Excerpt from Memoirs of Rev. John Leighton Wilson, Missionary to Africa, and Secretary of Foreign Missions

We are indebted to the venerable Rev. Dr. C. C. Baldwin, of Foochow, now nearing his jubilee, for the loan of the old volumes of the Missionary Herald, to our compagnon de voyage, Mr. G. L. D. Paine, of Boston, for the gift of Missions and Science, and to the Rev. B. F. Wilson for furnishing the portrait of his great-uncle.

Valuable aid has been received from the Rev. J. B. Adger, D, D., Rev. J. J. Bullock, D. D., Mrs. J. N. Craig, Mrs. Anna Eckard Crane, Rev. R. L. Dabney, D. D., Dr. Cary Gamble, Rev. E. M. Green, D. D., Rev. M. H. Houston, D. D., Mr. John J. James, Miss Alice Johnson, Rev. J. A. Lefevre, D. D., Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., Rev. W. W. Mills, Mr. Leighton C. Mills, Mrs. John S. Moore, Mrs. Essie Wilson Price, Mr. Wm. Rankin, Rev. C. A. Stillman, D. D., Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Stuart, Rev. J. N. Waddell, D. D., LL. D., Rev. J. D. West, D. D., and Mrs. Jennie Woodrow Woodbridge. The two contributions received from Drs. Adger and Dabney were very touching, as they were written by amanuenses, as their eyes can no longer behold the light of the sun. With the exception of a few incidents, what they have written is indicated by quotation marks.

Some of those who labor for the spiritual welfare of the colored people may elect to keep a volume specially for circulation among them, as the subject of this sketch was their friend and benefactor.

We are indebted to the Rev. H. T. Graham for revising most of the chapters, and to the Rev. R. E. McAlpine for the revision of the others, and to the Rev. Dr. W. J. McKay and Rev. Dr. E. M. Green for correcting the sheets as they passed through the press.

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