The Missionaries

By mallisle

A collection of stories about past missionary heroes.

  • 670 reads

The Missionaries 1

By mallisle on Fri, 13 Mar 2015

I was born on October 14, 1806 ; and was the youngest but one of twelve, four of whom died in infancy. Ellen, who lived the longest of the four, died...
Story
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 5

By mallisle on Wed, 25 Mar 2015

The Voyage to Australia (1) May 12, 1851. Monday morning, quarter past nine — amid the clatter of ropes, shouting of sailors, removal of breakfast...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 4

By mallisle on Wed, 25 Mar 2015

Scotland in the 19th Century One Thursday morning in March, 1845, 1 had been looking over our Circuit accounts; and finding God had blessed us with a...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 3

By mallisle on Wed, 25 Mar 2015

England in the 19th Century NEW MILLS CIRCUIT, DERBYSHIRE. The parting scene at Hull was deeply affecting. A chaise, with two gray horses, conveyed...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 2

By mallisle on Tue, 24 Mar 2015

Joseph Townend's First Sermon The Rev. W. Dlingworth was instrumental in my conversion to God. Before he came, I was told by my fellow-workmen in the...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 6

By mallisle on Thu, 26 Mar 2015

Voyage to Australia (2) Friday 20. Fortieth day at sea. A very strong breeze from the south producing a head sea ; vessel lurching and pitching, and...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 7

By mallisle on Thu, 09 Apr 2015

So You Want to Go to Borneo? The little Fokker F-28 sped down the runway and lifted off quickly. Through my window I gazed longingly at Jakarta. The...
Biography
Certificate 15

The Missionaries 8

By mallisle on Tue, 14 Apr 2015

The Boy Raised From the Dead A neighbor looked at the lifeless form in the water below and for a brief moment stood stunned. A Li’s frantic screaming...
Biography
Certificate 15