American messenger . ition, and it is felt that thetime is ripe all over India for a mighty advance. We are having the most astonishing ordersfrom non-Christians for devotional books bywriters like Thomas a Kempis, Spurgeon,Muller and others. Books of Gospel lyrics andsong are being sold by the thousand. We our-selves published last year an edition of 10,000hymnbooks. To-day I gave a contract for10,000 more, as nearly all the last edition aresold. We have done a good years work, but ourincome has not been equal to our fact in the case of Marathi literature, themore we sell, the
American messenger . ition, and it is felt that thetime is ripe all over India for a mighty advance. We are having the most astonishing ordersfrom non-Christians for devotional books bywriters like Thomas a Kempis, Spurgeon,Muller and others. Books of Gospel lyrics andsong are being sold by the thousand. We our-selves published last year an edition of 10,000hymnbooks. To-day I gave a contract for10,000 more, as nearly all the last edition aresold. We have done a good years work, but ourincome has not been equal to our fact in the case of Marathi literature, themore we sell, the greater is our monetary loss,as everything is sold at less than cost! Rev. F. W. Jarry, Secretary to the OrissaConference has sent this message: On behalf of the Orissa Conference, I wouldthank the American Tract Society for its gen-erous gift. We do appreciate this grant im-mensely, for it helps us to print tracts thatcan be read and that are being used of Godin this land of India to lead men into theKingdom of Our Diploma and Medal of Award Our readers will remember that a striking ex-hibit of its work was made by the AmericanTract Society at the Panama-Pacific Interna-tional Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal.,last year. This exhibit was a part of theReligious Exhibit arranged by Mr. G. B. under the general auspices of the FederalCouncil of Churches in America. It gives us great satisfaction to announcethat a Diploma and Bronze Medal of Awardhave been received by the American TractSociety in recognition of its exhibit. A fac-simile reproduction of the Medal of Award isshown above. The same exhibit to which this award wasmade is now being shown in various cities ofour country under the auspices of the TravelingExhibit of National Religious Forces, of whichMr. St. John is the Director. >• Fighting for Temperance One of the prominent features in many ofthe religious assemblies recently held in oufland was the strong position taken in regardto the subject o
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