Magazines such as Time and Publisher's Weekly are consulted when choosing books to translate. In 1959, the Joint Lutheran Literature Society of Hong Kong and Taiwan was established and began publishing theological works.
他說：「索忍尼辛是個堅決反共的作家，『古』書中揭發、控訴蘇俄牢獄和集中營的殘酷內幕，與基督教反對獨裁、嚮往自由、追求真理正義的精神不謀而合，是一本舉世公認的偉大作品。道聲因此特與索氏簽約，取得此書全球中文版翻譯及發行權。」