Smith, S. F. Rambles in Mission-Fields. Boston: W. G. Corthell, 1883. [11536]
Green cloth decorated in black & gilt, some edge-wear & soil, 7 x 4 3/4 inches, 1884 gift inscription on the ffep; we repaired the end paper hinge at the back of the book. 398 clean pp. Good. Hardcover.
The record of a trip which began in November, 1880, written by a Baptist minister with an eye for detail. The journey may be traced through Rangoon, Burma, Tavoy, Calcutta, Ramapatan, Ceylon, Malta, Sicily, Hamburg, Sweden, Switzerland, Geneva, Milan, Constantinople, Greece, Italy, Spain, Paris, England, Wales, London, and Glasgow.
Everywhere Rev. Smith gives reports on Baptist and other missions, their schools and their converts.
Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895) of the First Baptist Church of Newton, was a collaborator with Baron Stow in compiling The Psalmist: A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Churches. A Harvard College and Andover Theological Seminary graduate, Smith was the pastor of several churches in New England during his ministry. As a hymn-writer, he is best known as the author of the lyrics for "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
