The fathers and founders of the London Missionary Society : a jubilee memorial including a sketch of the origin and progress of the institution . ^:r-u -^ /-^^ ^ fjy /^^t THE FATHERS AND FOUNDERS OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE REV. JOHN EYRE, A. M. MINISTER OF RAM CHAPEL, HOMERTON. In the list of pious clergymen who hailed the formation of theLondon Missionary Society, as an event highly auspicious tothe interests of vital Christianity, both at home and abroad,the name of the Kev. John Eyre, occupies a conspicuousplace. If to other distinguished servants of Christ belongedthe honou
The fathers and founders of the London Missionary Society : a jubilee memorial including a sketch of the origin and progress of the institution . ^:r-u -^ /-^^ ^ fjy /^^t THE FATHERS AND FOUNDERS OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE REV. JOHN EYRE, A. M. MINISTER OF RAM CHAPEL, HOMERTON. In the list of pious clergymen who hailed the formation of theLondon Missionary Society, as an event highly auspicious tothe interests of vital Christianity, both at home and abroad,the name of the Kev. John Eyre, occupies a conspicuousplace. If to other distinguished servants of Christ belongedthe honour of originating the fine conception of a union ofvarious religious denominations, for the grand and catholicobject of extending the gospel of Christ to heathen and otherunenlightened countries, to him at least was reserved thehappiness of being one of the first to adopt the hallowedsuggestion, and to confer on it the advocacy of his enlightenedand glowing pen. Wise to discern the signs of the times,he distinctly perceived, that the isolation of good men was theweakness of the Christian cause, and that a combined systemof operation for the
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