author
John Matthias Weylland
d. 1897
A Victorian writer of mission literature, his books drew on the life and work of the London City Mission and focused on bringing Christian teaching into the poorest parts of London. His work preserves a vivid picture of nineteenth-century evangelical outreach, urban poverty, and the people who labored among them.
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The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People.
by John Matthias Weylland
About the author
John Matthias Weylland was a nineteenth-century religious writer associated with the London City Mission. Sources found during this search identify him as living from 1823 to 1897, and his books repeatedly center on missionary work, especially in London among poor and neglected communities.
His known works include The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People, Round the Tower; or, The Story of the London City Mission, Our Veterans; or, Life-Stories of the London City Mission, and These Fifty Years, a jubilee volume connected with the mission. An autobiography, Valiant for the Truth, appeared after his death in 1899.
Weylland seems best understood not simply as an author, but as a recorder and advocate of evangelical city mission work. His writing is rooted in testimony, reform, and everyday encounters in Victorian London, which gives it both historical interest and a strong sense of purpose.