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A rare contemporaneous witness to Christian life in the Japanese Empire, including Korea and Formosa. A direct account of faith. Issued as the fourteenth annual issue for 1916 and authored by John Lincoln Dearing, this christian missions yearbook serves as an annual religious report and a primary 1916 historical reference for missionary activity in East Asia. Its pages gather contemporaneous reporting across mission stations, delivering measured accounts of religious movements in Japan and sustained notes on church growth in Korea; the tone is sober and documentary rather than rhetorical. The volume offers statistical and narrative material that rewards researchers of Christian history, while its practical clarity makes it useful to students of academic religious studies and to scholars of east asian religious studies tracing patterns of early 20th century Christianity. Read as social history, it illuminates contact between local communities and foreign missions, the networks of protestant missions collection and ecclesiastical organisation that shaped daily life. Read as a historical record, it places missionary endeavour within the wider sweep of japanese empire history and imperial-era cultural exchange. Accessible enough for curious casual readers, yet textured and precise enough to satisfy collectors, archivists and classic literature enthusiasts, the book balances documentary rigour with the human detail of its period voices. It offers focused contemporary evidence of early missionary endeavour.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.Scholars revisiting imperial-era encounters find the volume’s immediacy invaluable; historians of mission practice and readers curious about the social contours of faith can trace local responses alongside foreign strategies. As a documentary artefact of early 20th century Christianity it sits at the intersection of japanese empire history and religious studies, offering primary evidence that complements contemporary scholarship. Collectors of classic religious literature will value its period voice; casual readers gain a vivid, primary glimpse of lives shaped by belief and empire.
