Excerpt from Memoir of Mrs. Eliza G. Jones: Missionary to Burmah and SiamMrs. Eliza G. Jones was the eldest child of Henry and Susan Grew. She was born in Providence, R. I., March 30th, 1803. After mentioning an early developement of a desire for knowledge and an intellectual aptitude to attain it, nothing of peculiar interest is to be recorded of her youthful period, until He, who gave her existence, imparted to her that boon of sovereign love which renders that existence blissful and glorious forever.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.