In its 127-year history the American Bible Society has issued a third of a billion Bibles or portions of the Scriptures. They have gone to over 50 countries, been printed in more than 200 languages or dialects. New last year: an edition in Papiamento, Spanish dialect for Curaçao; in Gbéa for French Equatorial Africa; in Kijita for Tanganyika.
At its annual meeting in Manhattan last week the society reviewed one of its busiest years ever. Spurred by war needs, it turned out over 8,000,000 books. They went not only to far-flung civilians, to members...
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