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HANDING OUT TRACTS
Handing out tracts to drinkers in a public house. Date: 1881
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1881 Drinkers Giving Handing Leaflets Missionaries Pale Pamphlet Pamphlets Tracts
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This evocative photograph captures the intense moment of outreach and evangelism in 1880s Europe, as a dedicated missionary hands tracts to drinkers outside a public house. The image, taken in 1881, portrays a stark contrast between the worldly pleasures of the alehouse and the spiritual mission of the religious pamphlets being distributed. The missionary, dressed in a somber suit and holding a stack of tracts, approaches the group of drinkers with a determined expression, while they look up from their drinks, momentarily pausing their conversations and raising their gazes to meet his. The atmosphere is heavy with tension, as the missionary's message of salvation clashes with the earthy, sensual allure of the public house. The scene is set against a backdrop of a dimly lit, cobblestone street, adding to the sense of otherworldliness and the passage of time. The use of photography further emphasizes the historical significance of this moment, as the missionary's efforts to spread the word of God in the face of worldly distractions continues to resonate with us today, more than a century later.
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