The Call of the World

OR, EVERY MAN'S
SUPREME OPPORTUNITY

BY

W. E. DOUGHTY

EDUCATIONAL SECRETARY, LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

Revised Edition

NEW YORK
Missionary Education Movement of the
United States and Canada
1913

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY

MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT

AND

LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

CONTENTS

• FOREWORD
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• CHAPTER I
  THE WIDENING SOVEREIGNTY OF CHRIST
  
  • WORLD CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
    
    • An accessible world, 2—A plastic world, 4—A changing world, 4—Increase in Christian populations, 9—Spread of English language, 9—Geographical control of the world, 11.
  • THE MULTIPLYING AGENCIES OF THE KINGDOM
    
    • The number and growing efficiency of missionary societies, 13—Resulting in unity and coöperation, 14—A science of missions, 14—The application of the principles of strategy, 15—The number of missionaries, 17—Money, 18—Translation of Scriptures, 19.
  • SIGNS OF WORLD-WIDE VICTORY
    
    • Progress by centuries, 20—Recent victories, 21—The native Church, 25—Humanitarian institutions, 27—Social reconstruction, 27—Conclusion, 29.
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• CHAPTER II
  THE CHALLENGE OF A GREAT TASK
  
  • Unity of the race, 34—Explanation of terms, 34—America's home problem, 37—Mexico, 43—South America, 44—Africa, 47—Asia, 50—Near East, 50—Central Asia, 52—India, 53—-Bhutan and Nepal, 55—Indo-China, 55—Japan, 55—Korea, 56—China, 56—Summary, 59.
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• CHAPTER III
  AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD BATTLE
  
  • • The United States and Canada, a Common World Task, 66.
  • AMERICA'S POSITION OF LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY STRATEGIC LOCATION AND OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS
    
    • America faces the two great oceans, 67—Is near to undeveloped parts of the world,