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25181 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 9

Our aim from the beginning has been to find virgin missionary soil; and as there are quite a number of Catholic and Protestant missionary societies operating in Africa, this was not so easy to secure.

25182 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 10

… various missionary societies operating in German East Africa, but also came in touch with the German Colonial Department, at Berlin. Through the kindness …

25183 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 11

… two missionaries (in the autumn of 1903), we wrote the governor that if there were reasons why we should not proceed to that territory, we would be glad to have …

25184 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 13

… our missionaries could converse with them only a little. Most of the natives had only skins about their loins; there was no store or shop; many never had seen …

25185 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 14

… . Other missionaries followed, and urgent requests came that I should visit them again.

25186 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 54 paragraph 15

… our missionary work there. Brother Enns joined Elder Carscallen, who was provided with means and sent out by the British Union Conference. They were very …

25187 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 55 paragraph 1

… eleven missionaries went out with me—2 to Syria, 1 to the Dutch East Indies, 2 to Egypt, and 4 to German East Africa, and 2 to the Abyssinian Mission. My time being …

25188 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 55 paragraph 2

… the missionaries respectfully, and we found a large school-house (which also serves as chapel), in the town, and a good wagon road leading out to the mission station …

25189 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 55 paragraph 4

We were received and comfortably cared for in our mission home. A score of intelligent colored youth were ready to assist the white missionaries in looking after our wants.

25190 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 55 paragraph 6

… our missionaries have toiled day and night, often stricken with fever, in mastering the language, in writing a dictionary and a grammar, in instructing the …

25191 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 55 paragraph 18

The missionaries have not only erected three main stations, and a number of out-stations and buildings, but they have also planted something like 25 acres …

25192 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 56 paragraph 2

… other missionaries. We planned one more station while we were there, at Wire Hill, where we placed Brother Baker. We have also secured several other sites.

25193 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 18, 1909, page 56 paragraph 9

missionary work among the Abyssinians on the Italian territory. As it takes some six weeks to visit that country. I was unable to see our missionaries, but …

25194 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 59 paragraph 1

The early morning meeting was led by Elder G. B. Starr, of Australia, who spoke on the topic, “The Missionary Impulse.”

25195 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 59 paragraph 7

The knowledge that God loves us, is back of all the missionary effort in this world. Love for man impelled God to give his Son in our behalf; love for souls impels the missionary seeking to save that which is lost.

25196 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 59 paragraph 9

It is love that sends missionaries abroad to the ends of the earth; it is love that holds them there.

25197 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 59 paragraph 12

“The missionary enterprise has done far more for the church than the most enlightened know or even imagine. It has contributed to her vitality and energy …

25198 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 59 paragraph 13

“The missionary enterprise has created a new atmosphere in the church,—an atmosphere in which a higher and finer type of manhood and womanhood has been developed …

25199 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 60

MISSIONARY VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT

25200 General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6 May 19, 1909, page 60 paragraph 12

… the Missionary Volunteer movement, as I understand it, is co-operation with the Holy Spirit. This we must understand and apply, or our work will never be a success …