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Excerpt from Modern Missions: Their Trials and Triumphs In the following pages an attempt has been made to bring together, within brief compass, the more important facts relating to modern Protestant missions. Special prominence is given to their earlier history, inasmuch as a knowledge of it is essential to a proper estimate of their present position, and also because there were exhibited, during the period referred to, deeds of heroic self-sacrifice that deserve to be held in lasting remembrance. The work has extended far beyond the limits originally contemplated, and, in consequence, it has been found necessary to reserve a large portion of the material. The issue of a second volume will depend upon the measure of acceptance which the Christian public may give to the present one. The fields thus reluctantly reserved are Greenland, Labrador, South America, Syria, Armenia, Persia, and Egypt, as well as missions to them Jews. The narrative must be regarded as little more than a mere outline. Very much has been left unsaid which might have been with advantage recorded. Many honoured names are altogether omitted, while others are alluded to only incidentally. The space, too, allotted to the various missions may not be, in some cases, in proportion to their relative importance. 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.