The history and origin of the missionary societies, containing faithful accounts of the voyages, travels, labours, and successes of the various missionaries who have been sent out, for the purpose of evangelizing the heathen, and other unenlightened nations, in different parts of the habitable globe. Compiled and arranged from authentic documents, including the latest discoveries, and embracing many valuable and curious facts, connected with the spread of the Gospel. The whole forming a new and complete missionary repository. Illustrated and embellished with numerous highly interesting engravings, from original drawings, made expressly for this work.