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An autobiography of Daniel McGilvary who was the father of missions in Northern Thailand, whose ministry spanned over 50 years from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. McGilvary interweaves into his first hand account many stories about the people and places that he knew, all the way from the rural Thai countryside to the royal palace in Bangkok.
While missionaries in Bangkok at the end of 19th century were lamenting how hard it was to reach people, Eugene Dunlap was out there doing it. In his schooner, “The Kalamazoo,” Dunlap sailed up and down the Thai coast, stopping at islands, and sailing up rivers sharing the Gospel. In this brief biographical sketch, Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board Secretary Arthur J. Brown draws upon Dunlap's journals and first-hand experience to give the reader an insightful and inspiring portrait of the life and ministry of this little known missionary pioneer.
Article about the state of the northern Thai church from Rev. William Clifton Dodd's "Narrative for the Year ending Oct 1886." Such narratives, frequently entitled, "Narrative on the State of Religion in the Presbytery," were considered by many presbyteries in the United States to be annual reports of the condition of their churches. This particular narrative provides us with a unique look at the state of the northern Thai church after twenty years of missionary evangelism and church work. What follows in this essay is an informal commentary on the narrative, using it as a starting point for reflecting on the early history of the northern Thai church.
Short article about what was probably the first public Christian worship service in Thai.
Few short articles about christian marriage
An 1881 summary of the History of Protestant Missions work in Siam under the card of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and published by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
History of Protestant Missions work in Siam under the card of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and published by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. Seventh edition, revised by Rev. A. Willard Cooper in 1915.
Article about the Prince of ChianhMai, Cao Kawilorot, who in 1869 uttered the threat to kill every one of his people who forsakes Buddhism for the religion of Jesus.
This thesis will examine the first forty years of Protestant missionary work in Siam, from 1828 to 1868. One of the prominent figures in Siam at this time was Mongkut, who became king in 1851, and reigned until his death in 1868. Because of his prominence in the society, Mongkut is one of the few Siamese of that time whose interactions with missionaries can be traced over an extended period. This paper will investigate his relationship to Christianity, and it will be seen that while Mongkut had a cautiously open attitude to western influences and was eager to accept certain elements of western civilization, he emphatically rejected Christianity throughout his life, as did most of the Siamese that the missionaries encountered. The thesis will then investigate considerations which help explain the failure of the missionary efforts to convert the Siamese, examining both factors which were outside the control of the missionaries and those which were within their control. Finally, an attempt will be made to apply what we have learned to contemporary situations.
Northern Thai folklore told by nationals to early missionaries
Few short articles about the relationship between religion and medicine and how missionaries from the North Laos Mission saw Christian medical care.