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title: 'Essay on the Wants of the World and the Way to Relieve them'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Nevins'
date: 1832-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Missions (General)'
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Domestic Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 9'
- 'Acts 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nevins-1832-essay-on-the-wants-of-the-world-and-the-way-to-relieve-them
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# Essay on the Wants of the World and the Way to Relieve them

William Nevin argues the world is morally destitute yet receptive: the "harvest is plentiful" but labourers are few. He urges urgent preaching, missions, training, and Bible distribution.

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