Review of World Mission Work 1923 by J A Lapham
The December 30 1923 lesson reviews a year of missionary work across continents. It lists Baptist counts in Japan China Burma Assam Bengal Orissa South India the Philippines and more, urging faithful sacrifice and practical support. It contrasts Protestant zeal with Roman Catholic influence and recalls Phillips Brooks on colonial era religious aims and real Christian purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Mexico
Central America
South America
United States
Rome
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Esthenia
Latvia
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Lithuania
Finland
France
Russia
Germany
Japan
China
Burma
Pacific
Assam
Bengal Orissa Mission
South India Mission
Philippines
Phillips Brooks
New England
Jesus
World Christianity and Mott policy for global ministry
The text emphasizes spreading grace through a worldwide Christian program. It cites John R. Mott on a policy reaching home and abroad, ministering to personal, national, and international life, including bodily needs, and condemns indifference to starvation and oppression.
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John R. Mott
To Teachers: A Call for Global Missionary Service
The message urges that true discipleship requires active missionary work at home and abroad. It states that churches prosper only through genuine missionary zeal and that the denomination must recruit prayerful, capable leaders and laborers. It ends with a quoted scriptural promise of God granting the heathen to His followers.
State Fair display by horticulturalists travels to fairs
The agriculture department sent Fred Hethershaw of Des Moines to assemble the best fruits and vegetables for showcases at Springfield Massachusetts and Trenton New Jersey. Twenty nine exhibitors contributed to the display including John Justice of Ankeny and Willard Steenway of Mitchell.
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Department of Agriculture
Fred Hethershaw
Des Moines
Springfield
Mass
Trenton
N. J
Hethershaw
John Justice
Ankeny
Willard Steenway
Mitchell
Names Listed in Iowa Towns Matchup Rumors
A long list of surnames and towns across Iowa appears, including Sigourney, Altoona, Eddyville, Williamsburg, Panora, Ottumwa, and Atlantic. The fragment references many individuals such as Mack Utterback, Richard Brothers, N. H. Krizer, Carl Holden, J. C. Mason, J. Wasson, A. Bailey, and Walter Bussell among others. The passage reads as a roster-like compilation without full context or event details.
Forgiveness Always Beet and Viking Revenge Theme
A cryptic fragment frames a moral about forgiveness versus vengeance. It contrasts a man’s conflict with his enemy and suggests a superior stance in passing over retaliation, attributed to a Lord figure. The language hints at a dated, stylized quotation.
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Lord Fucon
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J. A. Lapham
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Allaman
Young & Gosselink
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Railroads
Rock Island
Eaf
Rock Island Lines
J. E. Gorman
Giich Foom
Hollandale, Minnesota
Payne Investment Co
Omaha
Nebraska
J. M. Brengle
Sheldon
John Nieburg
Pella
Alemite
Alemite Gas-co
White Way Auto CO
Pella, Iowa
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