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Some of these faithful missionaries are well-known, others almost forgotten, but all are \u2018great in the life of God.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, \u201cYour God reigns.\u201d\u2019 (Isaiah 52:7, ESV).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">Foreword<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">ix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">John Eliot (1604-1690)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">David Brainerd (1718-1747)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">John Leighton Wilson (1809-1886)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">David Livingstone (1813-1873)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">Mary Slessor (1848-1915)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">Samuel Norvell Lapsley (1866-1892)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">William Henry Sheppard (1865-1927) and Lucy Grant Sheppard (1867-1940)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37\">109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"557\">James A. 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