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Bayssiere, Peter : Conversion of Peter Bayssiere. From the Romish Church to the Protestant Faith in a Letter to His Children. Translated from the French. No. 251

American Tract Society, New York

Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1840s. 4" x 7." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), remnants of former binding along spine, and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a reprinted letter by Peter Bayssiere, a French mechanic, to his children. The original letter was datelined December 31, 1826 in Montaigut, France. This reprint is translated into English from the original French. In his letter, Bayssiere describes his conversion from being a Roman Catholic to a Protestant after becoming disillusioned with the central tenets of the Roman Catholic Church. Bayssiere had studied the New Testament three times and used his reasoning to conclude that the Catholic concepts of Purgatory, non-representational Eucharist, and the papacy were false. Bayssiere leaves the Roman Catholic Church but finds his faith again when he concludes that Protestantism is the true Christianity. Toward the end of the letter, he describes how a discussion with his wife (his children's mother) furthered his Protestant faith and that he became a member of the Reformed Church of Christ. Tract No. 251 of the American Tract Society. The American Tract Society (ATS) is an evangelical organization that was founded in 1825 as the result of a merger between the New York Religious Tract Society (founded in 1812) and the New England Religious Tract Society (founded in 1814). Upon its founding, ATS became the first organization in the United States whose express mission was to hand out Christian tracts. ATS is still active to this day and has since had its publications printed in over 100 languages in seventy different countries.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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