home mission
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of home mission
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Declared he: "We are returning home, mission accomplished."
From Time Magazine Archive
The home mission work is in its beginnings, and these are manifestly feeble and inadequate.
From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
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
Now, if you will allow me, I am going to tear up 242 that sermon on foreign missions, and start a little home mission of my own by sending you to bed.”
From Hepsey Burke by Frank N. (Frank Noyes) Westcott
But I was sick when they sent it off this winter; and, if you ain't a home mission, then I never saw one.
From The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill
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