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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 Reference20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9354541321
ISBN13: 9789354541322
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 674
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Far horizons. Hard journeys. Faith. In this first missionary history volume, Thomas Smith gathers faithful, documentary accounts of missionary voyages and overland travels undertaken in the great age of 19th century missions. Drawn from reports, letters, and other authentic records, these religious travel narratives follow men and women who carried christian evangelism abroad, facing distance, disease, language barriers, and the moral urgency of conversion efforts worldwide. The result is an illustrated mission anthology: a repository of protestant missionary biographies and field reports, enriched with engravings made from original drawings. Read today, it stands as a vivid church history reference and a revealing window onto colonial era missions and the rise of world christianity history as a global story. Its pages preserve the period's voice and assumptions as well as its courage, offering material for a christian study group, the historically curious, or anyone drawn to adventure tempered by belief. Collectors of classic religious literature will value the scope and the period illustrations, while casual readers can dip into self-contained accounts of missionary voyages from region to region. Volume I opens the series with a broad panorama, from coastal landfalls to inland stations, showing how networks of societies, ships, and printing presses carried news home and shaped public sympathy across Britain and beyond in the nineteenth century. 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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