An account of the life of Mr. David Brainerd : missionary from the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, & pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey / published by Jonathan Edwards ; with Mr. Brainerd's public journal ; to this edition is added, Mr. Beatty's mission to the westward of the Allegheny Mountains.

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An Address delivered in the Mercer Street Church at the funeral of the Hon. Benjamin Franklin Butler

Address

Missionary life among the cannibals : being the life of the Rev. John Geddie, D.D., first missionary to the New Hebrides : with a history of the Nova Scotia Presbyterian mission on that group / by George Patterson.

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World-wide evangelization the urgent business of the church; addresses delivered before the fourth international convention of the Student volunteer movement for foreign missions, Toronto, Canada, February 26-March 2, 1902.

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Consecrated talents; or, The mission of the children of the church.

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The missionary nature of the church; a survey of the Biblical theology of mission.

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The day-breaking, if not the sun-rising of the Gospell with the Indians in New-England.

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The church's mission in the world, by Louis and Andrâe Râetif. Translated from the French by Reginald F. Trevett.

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June 12, 1820 letter to Epaphras "Kibby[sic]" on Circular by Baltimore preachers in the M.E. Church

Handwritten letter from Timothy Merritt to Epaphras "Kibby [sic]" on a Circular published by local preachers of the Baltimore area. Letter dated 6/12/1820, Circular dated 5/20/1820. Both are on the subject of the changed protocols resulting from decisions made at a General Conference held just previous to publication, involving the installment of new preachers

The United Methodist Church at 40: What Can We Hope For?

The necessity we face for the future of Methodism is the re-invention of traditions. To re-invent traditions is to re-visit the past with all of its richness; to discern what in our tradition is most central to Christian faith; to analyze those parts of our past that continue to give life; to discern and build upon what is of value in the newly emerging tradition; and to reflect on those aspects of the neglected and rejected past that challenge our present perspectives and practices. To re-invent traditions is to develop new perspectives and practices from the building blocks of the past and from the fresh movements of the Spirit in the present. To do so is to recognize that Christianity in general, and Methodism in particular, is marked by traditions that have continually been passed on, critiqued, eliminated, created, and re-invented for the sake of a living Christian witness. What we can hope for is that God is there in the future already, pulling us toward God’s own New Creation.