[PDF] The Jubilee Memorial Of The Religious Tract Society eBook

Author : William 1795-1855 Jones
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781372366994

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Author : William Jones
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 33,79 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780366082490

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Excerpt from The Jubilee Memorial of the Religious Tract Society: Containing a Record of Its Origin, Proceedings, and Results, A. D. 1799 to A. D. 1849 In preparing this record of the Society's Operations, the anxiety Of the compiler has been to furnish a simple and correct statement of all the leading facts connected with its origin, principles, and operations. He trusts it will be clearly shown that the founders were guided by the wisdom from above, in all the steps which led to its formation; and that its labours for the long period of fifty years have been the means of widely and beneficially spreading Divine truth in the British dominions, and among many of the nations of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Religious Tract Society of Great Britain
Publisher : General Books
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 2012-01
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ISBN : 9781458920805

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE EARLY ADDRESSES OF THE COMMITTEE. The presentation of the claims of the Society to support?Nature of the agency employed? Doctrines contained in its publications?Its golden rule?Importance of maintaining a catholic principle in the publications?The harmony of the Society with kindred Institutions?Its fundamental principles tested by fifty years' experience. The founders of the Society having committed its management to a Committee of faithful men, no time was lost in presenting its objects to the public, and zealously pressing its claims for liberal support. In July, 1799, the Committee issued a well- prepared address, from which the following is an extract: ? Thousands who would have remained grossly illiterate, having through the medium of Sunday-schools been enabled to read, it is an object of growing importance widely to diffuse such publications as are calculated to make that ability an unquestionable privilege. The Bible, indeed, opens a fountain no less abundant than pure; nor can any human composition, in a religious view, claim our regard, but as it appears to be a stream from that sacred source. Unspeakably happy are all they who, by propagating, in whatever form, the sentiments of divine truth, awaken mankind to an impressive knowledge of their character, their duty, and their prospects. One is the donor of the Bible; a second presents the labours of a Banyan, a Hervey, or a Doddridge; a third dispenses hymns and catechisms, an affecting narrative, or an evangelical address. Let ns join ourselves to their goodly company; let us meet that enemy, who ceaseth not, laden with tares, to traverse the moral field; perhaps we may gather up much of the baneful seed when but just fallen from his hand. Let the fair picture of religion hang in public, ...