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Experiences with Foreigners

Overview of the Presbyterian Church's 1906 home missions responding to mass immigration: outreach to Slavic, Italian, Chinese and Japanese newcomers via colporteurs, missions, and church aid.
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Greatest Colportage Agency

1909 Presbyterian Banner: reports include R.W. Gilder's obituary, Nicaragua executions, a mine disaster, a British & Foreign Bible Society colportage report, presbytery notices, and church supplies.
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Bohemia and the Slavs

1909 Presbyterian Banner covers world news and church affairs, highlighting domestic missions in the Southwest: Synod of New Mexico, Mexican congregations, and mission schools promoting Christian life and Americanization.
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The Synod of Lithuania

1910 Presbyterian Banner summarizes world and church news: Paris flood recovery, Fairbanks' Rome incident, U.S.-Germany tariff settlement, Plymouth Church remembrance, and temperance gains in Richmond.
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The Coming of the Slav

Survey advocating evangelical work among Slavs—especially Czechoslovakia—covering history, colportage, Presbyterian missions, and urging American prayer and financial support.
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Calvin on Infant Salvation

Argues Calvin did not teach that infants are lost: he held infants may be regenerated and included in the covenant, supporting infant baptism and distinguishing covenanted vs uncovenanted infants.
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The Romance of the Book

Survey of the history and influence of Bible societies, translations, colportage and missionary strategy, with discussion of manuscripts, miracles and the global spread of Scripture.
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Inspired Translators

1937 Presbyterian journal: critique of General Assembly governance and modernism in missions; essays defending biblical inspiration and reflecting on Mary’s anointing (Mark 14).
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Jonathan Edwards

Biographical sketches of 19th‑century Hanover College presidents—McMaster, Scovel, Thomas, Edwards, and Wood—detailing careers, institutional moves, accomplishments, and deaths.

Protestantism and Property

Two essays: one defends Daniel's revelations as divinely given regardless of dating; the other traces Protestant attitudes to property from medieval monasticism through the Reformation, stressing poverty and economic ethics.
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James Eells, D.D., LL.D.

Biography of Rev. James Eells, D.D., LL.D., detailing his education, pastoral service, and role as Professor of Practical Theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary. Notes his leadership, teaching, and final sermon.

William Maxwell

Union Seminary Review (Jan 1919) issues a special on "The Church and the War," featuring wartime religious leaders' essays and a biographical sketch of Virginia writer William Maxwell.
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Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Reader

1927 Egyptian Colloquial Arabic reader with graded stories, dialogues, songs, and Bible selections (Genesis, Luke). Practical textbook for students of colloquial Arabic.
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What Is the Koran?

Two pieces: one urges Christlike giving, social justice and peace as true Christmas gifts; the other surveys the Koran's contents, composition, and how it differs from the Bible.
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A Commentary on the Creed of Islam

Study of al-Taftazani’s commentary on al-Nasafi’s Creed, outlining al-Ash'ari, Mu'tazilite debates and Islamic scholastic methods concerning God’s attributes and creation.
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The Negro as a Christian

Profiles African American Christian life and leaders, praising their faith, fervor, and benevolence while calling for more educated, consecrated ministry to strengthen practical Christianity.
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