Presbyterian Pioneers in Congo
Author | : William Henry Sheppard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1917 |
ISBN-10 | : UIUC:30112041509792 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Presbyterian Pioneers in Congo written by William Henry Sheppard and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1890, the Southern Presbyterian Church appointed William Sheppard, an Afro-American from Waynesboro, Va., and Samuel N. Lapsley, a white man from Anniston, Ala., as missionary companions to the Belgian Congo. Rev. Lapsley died of a "bilious hematuric fever" on March 26, 1892. This is Sheppard's account of the mission, both before and after Lapsley's death.