1853 BAPTIST MISSIONARIES. Curiosities of Christian Missions. Nicely Illustrated Early Juvenalia Americana October 1797 through February 1799

October 1797 through February 1799

Water treatments

Alice became the mother of Rudyard Kipling

The sermon was a simple plea for compassion and charity toward the Huguenot refugees fleeing to England from the brutal murders and martyrdoms of France under the Roman Catholic Church

With thankful hearts we ate the bread of eternal life

1853 BAPTIST MISSIONARIES. Curiosities of Christian Missions. Nicely Illustrated Early Juvenalia Americana October 1797 through February 1799Fascinating little work published just a decade after Harris' The Great Commission, which poured print gasoline on an already raging fire for the missionary cause. Meant to recruit the young to support and participation in mission, the author details the eccentricities and, at times, horrors of non Christian nations and beliefs. We read of the Tooth of the Buddha, Superstitions among the Chinese, Prayer Mills of the Tartary, African Fetishes, American