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Title: The Call of the World
or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity

Author: W. E. Doughty

Release Date: July 23, 2010 [EBook #33237]

Language: English

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The Call of the World
_OR_, _EVERY MAN'S
SUPREME OPPORTUNITY_

BY
W. E. DOUGHTY
EDUCATIONAL SECRETARY, LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

REVISED EDITION

NEW YORK
Missionary Education Movement of the
United States and Canada
1913

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY

MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT
AND
LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

CHAPTER I
THE WIDENING SOVEREIGNTY OF CHRIST

WORLD CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY

An accessible world, 2--A plastic world, 4--A changing
world, 4--Increase in Christian populations, 9--Spread of
English language, 9--Geographical control of the world, 11.

THE MULTIPLYING AGENCIES OF THE KINGDOM

The number and growing efficiency of missionary societies,
13--Resulting in unity and cooeperation, 14--A science of
missions, 14--The application of the principles of strategy,
15--The number of missionaries, 17--Money, 18--Translation
of Scriptures, 19.

SIGNS OF WORLD-WIDE VICTORY

Progress by centuries, 20--Recent victories, 21--The native
Church, 25--Humanitarian institutions, 27--Social reconstruction,
27--Conclusion, 29.

CHAPTER II
THE CHALLENGE OF A GREAT TASK

Unity of the race, 34--Explanation of terms, 34--America's
home problem, 37--Mexico, 43--South America, 44--Africa,
47--Asia, 50--Near East, 50--Central Asia, 52--India,
53---Bhutan and Nepal, 55--Indo-China, 55--Japan, 55--Korea,
56--China, 56--Summary, 59.

CHAPTER III
AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD BATTLE

The United States and Canada, a Common World Task, 66.

AMERICA'S POSITION OF LEADERSHIP S