John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded.

OCLC 382082
1969 -- Christianity in a Revolutionary Age. His mother and father both attended Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon where they both graduated in 1878. Career
From 1909 through 1910 Latourette served as a traveling secretary for the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.

Kenneth Scott Latourette (August 6 1884 – December 26 1968) was an American historian of China Japan and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work.