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Annotation translation: [On the reverse of the card there stands printed:] "It is extremely important that the missionaries in all parts of the non-christian world have as many good assistants from the ranks of the converted as soon as this is possible. For this purpose they have set up seminaries for preachers and teachers everywhere they can, where young men are prepared for this work. These assistants know their people and its religion, language and customs much better than the missionaries and they are much better fitted for the climate. They are, as it were, the missionaries' right hand. The pastors and future leaders of these new churches for the heathen-christians will be recruited from their ranks, as will the teachers to whom can be entrusted the education of the young. One can say that there are already many good people of this type, which could be seen in China during the Boxer Rebellion, in which many Chinese christian assistants suffered with joy their death as martyrs. Annotation: "[Auf der Rückseite der Karte steht gedruckt:] Es ist von der grössten Wichtigkeit, dass die Missionare auf allen Gebieten der Heidenwelt sobald als möglich aus der Zahl der Bekehrten möglichst viele tüchtige Gehilfen sich heranziehen. Zu diesem Zweck haben sie überall Lehrer- und Predigerseminare eingerichtet, in welchen die jungen Männer für ihren Beruf vorbereitet werden. Diese Gehilfen, die ihr Volk, seine Religion, Sprache und Sitten viel besser kennen als ihre Lehrer, und auch das Klima viel besser ertragen, sind sozusagen die rechte Hand der Missionare. Aus ihrer Zahl sollen auch die künftigen Geistlichen hervorgehen, denen man die Leitung der Heidenchristengemeinden anvertrauen, und die Schullehrer, denen die Erziehung der Gemeindejugend überlassen werden kann. Man darf sagen, dass schon jetzt manche sehr tüchtige Männer dieser Art vorhanden sind, was sich z.B. bei den Boxerunruhen in China zeigte, wo manche dieser Gehilfen freudig in den Märtyrertod gingen."
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image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD) postcard, 9.3 x 13.0 cm.
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