In
1804 the British and Foreign Bible Society was organized. Students of
the prophetic word felt at the time that these agencies were coming in
fulfilment of the prophecy. One writer of those times said:
"The stupendous endeavors of one gigantic community to convey
the Scriptures in every language to every part of the globe may
well deserve to be considered as an eminent sign even of these
eventful times. Unless I be much mistaken, such endeavors are
preparatory to the final grand diffusion of Christianity, which
is the theme of so many inspired prophets, and which cannot be
very far distant in the present day."--_G.S. Faber, D.D.,
"Dissertation on the Prophecies," Vol. II, p. 406 (1844)._
Now the Word of God, in whole or in part, is speaking in more than five
hundred languages, and it is estimated that these tongues, at least in
their spoken form, can make the divine message comprehensible to
ninety-five per cent of the inhabitants of the earth.
The work of modern missions, that had its birth as the time of the end
came, is one of the great world factors today.
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