Franz Eugen Schlachter

At the time of his confirmation he visited the assembly (congregation) of Robert Pearsall Smith, the leader of the Holiness Movement, in Basel.

In 1884 he was baptised by a preacher from the Freie Evangelische Gemeinde in Thun named Konrad Werndli.

In the same year he travelled to Great Britain, to visit the assemblies of Charles Haddon Spurgeon and American evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody.

In 1888 he published a short pamphlet named "Brosamen von des Herrn Tisch".

In 1905 the Miniaturbibel (Miniature Bible) was completed, named for its size (1 cm thick), small enough to carry in a pocket.