Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work
Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)
1907
Information About
Although the title of the book is "Sunny Singapore", it is about Christian missions in Malaya (including Singapore) in their geographical, historical and social setting. The author is more than qualified to express his thoughts having spent 25 years of missionary work in Malaya.
Additional Details
- Title
- Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work
- Creators
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- Cook, John Angus Bethune, 1854-
- Subject
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- Missions--Malaysia--Malaya
- Missions--Singapore
- Publisher
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- Elliot Stock, 1907
- National Library Board Singapore, 1907
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 9442 KB, 201 p.
- Table of Contents
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- Robert Morrison -- II. Malacca : William Milne -- III. Malacca and Hong Kong : James Legge -- IV. Straits Chinese and Malays : B.P. Keasberry -- V. Sunny Singapore : Sir Stamford Raffles -- VI. The Straits Settlements -- VII. The Federated Malay States -- VIII. The English Presbyterian mission -- IX. The Singapore Chinese churches -- X. A tiger story -- XI. The Sultanate of Johore -- XII. The Chinese trinity of evils -- XIII. Episcopalian missions in the Straits -- XIV. The Chinese abroad -- XV. Netherlands India -- XVI. Americans and the Chinese -- XVII. American Methodist Episcopal Church -- XVIII. The Philipine Archipelago -- XIX. The land of sunrise -- XX. The French in the Far East -- XXI. A Roman Catholic stronghold -- XXII. Straits Chinese institutions -- XXIII. Leper hospitals and island -- XXIV. Chinese guilds, clubs and temples -- XXV. The Chinese Christian association: Chinese public opinion -- XXVI. The China of the future -- XXVII. 'The best is yet to be' -- Index
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2003.