Henry Venn-Missionary Statesman

by Wilbert R. Shenk

Henry Venn was born and bred among the British evangelical aristocracy at Clapham. Wilberforce, Grant, Macaulay, Stephen, and Thornton were at the height of their powers -- leading the campaign against slavery, promoting public morals, founding philanthropic and missionary societies -- at the turn of the nineteenth century. As powerful leader of the most prominent British missionary society from 1841 to 1872, Venn unhesitatingly used his connections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597525480
• ISBN13: 9781597525480
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 9.3"