home mission
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of home mission
First recorded in 1830–40
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Declared he: "We are returning home, mission accomplished."
From Time Magazine Archive
If you think the balance between the home mission and the foreign mission justly held in the present time, I do not.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth
This was indeed a misapprehension, and of the kind which, as a benevolent clergyman complained, who was actively engaged in home mission work, was one of the most constant sources of his frequent annoyances.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
Bible societies constitute an independent branch of the home mission.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
That it is a part, therefore, of the home mission to provide for the physical wants of the dependents there, is very evident.
From The Christian Home by Samuel Philips
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