Author: James McKinnis BalphPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Fifty Years of Mission Work in Syria
Author: James McKinnis BalphPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Fifty-three Years in Syria
Author: Henry Harris JessupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Fifty Three Years in Syria - Volume II
Author: Henry Harris JessupPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528760050
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The author of this volume is One of the pioneers of the new historic era and the changing social order in the Nearer East. He is entitled to this distinction not because of direct political activity, or of any strenuous role as a social reformer, but because of those fifty-three years of missionary service in the interests of religious uplift, educational progress, social morality, and all those civilizing influences which now by general consent are recognized results of the missionary enterprise. It is a chronicle of eventful years in the history of Western Asia. It is necessarily largely personal, as the book is a combination of autobiographical reminiscence with a somewhat detailed record of mission progress in Syria. No one can fail to be impressed with the variety and continuity, as well as the large beneficence of a life service such as is herein reviewed. In versatile and responsible toil, in fidelity to his high commission, in diligence in the use of opportunity, in unwavering loyalty to the call of missionary duty, his career has been worthy of the admiration and affectionate regard of the Church. The writer of this introduction regards it as one of the privileges of his missionary service in Syria that for twenty-two of the fifty-three years which the record covers he was a colleague of the author, and that such a delightful intimacy has marked a lifelong friendship. Dr. Jessup has been a living witness of one of the most vivid and dramatic national transformations which the world's annals record, as well as himself a contributor, indirectly and unconsciously perhaps, yet no less truly and forcefully, to changes as romantic, weird, and startling as the stage of history presents. We seem to be in the enchanted atmosphere of politics after the order of the Arabian Nights. In fact, no tale of the Thousand and One Nights can surpass in Imaginative power, mystical import, and amazing significance, this story of the transportation of an entire empire, as if upon some magic carpet of breathless flight, from the domain of irresponsible tyranny to the realm of constitutional government. The cruel and shocking episode of massacre in transit seems to be in keeping with the ruthless barbarity of the despotic environment.
Fifty-three Years in Syria
Author: Henry Harris JessupFifty-three Years in Syria
Author: Henry Harris JessupPublisher:
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Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Memorial Volume of the First Fifty Years of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Author: Rufus AndersonPublisher:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Foreign Missionary
Author: The Mission of the American Board in Syria
Author: Andreas FeldtkellerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781013287022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The focus of this study is the "Syria Mission", directed by the Protestant missionary society American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) from 1819 to 1870 in the Ottoman province of Syria, operating mainly within the territory of present-day Lebanon. The analysis of the cultural transfer between the Ottoman Empire and the United States of America undertaken in this study focuses on four relevant protagonists, whose contributions have not yet been sufficiently explored in missiological studies: The missionaries Eli Smith and Cornelius Van Dyck as well as the Syrian Protestants Butrus al-Bustani and John Wortabet. As a result, the Syria Mission of the ABCFM demonstrates how two different cultures met in a so called contact zone in the mission field and how these dialogue partners, despite many conflicts and disagreements, succeeded in contributing towards a fruitful dialogue. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
A History of Protestant Missions in the Near East
Author: Julius RichterPublisher:
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Category : Christian sects
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
A Sketch of the Syria Mission
Author: Dennis James ShepardPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019834633
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This religious book documents the efforts of American missionaries in Syria to spread Christianity and establish schools. It recounts their trials and successes, as well as providing cultural insights into the region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.