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title: The knowlege and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities, or, An essay towards an instruction for the Indians : which will likewise be of use to all such who are called Christians, but have not well considered the meaning of the religion they profess, or, who profess to know God, but in works do deny Him : in twenty dialogues : together with directions and prayers ...
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alternative: Essay towards an instruction for the Indians
alternative: Knowlege and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities
alternative: Knowledge and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities
date: 1754
description: Summary: An instructional text using an imagined dialogue between a missionary and an "Indian" to illustrate how a missionary in the field might instruct a potential convert in the Christian practices. It is unclear from the text what people or peoples are meant to be represented by the "Indian," or if the author is simply using the term as a broad catchall.
description: Additional Details: First published in 1740 as 'An essay towards an instruction for the Indians'. Pages i-iv (1st group) contains: The Lord Bishop of London's letter to his clergy, recommending that branch of the designs of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which relates to dispersing among the poor plain tracts on religious subjects [by Edmund Gibson].
creator: Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1755
publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
place of origin: London (England)
contributor: Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748
language: English
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Missions
subject: Early works to 1800
subject: Catechisms
subject: Church work with Indians
subject: Instructional and educational works
subject: Prayers
temporal: Eighteenth century
extent: 8 unnumbered pages, iv, xvi, 300 pages
extent: 17 cm
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format: Duodecimo
identifier: 1754 WILS
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