TY - BOOK AU - Foss,Bernice C TI - The personal nature of the missionary call /By Bernice C. Foss AV - BV4070 .P477 1953 PY - 1953/// KW - Columbia Bible College KW - Dissertations KW - Missionaries KW - Appointment, call, and election N1 - Typescript; I. Introduction; II. Scriptural Basis for a Missionary Call; III. The Basic Factors of the Personal Call; IV. Necessity of a Personal Call From God; V. Excuses Which Hinder the Call from Being Answered; Virgin Islands Results That Follow When the Call Is Answered; Virgin IslandsI. Conclusion; Bibliography: leaves 66-69; Statement of the Problem --; Definition of Terms --; Missionary --; Call; The Bible, a Missionary Book --; Revelation of God's Plan of Salvation --; The Missionary's Textbook --; The Great Commission --; Who Gavve It --; To Whom It Was Given --; What Is It --; Examples of Those in the Bible Who Have Been Called of God --; The Lord Jesus --; Abraham --; Isaiah --; Paul; Definite Conversion Experience --; Surrender of the Life --; A Passion for the Lord Jesus --; A Love for Lost Souls --; An Act of Obedience to His Personal Command; Recognition of Some Spurious Call --; The Call of Travel and Adventure --; The Call of the Physical Needs of Men --; The Call of Tradition --; External Factors Not Sufficient --; Spiritual Need of the Heathen --; Personal Abilities of the Volunteer --; The Great Commission --; The True Call is From God --; Examples from Lives of Missionaries --; Mary Slessor --; Mary Reed --; Praying Hyde --; George Bowen --; Jonathan Goforth --; Present Day Missionaries; Basis of all the Excuses --; Security of the Homeland --; Parents --; Marriage --; Sense of Inability --; Health; The Inner Blessing --; Obedience Brings Peace --; Confirmation of the Personal Call --; Testimony to the Body of Christ --; The Missionary Becomes a Channel for His Message --; Opposition an Inevitable Result --; Opposition from the World --; Opposition from the Flesh; Poem, "Without Excuse"; 2 ER -