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title: 'An Appeal to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Lyman Merrick'
date: 1847-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Missions (General)'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 49'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/merrick-1847-an-appeal-to-the-american-board-of-commissioners-for-foreign-missions
---

# An Appeal to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

An 1847 appeal by Rev. J.L. Merrick defending American missionary work in Persia, recounting missionaries' labors and urging continued evangelism among Muslim Persians.

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