page_title: Wordless Book
hierarchical_section_title: Wordless Book
caption_attribution_description: English: From China's Millions; China Inland Mission; London; January 1892 (colors added by Brian York in photoshop for emphasis)
context_page_description: The Wordless Book is a Christian evangelistic book. Evidence points to it being invented by the famous London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in a message given on January 11, 1866 to several hundred orphans regarding Psalm 51:7 "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." It is called a "book", as it is usually represented with pages, although it can be shown on a single page or banner.
  The book consists of several blocks of pure color that, in sequence, represent a nonverbal catechism about basic Christian teachings for the instruction of children, the illiterate, or people of different cultures. The presentation of the book is meant to be a verbal experience, however, providing the "reader" a visual cue to expound Christian doctrine extemporaneously or in impromptu situations.
context_section_description: The Wordless Book is a Christian evangelistic book. Evidence points to it being invented by the famous London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in a message given on January 11, 1866 to several hundred orphans regarding Psalm 51:7 "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."  It is called a "book", as it is usually represented with pages, although it can be shown on a single page or banner.
  The book consists of several blocks of pure color that, in sequence, represent a nonverbal catechism about basic Christian teachings for the instruction of children, the illiterate, or people of different cultures.  The presentation of the book is meant to be a verbal experience, however, providing the "reader" a visual cue to expound Christian doctrine  extemporaneously or in impromptu situations.
caption: Open-air preaching in China using the Wordless Book[1]
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