Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. William Shaw: Late General Superintendent O F the Wesleyan Missions in South-Eastern AfricaThe present edition is not a mere abridgment or con densation of the former one, but contains exactly the same matter, with the exception of a few pages of docu ments, and of the Sermons and Charge, &c, which formed the Appendix.In the Preface to The Story of my Mission in South Eastern Africa, Mr. Shaw justly remarks, The following narrative is to some extent an Autobiography, containing an account of my personal labours in this great work. As such, it was not only desirable, but absolutely necessary, to embody much of The Story in the present volume, - desirable, because no one could tell the history of Mr. Shaw's life better than himself, - necessary, because scarcely any other material was available for the purpose. From the narrative of sundry journeys in South Africa, and from a few memoranda which have escaped destruction, it has been barely possible to compile a consecutive history of the outward life of my old friend. Of his inner life we know little beyond the fact of his conversion, and his sub sequent uniform, consistent walk with God. When all other sources of information were wanting, I have here and there furnished a few lines or pages as connecting links, and as this portion of the volume is in a distinct type, no one need confound Mr. Shaw's own narrative with my supplementary remarks.The Illustrations are from drawings taken on the Spot by the Bev. Thornley Smith. The Portrait is from a photo graph, and is undoubtedly the best likeness of Mr. Shaw extant. All his portraits are like him, as it was impossible for any artist to miss the peculiar kindly, yet dignified, expression of his features. It is remarkable how little his countenance changed between youth and age. The face which I saw for the last time on the evening of Novem ber 25th, 1872, was much the same, and very little changed, from that which cheered me for the first time on the 10th of February, 1830.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.