Missionaries Collection

Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary, Olympic gold medal winner in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games

Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)
A Victorian mother and three children. They are Mrs Polhill-Turner (nee Emily Frances Barron, d 1913)), wife of Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), with Alice (Alice Kate Frances)

Missionary Society Seal
Seal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; the banner above the ship is a plea for a safe passage

Rev. R. H. Walker, and Mika Sematimba
The Rev. R.H. Walker, missionary at Uganda, and Mika Sematimba. Rev. Walker is interviewed, stating his desire that Uganda is retained by the English. Date: 1892

Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Basque Roman Catholic missionary into Asia. Jesuit. Staute. Pamplena Cathedral. Navarre. Spain

Baptism, Congo
Baptist missionaries conduct a baptism ceremony at San Salvador, Lower Congo

Akbar the Great receives a deputation of Jesuits
Akbar the Great (1542-1605), third Mughal Emperor of India, receives a deputation of Jesuits

Catholic Missionaries
Catholic missionaries set out on their mission

INFANTICIDE PREVENTED
Missionaries in China seek to end Chinese infanticide. For many Chinese, to bear female children is a thing to be ashamed of and many girls are buried alive Date: circa 1850

Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North Africa
Father Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa

The great martyrdom of Nagasaki, September 10th 1622, in which 22 missionaries and native Christians were burnt to death, and 30 others, including several women and children, beheaded

Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British

Old Floating Church for Seamen, London
Sailors Floating Church was moored near Tower Hill in London, the ship was a well attended place of worship, with religious teachings for the seafarers that docked there. Date: 1846

MISSION SCHOOL, MITCHELL
Mission school at Mitchell River, Queensland. Date: 1906

BISHOP HANNINGTON DIES
James Hannington, bishop of Eastern equatorial Africa, sent to Uganda by the Church Missionary Society, is murdered by natives on the orders of the king of Uganda Date: 1885

Missionary Francis Xavier in Japan
Francis Xavier brings a dead man to life Date: circa 1550

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

Death of missionary Martin de Valencia
Martin de Valencia, much-loved missionary, dies just when he is about to leave Mexico and return to Spain Date: 1534

Rubber Rule in Africa - Methods of Barbarism. The atrocities carried out against the native population in Belgina Congo, Africa. An elderly Chief is shot for not meeting his rubber collection target

Antonio de Valdivieso, bishop of Nicaragua, is murdered by his Spanish enemies Date: 1535

HANDING OUT TRACTS
Handing out tracts to drinkers in a public house. Date: 1881

NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYA
Horomona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife Date: circa 1840

China, Missionary Eugenio Massi - Converted Revolutionaries
A fascinating card, in three sections - first (top left), a portrait of the leader of the 10, 000 revolutionaries who infested the central Chen-Si region

China Martyrs - Missionaries killed during Boxer Rebellion
The " China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were killed during the Boxer Rebellion

East African Tribesman - Extensive Scarification, Nose Chain
A postcard produced by Consolata Missionaries, an Italian Roman Catholic missionary congregation operating in Africa. Dramatic scarification on the shoulders of this East African tribesman

Two Women from Wallis and Futuna
Two Women (Missionary Sisters) from Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands - a French island collectivity in the South Pacific. Date: circa 1910s

Catholic Mission, Abeokuta, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1904

American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa
Group photo, American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa. circa 1900s

A franciscan missionary in Mexico
A franciscan missionary tries to save the cazique of Mechoacan from the Spaniards who were torturing him in order to make him reveal whereabouts of treasure in Mexico Date: 1530

Swedish Evangelical Mission Station, Geleb, East Africa
Aerial view of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Station at Geleb (Gheleb), East Africa (now in Eritrea). Date: circa 1910

Akbar the Great (1542-1605). With jesuit missionaries
AKBAR, Muhammad (1542-1605). Mughal emperor of India (1565-1605). The monarch received the Jesuit missionaries. 1847 French original work. Spanish translation published in Barcelona

Salvation Army School at Satara, India
Indian Girls from the Salvation Army School at Satara in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. Pictures with their Leaders Adjutant Khusi and Ensign Kamala Bai. Date: 1922

The Foochow Mission Cemetery, Fuzhou, China. Graves of martyred Missionaries in China. Contains the bodies of 11 missionaries killed in the Kucheng (Gutian County) Massacre of 1895

Yule Island, Papua New Guinea
Yule Island is a small island in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Catholic missionaries settled there in 1885 and are still present

Events / Central America
Spaniards attack natives with dogs despite the attempts of the Missionaries to save them

Tumarelli Church near Salur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Tumarelli (or Tomarelli) Church near Salur, Andhra Pradesh, India, run by Danish missionaries, with Pastor Braker and Luise Tiemann on the steps. Date: circa 1910

Dispensary boat on the Nile, Egypt
Dispensary boat of medical missionaries on the Nile - Egypt. Date: 1908

Missionarys first house, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1902

East Africa - Rhodesia - Riding to the field on cattle
East Africa - Rhodesia - Christian Missionaries promoting agricultural advancement: leaving for work in the fields, riding on cattle! Date: circa 1910s

Christian Baptism in China. Date: circa 1930s

Statue of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Prague. Czech Republi
Statue of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Sculpted by Karel Dvorak between 1928 and 1939. Decorates the Charles Bridge. Prague. Czech Republic

Wm Carey (Oct Portrait)
WILLIAM CAREY - English Orientalist and Missionary (one of the first missionaries to visit India) Date: 1761 - 1834

Italian Mission, Kenya
Scene in a Christian village in Kenya, supported by the Istituto-Collegio Internazionale della Consolata per le Missioni Esteri of Torino, Italy. circa 1920

Jesuits in India
Jesuit missionaries preach to the Brahmans Date: 1542

Mission, California
The remains of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano, badly damaged by earthquake Date: 1923

Brazilian Massacre 1500
Franciscan missionaries massacred Date: 1500

Ansgar and Witmar, missionaries to Sweden
Saint Ansgar (Anskar, Oscar, 801-865), Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, and the friar Witmar bring Christianity to Sweden. Date: 830

Ruth and Samuel Johansson, Christian missionaries
Ruth and Samuel P Johansson, Christian missionaries in Melanesia (Malele Mission, Solomon Islands). Date: circa 1920

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