Brief Memorials of the Rev. Alphonse François LaCroix : Missionary of the London Missionary Society in Calcutta (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Brief Memorials of the Rev. Alphonse François Lacroix: Missionary of the London Missionary Society in Calcutta

Interdicted, therefore, from the use of those private records which might throw light upon his inner self, I have sought to draw a full and complete picture of his outward life. And knowing how little the details of our Indian life and manners are realised in Europe, I have endeavoured to fill in and represent as vividly as I could the various scenes through which the mis sionary course of Mr Lacroix lay at successive periods. An objective memoir may be put to the most precious uses, where a subj ective one is impossible. In com pleting my labour of love, I have largely employed his official letters, his journals of missionary tours, with the few lectures and sketches published by himself during his life; and acknowledge with much pleasure valuable aid received from the Rev. C. Barde of Gen eva, the Rev. H. Gundert of Basle, and other friends, who have taken a deep interest in its publication.

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