Excerpt from The Gospel in Cuba: The Story of Díaz; A Marvel of Modern Missions Alberto jose diaz was born in 1852, the Oldest of twenty-four children born to one mother, who was married at the age of twelve years, and is now in good health, a most valuable and hearty coadjutor of her son and the other members of her family. His father was a pharmaceutist, living in Guana bacoa, a town Of some inhabitants, just across the bay to the eastward of Hav ana. After a good education in the schools of his native town, Alberto became a student in the University of Havana; he, after graduat ing, studied medicine in the same city, and, in due time, Was admitted to practice as a physician. Though his father was not rich, the education of the son was accomplished at a cost of continuing through twelve years. 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.