Ervin, Mary B., Cedarville, Ohio. Edwards, David, Lake Crystal, Minn. Finley, Wm., Auburn, Mo. Fish, Nancy B., St. Paul, Minn. Fitzgerald, Bishop O. P., D.D., Santa Rosa, Cal. Furguson, George, Richmondville, N. Y. Grant, Mrs. Eliza Walker, Jonesville, N. Y. Gage, Caroline A., Hartford, Ct. Gage, Mrs. Annie O., Chelsea, Mass. Gage, Benjamin S., Bath, N. Y. Gage, Stella J., Bath, N. Y. Gage, Benny E., Bath, N. Y. Gage, Harriet, Bath, N. Y. Griffiths, Rev. J. T., Farmersville Station, N. Y. Groocock, Mrs. Samuel, Passaic, N. J. Gillette, Olive C., Oxbow, N. Y. Green, Elmer Ewing, Trenton, N. J. Garrison, Abram, Newport, Ky. Griffiths, Henry D., Dodgeville, Wis. Goslee, Mrs. Catherine R., Anchorage, Ky. Hatch, Rev. Frank S., Monson, Mass. Hamilton, Rev. Edgar A., Deckertown, N. J. Hays, Rev. H. W., Melbourne, Ark. Henson, Mrs. Nannie A., New Franklin, Mo. Irons, S. F., Toms River, N. J. Irish, Nanning, Vischer's Ferry, N. Y. Ingersoll, Gilbert, Lafayette, N. J. Jackson, Mrs. Mary W., Chicago, Ill. Jansen, Cornelius, Beatrice, Neb. Jones, Rev. Humphrey, Cambria, Minn. Jones, David, Waterville, N. Y. Jones, Jane, Oak Hill, Ohio. Jones, Mrs. Margaret F., Thurman, Ohio. Jones, Robert, Chicago, Ill. Jones, John C., Columbus, Ohio. Jones, John B., New York Mills, N. Y. Jordan, Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Wells, Fairfield, King, Chas. H., Waukegan, Ill. Kipp, Mrs. Nicholas, Passaic, N. J. Lawrence, Chas. C., New Paltz, N. Y. Long, Wyeth Wollen, Randleman, N. C. Lane, Rev. A. G., Fremont, Ohio. Long, Ida Naomi, Louisville, Ky. Linn, Mrs. Julia V., Hamburg, N. J. Lawrence, John Joel, West Hampton, N. Y. Lum, Barber, East Worcester, N. Y. Lloyd, James H., Columbus, Ohio. McTeer, Will. A., Maryville, Tenn. McEachron, Rev. W. S., West Hebron, N. Y. McGan, Rev. F. A., Carthage, Ill. McConnell, John C., New Milford, Pa. McConnell, Ella A., New Milford, Pa. Melick, Miss Augusta, Lambertville, N. J. Morris, Enoch, New Hartford, N. Y. McCabe, John J., Xenia, Ohio. McLane, Rev. Thomas D., Blair, Neb. Neese, Louis, Bay, Mo. Nichols, Chas. E., Albany, N. Y. Nichols, Julia F., Albany, N. Y. Nichols, Elizabeth F., Piermont-on-Hudson, N. Y. Newell, Emina, Pittsburg, Pa. Ostrander, Mrs Geo. W., Richmondville, N. Y. Payson, Alice Frederika, New York. Peck, Mrs. Martha, Piqua, Ohio. Powers, Daniel, West Richmondville, N. Y. Randolph, Rev. J. C., D.D., Pewee Valley, Ky. Staats, Bergen B., Guilderland Centre, N. Y. Sweetman, Dr. James F., Charlton, N. Y. Simmons, Lulu, Versailles, Ct. Steele, J. J. C., Walkerville, N. C. Swift, Emerson Lewis, Rochester, N. Y. Swift, Jennie Gage, Rochester, N. Y. Swartz, Rev. James, Eleroy, Ill. Staats, Peter, Ringoes, N. J. Scudder, Rev. Henry Martin, D.D., Carlisle, Ky. Stiger, N. Dunham, Flemington, N. J. Stickle, Julia W., Rock City, N. Y. Silvers, Julia Coe, Cranberry, N. J. Symmes, Frank B., Tennent, N. J. Spear, Mrs. Cornelius I., Passaic, N. J. Smith, Benjamin, Elizabeth, N. J. Stanley, Martha W., Damascus, Ohio. Smith, Henry A., Naperville, Ill. Smith, Rev. Harry, Dunlop, Ill. Sproull, J. Wallace Hamilton, Alleghany City. Seymour, Walter K., Saybrook, Ohio. Town, Orville D., Schuylerville, N. Y. Thomas, R. J., Wymans, Iowa. Thomas, James B., Randolph, Wis. West, Dr. Washington, Belleville, Ill. Wildman, Jennie May, Danbury, Ct. Waterman, Elizabeth M., Newport, N. Y. Wainwright, E. Eulalia, Blair, Neb. Whitney, Mrs. Emina Varian, Germantown, Pa. Westbrook, Frank E., New York. York, Rev. W. H., Oneida, N. Y. Young, Wm. McWhir, Darien, Ga. Zabriskie, Mrs. David R., Passaic, N. J. Ziegler, Sarah, Fultonville, N. Y. COMPENDIUM OF BIBLE SOCIETIES, IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, WITH THE DATE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AND NUMBER OF COPIES ISSUED. The fact will be readily appreciated by all who are familiar with statistical tables that a compendium like this can be only an approximation to the truth. The figures are compiled from various sources, but mainly from recent reports of the British and Foreign and the Württemberg Bible Societies. There is a liability to error on one side for want of late returns, and on the other because when one society purchases of another the same issues may be counted in the report of each. It should also be noticed that the aggregate includes not Bibles only, but also Testaments and integral portions of the Bible. American Bible Society, 1816 (1,447,659 copies in 1893-'94). American Bible Union, 1850.. Bible Association of Friends in America, 1830. Copies issued. to 1894 58,374,430 .to 1882 2,293,665 .to 1866 to 1874 154,431 603,184 British and Foreign Bible Society, 1804 (3,664,456 copies in 1893-'94)..to 1894 139,559,008 The circulation of this society, through its agencies at different points, The circulation of the British and Foreign Bible Society, as given above, includes 6,524,549 of the copies circulated by societies in National Bible Society of Scotland, 1861 (681,455 copies in 1893). Hibernian Bible Society (54,591 copies in 1889).. Trinitarian Bible Society... 10,483,517 3,958,968 Basle Bible Society, 1804 (19,612 copies in 1892). 813,587 Russian Bible Society, St. Petersburg, 1812, previous to its suspension by an Imperial Ukase in 1826, had 289 Auxiliaries, and had printed the Scriptures in various languages....... 861,105 Würtemberg Bible Society, 1812, with forty-seven Auxiliaries.. 2,035,126 Danish Bible Society, 1814, with Auxiliaries (10,135 copies in 1889). .to 1889 404,788 Netherlands Bible Society, 1815, with Aux's (77,309 copies in 1892)......to 1892 2,151,820 Protestant Bible Society at Paris, 1818, (8,414 copies in 1890).. Duchy of Baden Bible Society, 1820, with twenty-four Auxiliaries.. 114,995 7,802 Weimar Bible Society, 1821.... 20,000 Bavarian Protestant Bible Institution at Nuremburg, 1823, with Auxiliaries.. 449,552 7,017 French and Foreign Bible Society at Paris, 1833, with Auxiliaries.... 750,000 439 Russian Evangelical Bible Society at St. Petersburg, 1831, with Aux's to 1886 1,025,467 to 1894 1,588,413 Halle Bible Society, printing only for other Bible societies, to 1885, 6,350,000 The total of the above issues, it will be found, is over two hundred and fortythree millions of Bibles, Testaments, and Portions, distributed through the agency of Bible societies alone since the year 1804. THE American Bible Society is a charitable institution, whose sole object is to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment. Its endeavors are directed primarily to the circulation of the Scriptures in all parts of the United States and Territories, by sale at cost to all who are able to purchase, and by free gifts to the destitute. As opportunity offers it extends its influence to other countries, Christian, Mohammedan, and pagan, to the end that the Scriptures may be translated into all the languages of the earth and distributed as widely as possible. It invites the contributions and co-operation of all who accept the Bible as their rule of life, and believe that every human being is entitled to know what it teaches concerning truth and duty. Contributions may be sent through its auxiliaries, or directly to its Treasurer, Mr. William Foulke, Bible House, New York. |