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title: 'The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia'
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authors:
- 'Mary Lewis Shedd'
- 'Robert Elliott Speer'
date: 1922-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Missions Biography'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'John 10'
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Romans 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/shedd-speer-1922-the-measure-of-a-man-the-life-of-william-ambrose-shedd-missionary-to-persia
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# The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia

Biography of missionary William Ambrose Shedd: leader at Urumia, relief worker among Assyrian and Armenian refugees in WWI, mediator and martyr during the evacuation.

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