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Goddard, O E; Macdonell, Mrs R W

 
9781164090397: Making America Safe: A Study Of The Home Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1918)
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ISBN 10: 1164090399 ISBN 13: 9781164090397
Editorial: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Sinopsis

""Making America Safe: A Study Of The Home Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South"" is a historical book written by O. E. Goddard and published in 1918. The book is a comprehensive study of the home missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and their efforts to make America a safer place. The author explores the various activities and programs undertaken by the church to promote safety and security in the communities they served. Goddard also delves into the history of the church and its role in shaping American society. The book provides a unique perspective on the social and religious movements of the time and sheds light on the efforts of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to make a positive impact on American society. Overall, ""Making America Safe"" is an insightful and informative read for anyone interested in the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and their contributions to American society.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Reseña del editor

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Reseña del editor

Centenary study should be written by one whose facile pen and large knowledge of the subject fitted him peculiarly for the task. Before he could begin the work, how ever, he was called to other fields, making some other provision necessary. Repeated disappointments were met in securing a writer, and the task was at last delegated to the Secretaries of the Home De partment of the Board of Missions. To find time for this work in the midst of the very full program for every day. plus a great deal of itineration incident to the Centenary, has not been easy. The book was written in part on the railroad, in part amid interruptions in the busy office, and at midnight after the regular days work was done. We have done the best we could under very unfavorable conditions. We have sought to write a simple story of organized Home Mission work in our Church, and trust it may meet the need. The war slogan, Save the World for Democ racy, has been a mighty appeal for missionary propaganda in the United States. The world today is looking to America for its ideals, but so long as more than half our people are religiously destitute, and so long as ignorance and industrial and racial oppression and inequalities abound in the United States, the world is not safe for Democracy. Our own land is the greatest mission field in the world not only because of what it is now, but because of what it must become. The future of the world is in America shands. As America becomes Christian the world will turn to Christ. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. He has given the United States the chance to hold Him up, and this will be done when every man within our borders raises the standard of Christian citizen ship. We are indebted to Miss Estelle Haskin for the beautiful chapter on The South s Challenge, and to Mr. Robert B. Eleazer for his kindly editorship. We
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Editorial
Kessinger Publishing
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1164090399
ISBN 13 
9781164090397
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
224
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