Kenneth S. Macdonald M. A., D. D

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Excerpt from Kenneth S. Macdonald M. A., D. D: Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland, CalcuttaIn the "far flung battle line" of missionary enterprise, the subject of this Memoir held for over forty years an honoured and conspicuous place. That alone is surely justification for writing his life, and to it may be added the natural desire of a large circle of relatives, friends and fellow-workers, to have a permanent memorial of a gracious personality.When he was in Scotland on his last furlough in 1899-1900, Dr Macdonald occupied some of his spare time in writing autobiographical notes. They were not prepared for publication, and were of a very fragmentary character, so it has been considered best not to attempt to piece them together, but to weave them into a narrative compiled from letters, diaries, newspapers and other contemporary records. But the task of the biographer, in any case a pleasant one, has, by the help of these notes, been rendered much simpler than it would otherwise have been.It was inevitable that the record of Dr Macdonald's life should touch upon a number of matters which were, and in many cases still are, subjects of controversy. As a rule the writer has considered it to be his duty, neither to enter into the merits of these questions, nor to express his own views about them, but simply to state, as fairly as possible, the position taken up by Dr Macdonald. Only in one case, in regard to a vexed question about which Dr Macdonald and he frankly differed, has he ventured to criticise the views he has been called upon to expound.No attempt has been made to follow a consistent method of spelling Indian names, either of persons or places. "Kanpur" for Cawnpore, and "Lakhnao" for Lucknow, would to a good many readers be unintelligible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.