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one book of the Bible has been trans
lated now stands at 1,084.
***The society distributed more Scrip
tures in Latin America than in any
previous year.
***The society expects the publication
of the entire Bible in colloquial Japan
ese to have wide acceptance and "to af
fect profoundly the literary future of
Japan."
***Despite the many hardships caused
by unsettled conditions in all parts of
the world, and the restrictions placed
upon its work by many governments,
the society
was not compelled to re
trench on any of its activities in any
country.
In an address before the meeting,
Rev. Dr. Francis C. Stifler, a society
secretary who retired last year, told
members that more copies of the New
Testament in Japanese have been sold
in Japan in the past 10 years than in
all the 60 years that missionaries had
been advocating it there before World
War II. "In Brazil,
where the evangeli
cal churches, we are told, are growing
more rapidly than anywhere else in the
world, it has been impossible to keep up
with the demand," he said.
A new motion picture in color, "The
Living Word in Japan," depicting Bible
distribution in that country, was pre
viewed for the audience.
Elected Honorary Life Members of
the society were Louis F. Powell, a
businessman of Richmond, Va.; Jose M.
Chicol of Guatemala, for his revision of
the translation of the New Testament
into the Cakchiquel language of Guate
mala; Rev. George H. Eastman, O.B.E.,
England, for his revision of the transla
tion of the entire Bible in the language
of the Gilbert Islands; Dr. Lauro Monteiro
da Cruz, a member of the Federal
Congress of the Republic of Brazil,
father of the legislation whereby Bibles
and other religious literature are ad
mitted into Brazil free of duty and of
import licenses; Gregorio Jus-
Choque,
tino Quispe and Modesto Aliaga, all of
Bolivia, for making the first translation
of the New Testament into Aymara,
the language of nearly
a million peo
ple in the High Andes of South Ameri
ca; and Rev. Senji Tsuru, Rev. T. Endo,
Rev. G. Tezuka, Rev. Takuo Matsumoto,
Rev. K. Takahashi, Rev. S. Yamaya, Mr.
K. Baba, the translators of the Japan
ese Kogotai Bible, the first translation
of the whole Bible into the commonly
used form of the Japanese language.
Answers to Spelling Test page 381
(a) won; (b) won, too; (c) two, one;
(d) won; (e) two; (f) to, for, too; (g)
one, won, one; (h) four, won, for; (i)
one.
GENEVA
The Rev. A. J. McFarland, D.D., of
Sterling, Kan., will deliver the sermon
at the Geneva College baccalaureate
service to a class of 188 seniors in the
Old Main chapel at 8 p. m. Sabbath eve
ning, on the subject, "The Price of an
Ideal,"
Psalm 16:8.
Dr. McFarland was graduated from
Geneva in 1924. He is field secretary of
the Christian Amendment
President Charles M.
Movement.
Lee will be in
charge of the service. Music will fea
ture a selected choir under the direction
of Louis J. Krepps, instructor in music.
Dr. McFarland's son, Robert H., is a
member of the graduating class.
MINNTE JANE ANDERSON
Miss Minnie Anderson of the Hopkin
ton congregation was called to her eter
nal reward on May 26, 1955. She was
born June 15, 1869, and so was almost
86 years of age. She was laid to rest in
the Hopkinton cemetery. She had been
a member of the Reformed Presbyter
ian Church from her youth, and a faith
ful and devout member she was. She
loved her Lord and His Word and exem
plified His truth in her life. She was a
very considerate, humble, kindly, gen
erous, patient, optimistic woman. She
loved her church and supported it with
her tithe. Of her immediate family, she
is survived by but one brother, Mr. Jas.
H. Anderson of Orange, California. She
will be greatly missed by her friends.
Dr. Remo I. Robb
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