Excerpt from Twelve Pioneer Missionaries: With Portraits The first century of modern missions has closed. The great societies have commemorated their past by centenary celebrations. The modern imperial spirit, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, at last recognizes their results and co-0perates With them, sometimes preparing their way, but more frequently entering through the doors which missionaries have opened. 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.