Book Description

Title:

Central Africa, Japan, and Fiji. A Story of Missionary Enterprise, Trials, and Triumphs

Author:

Emma Raymond Pitman [b.1841]

Publication Year:

[1882]

Location:

London

Publisher:

American Tract Society

Pages:

296

Subjects:

Christian Mission, Africa, Japan, Fiji

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Introduction
• Central Africa
1. Savage Africa
2. Explorers and their Explorations
3. Missionary Enterprise
• Japan and the Japanese
1. The Country and its People
2. History and Religion
3. Manners, Arts, Customs, Manufactures, and Household Traditions
4. Language, Literature, and Proverbial Lore
5. The New Civilization, Laws, and Commerce, of Japan
6. Sacred Shrines, and their Devotees
7. Introduction of Christianity
8. Bible Translation and Circulation in Japan
9. Missionary Workers, and their Work
• The Triumphs of the Gospel in Fiji
1. The Night of Heathenism
2. Situation, Description, and Productions of the Islands
3. Social Life, Manners, and Customs of the People
4. The Religion of Fiji
5. How the Gospel was First Carried
6. Introduction of the Gospel
1. Lakemba
2. Ono
3. Somo Somo
4. Rewa
5. Viwa
6. Mbau
7. How the Gospel Triumphed.
1. Mban
2. Viwa
3. Lakemba
4. Rewa
5. Rotumah
8. Translations of the Scriptures. Lord's Prayer in Fijian
9. The Fiji of To-day

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