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Missions and ministers across faiths and nations
A March 20 1886 dispatch notes 20 missionaries to Africa to reinforce Bishop William Taylor. It cites Nuryan Sheshadri’s baptismal work in India and Ongole's 14632 member Baptist church. It also mentions Lord Hershell and a Bordeaux church sale, New York religious prizes, and church life in 19th century America with teaching on parsonage support and seating customs.
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New York
Africa
William Taylor
Nuryan Sheshadri
Free Church
India
Salna
Sheshadri
Free Church of Scotland
Baptists
Telugu
Ongole
Central Africa
Congo
Kasai
Tushelange
Mr. Gladstone
Denmark Hill Grammar School
Wardlaw McAll
McAll
Ridley H. Herschell
Trinity Chapel
Edgeware Road
London
Lord Herschell
Woolsack
Herschell
St. Severin
St. Remi
Bordeaux
Notre Dame de la Pitie
National Guard
R. Heber Newton
All Souls’ Church
Jesus
Turkey
Abdul Hogg Hamid Bey
Stamboul
Lowell
G. W. Cooke
The
Dial
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