colporteur
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A colporteur was reading the parable of the Prodigal Son in a Paris cafe much frequented by North African workmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the colporteur helps Vincent find permanent lodging with a farming family in Wasmes, the community he's serving.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
When in Constantinople I met a Hebrew Christian colporteur named Solomon, who offered me a New Testament.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
A colporteur has been present with his wares, and succeeds in selling at a small price portions of the Scriptures and tracts.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
“I have books to sell, and will show them to you forthwith,” answered the colporteur, unslinging his pack.
From Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany by William Henry Giles Kingston
But mostly the word is spread by the Society's volunteer workers and colporteurs, hawkers of Holy Writ who carry Bibles, pamphlets and records by donkey and jeep, camel and subway in 123 different countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some facts: Total number of Bibles, New Testaments and portions of Scripture distributed last year: 11,888,226, of which 7,604.625 copies were sold by the colporteurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
By far, the larger part of this total circulation is distributed by sale to individuals, through colporteurs, pastors, mission workers and others.
From Time Magazine Archive
All Abolition lecturers and colporteurs were gratuitously entertained, although their presence was sometimes a cause of abuse, and even of danger.
From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by John F. (John Ferguson) Hume
The Society for Religious Publications employed 1300 colporteurs, and effected sales during the year to the amount of 526,000 dollars.
From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
