On Monday, May 5th, we stopped in at Andover, Massachusetts to see the former site of Andover Seminary. We walked down Chapel Lane, and ¾ of the way around the circle at the end is a little path leading into the woods. We followed it for a few hundred feet and came upon “Missionary Rock,” a marker erected in 1910 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the founding of the American Society for Foreign Mission.
The marker reads:
In the “Missionary Woods” once extending to this spot,
the first missionary students of Andover Seminary
walked and talked one hundred years ago. And on
this secluded knoll met to pray.
In memory of these men
ADONIRAM JUDSON SAMUEL NOTT SAMUEL J. MILLS
SAMUEL NEWELL GORDON HALL JAMES RICHARDS
LUTHER RICE
Whose consecrated purpose to carry the Gospel to
the heathen world led to the formation of the first
American Society for Foreign Missions.
In recognition of the two hundred and forty-eight
missionaries trained in Andover Seminary, and
in gratitude to Almighty God, this stone is set up
in the centennial year of the American Board.
1910
1 comment:
Very neat. Thanks for sharing!
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