We offer you this opportunity to help bring God’s Word to the ends of the earth in all its diverse tongues --- through accepting Membership in the rewarding new
“Bible-a-Month Club”
(You give the Bibles… You spread the Light)
Dear Fellow Christian:
Your faith can move mountains. And the enclosed card is your surest way to do it:
Return the mountain in the “YES” slot today and you can do something about the spiritual hunger stalking the emerging continents --- Africa, Asia, South America, Oceania. The Scriptures are creating a new spiritual age.
In the Congo a young man traveled three days on foot to obtain the Bible in his native tongue.
In Burma, the driver of our Bible van is greeted everywhere with joy… joy which could be likened to that which met our Lord on His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
High in the Andes in Peru, an Indian Bible class meets tonight, memorizing Proverbs translated into their ancient Inca dialect.
Out of the hearts of the new nations being born across the world, we hear souls crying out for salvation. The insatiable demand for Scriptures in native languages runs into the millions.
Helping to fill this need is a holy work in which you are hereby invited to participate.
Send no money, but just signify your willingness to help in this sacred task by returning the enclosed Membership Application. You may terminate your Membership any time it is necessary.
Your principal reward as a Member will be the inner glow of
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knowing that each month Holy Scriptures will be sent in your name to someone in a spiritually forsaken outpost of the world --- in his own language.
Also, you personally will receive:
- Your Membership Card, testifying to your participation.
- A free subscription to “The Record”, our monthly magazine. This lively publication will keep you informed about your Bible Society family throughout the world.
- Each month you will receive a facsimile page of the Scriptures you have donated in the strange language of its printing.
Your share of the cost of the Bible will be a modest $2.00 a month… billed only after it is shipped to its recipient. This bill is also your record for Scriptures already sent in your name. Naturally, all contributions are tax deductible.
We need your help. For just $2.00 a month you can play a vital part in this world-saving work. And you may cancel at will.
We do not speak in our own name. We speak in the name of the twelve-year-old Tanzanian boy who comes to the door of your Missionary every day and asks, “Has my Bible arrived yet?”
In the name of that lad, and millions like him, I hope you will seize this unique opportunity to witness for your Lord.
Return the enclosed application today, please, with your mountain moved to the “YES” slot.
Faithfully yours,
John D. Erickson
Executive Secretary
P.S.
For your convenience, I’ve enclosed your Membership Card with this letter. Just sign it and keep it as evidence of your participation. If you cannot join Bible-a-Month Club, check the “NO” box on the application, and return it with Membership Card in the envelope provided. Thank you.
American Bible Society
1865 Broadway – New York, New York 10023
