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A History of Moravian Missions, J. E. Hutton’s follow-up to A History of the Moravian Church, chronicles the birth of the modern mission movement, which can be traced back to Count Zinzendorf—the “father of modern missions.” Beginning in 1700 with the first Moravian missionaries, this volume is divided into four parts: • The Eighteenth Century Pioneers, 1700–1800 • The Builders, 1800–1914 ...

as slaves.† For a year the issue remained in doubt. With all their evangelistic zeal, the Brethren had common-sense. Some said that the offer was reckless and premature; some dubbed it “the pretty imagination of young officious minds”; and some even called it a bid for fame. For these doubts and fears the Brethren had their own reasons. They had heard of Egede’s dismal failure in Greenland. As Egede, they said, was not only a scholar but a faithful preacher, it did not seem likely that, while he
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