Three antique ink on linen prints, with cloth bound edges, by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, published by Jas. Truscott & Sons, Suffolk Lane, E.C.Story of the Society: On 8 March 1698, Reverend Thomas Bray met with a small group of friends, including Sir Humphrey Mackworth, Colonel Maynard Colchester, Lord Guilford and John Hooke, at Lincoln's Inn. These men were concerned by what they saw as the "growth in vice and immorality" in Britain at the time which was owing to the "gross ignorance of the principles of the Christian religion". They were also committed to promoting "religion and learning in the plantations abroad". In good condition.