A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions

A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions

Augustus Hopkins Strong

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A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions Chapter 1 A Week in Japan 1-11

An ocean truly pacific brings us to a rainy Japan 3

The novel and the picturesque mingle in our first views of Yokohama 3

Visit to the palace of a Japanese millionaire 4

A museum of Japanese art and a unique entertainment 4

Our host, an orthodox Shinto and Buddhist 5

Conference of missionaries and their native helpers 5

The pastor of the Tokyo church invites us to his home 5

Reception at the Women's College of Japan, and an address there 5

A distinguished company of educators at dinner 6

We give a dinner to Rochester men and their wives 7

A good specimen of missionary hilarity and fellowship 7

The temple of Kamakura and its great bronze Buddha 7

The temple of Hachiman, the god of war 8

Supplemented by the temple of Kwannon, the goddess of mercy 8

Japan enriched by manufacture of munitions 8

A native Christian church and pastor at Kanagawa 9

Immorality, the curse of Japan, shows its need of Christianity 10

Wonders of its Inland Sea, and great gifts of its people 10

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Chapter 1 A Week in Japan 1-11

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Chapter 2 A Week-end in China 13-22

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Chapter 3 Manila, Singapore, and Penang 23-32

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Chapter 4 Three Weeks in Burma 33-46

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Chapter 5 Mandalay and Gauhati 47-56

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Chapter 6 Calcutta, Darjeeling, and Benares 57-64

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Chapter 7 Lucknow, Agra, and Delhi 65-76

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Chapter 8 Jaipur, Mt. Abu, and Ahmedabad 77-87

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Chapter 9 Bombay, Kedgaon, and Madras 89-99

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Chapter 10 The Telugu Mission 101-113

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Chapter 11 The Dravidian Temples 115-124

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Chapter 12 Two Weeks in Ceylon 125-135

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Chapter 13 Java and Buddhism 137-146

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Chapter 14 The Renaissance in India 147-161

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Chapter 15 Missions and Scripture 163-178

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Chapter 16 Scripture and Missions 179-198

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Chapter 17 The Theology of Missions 199-212

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Chapter 18 A WEEK IN JAPAN

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Chapter 19 A WEEK-END IN CHINA

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Chapter 20 MANILA, SINGAPORE, AND PENANG

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Chapter 21 THREE WEEKS IN BURMA

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Chapter 22 MANDALAY AND GAUHATI

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Chapter 23 CALCUTTA, DARJEELING, AND BENARES

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Chapter 24 LUCKNOW, AGRA, AND DELHI

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Chapter 25 JAIPUR, MT. ABU, AND AHMEDABAD

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Chapter 26 BOMBAY, KEDGAON, AND MADRAS

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Chapter 27 THE TELUGU MISSION

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Chapter 28 THE DRAVIDIAN TEMPLES

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Chapter 29 TWO WEEKS IN CEYLON

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Chapter 30 JAVA AND BUDDHISM

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Chapter 31 THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA

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Chapter 32 MISSIONS AND SCRIPTURE

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Chapter 33 SCRIPTURE AND MISSIONS

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Chapter 34 THE THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS

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Chapter 35 MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES

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