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Title: The Book of Missionary Heroes

Author: Basil Mathews

Release Date: September 5, 2005 [EBook #16657]

Language: English

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THE BOOK OF MISSIONARY HEROES

BY

BASIL MATHEWS, M.A.

_Author of "The Argonauts of Faith,"
"The Riddle of Nearer Asia,"
etc._

NEW YORK

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

_Copyright, 1922,_

_By George H. Doran Company_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

PAGE

PROLOGUE THE RELAY RACE 9

BOOK I: THE PIONEERS

CHAPTER
I THE HERO OF THE LONG TRAIL (_St. Paul_) 19
II THE MEN ON THE SHINGLE BEACH (_Wilfrid of Sussex_) 30
III THE KNIGHT OF A NEW CRUSADE (_Raymond Lull_) 36
IV FRANCIS COEUR-DE-LION (_St. Francis of Assisi_) 47

BOOK II: THE ISLAND ADVENTURERS

V THE ADVENTUROUS SHIP (_The Duff_) 65
VI THE ISLAND BEACON FIRES (_Papeiha_) 72
VII THE DAYBREAK CALL (_John Williams_) 80
VIII KAPIOLANI, THE HEROINE OF HAWAII (_Kapiolani_) 86
IX THE CANOE OF ADVENTURE (_Elikana_) 92
X THE ARROWS OF SANTA CRUZ (_Patteson_) 103
XI FIVE KNOTS IN A PALM LEAF (_Patteson_) 108
XII THE BOY OF THE ADVENTUROUS HEART (_Chalmers_) 113
XIII THE SCOUT OF PAPUA (_Chalmers_) 118
XIV A SOUTH SEA SAMARITAN (_Ruatoka_) 126

BOOK III: THE PATHFINDERS OF AFRICA