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American Presbyterians have long had a heart for foreign missions both far and near. With respect to “near,” Mexico holds a place of special importance. Here at Log College Press, we are developing a growing body of literature that speaks to that aspect of missionary endeavors. Consider the following as resources worth of historical study:
James Gary Dale (1870-1960, ARP missionary), Mexico and Our Mission. (1910);
Anthony Thomas Graybill (1841-1905, PCUS missionary) A Sketch of Our Work in Mexico (1898);
Annie Ottaway Graybill (1859-1913, PUCUS missionary) Mexico (1908-1909);
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America (PCUSA), Board of Foreign Missions, Historical Sketch of the Missions in Mexico and Guatemala (1904);
Melinda Rankin (1811-1888, PCUSA missionary), Twenty Years Among the Mexicans: A Narrative of Missionary Labor (1875);
William Alfred Ross (1873-1960), Sunrise in Aztec Land: Being an Account of the Mission Work that has been carried on in Mexico since 1874 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States (1922); and
Henry Francis Williams (1848-1933), In Mexico and Cuba: The Near-Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (1912).
Many Presbyterian missionaries have labored to preach Christ to Mexicans, often in the face of many hardships. We are thankful for their labors, and pray for those who continue to follow in their footsteps.
Source: The Gospel in All Lands (April 1881), p. 154.
