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Particularly notable is the gift of an extra illustrated edition of Redgrave's "Dictionary of Artists of the English School." It is in twelve volumes, and was published in 1874. The addition of several hundred engravings gives to this edition a special value. Twentyfour volumes of "Chronicles" by Froissart and Enguerraud de Monstrelet are noteworthy. There are two additional volumes of illustrations. The volumes bear date 1808 and 1810.

Dr. Coles' collection of Bibles is particularly interesting. It includes the Breeches Bible, Gen. iii, said to have been the personal property of King James of England. It has on its morocco-bound cover the royal coat-of-arms. It was printed at Geneva by John Crespin, 1568. Bound with it is a "Calender Historical, wherein is contained an easie declaration of the Golden Number"; "The Epacti— The Indication Romaine"; "The Cycle of Sunne, 1569"; "The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English metre by T. Sternhold, Hopkins, and others, conferred with' the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge them with all, faithfully perused and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queues Majestic Injunctions" ; also "Prayers for all Occasions"; "The Articles of the Faiths"; "The Commandments" ; "Instruction of Children in the Faith"; also the "New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, conferred diligently with the Greek and best approved translations in divers languages." The whole dedicated to "The Moste Virtuous and Noble Quene Elizabeth, Quene of England, France, and Ireland, whose humble subjects of the English Church at Geneva, wish peace and grace from God the Father through Christ Jesus our Lord—Geneva, 1569."

An illustrated copy in black letter, full morocco binding, of "The Bishop's Bible, conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, set forth by authorities and imprinted at London by the assignment of Christopher Barker, her Majestie's Pryntter, 1578." It is known and stamped as Archbishop Cranmer's Bible, from its containing a "Prologue, or preface, made by Thomas Cranmer, late Archbishop of Canterburie." It is also known as the "Treacle Bible," from the reading of verse 22, chapter viii, of the book of Jeremiah, which reads: "Is there not treacle at Gilead, is there no physician there?" In King James' version we read: "Is there no balm in Gilead?" His Luther's Bible—largest type Bible in seven volumes—"Biblia Vulgata," 1714, with others, add to the interest felt in the inspired writings.

From the Centennial Year number of the "Bible Society Record" we take the following article by Miss Emilie S. Coles, written at the request of the editors, who say:

Miss Coles has been a life member of the American Bible Society since April 24, [868, a period approaching fifty years. She and her brother, Dr. Coles, have been deeply interested in all forms of mission work among many denominations throughout the world, and it is a pleasure to publish this account from Miss Coles's pen of the beautiful Centenary Tower in Rangoon, Burma.

The American Centenary Clock and Bell Tower in the City of Rangoon, Burma, British India, reaches completion while the American Bible Society celebrates its Centenary. It is a thank-offering to God the Father, "who sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world"—the Son, "who loved us and gave himself for us"—the Holy Spirit, ever with us to "guide into all truth."

We are assured that the Tower will last, with care, for centuries. It is fire-proof, the material of which it is built being English white glazed terra cotta. The first floor is of marble, and the stairs leading to the Observation Room above are of iron. The vane is bronze. With the four-dial striking clock and the Westminster peal of bells (after Handel), its cost will be over twelve thousand dollars —paid by J. Ackerman Coles, M.D., LL.D., of New York City. As an American, he rejoices at the success, through divine power, of American missionaries, aided by American missionary, Bible, and tract societies and other agencies.

On the first and largest bell are these words: "A gift in grateful recognition of what God has wrought through American missionaries during the past one hundred years." It also has the following inscription: "The Angel of the Lord said, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people; for unto you is born ... a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. . . . Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men." The inscription on the second bell reads: "His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor"; the third: "The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father." The fourth and smallest reads: "The Prince of Peace.'

The Tower is a copy of the tower of the old Colonial Church in Salem, Massachusetts, said to have been patterned after the tower of an English church designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Having passed through the tower of the old Salem church on February 6, 1812, after their ordination as the first American foreign missionaries to Asia, Adoniram Judson, Samuel Newell, Samuel Nott, with their wives, Gordon Hall, and Luther Rice sailed for India, and, reaching Calcutta the same year, were hospitably received by the English missionary, William Carey. In 1813, Adoniram Judson and his wife landed in Rangoon. We learn from Professor J. F. Smith that Dr. Judson early undertook the task of translating the Bible into Burmese; that he completed the New Testament in 1828; which was printed in 1832; that he finished the translation of the Old Testament in 1834, and that it was issued the next year. The American Bible Society gave $23,200 for the printing of Dr. Judson's version of the Scriptures in Burmese. Dr. Coles has in his library a copy of the Burmese Bible (second edition), printed in Maulmain in 1840. On the fly-leaf is written:

To Mr. Robert Robinson, Newcastle-uponTyne, with the affectionate regards of the translator- A. Judson.

Maulmain, November 30, 1840.

Professor Smith adds that "the companions and successors of Dr. Judson took up similar tasks for other races. In the one hundred years since the arrival of Dr. Judson in Rangoon the Gospels, at least, have been translated into no less than six of the indigenous languages of Burma. The Christian message is now accessible in their own tongues to nearly 11,000,000 of the people of the land." Dr. Judson labored in Burma nearly forty years, compiling also a Burmese Dictionary, which is Burmese-English and English-Burmese.

In 1813 Luther Rice sailed for America to solicit funds; and the Notts and Hall for Bombay. In 1814 Newell joined them—bereft of his wife and child. Through him the Ceylon Mission was begun in 1816. Gordon Hall was the founder of the American Marathi Mission, India. His tract on the needs of the heathen and the duty of the churches in America led the beloved physician, John Scudder, M.D,. to leave his successful practice in New York City, and, with his devout wife and child, sail for Jaffna, Ceylon, in 1819.

As he was bidding his friends farewell, his words of glad assurance that the Lord was leading him caused James Brainard Taylor to surrender himself, also to a like service, as missionary to the American Indians. "From its first year," says Dr. Henry O. Dwight, "the American Bible Society undertook to supply Scriptures to missionaries among the American Indians." For thirty-six years the Rev. John Scudder, M.D., D.D., labored in Ceylon and on the continent of India, where he was aided and succeeded by his seven sons, whose families still continue their work.

The One Hundredth Annual Report of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society states: "One permanent result of the Judson Centennial at Rangoon will be a Tower with a clock and Westminster chimes. It will be in a position where it can benefit the *ity at large, and will be a beautiful and fitting appreciation of the missionary pioneers of a century ago and of their successors down to the present day."

The Tower is seventy-five feet high by fourteen feet square, and its site is well adapted to evangelistic work.

A brick and stone chapel for the Karens was erected by Dr. Coles near the Tower site, a memorial to his mother and his father.

A bronze tablet on the Tabernacle Church at Salem, Massachusetts, reads as follows:

On February 6, 1812, in the Tabernacle Church on this site, Adoniram Judson, Gordon Hall, Samuel Newell, Samuel Nott, and Luther Rice were ordained the first American Foreign Missionaries to the Heathen in Asia. This Centennial Tablet, given by Jonathan Ackerman Coles, M.D., LL.D., was cast 1002 to perpetuate the memory of their zealous and successful labors and those of their devoted wives in the service of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

A correspondent of the New York "Sun," under date of February 23, 1916, wrote from Salem, Massachusetts: "The bronze tablet on the flagstaff in Triangle Park, South Salem, was unveiled to-day and presented to the City. The tablet, flag, and flagstaff were gifts of J. Ackerman Coles, of New York, and commemorate the enterprise and resolute spirit with which Salem met the fire of June 25, 1914."

The seventy-ninth annual report of the American Telugu Missions, published at

Madras, India, says:

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In this ^record (1915) we must not fail to recount one of its delightful surprises. Through the generosity of Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, of New York City, we have received the gift of a beautiful sixteen-foot Mullins steel motor-launch, to carry the Gospel up and down the Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal. Ever since coming to Kurnool, twenty years ago, says the Rev. Dr. W. A. Stanton, this has been one of our dreams, but we never supposed it would be realized. It would be in vain for me to attempt to describe the beauties of this little ship. Long may she plow these waters, a messenger of peace and goodwill to the people along these shores, who know not the love which prompted the gift.

The Rev. Henry Huizinga, Ph.D., principal of the Coles Memorial High School at Kurnool, British India, says":

The roll of students for 1914 consists of 113 Brahmans, 133 non-Brahman caste Hindus, 85 Christians, 62 Mohammedans, and 5 Panda

mas. The teaching staff consists of twentytwo, of which seven are college graduates. Our class average was higher than the presidency average, in English by nine per cent, in Sanscrit by two per cent, and in practical physics by six per cent. Our principal aim is the development of character, patriotism, love of honor, reverence for God, and a spirit of service for humanity; these are the chief features of the character we desire to build up in the lives of the young men who are under our influence.

The Rev. Lloyd C. Smith, M.A., principal and manager of the Dr. Abraham Coles and Mr. Warren Ackerman Memorial High School for Boys in Nellore, British South India, reports that the enrollment has reached four hundred and fifty —that in regard to examinations, their results are considerably above the presidency average, and in English are the best the school has ever secured under the School Final Scheme. Our Technical Department continues to be both popular and efficient. The organization of a students' Young Men's Christian Association was one of the features of interest of the year 1914. It seems to be a real force in the life of the school, and gives the Christian students a solidarity and standing they have not enjoyed before. In connection with the work of the Literary Societies, Mr. Smith says, "We arrange for public lectures in the school hall as opportunity affords."

Rev. Dr. David Downie writes:

Hostels are a real necessity, because suitable quarters for students cannot be obtained in Indian towns. We have been engaged throughout the year in the construction of the hostel given by Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, in memory of his uncle, the late Mr. George Ackerman. As the building rises, we see it assuming most splendid proportions. It will be a substantial and beautiful building, and a magnificent addition to our plant. In hostels the boys are removed from constant contact with heathen customs and people, and are surrounded with Christian influences. The hostel at Kurnool is a gift of Dr. Coles in memory

of his uncle, Mr. Theodore J. Ackerman, a worthy citizen of New Haven, Connecticut, U. S. A., and the Teachers' residence at Kur; nool, a gift in remembrance of the Doctor's uncle, the late Judge James Hervey Ackerman, A.B., 1.!.,!!.. who for some time was associated with the Hon. Amzi Dodd in the practice of law in Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A., and subsequently practised in New York City.

The Rev. Dr. W. A. Stanton and Dr. Coles have purchased a large tract of land near Kurnool, South India, and laid it out as a village with streets, lined with shade trees, and have built homes thereon, each family being assigned a small farm of five or more acres attached thereto; have planted groves of mangoes and margosa trees; have built a reservoir and pumping station for irrigating the grounds; furnished plows, oxen, and a flock of sheep.

In a letter to Dr. Coles, Dr. Stanton says:

I have just returned from the village. I found the people well and happy and working hard at their farms. They have brought the lands which I assigned them last hot season under cultivation, and the crops look fine. If we continue to have good rains they should have a bumper harvest. The shepherd and his flock are doing well. The flock has now increased in size. Our carpenter is kept busy. He is an excellent workman and is not only a carpenter but a blacksmith as well. I took out fifty mango trees and planted them in a garden. The trees we planted last year are doing well, some of them being more than twice their original size. As the garden is growing so rapidly I found it necessary to engage a gardener to look after it. I found a very good man who has had experience in such work and was able to secure his services. In addition to looking after the trees he is to have a vegetable garden and raise all kinds of produce for sale. I shall make this a kind of demonstration farm, in which I shall show our people what crops can be best raised on this land, and the best methods of cultivating and harvesting. I think it will be a great benefit to them. The rains have stopped at last, and so I have begun work on an engine house for the pump. That is nearly completed and then we have to construct a reservoir for the pump and fit up

the plant. After we get that done we shall start on the Rest House. We had the walls well up when the rains came on and it has not been possible to do anything since. But we shall push on with the work now. On Sunday we had very interesting services in the village. In the morning we had Sunday school and preaching service. The people can all repeat the Ten Commandments and First and Twenty-third Psalms. They sing very well also. In the afternoon we baptized twenty new converts and received them into the village church, and observed the Lord's Supper. We have now seventy-five resident church members in the village, and our congregation on Sundays includes people who come from the surrounding villages.

On August 7, 1915, the Rev. Dr. Stanton wrote to Dr. Coles from Kurnool, South India, as follows:

My Dear Dr. Coles:

We need a fine large church plant adequate in size to meet the needs of our growing congregation and with classrooms for our Sunday-school and Bible work. I am sending under separate registered cover the plans of the proposed church building, so that you may see just what we want. Mr. Pogson, one of the best authorities in Madras, has drawn the i plans at my suggestion. I told him what I wanted, and he has worked out the ideas. The nave is sixty-four by thirty-six feet, with steep gable roof, covered with Mangolore red tiles, The gable peak is forty-eight feet above the ground level. In the interior there are three huge arches, one at the chancel and one at each of the transepts, which will give a very imposing effect. The tower is one of the finest features of the building—it is eightyeight feet to the summit, and is drawn on very beautiful and imposing lines. The building will be constructed of the same beautiful stone as that used in the High School and Hostel buildings and will present a most artistic appearance.

The estimated cost for the ground and building, including its furnishing, is $10,000. Of course we could put up a much cheaper building than this, but since, by your generosity, we Have such beautiful and artistic buildings as the Coles Memorial High School and the Coles Memorial Students' Homes and the Coles Memorial Boarding Home, it seems only appropriate that we should have a beau etc...