Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1915 — The Bible in Russia. [ARTICLE]

The Bible in Russia.

The holy synod at Petrograd has been busily engaged in the work of producing popular editions of the Bible. These are being widely distributed by the Orthodox church among soldiers on the battle field as well as to the sick and wounded. Various Russian Red Cross aid associations are including Bibles and Testaments in their parcels of “comforts” for troops at the front, and as the available stock of the British and Foreign Bible society has became exhausted, the holy synod is undertaking the work of printing fresh editions. Should this wave of enthusiasm -or the propagation of the Holy Scriptures prove more than a passing phase we may look forward to a revival of intelligent religious instruction in Russia.