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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818, by Elisabeth G. Stryker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 [Samuel John Mills] Author: Elisabeth G. Stryker Release Date: September 19, 2009 [EBook #30026] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A STORY OF ONE SHORT LIFE *** Produced by Ron Swanson MISSIONARY ANNALS. (A SERIES.) A STORY OF ONE SHORT LIFE, 1783 to 1818. BY ELISABETH G. STRYKER. CHICAGO: WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE NORTHWEST, Room 48, McCormick Block. COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE NORTHWEST. CONTENTS. PAGE I. ANCESTRY--BIRTH--BOYHOOD--CONVERSION . . . . . . . . . . 7 II. COLLEGE--THE HAYSTACK--EFFORTS TO SPREAD THE INTEREST IN FOREIGN MISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 III. OBOOKIAH IN HAWAII--IN AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 IV. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS WITH AND WITHOUT THE GOSPEL . . . . 20 V. MILLS AT ANDOVER--THE AMERICAN BOARD . . . . . . . . . . 22 VI. AN APOSTOLIC JOURNEY IN THE UNITED STATES . . . . . . . 25 VII. MILLS' SECOND TOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 VIII. THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY--THE UNITED FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 IX. THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY--MILLS, AS ITS AGENT, VISITS AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 X. THE LAST JOURNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 As I write, I have in my mind a row of intelligent boyish faces. Manly souls look through bright eyes. My heart responds to the beats of affection beneath jacket and cut-away. I see also a row of girlish faces, in which Christian and womanly graces are dawning. I feel the warmth of pure young hearts beginning to swell with generous desires. These are my real friends. Beyond them I see rows and rows of boys and girls whose sympathies and interest I would gladly claim. PREFACE. Those among us interested in th
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