Reading schedule for Five Pioneer Missionaries

Week of        
    David Brainerd
(skipping)       I. His Birth and Early Life (1718-38); II. His Conversion (1738-39); III. His College Career (1739-42); IV. Interlude: Preparation for Mission Work; V. Kaunaumeek
(skipping)       VI. The Forks of the Delaware (1744-45); VII. Crossweeksung (1745); VII. Crossweeksung Continued (1745-46); IX. Cranberry (1746-47); X. The Susquehanna (1744-46); XI. The Susquehanna Continued (1746)
(skipping)       XII. A Mission Report; XIII. The Betinning of the End (1746-47); XIV. His Last Days and Death (1747); XV. An Evaluation of Brainerd's Life and Character
   
William C. Burns
10/24/04 - pp. 95-118     I. A Chosen Vessel; II. Times of Refreshing; III. Labors More Abundant
10/31/04 - pp. 118-140     IV. Having Then Gifts Differing; V. The Regions Beyond; VI. The Land of Sinim
11/07/04 - pp. 141-169     VII. First-Fruits of the Land; VIII. Instant, In Season, Out of Season; IX. Not in Vain in the Lord
   
John Eliot
11/14/04 - pp. 173-196     I. A Farmer's Son Learns Christ; II. Following in the Mayflower's Wake; III. Working for God in Massachusetts
11/21/04 - pp. 196-231     IV. The Redskins Receive the Gospel; V. 'Cities of Refuge' for 'Praying Indians'; VI. The Bible for 'The Sons of the Morning'; VII. A Glorious Sunset
   
Henry Martyn
11/28/04 - pp. 235-258     I. The Making of a Missionary; II. Missionary Designate
12/05/04 - pp. 258-281     III. The Missionary Imperative; IV. The Heat of the Day
12/12/04 - pp. 281-302     V. Alone Against Islam; VI. 'I Know Whom I Have Believed'
   
John G. Paton
12/19/04 - pp. 305-323     I. Preparation (1824-58); II. Tanna (1858-62); III. The Dayspring (1862-66)
12/26/04 - pp. 323-345     IV. Aniwa (1866-81); V. The World (1881-1905); VI. Last Days (1905-07) and The Man of God