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Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck [1830-1898] was a 19th Century Dutch Reformed Church missionary to Japan. Wikipedia provides a helpful summary of his life. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of this book to scan. This title is in the Public Domain. William Elliott Griffis [1843-1928], Verbeck of Japan. A Citizen…
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The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (S.P.G) was founded in 1701 as an overseas missionary organisation of the church of England. Georgiana Forde provides us with a short history of the mission in which 15,000 men and women served. The Wikipedia article provides a useful summary here. My thanks to…
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A Century of Baptist Missions offers a summary of the work of American Baptist Missions from their foundation up to around 1890. It covers their work in Burma (Myanmar), India, China, Japan, Africa, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Greece, Spain and Turkey. This book is in the Public Domain. Sophie Bronson Titterington [1846-?],…
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The first request I received when I announced that I would be uploading books on mission was for something about work in Japan. This little booklet contains “some soul-stirring accounts of God’s grace in Japan”, so I hope that it proves of interest. G.D., “Pulled out of the Fire”. Birkenhead: The Japan Rescue Mission, [c.1930]. pp.62. Click…