Category: History - Religious

The Story of Lutheran Missions

The author acknowledges her indebtedness to the many persons who have furnished data for _The Story of Lutheran Missions_, and to those who have read the manuscript. The authorities consulted have been chiefly _The History of Protestant Missions_ by Gustav Warneck, D.D., _The...

Chapters

9. CHAPTER IV.

[Sidenote: The Land.] The continent of Africa has been likened to a great ear which waits upon the word of the rest of the world. It is enormous in extent, its area being nearly...

7. CHAPTER III.

[Sidenote: The Land.] The pen seems to falter before the task of describing India, with its varied landscapes, its dense population, its fascinating history, its great learning,...

5. CHAPTER II.

[Sidenote: A Danish Colony.] In 1526, nine years after Luther had nailed his theses to the church door at Wittenberg, the King of Denmark accepted the Evangelical faith. Subsequ...

11. CHAPTER V.

[Sidenote: The Land.] China is the most ancient of the great empires of the world. It comprises more than four million square miles and is divided into eighteen provinces. Among...

3. CHAPTER I.

[Sidenote: Purpose of the Book.] It is the object of this book to give a general survey of the missionary labors of the Lutheran Church in all lands. A knowledge of the work of...

13. CHAPTER VI.

[Sidenote: The Land.] To a large proportion of the Americans who are interested in missions Asia and Africa are better known than the great continent of South America which lies...

1. CHAPTER VI—Lutheran Foreign Missions on

The author acknowledges her indebtedness to the many persons who have furnished data for _The Story of Lutheran Missions_, and to those who have read the manuscript. The authori...

4. CHAPTER II.

The Basel Society The Berlin Society The Rhenish Society The North German or Bremen Society The Leipsic Society The Hermannsburg Society The Gossner Society The Breklum or Schle...

2. CHAPTER I.

THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK. THE MISSIONARY IMPULSE. THE BENEFITS OF MISSIONARY STUDY. THE PLAN OF SALVATION. Salvation Intended for the Whole World. Israel’s Conception of God’s Pu...

8. CHAPTER IV.

The People Womanhood in Africa The Riches of Africa A Continent Betrayed The Traffic in Gin Mohammedanism in Africa Africa under European Flags The Picture not all Dark The Firs...

10. CHAPTER V.

6. CHAPTER III.

12. CHAPTER VI.