Excerpt from Memoirs of the Rev. S. F. Johnstion, the Rev. J. W. Matheson, and Mrs. Mary Johnston Matheson, Missionaries on Tanna: With Selections From Their Diaries and Correspondence, and Notices of the New Hebrides, Their Inhabitants and Missionary Work Among Them But particularly does he consider himself honoured in adding to the records of female heroism, which the modern missionary enterprise has given to the world, so beautiful an instance as that of Mary J. Matheson. Her missionary life was short, but while it continued few women have been placed in circumstances more try ing, and few have afforded a finer specimen of Christian patience, wisdom and heroism. The church which had the privilege of presenting so rich an offering to the ser vice of the God of missions, would be faithless to her self, to the interest of survivors, and to the grace given her by her great Head, did she not preserve a memorial of so lovely an example of devotedness to the cause of missions. From her modesty she did not write for the press, so that her excellences were not generally known even in the body to which she belonged. But we believe that now it will be seen, that we had entertained an angel unawares. 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.