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The Origin And History Of Missions: Containing Faithful Accounts Of The Voyages, Travels, Labors And Successes Of The Various Missionaries Who Have Be

The Origin And History Of Missions: Containing Faithful Accounts Of The Voyages, Travels, Labors And Successes Of The Various Missionaries Who Have Be

Smith, Thomas

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General ReferenceIslamGeneral Middle East

ISBN10: 935454133X
ISBN13: 9789354541339
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 626
Weight: 3.15
Height: 1.26 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Across oceans and empires, faith travelled fast. Witness the world in motion. It is history with salt air. A rare view of early global Protestantism in print. Volume II of Thomas Smith's The Origin And History Of Missions gathers illustrated mission history from authentic documents, shaping a missionary repository collection of religious travel narratives, reports, and missionary society histories. Here are voyages of missionaries and accounts of christian missions worldwide, showing how Protestant zeal was organised and carried into unfamiliar languages and politics. The focus is frank: evangelizing nonchristian peoples, and the practical labour that followed. Engravings from original drawings bring ships, landscapes, and meetings into sharp Victorian focus. Smith compiles letters, journals, and notices into one repository, following routes from port to inland station and from first sermon to settled congregation. Documentary in tone, the human stakes stay close: illness, weather, translation, and the slow work of trust. Read today, it is a church history reference and a vivid window onto 18th-19th century missions, as the Victorian era missionary movement shaped networks of print, education, and charity. Collectors of protestant mission literature will prize its breadth and period voice; casual readers will feel the distance, danger, and conviction in every dispatch. A dependable seminary research resource, and a record of belief tested on the road. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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