text: As a director of the East India Company he spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East , contributing liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages .
simplified: As a director of the East India Company Boyle spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East . He contributed liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages .