History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume II.Anderson, Rufus
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History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume II.
Anderson, Rufus
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; Missions -- Eastern churches
In 1842, the Arabic printing at Beirut amounted to 1,708,000 pages.
In 1843, to 13,000 copies, and 1,282,000 pages. Number of pages from
the beginning, 6,077,000.
After the year 1845, the printing proceeded from year to year, and
the number of copies and pages was reported as formerly; but the
titles do not occur in the printed Reports, except as follows:--
The Spelling Book, from Bible; 59 pages, 1,500 copies.
Letter to the Syrian Clergy, 20 pages, 1,200 copies.
The Book of Genesis, 136 pages, 1,200 copies.
Union Question Book, Vol. I., 1,500 copies.
An Arithmetic, by Butrus el Bistany.
Mrs. Whiting on Temperance, second edition.
Mr. Johnston's tract on Good Works, their Place, second edition.
Mr. Bird's Reply to the Maronite Bishop, second edition.
Mr. Calhoun's Companion to the Bible.
Dr. Van Dyck's Geography.
Dr. Alexander's Evidences of Christianity.
Dr. Van Dyck's Algebra.
Dr. Van Dyck's Sermon on the Second Commandment.
A small Arabic Grammar.
Dr. Meshakah on Skepticism.
Dr. Schneider on Rites and Ceremonies.
A new edition of the Psalms of David.
The New Testament, in the version made by Dr. Eli Smith, assisted by
Butrus el Bistany, and revised by Dr. Van Dyck, with references, and
also a Pocket Edition of the same, without references, of 5,000
copies, was issued from the press in March 1860.
The printing of the WHOLE BIBLE IN ARABIC was finished in March
1865. Upon this great work Drs. Smith and Van Dyck had labored with
zeal and energy sixteen years, from 1838. Of this translation, ten
different editions, of the whole, or of parts, had been printed in
1865, comprising over 40,000 copies.
Two hundred copies of the first three chapters of the Gospel by John
were printed in raised letters, for the use of the blind.
Printed in 1866: volumes of all kinds, 28,434. Copies of Tracts,
23,000. Copies of Scripture, 14,554. Pages of Tracts, 888,000. Pages
of Scripture, 2,872,000.
Printed in 1867:--
Edwards's History of Redemption.
Bickersteth's Scripture Hand-book.
A large Psalm and Hymn Book.
A Psalter, versified.
A Children's Hymn Book.
A Monthly Missionary Arabic Journal.
Mr. Bistany's Elements of Grammar.
Two editions of his Arabic Lexicon.
In 1867, were printed 16,800 volumes of all kinds, and 20,700
Tracts.
In 1868, 726,000 pages of Scripture, and 1,300,000 of other works.
In 1869, 5,147,000 pages of all kinds.
The reports for subsequent years are defective.
MODERN SYRIAC. (THE LANGUAGE OF THE NESTORIAN PEOPLE.)
The printing, in the year 1843, was 860 volumes, 6,940 tracts, and
611,580 pages.
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