Notes from Kwangju
Encourages pastors to promote The Missionary Survey and highlights foreign mission work—girls' schools, medical and prison ministry, Bible classes, and revival in China and Korea.
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Archives
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Notes from Kwangju
An Itinerating Trip to Korea
A missionary magazine urging informed mission study and reporting field work in Korea. Includes an itinerating trip account, catechumen examinations, and encouragement to pray intelligently.
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Some Korean “Cures”
Missionary letter from Kwang-ju, Korea exposes dangerous folk medical practices and crude amputations, pleading for medical missionaries and gospel work: "Pray, give, come."
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The Home Life of Missionaries
Practical advice for missionary home life: wives as helpmeets, shared ministry, cultural sensitivity, hospitality, use of talents, wholesome recreation, study and nursing care.
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John Williamson Nevin (1803–1886)
Biography of John W. Nevin: a Princeton-trained theologian who moved to Mercersburg high‑church sacramentalism, opposed revivalism, and advocated temperance, abolition, and church unity.
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D.
Biography of Alfred Nevin: Presbyterian minister, editor, educator, and civic leader in 19th-century Pennsylvania; his ministry, writings, and family background.
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Sermons
Collection of sermons by W. G. Neville centered on Matthew 11:28 — the gospel invitation offering rest, comfort, and pastoral counsel for the burdened, afflicted, and weary.
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A Memorial Sketch of William G. Neville, D.D., LL.D. (President of Presbyterian College of South Carolina)
Memorial sketch of William G. Neville (1855–1907), president of Presbyterian College of South Carolina; records his ministry, educational leadership, family life, and character.
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Batanga Tales
Collection of Batanga folk tales from coastal West Africa (reprinted from the Journal of American Folk-Lore), containing stories of trickery, vengeance, wisdom, and magic.
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My Ogowe: Being A Narrative of Daily Incidents During Sixteen Years in Equatorial West Africa
Robert H. Nassau's missionary narrative recounts 16 years in Equatorial West Africa: Ogowe river exploration, tribal encounters, language work, slave-trade issues, and station life.
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Bantu Sociology
Missionary ethnographic account of Bantu societies: population, languages, family, customs, polygamy and slavery in Western Equatorial Africa.
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Ibiya — A West African Pastor
Discusses religion's role in Mexican political strife and profiles Ibiya, a West African Presbyterian pastor who led reforms, faced exile, and built native Christian institutions.
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In an Elephant Corral, and Other Tales of West African Experiences
Missionary memoir by R. H. Nassau recounting West African tales: folklore, converts' struggles, secret societies, cultural clashes, and early mission life in Gabon.
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Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales
English collection of West African Bantu animal folk-tales with a preface on oral tradition, pronunciation, and tales such as 'Do Not Trust Your Friend.'
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Tales Out of School
Excerpt from Robert H. Nassau's Tales Out of School (1911) describing Libreville and the Gabon region: geography, tribes, slave trade, and mid‑19th-century missionary settlement and school life.
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The Youngest King: A Story of the Magi
Fictional retelling of the Magi centered on Caspar, an African seeker. Blends African folklore with the nativity, exploring prophecy, signs, and cross-cultural faith.
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Africa: An Essay
Poetic missionary essay describing Africa's geography, peoples, social evils (slavery, polygamy, witchcraft) and urging Christian missions and reform.
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Corisco Days: The First Thirty Years of the West Africa Mission
Rev. R. H. Nassau’s firsthand sketches of the Corisco West Africa mission (1829–c.1892), detailing island geography, mission stations, schools, native churches, and missionary life.
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The Path She Trod: A Memorial of Mary Brunette (Foster) Nassau
Memorial biography of Mary Brunette Foster Nassau (1849–1884), tracing her Foster genealogy, childhood, piety, and preparation for missionary service in Africa. Draws on diaries and letters.
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Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years’ Observation of Native Customs and Superstitions
Robert H. Nassau's 1904 ethnographic study of West African fetichism and native religion, based on forty years' missionary observation of customs, worship, and social life.
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