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of future volumes of "The Fundamentals " ' t n a n k s f o r In connection with Volume 9, I furnish you the following facts and figures which may be of interest to your readers and which are being furnished to a very lim- ited number of other editors, (twentv 1
h e l P received come f r om e V e r y c o r n € r o f the earth. encouraging fact shown by these letters y thanks, is t he s t a t eme nt of many, ™ a ° y ministers, evangelists and o t h er V n " s J t l an workers, t h at the articles pub- The most " T he F u n d ame n t a l s" have strengthened them in their faith, and a r e P r ° v l n S a great help in their public Qf the nine volumes of " The P u n da me n t a l s" t h e re have been published al together 2,300,000 copies, or about 250,000 of each volume. Of the m a Z i tude of the u n d e r t a k i ng an idea may be gained f r om the following facts- The first eight volumes which were published in 2,080,000 coDies cost ai lished in w o r k f o r C h r l s t -
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The idea of starting a publication like 'The Fundamentals" was implanted in the mind of a certain Christian Layman, who absolutely declines to have his name mentioned before the public in connection with the publication, many years ago. It was at a Meeting of the Niagara Bible Conference, in the beginning of the Nine- ties when there came a thought to him that it might be an undertaking worthy of thought and liberal application of the means with which the Lord had blessed him, to bring before Christian workers throughout the earth a new statement of some fundamental truths of Christianity. hears went by. The plan was never en- tirely laid aside, but an opportunity for its realization did not appear until the summer of the Year 1909. Then this Christian Layman set ¿side a large amount of money for such an undertak- mg, placing it in the hands of a Trustee. He selected a Committee to make the
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Dixon, D. D of' the Moody" C h u V w a ^ chairman met for the first time on No- where Christian work is being carried vember 5th, 1909, in Chicago. The first on. The Missionaries f a r l w ^ I l volume of "The Fundamentals" appeared home, have b ^ n cheered flKiWfe early in 1910, and up to the present, nine rival of t h l se Httle v o l ume, Wheii^Mr' Dixon leit ffi I M * ^ ^ ^ T ° f S ^ S their ^ v n s t a t eme n ts ' « « J i n t ^ e ' V c o r ^ o f T e
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