. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 72 UNDER THE CRESCENT for Africa. She returned to the homeland tobe loved and honored by the whole church. She lies at rest in beautiful Maple GroveCemetery, Long Island. Over her grave risesa monument erected by the Womans ForeignMissionary Society, though Mrs. Wilkins hadfinished her work long before that Society wasorganized. Upon the monument is this inscrip-tion: Here lies Ann Wilkins, a missionaryof the Methodist Episcopal Church to Liberiafrom 1836 to 1856. Died November 13, 1857,aged fifty-one years. Having lit


. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 72 UNDER THE CRESCENT for Africa. She returned to the homeland tobe loved and honored by the whole church. She lies at rest in beautiful Maple GroveCemetery, Long Island. Over her grave risesa monument erected by the Womans ForeignMissionary Society, though Mrs. Wilkins hadfinished her work long before that Society wasorganized. Upon the monument is this inscrip-tion: Here lies Ann Wilkins, a missionaryof the Methodist Episcopal Church to Liberiafrom 1836 to 1856. Died November 13, 1857,aged fifty-one years. Having little money atcommand she gave herself.


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