Christian G. Barth
1799-1862
Barth was the founder of the Missionary Society, devoting himself as a writer and preacher to children, and also to the cause of the missions to the heathen and the Jews. He wrote many books, among them a Bible History that was translated into 50 languages and reached its 160th edition in 1872.
Barth was the founder of the Missionary Society, devoting himself as a writer and preacher to children, and also to the cause of the missions to the heathen and the Jews. He wrote many books, among them a Bible History that was translated into 50 languages and reached its 160th edition in 1872.
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