America in Prophecy by Ellen White [Original Edition]

y similar organizations, with numerous branches, upon the
continent of Europe. In 1816, the American Bible Society
was founded. When the British Society was formed, the Bible
been translated into many hundreds of languages and dialects.
By the efforts of the Bible societies, since 1804, more than
187,000,000 copies of the Bible have been circulated.
were formed, and there were but few churches that made any
effort for the spread of Christianity in heathen lands. But
toward the close of the eighteenth century a great change
rationalism, and realized the necessity of divine revelation
and experimental religion. The devoted Carey, who in 1793
twenty years later, the zeal of a society of students, among
whom was Adoniram Judson, resulted in the formation of the
American Board of Foreign Missions, under whose auspices
From this time the work of foreign missions attained an
unprecedented growth.
The improvements in printing have given an impetus
to the work of circulating the Bible. The increased facilities
for communication between different countries, the
breaking down of ancient barriers of prejudice and national
exclusiveness, and the loss of secular power by the pontiff of
Rome, have opened the way for the entrance of the word of
God. For some years the Bible has been sold without restraint
in the streets of Rome, and it has now been carried to every
part of the habitable globe.
hearing people repeat that twelve men established the Christian
A century has passed since his death. Millions have joined in
the war upon the Bible. But it is so far from being destroyed,
that where there were a hundred in Voltaire’s time, there are