No. 25 June 1, 1863. BRIEF VIEW — OF THE PLAN AND OPERATIONS OF THE lUifistj auii /nrngn Inriiti}, AND OF KINDRED INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE RIGHT IIOV. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K.G., Freddmt. Vice-Presidents: His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of YORK. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN. His Grace the DUKE of DEVONSHIRE. K.G. His Grace the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH. Most Hon. the MARQUIS of CHOLMONDELEY. Risrht Hon. the EARL of CARLISLE, K.G. Right Hon. the EARL of ABERDEEN. Right Hon. the EARL of RODEN. K.P. Right Hon. the EARL of CHICHESTER. Right Hon. the EARL of HARROWBY. K.G. Right Hon. the EARL of GAINSBOROUGH. The LORD HENRY CHOLMONDELEY. Right Hon. and Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of LONDON. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of DURHAM. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of WINCHESTER. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of PETERBOROUGH. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ST. ASAPH. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of MANCHESTER. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of HEREFORD. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of CHESTER. Right Rev. Dr. HINDS, late BISHOP of NORWICH. Hon. and Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of NORWICH. Right Hon. and Right Rev. LORD AUCKLAND, BISHOP of BATH and WELLS. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of RIPON. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of BANGOR. Hon. and Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ROCHESTER, Most Rev. and Right Hon. the LORD BISHOP of MEATH. Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of CASHEL, WATERFORD, and LISMORE. Right Hon. LORD CALTHORPE. Right Hon. LORD TEIGNMOUTH. Right Hon. LORD GLENELG. Right Rev. the BISHOP of CALCUTTA. Right Rev. the BISHOP of BOMBAY. Right Rev. the BISHOP OF MADRAS. I’.ight Rev. the BISHOP of JERUSALEM. Right Rev. the BISHOP OF MELBOURNE. Right Rev. the BISHOP of VICTORIA. Right Rev. the BISHOP of PRINCE RUPERT'S L.\ND. Right Rev. the BISHOP of SYDNEY. Right Rev. the BISHOP of MAURITIUS. Right Rev. the BISHOP of GRAHAM’S TOWN. Right Rev. the BISHOP of HURON. Right Rev. the BISHOP of SIERRA LEONE. Right Rev. the BISHOP of ANTIGUA. Right Rev. the BISHOP of WAIAPU. Right Rev. the BISHOP of GOULBURN. Sir THOMAS DYKE ACLAND, Bart. Sir THOMAS D. LLOYD, Bart. Sir C. E. TREVELYAN, K.C.B. 1 JOHN HENDERSON, Esq. JOHN BOCKETT, Esq., Treasurer. Secretaries: Rev. CHARLES JACKSON. Rev. SAMUEL B. BERGNE. Supei'inlendent of the Editorial and Translating Dtpaiiment ; Rev. T. W. MELLER, M.A., Rector of Tf'bodbridge. Honorary Solicitors: Messrs. THOMAS, and HOLLAMS, Mincing Lane, London. Mr. WII.LIAM HITCHIN, Accountant & Assistant Secretafjp I] Mr. JAMES FRANKLIN, Repositart/. Mr. HENRY KNOLLEKE, Assistant Foreign Secrelaty. II Mr. WILLIAM H. CHAPLIN, Collector. Foreign Agents. M. DE PRESSENSE, Paris. Mr. E. MII,I.ARD, Berlin, Rev. G. P. DAVIES, B.A., Frankfort Cologne. Re\'. A. THOMSON, Constantinople. Mr. RICHARD CORFIELD, Buenos Ayres. Mr. T. BRUCE, Leghorn,. Rev. J. K. TUCKER, Sydney, Australia. District Secretaries. Rev. T. PHILLIPS. A Rev. PHILIP KENT. Mr. G. T. EDWARDS. Rev. i. A. PAGE. Rev. J. P. HEWLETT. Mr. CHARLES SWALLOW. Rev. W. P. TIDDY. Rev. J. D. MILLER. Rev. W. H. GRAHAM. 7 F7igtand and If'ales. **• All Letters on the Business of the Society to be addressed to the Officers respectively, at the Society’s House, 10, Earl Street, Blackfriars, Loudon. E.C. is the one, simple, exclusive Object of the British and Foreign Bible Society to pro¬ mote the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, both at Home and Abroad. By a fundamental Law of the So¬ ciety, the copies circulated in the languages of the United Kingdom must be those of the Authorised Version alone. In other Coun¬ tries, the best ancient or received Versions have been printed: and in the case of New Translations, all practicable means have been adopted, in order to ascertain both their strict fidelity and their general merit. The Constitution of the Society was framed so as to admit the zealous co-opera¬ tion of all persons favourable to its object; and accordingly its Proceedings are conducted by a Committee, consisting of Thirty-six Lay¬ men, six of whom are Foreigners resident in London or its vicinity : of the remainder, one-half are Members of the Church of England, and the other half are Members of other Denominations of Christians. The President, Vice-Presidents,Treasurer, and Secretaries,are, ex officio, Members ofthe Committee. Governors, Clergymen also and Dissenting Ministers (being Members of the Society), are entitled to attend and vote at all Meetings ofthe Committee. A Subscription of One Guinea annually constitutes a Member; a Donation of Ten Guineas a Life Member; a Subscription of Five Guineas annually constitutes a Gover¬ nor ; a Donation of Fifty Pounds a Life Governor ; with the privilege of purchasing Bibles and Testaments, at reduced prices, to tlie extent of five times the amount of annual subscriptions or equivalent donations. TIicBuitish and Foreign Bible Society was instituted in the year 1804, at a period BRIEF VIEW OF THE PLAN AND OPERATIONS 2 when the most lamentable destitution of tlie Scriptures was found very generally to pre¬ vail throughout the country, far beyond the means of aii}^ existing Societies materially to relieve; and when, for the supply of Wales in particular, several Clergymen and others had made some generous, but ineffectual, ef¬ forts to procure anew and large edition of the Scriptures in W^elsh. The result, also, of many inquiries into the state of the European Continent was sufficient to prove, that even in those countries where the principles of the Reformation struck theii’ earliest and their deepest root, there was an equal, ifnot more serious dearth of the Word of God : and in those very States, too, for which it was supposed that an adequate pro¬ vision had been made, it lias since appeared that the great mass of the people were very destitute of every portion of the Sacred Volume. It was under these circumstances that the British and Foreign Bible Society arose. Its necessity was clearly indicated by the low state of religion in the nominally Christian world, and the gross moral darkness of other lands. It was not designed to sup¬ plant or enfeeble any existing Institution of a kindred character, but rather to occupy a place which none of them filled. From the first, it clieerfully recognised the labours of other Societies, both at Home and Abroad, which, according to their means, were send¬ ing forth a supply of the Holy Scriptures; and it has still reason to rejoice that these Societies, far from suffering either check or interrup¬ tion,have becomemore abundant and effective in their labours than at any former period. All that its founders proposed was, “ that the Society should add its endeavours^ to those employed by other Societies, for circidating the Scriptures through the British Dominions ; and that it should, according to its ability, ex¬ tend its influence to other countries, whether Christian, Mahometan, or PaganB Hitherto, the blessing of Almighty God has remarkably prospered the Society ; and, while the actual result has far surpassed the utmost expectation of its early friends, it has frequently called forth the devout gratitude of Christians in every part of the world. During the Fifty-ninu years of its exist¬ ence, the Society has put into circulation more than Forty-thhee Millioiv copies of the Scriptures, either in whole or in part; and its Expenditure, for this purpose, exceeds Five Millions sterling. Thereceiptsforthe past year, arising from the usual sources, have amounted to 157,990Z. 45., and adding the Contributions for India and China, the total receipts have reached 158,750/. 185. 9<7.: the Payments during the same period have been 150,539/. 05. 9d .; and the present Engage¬ ments of the Society exceed 94,000/. There have been issued from its Depositories at Home and Abroad, within the same year, no fewer than 2,133,860 copies of Scripture: and if the aggregate Issues of Foreign Bible Societies be added to those of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Grand Total issued since 1804 will amount to more than Seventy-three Million copies of the entire Bible or New Testament, or integral portions thereof, in different languages. The Table of Languages and Dialects, which is appended to this statement, will show that the Societj^ has promoted the dis¬ tribution, printing, or translation of the Sacred Volume, in whole or in part. Directly, in 119 Languages or Dialects ; Indirectly, in 45 ... . ditto . . . ; and that the number of Versions (omitting those which are printed in different charac¬ ters only) is 203; of which 151 are Transla¬ tions never before printed. With a view to the prosecution of its great purpose, an extensive Correspondence was opened, soon after its formation, with the Clergy and Laity of different Countries ; and in this way’^ many valuable co-adjutors were obtained, some few of whom, together with others since raised up, are still actively en ¬ gaged in its service. But the operations of the Society have been chiefly promoted by the establishment of Auxiliary and Branch Societies and Bible Associations, wdiich, at length, happily extend, not only to every part of the United Kingdom, but throughout our Colonial Dependencies;—such Auxiliary Societies being allowed to purchase Bibles and Testaments at cost price, and their Members usually having the same privileges, at the Loc.al Depositories, which the Alem- bers of the Parent Society enjoy in London. Similar Societies, with their separate Branches, have been formed in other coun¬ tries ; holding, from time to time, a friendly communication v/ith the British and Foreign Bible Society; and to all of them it has, with few exceptions, extended considerable aid. From the Table annexed on page 7, it will appear that there are within the United Kingdom no fewer than 8825 Auxi¬ liaries, Branches, or Associations ; and 1024 in the British Colonies and other Dependen¬ cies. There are also more than Fifty princi¬ pal Foreign Societies, with their respective Branches, spreading their salutary influence over the States of Europe, all more or less effective in the distribution of the Scriptures. It is impossible to estimate too highly the value of such means, for the purpose of carry¬ ing the Scriptures to the cities, towns, and villages of our own country, and placing them within the reach of all who are anxious to possess the Sacred Treasure. In England ALONE many Millions of copies have, in this way, been circulated: and if the principles of our Holy Religion have acquired any greater influence over the public mind, unquestion¬ ably much must be attributed to the wider spread of the Sacred Volume, and a more ge¬ neral appreciation of its holy truth—that the ‘‘Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.’^ But the sales of the Scriptures at Man¬ chester, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, and OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. other towns, within the last few years, seem to indicate that om* work is far from being completed. WalEkS has been sni)pHed, by means of tlie Society, to the extent of its entire popu¬ lation. The total of Welsh Scriptures, ])rinted to the present time, is 1,240,145 co])ies. But another generation is rising, and tlie number of co})ies sold from year to year abundantly shows that the demand for the Word of God is still increasing in the Principality, and that the zeal of the Welsh in the areat work of Bible circulation con- tinues unabated. The destitute condition of the Highlands of Scotland demanded the special attention of the Society at a very early period; and 155,735 copies of the Gaelic Scriptures have been provided, which have been most grate¬ fully received. So scarce had they become, that a single copy of the Bible could not be purchased for less than twenty-five shillings. Ireland has had a large measure of sympathy. In addition to all former grants, 18,750 Bibles and Testaments have been cheerfully voted in the course of the past year to the Sunday-School Society for Ireland. The Hibernian Bible Society has recently determined to apply its resources, after the Scriptural wants of Ireland have annually been met, to the support of the general object of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The Annual Reports of these and other So¬ cieties furnish much satisfactory evidence that the Scri^Aures are not circulated in vain. In numerous instances, the instruction commu¬ nicated to the children has been rendered a blessing, not only to themselves, but also to their parents ; and there is reason to believe that many, very many, have been brought out of darkness, into the marvellous light of the Gospel, by the simple perusal of the Word of God. For some time past a system of Colportage has been commenced in Ireland, and has been carried on more or less in thirty- one counties, and promises the best results. May it be the dawn of a better day for that unhappy country! The entire number of copies which have been granted for Ireland amounts to2,006,G61. In particular, therehave been given successive Editions of the Scriptures in the Irish Lan¬ guage, some of which are in tlie Irish Cha¬ racter; amounting, in the whole, to 118,453 copies of the Bible, New Testament, or in¬ tegral portions. The necessity for such a work may be conceived, when it is stated that no part of the Irish Scriptures had been reprinted since the first Edition of the Bible had been brought out under the auspices, and chiefly at the expense, of the Hon. Robert Boyle, in 168(3. The European Bible Societies already alluded to, less free to act than our own, and labouring under many disadvantages, from the prevalence of infidelity on the one hand, and of Roman-Catholic bigotry on 3 the other, have nevertheless, according to tlieir means, been very effective in their co¬ operation. 'The number of cojiies of the Scriptures j)ut forth by them, in diflerent languages, exceeds ten millions, including those printed by the Russian Bible Society. All these Societies have had, in former years, large pecuniary assistance, or supj)lies of books, from the British and Foreign Bible Society ; but with most of these Societies all direct intercourse has ceased, in conse¬ quence of their still continuing to circulate the Apocryphal Books. The following is a list of the principal Foreign Societies, with their past issues:— Copies Swedish Bible Society.. 759,365 Danish ditto. 278,271 Netherlands ditto. 850,102 Prussian ditto. 2,497,062 Wurtemberg ditto. 784,418 Saxon ditto . 225,230 Swiss Societies. 847,679 Paris ditto. 1,039,301 In addition to these large issues, and a variety of private grants, not fewer than 800,000 copies of the German New Testa¬ ment were furnished, at an early period, to some zealous individuals,fordistribution ; and a still larger number, both of Bibles and Tes¬ taments, have been circulated by those Agen¬ cies of the Society hereafter to be noticed. The Russian Bible Society, before its sus¬ pension by an imperial Ukase in 1826, had its 289 Auxiliaries or Branches, and had un¬ dertaken the printing of the Scriptures in twenty-seven different languages ; of which, 861,105 copies of the entire Bible, New Testament, or sejiarate books, had left the press. In the Modern Russ alone, 10,000 copies of the Pentateuch, 145,600 of the Psalms, and more than 10,000 of the New Testament, were printed, when the inha¬ bitants of the - vast empire of Russia re¬ ceived, /b?’ the first time,?i Translation of the Scrijitures in their native tongue, the bene¬ fits of which it is imjiossible to calculate. Such was the lively interest taken in its labours, that the total grants of the British and Fo¬ reign Bible Society in its favour amounted to 16,833/. 14.S. 9c/. A Pi’otestant Bible Society was formed at St. Petersburgh, in the year 1826, which has distributed 359,268 copies. Several friends have subsequently formed themselves into an Agency in St. Peters¬ burgh, in direct corresi)ondence with the British and Foreign Bible Society, by whose exertions the Society has circulated 506,165 copies of the Scrij)turcs, in twenty different languages. A faithful translatifui of the New Testament in Modern Russ has been published, during the past year, by the Synod of the Greek church, and large num¬ bers have been eagerly bought by the people. In Finland, more than 60,000 desti¬ tute families have been supplied with a copy of the New Testament, in their own language; and upwards of 120,000 copies have been distributed. 4 BRIEF VIEW OF THE PLAN AND OPERATIONS In India, tlie Bible Societies of Calcutta, IMadras, Bomba}'-, Allahabad, and Ceylon, have circulated 3,040,963 copies of the Bible, the New Testament, or integral portions of the Sacred Volume in various languages; all of which, except the revised editions of the Tamil and Malay, and some European Ver¬ sions, are entirely new Translations : while, in addition to these, the laborious Missionaries of Serampore, and their successors in Cal¬ cutta, have printed very considerable num¬ bers in the many languages or dialects of India. The assistance afforded to India by the British and Foreign Bible Society, in grants of money, paper, and books (inclusive of 27,239/. to Dr. Carey and his Associates), amounts to no less than 274,133/. 14s. lOd. In Calcutta, large Editions of the Scrip¬ tures have been printed from time to time, in order to insure a regular supply for the Bengal Pi’esidency. The results have been most encouraging. Yet still is there an over¬ whelming proportion of the millions of India to whom the Sacred Volume is a book un¬ known. AVithin the last few years,the N orth-India Auxiliary has distributed 115,296 copies of the Scriptures, or portions of the Scriptures, in Persian, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. Mea¬ sures have recently been adopted with a view toamore extensive diffusion of the Scriptures throughout the JVorth-West Provinces. At Madras, among other recent mea¬ sures, Colporteurs have been employed, to ef¬ fect a more general distribution of the Scrip¬ tures, especially among the population speaking the Tamil and Tehigu languages. At Bombay, the Scriptures have been pre¬ pared and circulated, principally in the Mahratta and Gujeratti languages. At Jaffna, Colombo, and Kandy, in the island of Ceylon, important Auxiliary So¬ cieties are in active operation, and by their agency the Scriptures are widely diffused in the Tamil and Singhalese languages. Colport- age has been successfully adopted i.u some districts, and Bible Meetings are annually held, at which large numbers of the natives attend, when they are addressed on the claims of the Bible, and the necessit}" of be¬ coming acquainted with its sacred truths. For the Chinese —comprising, probably, one-third or one-fourth of the Avorld’s popu¬ lation, many of whom are resident within the British Dominions in the East—two Versions of the entire Scrijjtures were long ago pub¬ lished, chiefly at the expense of the Society. Many thousand copies were distributed among this interesting people, by means of IMis- feionaries in China, and throughout the Indian Archipelago; and some converts were, in consequence, gathered into the Chris¬ tian fold, and as the first-fruite, it is hoped, of larger accessions. But the faithful version of Dr. Morrison, like all first attempts, having been found imperfect, and not sufficiently idiomatic to be understood by the mass of the Chinese, a careful revision of former versions, or rather a new translation, has been completed, by the labours of the Pro¬ testant Missionaries in China, to which the Society has contributed large pecuniary as¬ sistance. This translation has now been printed ; and the whole Bible, in a most com¬ pact and beautiful form, is in the course of circulation. The extraordinaiy revolution in China gave encouragement to fresh efforts on its behalf, and a Special Fund was instituted for printing a Million copies of the New Testament, at a comparatively trifling cost; a circumstance full of en¬ couragement as regards the 360 millions of the vast empire of China. In the two other great languages of the Chinese Empii-e—the Manchou and the Mongolian—Versions of the Scriptures have also been prepared, at the cost of the Society; and it has likewise printed a translation of the New Testament for the use of the Dajacks in Borneo. In the languages of Madagascar, New Zealand, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Aneiteum, and some other Islands in the South Seas, Translations have been made by the Missionaries at these stations, and editions to the extent of 290,623 copies have been printed by the Society. In several of the dialects of Africa satis¬ factory progress has been made ;—for the Namacquas, the Bechuanas, and the Caf- fres of the South—for the Yorubans, Bulloms, Mandingoes, and others of the AA^estern Coast —and for the Berbers of the Atlantic Range, the Bible in whole or in part is translated. The ancient Church of Abyssiniahas been sup¬ plied with an edition of the Ethiopic Psalter and Gospels; and in the Amharic, or A^ulgar Dia¬ lect of a part of Abyssinia, the Society has printed successive editions of the New Testa¬ ment, Psalter, and Pentateuch, and also an edition of the entire Old Testament. For the people of Egypt, too, the Psalter and Gospels have been printed in Coptic, and large sup¬ plies of the entire Arabic Scriptures have i>een circulated. To Cape Town, and its Colonies, by reason of the success of Christian Missionaries from various bodies, and the desire awakened to possess the Scriptures, the Society has forwarded large supjolies of the Dutch and English Scriptures. Throughout the British Colonies of Australia, the AA'est Indies, and the Canadas, the Scriptures have been circulated to a very large extent, by means of the numerous Auxiliary Societies established in these de¬ pendencies. But there is one great system of the Society which remains to be noticed. Apart from the operation of Auxiliary and Branch Societies, which has proved so effective, it has been found necessary to establish several distinct Foreign Agencies, which have succeeded, beyond all expectation,ii>promotingthe great work of Bible distribution; and it may be doubted whether the operations of the So¬ ciety can ever be carried into full effect with¬ out the multiplication of such Agencies. OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. At Parts, sucli an Ag’onoy was absolutely required, troni the limited character of the Protestant Bible Society, which left the Bo- inan-Catholic |)Oj)ulation of France wholly unprovided for. Prolessor Kieffer had })ut into circulation, prior to IMarch 18t33, no fewer than 730,050 copies of the Sci-iptures ; and, under the sujterintendence of AI. de Pres- seiise, there have been issued in thirty years, from the Paris Depot, 3,223,552 copies of the Bible or New Testament; are- suit Avliicli probably could not have been ob¬ tained by any other means. “ These distri¬ butions,’^ M. de Pressense testifies, “have been abundantly blessed of the Lord; and have given rise to circumstances altogether novel in our countrjq which cannot fail to he attended with results of the highest con¬ sequence, as regards a religious awakening among its inhabitants.” M.de Pressense has been long authorised to employ a number of Colporteurs, with a view to spread the Sacred Volume more generally thi-oughout the 86 Departments of the Em¬ pire. This measure is, perhaps, one of the most important ever adopted in favour of France. These pious, unassuming, and de¬ voted men have sold no fewer than 2,454,230 copies. And the results have become strik¬ ingly apparent in the spread of Evangelical Beligion throughout many Departments of that populous country. At Frankfort, a similar Agency was rendered necessary, partly from the reluc¬ tance of several Continental Societies to cir¬ culate the Bible without the Apocrypha, partly to secure the Society’s editions from every thing in the shape of note, preface, or comment, and, further, to conduct the print¬ ing of the Scriptures with the greatest eco¬ nomy and fidelity. Under the care of the late Dr. Pinkerton, the issues from the year 1830 to 1857 amounted to 1,524,512 copies. In the year 1857 tlie Rev. G. P.Davies was appointed to this Agency. The issues for the last six years have amounted to no less than 513,995 co})ies, making the total issues from Frankfort 2,038,507 copies. The Cologne Agency is under the super¬ intendence of Bev. G. P. Davies. From the Depot there 1,090,917 copies have been is¬ sued ; and large editions of the German and other Scriptures are now in the press. In Austria, an Agency was commenced in the year 1850, and in about twenty-one months 41,659 copies of the Scriptures, in the German, Bohemian, and Hungarian lan¬ guages, were put into circulation. Opposi¬ tion was, however, awakened, and the au¬ thorities ordered the whole of the copies on hand to be withdrawn from the country ; and the Society’s Agent, Mr. E. Millard, removed, with the stock of Boohs, into Prussia. He is now stationed at Berlin, where his issues in German, and other Con¬ tinental languages, have amounted to 995,453 copies in little more than ten years. The labours of the Society will, it is hoi»ed, soon 5 be resumed in Austria, with the sanction of the authorities. In Belgium, where little had been done for its Roman-Catholic population, there have been sold 272,113 Bibles and Testaments, through the direct exertions of the Society’s Agents and the Colporteurs employed. A great desire has been awakened in Belgium, and more recently in Holland, to possess and read the Scriptures. In the latter coun¬ try 554,201 copies have been sold, chiefly by means of Colporteurs, in twenty years. At Stockholm, the Society has availed it¬ self of the services of several Iriends to form an important Agency for Sweden and Fin¬ land, which has already been the means of furnishing several large districts, hitherto destitute, with a supply of the Scriptures. The total issues, since the year 1832, have been 1,306,816 Bibles and Testaments; pro¬ moting, to a vast extent, the increase of piety in that country, and little short of a second Reformation. In Norway, where the destitution of the Scriptures is very great, the Committee have adopted active measures for Bible circula¬ tion, in connection with the valuable aid of the Agencies established at Christiania, Drontheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Christians- sand and Tromsd. An impetus has been given to the woik by tbe Assistant Foreign Secretary, who has paid several visits to the country for the purpose of encouraging increased operations. Since 1832, copies, to the number of230,468, have been circulated. In Spain and Portugal, an entrance was obtained some years since for the Word of God, and the Society availed itself of the ser¬ vices of two friends in Spain for the sale of the Scriptures: so that, within a short time, nearly 14,000 copies were distributed, prin¬ cipally by sale. At pre.^ent little can be done in these Poj)ish lands for the circulation of the Word of God. In Switzerland and Northern Italy upwards of 348,043 copies have been issued. These copies, for the most part, have been ])urcbased by the people. An Agent (Mr. T. Bruce) has been appointed lor Italy, and by bis endeavours, under the altered cir¬ cumstances of the country, the Scriptures are being extensively sold at DeiJOts and by Colporteurs, not only iii the north of Italy, but in Tuscany, Naples, Bologna, the island of Sicily, and other localities. During the last three years upwards of 78,000 copies have been circulated. For tbe long-neglected countries of Greece and Turkey, where so many Christian Churches once flourished, Agents have also been em])loyed, from the want of every other facility for the circulation of the Sacred Vo¬ lume. And among the Armenians at Con¬ stantinople and elsewhere, the distribution of the Scriptures has been followed by the most striking results. A considerable number of Evangelical Churches have been formed, taking the Scriptures as their sole guide BlIIEE VIEW OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. 6 and authority. The Mahometan Turks are beginning to evince a disposition to receive tlie Christian Scriptures, and the religious liberty now guaranteed by the firman of the Sultan will, it is believed, greatly facilitate the reception and perusal of the Sacred Volume. From the various Depots within the Turkish dominions 515,009 entireco]fies or portions of the Scriptures have been dis¬ seminated in more than thirty languages. For Greece, the printing of the revised edi¬ tion of both the Old and New Testament has been comjdeted. In the West Indies, that noble act of British benevolence, which provided 102,904 New Testaments and Psalms for the Negro Poj)nlation of our Colonies, has been fol- loAved by various plans of extended opera¬ tion. Numerous Bible Associations have been formed in most of the Islands; and large demands have, in consequence, been made for Bibles and Testaments. Several Depots have been established in Jamaica, and other places. It is to be regretted that little, compa¬ ratively, has been effected for the vast con¬ tinent of South America, for the Mexican States, and some other neighbouring coun¬ tries; but during the last few years two Agents have undertaken extensive tours in South America, with a view of adopting measures for the circulation of the Scrip¬ tures. The States and Republics, with few exceptions, have been visited, and consi¬ derable demands for theWord of God prevail, especially in Peru, Chili, and the Brazils. Many thousand co])ies have been eagerly purchased, and an edition of the Sj)anish Testament has been carried through the jiress at Bogota, the first time, it is pre¬ sumed, that the Holy Scriptures were ever printed in South America. Mr. Corfield, whose Agency now embraces the whole of this vast continent, has, during the yiast year, been enabled to dispose of large num¬ bers of Scriptures. It only remains to bear honourable testi¬ mony to the United States of North America, which have nobly followed the example of the Fatherland. At New York, the American Bible Society, with a vast number of affiliated Associations, is in active operation; and at Philadelidiia, a similar Institution, with various Branches, suc¬ cessfully prosecutes the same object; and their united issues, together Avith those of the American and Foreign Bible Society, amount to 17,114,866 copies of the Bible or New Testament. They have also afforded considerable pecuniary assistance to Foreign Societies andForeignMissionaries; and areen- deavouring to furnish every family Avithin the States Avith a copy of the Saci’ed Volume. During the past year 5000 Testements and 10,000 Portions liave been voted to the “Christian Commission” at Philadelphia. A free grant of 10,000 Bibles, 50,000 Testa¬ ments, and 250,000 Portions has been made to the Bible Society of Virginia, and a credit opened in favour of the Confederate Bible Society at Augusta, to the amount of 3000/. Such is a brief, but, necessarily, a very im¬ perfect sketch of the Plan and Operations of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Who that thinks of the Avide-spread influence Avhich it has obtained, or of the Seventy-Three Millions of copies of the Scriptures, in 196 Versions, which it has been, directly and indi¬ rectly, the means of putting forth, but must exclaim, with surprise and gratitude, “ What hath God Avrought Yet Avho can read the accounts Avhich have been given of many tOAvns and districts in our OAvn land—or carry his thoughts to the destitute condition of millions in Pagan or Mahometan countries— Avithout feeling that Ave are only at the thresh¬ old of the work! Even in many coun¬ tries, nominally Christian, the great mass of the people are but just beginning to learn that there is such a book as the Bible! If it was originally necessary to form such a Society, it has become doubly imperative to perpe¬ tuate its labours, and to extend them, if we Avould realize the expectations that have been raised, and faithfully discharge that trust, Avhich, in the good providence of God, de¬ volves upon us. Christian Ministers at home, and Christian Missionaries abroad, are look¬ ing to it for supplies; and all who are engaged in the work of Education rest their hopes upon it, as the means of affording reli¬ gious instruction to the young;—and shall they ask in vain? Numerous and inviting are the openings for the introduction of the Scrip¬ tures in different parts of the world. The Society still stands in need of the unremitting exertions of its friends for the accomplish¬ ment of its high and sacred purposes. In the emphatic language of the late Bishop of Calcutta, it may still be said, that “ India, with its millions, Avaits for our labours.” The events Avhich have recently taken place on the continent of Europe, and the ex¬ traordinary openings for the circulation of the Scriptures, require a corresponding effort, and will involve a large expendi¬ ture. In France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, end other countries, a Avide and effectual door has been opened for the entrance of the word of life. Other influences, too, are abroad. Romanism is compassing sea and I land to make its proselytes, even from our Protestant communities and our Missionary settlements ; and, on the other hand, Infide- I lity is fearfull}’ at Avork to corrupt all private morals, to overturn the social system, and to destroy the best hopes of man. Who, then, can think of the past labours or pre¬ sent prospects of the Society, and at the same time remember his own fleeting op¬ portunities for usefulness, without hear¬ ing the divine injunctions,—“ Whatsoever thine hand findeth to do, do it Avith thy might;” “Work while it is called to-day: I the night corneth, wherein no man can I Avork”'? 7 BIBLE SOCIETIES (JONNEGTIfil) WITH '(irfje IJvitis!) nntr jfoitfgn 33(bk S^ocieii) IN 1862. IN GREAT BRITAIN: Auxu-iaihes, G30. . Branches, -122, . .Associations, 2773. , .Total, 3825. Of these Associatio?is, the far greater part are conducted by Ladies. IN THE COLONIES, OTHER DEPENDENCIES, &c.: Auxiliaries, 86 .Branches, 738 .Associations, 200. .. .Total, 1024. BIBLE SOCIETIES connected witu tub HIBERNIAN BIBLE SOCIETY ; Auxiliary and Branch Societies and Associations (in 1862) in the Four Provinces, 480. FOREIGN AGENCIES CONNECTED WITH THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY Whicli have the superintendence of Depots of the Holy Scriptures : I. In France, at Paris. il. In Belgium, at Brussels. Ill. In Holland, at Amsterdam. IV. In Germany, at Frankfort, Cologne, and Berlin.—V. In Sweden, at Stockholm. W. In Norway, at Christiania, Drontheiin, Bergen, Stavanger, Christianssand, and Tromso. VHI. In Denmark, at Copenhagen. Vlll. In Russia, at St. Petersburg!!. IX. For Italy, Malta, &c., at Leghorn. X. In Turkey, at Constantinople. XI. In South America, at Buenos Ayres. The British and Foreign Bible Society has also Depots of Bibles and Testaments in the following places; viz. Genoa, Turin, Milan, Florence, Naples, Odessa, Athens, Gibraltar Malta, Bucharest, Smyrna, Alexandria, &c. FOREIGN SOCIETIES, FORMERLY OR AT PRESENT ASSISTED BY THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF THEIR ISSUES. ^ French, Breton, Spanish, Catalonian, \ Portuguese, German, ^c. COIMliS OF SCIUP 1 UK ES. Bihles&Tests. 1. Protestant Bible Society at Paris, instituted 1818, with 132 Aiixi- * liaries.*. 411,891 2. French and Foreign Bible Society at Paris, instituted 1833, wdth Auxiliaries. 545,633 3 Strasburgh Bible Society, instituted 1815—(cliiefly German Bibles and Testaments). 81,777 Issued from the Society’s Depot in Paris, from April 1820, 3,954,202 copies. Movtftci'U Finnish, Lapponese, ^ ^ \ Danish, Faroese, c^c. 4. Icelandic Bible Society, instituted 1 815 . 10,445 5. Swedish Bible Society, instituted 1809, with Auxiliaries. 759,635 The Agency at Stockholm, formed 1832, has issued 1,306,816 copies. 6. Norwegian Bible Society, instituted 1816. 116,000 The Agencies in Norway, formed 1832, have issued 230,468 copies. 7. Stavanger Bible Society, instituted 1828 . 7,017 8. Finnish Bible Society, instituted 1812, at Abo, with many Branches, 160,000 9. Danisli Bible Society, instituted 1814, with Auxiliaries. 278,271 The Agency in Copenhagen, formed in 1855, has issued 58,545 copies. (Iveutial 10. Netherlands Bible Society, with Auxiliaries. 850,192 The Depot at Amsterdam, established 1843, has issued 554,201 copies. 11. Belgian and Foreign Bible Society, at Brussels, instituted 1834 . . . 7,623 12. Belgian Bible Associations, instituted 1839 . 14,909 The Depot at Brussels, established 1835, has issued 272,113 copies. 13. Antwerp Bible Society, instituted 1834 ... 439 14. Glient Bible Society, instituted 1834 8,980 15. Sleswick-ITolstein Bible Society, instituted 1815, with Auxiliaries . . 135,000 16. Eutiii Bible Society, instituted 1817, for Principality of Liibeck . . 5,296 17. Liibeck Bible Society, instituted 1814 . 20,331 18. Hamburgh-Altona Bible Society, instituted 1814, with Branches . . 118,162 19. Bremen Bible Society, instituted 1815, with an Auxiliary. 26,913 20. Lauenburgh-Katzeburgb Bible Society, instituted 1816. 10,675 Carried forward . . . 3,569,189 8 BRIEF VIEW OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. Bibles & Tests Brought forward. 3,569,189 21. Rostock Bible Society, instituted 1816. 19,154 22. Hanover Bible Society, instituted 1814, with Auxiliaries .... 129,849 23. Lippe-Detmold Bible Society, instituted 1816. 3,569 24. Waldeck and Pyrmont Bible Society, instituted 1817. 2,800 25. Hesse-Cassel Bible Society, instituted 1818 . 30,000 26. Hanau Bible Society, instituted 1818. 3,316 27. Marburg Bible Society, instituted 1825 . 7,832 28. Frankfort Bible Society, instituted 1816 . 73,565 The Agency at Frankfort, appointed 1830, has issued 2,038,507 copies. 29. Hesse-Darmstadt Bible Society, instituted 181 7, with Auxiliaries . . 31,484 30. Duchy of Baden Bible Society, instituted 1820, with Auxiliaries . . 18,585 31. Wurtemberg Bible Society, instituted 1812, with Auxiliaries . . 784,418 32. Bavarian Protestant Bible Institution at Nuremberg, instituted 1821, with Auxiliaries.210,560 33. Saxon Bible Society, instituted 1814, with Auxiliaries. 225,230 34. Leipzig Bible Society, instituted 1840 . 26,631 35. Anhalt-Bernburg Bible Society, instituted 1821 . 4,786 36. Anhalt-Dessau Bible Society. 11,240 37. Weimar Bible Society, instituted 1821 . 3,773 38. Eisenach Bible Society, instituted 1818. 4,938 39. Brunswick Bible Society, instituted 1815 .. 700 40. Berg Bible Society, at Elberfeld, established 1813 . 359,818 41. Prussian Bible Society at Berlin, instituted 1805, with Auxiliaries . 2,497,062 Issued to the Prussian Troops,.since 1830 . 550,523 The Agency at Cologne, appointed 1847, has issued 1,090,917 copies. The Agency at Berlin, appointed 1853, has issued 995,453 copies. aut) Ftalg— German, French, Italian, and Romanese. 42. Basle Bible Society, instituted 1804 . 468,596 43. SchafFIiausen Bible Society, instituted 1813. 18,617 44. Zurich Bible Society, instituted 1812, with an Auxiliary at Winterthur, 15,163 45. St. Gall Bible Society, instituted 1813. 43,163 46. Aargovian Bible Society, instituted 1815. 19,454 47. Berne Bible Society.. 124,999 48. Neufchatel Bible Society, instituted 1816. 19,016 49. Lausanne Bible Society, instituted 1814 . 47,692 50. Geneva Bible Society, instituted 1814 . 69,474 51. Glarus Bible Society, instituted 1819. 5,000 52. Coire or Chur Bible Society, instituted 1813. 12,267 53. Waldenses Bible Society at La Tour, instituted 1816. 4,238 Greece anti 54. Ionian Bible Society, instituted 1819 at Corfu, with three Auxiliaries, 7,377 Mu00{a. 55. Russian Bible Society, St. Petersburgh, (previous to its suspension by an Imperial Ukase in 1826, had 289 Auxiliaries, and had printed the Scriptures in various languages; the circulation of which is still allowed).861,105 56. Russian Protestant Bible Society at St. Petersburgh,instituted 1826, with numerous Auxiliaries. 359,268 The Agency at St. Petersburgh, formed 1828, has issued 506,165 copies. Fntta. 57. Calcutta Bible Society, instituted 1811 1,099,702 Serampore Missionaries. 200,000 58. North-India Bible Society, at Allahabad, instituted 1845 .... 115,296 59. Madras Bible Society, instituted 1820 . 1,409,137 60. Bombay Bible Society, instituted 1813.2-55,168 61. Colombo Bible Society, instituted 1812, with various Branches in Ceylon, 46,154 62. Jaffna Bible Society .. 115,506 ^nuvica. 63. American Bible Society. 16,094,601 64. American and Foreign Bible Society. 786,696 65. Philadelphia Bible Society. 233,039 Total of Copies of Scriptures . . . 30,999,750 EDITIONS OF THE SCllIPTUimS, AND INTEGRAL PORTIONS THEREOF, 9 ^rintcU (diuecti.y) for tl)c ^ .-fforeign 13ible S'ocicti). (Made up to March 31, 1803.) VKUSIONS. Accra . KItiLKS. • • m TKS I S. 1,250 ... TOTAL. 1,250 Portions of 0. &. N. T. 22,600 a • • 4,220 .. 26,820 Aimara&Spanish,St.Luke • • • a a • 1,101 ... l,10t Albanian & Modern Greek • • • a a • 4,000 ... 4,000 Amharic. 1,996 6,010 ... 8,006 Portions of Old Test. 4,030 « • a a a a • a a 4,030 Aneiteum. • • • • • • 4,040 ... 4,010 Gospels . . * • • • 7,040 ... 7,040 Arabic . 22,511 a a a 34,-513 ... 57,024 Por. of 0. & N. Test. 32,310 a a a 21,070 ... 53,380 and English St. Matt. • • • 2,020 ... 2,020 and French St. Matt. • • • • • • 3,030 ... 3,030 Armenian, Ancient&Mod. • • • a a • 3,000 ... 3,000 Ancient. .. a a a 8,000 ... 8,000 Modern . 3,000 37,960 ... 40,960 Mod.Por.ofO.&N.T. 8,050 2,000 ... 10,050 Armen. (Ararat) Ps. «& Test. 5,000 3,000 ... 8,000 with Ancient in par. cols. • • • a a a 6,000 ... 6,000 Basque (French), St. Matt. « « • • a a 2,000 ... 2,000 Testaments . 2,000 ... 2,000 Basque (Spanish),St.Luke • • • 1,000 ... 1,000 Bengali . * * • 3,026 ... 3,026 and Engli.sh .. . • « • 2,018 ... 2,018 Berber, St. Luke . • • • 250 ... 250 Bohemian . 40,000 a • a 26,000 ... 66,000 Testaments & Psalms • • • 48,020 ... 8,000 ... 48,020 Breton . • • a a a a 8,000 Bulgarian, Ps. &c.,&Test. 24,962 31,918 ... 56,880 Carshun. • • • a a • 4,000 ... 4,000 Catalan. Chaldaic Gospels. Chinese. 05,000 Portions of 0. & N. T. 37,100 Chippeway, St.John. Coptic & Ai*abic,Ps. & Gos. 2,014 Cree, Old & New Test. .. 5,060 Parts of New Test. Dajack. Danish.-. 75,898 Psalms. 25,000 Dutch...,.. 186,395 Psalms. 15,500 and English Test. Enghadine. English, various edits... 12,140,346 Por.of 0. &N.Test. 692,532 Test, and Psalms. Esfpiimaux. Portions of Old Test. 4,025 Estiio’^ian. Test, and Psalras. Ethioi)ic,Psal. & New Test. 2,100 Feejeean. Portions of 0.& N.T. 5,039 Finnish. 10,000 Test, and Psalms. Flemish. 5,000 French. 793,015 and English. & German Test. & Psms. ... rorijo.''s of 0. & N. Test. 90,644 Gaelic.. 72,736 German.1,388,002 Portions oi 0.& N Test. 181,998 Testament and Psalms and English Tes*. In Hebrew Character . .5 0('C Greek, Ancient & Modern Ditto, Gospels. Modern .... . 16,170 Portions of 0. & N.Test. 128,033 Greek, Ancient. Ancient and Latin. Greenlandish, Ps. and N.T. 1,200 Haussa, Parts 0. & N. T. 1,011 Hebrew.140,121 Pentateuch & Psalms . 94,2{iied. 21 t§ |22 ,23 I 124 j25 126 I27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ceutml 35iuope — coutiiLued. 39 40 41 t§ 42 43 44 45 46 47 German ; Luther's version Ditto : two versio)is — Gosner and Kistemaker. Ditto: Van Ess’s version . . German «5c Hebrew (in columns) German, in Hebrew characters . Litluianian. Polish . Judceo Polish . Wendish, Upper. Ditto, Lower. Bohemian. .i Hungarian Hiuigarian- Wendish The entire Bible I New Testament 4 he entire Bible Old Testament . \ Ditto . . . . i 'I'he entire Bible . Ditto .... New Testament . The entire Bible . Ditto .... Ditto .... I Ditto .... I New Test. & Psms. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND. Italian; 2 vers.—Diodati&Martini Latin. Bomanese .... Ditto Lower, or Enghadine Piedmontese .... Ditto (with Italian) Ditto (with French) Vaudois (with French) GREECE AND TURKEY. Greek, Ancient . Ditto, ditto .... Greek, Modern . Albanian (with Modern Greek) Turkish . Ditto (Rev. Dr Schauffler) . . Ditto, in Greek characters Ditto, in Armenian characters Moldavian, or Wallachian . R. Ditto (Old Test, translating) . Servian, or Serbian . . . R. Ditto (by Wuk S. Karadschitsch) Bulgarian (Old Testament trans¬ lated) . Slavonic, ancient and ecclesiastical language. R. Russ, Modern . Slavonic& Modern Russiin cols)/?. Dorpat Esthonian . . . /?. Beval Esthonian ..../?. 1 .ettish, or Livonian .../?. Ditto. ^out^Brn Europe. Protestant Germany, Prussia, &.c. For Rom. Catholics in Germany. i For Jews in Germany, &c. ’ Province of Lithuania. Poland, Posen, Silesia, See. j E’er Polish Jews. [ Saxon Lusatia. ! Prussian Lusatia. For Tschehs of Bohemia, and' Slovaks of Hungary. Magyars of Hungary and Tran- ' sylvania. E’or the Protestant Vandals in Hungary and Carniola. Karelian . R. The entire Bible Ditto . . . Ditto . . . Ditto New Testament Psalms . Gospels. St. Luke & St. John New Testament . The entire Bible . Ditto. New Testament . The entire Bible . ( E'our Gosp. & Acts i Ditto.I Ditto.I Ditto. S N.T’est.Gen.Ps.&,ls. I New Testament . ) Ditto. ( ( Genesis to Job, i i and New Test . ( Hussia. I 'i'he entire Bible | ^ Octateuch, Ps., } ( and New Test. . ^ New Testament . New Test. & Psalms The entire Bible . Ditto. } NewTest. and Ps. i • } St. Matthew Italy. Chiefly for Ecclesiastics. In the Grisons of Switzerland. On the borders of the Tyrol. Piedmont. For the Vaudois, or 'Vt^aldenses. For Students. For the Greek Churches. For the Greek People in general. Prov. of Albania, on the Adriatic. Turkey in general. For Greek Christians using the Turkish language witli Greek characters. For Armenian Christians using the Turkish language with Ar¬ menian characters. Moldavia, Wallachia, and part of Transylvania. In Servia and some bordering Austrian States. 'i’urkish Provinces E. and S. of Hungary. E'or the purposes of the Russian Church. Russia generally. Ditto. Southern part of Esthonia. Northern do. on Gulf of Finland. Provinces of Livonia & Courland. For a Finnisli Tribe in the go¬ vernment of Tver. 12 BRIEF VIEW OF THE PLAN AND OPERATIONS Versions What printed. 4,S 49 50 i§5 t§ t) tj t§ ti) 52 53 54 $ o§ 50) 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Where circulated, or for whom designed IRussia— continued. Tj'irian, or Sirenian . Samogitian . . . . Calmuc, or W estern Han . . . . R. Mongo- . R Mordvinian^ or JMorduin . R. Tscheremissian . . . . R. Tschuwaschian . . . . R. Orenburgh Tartar ... 7?. Karass, or Turkish Tartar (se¬ veral other Books of the Old Testament translated). . R. Crimean Tartar R. St. Matthew . New Testament I Ditto . Ditto .... Ditto . Tlie Gospels New Testament Ditto &,Psalms Genesis . For Finnish Tribe, g;ov. of Vologda. In three Districts of Wilna. For Calmucs of the Don & Volga, in Russia; &Eleuth3,Calmucs, and Soungars, of Mongolia. ForaFinnisliTribeon banks ofOka and Volga, in governments of Nische-Novogorod and Kasan. Ditto on the banks of the Volga and Kama, in the governments of Kasan and Simbersk. For a Finnish Tribe of the moun¬ tains in Kasan, Nisclie-Novo- gorod, and Orenburgh. For Tartars in the vicinity of Orenburgh. For Tartars in the government of Astrachan. For the Caraite Jews of the Cri¬ mea, by way of trial. Caucasian anl? ^oibcr Countvies. Ossitinian (in the Russian de- . pot).72. Georgian, in Kutsuri, or Ecclesi¬ astical characters ... 72. Ditto, in Mkedvuli,orcommon do. Armenian, Ancient ... 72. Ditto. Ditto, Modern .... Ararat-Armenian Trans-Caneasian Tartar . Kurdish . Gospels (but never > , . r circulated) } ^ Central regions of the Caucasus. : New Testament ( . o nr r ..i > > Georgia, b.W.of tlie Caucasus. Ditto . . . . ) j riie entire Bible . 5 Armenia Proper; but also pre¬ pared for tlie Armenians of Constantinople, Calcutta, Sec. Around Alt. Ararat, S. of Georgia. Grusinia. Kurdistan. New Test. & Psalms ^ Tlie entire Bible . 7 New Test. Sc Psalms , St. Matthew . The Four Gospels S>nn(tic Hanguagts. Hebrew. Arabic. Ditto (Beyrout version) . JudcBO-Arabic (Arabic in brew characters) . . He- Syriac. Syriac and Carshun, in paral. cols. Carshun (Arabic in Syriac char. . Syro-Chaldaic (Syriac in Nesto- rian characters). Persic (H. Martyn). Ditto (Archdeacon Robinson) . . Ditto (Dr. Glen) ...... Ditto (Mirza Ibrahim) . . . . Ditto (ATirza Jaffier) . . . . Judeeo-Persic (Persic in Hebrew characters). Pushtoo, or Afghan . . . S. Ditto (Rev. J. Loewenthal) . Belochee, or Bulochee Old and New Test. . The entire Bible . ) Pent. & New Test. S } Four Books of S S New Testament I s The entire Bible Ditto New Testament I Gospels . For the Jews, and for Students. For Alohammedans everywhere. For Jews in Yemen, Egypt, crsia. New Testament. Old Testament . Ditto.... Isaiah Genesis . I Four Gospels . Hist. Books and N. T. New Testament . . Three Gospels . . | . 5 :! Syria, and Mesopotamia. Forthe Syrian Church in Travan- core, and parts of Syria. Mesopota.mia, Aleppo, and other parts of Syria. AIosul, Djezira, Tolamisk, and country West of Kurdistan. For the Mohammedans, Parsees, and Persians of India. Persia Proper. For Jews in Persia. Afghanistan. Ditto. Belochistan, South of the Indus, on the Arabian Sea. OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. 13 V'^orsiims. What printed. Where eirenluted, or for whom designed. $ 70 Sa7iskrit, or Siingskrit . . A- 71 Jfindnstoni,or (H.Martyn) Ditto (Mr.'riiomason, and others) § Ditto (Serampore version) . S'. Ditto (Benares version) . . Ditto (in Homan characters)* > NortljC 72 Bengali . S. Ditto, two vei'sions (Ellerton, and Yates and Wenger) .... Ditto (in Roman characters) . Ditto (with English) .... 73 Maghudha ...... S. 74 Ui'iya, or Orissa . 75 Hindui (Bowley). Ditto {called Hindee by Ser. rmn 5 .)both in theNagree and Kythee characters . . . S. Dialects of the Hindui; 0 ^ 76 Bughelcundee . . . , S. 0 77 Bruj, or Brij-bhasa . S. 0 ^ 78 Canoj, or Canyacubja . S. 0§ 79 Kousulu, or Koshala . . S. Do. for Central India, or Rajpoot States. 0§ 80 Harrotee . S. O.j 81 Oojein, or Oujjuyunee . . S. oS 82 Oodeypoora . S. og 83 Marwar . S- O 84 Juyapoora . S. 85 Bikaneer a .A. 0^5' 86 Buttaneer, or Virat ... S'. 87 oS 88 Moultan, or Wuch, or Ooch . S. 0 89 Pu7ijabee, or Sikh . ... S. Ditto . 0^- 90 Dogura, or Jufnboo (Mountain Punjabee). S. 0 91 Cashme7'ian . S. Gorkha Dialects : o ., 92 Nepalese, Khaspoura, or Parhutti, S. Ditto (Rev. W. Start) 0% 93 Palpa ..iS. 0 ^ 94 10i7naon .... . . S. o 95 Gu7'whal, or Schrecnayur . S. Jinijia. 'The sacred Sc learned language of the Brahmins throughout India. For the Mohammedans of India and others ; the language being generally understood in all the larger towns. ■Nortljcrn anti Central iluXJia. The entire Bible . I New Testament Ditto .... Ditto .... Ditto .... The entire Bible . Ditto .... 1 Ditto New Testament, Ditto Ditto St. Matthew . New Testament Ditto St. Matthew . New Testament St. Matthew . New Testament Ditto ... New Testament St.MarkSt..Thn.&Acts • ^ The entire Bible . Gen.,Ps.,4Gos.,&Acts I New Testament | S Pentateuch,Hist. } ( Books, icN.Test, i New Testament . S St. Luke and Acts i S Ditto Ditto Ditto I Province of Bengal. Province of S. Behar, now part of the province of Bengal. Province of Orissa, the greater part attached to Bengal. For Hindustan, or the upper provinces of the Bengal Presi¬ dency. A district between the province of Bundelcund and the sources of the Nerbudda Eiver. Province of Agra. In theDoab of Ganges »5c Jumna. Western part of Oude. A province W. of Bundelcund. Province of Alalwah. Province of Alewar, or Oodeypoor. Province of Joudpoor, or Mar- war, North of Mewar. Province of Joypoor, E. of Mar- war, and West of Agra. Province of Bikaneer, North of Alarwar. Prov. of Buttaneer, W. of Delhi. Province of Sindh,E. of the Indus. N. of Sindh, between the Indus, Chenaub, and Gharra Rivers. S Province of Lahore. Mountainous, or Northern dis¬ tricts of Lahore. Cashmere, North of Lahore. Kingdom of Nepaul, about Kat- mandha. Small States N. of Oude, below the Himalayas. Province of Kumaon, W. of Palpa. Prov. of Gurwhal, W. of Kumaon. 14 BRIEF VIEW OF THE PLAN AND OPERATIONS Versions. What printed. Where circulated, or for whom desiKned 96 o5; § 0§ 0§ 98 99 00 * 101 102 10 . 10 105 106 07 108 109 no 11 112 113 11 11 11 11 118 119 120 121 MADRAS PRESIDENCY. Telinga, or Tehogoo Ditto (Yizagapatam version) , Karnata^ or Canarese . Ditto (Bellary version) . Tamil. Dakhdni (Madras Hindustani) Malayalim . Tulu (by Basle Bible Society) . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. Kunkuna . Maliratta . Ditto (Bombay version) . Ditto in the Modhi character Gujerattee . Ditto (Surat version) . Cutchee^ or Cateliee S. S. s. Pali (in Burmese characters) . Singhalese .... I ndo-Portuguese .... ^outl;eiu UnUia. Pentateuch 6c N. T. r S N, T. Sc large part < i of the Old Test. ( New Testament . S The entire Bihle . i Ditto .... Gen.andFourGospels Ditto .... New Testament . Pent. Sc New Test. | The entire Bible . 'j Ditto . . . . > St.Mark & St. John ) New Testament . I The entire Bible . ^ ^ N. T. preparing, ^ ^ some of it printed ^ ClTepIon. ^ New Testament • ( Northern Circars, Cuddapah, Nellore, and greater part of Hydrabad, or Telingana. Throughout Mysore, also in prov. of Canara,& asfar N. as Kistna E The Carnatic,& N. part of Ceylon. For Alohammedansin Mad. Pres. Travancore and Malabar. Canara, westward of the Mysore. The Concan, chiefly the S. part, among the common people. The Concan, and throughout the Maliratta territory. Surat, and province of Gujerat. Province of Cutch, between the Gulf of Cutch and the Indus. Sacred and learned language of Ceylon, & Indo-Chinese nations. South part of the island, from Bat- ticolaon the E.totheE. Chilaw on the W., and in the interior. For Portuguese settlers and their descendants in Ceylon and va¬ rious parts of the Indian Seas. JIntio-dDIjhuse ^ountiirs, Assamese . S. [The entire Bible . . j Assam, subject to BengalPresid. Munipoora . S. New Testament . . I Munipoor, or South of Assam. St. Matthew printing, j Tibet. Four Gospels Sc Acts. KhassuCountry,E.ofGarrowHills Burmese Empire, and Arracan. The entire Bible ^ Pent., Psalms, Sc \ I New Testament) Tibetan . Khassee (New Test, translated) Burmese (by Dr. Judson, for American Bible Society) . Bghai-Karen . Pwo-Karen . Siamese^ oxThay(^.Tes,\. transl.) Chinese (INTorrison’s version). . Ditto (ATar.shman’s ditto) Ditto (Board of Revisers) Ditto, Mandarin Colloquial. Ditto, Ningpo Colloquial, (in Roman characters) Manchoo . Buriat, or Eastern Mongolian ! Gen, Ex.,] & 3 0 I The entire Bible Gen. Sc XX ch. of i Ps.St.James > of Eps. John ) Ps., Daniel, & Jonah St. Luke Sc St. John 0]&hus0 Icmpire. The entire Bible Ditto Ditto . . . New Testament For the Bghai Karens in Biirmah. For the Pwo-Karens in Burmah. Kingdom of Siam. J Ditto I s Ditto Malay, in Roman characters . Ditto, in Arabic characters . Malay, Low . Javanese (Entire Bible printed by the Netherlands Society) Dajak, or Dyak (ditto) . . The entire Bible . j The entire Bible . < ( Ditto . . . . • New Testament . Ditto. Ditto China Proper, Sc numerous Chi¬ nese in Indian Archipelago. Ningpo and its neighbourhood. Manchuria; it is also the Court language of Pekin. For tlie Buriats about Lake Bai¬ kal in Siberia, and for the Kalka Tribes of Mongolia. For the Moluccas, and Eastern part of the Archipelago. Malay Peninsula ; sea-ports and coasts of Sumatra, Java, and other Islands. Batavia and its neighbourhood. Island of Java Borneo. OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. 15 Voi'sions. 1 What printed. Wlito'c circulated, or for whom denit^ned. i11) er ID011)iifs ia—continued 22 Japanese (New Testament trans¬ lated) ........ S St. Luke and St. } 1 John . . S Japan. 23 Loochoonn ...... Luke to Romans . Loochoo. Jfunfier ^Bolyiusia. 124 Mala^'asse ....... I’he entire Bible . Madagascar. Hawaiian (byAmerican Society) Ditto. Ditto . . . . 1 Sandwich Islands. Georgian and other islands in the 125 Tahitiaii . South Seas. 126 Rarotongan ..... Ditto. Hervey Islands, ditto. § 127 JSIarqaesan . . . . . . . Portions .... Mfyjquesan Islands, ditto. 128 Tongan . 'I’he entire Bible. Friendly Islands, ditto. 129 JHaori or Heiv Zealand . Ditto. New Zealand. 30 Samoan .. . Ditto. Navigators’ Islands, 31 Feejeean (Old Test, printing) . New Testament . Feejee Islands. 132 Nengonese (the entire New Test. ^ Four Gospels } ) nearly ready). ) and the Acts . i Loyalty Islands. 133 Lifu .. ) 134 New Caledonian . Portions .... New Caledonia. 135 Aneitemn .. . New Test, and Jonah, New Hebrides. 136 Niue (other portions of the New Testament printing) 1 St. AJark . . . Savage Island. ^frka. 137 Coptic (with the Arabic) . . Psalms and Gospels . For the Copts of Egypt. 138 Ethiopic (Ecclesiastical) . N. Test. & Psalms . . For the Church in Abyssinia. 139 Amharic (Vernacular).... The entire Bible . Abyssinia. 140 Kinika (St. John, Romans, and Ephesians translated) . 1 Gospel of St. Luke. Wanika Tribes, Eastern Africa. 141 Kishuaheli . ...... Suaheli tribe, East Africa. 142 Berber (Four Gospels and Ge- 1 Part of St. Tiiike | The Oases of the African Deserts nesis translated) .... from Alount Atlas to Egypt. 143 Bidlom (with English) St. Alatthew . About Sierra Leone, on W. coast. 144 Mandingo (Four Gospels transl.) Ditto. i Twelve Books of 1 < Old Test & the / V. New 'J’estament. r Mandingo country S.of GambiaR 145 Accra^ or Gd . Gold Coast, Western Africa. 146 Otjx • • ^ Genesis and 14 i i Bks.of New Test. ^ The Ashantee Country. 147 Yoruba . S Genesis, Exodus, 1 1 Daniel,&N. Test. ^ i Genesis, Exodus, \ < St. Mattli., St. V John, & the Acts ; Yoruba Tribe, W. Africa. For the Haussa Tribe, and each' 148 Haussa . side of the Rivers Niger and Tschadda. 149 Ibo . For the Ibos on Banks of Niger,Ac. Grebo (by American Bible Soc.). Nupe .. Genesis and St.Luke . ForGrebos,in Western Africa. 150 S Ch. i.—vii. of St. f For the Nupe tribe, on the i Matthew . .. S Kowara River. 151 Namacqua . N. of Orange River, S. Africa. 152 Sechfiana The entirci Bible . . Bechuana, East of Namacqua. 153 Kafir . Ditto. Caffraria, E.coast of South Africa. § 154 Sesuto (Pentateuch printing) . Ditto . Psalms , 1 New Testament . S For the Basutos in South Africa. 155 Greenlandish. ^ N.Test. and large } \ portion of Old T. S Greenland, for the Moravian Alissions. 156 157 Esquimaux . Mohawk (Pent. & Psal. trans.) ^ Gen., Ps., Prov., } 1 Prophets, A N. T. S t Isaiah, St. Luke, } 1 and St. John . i Labrador, ditto. Indian Nations, West of the Falls ot Niagara. 158 Mic-Mac ..... 1 Gen., Ps., St.ATat. St. Luke St. .John AActs. ^ For the Mic-Mac Indians in S Nova Scotia. ^ 16 BllIEF VIEW OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. Version. What printed. Where circulated, or for whom desit'ned SlmctlCil— continued. 159 Cree .| The entire Bible . . S For the Cree Indians,Hudson’s- ^ Bay Territories. 160 Chippeway or Opbioay St.John. . . .1 For the Chippeway or Delaware Indians. * Ditto,ditto,{hy Amev\c.di\\%oc,\eiy) New Testament . / Delaware (by ditto) .... Epistles of St. John j * Choctaio (by ditto) .... New Testament . For Choctaw Indians. j * Dakota (by ditto). PortionsofO.&N.Test. For Dakota Indians. Creolese (by Danish Society) . New 'I'estament . Danish West-Indian Islands. * Negro Dialect of Curasao (by Netherlands Society) . . 1 St. Matthew Island of Curaejao. 161 Mayan . Part of St. Luke . Yucatan. 162 Mexican . Mexico. 163 Negro Dialect of Surinam . New Test. & Psalms . Surinam, Dutch Guiana. 164 ^ir? 2 am(N.Test.trans.)\vithSpan. St. Luke .... Bolivia. Such is the number of Versions actually printed or assisted by the Society, except a few published by the American, Danish, or other Societies. But it is to be noticed, that, since the suspension of the Russian Bible Society in 1826, none of its Versions have been reprinted, except the Modern Russ, the Servian, the Esthonian (Dorpat and Reval), and the Livonian. These are 18 in number, and marked t- It is further to be observed, that 25 of our Indian Versions have never been reprinted. The greater number of these were Dialectal Versions of the Hindui; and the general Hindu! Version is sufficiently understood by the Hindus throughout the Upper Provinces of Hindustan. A few among these Versions have never been largely circulated, or even tested, for want of Missionaries in the respective countries. They are marked o. Deducting these from the List furnished, the number of Versions in real use, and more or less circulating, will be 160. RECAPITULATION. Of these 164 Languages or Dialects, i\\e Distribution, Printing, or Translation of the Scriptures, in whole or in part, has been promoted by the Society, Directly.in 119 Languages or Dialects > ^ i IndirecUy .45 .. . ditto. I The number of Versions (omitting those which are printed in different characters only) is 203. Of these, 151 are Versions never before printed. The Total Issues, from the commencement of the Society, have amounted to 43,044,334 copies. The Total Expenditure, from the commencement of the Society, has amounted to 5,445,1 OlZ. 5s. FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY. I give and bequeath to “ The British and Foreign Bible Societyinstituted in London in the year 1804, the sum of Pounds Sterling, to be paid to their Treasurer for the time being, whose Receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. And I direct the said Legacy to be paid out of my pure personal Estate, applicable by Law to the payment of Charitable Bequests. And I further direct, that, if necessary, my Assets shall be marshalled, so as to leave such pure personal Estate, or a sufficient part thereof, applicable to the payment of the said Legacy, and any other Chari¬ table Bequests I may give. And L hereby charge all my personal Estate not applicable to Charitable Bequests, and in aid thereof, my real Estate, with the payment of my Funeral and Testamentary Ex¬ penses and Debts, and all Legacies and Payments given or directed by this my Will, or consequent thereon, {except Charitable Legacies^) in express exoneration of my aforesaid pure personal Estate, so far as may be necessary for securing the payment in full of the said Legacy to the British and Foreign Bible Society,-and of any other Charitable Bequest, but not further or otherwise. PKINTKD BY WILLIAM MAYOR WATTS, ORIKNTAL TYPB-yOBNBBR, CROWN COURT, TEMPLE BAR. V