Report of commission VI: The home base of missionsWorld Missionary Conference, 1910 - Missions |
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... Africa to change some habit of dress or social custom , their task might seem almost impossible . How infinitely more difficult it is to ask these peoples to accept . a teaching that will revolutionise their whole life ! There is ...
... Africa to change some habit of dress or social custom , their task might seem almost impossible . How infinitely more difficult it is to ask these peoples to accept . a teaching that will revolutionise their whole life ! There is ...
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... Africa and the East " in London , there were between fifty and one hundred offers of service to the Church Missionary Society as a result . Men and women have been led to face seriously the claims of the foreign field upon them for ...
... Africa and the East " in London , there were between fifty and one hundred offers of service to the Church Missionary Society as a result . Men and women have been led to face seriously the claims of the foreign field upon them for ...
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... Africa Turkish Empire Arabia Persia 469 158 21 39 India , Burma , and Ceylon 848 Siam , Laos , and Straits Settlements 79 China 1254 Korea 201 Japan 379 Philippine Islands 131 Oceania 57 Miscellaneous 161 Total 4377 In addition to those ...
... Africa Turkish Empire Arabia Persia 469 158 21 39 India , Burma , and Ceylon 848 Siam , Laos , and Straits Settlements 79 China 1254 Korea 201 Japan 379 Philippine Islands 131 Oceania 57 Miscellaneous 161 Total 4377 In addition to those ...
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... Africa ? What instruction is given with reference to the history and principles of the modern missionary enterprise ? What suggestions are offered as to how they may best educate and arouse the congrega . tions over which they will ...
... Africa ? What instruction is given with reference to the history and principles of the modern missionary enterprise ? What suggestions are offered as to how they may best educate and arouse the congrega . tions over which they will ...
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... Africa , should devote time and strength to acquiring knowledge regarding the physical , intellectual , moral , and religious conditions that prevail among those peoples whose entire life it is sought to transform . This has led to the ...
... Africa , should devote time and strength to acquiring knowledge regarding the physical , intellectual , moral , and religious conditions that prevail among those peoples whose entire life it is sought to transform . This has led to the ...
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Page 298 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 7 - Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.
Page 325 - BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 325 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 138 - It is my purpose, if God permit, to become a foreign missionary.
Page 325 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 325 - Christ : whom not having seen ye love ; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory : receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Page 15 - As has already been urged, the primary need is not the multiplication of prayer meetings or the more extensive circulation of prayer calendars, but that individual Christians should learn to pray. If this work is to be taken seriously, the hour of prayer must be definitely set apart and jealously guarded in spite of weariness and many distractions.
Page 10 - Missions of a truth which we are in constant danger of overlooking, viz., that "it is much more difficult to pray for missions than to give to them. We can only really pray for missions if we habitually lead a life of prayer, and a life of prayer can only be led if we have entered into a life of communion with God.
Page 179 - Whereas, in but few of the denominations have aggressive movements to interest men in missions been undertaken; Therefore be it resolved, that this gathering of laymen, called together for prayer and conference on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Haystack Prayer Meeting, designate a committee of twenty-five or more representative laymen to consult with the secretaries of the missionary boards of all the denominations in the United States and Canada, if possible at their annual gathering...