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The American Tract Society's founders felt that the American Bible Society was limited in its activities, leading to ATS's establishment. [2] ATS was created from a merger of the New York Religious Tract Society, founded 1812, and New England Religious Tract Society, founded 1814.
Production began as early as 1912, and the Drama was introduced in 1914 by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. [49] [50] A book by the same name was also published. The project's expenses put the organization under some financial pressures; the full cost was estimated at US$300,000 (current value $9,130,000). [51] [52] [53]
Russel(l) Sturgis Cook (1811–1864) was an American Congregationalist minister, and a secretary of the American Tract Society from 1839 to 1856. [1] He was known also as Russell Salmon Cook , and built up colportage as basic to the Society's business model.
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He was a member of the American Tract Society and the American Board for Foreign Missions. [2] In 1869, in consequence of his failing health, his people procured an associate pastor and gave Adams a long leave of absence. He made a voyage round the world and described it in Under the Mizzenmast: A Voyage Around the World (1871). [2]
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (November 8, 1869 – January 8, 1942), also known as Judge Rutherford, was an American religious leader and the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
Cyrus Hamlin (January 5, 1811 – August 8, 1900) [1] was an American Congregational missionary, co-founder of Robert College, and the father of A. D. F. Hamlin. [ 2 ] Biography