The Missionary Enterprise: A Collection of Discourses on Christian Missions

by Baron Stow

Publisher:

Gould, Kendall and Lincoln

, 1846

Overview

The Missionary Enterprise: A Collection of Discourses on Christian Missions consists of fifteen moving sermons on the essential need for Christian missionary work. These eloquent discourses, delivered in various locations over a number of years, are diverse in style and focus, yet radiate the same harmonious spirit and sentiment about the power of missionary work. Contributors to this inspiring work include Edward Dorr Griffin, Lyman Beecher, Francis Wayland, and more.

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Key Features

• Fifteen timeless sermons
• Searchable by subject matter or scripture reference
• Great for small group discussion or personal devotional reading

Contents

• "The Moral Dignity of the Missionary Enterprise," by Rev. Francis Wayland, D. D.
• "Arguments for Missions," by Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D.
• "The Theory of Missions to the Heathen," by Rev. Rufus Anderson, D. D.
• "Jesus the Great Missionary," by Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D. D.
• "Christ, a Home Missionary," by Rev. William R. Williams, D. D.
• "Efficiency of Primitive Missions," by Rev. Baron Stow
• "Resources of the Adversary, and Means of their Destruction," by Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D.
• "The Earth Filled with the Glory of God," by Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D.
• "Increase of Faith Necessary to the Success of Christian Missions," by Rev. William R. Williams, D. D.
• "The Cross," by Rev. Richard Fuller, D. D.
• "The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World," by Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman, D. D.
• "The Moral Elevation of the Church Essential to Missionary Success," by Rev. George B. Ide
• "The Bearings of Modern Commerce on the Progress of Modern Missions," by Rev. John S. Stone, D. D.
• "Messiah's Throne," by Rev. John M. Mason, D. D.
• "Missionary Power," by Rev. Baron Stow

Top Highlights

“There you find no flattery of human nature, no general descriptions of virtue, but guilt and condemnation described as pertaining to them all.” (Page 76)

“Again I say, your great employment is to bring the individual souls of men to Christ.” (Page 76)

“My second argument is grounded on the example of Christ and his apostles.” (Page 23)

“And the preaching of the word derives its highest glory from the fact, that He who descended into the world to become its ransom, was himself a minister of that Gospel he commissioned others to preach.” (Page 78)

“My third argument is founded on what we owe to the heathen” (Page 23)

Praise for the Print Edition

We commend this volume to our readers with great confidence

—The Methodist Quarterly Review

. . . . may be regarded as among the best specimens of this department of missionary literature.

—The Christian Review

The work forms a most admirable manual for the Christian, and can hardly fail to deepen and to extend the missionary feeling.

—Biblical Repository and Classical Review

Product Details

• Title: The Missionary Enterprise: A Collection of Discourses on Christian Missions
• Editor: Baron Stow
• Publisher: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln
• Publication Date: 1846
• Pages: 308

About Baron Stow

Baron Stow (1801–1869) was a Boston Baptist minister, writer and editor, who in 1843 with Samuel Francis Smith compiled a Baptist hymnal entitled: The Psalmist, which for the next thirty years was the most widely used Baptist Hymnal in the United States.

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