ABSTRACT
The continent of Africa, though probably the most ancient field of geographical enterprise, is, and there is reason to believe that it will long continue to be, the least explored portion of our earth. Africa had once her churches, her colleges, her repositories of science and learning, her Cyprians and bishops of apostolic renown, and her noble army of martyrs. The funeral pall hangs over her wide-spread domains, while her millions, exposed to tenfold horrors, descend like a vast funereal mass to the regions of woe. Before entering into a detail of Missionary operations, it may be proper to glance briefly at the position, extent, and character of some of the fields which have been occupied.
