Reseña del libro "Written on Their Foreheads (Volume 1) (en Inglés)"
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1879 Excerpt: ... His zeal and enthusiasm carried him rapidly onwards, and he speedily qualified himself for the active duties of his profession. But all the romance of the missionary life soon melted away after a course of humdrum work in the missionary schools, and occasional preaching tours in the neighbouring districts. And then there was the miserable want of success. It was two years since he landed, and he seemed to have effected nothing--literally nothing. He was then rapidly passing into a dreary, despairing stage of feeling, when he happened, at the house of a friend, to meet Miss Grant, who told him much about the interesting hill-people amongst whom she had lived in her jungle home. There might, probably, he thought, be more chance of success with them, and in any case he would feel more interested in a new life, amidst new scenes and people. So he had obtained leave from the Society to visit Mulanaad, in order to report upon its probable prospects as a mission-field. Arthur Netherton was country-born, and it is needless to say that he never felt happier than when he turned his back on cities and got away fairly into the open. Mulanaad then seemed to him an enchanted land, and, as he rode slowly along, he determined that it was the very place for a missionstation, for much the same reason that the townloving missionary determines that there is no place for a mission like a snug cantonment, with a doctor at hand and plenty of home comforts. But human nature is, of course, ever being tripped up in this way, and quite unconsciously does self so often rule the day. And, mile after mile, as he went along, the scene seemed yet more lovely, and all the more so as in parts it much reminded him of our finest home park scenery. At last he reached the Kadamonay bungalow, an...
