Occasional Paper Respecting The West Indian Mission To Western Africa

Author : A. H. Barrow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330133439
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Fifty Years in Western Africa written by A. H. Barrow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty Years in Western Africa: Being a Record of the Work of the West Indian on the Banks of the Rio Pongo The Mission of the West Indian Church to Western Africa was inaugurated in the year 1851, although its actual work was not commenced on the banks of the Rio Pongo before the summer of 1855. After less than a two years' residence in that country, its first missionary, the Rev. Hamble James Leacock, was cut off by death just as the arduous work he had undertaken was giving the promise of great success. Early in 1857 the first secretary to the English Committee, Dr. Henry Caswall, published the life of Leacock under the title of the "Martyr of the Pongas." This book was in no sense a history of the Mission, which was only then in its infancy and had but a year's history to record. Since then, nearly half a century has passed away, and no attempt has been made to give a consecutive story of the Mission which has continued its efforts to the present time. Amid untold difficulties and discouragements, a little band of missionaries, catechists, and schoolmasters have struggled on and persevered ; and one by one, as they have rested from their labours, their places have been filled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.