{"product_id":"memoir-of-henry-venn-b-d-prebendary-of-st-pauls-and-honorary-secretary-of-the-church-missionary-society-paperback-9781108008228","title":"Memoir of Henry Venn, B. D.; Prebendary of St Paul's, and Honorary Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108008228","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoir of Henry Venn, B. D.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrebendary of St Paul's, and Honorary Secretary of the Church Missionary Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA biography of one of the most influential and forward-thinking evangelical mission administrators of nineteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Knight (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108008228, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e534 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHenry Venn (1796–1873) was an Anglican clergyman who, like his father and grandfather before him, was influential in the evangelical movement and campaigned for social reform, eradication of the slave trade, and better education and economic progress in the British colonies so as to enable them to become responsible for their own affairs. Venn was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873, and alongside practical training and appointment of missionaries and ministers he spent time developing a theology of mission and principles for its practice. This book, published in its second edition in 1881, was edited by William Knight who had access to Venn's private journals and correspondence (from which he used substantial quotations), and met Venn's niece, who provided the portrait of her uncle used as the frontispiece of the book. The appendix contains some of Venn's own accounts of his early missionary work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early years and life at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ministerial and domestic\u003cbr\u003e 3. Letters 1835–1846\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Church Missionary Society\u003cbr\u003e 5. Private journal\u003cbr\u003e 6. Personal traits\u003cbr\u003e 7. Letters 1846–1872\u003cbr\u003e 8. The close\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Church history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Church history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Church%20history%20%5BHRCC2%5D%22\"\u003eHRCC2\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265917505816,"sku":"9781108008228","price":39.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108008228i_899204c4-42d4-4903-9cdc-c067c57a4a47.jpg?v=1694867407","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoir-of-henry-venn-b-d-prebendary-of-st-pauls-and-honorary-secretary-of-the-church-missionary-society-paperback-9781108008228","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}