This is a very interesting old book about missions. The book was published in 1912 by Jennings and Graham, Cincinnati and Eaton and Mains, New York. The book is signed by the author. The book measures 5 ¾ inches by 8 ¼ inches and contains 32 pages. The cover shows signs of “spotting.” The cover shows minor signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of rips or foxing. The top edges of the pages are gilt. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is very good.

Contents:

1. An Age of By-Products
2. By-Products in Government
3. By-Products in Trade
4. By-Products in Science
5. By-Products in Civilization
6. A Genuine Product
7. By-Products in Civic Life
8. Lack of Christian Influence
9. The Religions of China
10. By-Products in Intellectual Development
11. Need of Moral and Religious Education
12. By-Products in Music
13. By-Products in Art
14. By-Products in Reflex Influence
15. The Gospel and the World’s Peace

Excerpt - Preface:
Some three or four years ago I began speaking on the influence of missions as a factor in the civilization of the world, holding that outside of all religious considerations missions had justified themselves by their influence in the government, the education, the science, the health, the wealth, and the trade of the world. Persons who were interested in the method of the presentation of the subject were still inclined at times to say, “But this is not mission work.”

I was willing to admit that it was not, and yet I insisted that it was a product of mission work. In traveling about the country I was taken to visit various great enterprises, and was shown their products, but was told that a larger portion of their income was a result of their by-products than of their direct products, and it one day popped into my head that all these things that I had been thinking of as the products of missions were in reality but by-products. The products of missions are regenerated human beings, while all these other things are simply by-products, consciously or unconsciously, directly or indirectly, the result of mission work…
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