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title: 'The Attraction of the Cross: A Discourse Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Meeting at Norwich, Conn., October 4, 1868'
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authors:
- 'Henry Addison Nelson'
date: 1868-01-01
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topics:
- 'Atonement'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'John 12'
- 'John 3'
- 'John 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nelson-1868-the-attraction-of-the-cross-a-discourse-before-the-american-board-of-commissioners-for-foreign-missions-at-their-meeting-at-norwich-conn-october-4-1868
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# The Attraction of the Cross: A Discourse Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Meeting at Norwich, Conn., October 4, 1868

Henry A. Nelson argues Christ's being 'lifted up' on the cross is the decisive, world-transforming power that draws sinners to him and inspires missionary zeal.

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