VI 
PREFACE. 
than a passing allusion, it may be, to some of those 
associated with Mr. Comber, and who, with a like- 
minded consecration, served the Divine Master. 
Amongst his many gifts Mr. Comber had special 
skill in epistolary composition. He wrote many 
letters, and knew well how to write them. Nearly all 
of those inserted have hitherto been unpublished. 
The writer begs to acknowledge his indebtedness 
especially to Mr. Comber’s father, his brother Percy, 
Mr. Rickards, Mrs. Hartland, Mr. Parkinson, the Revs. 
H. Wright and D. Gracey, Mr. R. Hodder, and Mrs. 
Stanford, without whose assistance the memoir could 
not have been written. The records of the Baptist 
Missionary Society have also been of invaluable 
service. 
It is possible that some will lay down this volume 
sad at heart on account of the trials and calamities 
the Congo Mission has involved, but it is believed 
that none familiar with the origin of particular 
missions will be disposed to regard the losses sus- 
tained as purposeless waste ; rather will they confi- 
dently anticipate, as being in the Divine order, 
abundant fruitfulness from such self-sacrificing, martyr 
devotion. 
J. B. M. 
