Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: Some Footnotes in this text contain special characters, including a, e, and o with superior macron, represented by [=a], [=e], and [=o], and a and u with superior breve, represented by [)a] and [)u], to indicate pronunciation of native-language words.] 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 XV THE MAN WHO WOULD GO ON (_Livingstone_) 131 XVI A BLACK PRINCE OF AFRICA (_Khama_) 136 XVII THE KNIGHT OF THE SLAVE GIRLS (_George Grenfell_) 150 XVIII "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" (_Mackay_) 158 XIX THE ROADMAKER (_Mackay_) 164 XX FIGHTING THE SLAVE TRADE (_Mackay_) 172 XXI THE BLACK APOSTLE OF THE LONELY LAKE (_Shomolakae_) 186 XXII THE WOMAN WHO CONQUERED CANNIBALS (_Mary Slessor_) 196 BOOK IV: HEROINES AND HEROES OF PLATEAU AND DESERT XXIII SONS OF THE DESERT (_Abdallah and Sabat_) 213 XXIV A RACE AGAINST TIME (_Henry Martyn_) 224 XXV THE MOSES OF THE ASSYRIANS (_Dr. Shedd_) 236 XXVI AN AMERICAN NURSE IN THE GREAT WAR (_E.D. Cushman_) 249 XXVII ON THE DESERT CAMEL TRAIL (_Archibald Forder_) 260 XXVIII THE FRIEND OF THE ARAB (_Archibald Forder_) 271 THE BOOK OF MISSIONARY HEROES PROLOGUE THE RELAY-RACE