Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.Religion: Best Seller
Mr. Cu and Mr. Thu of French Indo-China, Mr. Truu of Estonia, Mr. La of Bhutan, and 1,126 other colporteurs (peddlers) helped keep the Holy Bible the world's best seller last year. Word of their activities reached the U. S. last week in the 127th annual report of the British & Foreign Bible Society. Some facts:
Total number of Bibles, New Testaments and portions of Scripture distributed last year: 11,888,226, of which 7,604.625 copies were sold by the colporteurs. Distribution was 287,000 less than the previous year; contributions dropped £33,047. Total number of...
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