Missions and the Minor Prophets – 6 Bible Studies

This little book presents a short series of Bible studies about what the minor prophets have to say about Christian Missions. The author was the Principal of St Aidan’s Theological College in Birkenhead. Although the Wikipedia article does not mention it, most of the library from St Aidan’s was merged with the library of Liverpool Cathedral in 1970. I know this because when I worked in Liverpool Cathedral I spent many happy lunch hours browsing through them. My thanks to the Church Mission Society for their permission to place this book on-line.

Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman [1872-1953], Missions and the Minor Prophets. A Series of Bible Studies. London: Church Missionary Society, 1909. Hbk. pp.118. [Click to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

• Introduction
• Suggestions to Leaders and Students
• The Prophets of Israel

1. Jonah, an Early Missionary to the Heathen
2. Joel, the Social Reformer
3. Amos and his Gospel
4. Haggai and Church Building
5. Zechariah, the Prophet of Hope
6. Malachi, the Messenger of the Advent

Introduction

The purpose of this little book is a simple one; it is to help the student of the Bible and the student of Missions. The Christian who realizes the full blessing of the Gospel is both of these. But he sometimes thinks that the two studies are distinct, that they must be kept separate; it is a mistake, and sometimes a costly one. We can study the principles of the Kingdom of God in the Bible; we can watch the development of these principles in the mission-field; we can ponder God’s dealing with men in centuries long past; we can see Him deal with men in the same all-wise, all-loving way in the Uganda or China of to-day. And the double study confirms our faith, excites our earnest service, in a way which can be done by neither study alone. We are apt to forget that the God Who by His Spirit made the story of the Church of Antioch a wonderful story indeed is the same God Who to-day writes for us the wonderful story of Uganda….