Christian Commission

Related to Christian Commission: Sanitary Commission
See under Commission.

See also: Christian

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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These days, he regularly attends Sunday service at the Christian Commission Fellowship and also gives testimonies about his life.
Christian Commission will explain how a group of civilians helped feed and clothe soldiers during the war.
The YMCA formed the Christian Commission to protect Northern soldiers from their own moral weaknesses, and it sent ministers, Bibles, and tracts, as well as cooks, soup kitchens, and blankets, to the field.
The Islamic Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites reported that a primary school in occupied East Jerusalem and a mosque in a Negev Desert village were demolished.
Christian Commission, shortly after arriving in Washington, D.C.
Voluntary religious societies like the United States Christian Commission struggled for resources with the United States Sanitary Commission.
The Islamic -- Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem, in a statement, said if the Israeli draft law is passed it would make Jerusalem "for Judaism and Jews only, which means there would be no freedom of worship in the land of worship."
For example, the Ladies Soldiers' Aid Society of Grand Haven was an auxiliary of the Detroit Soldiers' Aid Society, yet also collected money for the Christian Commission and included Bibles in almost all of its shipments.
"The sanitary commission and the Christian Commission provided spiritual and physical support to the troops," Mr.
The Islamic Christian Commission for Support of Jerusalem and Holy Places reveals a new Israel plan for the construction of 12,000 housing units in East Jerusalem.
Topics include famous figures such as Sojourner Truth; the experience of women of various ethnic populations, those in slavery, and those in the military; and the roles women played in major campaigns of the day including abolition, secession, and the United States Christian Commission.
(4) Likewise, the three largest wartime organizations--the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC), the United States Christian Commission, and the Western Sanitary Commission--all produced huge illustrated histories of their labors.
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