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The Morning Star: A Herald of The Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ was a monthly magazine which started publication in 1894. Its owner and editor, Dr. Robert McKilliam, launched it in response to the widespread interest in the timing of the return of Jesus Christ which arose prior to the end of the nineteenth…
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Today’s free book is a biography of Alphaeus Paget Wilkes, who along with the Rev. Barclay Fowell Buxton founded the Japan Evangelistic Band at the Keswick Convention in 1903. This title is in the public domain. Mary Winifred Dunn Pattison [1877-1951], Ablaze for God. The Life Story of Paget Wilkes who for 36 years lived…
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When working on a project as large as Missiology.org.uk is is easy to be distracted from the main task in hand and follow-up “rabbit-trails” as exciting material comes to hand. In this case of A. Paget Wilkes, one of the founders of the Japan Evangelist Band, however, I decided to follow the rabbit trail. The…
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A. Paget Wilkes [1871-1934] recalls the story of the Japan Evangelistic Band from its foundation in 1903 until 1933. Wilkes was optimistic that Christianity would continue to spread in Japan. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of this book to scan. This title is in the public domain. Note that this book…