The Christian Occupation Of Africa The Proceedings Of A Conference Of Mission Boards Engaged In Work In The Continent Of Africa Held In New York Cit

Author : Committee of Reference and Counsel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333364038
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Occupation of Africa written by Committee of Reference and Counsel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Christian Occupation of Africa: The Proceedings of a Conference of Mission Boards Engaged in Work in the Continent of Africa, Held in New York City, November 20, 21, and 22, 1917, Together With the Findings of the Conference The Chairman: A religious convention was being held a while ago at which one of the speakers remarked, We ought to do something for the poor. Whereupon an enthusiastic man in the audience rose and said, I propose that we give them three cheers. We are gathered here in order that we may do something for the poor - the Lord's poor, the poorest of the poor, a whole continent of men who have been passed by and neglected more than any other people of the earth. We meet to give them good cheer, but it is the cheer not of words but of definite, practical plans looking to their betterment. I think we meet in the consciousness that more than of our fellow beings may be benefited by what God may say to us and lead us to do as Societies engaged in missionary work in behalf of the A'fricans. I want that we shall feel the presence of that dusky multitude in all of our deliberations, as well as the presence of the invisible Father and Friend. At this point the chairman read the following letter from Mr. J. H. Oldham, Secretary of the Edinburgh Continuation Committee, which he commended as most timely and as an appropriate introduction to the Conference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.