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From the Bakuba Country

W. H. Sheppard describes how chartered trading companies forced Bakuba men into rubber labor, ruining farms and causing famine. The nearby Presbyterian mission maintains schools, worship, and industrial training.
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An African’s Work for Africa

Rev. William H. Sheppard recounts missionary work in the Congo: surviving royal plots, confronting cannibal raids, rescuing captives, and spreading the Gospel.
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Experiences of a Pioneer Missionary on the Congo

William H. Sheppard recounts pioneering missionary work on the Congo—dangerous journeys, conversions, church planting, and native evangelists; a call to student foreign missions.
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Light in Darkest Africa

A major gift to Hampton and Tuskegee supports rural Negro schools. Rev. W. H. Sheppard recounts missionary perils, reconciliation, and cannibal raids in Africa.
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The Bakuba Missions

Reports on colonial education and overseas missions. Rev. W. H. Sheppard's letter describes the Bakuba mission's rapid church growth, schools, baptisms, and native evangelists.
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Second Study

Missionary study from Persia describing Shi'a Islam’s living-God faith, legalism, Imam-veneration, shrines, Sufism and reform tendencies. Discusses implications for Christian missionary engagement.
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An Interesting Document on the Bab

1916 The Moslem World editorial on WWI's impact on Muslims, commemorates a medieval missionary martyr; correspondence discusses Arabic coins and an eyewitness interview with the Báb.
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Bahaism and Its Claims

Reports on mass religious awakenings and missionary advances in India. A critical survey of Bahaism—its origins, claims, membership estimates, and theological issues.
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Historical Sketch of the Missions in Persia

Historical sketch of the Presbyterian Church's foreign missions in Persia, outlining geography, peoples, social conditions, and religious landscape. Surveys Zoroastrianism, Islam (Shia/Sunni), Baháʼí influence and mission opportunities.
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The Syrians of Persia and Eastern Turkey

Survey of Syriac Christians in Persia and eastern Turkey: origins, dialects, migrations, church remains, and harsh socio-economic conditions including persecution and labor migration.
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