Excerpt from Mission Studies: Outlines of Missionary Principles and Practice This little book has grown out of the necessity placed upon the author and the opportunities that have come to him his work in the Church. It is the product of some experience in the pastorate and in the class room, the outcome of convictions growing and gradually maturing. The immediate occasion for the publication was furnished by my outlines and notes, which I have been using for several years in my seminary classes as a basis for a series of lectures and studies in Evangelistics. The irksomeness of dictation and the time consumed in the operation suggested the desirability of being able to place the outlines in complete and printed form in the hands of the students. The purpose, therefore, with which I set out upon the preparation of the work for the press was its use as a text book in my own classes. Out of this main purpose there grew, in the process of recasting and developing the material in hand, the secondary thought, that by further elaboration of certain parts I might make the work helpful to pastors both in the missionary studies which they ought to continue through life and in the missionary work which they are called upon to perform and direct in their congregations. The pastor as leader and pleader of the Lord's cause and work must, by study and extended reading, deepen the roots and broaden the view of his missionary life. Possibly this little book may prove to some a stimulating and suggestive help in this regard. The author even indulges the hope that at least some parts of the work may adapt themselves for use in mission study classes and young people's societies. If under the leadership of our pastors the young people of their congregations are thoroughly indoctrinated in the leading principles of missions, we may confidently expect a growth of health and breadth of missionary practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.