United Society for Christian Literature (Religious Tract Society) 1799-1986

United Society for Christian Literature (Religious Tract Society)

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The Religious Tract Society (RTS) was founded in 1799 to print and distribute religious tracts among those who with, in the words of the Proceedings of the first twenty years, 'little leisure and less inclination to peruse entire volumes might thus be furnished with agreeable and useful employment and eventually be led to an acquaintance with the state of their own hearts and a knowledge of Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ'. The founders of the Society were drawn from the sam...

Murdoch, John, 1819-1904

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United Society for Christian Literature

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The United Society for Christian Literature was formed by the union of the Religious Tract Society (formed 1799) and the Christian Literature Society for India and Africa (formed 1858). Its goal was to provide Christian literature to the world's people in their mother tongues. From the description of Records of the United Society for Christian Literature, 1950-1968 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152244 The United Society for Christian Literature was c...

Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)

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Christian Literature Society for India and Africa

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United Society for Christian Literature (Scotland)

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