This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...controls the Executive of the Society, it manages the business side of the publishing. As explained in the last chapter, this arrangement has its roots in the past. The General Meeting retained its control of religious literature for some years after the formation of the General Literature Committee, and only ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...controls the Executive of the Society, it manages the business side of the publishing. As explained in the last chapter, this arrangement has its roots in the past. The General Meeting retained its control of religious literature for some years after the formation of the General Literature Committee, and only relinquished it owing to the patent absurdity of allowing the careful work of the Tract Committee to be wrecked by a few malcontents who attended the General Meeting. Objections henceforward had to be lodged by three members actually present, and were then referred without discussion to the Episcopal Referees, a court of five diocesan Bishops appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose decision was final. All Literary Committees have full power to publish within their terms of reference, subject only to the financial control of the Finance Committee. A few words may be said about each of them. (i.) Christian Evidence Committee.--This is in a sense the oldest of the Literary Committees, since it represents the original Anti-Infidel Committee of 1819. The present Committee was constituted in 1870, its task being "to provide literature calculated to meet the various forms of current infidelity." Objections to its publications are dealt with in the same way as those brought against the publications of the Religious Literature Committee. The provinces of the two Committees are not very clearly distinguishable. (ii.) General Literature and Education Committee.--As its name denotes, this Committee is largely concerned with books for the young and other works of an educational character. With the revolution in English education caused by the Act of 1902, its functions' became less important. Elementary Church schools once drew their...
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