Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Bow Chinese. use Bibles. [ARTICLE]

Bow Chinese. use Bibles.

” A few years ago,” said a Chicago clergyman, the other day,’ “there went up a great cry for ’mlssionelly Bibles’ in the Flowery Kingdom. The Bible Society was extremely gratified. The demand was unprecedented, and thousands of dollars were spent in sending them nice red morocco testaments.' This sort of thing went on for a long time, but the number of native converts did not increase accordingly.. The missionaries investigated. What do you suppose they discovered?" “That they used the Bibles for gunwadding?" "No. They made firecrackers of ’em. Practically all the nicely printed Bibles that we were sending over there were rolled up in nice little rolls, a page at a time, and made into firecrackers. The Chinese make firecrackers at home for an Incredibly low price, and the paper that they were getting free cut a can-

sideraUe figure with them. But it taught us a Celestial l«uon ,as I might say.’—Boston Transcript.