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Thomas Lewis [1859-1929]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Lewis served with the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in Africa in the areas known today as Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My thanks to Book Aid<\/a> for making a copy of this pulic domain book available for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Lewis [1859-1929], <\/a>These Seventy Years. An Autobiography<\/a><\/em>. London: The Carey Press, 1930. Hbk. pp.300. [Click to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Preface<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    1. Early Years<\/strong><\/li>
    2. At College<\/strong><\/li>
    3. Before the Candidate Committee<\/strong><\/li>
    4. Sailing For Africa<\/strong><\/li>
    5. Along the West African Coast<\/strong><\/li>
    6. Vixtoria and its Peoples<\/strong><\/li>
    7. My First Christmas in Africa<\/strong><\/li>
    8. Germany Annexes Cameroons<\/strong><\/li>
    9. Lasts Days in Cameroons<\/strong><\/li>
    10. My First Furlough<\/strong><\/li>
    11. First Voyage up the Congo River<\/strong><\/li>
    12. San Salvador and the First Baptisms<\/strong><\/li>
    13. Mostly Concerning Colleagues<\/strong><\/li>
    14. The King’s Golden Necklace<\/strong><\/li>
    15. Developments of the Native Church<\/strong><\/li>
    16. Building a Mission Station<\/strong><\/li>
    17. Pioneering in Zomboland<\/strong><\/li>
    18. Moving the Tent<\/strong><\/li>
    19. Travels from Kibokolo<\/strong><\/li>
    20. Difficulties and Setbacks<\/strong><\/li>
    21. A Critical Period<\/strong><\/li>
    22. Further Travels<\/strong><\/li>
    23. Changes<\/strong><\/li>
    24. Kimpese and the Valley of the Shadow<\/strong><\/li>
    25. Unsettled Days and the Return to Kimpese<\/strong><\/li>
    26. A Fresh Start at Kibokolo<\/strong><\/li>
    27. “The Stones of Kibokolo”<\/strong><\/li>
    28. Reflections<\/strong><\/li>
    29. Nkand’a Nzambi\u2014Book of God<\/strong><\/li>
    30. Final Words<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      • Index<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Thomas Lewis served with the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in Africa in the areas known today as Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this pulic domain book available for digitisation. Thomas Lewis [1859-1929], These Seventy Years. An Autobiography. London: The Carey Press, 1930….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[166,188,154,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-angola","category-baptist-missionary-society","category-cameroon","category-missions"],"yoast_head":"\nThese Seventy Years: Autobiography of Thomas Lewis - Missiology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/these-seventy-years-autobiography-of-thomas-lewis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"These Seventy Years: Autobiography of Thomas Lewis - Missiology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thomas Lewis served with the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in Africa in the areas known today as Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 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