{"id":731,"date":"2017-01-04T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2016-09-22T10:12:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:12:30","slug":"pierson-crisis-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/pierson-crisis-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"A.T. Pierson’s The Crisis of Missions or The Voice Out of the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arthur<\/a>Walter Elwell notes that Arthur T. Pierson [1837-1911] was “[h]ailed as the greatest populizer of missions of his age and one who revolutionised missionary literature…” [Evangelical Dictionary fo World Missions<\/em>, p.756]. In this volume he summarises the history of missions, outlines the problems facing the missionary enterprise in the 1880s and suggests a solution. My thanks to Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n

Arthur T. Pierson [1837-1911], The Crisis of Missions; or, the Voice Out of the Cloud<\/em>, 4th edn. London: James Nisbet & Co., [1889]. Hbk. pp.370. [Download complete book in PDF]<\/a><\/h2>\n

Contents<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. The Precept and the Promise<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Providential Signals<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Removal of Barriers<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. The Moving of the Pillar<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. The Opening of Doors: India<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. East Indian Missions<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Burmah and Karens<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. The Open Door in Siam<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. The Walled Kingdom<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Protestant Missions in China<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Japan, The Sunrise Kingdom<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. Korea, The Hermit Nation<\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. The Ottoman Empire<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. The Dark Continent<\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. Papal Lands<\/strong><\/li>\n
  16. Mexico, Land of Aztecs<\/strong><\/li>\n
  17. South American States<\/strong><\/li>\n
  18. The Subsidence of Obstacles<\/strong><\/li>\n
  19. Woman’s Work for Woman<\/strong><\/li>\n
  20. The Preparation of the Church<\/strong><\/li>\n
  21. The White Harvest Fields<\/strong><\/li>\n
  22. The Gracious Signs<\/strong><\/li>\n
  23. The Transformations of Grace<\/strong><\/li>\n
  24. The Products of God’s Husbandry<\/strong><\/li>\n
  25. The Isles Waiting For His Law<\/strong><\/li>\n
  26. God’s Seal on the Workmen<\/strong><\/li>\n
  27. The Aspect and Prospect<\/strong><\/li>\n
  28. The Elements in the Crisis<\/strong><\/li>\n
  29. The Unheeded Signals<\/strong><\/li>\n
  30. The Leaven of a New Theology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  31. The Spirit of Missions<\/strong><\/li>\n
  32. The Laborers are Few<\/strong><\/li>\n
  33. Meeting the Crisis<\/strong><\/li>\n
  34. A World’s Missionary Council<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A Word Supplementary<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    A Word Preliminary<\/h3>\n

    If in this little book any good is found, it is, like most good things, -a growth; it has come by a process of development in personal study and pastoral service.<\/p>\n

    The little interest at first felt by the writer in remote missions in regions beyond has steadily and rapidly grown. The logic of the Scripture argument for a world-wide evangelism is itself overwhelming; but various side-arguments and considerations emphasize and enforce the scriptural; and the logic of events adds its mighty demonstration, that the pillar of God still moves before His people. Under the combined influence of such an array of proof from Scripture, from history, and from experience, that the spirit of missions is the spirit of Christ, the whole mind and heart of a true disciple burn with conviction and glow with enthusiasm in the direction of the work of witnessing to a lost world. [Continue reading<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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