Anderson, Rufus. Missionary Tract No. 1. The Theory of Missions to the Heathen. Boston: [American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions], c. 1845. [12565]
Removed, no wrapper, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, 22 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
Lacks the wrapper, which had the imprint information, found now at WorldCat. "First delivered as a sermon at the ordination of Edward Webb, Oct. 23, 1845, by Rufus Anderson."
The text is 2 Corinthians 5:20, "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ; as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you, in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." A sermon outlining the scriptural method of missions and of the importance of preaching Christ as the only way of salvation.
Rufus Anderson (1796-1880), American Congregational minister, born at North Yarmouth, Maine. Mr. Anderson graduated at Bowdoin College (1818), and at Andover theological seminary (1822), being ordained as a minister in 1826. He served as assistant secretary (1824-32) and secretary (1832-1866) of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. He lectured on foreign missions at Andover, and visited missions all over the world, including those in the Mediterranean, in India, and in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii.)
