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Progress by centuries, 20--Recent victories, 21--The native Church, 25--Humanitarian institutions, 27--Social reconstruction, 27--Conclusion, 29.
CHAPTER II THE CHALLENGE OF A GREAT TASK
Unity of the race, 34--Explanation of terms, 34--America's home problem, 37--Mexico, 43--South America, 44--Africa, 47--Asia, 50--Near East, 50--Central Asia, 52--India, 53---Bhutan and Nepal, 55--Indo-China, 55--Japan, 55--Korea, 56--China, 56--Summary, 59.
CHAPTER III AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD BATTLE
The United States and Canada, a Common World Task, 66.
AMERICA'S POSITION OF LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY STRATEGIC LOCATION AND OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS
America faces the two great oceans, 67--Is near to undeveloped parts of the world, 68--Has many world harbors, 68--Navigable rivers, 69--Is isolated from other commanding powers, 69.
AMERICA HAS QUALITIES OF CHARACTER NEEDED FOR A WORLD TASK
The pioneers, 70--Mechanical genius, 71--Public school, 72--The home missionary, 72--Home of world movements, 73.
Efficiency experts, 87--A fourfold program, 89--WIDENING HORIZON, 90--Studying the Church, 92--The missionary committee, 93--UNWITHHOLDING CONSECRATION, 95--Principles of stewardship, 98--Methods, 101--UNENDING PRAYER, 103--Calls forth and energizes movements, 106--Finds a way out in hours of crisis, 107--Fills gaps in thin line of battle, 107--Togo's telegram, 109.
It is to give a brief answer to these four fundamental questions that the following pages have been prepared for use in Missionary Discussion Groups, Men's Bible Classes, Brotherhoods, Missionary Committees, and groups of Sunday School Officers and Teachers. It is also confidently expected that many men who cannot meet to discuss these problems in any of the groups mentioned will read and study the book in private. In preparing the manuscript the author has had in mind a large number of men who are now or should become public advocates of missions. The book presents information which they may use in addresses.
Many of the facts given have been taken from the Report of the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, The World Atlas of Christian Missions, The Statesman's Year Book, 1912, The Decisive Hour of Christian Missions, by John R. Mott, and The Unoccupied Mission Fields of Africa and Asia, by S. M. Zwemer.
The author is indebted to his friend, the Rev. W. R. Dobyns, D.D., of St. Joseph, Missouri, for the design on the cover.
It is the hope of the writer that the reading and discussion of the topics outlined in these pages will inspire many men to undertake to master the world plans of Christ and lead them to enthrone at the center of life the missionary purpose--the one purpose around which a man may build all the facts of his life and to which he may cling and let everything else go when he is hard pressed.
New York, September, 1912.
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