Show AJIEIIICAS BIBLE SOCIETY Immense Nnmbcr of Books Issued Last Year New York May 10The American Bible society held Its annual meeting at the Bible House last evening The annual report of the managers showed show-ed that during the past year 1581128 bibles and testaments were issued of which 735221 were circulated in foreign for-eign lands The total issues to date are 59955558 A report was received that 148000 copies of the gospels had been distributed dis-tributed lately to Japanese and Chinese Chin-ese The emperor of Japan it is said now permits his soldiers and sailors to receive the Bible The Bible is also in pie palace of the emperor of China The emperor himself sent out for a Bible after the 2000 copy herd been given to the empress dowager dow-ager In Corea the Bible a now circulated in the army and navy as a result of the war This was never permitted before |