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Barclay Fowell Buxton [1860-1946] was an Evangelical Anglican minister who played an important role in establishing missions to Japan, as well as in developing the missionary movement in the United Kingdom. After serving curacies in London and Cumberland, Buxton went to Japan in 1890 with the Church Missionary Society where he was joined by Paget…
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Henrietta Feller was a Swiss-born Baptist missionary to Canada, working in Grande-Ligne, near Montreal. There she …taught, dispensed rudimentary medical services, distributed Bibles, and provided children’s care. By the time of the 1837 rebellion, a Protestant community numbering sixteen converts and a few sympathisers had formed. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, p. 209. My thanks…
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Written in 1884, this volume celebrates the Jubilee of the London City Mission, whose work continues to this day. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain volume available for digitisation. John Matthias Weylland [1823-1897], These Fifty Years, Being the Jubilee Volume of the London City Mission. London: S.W. Partridge…
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This is a very helpful little book that explains the necessity of medical missions as well a providing a history of the Church Missionary Society’s work in this field. My thanks to The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Henry T. Hodgkin [1877-1933], The Way…