Story of the Bible Society by William Canton
Among the boxes of books kindly given to me by Redcliffe College for digitisation is a multi-volume work by William Canton on the history of The Bible Society. This single volume is clearly a condensed version of Canton’s major work. The multi-volume version will be digitised in due course. This book is in the public domain.
William Canton [1845-1926], The Story of the Bible Society. London: John Murray, 1904. Hbk. pp.362. [Click to download complete volume in PDF]
Contents
Prelude
- “Why Not For The World?”
- “Built In Troublous Times”
- The Bibles of Britain
- The Book and the Sword
- English Gold
- Beyond the Atlantic
- Morning Lands and Savage Isles
- “A Wheel Within a Wheel”
- The Salt of the Earth
- Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
- The Continental Agencies
- The Bible in Russia
- From Three Continents
- The Myriad-Peopled East
- The Americas
- West and East-Gold
- The Power of the Written Word
- Specimen Days
- The Pillar and the Chain
- The Ministry of Children
- Crowns and Cannon
- The Gates of Dawn
- “Out of Every Nation”
- Of the Making of Versions
- The Men
- The Centenary and After
Preface
In the following pages an attempt has been made to sketch the origin, growth, and progress of the British and Foreign Bible Society during the hundred years which began on the 7th March 1804, and which will be brought to a close on the 6th March next by the universal observance, among the Reformed Churches, of “Bible Sunday” as a day of thanksgiving for the blessing which the free circulation of the Holy Scriptures has been to the world. [Continue reading]