Excerpt from An Outpost in Papua There are two ways of studying the work of the Church abroad. On the one hand, bearing in mind the great Final Object, we can master the annual reports, compare the statistics, register gain or loss, and grapple in earnest with the problems which present themselves. And indeed we want much more of this kind of conscientious study. Our missionaries at the front have a right to the very best wisdom and experience and knowledge which the Home Church can offer for the problems of the Mission ...
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Excerpt from An Outpost in Papua There are two ways of studying the work of the Church abroad. On the one hand, bearing in mind the great Final Object, we can master the annual reports, compare the statistics, register gain or loss, and grapple in earnest with the problems which present themselves. And indeed we want much more of this kind of conscientious study. Our missionaries at the front have a right to the very best wisdom and experience and knowledge which the Home Church can offer for the problems of the Mission Field go down to the roots of Christianity itself. But there is another and easier kind of study. There is the work of the Imagination, whereby we seek to grasp the everyday facts of Mission Work, and make them live before our eyes as we sit at home. We sadly lack imagination, and the average Churchman's conception of the circumstances of the Mission Field, based upon a few crude facts, is often ludicrously beside the mark. The consequence is that we fail to offer the intelligent sympathy which might often give the lonely Missionary the consoling knowledge that at least we understand his difficulties. He wants stronger meat to support him in his work than a sentimental admiration based upon ignorance of the facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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