Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. Samuel Leigh, Missionary to the Settlers and Savages of Australia and New Zealand: With a History of the Origin and Progress of the Missions in Those Colonies In forming an estimate of the character and acts of public bodies and private individuals, the writer has been influenced solely by the concurrence of cir cumstances, or the evidence of facts; and, having no interests to serve but such as involve the public good, or the progress of religion in the world, he has endeavoured to write with candour and impartiality. Few examples have been recorded in the annals of the church, since the apostolic age, more striln'ngly illustrative of the providence and grace of God than the Life of the Rev. Samuel Leigh. 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.