Excerpt from Memoir of Rev. Levi Parsons, First Missionary to Palestine From the United States: Containing Sketches of His Early Life and Education, His Missionary Labours in This Country, in Asia Minor and Judea, With an Account of His Last Sickness and Death IN giving the Second Edition of this Memoir to the public, it may be proper to introduce it with a few re marks. The compiler has carefully revised the work, ' and corrected such verbal inaccuracies as he has been able to discover. This he believed to be Of some con sequence, as he had no Opportunity of correcting the proof sheets Of the first edition. The amount of mon ies received by Mr. Parsons, in different places, while employed as an Agent of the American Board, is here, omitted, it being considered of no consequence at this late period. A letter or two is introduced into the body of the work, otherwise, with the exception of some slight alterations, it remains the same. The addition of an Appendix or Fourth Part, will, it is believed, considerably enhance the value of the work. This comprises a Sermon on the subject of Mis sions, and extracts from a Farewell Address delivered at Andover, to the Society of Enquiry on the subject of Missions. These, none of which have been pub lished before, are thought to be equal to any thing from the pen Of Mr. Parsons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.