Report of the Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions
Subtitle: held in Carnegie Hall and neighboring churches, April 21 to May 1.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Religious Tract Society; American Tract Society
Published: 1900
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Missions; Societies
Table of contents: title: Part I. The story of the conference; title: I. Origin of the conference; title: II. The opening meetings; title: III. Scope and significance of the conference; title: Part II. The missionary idea; title: IV. General principles; title: V. Responsibilities of today; title: VI. Methods of awakening interest; title: VII. Literature of missions; title: VIII. Prayer and beneficence; title: IX. The missionary society; title: X. Comity and co-operation; title: XI. The mission; title: XII. The missionary; title: XIII. Incidental relations of the missionary; title: XIV. Wider relations of missions; title: XV. Anti-Christian forces; title: XVI. General Survey; title: XVII. Western Asia and the Levant; title: XVIII. Africa; title: XIX. The Americas; title: XX. The Islands of the Pacific; title: XXI. India and farther India; title: XXII. Japan and Korea; title: XXIII. China.; title: Chapter XXIV. The Bible given to the nations; title: The church and Bible translation; title: Beginning of modern Bible work; title: Difficulties in translation; title: Experience in Bible translation; title: Bible distribution and missions; title: Summary of Bible work; title: XXV. Literature as a evangelistic agency; title: Need of helps to understanding the Bible; title: Office of Christian literature in evangelization; title: What has been done; title: Practical suggestions for the future; title: XXVI. Plea for Christian literature; title: The power of books; title: Books for children; title: Appeals from missionaries; title: What the press could do; title: XXVI. Personal presentation of the gospel; title: Manner of presenting the Gospel; title: General work for women; title: Personal dealing s with inquirers; title: The evangelist's qualities; title: XXVIII. Education as an evangelistic agency; title: Place of education; title: The teacher as an evangelist; title: Primary schools and kindergarteners; title: Training-schools and colleges; title: Higher education of women; title: Principles of college management; title: XXIX. Industrial education; title: Industrial training as a character builder; title: Industrial training-schools in various fields; title: Industrial training in Asia a burning question to-day; title: XXX. Ideas for missionary teachers; title: Necessity for training in teaching; title: Controlling ideas in school curricula; title: Relation of expression to impression; title: Will-training; title: XXXI. Medical missions; title: The physician as an evangelist; title: Qualifications for the medical missionary; title: Hospital and dispensary; title: Training of native assistants; title: Training other natives in medicine; title: XXXII. General philanthropy of missions; title: Evangelistic influence of philanthropic; title: Work for the famine-stricken; title: For orphans; title: For child-widows; title: For the blind; title: For lepers; title: XXXIII. Permanent results in native churches; title: Organization; title: Administration; title: Discipline; title: Special evils; title: Polygamy; title: XXXV. Self-support of native churches; title: The principle; title: A self-sustaining , self-nourishing, self-propagating church; title: The situation as to self-support in the Various fields; title: Methods of application of the principle; title: Various aspects of the subject; title: XXXVI. The irresistible plea for advance; title: Proofs of God's favor and blessing; title: Outlook for the coming century; title: The claims of the hour; title: Address to the church.