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\"Andrew<\/a>Alexander Mackay [1849-1890] was a Scottish pioneer engineer missionary to Uganda and worked with the Church Missionary Society. John Roxboxborough notes that: “Mackay’s spiritual depth and practical skills were popularized by his sister’s biography and admired for generations.” [Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions,<\/em> 589]. This biography written by Andrew Melrose [1836-1901], who also wrote under the name E.A. MacDonald, and is in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n

Andrew Melrose [1836-1901], Alexander Mackay. Missionary Hero of Uganda<\/em>. London: Sunday School Union, n.d. Hbk. pp.144. [Download entire book in PDF]<\/a><\/h2>\n

Contents<\/h3>\n
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  1. A Good Beginning<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Chossing His Life Work<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. On African Soil<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Dangers and Difficulties<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. A Visit to Lkonge<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Arrival at Uganda<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. King Mtesa<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Disappointment<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Labour and Results<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Strange Tasks<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Building the ‘Eleanor’<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. King Mwanga<\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. Uganda Martyrs<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. Good-bye to Uganda<\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. Friends and Fellow-workers<\/strong><\/li>\n
  16. Last Days<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    Preface by The Rev. T. C. Wilson (C.M.S.)<\/h3>\n

    It was in the early part of 1876 that I made the acquaintance of A. M. Mackay, when, having offered for the mission to Uganda, I went up to London to meet those who were to be my fellow-missionaries in the ‘Dark Continent.’ He sailed before me to Zanzibar, but we met again \/ there for a short time. Then I left the coast with our first caravan, and a long time was to elapse before we were to see each other again.<\/p>\n

    Two years passed; Lieutenant Smith and Mr. O’Neill had been murdered in December 1877, when in the summer of 1878, having been nearly a year alone in Uganda, I heard from Mackay that he was sending up some stores to Kagei (at the southern end of the Nyanza) in charge of a native. Mtesa allowed me to go to meet this man, and after a voyage of more than a month in native canoes, one evening a point near Kagei came in sight. The canoe-men were weary, and wanted to stop for the night where we were; ‘it was too far,’ ‘it was getting dark,’ ‘they did not know the bay.’ I over-came their scruples, took a paddle and guided the canoes. [Continue reading<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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