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Some London Missionary Society Pioneers of 1816

ByRob
Augustus Henry Cullen [1861-1918], Blazing the Trail. Some L.M.S. Pioneers of 1816

This book contains brief biographical sketches of five missionaries who served with the London Missionary Society: Robert Moffat (South Africa); Henry Townley (India); William Ellis (Madagascar); George Platt (French Polynesia), and John Williams (Samoa).

My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain title available for digitisation.

Augustus Henry Cullen [1861-1918], Blazing the Trail. Some L.M.S. Pioneers of 1816. London: London Missionary Society, 1916. Hbk. pp.192. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

  • Foreword
  • Robert Moffat
  • Henry Townley
  • William Ellis
  • George Platt
  • John Williams

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