The Malaysia Mission Of The Methodist Episcopal Church Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Malaysia Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop James Mills Thoburn, D.D., LL.D., was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio, March 7, 1836. After graduation from Allegheny College in 1857 and service for two years as a pastor, he responded to the call of God and the Church, and sailed April 12, 1859, for India, which has formed the broad basis of a missionary career world-wide in the sweep of its influence. Elected a Missionary Bishop for India, May 25, 1888, by outlook and leadership inspiring steps of advance which have embraced India, Burma, Malaysia, and the Philippine Islands, multiplying the number of communicants in some sections tenfold in a decade, enlarging by voice and pen the faith and gifts of the Church at home to make possible still greater achievements abroad, he is completing a missionary course marked by the vision of a prophet and the labors of an apostle. 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.