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Since the beginning of the 19th century, the Bible Society within Scotland has been actively involved in translation, publication and distribution of the Scriptures, indeed in the second half of the century Scottish missionaries were pioneer in helping distribute the bible in Asia and Africa, and the first bible to be printed in a Nigerian Language was published in Scotland. In 1819 it was proposed that an auxiliary branch of the National Bible Society be set up within Stranraer, which would work alongside, and share the same objectives as the Edinburgh Bible Society, which had been established in 1809, followed a number of years later in 1812 by the Glasgow bible society. Initially the main body incorporating each regional society was the British and Foreign Bible Society however by 1926 the Glasgow and Edinburgh Societies, and many other Scottish auxiliaries, had disassociated themselves, and it followed that in 1861 the National Bible Society of Scotland came into being. The society has in recent years changed its name to the Scottish Bible Society. |