Honesty and Industry or the Violet Seller by Miss Bunbury de Miss Bunbury - 1868

London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge. London: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1868. "The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (more commonly known as SPCK) is the oldest Anglican mission organisation. It was founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray (an Anglican priest) , and a small group of friends. The most important early leaders were Anton Wilhelm Boehm and court preacher Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen. Today, the SPCK is most widely known for its publishing of Christian books. The Society was founded to encourage Christian education and the production and distribution of Christian literature. SPCK has always sought to find ways to communicate the basic principles of the Christian faith to a wider audience, both in Britain and overseas. Thomas Bray believed passionately in the power of the printed word and from its earliest days SPCK commissioned tracts and pamphlets, making it the third oldest publishing house in England. (Only the Oxford and Cambridge University Press have existed longer. ) Throughout the eighteenth century SPCK was by far the largest producer of Christian literature in Britain. The range of its output was considerablefrom pamphlets aimed at specific groups such as farmers, prisoners, soldiers, seamen, servants and slave-owners, to more general works on subjects such as baptism, confirmation, Holy Communion, the Prayer Book and private devotion. Increasingly, more substantial books were also published, both on Christian subjects and, from the 1830s onwards, on general educational topics as well. SPCK's publishing team currently produces around 80 titles per year, for audiences from a wide range of Christian traditions and none. Books range from the academic to the popular, from devotional literature and works on spirituality to books addressing contemporary issues in the Church and society. " From Wikipedia Condition the pamphlet has edge wear, light creasing and rubbing, light foxing and dust soiling. 4 by 6 Inches. Pamphlet.; Frontis Engraving .

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