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ADVERSE EFFECT OF CHINA TROUBLE.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 27, 1927.
of the characters throughout, tinued interest and loyal support. From the point of view of book The present were hard days for production in Chinese, that in it people in China, capocially for self was something of a record, business people, but yet he was Obstacles and Disasters. proud to think that Hongkong not
Coming to the present year, he only cherished its British tradi- continued that the first three ortions, but it also cherished the four months of the year had work of the British and Foreign brought them far greater obstacles Bible Society.
New Office Bearers. The Rev. J. II. Montgomery, of
At the annual meeting of the "Hongkong auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which
and seeming disasters than oecur- Ilo proposed that the annual was held at the Helena May In- stitute, ander the chairmanship of They were aware that the greater be adopted. This
red throughout the year 1926 report and statement of accounts was seconded H. E. Major General C.C. Luard. part of the provinces of China by the chairman and carried un- C.B., C.M.G., last evening, refor eneo was made to the difficult misery now boreft of missionaries. animously.
They had been ordered to with sjonary conditions existing in drawn from different places, but China at the presont, and the ex- they a consolation, the mix- cellent work that the Society was doing. The meeting was preced-sionaries might be withdrawn, Amoy, in proposing Office Bearers, even though it might be with per- spoke of the aims of the Society secution, even if the churches remarking they had no distinctions themselves were driven under- of colour or religion, and geog- ground, yet the Christian religion raphically there was no limit to would not be eradicated, from their field of operations. He add- China. The book would survive in ed, it was doing a wonderful work" the homes of the people, and in China, and it ought to be sup- wherever the Book had been transported and encouraged as lated into the language of the before. people, never in history had it been eradicated.
ed by a tea.
Supporting the chairman, were the Rev. G.W. Sheppard, agent in China of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Doctor H. Mont gomery, of Amey, and Doctor T.W.
Pearce, secretary..
The meeting opened with a hymn, after which the Rev. J. Kirk Macenachie offered prayer.
Doctor Pearce then commented en the annual report, which was published in these eclumns yes terday after which the chairman called on Mr. L. McPherson 10 present the statement of accounts,
in place of Dr. J. H. Sanders, who was unable to be, present.
Mr. McPherson unid it would appear from the statement of ac- counts that compared with fortner years their receipts were emaller, but that was due to the fact that last year they changed the closing of the financial year to December 31st, instead of March 1st of the following year,
never
He proposed that Dr. T. W.
Scriptures had been- translated, the Auxiliary, and Dr. J. Herbert Into over 700 languages the earce, LL. D., and Rev, F. Short be elected as hon. secretaries of and with regard to last year the Sanders as hon. treasurer for the Scriptures in the English lung-
com-
age sold amounted to one and current year, and that the three quarter million. During the mittee for the same period be the past five years there had been at ladies and gentlemen whose names English bibles: As steady increase in the number of appeared in the report, with power
compared to add to their number. with 1920 double the number of The proposition English bibles were sold last year. unanimously.
was carried
He said he wondered whether the bible was being read to-day by the Rev. C. Lacy, agency se- A brief address was also give as it was being read in the last cretary of the American Bible Heneration, as to whether it was Society at Shanghai. a factor in the home and the par The chairman proposed thanks sonal life of even churchmen, to the lady collectors during the At the present time there was past year, also to the Helena intensive interest in the bible and fay management for the use of more intelligence and understand the building for the meeting, and ed a powerful and inspiring ading of the Scriptures was show also be the ladies who helped with dress in which he paid tribute to
as to the direction in which it lead the great work performed by the them. With the increasing sales
the catering. Society.
of the Book, there was that which encouraged them to believe that I would go on to take a deeper! The meeting concluded with and get more worthier place in the Dixology, and the Rev. Cop- their national life.
ley Moyle pronounced the Benedic-
The Hongkong Depot, The Rev. G.W. Sheppard deliver
First of all he congratulated the two secretaries and treasurer, al- though the latter was not present, for the sustained interest in the Hongkong auxiliory, and parties. larly for the surcres of the work done here in the maintenance of the Bible and Trust Depol.
When they came to read the Ter port, they would find that one of the most encouraging features was the continued and growing ancress of the Hongkong Bible and Tract Depot. He would like, to express on their behalf their ap- preciation of the work of the lady who had been in charge of that depot, Mrs. Bailey.
It was his pleasure in Shanghai to assure them of the appreciation of people, particularly Service men, of the great welcome they had received when visiting the de- pot in Hongkong.
He would also like to speak words of appreciation of the steady and
support generous which the Hongkong churches gave to the Society. Their collections year by year were generous, and he was sure their contributions were made with a glad heart.
He also expressed appreciation for the ladies who had organised private donations on behalf of the Society, which had materially helped to swell the funds,
fie continued that the an- nual meeting of the Society was to be bett in the Queen's Hall, London on Wednesday nest, when the principal speaker would be the Prime Minister, Mr. Manley Bald- Win. it had almost become the standard practice at the annual meeting in London to have as the principal speaker, a Cabinet Midise It was also usual for the President of the Society to be a member of the Royal Family, the present one being EIL. The Duke of Connaught..
11.
State Organisation,
The Society was a state - ganisation, which was supported by the aristocracy. One had to be careful during the present times 'to say anything which might sug- gest to some people that the Bible Society was maintained by Im- perialism, or Capitalism, Lul those present would know that the larger share came, not from the gifts of the wealthy, but from the smaller amounts which were con- tributed by the poorer people in the Homeland.
The Socisty was rooted in the life of all Christian people, and was loyally supported by the Sal- vation Army, also by the highest dignataries of the Church..
in
Referring to conditions China, Mr. Sheppard went on to say that their people in China had to face dangers, some had drawn back, but the great majority herol- cally held on, and the result of the year's work when it came lo sta- tistics was that they were only a amall fraction below the record year in the history of the Society.
In South China perhaps the big- gest feature of the year's work was the issue of the Revised Can- tonese New Testament, which Mr. F.C. Jonkin and Mr. T.M. Wong, of the Church Missionary Society had been engaged in for several years. The work was completed the year before last.
The first edition was published by the American Bible Society and the 6,000 copies had practically been sold out, and a second edition was immediately necessary. had given grent satisfaction to the Cantonese Churches.
It
An interesting feature about the work was that the proof reading who so, accurately done that there was scarcely a fault in any
These votes were carried with applause.
He went on to announce that ation. special service would be held when! allierings would be taken for the purpose of providing testaments| Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was for the Service men in China. He expected to sail for the United understood that a New Testament States on April 19, and to make was part of the equipment which only a brief stay. It appears that Service men received but yet it the object of his visit is to call on often happened that the origi- an old lady in Massachusetts who nal copy was left behind entertained him and his late wife or forgotten. The YM.C.A. had when they were in America some requested them. to send 1,000 thirty years age. This old lady pocket testaments for Hongkong has begged Mr. MacDonald to see and 6,000 for Shanghai.
Concluding he Hongkong friends for their
her before she dies, and he intend- thanked the ed to go accompanied by his daugh-
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