Students and the Present Missionary Crisis

xi, 614 pp. Addresses delivered before the Sixth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, Rochester, New York, December 29, 1909, to January 2, 1910. CONTENTS: Preparatory Service; Students and the Evangelization of the World; The Changed Situation in the Unevangelized World and Its Message to the Christian Spirit in the Universities and Colleges of Canada and the United States; Responsibilities of Christian Nations Toward the Backward Races; The Decisive Hour in the History of Protestant Missions; Some Qualifications Demanded in a Missionary; The Home Base; The Personal Advantages of the Watchword of the Student Volunteer Movement; The Natural History of Missionary Consciousness in the Individual Life; Convention Sermons; Africa; China; India; Japan; Korea; Latin America; South-Eastern Asia; Western Asia--Turkey, Persia, and Arabia; The Increasing Demand of the Orient Upon the Colleges of the Occident; What is Needed to Meet the Present World Crisis; Mission Study Among Students; The Promotion of Giving to Missions Among Students; The Professors' Responsibility in Regard to Foreign Missions; Conference of Theological Students and Professors; Training Missionary Candidates; Men and Missions; Calls to Service; Closing Messages of the Convention; Appendixes: A. List of Sailed Volunteers, B. Contributions to Missions by Students, C. A Bibliography of Missionary Literature, D. Organization of the Convention, E. Statistics of the Convention; Index.