When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.

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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.