MISSIONARY IN THE SOUTH SEAS, AND FOREIGN SECRETARY OF

THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

INCLUDING

NOTICES OF HEATHEN SOCIETY, OF THE DETAILS OF MIS-
SIONARY LIFE, AND THE REMARKABLE DISPLAY

DIVINE GOODNESS IN SEVERE AND PRO-

TRACTED AFFLICTIONS.

BY REV. WILLIAM ELLIS.

SCHOOL

DIVINITY

LIBRARY.

HARVARD

UNIVERSITY

WITH AN

INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

ON THE MARRIAGE OF MISSIONARIES,

BY REV. R. ANDERSON,

ONE OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMIS-

SIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.

BOSTON :

PUBLISHED BY CROCKER & BREWSTER.
47, Washington Street:

NEW YORK:-LEAVITT, LORD, & CO.

180, Broadway.

1836.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836,

BY CROCKER & BREWSTER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

Introductory Essay.

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CHAPTER I.

Introductory remarks.-Parentage and birth of Mrs. Ellis.-Death

of her father. Early religious impressions. Her mother's death.

-Benefit of early religious instructions.-Conversion.-Removal

from London.-Spiritual declension.-Means of its revival.-

Union with the church at Silverstreet.-Sabbath-school engage-

ments.-Zeal in the cause of missions.-Means employed to

ascertain the path of duty.-Self-consecration.-Importance of

due consideration before engaging in the work.-Its influence

on the mind in subsequent periods of life.-Marriage.-Prepara-

tions for departure.

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CHAPTER II.

Peculiar encouragement to missionaries on embarking for a foreign

station-Arrival off Madeira-Employments at sea-Providen-

tial mercies at Rio Janeiro-Kindness of friends at New South

Wales Visit to New Zealand-Interposition of divine Provi-

dence on the island of Rapa-Arrival at Tahiti-Passage to

Eimeo-Reflections-Advantage to missionaries of the time

spent at sea. Favorable circumstance under which Mrs. Ellis

entered the missionary field-Interesting state of the inhabitants

of the South Sea islands.

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