American Tract Society
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Excerpt from Tracts of the American Tract Society, Vol. 1: General Series All this may be done, too, with no loss of time. A Tract can be given away, and God's blessing asked upon it, in a moment.' Aside from the. Influence of those institutions which involve no expense at all, in no way can so much probable good be effected at so little expense, as by the dis tribution of Tracts. A Tract which contains fifteen pages, can be published for asingle cent And when we recollect how long a single Tract may be preserved, by how many individuals and families it may be read, and when read by them, to how many others it may be lent, it is difficult to conceive of a way in which more good can be accomplished by a very small amount of means. As an auxiliary to other means of doing good, the distribution of Tracts also holds a distinguished, place. In how many sick chambers, in how many meetings of anxious inquiry, in how many circles of wealth and prosperity, of fashion, folly, and vice, may these faithful witnesses be left to testify what other wise never would be told. The language of every Mis sionary Society, either domestic or foreign, is, A Mission ary without a supply of Tracts is unprovided for his work; the press isthe grand medium of communication in all parts of the missionary world. A missionary at Sumatra writes - I am fully of Opinion that, among all nations not accustomed to books, the distribution of small Tracts, writ ten in an easy style, or of single Gospels, is much more likely to do good than that Of-larger works. This opinion is strengthened by the experience and observation of every day Nor are the preceding suggestions founded in mere theory, but warranted by facts. 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.