January 20, 1880 Letter
1880 missionary journal: Chinese ancestor rites and fasting; Shantung Presbytery reports famine, church discipline, baptisms, and a mission hospital's patient statistics.
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January 20, 1880 Letter
The Work of Protestant Missions in the Province of Shantung
Survey of Protestant missions in Shantung: missionary numbers, converts' character, schooling, and challenges (poverty, hostility). Emphasizes evangelism and social impact.
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Twenty-Five Years of Missionary Work in the Province of Shantung, China
Overview of 25 years of Presbyterian missions in Shantung, China: amid rebellion, famine, and persecution missionaries sustained relief, prayer, and evangelism, producing conversions and churches.
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Must the Chinese Go?
1886 missionary article defending Chinese residents, urging treaty fidelity, humane treatment, and recognition of the economic benefits of Chinese labor. Also notes mission funding shortfalls.
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A Shantung Parish
Reflection on Hannah's silent prayer as relief and refreshment, followed by missionary letters reporting church growth, schools, baptisms, and new stations in Shantung and Hainan, China.
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Extract from Letter of Rev. Hunter Corbett, D.D., April 11, 1898
Sept 1898 reports and letters on missionary work at home and abroad: strategy connecting missions and statesmanship, progress of Christ's kingdom, and field reports from Syria, China, Laos.
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The Colonization Scheme Considered
Pastors Samuel Cornish and Theodore Wright condemn the American Colonization scheme as oppressive, caste-preserving, un-Christian, and ineffective for civilizing Africa or ending the slave trade.
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