Vision and venture : a record of fifty years in Hyderabad, 1879-1929 / by the Rev. F. Colyer Sackett, for twenty-nine years a missionary in the District, author of "Out of the miry clay"
London : Cargate Press, 1930. 1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #436740
Physical description: 255 p. : ill., ports., map (on lining papers) ; 20 cm. Contents: 1862-1878: vision. - 1879-1890: obedient: Burgess; prospecting; preparing; problems. - 1890-1900: gathering strength: grows; task; leadership. - 1900-1910: widening: famine; blessing & prophets; units; Madiga; growing. - 1910-1920: venturing: trouble; war; critics; educational; evangelist; doctor. - 1920-1930: purpose: equipment; journeying; end. - Appendices: WMMS missionaries, Hyderabad; women missionaries; Indian ministers; table of growth; Theological Institution curriculum 1930. Subjects: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Missions India Hyderabad (State). Methodist Church (Great Britain) Missions.
Price: €25.00