The Saints Of Formosa

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Excerpt from The Saints of Formosa: Life and Worship in a Chinese Church Christian, it is hoped, will better understand and better value that type of worship and doctrine with which he is most familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

"Children of Borneo" provides valuable insight into the social customs, manners, and lives of the children of Borneo, the largest Island in Asia. The writer, Reverend Edwin Herbert Gomes, was an Anglican missionary in Sarawak at the beginning of the twentieth century. He talks about the children of Ibans, or Sea Dayaks, a branch of the Dayak people on the island of Borneo, in detail in this work, giving an idea of what things were like in those days.

This accessible collection examines twelve historic events in the international relations of East Asia.

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