W. Holman Bentley, Congo Pioneer

An important biography on the noted Baptist Missionary Society pioneer in the Congo W. Holman Bentley, written by his widow. My thanks to Redcliffe College for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Hendrina Margo Bentley [1855-1938], W. Holman Bentley: The Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer. London: The Carey Press, 1907. pp.446. [Click to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

• Preface

1. Early Life and Home Influences
2. The Voyage Out
3. The San Salvador
4. Early Days
5. To Stanley Pool
6. Manyanga
7. ‘In Journeys Oft’
8. ‘A People in Darkness’
9. Arthington at Last
10. First Furlough, and Many Labours
11. To the Field Once More
12. Up the River
13. Settles at Wathen
14. The Man and His Methods
15. Mission Policy and Personal Dealings
16. Itinerating: Privlieges and Perils
17. Progress, Encouragement, and Trials
18. Third Period in the Congo
19. Last Days and Home-Call
20. Recollections and Testimonies

• Appendix
• Index