[Stokes, George]. Bible Society. Remarks upon the recent Accusations against the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society, In a Letter to a Clergyman in the Country, from a Lay-Member of that Institution. London: J. Duncan, 1826. [12353]
Self wraps, newly resewn, 8 3/4 x 6 inches, untrimmed edges, short inscription at top of the title page. 48 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
It was alleged by critics of the Society that they printed and distributed the Apocrypha, that certain individuals connected with the Society were of questionable character, that notes were added to some of the Bibles, that adulterated translations were in use, that some Society expenses were concealed, that there were secrets kept from the majority of the members, &c., &c.
These, and other accusations, are herein confronted and refuted.
This pamphlet elicited a reply in print by James Reid Brown, in which the author of this piece is identified as George Stokes.
Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), b. Co. Sligo, Ireland; d. Cambridge, England. His father was an evangelical minister in the Church of Ireland. Stokes was a physicist and mathematician at Cambridge, a strong evangelical Christian and Vice-President of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He represented Cambridge in Parliament (1887-1892), was president of the Royal Society (1885-1890), and was a prominent scientist in the fields of fluid dynamics and optics.
