THE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF

A MISSIONARY.

VOL. I.

THE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF

A MISSIONARY.

BY

THE REV. J. P. FLETCHER.

AUTHOR OF

"A TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE AT NINEVEH."

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

OTHER

LONDON:

HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,

SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1853.

210. C.89.

LONDON:

Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF

A MISSIONARY.

CHAPTER I.

THE retrospective view of an individual life cannot excite in a thoughtful and pious mind, any but the most grave and serious reflections. The remembrance of past days brings with it the revival of early associations and the recollection of early friends, but it recalls also the existence of many hopes which have since proved delusive, of many expec

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