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PROCEEDINGS 61
The Illinois Baptist 8,500**
Western Recorder 45,337
The Baptist Message 28,200
The Maryland Baptist 2,000**
The Baptist Record 52,299
The Word and Way 25,000
The Baptist New Mexican 7,661*
Biblical Recorder 36,521
Baptist Messenger 39,500
Baptist Courier ; 42,300
Baptist and Reflector 40,500
The Baptist Standard 167,566
The Religious Herald 13,300
633,792
It is the unanimous and earnest recommendation of our committee that a
goal of 1,000,000 subscribers be, approved at the Miami Convention.
LOUIE D. NEWTON, Chairman
41. Field Secretary Thomas T. Holloway, Texas, submitted a
statement about the American Bible Society which was received for
printing in the ANNUAL :
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
General Headquarters: 450 Park Avenue, New York 22, N. Y.
THOMAS T. HOLLOWAY. Field Secretary
1914 Main Street, Dallas 1, Texas
At the very center of all forms of missions is the task of distributing the
Bible in the languages of the people, so that the Word of God may speak the
message of Jesus Christ directly to the heart of each person in his own native
tongue.
REGULAR WORK
Working at this essential task in co-operation with the churches and the
denominational mission boards, the American Bible Society renders a world-wide
service as a missionary non-profit organization. It aids in translation, publishes
the Scriptures without note or comment, supplies them at cost or less, and encourages
their use.
On foreign fields, the Scriptures are regularly sold below cost, because the
people cannot even pay the cost of a Gospel booklet. They are sold because
people appreciate the books (and read them) more when they make a personal
investment. In special need, at home and abroad, they are given without charge.
EMERGENCY WORK
During World War II, in addition to its regular work of furnishing Scriptures
for world-wide missions, the Emergency Work of the Society provided,
without charge, Scriptures for our Armed Forces, refugees, and war prisoners
of both Allied and Axis nations.
Peace brought even greater emergency needs and opportunities. The Emergency
Work is now providing, without charge, Scriptures for tragic and bewildered
people in many countries who have been cut off from the Word of God
by war conditions and now are turning hungrily to the Bible.
Because we knew that only America would be able to help, the American
Bible Society was at work all through the war preparing reserve stocks of Scriptures,
in many languages, for the immediate post-war needs of millions of people
held behind "closed doors" in Europe and Asia.
As hostilities ceased in each area of the global conflict, shipments of Scriptures
began to be sent for the relief of Bible-starved people.
From many lands comes essentially the same report—God is welcomed with
an eagerness that is pathetic, and the number of Scriptures needed is almost
overwhelming. Larger shipments are on the way, and more books are being
printed as fapidly as funds are available.