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placeCentral and Southern Africa ·

Open Letter

— David Livingstone

My views of what is missionary duty are not so contracted as those whose ideal is a dumpy sort of man with a Bible under his arm.…

placeCanton, China · 1831

Letter I

— Rev. E. C. Bridgman

MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS:--The general agent of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Union has requested me to write something which I have "seen, heard, or thought of" for the Treasury. He proposed that I s…

placeMaulmein and among the Karen people, Burma (present-day Myanmar) · 1832

Mr. Judson's Letter to the Female Members of Christian Churches in the United States of America

— Rev. Adoniram Judson

Dear Sisters in Christ,--Excuse my publicly addressing you. The necessity of the case is my only apology... In raising up a Church of Christ in this heathen land, and in laboring to elevate the minds …

placeWashington, D.C., United States · 1880

District of Columbia — Lincoln Mission

— Rev. S. P. Smith

One of the most beautiful sights on the streets of Washington, on the 5th of July morning, was the colored Sunday-schools coming out from different churches, going to Howard Park, Vaness Garden and ot…

placeFlorence, Alabama, United States · 1880

Florence and Her People

— Rev. George W. Moore

Florence is one of the prettiest towns in Northern Alabama. The climate is fine, the water good, and the scenery picturesque. It stands upon the banks of the majestic Tennessee, which is fast being op…

placeGood Hope Station, West Africa · 1880

Mendi Mission — Good Hope Station

— Mr. Nathaniel Nurse

We have about a mile of land connected with this station. On this the natives have built a number of "fackies" in which they live. I noticed one afternoon, as I entered one of them, a man before the f…

placeA Southern city, Louisiana, United States · 1880

Lady-Missionary's Letter

— Unnamed lady missionary (name withheld by the editor at the time)

I must tell you of my experience last Sabbath in the "House of Refuge." At 3 P. M. I took a car up the long, beautiful, white shell-road... to the Institute buildings, expecting there to meet our supe…

placeMemphis, Tennessee, United States · 1880

Flower Mission and Care for the Sick

— Miss Hattie A. Milton

Yesterday I asked the girls in the sewing class to bring me flowers for the sick at the City Hospital. They were very glad of the opportunity and brought sixty bouquets of our lovely roses and some ho…

placeLa Pointe Agency, Lac Courte Oreilles reservation, Wisconsin, United States · 1880

La Pointe Agency

— Dr. I. L. Mahan

I have just returned from Lac Courte d'Oreille, where I have been to deliver the annual goods and supplies, and to superintend the farming operations carried on upon that reservation... I found a larg…

placeHankow / Yangtze River (Yang-Tse-Kiang), China · 1880

A Trip up the Yang-Tse-Kiang

— Rev. G. W. Painter

By the last mail, I wrote that I was in Shanghai for my health. Since then, I have been up the Yang-tse-Kiang to Hankow, a distance up and back of 1,200 miles, first-class passage $8. This included bo…

placeMississippi Valley (Memphis, Tennessee and surrounding region), United States · 1887

Notes in the Saddle

— Rev. C. J. Ryder

Le Moyne Institute, at Memphis, Tenn., like almost all of the A. M. A. schools this year, is full to overflowing. A large number of pupils have been turned away for the want of accommodations. The Ind…

placeSanta Barbara Chinese Mission, California, United States · 1887

A New Home

— Rev. C. T. Weitzel

The Santa Barbara Chinese Mission has taken a long step forward. Until the beginning of this year, its rooms were hired. Now it lives in rooms of its own on grounds of its own.…