Excerpt from Transactions of the Missionary Society, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, Vol. 2 The great Head of the Church, the Author of all spiritual gifts, appears to have been, for many years, preparing this valuable Missionary for his arduous and honorable calling. At a very early period of life, when reading the Voyages and Discoveries of Captain Cor 1k. He conceived the generous idea of enli ghtenin g the benighted heathen; his whole soul was engaged in the benevolent desire of conveying, to the regions and shadow of death, the light of the glorious Gospel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.