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The library at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey was known as the Robert E. Speer Library from 1957 to 2010.

Robert Elliott Speer is buried at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, New Jersey.

Robert Elliott Speer is buried at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, New Jersey.

The Mission Band of the Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions (1890)

Studies in the Gospel of Luke (1892)

Studies in the Book of Acts (1892)

Prayer and Missions (1892)

Prayer and Missions (1892, 1899)

Three Pertinent Questions Answered (1895)

Studies of the Man Christ Jesus (1896)

The Presbyterian Churches and Foreign Missions (1898)

Missions and Politics in Asia: Studies of the Spirit of the Eastern Peoples, the Present Making of History in Asia, and the Part Therein of Christian Missions (1898)

A Memorial of a True Life: A Biography of Hugh McAllister Beaver (1898)

Christ Calling From Korea (1899)

Christianity in Our Colleges (1899)

The Religious Paper the Young Man Wants (1899)

“Remember Jesus Christ,” and Other Talks About Christ and the Christian Life (1899)

The Iniquity of Christian Missions in China (1900)

What Essentially Constitutes a Missionary Call? (1901)

That Christ May Have the Preeminence (1901)

Studies of the Man Paul (1901)

Christ and Life (1901)

Presbyterian Foreign Missions: An Account of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1901)

The Speedy Bringing of the World to Christ (1901, 1902)

Missionary Principles and Practice: A Discussion of Christian Missions and of Some Criticisms Upon Them (1902)

The Principles of Jesus Applied to Some Questions of To-Day (1902)

Surrender, Indwelling, Freedom (1902)

The Wonderful Challenge Presented to This Generation of Christians By the Abounding Resources of the Christian Church (1902)

Oneness With the Triune God (1902)

The Abounding Resources of the Christian Church in the Evangelization of the World (1902)

The Layman’s Duty to Propagate His Religion (1903)

A Young Man's Questions (1903)

A Memorial of Horace Tracy Pitkin (1903)

Introduction to Lillian Johnson Curtis, The Laos of North Siam (1903)

The Second Coming of Christ (1903)

The Perils of Our Virtues (1904)

The Nourishment of the Psalms (1904)

The Fundamental Virtue (1904)

Lessons From the Life of Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull (1904)

Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (1904)

Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 2 (1904)

Laying Aside Every Weight (1905)

Young Men Who Overcame (1905)

The Bases of Unity Among Young People and Steps Toward Achievement (1905, 1906)

The Non-Christian Religions Inadequate to Meet the Needs of Men: An Address Delivered Before the Fifth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1, 1906 (1906)

The Place of Missions in the Thought of God: An Address Delivered at the Foreign Missionary Jubilee Convention of the United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, Pa., December 6-8, 1904 (1907)

The Marks of a Man; or, The Essentials of Christian Character (1907)

The Master of the Heart (1908)

A Memorial of Alice Jackson (1908)

Servants of the King (1909)

How to Speak Effectively Without Notes (1909)

Paul the All-Round Man (1909)

Missions in South America (1909)

The Deity of Christ: An Address Delivered at Northfield With Three Supplementary Notes (1909)

The World’s Debt to the Missionary (1909)

Stewardship (1909)

Christianity and the Nations (1910)

God in Christ the Only Revelation of the Fatherhood of God (1910)

The Impact of the West Upon the East Must Be Christianized (1910)

A Christian's Habits (1911)

Some Great Leaders in the World Movement (1911)

“The Hakim Sahib,” The Foreign Doctor: A Biography of Joseph Plumb Cochran, M.D., of Persia (1911)

The Light of the World: A Brief Comparative Study of Christianity and Non-Christian Religions (1911)

The Claims of the Moslem World (1912)

South American Problems (1912)

Men Who Were Found Faithful (1912)

Princeton on the Mission Field (1912)

The Case For Missions in Latin America (1912)

Introduction to Henry M. Stanley, How I Found Livingstone (1913)

Livingstone’s Life of Prayer (1913)

Studies of Missionary Leadership: The Smyth Lectures for 1913 (1914)

What Is to Be Done With the Foreign Missions Deficit? (1914)

John's Gospel: The Greatest Book in the World (1915)

One Girl’s Influence: A Memorial of Louise Stockton Andrews (1915)

Foreign Missions or World-Wide Evangelism (1915)

The Congress on Christian Work at Panama: Address at the Annual Meeting of the Conference of Foreign Mission Boards of North America (1916)

Progress in the Philippines: A Traveler’s Impressions of Present Conditions (1916)

The Panama Congress on Christian Work in Latin America (1916)

The Work of Christ in Japan: Observations During a Recent Visit (1916)

Some Aspects of the Religious Conditions in the Philippine Islands (1916)

Japan’s Leadership in Asia (1916)

The Forces That Win (1916)

The Unity of the Americas: A Discussion of the Political, Commercial, Educational, and Religious Relationships of Anglo-America and Latin America (1916)

Our Work With Christ in Japan (1916)

The Work of Christ in Japan: Observations During a Recent Visit (1916)

Samuel Graham Wilson of Persia (1917)

The War and the Nation’s Larger Call to World Evangelism (1917)

The Church and the World Today (1917)

The Stuff of Manhood: Some Needed Notes in American Character (1917)

Studies in the Deity of Christ (1917)

Looking Through the War Clouds (1918)

The Christian Man, the Church and the War (1918)

What Constitutes a Missionary Call? An Address Delivered at the Student Conferences (1918, 1920)

The Witness Bearing of the Church to the Nations (1919)

A Worthy New Era Program For Foreign Missions: Address Delivered at Stony Brook Conference, July, 1919 (1919)

The Church — After the War — What? (1919)

The New Opportunity of the Church (1919)

The Gospel and the New World (1919)

Proportionate Giving (1920)

“In Still Small Voices, In Solitary Places, In Lowly Hearts, In a Little Child” (1921)

Report on India and Persia of the Deputation Sent By the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to Visit These Fields in 1921-22 (1922)

The Confusion and Distress of China (1922)

Politics and Missions in India To-Day (1922)

The Poverty of Persia — Its Cause and Cure (1922)

A Missionary Pioneer in the Far East: A Memorial of Divie Bethune McCartee, For More Than Fifty Years a Missionary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1922)

Introduction to M.L. Shedd, The Measure of a Man (1922)

A Clear Call to the Presbyterian Churches (1924)

Of One Blood: A Short Study of the Race Problem (1924)

Race and Race Relations: A Christian View of Human Contacts (1924)

Christianity and International Relations (1924)

The Christ Who Lives in Men (1925)

Foreword to W. Reginald Wheeler, et al., The Foreign Student in America (1925)

The Unfinished Task of Foreign Missions (1926)

Seeking the Mind of Christ (1926)

The Church and Missions (1926)

Modern Missions in Chile and Brazil (1926)

The Old, Ever New Call of Christ: Address Delivered at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, San Francisco, California, June 1, 1927 (1927)

Robert E. Speer, Missionary Statesman: Secretary Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Since 1891 (1927)

The Western [Theological Seminary] on the Mission Field (1928)

Sir James Ewing, For Forty-Three Years a Missionary in India: A Biography of Sir James C.R. Ewing, M.A., D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. C.I.E, K.C.I.E. (1928)

“Are Foreign Missions Done For?” (1928)

"Lu Taifu" Charles Lewis, M.D.: A Pioneer Surgeon in China (1930)

Introduction to William M. Miller, Bahaism: Its Origin, History, and Teachings (1931)

In Memoriam: Harlan Page Beach (1933)

Christian Realities (1935)

A Foreign Missionary Appraisal as of January 1, 1937 (1937)

Charge to President Mackay (1937)

One Century Past, Another To Come (1937)

George Bowen of Bombay (1938)

John J. Eagan: A Memoir of An Adventurer For the Kingdom of God on Earth (1939)

Foreword to Frederick G. Coan, Yesterdays in Persia and Kurdistan (1939)

Dr. Stevenson as a Presbyterian Churchman (1940)

The Minister, the Man of One Book (1948)

We Shall Do Right (1955)

Christian Tithing a Privilege (n.d.)


This 2-part article appeared in the April and May 1922 issues of The Missionary Review of the World.

This 2-part article appeared in the April and May 1922 issues of The Missionary Review of the World.