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April to June 2005 The Word of God Among All Nations THE MAGAZINE OF THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY ISSUE NUMBER : 571 April to June 2005 Trinitarian Bible Society Founded in 1831 for the circulation of Protestant or uncorrupted versions of the Word of God Officers of the Society General Committee: General Secretary: Mr. D. P. Rowland The Rev. M. H. Watts, Chairman The Rev. B. G. Felce, M.A., Vice-Chairman Assistant General Secretary: Mr. F. C. Farncombe, Vice-President Mr. D. Larlham The Rev. G. Hamstra, B.A., M.Div., Editorial Manager: Vice-President Mr. G. W. Anderson Mr. D. Oldham, Vice-President Office Manager: Mr. C. A. Wood, Vice-President Mr. J. M. Wilson Mr. G. R. Burrows, M.A. Warehouse Manager: Mr. G. D. Buss, B.Ed. Mr. I. A. Docksey Pastor M. J. Harley Production Manager: Mr. A. K. Jones Mr. M. D. N. Thomas The Rev. E. T. Kirkland, B.A., Dipl.Th. The Rev. D. Silversides The Rev. J. P. Thackway Quarterly Record Production Team General Secretary: D. P. Rowland Assistant General Secretary: D. Larlham Editor: G. W. Anderson Production Editor: Dr. D. E. Anderson Assistants to the Editor: M. J. Fenn, C. P. Hallihan Graphic Design: Stephen Talas Additional gentlemen are under consideration for membership of the General Committee. Circulation: J.M. Wilson The Word of God Among All Nations QUARTERLY RECORD THE MAGAZINE OF THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY Issue Number 571 April to June 2005 C ONTENTS 2 19 Annual General Meeting Adoniram Judson 2005 The Word of God to Burma Part two 2 Open Day 2005 30 The Treasury 3 From the Assistant General 31 Secretary The Story of Our Bible 6 39 Statement of Doctrine of Taking the Scriptures to France Holy Scripture 42 16 NEW Catalogue The Lord God a Sun and Shield 43 NEW The Gospel of Luke 18 Graham Bidston 44 A faithful minister retires— The Word of God Among All finally Nations © Trinitarian Bible Society 2005 All rights reserved. The Trinitarian Bible Society permits reprinting of articles found in our printed and online Quarterly Record provided that prior permission is obtained and proper acknowledgement is made. QUARTERLY RECORD - Issue Number 571 - April to June 2005 The Magazine of the Trinitarian Bible Society Annual General Meeting 2005 The Annual General Meeting for 2005 will be held, God willing, on 10th September at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Elephant and Castle, London, SE1. More information on this meeting will be forthcoming in the next Quarterly Record. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A CHANGE OF FROM THE DATE AND VENUE THIS YEAR. September But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. DAY Daniel 11.32 The Society’s next Open Day is scheduled y mind was drawn to this While not wishing to disparage what Scripture, as I heard on the has clearly been a momentous achieve- for 24th September, God willing. We Mnews bulletins details of the ment, a testimony to fitness, bravery and anticipate a full day of displays, guided welcome being planned at a Cornish har- determination, I could not help thinking how little such exploits achieve in the tours and talks, along with a good time of bour town, in the southwest of England, 2005 for a young lady who has spent the last overall scheme of things. One looks in fellowship, as we once again present the seventy days or more sailing single-hand- vain for some expression of thanks to ed around the world, a distance of some Almighty God for preservation, or some work of Bible translation, production 27,000 miles, in record time. Complete reference to the wonders of His creation and distribution. Please mark your strangers were prepared to travel hun- that must surely have been seen and dreds of miles and camp out overnight to experienced on such a journey. calendars and make plans to join us. be at the head of the queue to show their By way of contrast, who has ever OPEN ‘support’ and voice their acclamation. heard of, or cares about, the typical 3 QUARTERLY RECORD - Issue Number 571 - April to June 2005 The Magazine of the Trinitarian Bible Society preacher or minister, labouring in the the Lord should provide the people to Jesus Christ. Although much of this suggestion for the prayerful considera- Gospel in his own area for many years? prepare the translations. religious ceremony is tasteless and even tion of ministers, pastors and elders in No world records are broken, there may verging on blasphemy these days, the churches and assemblies up and not even be much or any tangible evi- It was indeed heart-warming to see although pomp and circumstance draw down the land. dence of blessing, no souls evidently the pictures of such poor people, living attention all too often to popes and saved, or towns or villages transformed in huts or flimsy dwellings constructed prelates rather than to the risen Son of Within these pages you will find the by the power of God’s Word. And yet of animal skins, flocking around to hear God, there remains the great truth of second and concluding part of Peter the Lord deeply values such efforts done the reading of the Scriptures by the that earth-splitting occasion when the Hallihan’s article on Adoniram Judson. in His Name, trusting in His glorious travelling evangelists, and to receive Lord God dealt so wonderfully and On pages 24 and 25, we read therein of gospel, and earnestly seeking the out- Gospel ministry. Some eighty men are finally with the sins of His people. How the culmination of Judson’s laborious pouring of His Holy Spirit—that many supported by Friedensstimme in this glorious is our Risen Saviour, how mag- work on the Burmese Bible, viewed might be turned from darkness to light, work. Many copies of the Word of God, nificent His exploits! How worthy He is indeed as a ‘standard work’ and first from death to life, for ever. or portions of it, are distributed, and of all the praise and adoration we can printed in 1835. How thrilled we would some profess Christ, with evident marks muster; how we can rehearse that great be to produce a new edition of that What a wonderful privilege is ours of a changed life. day when we cast our crowns before Bible, revised as little as necessary to here at the Trinitarian Bible Society to Him, and cry ‘Thou art worthy, O Lord, ensure that it is conformed as closely as Only eternity will evaluate such furnish such labourers with their essen- to receive glory and honour and power: possible to the Masoretic Hebrew and exploits. ‘Joy shall be in heaven over one tial tools, the Word of God, faithfully for thou hast created all things, and for Textus Receptus Greek, and wherever sinner that repenteth, more than over and accurately translated, that they thy pleasure they are and were created’ orthographic considerations require ninety and nine just persons, which might convey such life-giving materials (Revelation 4.10, 11). change! We trust that men who could need no repentance’ (Luke 15.7). Such into the hands and hearts of many! help us with such a task are making faithful labourers as our brethren from themselves known, and perhaps one day, Recently, we received a visit from Friedensstimme are laying up for them- before long, we will be able to say, with representatives of Friedensstimme, selves treasure in heaven. n the early months of the year we Judson, ‘We enjoyed the great happiness based in Holland, an organisation of receive a substantial number of of committing to the press the last sheet Let us not then be weary in well I of the new edition of the Burmese Bible’. men and women burdened to dissemi- doing; let us measure all things by the appreciative letters and e-mails referring nate the Holy Scriptures and the Word to the many thousands of Golden gauge of eternity. Let the world enjoy This year we intend making some of Truth into vast areas of the Russian Thoughts and Words of Life Calendars their fifteen minutes of fame, we do not improvements to our Web site, including Federation. Under God, we have been despatched during the previous few begrudge them, and we can sometimes more frequent updates. We have two privileged to supply many thousands of months. Whereas those communica- admire the effort and sacrifice involved. sites: our main site at Russian Scriptures to Friedensstimme, tions from abroad usually incorporate But such exploits will never affect hearts www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org, which and they came to show us a little of details of the distribution of these cal- and souls and accomplish anything of contains not only information about the their work. They concentrated upon endars into many homes, schools, eternal value. The faithful ministry of Society but also articles and the online how the Russian Bibles, New Testaments offices, prisons, refugee camps, etc., we God’s Word and the preaching of the editions of our Quarterly Record, and and Gospels are taken many thousands do not hear so often of any such pro- Gospel will be a sweet savour of Christ, our sales site at www.TBS-sales.org for of miles by primitive transport, often grammes in Great Britain. Do many in them that are saved and in them that online ordering. along makeshift roads, into communi- perish—either a savour of life unto life, churches use the calendars as a deliber- ties in the far north near the Arctic or (most solemnly), a savour of death ate means of gaining access to many in Finally, please continue to pray for Circle, or into such countries as unto death (2 Corinthians 2.15, 16).
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