Article August 4, 1956 Issue

Signs of the times

with contributions from Clement E. Hershey, Brian O. Johanson

From an article in the Bible Society Record New York, New York

On a prominent downtown street corner in ... [a city in southern United States], a public-spirited Christian layman has erected a full-sized billboard displaying a picture of an open Bible and asking the question. "Have You Read This Best Seller Lately?"

Well, have you? There is no way to know how many Americans read the Bible daily, regularly, occasionally, or only fitfully. But there are reasons for believing that more people would answer yes today to the billboard's question than formerly.

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