Missionary Principles and Practice. A Discussion of Christian Missions and of some Criticisms upon them
Robert Elliott Speer [1867-1947]
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Book Description
Title:
Missionary Principles and Practice. A Discussion of Christian Missions and of some Criticisms upon them
Author:
Robert Elliott Speer [1867-1947]
Publication Year:
1902
Location:
New York/London
Publisher:
Fleming H. Revell Co.
Pages:
552
Subjects:
Christian Missions
Copyright Holder:
Public domain
Contents
Preface
Part I. General Principles Stated
Missions—Primary and Essential in Christianity
Common Honesty and Foreign Missions
The Need of the Non-Christian World for Christ
What are Christian Missionaries Trying to Do?
The Aim of Christian Missions
The Science of Missions
The Kind of Men Needed in Foreign Missions
Some Current Criticisms of Missions
The Assumption Underlying Missionary Criticism
Missions and Spiritual Life
Missionaries and Their Rights
Christianity the Solitary and Sufficient Religion
Part II. General Principles Applied
The Iniquity of Christian Missions in China
Are the Missionaries Responsible for the Troubles in China?
The Scuttle Policy in China
Has Missionary Work in China Been Worth While?
Minister Wu's Confucian Propaganda
A Roman Catholic View of Missions in China
Higher Education in Missions with Special Reference to Conditions in China
Truth or Tolerance
Some Missionary Aspects of Paul's First Itineration
Some Missionary Aspects of Paul's Second Itineration
Part III. Need and Results
Impressions of Christian Missions in Asia
Persian Mohammedans and Mohammedanism
Glimpses of Life on a Persian Highway
On the Corpse Road
Why Christianity Appeals to the Japanese
Shosaburo Aoyama, A Japanese Christian Gentleman
Four Life Stories
Pastor Tsiang's Story
A Chinese Preacher
Two Korean Christians
Missionary Biographies
Missionary Heroism I Have Known
Li Hung Chang and Christian Missions
The Civilizing Influence of Missions
The Propagation of Christianity in the Last Century
Part IV. Privilege and Duty
The Missionary Spirit of the Christian Life
Christ, the Desire of the Nations
What Christ Has. Done for Woman
Prayer and Missions
The Holy Spirit and Missions
The Resources of the Christian Church
The Evangelization of the World in this Generation