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
After this he received another New Testament from a colporteur of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and read it with a pricked conscience for disobeying his father.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
The colporteur was very pale, but he seemed to be cool.
From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler
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 Kennedy, James
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
He looked forward to the time when only an agent would be required to superintend the engagement of colporteurs, and to make arrangements with the booksellers.
From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George
He forthwith gave orders for the release of all colporteurs and that no further arrests were to be made.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
