Excerpt from Memoir of Rev. Luther Rice: One of the First American Missionaries to the East In consenting to prepare the following memoir, the author was influenced not only by a request of the Trustees of the Columbian College, but by the solicita tion and advice of several in whose judgment he had confidence. The hope also was entertained that some good might be done to the cause of evangelical religion. 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.