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Missionary Work Defended Against Contemporary Criticism
Dr. Eliot I. Osgood, missionary to China, defended Christian proselytizing at the First Christian Church. He argued missionaries face harsh criticism for attempting to spread faith in lands with established religions, comparing their risks to explorers and hunters who take dangers for knowledge or relics. He urged understanding of the motive to bring what he called the “God who loves the world” to peoples deemed to need Christianity.
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Eliot I. Osgood
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First Christian Church
Dr. Osgood
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Byrd
Roosevelt
Asher
Jesus
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Inhualso Mani
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