Musket Wars Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/musket-wars/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Wed, 07 Nov 2018 10:12:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Musket Wars Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/musket-wars/ 32 32 116298986 This missionary’s portrait hung in honor until they found out who he really was https://mikefrost.net/this-missionarys-portrait-hung-in-honor-until-they-found-out-who-he-really-was/ https://mikefrost.net/this-missionarys-portrait-hung-in-honor-until-they-found-out-who-he-really-was/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 10:12:37 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28284 This stunning painting was made by the British artist, James Barry, in London in 1820. For nearly a hundred years, it hung in pride of place in the hallowed mahogany-panelled halls of the Church Missionary Society’s London headquarters. That was because the powers-that-be in the Church Missionary Society (CMS) had mistakenly believed it depicted the […]

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