Author: PATTON, J. V.
Title: Soldiers and Servants under the Southern Cross "We..do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner,.. and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." - (Service of Holy Baptism).
Description: 8vo; pp. 66; original stiff stapled wrapper, b/w photographic illustrations, b/w maps, notes in ink on wrapper, note in ink on page 17 and back free end paper, corners of pages folded, otherwise a good copy. Melbourne, The Board of Education, Diocese of Melbourne, 1928. This little book tells of the missionaries to Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia for the Church of England from the late 1700s to the early 1900s.

Keywords: gea Samuel Marsden Bishop Broughton G. A. Selwyn J. C. Patteson Alexander Maclaren Coland King Ernest Gribble Christian Church of England missions Melanesia missionaries biography History Australia New Zealand