sentences:  Thomas Bray demonstrate how far a “philanthropic” vision for Christian libraries could sometimes extend.It came to Bray's attention that many ministers, both Anglican and Dissenting, in Britain and in the Colonies, simply lacked the means to procure theological books, and were effectively consigned to rural parishes where they were not within reasonable distance of books to borrow.The result was the formulation of “Parochial and Lending Libraries”.