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Title: American messenger
Year: 1843 (1840s)
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Subjects: American Tract Society Christianity
Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ure swell;Sing of life, of life immortal, Of the Saviour s triumph tell. Nature, don your brightest mantle, Rousing from your torpid dream;Join our song in Easter gladness. Blooming life your happy theme.Sing with us of resurrection, Of your triumph over death;Woo the buds to fragrant blossoms. By the warmth of vernal breath. 1 Allelulia! Allelulia! Clouds of doubt are rolled away.Monster Death, thy prey surrender. Light and life have won the day!Gates of darkness, swing wide open. Heed the mandate from the skies!Soar, ye ransomed, to the mansions Christ hath made in Paradise! Lord of Life, our Intercessor, Plead for us, on high enthroned;Through Thy death and resurrection We have hope, through sins atoned.When from sleep or death awaking. May we sec Thy glorious face.And with all the ransomed legion. Praise Thee for Thy wondrous grace. A Bible ministry, an active church, a sanctified press, the hope of the world 65 THE CONGRESS ON CHRISTIAN WORK IN LATIN AMERICA By Judson Swift, D.D.
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THE CONGRESS ON CHRISTIAN WORK IN LATIN AMERICA IN SESSION AT THE HOTEL TIVOLI, PANAMA. HE much-talked of and writ-ten-about Panama Congress onChristian Work in Latin Amer-ica has come and gone. Its in-fluence and results will abideas the everlasting hills. Therewere between three and fourhundred delegates present representing all theRepublics of the Western Hemisphere, alsoGreat Britain and Europe. The purpose wasto consider the religious, moral and spiritualneeds of Latin America, and to promote plansfor bringing into service by means of co-opera-tion the religious forces of the two continents.It was undoubtedly the greatest religious gath-ering ever held in the Western Hemisphere.The invitation was broad and far-reaching, in-cluding both Protestants and Catholics whowere interested in the religious life of theSouth American republics. The delegates wererepresentative men and women from the Mis-sion Boards and the mission fields. Seldom,if ever, has so fine a body of Christian worke

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