Excerpt from At Our Own Door: A Study of Home Missions With Special Reference to the South and West<br><br>Home Missions, by Rev. Sherman H. Doyle, D. D. Under Our Flag, by Miss Alice Guernsey; Leavening the Nation, by Rev. J os. B. Clark, D. D.; The Minute Man on the Frontier, by Rev. W. C. Puddefoot; Our Country and The Twentieth Century City, by Rev. Josiah Strong, D. D.; Our Forty Years in the Home Field, by Rev. P. H. Gwinn; A Brief History of the Gen eral Assembly's Home Missions, by Rev. J. N. Craig, D. D.; Review and Outlook, by Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D. D., secretary; the relig ious papers of the church, and especially the Union Seminary Magazine and the Home Mission num ber of the Christian Observer. Quotations from these are acknowledged in each instance at the proper place; and the list of books is given above for the information of those who desire further study of the subject.<br><br>Written amid the pressure of office duties, inter rupted by absences in attending church courts and other engagements, marred by many vexatious causes, known only to those similarly situated, no one can be more conscious of its defects than the author himself; yet he offers it as an humble tribute of service to the church which holds his loyalty, and to the Master he delights to serve, with the prayer that it may fill some useful sphere in advancing the Kingdom of God on earth.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.