Ken Stewart on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe: Fictional Missionary in Britain’s Pre-Missionary Age
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Today’s free book is a history of the Spanish Church from the first to the 19th Century, My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Frederick Meyrick [1857-1906], The Church in Spain. London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1892. Hbk. pp.450. [Click here to visit the…
Dan Crawford [1870-1926] was a Scottish Missionary to Luanza – in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is now in the Public Domain. James J. Ellis [1853-?], Dan Crawford of Luanza. 37 Years Missionary Work…
Paget Wilkes [1871-1934] was one of the co-founders of the Japan Evangelistic Band in 1903. This book contains extracts from his diary from his tour of Japan in 1910. According to Wikipedia: The work of the JEB… has led to the establishment of the Kansai Bible College in Kobe and over 150 churches in Japan….
Eugene Stock, who also wrote the massive 4-volume History of the Church Missionary Society, provides a brief – but nonetheless comprehensive – introduction to Christian missions. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre of Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Eugene Stock [1836-1928], A Short Handbook of Missions. London:…
William Paton [1886-1943] sets out the argument for world mission. It is based on the material presented at the Jerusalem meeting of the International Missionary Council (March 24th – April 8th 1928). My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the public domain. William Paton…
Wikipedia provides this very helpful summary of the career of Sir Wilfred Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940): The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1893 when he recruited two nurses…