Protestant Episcopal Church

The Spirit of Missions. December, 1867 [cover title]

New York: Published for the Board of Missions, [1868]. [829]-864,xii,119,[1]pp. Original green printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling, a few small chips to wrappers; contemporary paper label on front cover. Internally clean. Very good. Item #2120

Monthly periodical published by the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church documenting their work at home and abroad, with a dedicated section for their Freedmen's Commission. The section on foreign missions includes reports on missions in Africa, China, Japan, Greece, Haiti, and Mexico, while the Freedmen's section contains information on establishing schools to train Black teachers. There are also reports from bishops stationed in the West, with information on the church's work in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and in Nebraska and the Dakotas among the Native Americans. Of particular interest for its information on missionary focus on education in the South during Reconstruction.

Price: $250.00