Donnerstag, 13. November 2014
The First Bible Reading Cards
Dani_in_Kenia, 18:06h
Annie Marston was a young and a very motivated Sunday School Teacher at Keswick (North England). She was encouraging her Sunday School children to read the Bible every day.
Therefore every Sunday she was writing a list of Bible verses and she asked the children to read them during the next week. The following Sunday she was discussing those passages with the children and she was answering their questions. After a while more and more children were asking her for this card.
Annie Marston had heard about CSSM (Children’s Special Service Mission) in London and she was asking CSSM to print such a Bible reading card for the children. In the beginning nobody took her desire seriously.
But she asked again and again. Finally CSSM agreed and they were printing a Annual Bible Reading Card for children. The first cards were printed on the 1st of April 1879.
After two years there was a translation of those cards into 28 languages. By 1887 there were 328,000 members in the UK alone and by 1889 there were 470,000 cards printed in 28 languages in many different countries. By 1893 CSSM had distributed 13 million children’s leaflets in fifty languages all around the world.
But she asked again and again. Finally CSSM agreed and they were printing a Annual Bible Reading Card for children. The first cards were printed on the 1st of April 1879.
After two years there was a translation of those cards into 28 languages. By 1887 there were 328,000 members in the UK alone and by 1889 there were 470,000 cards printed in 28 languages in many different countries. By 1893 CSSM had distributed 13 million children’s leaflets in fifty languages all around the world.
