Excerpt from Handbook and Incidents: Of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A Much that is herein contained has recently appeared in Church periodicals, and is republished in book form at the request of the President and Secretaries of our Foreign Board. The "Incidents" may furnish some threads to be woven into the history of the Board when hereafter by some competent hand it shall be written. Selections from my published addresses are included for their historical interest. The whole edition is donated to the Foreign Board, save the copies reserved for private distribution. I am happy to add that while this miscellaneous collection is passing through the press a condensed history of Presbyterian missions down to the organization of our Foreign Board in 1837, written by Dr, Ashbel Green, and now out of print, has been re-published by A. D.

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