Samuel Bagster

Ephesians 4
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Samuel Bagster worked in the hinterlands of the Christian faith.  R. A. Torrey based his Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on Bagster's earlier work, and indeed, credited Bagster for his efforts.  Samuel Bagster's efforts no doubt enriched the spiritual of millions of Christians.....
 
Samuel Bagster Biography
Samuel Bagster was an English publisher. He was born in 1772 and died in 1851. He was a founder of the firm of Bagster & Sons, celebrated for their bibles. He began business as a London bookseller in 1794, and soon turned his attention to the publication of bibles, bringing out a Hebrew Bible the Septuagint (Greek) version, and the English version, with 60,000 parallel references, followed by his great polyglot Bible, which in its final form showed eight languages at the opening of the volume. Separate versions in different languages were also brought out, with various other aids to the study of Scripture; a polyglot Book of Common Prayer, in eight languages; etc.

When we read our Bibles and, at some point, check out the reference in those narrow columns next to the Work of God, how many of us think of Samuel Bagster?  And, how many thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands (?) of Christians are out there, working in the hinterlands of the Christian faith, just like Samuel Bagster?