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 upon human destiny. Before the middle of 
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 and before it closed Christopher Columbus 
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 It was no accident that the first book 
 printed from movable type was the Latin 
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 So closely is the Bible identified with all 
 our institutions, that the World's Columbian 
 Exposition without it would be an arch with- 
 out its keystone. The American Bible Society, 
 therefore, presents this Souvenir to the visit- 
 ors from all lands, that they may know the 
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 upon all the nations of the earth. 
 
 To show what has been accomplished in 
 less than a century, a specimen verse in two 
 hundred and forty-two of the more than three 
 hundred languages, into which this wonderful 
 Book has been translated, is appended. 
 
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 House, twenty-five sizes of English Bibles, 
 with and without references, from Imperial 
 Quarto (Great Primer type) to 3 2 mo (Dia- 
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 been printed, and the 
 
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 have been printed. 
 
 NOTE. 
 
 The following specimens of versions are arranged, in 
 general, according to the countries in which they origi- 
 nated. The reader begins with the languages of the Brit- 
 ish Isles, 1-6, and proceeds to the continent of Europe, 
 7-68. After „he languages of Asia, 69-162, and of the 
 Islands, 163-185, will be "found those of Africa, 186-217, 
 and finally those which are peculiar to the American 
 continent, 218-242. 
 
 In many cises, as will be noticed, the specimen is re- 
 peated to show the different alphabets or characters 
 which the people use. The Turkish version, for exam- 
 ple is prepared for Moslems in the Arabic letter, but for 
 Armenians an entirely different form is needed, and for 
 Greeks yet another. See Nos. 48-50. 
 
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 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 1. ENGLISH. 
 
 For God so loved the world, that he 
 gave his only begotten Son, that whoso- 
 ever believeth in him should not perish, 
 but have everlasting life. 
 
 (HighJands of 
 2. GAELIC. Scotland.) 
 
 Oir is ann mar sia a ghradhaich Dia au 
 saogbal, gu'n d'thug e 'aoii-ghiu Mhic f^in, 
 chum as ge b'e neach a chreideas ann, nach 
 sgriosar e, ach gu'm bi a'bheatha shiorruidh 
 aige. 
 
 3. IRISH. 
 
 Ofli If TTj^T^ fo bo 5ii<x6r,5 Dfa <xt) botrjAi), 
 30 bcu5 re <^ eiT)5eiT) 201)eic [peit)], loijuf 
 5lb be Cfieibe-ctf -ai) t)<xc |i<xc<vb fe <x tt)U5<x, 
 ACb 50 n)beic -cit) beca rfottirjbe <xi3e. 
 
 4. IRISH (Roman), 
 Oir is mar so do ghrSdhuigh Dia an domhan, 
 go dtug s6 a 6inghein Meic fein, ionuus gidh b6 
 chreideas ann, nach rachadh sC a mugha, aehd 
 go mbeith an bheatha shiorruidhe aige. 
 
 5. MANX. {Isle of Man.) 
 
 Son Iheid y ghraih slien hug Jee da'n theilill, 
 dy dug eh e yurycan Vac v'er ny gheddyn, 
 nagh jinnagh quoi-erbee chredjagli aynsyn 
 cherraghtyn, agh yn vea ta dy bragh farraghtyn 
 y chosney, 
 
 6. WELSH. 
 Canys felly y carodd Duw y byd, fel y 
 rhoddodd efe ei unig-anedlg Fab, fel na choller 
 pwy byunag a gredo ynddo ef, oud cafFael o 
 bono fywyd tragywyddol. 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 7. BRETON. (Brittany.) 
 Rag evel-se eo en deus Doue caret ar bed, 
 
 ma en deus roed e Vab uuik-ganet, evit na 
 vezo ket collet pioubenag a gred ennan, mes 
 ma en devezo ar vuez eternel. 
 
 8. FRENCH. 
 
 Car Dieu a tellement aim6 le monde, qu'il 
 a donn6 son Fils unique, afin que quiconque 
 croit en lui ne p6risse point, mais qu'il ait la 
 vie 6ternelle. 
 
 9. FRENCH BASQUE. (Pyrrhenees.) 
 
 Jaincoac ecen liain maite ifan du mundua, 
 non eman baitu bere Seme bakharra, amorea 
 gatic norcere sinhesten baitu hura baithan gal 
 ez dadin, bainan fan defan bethiereco bicia. 
 
 10. SPANISH. 
 
 Porque de tal manera ani6 Dios al mundo, 
 que haya dado 5, su Hijo unig6nito ; para que 
 todo aquel que en 61 creyere, no se pierda, 
 mas tenga vida eterna. 
 
 11. CATALAN. (Eastern Spain.) 
 Puix Deu ha amat de tal mod© al mon, que 
 
 ha donat son unigenit Fill, a fl de que tot 
 hom que creu en ell no peresca, ans be tinga 
 la vida eterna. 
 
 12. SPANISH BASQUE. 
 
 Alchatuco naiz, eta juangonaiz nere aitagana, 
 eta esango diot: Aita, pecatu eguiu nuen cerua- 
 ren contra, eta zure aurrean. — {Luke xv. 18.) 
 
 13. SPANISH BASQUE (Guipuscoan Dialect). 
 Joaten ceratela bada eman zayozcatzute era- 
 cutsiac jende guciai : batayatzeu dituzutela Ai- 
 taren, eta Semearen, eta Espiritu santuaren 
 icenean. — {Matt, xxviii. 19.) 
 
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 ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY. 
 
 A number of local Bible societies had been 
 organized in various parts of the United 
 States between the years 1808 and 1816, but 
 from their scattered condition they had to 
 conduct their work under very serious disad- 
 vantages. To give completeness and in- 
 creased efficiency to their work throughout 
 the country, a central organization was called 
 for. The subject was thoroughly discussed, 
 
 both publicly and privately, by the friends of 
 the Cause, until the year 1815, when a plan 
 for a National Bible Society was formally pro- 
 posed by the New Jersey organization, at the 
 head of which stood the Hon. Elias Boudinot, 
 of Burlington, in that State. 
 
 A Convention was called to meet in the 
 Consistory Room of the Reformed Dutch 
 Church, in Garden Street, New York, May 
 8th, 1816 ; it was there resolved, That it is 
 expedient to establish without delay a general 
 Bible Institution for the circulation of the 
 Holy Scriptures without note or comment. 
 The Constitution of the American Bible 
 Society was adopted, and an address was 
 prepared by Rev. John M. Mason, D.D., and 
 sent out into all parts of the country. 
 
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 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 14. G I T A N O. {Spaiiish Gipsies.) 
 Mangue ardinelar6, y chalar6 al batusch, y le 
 penar6 : Batu, he querdi crejete contra o Tarpe 
 y anglal de tucue. — {Luke xv. 18.) 
 
 15. PORTUGUESE. 
 
 Porque de tal maneira amou Deos ao mundo, 
 que deo a seu Filho unigenito ; para que todo 
 aquelle que nelle cr§, nao pere^a, mas teuha 
 a vida eterna. 
 
 16. ICELANDIC. 
 I)vi svo elskaoi Guu heiminn, ao hann gaf 
 sinn eingetinn Son, til pass ao hver, sem k hann 
 tr\iir, ekki glatist, heldur hafi eilift lif. 
 
 17. NORWEGIAN. 
 
 2^1 fan ^aber ®ub elftet SScrben, at t)m f^auer gioet 
 fin Sen ben eenbaarne, pcia bet at f)Der ben, foin troer 
 \)cia f)am, iffe ffal fortabcS, men ^abe et ebigt Sib. 
 
 18. SWEDISH. 
 
 1\) fd al[fabe ®iib merlbcna, att ban titgaf fin enba 
 ©on, pa bet att l)\mx oc^ en, foni tror pi tjonom, [fall 
 icfe forgaS, iitan fd eminnerligit lif. 
 
 19. NORWAY-LAPPONESE (or Quanian). 
 
 Dastgo nuft rakkaseu ani Ibmel mailme, atte 
 barnes san addi, dam aino, amas juokkas, gutte 
 su ala assko, lapput, mutto vai agalas sellem 
 san azusi. 
 
 20. LAPPONESE. 
 
 3utte nau etfl 3"bmel mdralbeb, atte fobn ulfofmabbi 
 oinarogatum \p.arbnebe, wa'i fart fiittc, jtiffo Jaffa fo 
 nal, i falfa Uippot ainat abtjot cfemen elemeb. 
 
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 21. RUSS LAPP. 
 
 TsH ry4fiK lUTO MftiMe^b hht mafiauiifi 
 Tan ajbMe, iuto ii^JKec Ajbre, axiy- 
 maHTjia aiuifi, t9h Bapac iuto lOKbaH'L, 
 Kie CoHHe siep, iH wafiKbax-b, a jiexi 
 coHHe areeajMym. 
 
 22. FINNISH. 
 
 ©illd niin on 3uinala nuiilnma rafnftamit, cttd I)iin 
 anboi I}dnfn ainoan ^soifaiifn, cttd jofaincn fiiin iiffoo 
 F)dncn t)ddllciifd, ci pit?d I)uffuman, imitta iianfaiffifcii 
 cldmdii [aanuiu. 
 
 23. DUTCH. 
 
 Want alzoo lief heeft God de wereld gehad, 
 dat hij zijneu eeniggeboren' Zoou gegeveu 
 heeft, opdat een iegelijk, die in hem gelooft, 
 niet verderve, maar het eeuwige leven hebbe. 
 
 24. FLEMISH. 
 Want alzoo lief heeft God de wereld gehad, 
 
 dat hij zijnen eeniggeboren Zoon gaf; opdat 
 alien, die in hem gelooven, niet verloren wor- 
 den, maar het eeuwige leven hebben. 
 
 25. GERMAN. 
 
 5Ufo l)cit WOtt Mc ©cit (iclirbct, bag cr fcincii cingc" 
 boriicu So^u (\ab. otif ba\] Mc, bic an ibti ()laubcii, 
 uici)t iicrlorcii ttjcrbcn, [onbcni ba6 emige 2fbcn l)cibcn. 
 
 26. GERMAN (Hebrew}. 
 
 Df^i fii' /Sf'j ]0P> ]v:iV3vr.'^b ]vv^') iv 
 
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 27. LITHUANIAN. 
 
 Za'ipo DictrS in»;lejo froieta, fab famo miengimmufl 
 funu bawe, jcib tciffl i ji tiffi nc })ra}.niltii, bet angina 
 gl;trnta tiirrctu. 
 
 28. POLISH. 
 
 Albowiem tak B6g umilowal 6wiat, ze Syna 
 swego iednorodzonego dal, aby kazdy, kto wen 
 wierzy, nie zginal, ale mial zywot wieczny. 
 
 29. POLISH (Hebrew). 
 
 30. WEN DISH (Upper). (Lusatia.) 
 ^fcf)etoj taf je S3o^ ton Setrjct lubonjal, fo tt>on 
 
 ffmojcljo jcuicjfcfjo narobjenfOo @6t;na bat je, fo bJ;c&u 
 fdjitji), fij bo n)e[;o mjerja, [^ubeiit nebl;Ii, ale irjecjne 
 jimcnie injeli. 
 
 31. WEN DISH (Lower). (Lusatia.) 
 ^fcl)eto taf jo 93ol)g ten fytuct luboinaf, oj Jron 
 
 f[»t»ojogo jabnoporojoncgo jyijnna bal jo, abii fct)t;fiie 
 bo riogo irere^e, fgiibone iicbiili, ale to uinierne ^iitrehe 
 incli. 
 
 32. BOHEMIAN. 
 
 5^ebo taf S3uf) niilomal ^mt, k <B\)m fire^o gebno- 
 ro3enef)o bal, abi) fajbt), fbo3 hjefj in ne^o, nejabi^nul, 
 ale mcl jiiBot irecm;. 
 
 33. HUNGARIAN. 
 
 Mert dgy szeret6 Isten e' vilfigot, hogy az 5 
 egyetlenegy szulott Fijfit adnft, hogy minden, 
 valaki hiszeu 6 benne, el ne vesszen, hanem 
 or k 6letet vegyen. 
 
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 {Wends in 
 34. HUNGARIAN-WENDISH. Hungary.) 
 
 Ar je tak liibo Bog ete szvet, da je SzinS. szvo- 
 
 jega jediuorodjenoga dSo, d5. vsz3,ki, ki vu nyem 
 
 verje, sze ne szkvari, nego va& 'zitek vekivecsni. 
 
 35. SLOVENIAN. 
 
 Kajti tako je Bog Ijubil svet, da je sina 
 svojega edinorojenega dal, da kdorkoli veruje 
 va-nj, ne pogine, nego da ima vecno ^ivljenje. 
 
 36. LATIN. 
 
 Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium 
 suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis qui credit 
 in eum non pereat, sed babeat vitam eternam. 
 
 37. ITALIAN. 
 Perciocche Iddio ha tan to amato il mondo, 
 ch'egli ha date il suo unigenito Figliuolo, 
 acciocche chiunque crede in lui non perisca, 
 ma abbia vita eterna. 
 
 3C. ROMANESE (Oberland). (Switzerland.) 
 
 Parchei Deus ha tenia il mund aschi car, ca el 
 
 ha dau siu parsulnaschiu figl, par ca scadin, ca crei 
 
 en el, vomi buc S, perder, mo hagi la vita perpetna. 
 
 39. ROMANESE (Enghadine). (Switzerland.) 
 
 Perche chia Deis ha taunt ami '1 muond, ch'el 
 
 ha dat seis unigenit Filg, acio chia scodiin chi 
 
 craja in el nun giaja S perder, mo haja vita eterna. 
 
 40. PIEDMONTESE. 
 
 Perch6 Iddiou a 1 ha voulsii tantou ben al 
 mound, ch'a 1 ha dait so Fieul unic, per che 
 chiounque a i presta fede a perissa nen, ma 
 ch'a 1 abbia la vita eterna. 
 
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 (WaMemes, 
 
 41. VAUDOIS. N.Italy.) 
 
 Perqu6 Diou ha tant vourgu b6n ar mount, qu'a 
 1 ha douna so Fill unic, per que quiounqu6 cr6 en 
 el periss6 pa, ma qu'a 1 abbia la vita 6ternella. 
 
 42. MALTESE. 
 Ghaliex Alia hecca hab id dinia illi ta I'Iben 
 
 tighu unigenitu, sabiex collmin jemmen bih 
 ma jiutilifx, izda icollu il haja ta dejem. 
 
 43. GREEK (Ancient). 
 Ovrco <yap rjjd'TrTjaev 6 Oeb<i top Koajxov, 
 
 ware top vlov avrov rov /Movoyevrj eScoKev, tva 
 Tra? o 'marevoav eh avrov fir) airoXr^rai, aXX 
 ^XV ^^V^ amvLov. 
 
 44. CREEK (Modern). 
 AioTL TOGOV Tf^amriaev 6 0eo9 tqv Koafiov, 
 
 ware eBcoKe rov Tlbv avrov rov fjbovoyevrj, Bia 
 va fi7] arroXeaOfj rra<i o mcrreixov eh avrov., 
 aXka va e-)(rj ^wtjv alcovtov. 
 
 45. GREEK (Modern) (Roman). 
 Sicothis thelo ipaghi pros ton patera mu, ke 
 thelo ipi pros afton, Pater, imarton is ton ura- 
 non ke enopiou su. — {Luke xv. 18.) 
 
 46. ALBANIAN (Gheg^. 
 Sepse Perendia kalii e desti botene, sa Sa 
 Blrin' e vet, vetem-l'emine, per mos me uvdiere 
 giee-kus t'i besoye, por te kete yete te pa- 
 soseme. 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 47. ALBANIAN (Tosk). 
 5*6 A/re Uepvria kuk€ e Siac -rroreve, era 
 
 ke ha re iripp irly re jBerefxcve, . /ce r^iXt, 
 86 ice re ireaoye vre at re /io<? ^ou/iTracre, 
 TTo re icere yerev' i tto. croaovpe. 
 
 48. TURKISH {Arabic). 
 
 A3 ^s^Jr^ J-^ y. > ^^ ^ \i) 
 
 vIjU:^ ^_3i^\ <-^o^^ il'^A ^ Ju\ '^\i\ y> 
 
 49. TURKISH (GrceW. 
 Ztpa jiXka-)(^ THvyiayiT) irov Karap cre^rC 
 
 Kl, KeVTL TTLpCT^lK ^OyXoVVOV /Sepil, TCIKC ')(ep 
 
 ova Ivavav, ^dl 6\/j,ayLa, iXKa iireTi ')(alara 
 fiaXlK oXd. 
 
 50. TURKISH (Armenian). 
 
 (Spanish Jews 
 51. SPANISH (Hebrew). in Turkey.) 
 
 if^l 0]^Df^ "I75W ^P OP V'l yp )Vb ^DJf' ^pDD 
 
 ^t>'ip ^p Vf> ni^ ^p oif'9 )if^^t>:in )?f^ ID of' 
 
 ^7 07^3 OJ^^O ^p )yD OlT^D^l 'D 15 ^P yf^ 
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 (Danubian 
 52. R O U M A N (Roman). Prov.) 
 
 Caci asa a iubit Dumuedeu lumea, ineat a dat 
 
 pre Fiiul seu eel unul-nascut, ca tot eel ee erede 
 
 in el si nu se pierde, ei si alba vieta eterna. 
 
 53. R O U M A N (Cyril cMracter). 
 KiHi ama a iBBix DsmnezcH jiumea, kt, a clax ne Oiisji 
 ciS HBA Tjnx.nn'ickBT, ka tot hba ne kpede ^tn e;i ci nv 
 neapi, HI CB aTsi Biiasi Benniki. 
 
 54. RUTHENIAN. (IMtle Russkt.) 
 
 fiCTABlUH H0IA8 A*^ ^T'M^ ^^OIEPO, I 
 
 3KA?F8 lEiUg: Otme, SrplUJMB I EM npOTIB 
 
 NEKA I HEpEA TOROE.—iLuke xv. 18.) 
 
 55. SERVIAN. 
 
 Jep Bory tbko om\jbe cBujei 4a je h 
 CHiia CBOJera je4HHopo4Hora 4ao, 4a hh 
 je4aH KOJH ra BJepyje ne norHHe, Hero 
 
 4a HMa 3KHB0T BJeiHH. 
 
 56. CROATIAN. 
 
 Jer Bogu tako omilje svijet da je i sina 
 svojega jedinorodnoga dao, da ni jedan koji 
 ga vjeruje ne pogine, nego da ima zivot vjecni. 
 
 57. BULGARIAN. 
 
 3amoTO Bort to^kosl 8^:^.110611 cE-bTh- 
 Tx, moTO 4a4e CbiHa cBoero e4HHopo4Ha- 
 ro, 3a 4a He noruHe bchkoS koMto Btpy- 
 Ba Bi Hero, hc 4a HMa jkhboti Btienx. 
 
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 58. SLAVONIC. 
 
 Takvv ko bo3ak>eh Efx Mi'pz, mKW 
 
 fi GnA CROEPC eAHNOpO/^HAPO ^^AZ eCTh, 
 AA BCAKZ B'fepSAH RZ (f^Hh, HE nOPHK- 
 HETZ, HO HMATh JKHBOTZ B'^HHKIH. 
 
 59. RUSSIAN. 
 
 II60 inii'h bo3jio6m.i'b Bon, Mipx, hto 
 0T4aj'& Cbiiia CBoero e4HHopo4naro, 4a6bi 
 BCflKifi, BtpyiomiH b-b Hero, ne norH6'B, ho 
 
 HMtjl 5KH3Hb BtHHyiO. 
 
 60. ESTHONIAN (Reval). (Russia.) 
 
 Sefl neiiba 011 Smiimal ma-ilma arnuiflanub, et 
 
 teinma omnia aino [iinbiiuib ^^oia on annnb, ct ufffi, 
 
 fc3 temnui flfle uffub, ci \)ea I)uffa fania, n.mib, ct i(iga» 
 
 ircnnc ello temnuil pccib odema. 
 
 61. ESTHONIAN (Dorpat). 
 
 Scft niba om ^uninial febba ilnia armaftanii, et 
 temnui omma aino fiinbinu '^'.oiga om nnbnti, ct fif, 
 fea temma psfe uffma, ^uffa el fa, enge iggaiucfl ello 
 fama. 
 
 62. LETTISH. (TAvonia.) 
 
 \\n tif lofjti Teetrfl to ^jafanli mif)(eii6, fa trinfd) 
 
 fatru pafcl)n tr>fnnl)fcbi'inmufd)n !DeI)lu irr bclr>i9, fa 
 
 iviiTcem teem, fa6 t^5 ecffcf) loinna ne bu()8 pafuflceB, 
 
 bet to mu()fd)igu bfl(;trofcf)ana babbu()t. 
 
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 63. KARELIAN. (Finland.) 
 
 HIHhi ana BajryoB'B uiinwh Bajrie 
 HHerMHsieH-B ieimufi, k) ana naxmaficb 
 uiiHHi noBflui'B aaieui'B: ii KifluituiuiaHcb 
 miAwb Tyammyo, KyM6aHe OHt luaiiBara- 
 mma. —{Afatt. v. 16.) 
 
 (Finns about 
 64. ZIRIAN, or Siryenian. Vologda.) 
 
 Gbl^3H ME/^Z lOrXAAACZ TIAHX WPbl- 
 ^•A MOpTXACZ R0A3HNZ, ME^X A^SACHbl 
 TIANAKICb EgpZ KEpOMXACZ, H OUJKA- 
 CHKI GaTECZ TIAHAUCb, KO^hl NEKE- 
 CAACZ EbWbiWA.—iAfaU. v. 16.) 
 
 65. SAMOGITIAN. (WUna.) 
 
 9Jefa taH)o XiielimS niiinileio froictii, jog ©iinu famo 
 luiengimufi baiDC: ibant fiefniienag, furS ing ji tif, ne 
 prajutu, bet turetti am'^lna giloata. 
 
 66. MORDVIN. 
 
 CeKCb Hciua Be4Kii3e Oasi jiaciuOpoHb 
 apuuam'B, mKCb MaKCUse ufopaHSO coHse 
 CKaMOH'b luaHuiyiwaHb, mm66bi apbBa KCMHua 
 jaHro30H30 aBOJb wMa, ho yjeBejb dhh- 
 reHb 9pflMoco. 
 
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THE AMEEICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 WORK OF THE SOCIETY IN THE 
 UNITED STATES. 
 
 To supply with the Scriptures those who 
 are able to purchase, is comparatively an easy 
 matter. To reach this class of our popula- 
 tion, all that would be necessary would be to 
 multiply editions of the Bible, in the lan- 
 guages most familiar to the diverse national- 
 ities which constitute our population, and 
 offer them at the mere cost of production. 
 This the Society has done for many years. 
 Its issues show that the wants of all have 
 been provided for, and so far as possible the 
 Scriptures in their own tongues brought 
 within their reach. 
 
 But in addition to this, it has, through its 
 varied Agencies, sought out and supplied the 
 destitute, even in the most distant and most 
 sparsely settled portions of our country. 
 
 In this great work it has four times under- 
 taken a general supply of the United States, 
 and thus not merely thousands but millions 
 of copies of the Scriptures have been placed 
 in the homes of the people. During the 
 seventy-seven years since it was organized, it 
 has published and disseminated 55,531,908 
 copies of the Scriptures. More than three- 
 fourths of these have been circulated in our 
 own country. 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 (Finns on the 
 67. TCHEREMISSIAN. Volga.) 
 
 TeubTb flpamsH'B lOina caH/iajHKaM'B, 
 miua riKi uiK^ apraacainx nyiut, canafi 
 HHflHbiua lUbi^ajiaHX riHHce-HM'L, a ri^eace 
 Bapa My4aiii45Ha KypymcB MyMKa. 
 
 68. TCHUWASH. (Volga.) 
 
 CanAh iopa^pe Topa 94eMa, iuto 6ap34 
 xy fEbune nepb cibpa^nbiHe, uitoSu nopb 
 HHHHarrflHb OHd ani nioATapi, a 6cpci4api 
 i^MFopbrH 6^pHa3a. 
 
 69. WOT J A K. (TT. Siberia.) 
 
 03H MGA'b nHUITOBl lOrblTX-Tbl TIOfl^'L 
 
 aASMHiocbasHHTi, cooci Me^'b a43i63bi 
 
 43eUb JIKAdC-b TlukA'h^ Cfi-HO Me4'b ci6T03bI 
 AHjIU, Ky4bI3l HH'B BbUblHl..— (J/a«. v. 16.) 
 
 70. W O G U L. (Ural 3Inimtains.) 
 
 Tn-cayBT TopHM epeniHCTa Mepsia cto 
 eje-MiicTa abyie.mM nyBia, hcto cokiih- 
 Kap, KOH arixa laBe, ai nn kojihii, a impa 
 
 jIHJMa KOHTIITa. 
 
 71. ORENBURG, or Kirghise Tartar. 
 
 -y JV t/.xji c?^ WJjj ^%> Ulji^l K;TX* iT 
 
 =#= 
 
 18 
 
4> 
 
 JOHN Iir. 16. 
 
 <> 
 
 72. OSSETINIAN. (Caucasus.) 
 
 l^ajMacj^aBpi^Tscp Xyn3.f ao'tao Cajapcia Ayaci, 8DMa9 
 Joo j^Haerryp^ ^vpTjvjaep pa^ia yMoen, qocMay Yj gaej 
 3^pna, fi Ma ♦ecae*a, *aBia} in ya seHycoH nap^. 
 
 73. HEBREW. 
 
 nb rn*' obi::? ^^n-Ds ^^ 
 
 74. ARMENIAN ^Ancient^. 
 
 A/' Uf/ltUfl,U u[tpkujtj l^£/_ 
 
 n^pli h^n uhiUOrplM bin ♦ nfi uji/Im^ 
 Uiuili nn ^lumnniui ^ h %ui^ Jli 
 
 luiLninuliUjliujliu . 
 
 75. ARMENIAN (Modern). 
 \^t^nL np \*^uuini.u£h- uhtiuliL 
 
 u^pbtj UJ2[iiuip^n ifliUJljL np hp 
 iQituh ji'h Opq.^'u innLUJL . np 
 uii/l/i/ nil np lulinp ^un^iumiuf 
 ^linpuni^^ , ^mi^ui jiULhinlihiu^ 
 uiuti libufl/n nihililiuJt : 
 
 76. ARMENIAN (Ararat^. 
 
 Jl.-l.Ju np /.puA Jfiuslf/.^ \\p'lf.'l. mn,..,... np u„//.-U n,/ 
 np '^u.uu.u.uij -Lnpu.V inlfrit , -yU Jus..f.if.l,-b...^uj-U 
 
 A // usb^r^ pb n. n L.%fi x 
 
 19 
 
SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 77. GEORGIAN. 
 
 966 LnvoQngpo oLn, goco^o^^o o^O"^ 
 corLn ^brrh^T^rn-ro orrhSncrno on>_|Ur/6 
 ^6\}^ mScnS (Arf)-^n(TnL6 (T)a>o n^p u6 J^m- 
 '^9o6'^1j 030 6.'^6 v6mj^v<f)o^/]^> 6(T)6- 
 9nro 6 'j^^ro oL r^jro-im r\d6 IjSimiuTpco-. 
 
 78. KOORDISH. 
 ^nifiu no ]iiOf/»^ unLUufjU 
 
 ^nLiuujlMin uinUl^^ ^lufB^iu do 
 bl^oquj *|^/?/_#i_4r ^o muj^ ^(^/^ ^^Z* 
 oA ^o J'l^n.uJ nuiuli inn but ijni.^ 
 'Uuiuj *ltih utui^ il; d^n l^ujl^nili 
 '^uJiUjf3~n-UJ ifntflip ujnujtit* 
 
 79. AZERBIJAN. 
 
 ^J.\ \^\ '^j\ ^)^ .^_JJJ^ ^_J^\ 
 
 AJ\ jJiU '^Vp^ 
 
 4^ 
 
 20 
 
A, 
 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLY. 
 
 As the future of every nation must 
 depend upon the rising generation, the 
 Society has been making special efforts 
 for several years to supply every child 
 with a Bible of its own. It was found 
 that comparatively few even of the 
 8,000,000 children, who are estimated 
 as gathered into Sunday schools, pos- 
 sessed a copy of the Bible which they 
 could call their own, and as a matter of 
 course a still greater proportion who 
 are not in the Sunday schools have 
 no Bibles. During these years many 
 have been suppHed, but the want of 
 funds has hindered this work. The 
 Society could not do all that it desired 
 in this direction, nor can it yet freely 
 meet this demand. Many applications 
 have to be disregarded. Must this con- 
 tinue ? Gladly would the Society, had 
 it the means, send a free copy of the 
 Bible to every poor child in the land 
 who can read. Will those who love 
 the Bible, and who desire that the mul- 
 titudes of poor and neglected children 
 should have this precious gift, supply 
 the means ? 
 
 <d= 
 
 21 
 
JOHN III. 16. 
 80. TURKISH TARTAR, or Karass. {Astrakhan.) 
 
 81. ARABIC. 
 
 (Jeiys tji Sipixt. 
 82. ARABIC (Hebrew). Yemen, &c.) 
 
 bhn "inn nbii^^bx nbbi? an^ sion nssis 
 naxbi? TMH^n nb 'jid'' bn 
 
 83. ARABIC (Carshun). {Mesopotamia, Ac.) 
 ^t^Uft ^l>b^ Ol^S .^^1 1^01 
 
 ^«U IK'^S yft^n Y^ dUdl ^^ 
 
 84. SYR 1 AC (Ancient). 
 : k^tss ^Smm. c7^3l^3 ii^i : ;»\^ lof^l <3m.I aA^ ^ao7 
 
 32 
 
SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 85. SYRIAC (Modern). 
 
 86. PERSIAN. 
 87. PERSIAN (Hebrew). {Jews in Persia.) 
 
 masT noil sn ]s™ mp -jx »ib hd s"i^t 
 
 HD nTonb 'i:sTni5 i^n Tib 'nsND'^ 'iirnb no 
 
 -jsbn Tiis is^-'S "lit in no od in sn 
 
 513K-' TisDi "'ris*:^!:: nsbn Tiica 
 
 88. PUSHTOO, or Afghan. 
 <jri' iuo^ C^jb ^^U):> (/^J^ »^ ^A5- 
 
 1;^ ^Jj ^J^ ^*^ l^ 'i^ &iA «^ S3 
 
 ^^ 
 
 23 
 
-*=^^- 
 
 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 89. SANSKRIT. 
 90. URDU, or Hindustani (Arabic). 
 
 40 j5 Vp J\ju V«j\ y Vii J) i \x^ "^j-^ 
 
 91. URDU {Persian). 
 
 92. URDU (Roman). 
 
 Kytinki Khud^ ue jahftn ko aisa piyfir kiyS 
 hai, ki us ne apna iklauta Beta bakhsha, taki 
 jo kof us par iman htwe, haiak na howe balki 
 hamesha kl zindagi priwe. 
 
 93. BENGALI. 
 
 C^^ ^sl ^'Tl^o^ iSffs iClTs (r£(q ' ^fiT^, C^ ^'R13' 
 
 fifrsi? 5iq Piq# ^ ^^TJl 'SH^ ^t^ Tra I 
 
 24 
 
'*4=" 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 94. BENGALI (Roman). 
 Kcnand Isliwar jagater prati eman dayfi 
 karilen, je flpauflr adwitfya Putrake pradiin 
 karilen; t^hfite tflnhar bishwSsk^ri pratyek 
 jail nashta uri haiy;t ananta param.lyu pfiibe. 
 
 95. MUSSULMAN-BENGALI. 
 
 5m C^rtTfl riTnrtfl ^aScr? ^^i^ ^^^ ^fk^R, err fsf^ 
 
 ^■M^l3r >q^^vi (Tretr? ^^Ht ?Ff^5T^, wij»n ^ ^^t^ 
 *i=5»t -^m ■^t^ ^^m -sTtR C5T ^pm ^ ^^in ^5Tj:^ 
 
 96. SANTA LI. (BengaL) 
 Nonka bare 4pe hon horko samdngre marsil 
 
 gnel oclioitapc jemon unko lion apca: bugi kami 
 gnelkdte aperen sermaren jarnami: ko sarhaue. — 
 
 {Matt. V. 1(J.) (KolesofChnta 
 
 97. MONDARI. y,tnp«rc.) 
 
 fq^f^ ^T»^'^TT *n% ^s^ ^tttt^ ^ut ^^i^ 'en^ ^mr 
 'Hrir ftift 'WTTI ^m ?m ^^^ n (Mark iii. 35.) 
 
 98. LEPCHA. 
 
 6] fco (e: AO fj rd) if) (% -T) -^i^f 
 ^f'c^ (0 1 ^Jffv jr (0 ^3 /D^ ii 
 
 99. ORISSA. 
 
 s^^ »G^lq eiff^OQfliq aipQ ^2S|q g^^Q &sjoq 
 •«Gq) Gga ecsi go cq siia^ii ej«5(sia g^5'9^GQGR 
 
 25 
 
4- -# 
 
 JOHN III. 16. 
 100. HINDI, or Hindu!. 
 
 Wfti t?^^ ^FTcT^T $^T ^T f^T^T 
 
 trq m^ ^^^ ^ft^^ "m^ I 
 
 101. HINDI (Kaithi). 
 
 Rra ^ ?T^ TliK WTllT ?fN^ ^i I 
 
 102. SINDHI (Arabic). (Western India.) 
 
 103. SINDHI (Gurumvkhi). 
 
 104. MOULT AN, or Wuch, or Ooch. 
 "iWztt <'»f«>»n »i 71 oars Y^s ^«)Mt^>j a.3 aff ^5>>'^ 
 
 #= 
 
 26 
 
4 
 
 THE AMEKICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 4^ 
 
 COLPORTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 In the Fourth General Supply of the 
 United States, the Society employed a 
 large number of Colporteurs to labor in 
 the more sparsely settled portions of 
 the States and Territories, and through 
 their labors two milhons nine hundred 
 and ninety-three thousand one hundred 
 and forty-fom^ (2,993,144) famiUes were 
 visited, and one milHon three hundred 
 and eighty-six thousand one hundred 
 and seventy-one (1,386,171) copies of 
 the Scriptures distributed. The neces- 
 sity still remains for the continuance of 
 this department of work, and a large 
 amount of money is necessary for its 
 successful prosecution. 
 
 For some years the Society has issued 
 in the United States an average of a 
 million copies of the Scriptures, but 
 these could easily be doubled had they 
 the means to continue and expand this 
 important work. 
 
 *€> 
 
 27 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 105. PUNJABI, or Sikh. 
 
 fac"ffe v^if^ ^ tft? § Uffrnrr 
 
 106. GONDI. (Central India.) 
 
 ^^ jfNr Tjinn w^VnT ^ "^ m^ ^ f^ 
 fi« ^% »r^ >T^ cTurei; ?^5^ sr^tR ^^^ ^t^^ 
 
 !FT^ ^^ " (Jfa«. V. 16.) 
 
 107. NEPALESE, or Parbutti. 
 
 108. TELUGU. (S.E. India.) 
 
 109. CANARESE. (Mysoi-e.) 
 
 (S^^^di oe:)?^^?^ tfcoiS^ Ss^^ "^-^^S^So^ 
 
 S^'&:)3 Coc)"7?, Q/S^D^roO^ ^*^"\ "^^^ ^.3^a 
 
 #= 
 
<> 
 
 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 110. SINGHALESE. (Ceylon.) 
 
 ©eOaS) SxTsDca ©xy^oe) c3e:,23)3G o©e-io (3©t5-> 
 3xf^C5 ®^3o^;55<ri©ci «5®<^H55<y>©c5®c5? 623) 
 
 C5>53g235Cl3 ©^^xT) ©SOSD CSOSxS^ 23)(5't.xr)3 2350 
 
 111. PALI. 
 
 COX)DO5CD3CO^0 COGW S30S)OG330gO 
 
 S33S^§O^COdSoQ G3Co) ODGODODgOOD 
 Om 3030 GCODCOGOQOODGOGQoS l| 
 
 112. TAMIL. 
 
 6S6LJOTT, 6;m(ip<3n:)i_LU Q<orj(Si_i,m<3ST @LQrrcrSi3OT 
 
 6Jl<5r6UrT<3'l(3<ym6U(roT 6T6LI(S(^ cH6lJ(fcr Gsil 
 
 uiui9.Q@, £H6u<rorT^ ^r^^QCTfl, ^sLsuffrr 
 QJrTLLJ asos^al©) a|!rori_|(3n_rrt3arTrr. 
 
 113. DA KHAN I, or Madras Hindustani. 
 
 (Gen. i. 14.) • ^.jt c^b i' ^_;^y ^ji ^yo jl 
 114. MALAYALAM. (Tramncore.) 
 
 
4a 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 115. TULU. (W. of the Mysore.) 
 
 CO 
 
 116. MA RAT HI. {Western India.) 
 
 ^TOT^If ^* ^ ^t^t ^T^X ft'^TH 
 ?f^ ^^T HTST fr^ ^^, cK ^MT 
 
 117. MAR AT HI (Modi). 
 118. CUJERATI. 
 
 I'H'i X\ c/oin -H^i ^n^ hIPi fsHl, 5 
 HL»aj M.Q1. ^4n s)n«l Hin. 
 
 so 
 
 =^b^ 
 
<h 
 
 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 WORK IN FOREIGN LANDS. 
 
 The Society, from its organization, 
 has aimed to extend its influence to 
 other countries — Christian, Moham- 
 medan, and pagan. It has aided in 
 circulating the Scriptures in France, 
 Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Nor- 
 way, Sweden, Russia, Siberia and the 
 Amoor, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Persia, 
 India, Siam, China, Japan, Mexico and 
 Central America, Brazil, Uruguay, the 
 Argentine Republic, Chili, Peru, Vene- 
 zuela, Colombia, Africa, the West In- 
 dies, and the Islands of the Northern 
 Pacific. 
 
 It has promoted the circulation of the 
 Bible, or integral portions of it, in more 
 than eighty different languages and dia- 
 lects. Many of these have been printed 
 on its own presses, or at its expense, 
 while others have been purchased by 
 means of grants of money made by it 
 to missionary societies. 
 
 31 * 
 
JOHN III. 16. 
 
 119. PARSI-GUJERATI. 
 
 nL31rl a^LH^^nL 1$, <P TfcT ct^L @H^ 
 
 ( C^oloix'i'^s '£71 
 
 120. INDO-PORTUGUESE. CeyloJi.) 
 
 Parqui assi Deos ja ama o mundo, qui elle 
 
 ja da sua s6 gerado Filho, qui quemseja lo cr6 
 
 ne elle uada ser perdido seuao qui lo acha vida 
 
 eterno. 
 
 121. ASSAMESE. 
 
 ^3 Ste^ frj^ ^i'S t9^ ^n 'R'TTaJ^ £RII^ ^fepl I 
 
 122. KHASSI. {Eastern India.) 
 Naba kumta U Blei u la leit ia ka pyrthei, 
 katba u la aitl-noh ia la U Khtin ia u ba-la- 
 kha-marwei, ba uei-uei-ruh u bangeit ha u, u'n 
 'nu'm jot shuh, hiurei u'n ioh ka jingim 
 b'ymjiukut. 
 
 123. SIAMESE. 
 
 fiitiQiwjswmrfni^jfiyl^ny, twin 
 
 # 
 
 32 
 
SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 r „ 
 3GO OOOO 
 
 r Or( 
 
 124. PEGUESE. 
 
 (Bunnah.) 
 
 q^icoc^ 
 
 OOq B CX39 C:X3CO S OOQt) 
 
 r O r r r 
 
 I. 
 
 C^Q \\ c Q f r r r \ '^ 
 
 2C CPtOOD 1 ODGCOC pOD C003C C^OD OOl 
 
 J 
 r \ 
 
 o 
 
 ()t>^003Da 
 
 (Ga?. V. 1.; 
 
 125. BURMAN. 
 
 cqc^ot coz)S (^oooi 
 C(X)5o^<g@^ocooo^a3Gdl6'sc^oo^(morS8:@6":o§_»GC[oa5ii 
 
 |ooo'l:oo^:Goooooo:Goo?o^o^GCo5(|j^ooSo^6'G'35ocS'Gco3d5 
 ooD:c^c^^5co^otGoo5((^diii 
 
 126. KAREN. 
 
 (Burmah.) 
 
 pOOIOoSjSOsT) S^pODOT 8. 3.8 OOCO^" 
 
 01C01SQ0 5oo■l^5oo^^s■l ooo-ico5oD:f 
 oocoioSScSi . 
 
 127. BGHAI-KAREN. 
 
 O31CO100O S Od g X)9 CO s 0038*)f DD^t/XOO 
 
 S§X)3o5cd3 ooodJIoSS coScooi COsODS 
 
 CO-l')^, COS O02 ODOOdJIcSScOOCOOS cos OS 
 
 COS, ssK^^s^icq^JsOcisco^. ^^ j^^^ j 3.) 
 
 T* 
 
 33 
 
JOHN III. 16. 
 
 128. SCAU-KAREN. 
 
 0010010069 X)^. 3 SO^TODDD^ §o6? X)9 
 000090 3l8§000€^oS5oOsS20q^53^C§')_. §20 
 6393a^Of|oS5oO§3§of, Sl2S)8^1c09 QSO^S 
 CU'\^. (1 John i. 3.) 
 
 129. PWO-KAREN. 
 
 \ O Q o O \ 
 
 00l5J2S)OCt)OJS330SK5^^J, «5Dcy\_00J9J91 
 
 \ O 
 C030yj_'\5S)QLGO'l, 00123O3J00JS)0JO'\3O3(7\ 
 
 3S)DCO0O, (c^€X0OOJ39JSS)C^JSS)J]^JO1O03UC 
 
 Sj3SK^S)n^J30°C. 
 
 . ' c) (Jl/a«. V. 16.) 
 
 130. TIBETAN. 
 
 34 
 
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 <b^ 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 131. MALAY. 
 
 LjJj ,_5->^' jrtr««U« sjj^ <dll ^J ^jjLx^ii Uy 
 
 c:^.ix« ^U ^_^li> j^ oLjo ^yj ^^1 i^^v^ ■ hf- 
 
 132. MALAY (Eoman). 
 Kurna dumkianlah halnya Allah tulah munga- 
 sihi orang isi dunia ini, sahingga dikurniakannya 
 Anaknya yang tunggal itu, snpaya barang siapa 
 yang purchaya akan dia tiada iya akan binasa, 
 mulainkan mundapat hidop yang kukal. 
 
 133. LOW MALAY, or Soerabayan. (Batavia.) 
 Karua sabagitoe sangat Allah soedah menga- 
 sehi isi doenia, sahingga ija soedah membri 
 Anaknja laki-laki jaug toenggal, soepaja sasa- 
 orang jang pertjaja akan dia, djangan binasa, 
 hanja beroleh kahidoepan kakal. 
 
 134. DAJAK. (Borneo.) 
 
 Krana kalota kapaham Hatalla djari sinta 
 kaluuen, sampei iai djari menenga Anake idja 
 tonggal, nakara gene-genep olo, idjii pertjaja 
 huang ia, ala binasa, baja mina pambelom 
 awang katatahi. 
 
 135. JAVANESE. 
 IM (Oi (Oi QOfi ) ri im 3 (ij in (uiT ikji ? (hJi ■?! oi:; flOJi wS^m tE.1 a 
 » O cr». ex. Q 
 
 is 
 
 r ina 3 an rui y m in a.i mn^ 
 
 uji OA-i o in am o u^n oiuiianiAiaTiiuifiafUMEJiiiaii? 
 
 3o 
 
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 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 136. B A L I N E S E. (.Dutch E. Indies.) 
 Mapan keto liitresnan Hida saughyang Widi 
 
 tkeu djagat6 makedjang, tka Hida nedoenang 
 hokan6 n6 sauoeuggal kahoetoes mahi, kna 
 Cilang hanak6 n6 ngandelang hi hoka boe- 
 hoeng naraka, nangiug kna hya uepoekin 
 kahidoepan tan pegat. 
 
 137. SUNDANESE. 
 
 Ajeuna mah dek indit ngadeuheusan ka bapa, 
 sarta rek oendjoekan kijeu : Noen ama, simkoe- 
 ring geus tarima migawe dosa ka sawarga sargng 
 di pajoeneum ama. — {Luke xv. 18.) 
 
 138. N I A S. (Island near Sumatra.) 
 
 Ando wa lavva'o ira ma'afefu: Ya'iigo hulo 
 
 da sogi O'no Lowal4ni? Ba manua'o la hora 
 
 ando : lami ande manua'o, me la'odo ande so 
 
 la ando. — [Luke xxii. VO.) 
 
 139. BATTA (Toba). (Sumatra.) 
 
 u^-^ •a=-x<;-o>«\i'-> — ox s ,<.x •77 •73 X 77 X .^v 5 —50 
 «=9''T3 "^O »^C=>5? -CO ' — «=?x\ 5io<=aO»'>r~ax\ 
 »-^x^» .^x «'>"^y7\~o ~B TT ■x:--K^-^ "^o<r"r>~»x\ 
 »'Vas- J&.-5 OCTx ^>-3>T-\ — B - — •«=5>xs:i—-c.^ »^o 
 •^r «» ~» fv -as- 59 < X j~ u-» "^ \ —5 ner <^ <r^ ~S O 
 <r»5r=-3 -^o •area— 5 
 
 140. BATTA (Mandaheling). 
 
 «;. O <S> ?-> -"b N -^x<;-^x\^»-n>xv ,^;^x ^:yx<^S. 
 
 ■^bo «=9xr> -Tjo =«;.<=>5C o<o«< *7<.<r*»t* 
 
 36 
 
THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 COLPORTAGE IN FOREIGN LANDS. 
 
 The translation and publication of 
 the Scriptures into foreign languages 
 are only a small portion of the work. 
 These Scriptures must be placed in 
 the homes of the people for whom they 
 have been prepared, and received into 
 their hearts before they can exert their 
 hallowed influence. The employment 
 of Colporteurs, therefore, becomes an 
 important factor of the work of the 
 Society in the foreign field. While 
 the Missionaries supply the inquirers 
 who come to them for instruction in 
 the principles of our holy religion, the 
 Colporteurs go in advance of the Mis- 
 sionaries, and by the distribution of the 
 Scriptures open up new fields for mis- 
 sionary effort. It is largely through the 
 labors of more than 300 men thus em- 
 employed that the present circulation, 
 annually, in foreign countries of half a 
 million copies is secured. With more 
 money and more men vastly more could 
 be accomplished ; for what are half 
 a million copies of Scriptures among 
 such myriads ? 
 
 37 
 
^^ 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 141-144. CHINESE. 
 
 141. Classical. 
 
 # lit. 
 
 142. Mandarin. 
 
 -ft 5^' 
 
 i f 
 
 
 143. Foochow 
 (Colloquial). 
 
 
 4 
 
 144. NINGPO (Colloquial) (Roman). 
 Ing-we Jing-ming se-sih shii-kaen-zong tao 
 ka-go din-di, we s-16h Gyi-zi-go doh-yiang 
 ng-ts, s-teh vsen-pah siang-sing Gyi cii-kwu 
 feh-we mih-diao, tu hao teh-djoh uong-yiin 
 weh-ming. 
 
 88 
 
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 JOHN III. 16. 
 
 =# 
 
 145, Swatow 
 (ColloquiaP. 
 
 ^ 
 
 O = 
 
 145-148. CHINESE. 
 
 146. Shanghai 
 
 (Colloquial). 
 
 A. ^ m' 
 p % n 
 
 m n 
 n ^- m- 
 7i< a ± 
 
 ^, 55c A. 
 
 !^ ^ 
 ^ Si 
 
 147. Soochow 
 (Colloquial). 
 
 n. ml 
 n. m 
 
 fS ttt 
 <i ^ 
 
 11 
 
 n 
 
 148. AMOY (Colloquial) (Roman). 
 Siong-te cbiong tok-si" 6 Kia" siu" su se-kan, 
 ho sin i 6 l&ng rh sai tim-lfin o& tit-tioh eng- 
 oah ; I thla° sekan 6 lang kau dn-ni. 
 
 ■f=^^- 
 
 89 
 
t 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 149-152. CHINESE. 
 
 149. NANKING (Colloq). 
 
 If # a l« ± 
 
 n M ^ \& '^ 
 
 A :A ^ A. ia 
 
 ia m U ^ ^ 
 
 it. ^ ^ m ^ 
 
 ± BT fl ^ 
 
 * jH It ^v 
 
 ^ # A ® 
 
 150. CANTON (Colloq). 
 
 X M m ± 
 
 # Jl 4 'f- 
 
 ^ is Z ^ 
 
 4. 1@ iF iH: 
 
 "It. ^ 111. 
 
 ^ M tt 
 
 M fg M 
 
 151. SHANGHAI (Colloquial) (Roman). 
 lung-wfe' Zung juk se' s'-ka long' kuk niung 
 lau, soong' pseh ye kuk dok 'yang Nie-'ts, s' 
 fseh kiu sa' niung, siang-sing' ye maeh, fseh 
 mih-t'ieh lau, tuk-dzak 'ioong-'yo" wseh la'. 
 
 152. SWATOW (Colloquial) (Roman). 
 Vk ai" Idii-sin lai-khu ua-pe--l<6, kang i ta°, 
 Pe a, u4 tit-tsue-tich thi° kua to lu min-tsoi". — 
 [Luke XV. 18.) 
 
 40 
 
 # 
 
JOHN III. 16. 
 
 =^N- 
 
 153-154. CHINESE. 
 153. HAKKA (Colloquial* {Roman). 
 Thai -fam-^ yu^ sin-khu', khai_ tslmi'i -tarn, kai' 
 nyirij hau' loi^ tshyu^ ii'<^\j 'i^i^ pin ni^ phin^-on . 
 —{Matt. xi. 28.) 
 
 154. CANTON (Colloquial) (Roman). 
 No'^ tsouhfan^ hu to'' no'- lo'- tau~ ko^ su\ tui 
 khu^ wa- : a" pa , no' tak^ tsui~ thin, kuh~ a' 
 pa ni'. — [Luke xv. 18.) 
 
 155. CALMUC, or Western Mongolian. 
 
 H> 
 
 41 
 
 t 
 
4> 
 
 4^ 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 156. MANCHU. 
 
 9 Is 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 f- 
 
 t 
 
 i i 
 
 157. MONGOLIAN Literary. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 42 
 

 -^^ 
 
 JOHN III. IG. 
 
 158. MONGOLIAN I 
 
 iColloquial'. 
 
 ^ 
 
 % 
 
 159. MONGOLIAN (Buriat 
 Colloquial). 
 
 
 =^h^ 
 
 43 
 
 <^ 
 
M> 
 
 =-# 
 
 s= 
 
 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 160. JAPANESE. 
 
 t 
 
 Ml. 
 
 
 a 
 
 t 
 
 h 
 
 A? 
 
 V^- 
 
 t 
 
 
 
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 162. JAPANESE (Boman). 
 Sore, Kami no seken wo itsukushimi-tamau 
 koto wa, subete kare wo shindzuru mono wa 
 horobidzii shite, kagiri naki inochi wo uken 
 tame ni, sono hitori uraareshi ko wo tamayeru 
 hodo nari. 
 
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 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 RECENT WORK ABROAD. 
 
 The Society has just printed an edi- 
 tion of the Books of Genesis and Exodus 
 in the Ruk language, for Missions in 
 the Pacific Ocean, and has on the press 
 the entire Bible for the Gilbert Islanders 
 in ]\Iicronesia. It has prepared a new 
 edition of the Zulu Bible for use in 
 South Africa. It has in hand the very 
 difficult and costly work of printing 
 the revised Syriac Bible for Western 
 Persia. For the Creek and Seminole 
 Indians in the United States it is print- 
 ing a version of Genesis in the Musko- 
 kee language. For Spanish-speaking 
 America it has just completed a new 
 version of the Spanish Bible. It has 
 also undertaken a new edition of the 
 New Testament in Mpongwe for West- 
 ern Africa. 
 
 With all that has been done in trans- 
 lating the Scriptures, much still remains 
 to be accomplished before all the nations 
 of the earth shall have the word of God 
 in their own languages. 
 
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JOHN III. 16. 
 
 163. MALAGASY. (Madagascar.) 
 
 Fa izany no nitiavan' Andriamanitra izao 
 
 tontolo izao, fa nomeny ny Zauani-Iahi-tokana, 
 
 mba tsy ho very izay rehetra mino Azy, fa 
 
 hahazo fiainana raandrakizay. 
 
 164. NARRINYERI. (Australia.) 
 
 Lun ellin Jehovah an pornun an Narrinyeri : 
 
 pempir ile ityan kinauwe Brauwarate, ungunuk 
 
 korn wurruwarrin ityan, nowaiy el itye moru 
 
 hellangk, tumbewarrin itye kaldowamp. 
 
 165. MAORI. (IKeu' Zealand.) 
 
 Na, koia ano te aroha o te Atua ki te ao, 
 
 homai ana e ia tana Tamaiti ko tahi, kia kahore 
 
 ai e mate te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, 
 
 engari kia whiwhi ai ki te oranga touutanga. 
 
 166. N E N G O N E, or Mare. (Loyalty Isles.) 
 Wen' o re naeni Makaze hna raton' o re ten' o 
 re aw, ca ile nubonengo me nuniione te o re Tei 
 nubonengo sa so, thu deko di ma tango ko re 
 ngome me sa ci uue du nubon, roi di nubone eo 
 numu o re waruma tha thu ase ko. 
 
 167. LIFU. 
 Hna tune la hnimi Cahaze kowe la fene 
 hnengodrai, mate nyidati a hamane la Nekb i 
 nyidati ka casi, mate tha tro ko a meci la kete i 
 angete lapaune koi nyida, ngo tro ha hetenyi la 
 mele ka tha ase palua ko. 
 
 168. lAIAN. 
 Helang ibetengia anyin Khong ka ang mele- 
 dran, e ame ham Xokon a khaca thibi, me me 
 ca he ka mok ke at ame labageju kau, kame he 
 ka hu moat ame ca ba balua. 
 
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SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 169. AN E IT YUM. {Xew Hebrides.) 
 Is uni ucce naiheuc vai iji pece asega o Atua 
 
 is abrai Inhal o un is eti ache aien, va eri eti 
 emesmas a ilpu atimi asgeig iran asega, jam leh 
 nitai umoh iran ineig inyi ti lep ti. 
 
 170. EROMANGA. 
 
 Muve kirni, rao nuinipi ovun niirie enyx, ovun 
 numpun lo su, wumbaptiso iranda ra iiin eni 
 Itemen, im ra nin eni Netni, ira ra nin eni Naviat 
 Tumpora.— i/"a«. 28: 19. 
 
 171. FATE. 
 
 Leatu ki nrum emcromina nin, tewan kin ki 
 tubulua Nain iskeimau i mai, nag sernatamol 
 nag ru seralesok os ruk fo tu mat mou, me 
 ruk fo biatlaka nagmolien nag 1 tok kai tok 
 mou tok. 
 
 172. FIJI. 
 
 Ni sa lomani ira vaka ko na Kalou na kai 
 vuravura, me solia kina na Luvena e dua 
 bauga sa vakasikavi, me kakua ni riisa ko ira 
 yadua sa vakabauti koya, nie ra rawata ga na 
 bula tawa mudu. 
 
 173. ROTUMAN. 
 Ne e fuamamau ne lianis on Oiitu se rantei, 
 ia na ou Lee eseama, la se raksa teu ne lelea ne 
 maa se ia, la iris po ma ke mauri seesgataaga. 
 
 174. TONGAN. (Friendly Islands.) 
 
 He nae ofa behe ae Otua ki mama ni, naa 
 
 ne foaki bono Alo be taha nae fakatubu, 
 
 koeuhi ko ia kotoabe e tui kiate ia ko oua 
 
 naa auha, kae ma'u ao moui taegata. 
 
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 175. NIEUE, or Savage Island. 
 Nukua pihia mai e fakaalofa he Atua mai ke 
 he lalolagi, kua ta mai ai hana Tama fuataha, 
 kia nakai mate taha ne tua kia ia, ka kia moua 
 e ia e moui tukulagi. 
 
 176. S A MOAN. (N'atyi{jator''s Island.) 
 
 Aua ua faapea lava on a alofa mai o le Atua 
 
 i le lalolagi, ua ia au mai ai lona Atalii e 
 
 toatasi, ina ia le fano se tasi e faatuatua ia te 
 
 ia, a ia maua e ia le ola e faavavau. 
 
 177. RAROTONGAN. (Cook's Island.) 
 
 I aroa mai te Atua i to te ao nei, kua tae 
 
 rava ki te oronga anga mai i tana Tamaiti 
 
 anau tai, kia kore e mate te akarongo iaia, 
 
 kia rauka ra te ora mutu kore. 
 
 178. TAHITIAN. (Society Islands.) 
 
 I aroha mai te Atua i to te ao, e ua tae roa 
 
 i te horoa mai 1 ta'na Tamaiti fanau tahi, ia 
 
 ore ia pohe te faaroo ia 'na ra, ia roaa ra te 
 
 ora mure ore. 
 
 179. MARQUESAN. 
 
 Ua kaoha nui mai te Atua i to te aomaama 
 nei, noeia, ua tuu mai oia i taia Tama fanautahi, 
 ia mate koe te enata i haatia ia ia, atia, ia koaa 
 ia ia te pohoe mau ana'tu. 
 
 180. EBON. (Marshall Islands.) 
 
 Bwe an Anij yokwe lol, einwot bwe E ar letok 
 
 juon wot Nejin E ar keutak, bwe jabrewot eo 
 
 ej tomak kin E e jamin joko, a e naj mour in 
 
 drio. 
 
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 181. KUSAIEN. {Strong's Island.) 
 
 Tu God el lu«sel fwiilu ou \ni, tu el kitamu 
 
 Mwen siewunu iswsla natal, tu met e nu kemwu 
 
 8\i lalalfuni k'el elos tiu mise, a mol lalos 
 
 mapatpat. 
 
 182. GILBERT ISLANDS. 
 
 Ba e bati ta//irau te aomata iroim te Atua, 
 ma naia are e a??a Natina ae te rikitemaua, ba 
 e aona n aki mate ane onimakina, ma e na 
 maiu 11 aki toki. 
 
 183. PON APE. {Ascension Island.) 
 Pue Kot me kupura jappa ie me a ki to ki Na 
 ieroj eu, pue me pojon la i, ea ter me la, a en me 
 maur jo tuk. 
 
 184. MORTLOCK. 
 Pue an Kot a tane fauufau mi rapur, ie mi a 
 nanai na au Alaman, pue monison mi luku i ra 
 te pait mual la, pue ra pue uerai mauau samur. 
 
 185. HAWAIIAN. {Sandwich Islands.) 
 
 No ka mea, ua aloha nui mai ke Akua i ko 
 
 ke ao nei, nolaila, ua haawi mai oia i kana 
 
 Keiki hiwahiwa, i ole e make ka mea manaoio 
 
 la ia, aka, e loaa ia ia ke ola mau loa. 
 
 186. ETHIOPIC. 
 
 'hh<p : Hiipn : AQ,*c : "hnnh-ndhC : 
 A4A«p: ?ifiH: (da;?: T/h.?: (Dun: an: 
 n(p : YbA : hpa^"? : p-t : h.j^T-ihiA : 
 
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 187. AMHARIC. (Abyssinia.) 
 
 h'i K". A^i : 2ifi^A(D.i* : ^z^ti : : ncfr : 
 jpcpi: l^A• : 'h'ixjifhA,'. phaa<p : 
 
 188. T I G R E. Mbygsfnto.) 
 
 A^: ^ii-niTiUP: -n/h-t:: m-roA^: 
 ©.«?. : ^j?mq,7i : f^^ar : R^^-i : 
 •n^h. : 5iWf Ar : 2i«pnc : rh^®^ : 
 
 HA^A<P: 
 
 189. COPTIC. (Egypt.) 
 
 HiJ^ipni" u^.p i-c^i^ juiejtpe njKociioc 
 ^CMCTe neqcyHpi liui^Ti^Tcf nTeqTHicf 
 ^im, oTonniSen eejiiJ-^'t' epoq Axeq- 
 tyTeiULT«j,KO «j,?\?\^ itTec[(rj itoTOjn^ 
 
 190iGALLA. (South of Abyssinia.) 
 Waka akana tshalate tshira alami, TJmasa 
 tokitsha, aka kene, kan isati amane aka henbane, 
 tshenan feia aka tauffe garra duri. 
 
 191. KINIKA. 
 
 Nao ossi agomba, hikara uwe ni mana wa 
 Mulungu? aka gomba, muimui munaamba, ni 
 mimi endimi, — Luke 22 : 70. 
 
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 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 WHAT DOES IT WANT? 
 
 To meet all the demands in our land 
 would absorb more than our present 
 income from all sources. To place a 
 Bible in half a million homes each 
 year is a great undertaking : a still 
 greater one to furnish a Bible to 
 each one of the 8,000,000 of our 
 present Sunday school scholars who 
 do not now possess one, and who will 
 never possess it unless through the lib- 
 eraUty of the friends of this Society. 
 
 The foreign and home missionary 
 societies, with hardly an exception, 
 look to this Society directly or indi- 
 rectly for the Bibles which are so 
 essential to the success of their work. 
 Their fields are expanding. Their 
 wants are more pressing. But, as 
 yet, no adequate response has been 
 made to our former appeals and no 
 marked increase in individual gifts 
 and church collections. We can thus 
 only keep on in the old hnes and 
 mete out our gifts with a sparing 
 hand. 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 192. SWAHILI. {E. Coast of Africa.) 
 Kwani ndivyo Muungu alivyoupenda ulim- 
 
 wengu, akatoa na Mwana wake wa pekee, illi 
 wote wamwaminio waupate uzima wa milele 
 wala wasipotee. 
 
 193. SECHUANA. {South Africa.) 
 Gone Morimo o lo oa rata lehatsi yalo, ka o 
 
 lo oa uaea Moroa ona eo o tsecoeii a le esi, gore 
 monue le monue eo o rumelan mo go eua, a si 
 ka a hela, mi a ne le botselo yo bo sa khutlen. 
 
 194. SESUTO. 
 Gobane Molimo o ratile lefats6 hakalo, o le 
 neile Mora oa oona a tsuetseng a 'notsi ; gore 
 e mong le e mong a lumelang go 6ena, a s6 
 ke a fela, a mpe a be le boph6lo bo sa feleng. 
 
 195. ZULU. {South Africa.) 
 
 Ngokuba uTixo wa li tanda kangaka izwe, 
 
 wa 11 nika inDodana yake ezelweyo yodwa, 
 
 ukuba bonke aba kolwa kuyo ba nga bubi, 
 
 kodwa ba be nobomi obungapeliyo. 
 
 196. OTIYEHERERO. {South Africa.) 
 Me serekarere omuhingo: Yehova ua tyere 
 ku ami ; : " Ove omuatye uandye, m'eyuva ndi 
 mbe ku koatere." — Psahn 2: 7. 
 
 197. KAFIR. {South Africa.) 
 
 Ngokuba Utixo walitanda ilizwe kangaka, 
 
 wada wanika unyana wake okupela kwozel- 
 
 weyo, ukuze osukuba ekolwa kuye angabubi, 
 
 koko abe nobomi obungunapakade. 
 
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 THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 
 
 WILL YOU HELP IT? 
 
 The Society has made a gi-and record 
 in the past, and is fully equipped for 
 still greater things in the future. The 
 Managers will continue to expend to the 
 best possible advantage whatever is in- 
 trusted to them. But, as a Society, we 
 cannot incur obhgations which we are 
 unable to meet, and thus imperil the 
 future of the Society. Year by year 
 the churches of all denominations have 
 been enlarging their foreign missionary 
 operations, and sending more laborers 
 into the field. But it must be remem- 
 bered that this involves a corresponding 
 enlargement of the work of the Ameri- 
 can Bible Society, and a necessary in- 
 crease in its expenditures, and calls for 
 a large increase of contributions for the 
 dissemination of the Scriptures. 
 
 If the gifts from the living continue 
 on the present limited scale, the Society 
 will be compelled either in a measure 
 to disregard the wants of the home 
 field, or limit its work in foreign lands. 
 Shall the Bible work in foreign lands be 
 lessened, or given up altogether ? 
 
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 198. DA MAR A. (South Africa.) 
 
 Omukuru oty'a suverere ouye, kutya e ua 
 
 opere mukoateua ue erike, auhe ngu mn 
 
 kampura mu ye, ope ha panyara, nokutya ga 
 
 kare nomuinyo bu ha yanda. 
 
 199. NAMACQUA. (South Africa.) 
 
 IINatigoseb gum Eloba jhub-eiba gye Inamo, 
 
 ob gye lleib di Iguise |nai ha Igoaba gye ma, 
 
 lleib [na ra Jgomn hoan ga-llo tite se, ;;^awen 
 
 ni lamo uiba u-ha se. 
 
 200. DUALLA. (West Africa.) 
 
 Loba lo bo wasi ndulo, na a boli mpom mau 
 
 mo Muna, na motu na motu nyi dube tenge na 
 
 mo, a si manyami, 'ndi a ma bene longe la 
 
 bwindia. 
 
 201. I BO. (West Africa.) 
 
 Ma oUidhan Tmhu honrv, ehi'-wma na dnyaf ma 
 ya nyere otu oli Q^drai/a, ma om/e owwia Ttwereya, 
 ogagl efU, ma ga ewete ndu ehigeli. 
 
 202. HAUSSA. (West Af rim.) 
 
 Don Alia ya so dunia kakkanan si ya hada 
 Davsa nafari, en kowa ya yirda dcisi, ha st ghata 
 ba, amma si yi rai hal abbada, 
 
 203. N U P E. (West Africa.) 
 
 Lugo ebayetinye un nan atsi eye ezabo, a-a-le 
 etun wangi ^yeye, a-/e dzin yebo ndaye nan dan 
 alidzana nan. — {Matt. v. 16.) 
 
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 SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 204. YORUBA. (West Africa.) 
 
 Nitori ti Olorun fe araiyc tobe ge, ti o fi 
 
 Omo bibi re nikansoso fun ni pe, cnikeni ti o 
 
 ba gba a gbu ki yio segbe, sugbon yio ni lye 
 
 ti ko nipekun. 
 
 205. ACCRA, or Ga. {West Africa.) 
 Si neke Nyongmo sumo dse le, ake e ngo e 
 
 bi kome, ni a fo le, e hk, koni mofemo, ni lieo 
 e no yeo le, hie a ka kpata, si e na nano wola. 
 
 206. TSCHI, or Twi. (West Africa.) 
 N^ senea Onyankopon do wiase ni, se ode 
 
 ne ba a owoo no koro mae, na obiara a ogye 
 no di no anyera, na wanya da nkwa. 
 
 207. MAN DIN CO. (West Africa.) 
 
 Katuko Alia ye duuya kaunu nyinuyama, an 
 
 ading wulukilering di, mensating mo-omo men 
 
 lata ala, ate tinyala, barri asi balu abadaring 
 
 sotto, 
 
 208. M E N D E. • (West Africa.) 
 GhamaUp Xg^wQ iye l^i lo ni a ndgloi, ia lo i ngi 
 
 Ipi yaij)^i vpni, iye jgni; ia lo numui ghi lo ngl 
 hgua lo a i^nya, 6 l^M, ]c§ iunafo levu lo ajg. 
 
 209. TEMNE. (We^l Africa.) 
 Tsa yo K'uru Q por. Igiar ara-ru, ltd g ignd Qw'dn- 
 
 Jt'gn Q kom glo ton, Mma to'vni 6 w'hii, Qm ldns-Ii<it 
 g ite dinng; kir§ Mma q sgh a-nisam afabdna. 
 
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JOHN III. 16. 
 
 210. BENGA. (WestAfHca.) 
 Kakana ndi Anyambe a tandaki he, ka Ma-a 
 
 ve Mwan' 'ajii umbaka, na, uehgpi a ka kamide 
 Mk, a nyange, ndi a na emena ya egombe 
 
 yehepi. 
 
 211. GREBO. {West Africa.) 
 Kare kre Nyesoa nuna kona ah nowanena, a 
 
 hnyina a seye ah koka-yii donh, be nya be a 
 po na hanhte, a neh te wanh, nema a rau kona- 
 se-honhnonh ka. 
 
 212. M PONG WE. (West Africa.) 
 
 KSnde Anyambig ar^ndi ntye yinla nli nta- 
 
 ndinli m6 avenlig Ogwanli y6 wikika, inlg om' 
 
 edu o bekeli6 avere, ndo e be doanla nl'effignia 
 
 zak&nlaka.. 
 
 213. DIKELE. (West Africa.) 
 
 Nadiambilindi Anyambi6 a midinh pgnzhe 
 nyi ua thadiuh that! th6 tha y6 mive Miana 
 ngw6i ugwadikika, na mutyi j6sh6 ngwa y6 
 bundlig a tyi magwa, nji a b6' na thaki' th' 
 adukwa jeshg. 
 
 214. GALL A. (South of Abyssitiia.) 
 T^P-T : K^iri: : n.y -. A4. : ftL 
 ^At6. :: iVAoq : P d. : -f-Yl^ : A"^ 
 Yl\X :: Vn : IS/IX : ?i°"l' : 1>^X, 
 
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 215. BULLOM. (Near Sierra Leone.) 
 
 Ntuuky kaudiiT no tre ke auiah eboll, leh 
 
 ngha ngha keh mpant no nkeleng, nu kulluh 
 
 papah no, wonno cheh ko kc foy. — {Matt. v. 16.) 
 
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SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 216. EWE. (Gold Coast.) 
 
 Ke si ke netiein Mawu cloa xexe la mc, bcna 
 
 ctso ye niito vidsidsi deka lie na, ne anie sya ame, 
 
 si exo edsi ese ko la, mele tsotsro gc wo, nekpe 
 
 woakpo agbe mavo la. 
 
 217. BERBER. {North Africa.) 
 
 ^Vlia.>\ j^jajU«\ (_^oiA.l JUJ\ \ax^\ ^Jy\ 
 
 (Z«A-e xi. 13.) ^^ Z ^ » V C-^ 
 
 218. CREENLAND. 
 
 Sillarsflb innue Gudib talma- assakigei, 
 Ernetue tunniullugo taukkonunga, tamarmik 
 taux'soniunga opertuttammarkonnagit, naksaun- 
 gitsomigle iunurstitekarkollugit. 
 
 219. ESQUIMAUX. 
 
 Taimak Gudib sillaksoarmiut nsegligiveit, 
 Ernetuane tuunilugo, illunatik okpertut tap- 
 somunga, assiokonnagit nungusuitomigle in- 
 nogutekarkovlugit. 
 
 220. CREE (Ror^an). (British America.) 
 
 Weya Miuieto a ispeeche saketapun uskc, ke 
 
 makew oo pauko-Koosisana, piko una tapwilto- 
 
 wayitche numoweya oo ga nissevvunatissety, maka 
 
 00 ga ayaty kakeka pimatissewin. 
 
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 221. CREE. 
 
 V^A'T Vpi'd' PhLO"i) <"Pr^o b P">T 
 
 IP' >V'7dkQ., <1A:V qCV-'^i^Lq- Vb Pf 
 Wt'^-LCit'', Lb PP <V' bP<=! ALnt'AP, 
 
 222. MICMAC. (.Vova Scotia.) 
 
 IStfudu Nicsc^m ieliksatcus tn^itcumra '• wedji 
 
 Jganum-taed9<gub-imrr nEraktra-bistadjul uicwisul, 
 
 cral^mq,!!' m'sif wen ' t^n. kedlainsitc mti^nincuj m^ 
 
 mnffladtjinpraCjC^doi rascg«tx ap9CQ^wE m jmadjtnocun. 
 
 223. T t N N E . {Hudson's Bay.) 
 
 fr»o >n'v i? uiGTD' Vr^c' u"7t' jfucrn', c 
 O'dD >r^ vn\ ^\rrj cu' vu' fovr aij >jiii, 
 
 224. CHIPPEWAYAN. 
 
 Apeech zhahwaindung sah Keshamunedoo 
 ewh ahkeh, ooge-oonje megewanun enewh atah 
 tatabenahwa Kahoogwesejin, wagwain dush ka- 
 tapwayainemahgwain chebahnahdezesig, cheali- 
 yong dush goo ewh kahkenig pemahtezewin. 
 
 225. T U K U D H. {Loucheux Indians.) 
 
 Kwugguh yoo Vittukoochanchyo nunh kug 
 
 kwikyit kettinizhin, tih TiDJi chihthlug rzi 
 
 kwuntlantshi chootyin tte yih kjnnjizhit rsyet- 
 
 tetgititelya kkwa, ko sheggu kwundui tettiya. 
 
 226. MALISEET. i^^ew Bi-unsvHck.) 
 Eebiichul Nukskara edooche-moosajitpun oos- 
 kitkumikw wejemelooetpun wihwebu OokwoQsuI, 
 welaman 'mseu wen tan welSras-utuk oohukek, 
 skatup uksekahawe, kanookuloo ooteinp asku- 
 mowsooagun. 
 
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 227. MOHAWK. (N. Am. Indian.) 
 Iken ne Yehovah egh ne s'hakouoroughkwa 
 n'ongwe, nene rodewendeghton nene raonhaon 
 rodewedon rohhawak, nene onghka kiok teya- 
 kaweghdaghkon raouhage yaghten a-ongh- 
 tonde, ok denghnon aontehodiyendane ne eterna 
 adonheta. 
 
 228. CHOCTAW. (X Am. Indian.) 
 
 Chihowa yut yakni a i hullo fehiia kvt, kcna 
 bosh yvmma i yimtnikmvt ik illo hosh, amba ai 
 okchayut bill a yo pisa hi o, Ushi achvfa ilia 
 l^olitopa ya auet iraa tok. 
 
 229. SENECA. (X. Am. Indian.) 
 Neh s&h'ah ne' sohjih' ha no'oh gwah Na'- 
 
 wgn ni yoh' he'yo §,n ja deh, Neh No'a wak neh" 
 sho' kuh sgat ho wi'yS y§h tot gah wSh' ha o'- 
 gweh da wiih heh yo Sn'ja deh' ; neh neh, Son'- 
 dih gwa'nah ot kq wa'i wa gwen ni yds, tah ah' 
 ta ye'i wah doh', neh gwaa', n& yo'i wa da dyeh' 
 4 ya'go ySn daht' ne' yoh heh'o weh. 
 
 230. DAKOTA. {N. Am. Indian.) 
 Wakantanka oyate kiu eautewicakiya, heon 
 
 Cinhintku iguana icage cin wicaqu, qa tuwe 
 awaein kinhan owihanke kte ^ni, tuka owi- 
 Uanke waniu wiconi yuhe kta. 
 
 231. O J I B W A. (xV. ,4m. Indian.) 
 
 Gaapij shauendy su Kishenianito iu aki, ogion- 
 jimigiuenvn iniu baiezhigonijin Oguisun, aueguen 
 dush getebueienimaguen jibunatizisig, jiaiat dush 
 iu kagige bimatiziuin. 
 
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 232. MUSKOKEE. {N. Am. Indian.) 
 Hesaketvmese ekvnv vnokece mahet omekv, 
 
 Eppuce hvmkuse heckuecvte emvtes, mvu 
 estimvt oh vkvsamat estemerkekot, momis 
 hesaketv yuksvsekon ocvreii. 
 
 233. CHEROKEE. (N. Am. Indian.) 
 
 ay (PTTS CPjtsiv e^y (Pcn^cr o>9=yi-q^, ye 
 6c?iy >5A^(rjiT(«)S (y>iir^oT)j,s iiFne, Eh(P«v«diiyh 
 
 234. DELAWARE. (N. Am. Indian.) 
 Woak necama guliechtagunenanall kmat- 
 
 tauchsowoaganaenanall, taku kiluna nechoha, 
 schuk ulaha wemi elgigunk haki omattauchso- 
 woagaaowa oliechtonepanni.— 1 John 2: 2. 
 
 235. NEZ PERCE S. {N. Am. Indian.) 
 Kunki wiwihnath, awitaaishkaiikith, uju- 
 
 kashliph, wiwatashph, Awibaptainaiikith im- 
 
 muua Pishitpim wanikitph, wah. Miahspim. 
 
 Wanikitph, Wah Holy Ghostnim wanikitph. — 
 
 Matt. 28 : 19. 
 
 236. MAYAN. (Yucatan.) 
 
 Tumen bay tu yaeuntah Dioz le yokolcab, 
 
 ea tu caah u pel mehenan Mehen, utial tulacal 
 
 le max cu yoczietuyol ti leti, ma u kaztal, uama 
 
 ca yanacti cuxtal minanuxul. 
 
 237. MEXICAN, or Aztec. 
 
 Ni mehuaz yhuan ni az campa ca in no t^tzin 
 yliuan nic ilhniz : No tatzin e, oni tlatlaco ihui- 
 copa in ilhuicatl yhuan mixpan tehuatl. — [Luke 
 XV, 18.) 
 
 60 
 
SPECIMEN VERSES. 
 
 238. NEGRO- ENGLISH. (SuHnam.) 
 
 Bikasi na so fasi Gado beu lobbi kondre, va 
 
 a gi da wan Pikien va hem, va dem allamal, 
 
 dissi briebi na hem, no sa go lasi, ma va dem 
 
 habi da Liebi vo tehgo. 
 
 239. CREOLES E. (West Indies.) 
 
 Want SCO Godt ka hab die Weereld lief, dat 
 
 hem ka giev sie eenig gebooren Soon, dat 
 
 sellie ahnael die gloov na hem, no sal kom 
 
 verlooren, maer sal hab die eewig Leven. 
 
 240. AY MAR A. (Peru.) 
 
 Hucama Diosaja muudo munana, sapa 
 Yokapa quitani, taque haquenaca iau-siri 
 inayan hacafia-pataqui. 
 
 241. ARRAWACK. (Guiana.) 
 Lui k6 uduma abba Wadili uria karaijakuba 
 
 je namaqua Wunabu ubannamfimutti, nassi- 
 koattoanti tuhu Wunabu ubanamim. Lui k<5- 
 wai assikissia namiin ikissihii, pattahii na 
 kakiinti, hallidi na kassikoanibia ba ukun- 
 namiin. — Acts 17: 26. 
 
 242. QUICHUAN. (Argentine.) 
 Pachacamackca chicatami runacunata niu- 
 
 narca, chay Zapallay-Churinta kokcurca, tueuy 
 paypi yniic, mana huafiunanpac, uiilay cauzay- 
 tari apinanpac. 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 - NO. 
 
 Accra, or Ga 205 
 
 Albanian (Gheg) 46 
 
 Albanian (Tosk) 47 
 
 Amharic 187 
 
 Aneityum 169 
 
 Arabic 81 
 
 Arabic (Hebrew) 82 
 
 Arabic (Carslmn) 83 
 
 Armenian (Ancient) 74 
 
 Armenian (Ararat) 76 
 
 Armenian (Modern) 75 
 
 Arrawack 241 
 
 Assamese 121 
 
 Aymara 240 
 
 Azerbijan. 79 
 
 Ballnese 136 
 
 Basque, Fr-ench 9 
 
 Basque, Spanish 12 
 
 Basque, Span. (Guipuscoan). . . 13 
 
 Batta (Toba) 139 
 
 Batta (Mandaheling) 140 
 
 Benga 210 
 
 Bengali 93 
 
 Bengali (Roman) 94 
 
 Berber 217 
 
 Bohemian 32 
 
 Breton 7 
 
 Bulgarian 57 
 
 Bullom 215 
 
 Burman 125 
 
 Calmuc 155 
 
 Canarese 109 
 
 Catalan 11 
 
 Cherokee 233 
 
 Chinese 141-154 
 
 Amoy Colloquial 148 
 
 Canton Colloquial 1 60 
 
 Canton Colloquial (Roman).. 154 
 
 Classical 141 
 
 Foochow Colloquial 143 
 
 Hakka Colloquial 153 
 
 Mandarin 142 
 
 Nanking Colloquial 149 
 
 Ningpo Colloquial 144 
 
 Shanghai Colloquial 146 
 
 Shanghai Coll. (Roman) 161 
 
 Soocnow Colloquial 147 
 
 Swatow Colloquial 145 
 
 Swatow Coll. (Roman) 152 
 
 Chino-Corean o 161 
 
 Chippewayan 224 
 
 Choctaw 228 
 
 Coptic 189 
 
 Cree (Roman) 220 
 
 Cree 221 
 
 Creolese 2.'!9 
 
 Croatian 66 
 
 Dalak 134 
 
 Dakhani 113 
 
 NO. 
 
 Dakota 230 
 
 Damara 198 
 
 Danish, or Norwegian 17 
 
 Delaware 234 
 
 Dikele 213 
 
 Dualla 200 
 
 Dutch 23 
 
 Ebon 180 
 
 English 1 
 
 Eromanga 170 
 
 Esthonian (Reval) 60 
 
 Esthonian (Dorpat) 61 
 
 Esquimaux 219 
 
 Ethiopic 186 
 
 Ewe 216 
 
 Fate 171 
 
 Fiji 172 
 
 Finnish 22 
 
 Flemish 24 
 
 French 8 
 
 Gaelic 2 
 
 Galla 214 
 
 Galla (Roman) 190 
 
 Georgian 77 
 
 German 25 
 
 German (Hebrew) 26 
 
 Gilbert Islands 182 
 
 Gitano It 
 
 Gondi 106 
 
 Grebo 211 
 
 Greek (Ancient) 43 
 
 Crreek (Modern) 44 
 
 (Jreek (Modern, Roman) 46 
 
 Greenland 218 
 
 Gu jerati 118 
 
 Haussa 202 
 
 Hawaiian 186 
 
 Hebrew 73 
 
 Hindi, or Hindui 100 
 
 Hindi (Kaithi) 101 
 
 Hungarian ." 33 
 
 laian 168 
 
 Ibo 201 
 
 Icelandic 16 
 
 Indo-Portugueee 120 
 
 Irish 3 
 
 Irish (Roman) 4 
 
 Italian 37 
 
 Japanese 160 
 
 Japanese, Chino Itjl 
 
 Japanese (Roman) 162 
 
 Javanese. 135 
 
 Kafir 197 
 
 Karelian 63 
 
 Karen 126 
 
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 62 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 NO. 
 
 Karen, Bghai 127 
 
 Karen, Sgau liS 
 
 Karen, Pwo 129 
 
 Khassi 122 
 
 Kinika 191 
 
 Koordista 7S 
 
 Kusaien 181 
 
 Lapponese 20 
 
 Lapp, Rus.1 21 
 
 Latin 36 
 
 LrOpcba. 98 
 
 Lettish 62 
 
 Lifu 167 
 
 Lithuanian. 27 
 
 Malagasy 163 
 
 Malay 181 
 
 Malay (Low), or Soerabayan . . 1:^3 
 
 Malay (Roman) 132 
 
 Malavalam lU 
 
 Maliseet 226 
 
 Maltess 42 
 
 Mancha 156 
 
 Slandingo 207 
 
 Manx 6 
 
 Maori 165 
 
 Marathi 116 
 
 Marathi (Modi) 117 
 
 Marquesan 179 
 
 Mayan 2.36 
 
 Mende 208 
 
 Mexican 237 
 
 Micmac 222 
 
 Mohawk 227 
 
 Mondari 97 
 
 >[ongolian 167 
 
 Mongolian Colloquial 158 
 
 Monerolian Buriat 169 
 
 Mordvin 66 
 
 Mortlock 184 
 
 Moultan, or Ooch 104 
 
 Mpongrwe 212 
 
 Muskokee 232 
 
 Mussulman-Bengali 95 
 
 N&macqua 199 
 
 Narrinyeri 164 
 
 Negro-English iXS 
 
 Nengone, or Mare 166 
 
 Nepalese, or Parbutti 107 
 
 Nez Perces 2.f6 
 
 Nias l.SS 
 
 NieuS, or Savage Island 175 
 
 Norwegian 17 
 
 Norway-Lapponese, or Quzi- 
 
 nian 19 
 
 Nup6 203 
 
 Orenburg, or Kirghise Tartar 71 
 
 Ojibwa 231 
 
 OriBsa 99 
 
 Ossetinian 72 
 
 Otiyeherero 196 
 
 Pall Ill 
 
 Parsl-Gujeratl 119 
 
 Peguese VH 
 
 Persian 86 
 
 Persian (Hebrew) 87 
 
 Pledmontese 40 
 
 Polish 28 
 
 Polish (Hebrew) 29 
 
 NO. 
 
 Ponape 188 
 
 Portuguese 16 
 
 Punjabi, or Sikh 105 
 
 Pushtoo, or Afghan 88 
 
 Quichuan. 242 
 
 Rarotongan 177 
 
 Ronianese (Oberland) 88 
 
 Komanese (Enghadine) 89 
 
 Rotuman 173 
 
 Rouman 62 
 
 Rounmn (Cyril) 63 
 
 Russian 69 
 
 Ruthenian 64 
 
 Samoon 176 
 
 Samogitian 65 
 
 Sanskrit 89 
 
 Santali 96 
 
 Sechuana 193 
 
 Seneca 229 
 
 Servian 66 
 
 Sesuto 194 
 
 Siamese 123 
 
 Sindhi 102 
 
 Sindhi (Gurumukhl) 103 
 
 Singhalese 110 
 
 Slavonic 68 
 
 Slovenian 86 
 
 Spanish 10 
 
 Spanish (Hebrew) 61 
 
 Sundanese 137 
 
 Swahili 192 
 
 Swedish 18 
 
 Syriac (Ancient) 84 
 
 Syriac (Modern) 85 
 
 Tahitian 178 
 
 Tamil 112 
 
 Tcheremissian 67 
 
 Tchuwash 68 
 
 Telugu 108 
 
 Temne 209 
 
 Thibetan 1.30 
 
 Tigre 188 
 
 Tlnne 223 
 
 Tongan 174 
 
 Tschi, or Twi 206 
 
 Tukudh 225 
 
 Tulu 115 
 
 Turkish (Arabic) 48 
 
 Turkish (Armenian) 50 
 
 Turkish (Greek) 49 
 
 Turkish Tartar 80 
 
 Urdu, or Hindustani 90 
 
 Urdu (Persian) 91 
 
 Urdu (Roman) 92 
 
 Vaudois 41 
 
 Welsh « 
 
 Wendish (Upper) 80 
 
 Wend ish (Lower) 81 
 
 Wendish, Hungarian 84 
 
 Wogul 70 
 
 Wofjak 69 
 
 Yoruba 204 
 
 ZIrlan, or Syrenlan 64 
 
 Zulu. 195 
 
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 LEGACIES. 
 
 In the past the Society has been gen- 
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 those who were its Hberal supporters 
 during their Uves. One-half of its in- 
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 York in the j^ear eighteen hundred 
 
 and sixteen, the sum of , to 
 
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