Berkshire Chronicle Reading 02-1915

a oopy in
accompEshed by
d"ed; bu·. .here wore
]anguag<>s unto'!,cheJ. and. ~t waa l,neir nnvl".<M
duty to strenlrllien ilio hRnda Of Moee
. ilie burden of responsibility rerted. - r.rhe . delJnandlq..
upon them all · in thb p""sent ~i'e .. t national emer/Z'ency wer.. doubU""s such .... t ·hey llad had no previoue oXP"lriShoo of, but they WeN!, he WII6 sure,
unanimous in l.he .. det.. rminat'on that. ' . wha.tever
cIllO suffered, th~ al7enci~s tor the extension of God'.
kinll'dom on aarth would 00 extended to .he u'tmost
of their powerl\' (HeBr, I).ear). But, iQ<l~, tJja>
8ocioty had a special o'aim upon tl1~m now, 00('.0.\1'80 ~l1ch a. -magl}ificentJ 'work ba.d been ' and

was

heIDI{ .d one tbrou~h ite , inetrumenlBlity for our
Boldiers an,l sailprs. , and it
",atifyin!\"' 10 kll:ow
how w .. ,mly t.ho T~sta.m<!nt6 and Goopel.. har\ OOiln
appreoiRt.d. H<i trusted iliat oooi<rlvi· mi8'ht . be

.. topical play dealing with
will be presented at the
ReWing, next w.eek, ' in .
at Home," I pr~nt.ed ,
V'lljl"eo,ne and Eadie',/, ComplI?Y from
London, .. The Man who
IS full of r 'excitement arid
The scerie is laid in a
the . east coast kept : by
spies' l,'and the Iman is ...
Wh086'. ~k is to ftDd them

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enabled to cont.inue that. importn.nt branch of

lopera'tion.e until; in GOd'A nroviaonOOJ

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Tl<!&ne with hOMur f~+ w1Jich the Church of Christ
h ..d prayed. Mr.
Raynes. who .welll.! .dd .......
!h"m. wa~ no .t.ran"e, t.() RMdin". , Tho B"nli.t.
M;.~io,, '\-,v Soc;"ty h"d done nobl.. work (or Go<l
in heathen lantis, an,\ 1.I)"v ·Wl)r.. . gren.t':v favoured
with the p1"el3cnoo of , Mr. Fullcrron : its hon. oot'lr~~
tary, that evening ('1pplause) .
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THE EFFECT OF THE WAR.
, The Rev . H . A. l RaYne5 ' oogan' .. long and
tereeting ..ddress by say ing that Reading was
,oldc.t-e.tnbh.hed auxlhary oC the society; and
ing: It personal " tribute to the ,,QIf)mory. of
staunch f<lends of !.be work which the IBociety car- J
,tied on becauso they loved tho Book-t}j<>ir lato
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, Mr, Martin Sutten, and tlleir late eecrc. It'rodario HUllt ;: nnd procoOOe:q ti> thank
At the pl'<!6ent tiple t!1ey oOuld
work Of any ef their' rei gioue or
ba went on, without look nf!' ab it
great oonllict now' taki g plane, l
war Wall affectiIl4! the Bible Society,
it. work would affeot 'th6 " nditi""" I
,whioh would prevail whan the war had i co e 1,0 an .
end. At. the Qutbf""k of war their
achinery
.uJferod temporary par&lys:., ,. for til"y
their
thare in th" great upse ~ of " ~anoe whioh ' marked
thoee <lays. It w .... 'th~'_ standig and :the w II-known
ch&racter of many .M their Ie :ding men in >the City
whioh 'enab'ed the :I&ocie!y to i: mak.. such arrangements that their wbrlwr. in lIilferent part , of IJwl
world were not ca.l1<;>d. upon to sulfer .a. th~y olihuwise migh~ have dime. It was testimony l' jlO the
Bible Society Ill! a businees concorn that ~e blink.
ill. .the "ar, Ea..~ I WCfC ready to make thing:;'aa ""8Y
they oould for , them in Chlna, Indi..,- a
otller
parts: Tba war , wa:4 not now at all afi'c t;ng ale
sooiety in \its ",ol~1 work, whioh was going forward-. in \llldiminiahl>d volume. It WII.8 true that in
' th.o 8.ctuQ,l loountri~ engagoo in the conflict 1>he
ordinary machinery of distribuHon WII8 f</r- the lcime
being disorganioeJ, but evan .
oou*r;.... ' the
work 8till WOllt
had recently
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