr. Turner and 
 Carroll Bear from taking the Bread of Life to the many hungry 
 hearts they found. 
 
 8. €l)c iconic £>fftce 
 
 A LL missionary work is better furthered in these days by organi- 
 L zation, so even “The Silent Missionary” has to have its so¬ 
 ciety to care for its interests and represent it before the great public to 
 which it appeals for support. The American Bible Society is this 
 representative of “The Silent Missionary” before the American 
 churches and the American people. Its headquarters are in the 
 Bible House, a large building, covering an entire block in the heart 
 of New York City, facing upon Astor Place, Fourth Avenue, Ninth 
 Street, and Third Avenue. The work of this Society is managed by a 
 Board of thirty-six Christian laymen, representing the principal 
 denominations of American Christians. They hold a meeting every 
 month on the first Thursday. The Executive Officers are three Cor¬ 
 responding Secretaries and a Treasurer, who is also the General 
 Manager of the publishing interests of the Society in this country. 
 The Secretaries are the Rev. John Fox, D.D., the Rev. William I. 
 Haven, D.D., and the Rev. Edward P. Ingersoll, D.D. Dr. Ingersoll, 
 
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 having- been elected to this office from the pastorate of the Immanuel 
 Congregational Church in Brooklyn, began his work on the 1st of 
 January, 1902. The Treasurer is Mr. William Foulke. 
 
 The Society carries on its work through Special Committees, 
 which carefully consider various matters in detail and present them 
 for final action to the Board at its monthly meetings. There are 
 Committees on Versions, Finance, Publication, Distribution, Agen¬ 
 cies, Legacies, Anniversaries, Auxiliaries, and an Auditing and Gen¬ 
 eral Reference Committee. It would be difficult to state the amount 
 of time and attention which the gentlemen on these Committees 
 give to every detail connected with the Society’s interests. 
 
 The only other representatives of the Society at work in the home 
 field are the following Field Agents: The Rev. Thomas H. Law, 
 D.D., of Spartanburg, S. C., Field Agent for North and South Caro¬ 
 lina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama ; the Rev. George D. French, 
 D.D., of Morristown, Tenn., Field Agent for Kentucky, Tennessee, 
 Mississippi, and Louisiana; the Rev. John Pearson, D.D., 10 Roanoke, 
 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, Field Agent for Michigan, Indiana, 
 Illinois, West Virginia, and Ohio ; the Rev. S. W. Dickinson, 457 
 Ashland Ave., St. Paul, Minn., Field Agent for Wisconsin, Minne¬ 
 sota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska ; the Rev. A. E. 
 Colton, 12 Boswortli Street, Boston, Mass., Field Agent for the New 
 England States, and the Rev. Frederick D. Greene, Bible House, 
 New York City, Field Agent for New York City and State. 
 
 The Foreign Agents are: The Rev. Marcellus Bowen, Bible House, 
 Constantinople, of the Levant Agency; the Rev. Andrew M. Milne, 
 Buenos Ayres, Argentina, South America, of the La Plata Agency; 
 the Rev. Henry Loomis, Yokohama, of the Japan and Korean Agen¬ 
 cies; the Rev. John R. Hykes, D.D., 14 Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, 
 China, of the China Agency; the Rev. H. C. Tucker, Caixa 454 Rio 
 de Janeiro, of the Brazil Agency; the Rev. H. P. Hamilton, Box 
 2155, Mexico City, Mexico, of the Mexico Agency; the Rev. J. M. 
 Lopez-Guillen, Box 591,Havana, Cuba, of the Cuba Agency; the Rev. 
 Joseph Norwood, Bucaramanga, Colombia, South America, of the 
 Venezuela and Colombia Agency; the Rev. John Carrington, Bang¬ 
 kok, Siam, of the Siam and Laos Agency; the Rev. Francis G. 
 Penzotti, Guatemala City, Guatemala, of the Central American 
 
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 Agency; the Rev. Donald McLaren, San Juan, Puerto Rico, of the 
 Puerto Rico Agency; the Rev. Jay C. Goodrich, Young Men’s 
 Christian Association, Manila, Philippine Islands, of the Philippine 
 Agency. 
 
 9. ^omc Important figures 
 
 T HE following statement of receipts and disbursements is for the 
 year ending March 31, 1902. The Annual Report of the Amer¬ 
 ican Bible Society gives very carefully tabulated reports of all gifts, 
 legacies, church collections, receipts from invested funds, and all other 
 sources of income, and equally careful statements of all expenditures. 
 The following is simply a suggestive summary: 
 
 The Society should receive very greatly increased support, so that it 
 might increase and strengthen its far-reaching work ; 
 
 Hrceipts anti Disbursements 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 
 
 Gifts from Individuals .... 
 
 $36,903 09 
 
 
 Gifts from Auxiliaries .... 
 
 36,238 83 
 
 
 Church Collections .... 
 
 36,516 44 
 
 
 Total from the living 
 
 
 $109,658 36 
 
 Legacies. 
 
 • • • • 
 
 115,892 24 
 
 Returns from Sales by Foreign Agents and from Mis- 
 
 
 sionary and other Societies 
 
 • • • • 
 
 52,534 67 
 
 Returns from Sales of Books Donated 
 
 * • . # 
 
 6,388 82 
 
 Returns from Sales by Agency among 
 
 Colored People of 
 
 
 the South. 
 
 • • • • 
 
 1,275 08 
 
 Income from Trust Funds, Available 
 
 Investments, and 
 
 
 the Burr Fund for the Blind 
 
 • • o • 
 
 28,559 97 
 
 Net Income from the Bible House 
 
 • • • • 
 
 16,404 03 
 
 From Auxiliaries on Purchase Account 
 
 • • • • 
 
 69,571 90 
 
 Caleb Foster Memorial Fund 
 
 • • • • 
 
 100 00 
 
 Balance of Business Accounts 
 
 • • • • 
 
 5,021 84 
 
 Cash balance, March 31, 1901 
 
 • • • • 
 
 27,767 08 
 
 
 $433,173 99 
 
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 Disbursements. 
 
 Salaries and Expenses of Field Agents .... $14,473 30 
 
 Remittances to Foreign Agents. 175,023 42 
 
 Value of Books sent to Foreign Agents .... 40,222 40 
 
 Grants of Funds to Missionary and other Societies . . 11,404 51 
 
 Value of Books sent to Foreign Missionary Societies . 5,180 38 
 
 Value of Books Donated, including those supplied to Life 
 
 Members and to the Blind. 
 
 16,196 
 
 26 
 
 Expenses of Agency among Colored People of the South 
 
 2,144 
 
 94 
 
 Value of Books sent to Agency among Colored People of 
 
 
 
 the South .......... 
 
 2,752 
 
 74 
 
 Net value of Books charged to Auxiliaries 
 
 60,469 
 
 19 
 
 Net cost of Bible Society Record .. 
 
 5,635 
 
 48 
 
 Salaries of Executive Officers, Bookkeepers, and Clerks, 
 
 
 
 Traveling Expenses, Postage, Stationery, Printing, etc. 
 
 35,622 
 
 64 
 
 Balance of Annuity Account ...... 
 
 1,088 
 
 38 
 
 Temporary Investment. 
 
 32,164 
 
 25 
 
 Sundries, Legacy Expenses, etc.. 
 
 1,466 
 
 65 
 
 Cash balance, March 31, 1902 ...... 
 
 29,329 
 
 45 
 
 
 $433,173 
 
 99 
 
Officer# of tl)c American "Bible ^octctr 
 
 President. 
 
 V ice-Presidents. 
 
 HON. JOSHUA L. CHAMEEKLAIN, LL.D., Maine. 
 
 GEN. OLIVER O. HOWARD, Vermont. 
 
 HON. (JORTLANDT PARKER, LL.D., New Jersey. 
 
 HON. FRANK M. COCKRELL, Missouri. 
 
 HON. JOHN W. FOSTER, LL.D., District of Columbia. 
 THEOPHILUS A. BROUWER, Esq., New York. 
 
 CYRUS NORTHROP, LL.D., Minnesota. 
 
 JAMES H. CARLISLE, LL.D., South Carolina. 
 
 HON. HOWARD VAN EPPS, Georgia. 
 
 JAMES H. TAFT, Esq., New York. 
 
 ANNIS MERRILL, LL.D., California. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM, Vermont. 
 
 HON. E. E. BEARD, Tennessee. 
 
 HON. DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, LL.D., District of Columbia. 
 MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., District of Columbia. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM J. NORTHEN, Georgia. 
 
 HON. EDWARD H. EAST, Tennessee. 
 
 WILLIAM A. ROBINSON, Esq., Kentucky. 
 
 ELBERT A. BRINCKERHOFF, Esq., New Jersey. 
 
 JOHN NOBLE STEARNS, Esq., New York. 
 
 HON. JAMES A. BEAVER, Pennsylvania. 
 
 DANIEL C. GILMAN, LL.D., Maryland. 
 
 HON. JOHN B. SMITH, New Hampshire. 
 
 HON. FRANCIS M. DRAKE, Iowa. 
 
 HORACE HITCHCOCK, Esq., Michigan. 
 
 Secretaries. 
 
 REV. JOHN FOX, D.D. REV. WILLIAM I. HAVEN, D.D. 
 
 REV. EDWARD P. INGERSOLL, D.D. 
 
 T reasurer. 
 
 WILLIAM FOULKE. 
 
 jHanagcr# 
 
 Term—1902 to 1906. 
 
 A LEXANDER E. ORR. 
 GERARD BEEKMAN. 
 
 E. FRANCIS HYDE. 
 
 H. D. NICOLL, M.D. 
 WILLIAM H. HARRIS. 
 EZRA P. HOYT, M.D. 
 EDWARD P. TENNEY. 
 
 A. H. GILBERT. 
 
 HENRY W. JESSUP. 
 
 Term—1901 to 1905. 
 
 WILLIAM HOYT. 
 
 T. G. SELLEW. 
 
 GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY. 
 EZRA B. TUTTLE. 
 
 JAMES S. BAKER. 
 
 HENRY C. M. INGRAHAM. 
 ALEXANDER MAITLAND 
 HENRY S. STEARNS, M.D. 
 
 J. EDGAR LEAYCRAFT. 
 
 Term—1900 to 1904. 
 
 WILLIAM T. BOOTH. 
 CHURCHILL H. CUTTING. 
 JOHN S. PIERSON. 
 
 DANIEL J. HOLDEN. 
 
 JOHN S. McLEAN. 
 
 WM. JAY SCHIEFFELIN. 
 JAMES WOOD. 
 
 CHARLES D. LEVERICH. 
 EDWARD KIRK BILLINGS. 
 
 Term—1899 to 1903. 
 
 JOHN E. PARSONS. 
 FREDERICK STURGES. 
 
 F. WOLCOTT JACKSON. 
 JOHN CROSBY BROWN. 
 GEORGE G. REYNOLDS. 
 JAMES A. PUNDERFORD. 
 JOHN TRUSLOW. 
 
 GEORGE E. STERRY. 
 THOMAS WHITTAKER. 
 
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THE 
 
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 AN INCOME OF AT LEAST SEVEN HUNDRED 
 AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR 
 
 TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND 
 DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE CHRISTIAN 
 CHURCHES OF THE UNITED STATES. A COL¬ 
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 ONE THOUSAND LEGACIES OF ONE HUNDRED 
 DOLLARS AND OVER 
 
 GENEROUS GIFTS FROM ALL FRIENDS OF 
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