In Memoriam: Harlan Page Beach
Obituary for Harlan P. Beach (d.1933), eminent missionary leader and educator—Student Volunteer Movement secretary, Yale missions professor, prolific missionary biographer.
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In Memoriam: Harlan Page Beach
Introduction to William M. Miller, Bahaism: Its Origin, History, and Teachings
Missionary W. McElwee Miller examines the origin, history and teachings of Bábism and Bahá'ísm from Persian sources, offering a critical, corrective account for Western readers.
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“Lu Taifu” Charles Lewis, M.D.: A Pioneer Surgeon in China
Life of Charles Lewis, M.D., a pioneering medical missionary and surgeon in North China. Covers his boyhood, medical training, missionary service, and personal recollections.
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“Are Foreign Missions Done For?”
Robert E. Speer defends foreign missions after the 1927 China disturbances, highlighting missionaries' sacrifices, Chinese goodwill, and the continuing duty to spread Christ's salvation.
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The Western [Theological Seminary] on the Mission Field
Centennial account of Western Theological Seminary highlighting its missionary origins and leadership in establishing Presbyterian home and foreign missions in Western Pennsylvania.
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Robert E. Speer, Missionary Statesman: Secretary Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Since 1891
Biographical pamphlet on Robert E. Speer, longtime Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions and 1927 Moderator. Covers his missionary travels, writings, and leadership.
The Old, Ever New Call of Christ: Address Delivered at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church …, San Francisco, California, June 1, 1927
Robert E. Speer's 1927 General Assembly address urges renewed foreign missionary zeal, recounts missionary growth and martyrs, and highlights new opportunities in China, Mexico, Africa, and the Islamic world.
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Modern Missions in Chile and Brazil
1924–25 report of a Presbyterian commission visiting missions in Chile and Brazil, surveying Protestant church work, education, mission history, and the Montevideo Congress.
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The Church and Missions
Argues Christianity’s universal scope from Jesus’ teaching through the early church; traces the spread of evangelism and the emergence of organized foreign missions, notably Paul.
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Seeking the Mind of Christ
Guide to studying Christ's life and mind: methods, character, teachings, and Christian salvation as God's work. Practical devotional instruction for imitation and growth.
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The Unfinished Task of Foreign Missions
Robert E. Speer's Sprunt lectures contend foreign missions remain unfinished and require renewed hope and duty. He examines challenges in Asia, India, Buddhism, Islam and South America.
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The Foreign Student in America: A Study by the Commission on Survey of Foreign Students in the United States of America …
Survey of foreign students in the U.S., examining their backgrounds, attitudes toward American life and Christianity, and recommending church and institutional engagement.
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The Christ Who Lives in Men
Speer expounds Paul’s “I am crucified with Christ,” arguing true Christian life begins in union with Christ’s death and is lived now in the flesh as sanctified service.
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Christianity and International Relations
Speer argues that Christian unity under Christ as humanity’s head provides the moral foundation for just international relations, countering narrow nationalism and rivalry.
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Race and Race Relations: A Christian View of Human Contacts
Robert E. Speer's Christian study argues humanity is one family 'of one blood,' surveys the origins, abuses, and gains of race, and proposes Christian solutions to race relations.
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Of One Blood: A Short Study of the Race Problem
Christian study arguing God made 'of one blood' all peoples; races are shaped by heredity and environment. It surveys prejudice and abuses and urges Christian unity in Christ as the remedy.
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A Clear Call to the Presbyterian Churches
1924 Presbyterian Survey: General Assembly affirms traditional faith, debates women's committee membership, and issues a clear call for cooperative foreign missions to Mesopotamia ('Arise to Nineveh').
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A Missionary Pioneer in the Far East: A Memorial of Divie Bethune McCartee, For More Than Fifty Years a Missionary of the Board of Foreign Missions …
Memorial biography of Divie B. McCartee, a 19th-century Presbyterian medical missionary, educator and consular pioneer who served in China and Japan; includes his autobiography and mission history.
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The Poverty of Persia — Its Cause and Cure
Robert E. Speer documents Persia's deepening poverty, illiteracy, and weakened government after the war. He urges mission education and systemic reform rather than indiscriminate almsgiving.
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Politics and Missions in India To-Day
Survey of India's rising nationalism and political change, assessing consequences for Christian missions and urging informed support for self-reliant Indian churches and religious toleration.
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