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A handbook on missionary principles by the American Presbyterian missiologist Robert Elliott Speer [1867-1947]. My thanks to Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing a copy of this public domain book for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert E. Speer [1867-1947], <\/a>Missionary Principles and Practice. A Discussion of Christian Missions and of some Criticisms upon them<\/a><\/em>, 3rd edn. New York\/London: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1902. Hbk. pp.552. [Click to visit the Robert Speer page to download this and other titles by this author]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Preface<\/strong><\/li>
  • Part I. General Principles Stated<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    1. Missions\u2014Primary and Essential in Christianity<\/strong><\/li>
    2. Common Honesty and Foreign Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    3. The Need of the Non-Christian World for Christ<\/strong><\/li>
    4. What are Christian Missionaries Trying to Do?<\/strong><\/li>
    5. The Aim of Christian Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    6. The Science of Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    7. The Kind of Men Needed in Foreign Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    8. Some Current Criticisms of Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    9. The Assumption Underlying Missionary Criticism<\/strong><\/li>
    10. Missions and Spiritual Life<\/strong><\/li>
    11. Missionaries and Their Rights<\/strong><\/li>
    12. Christianity the Solitary and Sufficient Religion

      Part II. General Principles Applied
      <\/strong><\/li>
    13. The Iniquity of Christian Missions in China<\/strong><\/li>
    14. Are the Missionaries Responsible for the Troubles in China?<\/strong><\/li>
    15. The Scuttle Policy in China<\/strong><\/li>
    16. Has Missionary Work in China Been Worth While?<\/strong><\/li>
    17. Minister Wu’s Confucian Propaganda<\/strong><\/li>
    18. A Roman Catholic View of Missions in China<\/strong><\/li>
    19. Higher Education in Missions with Special Reference to Conditions in China<\/strong><\/li>
    20. Truth or Tolerance<\/strong><\/li>
    21. Some Missionary Aspects of Paul’s First Itineration<\/strong><\/li>
    22. Some Missionary Aspects of Paul’s Second Itineration

      Part III. Need and Results
      <\/strong><\/li>
    23. Impressions of Christian Missions in Asia<\/strong><\/li>
    24. Persian Mohammedans and Mohammedanism<\/strong><\/li>
    25. Glimpses of Life on a Persian Highway<\/strong><\/li>
    26. On the Corpse Road<\/strong><\/li>
    27. Why Christianity Appeals to the Japanese<\/strong><\/li>
    28. Shosaburo Aoyama, A Japanese Christian Gentleman<\/strong><\/li>
    29. Four Life Stories<\/strong><\/li>
    30. Pastor Tsiang’s Story<\/strong><\/li>
    31. A Chinese Preacher<\/strong><\/li>
    32. Two Korean Christians<\/strong><\/li>
    33. Missionary Biographies<\/strong><\/li>
    34. Missionary Heroism I Have Known<\/strong><\/li>
    35. Li Hung Chang and Christian Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    36. The Civilizing Influence of Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    37. The Propagation of Christianity in the Last Century

      Part IV. Privilege and Duty
      <\/strong><\/li>
    38. The Missionary Spirit of the Christian Life<\/strong><\/li>
    39. Christ, the Desire of the Nations<\/strong><\/li>
    40. What Christ Has Done for Woman<\/strong><\/li>
    41. Prayer and Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    42. The Holy Spirit and Missions<\/strong><\/li>
    43. The Resources of the Christian Church<\/strong><\/li>
    44. The Evangelization of the World in this Generation<\/strong><\/li>
    45. The Speedy Bringing of the World to Christ<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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