Hints and helps in pastoral theology by William S Plumer (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 30 (The relations of America to other lands).
Continuing on the theme from last week, Plumer encourages American Christians to go as missionaries to other lands.
Plumer concentrates on those countries that he believes Americans have a special obligation to evangelise. These include:
(i) Ireland;
(ii) France;
(iii) Central and South American countries;
(iv) African countries;
(v) the aborigines of North America.
Although this chapter is dated in some ways, I think the last paragraph still rings true: 'Such are some of the peculiar and pressing claims of vast portions of the earth on the Christians of these United States. It may also be stated that, while these calls and claims have all the urgency stated, there are but few countries where our people would labor under any peculiar disadvantages in publishing the Gospel of the grace of God.'
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