1859 JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON. Rare Autograph of Missionary Martyr to South Sea Islands Reformation because this right is so

because this right is so essential to liberty

He preached for and traveled for the Church Missionary Society

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pastoring for over 60 consecutive years

sometimes mixed with a return to an enlivened liturgy

1859 JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON. Rare Autograph of Missionary Martyr to South Sea Islands Reformation because this right is soJohn Coleridge Patteson [1827 1891], known across the Victorian missionary world as, "Bishop Patteson," was one of those archetypal missionaries. Along with David Livingstone, Robert Moffat, and a few select others, his name appears on countless Victorian biographies, collections of missionary biographies, etc. And for good reason. Sent as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society to the South Sea Islands, he learned over 20 languages and was